Christmas Card 2009

Thank you Amy J. for taking our Christmas pictures this year.

They turned out awesome!

Rub-A-Dub-Dub little man in the tub!

Noah love the bath

Look at that face

Noah's 2 months

12 lbs. 8 oz. (50.58%)

24 in. (64.37%)

Head 15.5 in. (19.67%)

We love you little guy!

(to the fam, I know I need a new chair)

Noah's Blessing

Steven gave Noah a beautiful blessing today at church. We are so grateful to our friends and family that were able to attend the blessing and show their love and support to our family. To all the family members that could not attend the blessing, we want you to know that we love you all and wish that you were here.

Our cute little family

Uncle Justin (my sister's husband)

I have to thank my sister yet again for her talent, she made Noah's blessing outfit!

Steven's step-sister Brenda

Grandma and Alan (Steven's mom and step-dad)

Thanksgiving

11-19-09

We had a great Thanksgiving. My parents came from Wa. as they do every year and we had so much fun while they were here. It was especially fun having a new little guy in our home and we are so very thankful to have Noah in our family!

Matthew LOVES to cook. He had a great time helping

make this amazing pecan pie My mom doesn't like to be in pictures
so all we get is her hand!

I just had to get this outfit for Noah, I don't
think he was that impressed with it though.

What do you think?

Sometimes...I feel like a pin cushion!

This is the picture after I put in my insulin pump and the blood sugar sensor. As I started to clean up I looked down and saw what a mess I had made. The first thought I had was that my bathroom looked like a Dr.'s office or lab. I then started to feel sorry for myself but luckily that feeling did not last long.

I have to thank my wonderful husband for helping me every time I have to change one of these. He always puts the pump or sensor in for me and I know that he feels so bad when it hurts and I cry. He holds me until it stops. I always tell him before he pushes the buttons to insert the needles NOT to hurt me and he never says a word because we both know that is not a promise he can keep.

I love you-Hon

One of many things to be thankful for

For those of you that do not know, I was not supposed to have anymore children because of my health. After Matthew and Ella, I always knew that there was a child missing from our family. I would tell Steven all the time that we needed to have another baby. I knew there was another child waiting to come into our family.

I had not been on birth control for years and I do not get pregnant easily. I had go to the OB in Nov. for an annual check-up and ask for fertility med. I told Steven. He was not excited about the idea (he was worried about me) to say the least. I was very hurt but didn't want to do something without my husbands approval or blessing. I thought about it for a day or so and then I got down on my knees while he was at work and prayed to Heavenly Father about what to do? I told him that I wanted a baby and I felt that one was waiting for us. I said that I would not take the medication and if its meant to be I will get pregnant. I left my prayer in the Lord's hands and did not tell my husband about it. I filed the Rx away and did not think about it for 2 months when I found out that I was expecting our third baby! I then told Steven about my prayer and he asked me why I didn't tell him before. I told him that I knew he didn't want me to have anymore so I did it with out him. I was so scared to be pregnant and I was not sure what he would think. He came to me and told me that it was going to be OK. This was the baby that I had been talking about for years and was waiting to come to our family.

I walk around my house tonight checking on my kids and think about how blessed I am to have 3 healthy, active, and loving kids in my life. I count my blessings all the time and should count them even more.