Monday, November 2, 2009
Perfect Baby
Just a quick note because I know that I like to know this info when a new baby comes around a friend or family member. Jeslyn is the PERFECT baby. She only wakes me up once a night, going 4 hours between feedings, doesn't cry much, and just sits looking around when she is awake. She still hates baths and having her diaper changed. Avi loves holding her every 2 seconds, and Dailynn loves her but could almost care less about the extra intruder. I am feeling great, and thanks to mom it is so much easier to clean my house when it is mostly clean already. THANKS MOM!!! All is good in our house.
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
She's Here
Last night at 10:40 I felt the baby move and then I was soaked. I spent the next 15 min in the bathroom wondering how in the world I was going to get to the hospital without looking like I had wet my pants. Well after going through one pair of pants, I gave up and didn't care anymore. The next hour was getting hooked up to everything in the place and getting the epidural. The next 3 hours were sitting around trying to fall asleep, and not getting much rest. About 3:15 my mom showed up and we were ready to get things done. I was only at a 6 at 3:30 but by 3:50 I was pushing, she was ready to come. The official time was 4:02 when Jeslyn Loris Anderson joined our family at a hefty 8 lbs 7 oz and a long 21 in. We spent the next 2 hours just getting settled in. The rest of the day has been nap, eat, nap feed, nap, make calls, nap, blow bubbles, sneeze, eat, nap, feed, etc. We are so happy she is finally here with us and I can finally BREATH. Enjoy the pictures. Oh yeah and she already sucks her hand.
Monday, October 12, 2009
Just an update
I am still pregnant, and according to trend I will stay pregnant for at least 2 1/2 - 3 weeks. I went into the Dr. on Friday and was dilated to a 1 so not much going on as expected. I spent the evening on Saturday contracting a bunch, but it was not labor even with them only about 4 min apart. My problem is that I have 3 hours of church that just drive me CRAZY each week. For RS (we have ours backwards) the baby was moving like crazy and making it hard to sit still myself. For SS not only was she still moving but I was starting to contract a little. In Sacrament she wasn't moving nearly as much, but I was starting to contract pretty hard. I got home from church and got lunch taken care of and eaten then ran for the bed because the contractions were hurting pretty bad and getting closer together. Nathan was a little worried because I still have 3 weeks left, but I really don't care too much when she wants to come. While I was laying down they were still coming and hard down to about 4 min apart again. I was out of time though, I had a meeting that I had to go to, so I got up and got ready to go and guess what, within about 10 min they completely stopped. She was just practicing for the real deal to happen. I am sure that those contractions on Sunday were definitely helping with the dilating process, they felt like labor.
Where does that leave us, I am anxious to finish getting ready for the baby. I need to pull out the baby clothes, get a little more cleaning done, and finish all of my sewing projects. My problem with getting too ready is that I have to adorable girls that just love to pull anything and everything out that they haven't seen for a while, so I just don't want the messes that are coming with the getting ready. Nathan wants to set up the crib so bad but I won't let him until the baby is ready to move into it in another 3-4 mo. I know those girls just too well to know that the instant it goes up they are going to think it is play time in it. I also have to wait just one more week at least before she can come. I have everything set up to where if she waits for the due date we are set, but between my mom and all my commitments, she isn't allowed until next Tuesday. I can survive right!?!?
Well wish me luck and I will do what I can to post pictures as quick as I can.
Where does that leave us, I am anxious to finish getting ready for the baby. I need to pull out the baby clothes, get a little more cleaning done, and finish all of my sewing projects. My problem with getting too ready is that I have to adorable girls that just love to pull anything and everything out that they haven't seen for a while, so I just don't want the messes that are coming with the getting ready. Nathan wants to set up the crib so bad but I won't let him until the baby is ready to move into it in another 3-4 mo. I know those girls just too well to know that the instant it goes up they are going to think it is play time in it. I also have to wait just one more week at least before she can come. I have everything set up to where if she waits for the due date we are set, but between my mom and all my commitments, she isn't allowed until next Tuesday. I can survive right!?!?
Well wish me luck and I will do what I can to post pictures as quick as I can.
