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 :)

Doctor's

For those of you who don't follow on facebook, I went to the high risk doctor and had the longest ultra sound of my life. The Tech did a 45 min ultra sound and then the actual doctor came in and did another 15 min one. He pointed out every inch of the baby's body and said she is healthy and there are no problems. He also said that my placenta is abnormal, but it appears to be still functioning and not causing any problems with the baby. I guess along the backside of the placenta is just a big mass of veins, which looks really weird on the ultra sound, but things are A-ok for now and they will keep an eye on it, I go for another ultra sound on the 15th...We also had 2 more confirmations at this appt. that it is indeed a girl, which I needed, because in the back of my mind I was still saying it's a boy :)

UPDATE

This is just a short update on my previous post with our baby girls ultra sound. I was waiting to hear back from the dr.'s office today about the placenta and they are sending me to a high risk doctor tomorrow to have another ultra sound and be evaluated. I guess the way my placenta looks is not normal and is very "unusual" and they said it is rare for this type of problem. I guess we will see what happens. It sure would be nice to have one pregnancy without problems, oh well maybe the next one????

WE ARE THRILLED AND I WAS WRONG

So, I was for sure it was going to be another boy today at the ultra sound and was worried that Daniel and Natilie were going to bust into tears when they announced "it's another boy" but I was wrong, I about fell off the table when they announced it was actually a girl. But for the first 15-20 mins, they weren't even sure if we would be able to find out because this baby had her legs crossed and refused to move them. It was quite the picture, I had the sonographer and Josh, poking at my belly repeatedly trying to tick the baby off so she would move, then that didn't work, then they had me going onto my side and back again trying to get the baby to reposition and then finally at the very last second after lots of pushing and poking the baby kicked one leg out and we saw. Daniel and Natilie let out a yell and Jumped up and down I think the whole office heard. Everything looked great with the baby, she is right on target, although there is some concern with my placenta and they had to do blood work today, it's kind of hard to explain but the Dr.said that it is rare but that my placenta looks unusual, she said she couldn't even describe what it looked like, but that the few cases she has seen a placenta look this way, there is a problem with how it formed and then a huge amount of pregnancy hormones is released which could lead to problems. So they tested my levels today and if they come back in the normal range then they will just keep an eye on things. If it comes back high, they will have to do further testing to investigate. Hopefully in the end things will be ok. I just seemed to have to have one kind of problem or another with every pregnancy. Josh took like a 10 sec. video clip of the baby's face, you can see below...

IT'S A GIRL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Is anyone else's kid obsessed with sucking on baby wipes or is it just mine????

Wade (like his sister Natilie when she was a baby) LOVES, LOVES, LOVES to suck on baby wipes....I was loading the dishwasher and made the mistake of leaving the container out and this is what I came into the living room too, he had pulled a bunch out sucking away on them while he was watching tv....seriously if he is acting up or hungry just give him a baby wipe to eat, who needs toys or food :).....

Bundled for the snow...

Justin LOVES to play outside in the snow, his snowpants we realized when we put them on are a 2t from last year and this year he is in a 4t, they were so tight on him it looked funny, so here he is sporting his cars pajama's, way too small snowpants and his winter hat...he had so much fun!

Out with the old and in with the new....

So now that we survived the horrible New Years Eve. (in previous post) I did want to say that I am glad for a new year and what it will bring. We had a ton of trials this past year, but even then we still had many blessings to be thankful for, a new home (even if it is tiny), Josh graduating from law school, me getting accepted into Akron University Nursing clinicals with having 4 kids and getting all A's, the kids loving their new school, a precious and adorable new baby boy Wade and to be blessed to be pregnant again (no matter how hard it may be :) and we are definitely thankful for the gospel of Jesus Christ and to be members of this true church in these latter days. What a privilege it is to be apart of his work here on the earth, to create and build families and trying each day to do better, to follow his commandments so that we may return to live with him and our families forever and spreading and teaching his gospel! Despite the trials and hard times, it's great to be alive, life is too short, we need to make the best of it each and every day! We are so thankful for all of our wonderful family and friends and love each of you! May the lord bless you and your families in the upcoming new year!

Not a good New Year's Eve...

So, this is a short blurb about our New Years Eve extravaganza. It started off with me being sick with some stomach bug, hormonal/pregnant/depressed on top of it, Daniel and Natilie nagging each other all day until my dad came to get them to spend the night at his house, and a cranky Wade who had not slept the night before and both he and Justin getting over sicknesses still, and to top it off, I get a phone call and text's through the night because last eve. my mom's husband passed away......

happy new year to us...not quite what we had planned....

A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS

Mommy in her new robe and Wade

Wade loves to pull himself up on things and stand forever, especially if its in front of the tv

Wade was as happy as can be......he is not afraid of the camera like Justin is....

Natilie was in heaven with all of her gifts, here she is sitting with "Pa"



Justin was overwhelmed with toys, he didn't know what to play with..

Natilie and our little dog Shadow, who is wearing his new doggie coat that Dan got him

Miss Natilie wanted a new coat and hat, scarf and gloves, she is totally into fashion now..

After Daniel finally got his game, he was hooked to the ps3 and tv....sitting in Justin's chair

Natilie, Daniel and Justin Christmas morning
Daniel adores his little brothers..
My almost 12 year old sporting spongebob footie pj's...gotta love this kid....
The kids at Grandpa's house in their new pj's

We had a fabulous and blessed day. We were worried about Christmas and didn't think we would really have one because of our "run of very bad luck" these last 3 months with some things that have happened, but I have to say how thankful we are to all of those who helped our family out and made this the best Christmas ever for my kids, it brought tears to my eyes, and you all truly are angels the lord has blessed us with! Here are some pictures from our fun day. Daniel and Natilie got up at 7:30am and woke everyone else up, we had to drag Justin and Wade out of bed and my Dad and the kids father came over to watch them open presents early in the morning. I think Justin was a little overloaded and didn't know what to do, Wade actually loved crawling around and ripping paper and playing with everyone's stuff. Natilie was so crazy with excitement it looked like she drank a whole 2 liter of Mountain Dew she was going so fast. Daniel was very grateful and had his eye out for one particular presant that was a game for the ps3 and we had him thinking he didn't get it, but in the end it was the last present he got and opened, he let out the biggest scream. I made a HUGE meal that my dad had bought, the ham was 17 pounds, needless to say we have ham in the freezer for a while :)
The kids got pj's for Christmas eve, and they all looked adorable, my Fave is Daniel's though, even if they don't fit him next year, it was worth it just to see him in them this Christmas, it was so funny!!