Chicken Noodle Soup & Prayer

On the spirit of sharing the good the bad and the ugly about my life. I want to share something that was all of the above. Sunday night was a horrid night, I threw up and was up 1/2 the night. Jaydee had a slight fever (99.1) but she has had seizures at lower temperatures, so on top of feeling horrible I was also worrying about Jaydee and feeling like a terrible mom because she was sick. No seizures but I woke up feeling awful on Monday. I went to work and just felt terrible. I finally went home at noon and tried the rest of the afternoon to get comfortable and keep something in my belly. My dear sister made me chicken noodle soup and rolls, which tasted wonderful. Then Sam gave me a blessing that night. I slept all night!!! This is truly a miracle when you are 9 months along and wake up often to get comfortable. I have also had a few contractions so I am trying to be very careful for the next two weeks. I am not sure if this little guy will stay in that long, but I am going to do everything I can do to make sure he doesn't come early because I really don't want to watch my baby be on oxygen again.

So beyond my wonderful sister and husband who take such good care of me, I really am grateful for this baby, but I honestly can't wait to be finished being pregnant. I also am thankful for my mother in law who came over and took Jaydee home for a couple of hours to play. It is such a blessing to have a grandmother who lives so close and can do that with Jaydee. I am so grateful for all the grandparents that Jaydee has and how much they love her.

I read the article about Samuel Smith in the Ensign. A mob carried his wife outside on a mattress with her newborn baby and the two toddlers were carried out also, then the mob set fire to her home. Samuel was away trying to find a wagon to move the family. I am just in awe of those early Saints who suffered so much. I can not even imagine the terror and helplessness you would feel being attacked that way.

I really have been a bum lately, but I am trying to remember my sister's council "You have the most important job of all!" (carrying the baby). Her mother in law told her that. So to close this random blog, I am grateful for the ups and downs in my life. The hard times make me appreciate the wonderful times that we are given.

Breaking Dawn

I finished and I really enjoyed it. One thing I try not to do is to decide what I do/don't want to happen in a series. I am impressed with Stephanie Meyer because she has actually had 5 books published. It is difficult just to finish the first novel. Also her writing style has improved. This was a good series, but I hope she writes a sequel or two for The Host. I was also glad when the story moved a bit beyond the lovey dovey and gave some interesting history on vampires/werewolves etc. Overall, it was enjoyable and that is all I ask of a book. I hope the movie is good.

Garden Party Frock GIVEAWAY!!!!

Garden Party Frock GIVEAWAY!!!!

These are way too cute! What a neat website to see a very talented seamstress and photographer. Plus read her description about herself. We could all take lessons on her optimism!

Why do you blog?

I was telling a friend about someone's blog that I had read and her comment made me stop and think. She felt that a blog was a sign of how we (mostly as women) try to come across as perfect. She felt a blog was a brag page of how perfect my life is.

I know people who use it for a journal.
I know those who have 2 blogs - one for the family journal and one to express their philosophies or thoughts.
I started mine as a focus on my blessings, it has turned into more of a journal. And yes a brag page on Jaydee, but every mother likes to brag about her children. :)

I love to read and catch up with old friends who I probably wouldn't see or catch up with. I have found friends from high school and caught up with their lives.

So is my friend right? Do we all suffer from trying to be perfect? Or is her comment a sign that she is insecure about technology? Or something else all together. So why do you blog?

YUMMY!

We had fresh corn on the cob from our garden! Yummy! We have had it a couple of times but this is the first of the tendertreat kind which is the best!

Big Lots with Jaydee

Sad - Deedra had to take her little girls to the doctor. Happy news - I got to spend my lunch with Jaydee. I took her to buy a backpack for Preschool. They didn't have much selection but we did get a backpack. Then I let her pick out a toy, she kept choosing and then trading the toy back for a little toy phone. At the end she decided she needed a little backpack (it looks like a purse but it for their lunches). She was really excited. We also grabbed plates for Deedra's twins party. Jaydee helped me get the lime green (for 2 Peas in a Pod) but decided we needed purple ones too. So we may need to have a purple party and use those plates. But for 90 cents for 20 plates, I thought we could splurge. Then we went down the baby aisle and got Jaydee some big girl cups (no lids) and she wanted to get some sippy cups for Deedra's twins. She is picked them out herself and was so cute last night making sure they had their sippy cups!

She also went to wash her new cups in the bathroom sink. By the time I got the camera she was done. I did manage to get the rest in the dishwasher but one she got to drink out of because I couldn't argue with her logic that she had washed it!

Visiting Grandma & Grandpa

Do you have one person in the world who listens and understands you? Someone who you can connect to and know that whatever you say or do you will still be loved unconditionally? I am lucky to have my grandma as that person. She truly was the lifeline in my life who helped me with problems growing up and understanding people when they were intentionally mean. I love my Grandma. We went to see my grandparents on Saturday. She took the cutest pictures of Jaydee. She gave me a hat she had made and Jaydee wanted one, so she went and dug out another one. Jaydee liked to hide with it. I wish I would have gotten a picture of Jaydee helping my grandpa and Sam in the garden. They had a bale of straw on the wagon and Jaydee was on top of the wagon holding grandpa's hand while Sam pulled it. Jaydee always calls him "Grandpa Cunningham" and it is HER Grandpa Cunningham, she wouldn't even let me write my name on his card...