Rough week

This week has been a rough one, with constant sickness in our house, Josh in crunch mode to take the bar and a million things that always need done, but didn't get to this week, because I was too sick and tired to do. Josh has left to take the bar today, I am sad, hormonal and crying, I miss him already and I hope the next 3 days will go by fast so he will return home safely. I can't imagine that kind of pressure for taking a 15 hour exam with having a family, 4 kids, a 5th on the way, a full time job and the stresses of life...way to go honey, we love you! I am so thankful that he doesn't have to travel a lot or is working crazy long hours like alot of my friends husbands who are resident doctors, I don't know how those ladies do it, I sure admire you all. I am a baby and don't like to be left alone, thank goodness I will have 4 kids to keep me busy though, even if it is crazy, I love being a mom!

Baby

Just another update on those following our pregnancy (mostly out of town family) I went to the Dr's on Monday and I am not out of the woods yet. There is still concern with my placenta but at least my Dr. explained to me more of whats going on. He said that in my placenta I have big masses of veins which also appears to be growing into the wall of my uterus. He says that this can cause problems with delivery, so I have to have another ultra sound in 8 weeks so he can see if things have changed, if they have not changed I will be sent for a MRI to see more closely how things look and then will have to plan how to deliver. The two concerns he has if things don't change, is that first- because the veins are grown into the wall, after I have the baby I can hemorrhage, and second- the other thing that can happen is that the placenta can get stuck and not come out, and will have to be surgically removed. So we are just waiting for the next 8 weeks and then come up with a plan. He said he would talk to me about my options when we do the next ultra sound, but in my mind the only thing I can think of is I would have to have a C-section??? I don't know, but I am worried, but I am going to try not too until we know for sure, but it's no fun.... On another note, baby Delaney seems to be doing good so far :)

Finally a date!

We finally got to go out on a date without any kids which we have been wanting to do for so long, but we usually end up with a million things to do or can't afford to pay someone to watch all of the kids. It has been about a year and a half, since we went out without any kids at all. A huge thank you to our good friend Jessie who was so kind to offer to watch all 4 kids so Josh could take me out to eat last night (friday) for an early Valentines day dinner at Flemming's Prime Steakhouse (that we had gift cards for) I must say it was a very nice and relaxing time. We have never been to a fancy restaraunt like that before so it was a new experience for us. We had to laugh when the lady sat us down to eat, I was wearing red and black and she asked us if we wanted dark napkins instead of the cutely folded white ones on the table so we didn't get white lint on our clothes....lol...who would have thought that up, we had to snicker, it was definitely a huge step up from our dinners at Taco Bell with the kids :) The food was fabulous and it was nice to just have some husband and wife time (especially before baby #5 gets here) here is a cheesy picture the waitress snapped of us there. He also topped it off by buying me Mally's famous chocolate covered strawberries that they only sell for Valentines days, they usually sell out but after making 3 trips to get them, we finally got them on the 3rd try and they are delish!!

I am thankful for my husband and hope you all have a wonderful Valentines Day weekend!!

Finally a new/cheap camera

Our ebay camera has just arrived this morning and I must say for the price it was a good purchase and I love it! Here are a few random pictures we took today testing it out... We bought Justin a potty chair thinking we could get him at least familiar with it, with hopes to have him potty trained by the time this baby comes so we wont have 3 kids in diapers, but that is not looking to promising, so far he just uses it as a chair to watch tv and dump his potato chips in the bowl of the potty chair to eat...gotta love this kid....

Daniel looking like he is in pain...
My smiley happy boy Wade

Latest News...

Justin and Wade went to the dr's again, and Justin has his 3rd ear infection since his surgery in Nov...I tell ya putting him through tubes in his ears and tonsils and adenoids out really did him a lot of good...Well now the dr. wants him to get evaluated by an Infectious Disease Dr. because of his repeated infections so he will get evaluated and we will see, he may have to go on a long term antibiotic....Wade just had a red throat and a swollen tonsil....I also have to take Justin to get his speech evaluated, I was putting it off until he was closer to 3 but the dr. said she at least wants him evaluated, he is almost 2 1/2 and isn't making any progress and pretty much only says mama and dada...So many dr's appts, with these kids and myself..so little time...

On another note, we got a cheapy 100 dollar camera off of ebay, so it is on the way, I can't wait to start taking more pictures again and get them posted! I just hope it doesn't end up being a piece of junk :)

Camera

So in case you have been wondering why I haven't posted a lot of pictures lately, our camera has bit the dust....I am so bummed because there were a few cute pictures I had already on there and now I can't get it to turn on to even download those few...I guess we are going to have to look for a cheap camera. I can't stand not having one while the kids are young, they do the cutest things :)