Friday, October 2, 2009
Baby Picture
I had to go in for an ultrasound last Friday because she was measuring big, and the tech got me a 3D picture of our cute little girl. It is amazing how much more realistic it all is now that I have seen her. If you are having a hard time seeing the picture, the two hands are right next to each other and to the left of her nose. It is a profile shot, you can see her eye, nose, and mouth. I absolutely love this picture. The tech said she has a lot of hair, and there is no doubt that it is a girl. She is a little big, but nothing new for my kids, so I will just deliver a big baby. Who knows when she will come but I keep thinking it will be Nov 1st or 2nd. I am hoping sooner, but whatever right.
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
still here
Has it really been over a month since I have gotten on? Wow how time flies. So we got Avi back in school and can I tell you how much better 1st grade is to kindergarten. I don't have to stress about trying to be back down there 3 hours later then figure out lunch and entertain for the rest of the day. This really came in handy when I got a cold about 2 hours before Avi got home from her first day of school. I know how weird huh. So I spent about the first 2 weeks walking Avi most of the way to school (I can watch from the top of the hill to make sure she survives the last block), coming home and having my morning nap for 1-2 hours while Dailynn watched TV. I was so wiped out from the 5 blocks of walking (one of them up a steep hill, and another 1 1/2 still uphill) and the cold.
Once I finally got my body most of the way back I was finally able to stop taking naps which made my days much more productive. I was able to do dishes, clean up, and even attack some projects I have been storing up for colder days. I also started attacking potty training again. If anyone has any idea I may not have tried on this stubborn little kid, please let me know because I have exhausted everything anyone has told me to do. This attempt is going a little better, but once I start talking that way Dailynn just decides that she wants to revert back again and I am cleaning up messes every 2 hours, so I am trying to keep my mouth shut. I even worked hard all summer to get a preschool going for her with my neighbor, and now she can't go.
So we had Dailynn's b-day on Saturday. She didn't get a big tadah because of what we are trying, but since we couldn't make up our mind as to how little we should do, we ended up taking her to wal-mart and letting her pick out her present. Whoops dropped the ball on that one. Now we get to deal with the fishing game that makes noises and has peices that break to easily. Oh well.
The pregnancy is going a little different from usual. I have the standard to the book pregnancies usually, but that isn't the case with this one. I went to my 28 week appointment and measured 31. I then went to my 32 week appointment and measure 36. I have measured exactly on at every other appointment, so this is strange to me. I have another one this week and they are going to do an ultrasound to see if there is anything that we need to worry about. Hopefully it is just that there is a lot of fluid in there and that I am not going to have a 13 lb baby, but with the way she kicks my ribs at the same time as run into my hips I don't think that is the case. Ugh!! Hopefully I will get some good answers on friday and be able to update on it then.
So Avi has this program at school where there is a reading contest. They get their name in a drawing each time they read a certain amount of min, and at the end of the year they give away 4 bikes. Avi wants to win the bike, so she tries everyday (I am not prompting more than the 20 min she is required) to read 100 min. She actually got it one day and has gotten about 65-85 most days. I know, how in the world does she just sit and read for that long at her age and with so little time in the day to do it, but she just does. She is already reading about half a grade level higher than the rest of her class and doesn't shy away from the BoM or Encyclopedia Brown if she is sick of just reading Disney or Dr. Suess. She also gets her homework on Tuesdays for the whole week, and I have a hard time trying to convince her that she should try to save some of it for another night other than just Tuesday night. I guess I shouldn't complain, at least she isn't procrastinating yet.
Dailynn is getting a little restless, so I need to take off. I hope everyone is still well.
Once I finally got my body most of the way back I was finally able to stop taking naps which made my days much more productive. I was able to do dishes, clean up, and even attack some projects I have been storing up for colder days. I also started attacking potty training again. If anyone has any idea I may not have tried on this stubborn little kid, please let me know because I have exhausted everything anyone has told me to do. This attempt is going a little better, but once I start talking that way Dailynn just decides that she wants to revert back again and I am cleaning up messes every 2 hours, so I am trying to keep my mouth shut. I even worked hard all summer to get a preschool going for her with my neighbor, and now she can't go.
So we had Dailynn's b-day on Saturday. She didn't get a big tadah because of what we are trying, but since we couldn't make up our mind as to how little we should do, we ended up taking her to wal-mart and letting her pick out her present. Whoops dropped the ball on that one. Now we get to deal with the fishing game that makes noises and has peices that break to easily. Oh well.
The pregnancy is going a little different from usual. I have the standard to the book pregnancies usually, but that isn't the case with this one. I went to my 28 week appointment and measured 31. I then went to my 32 week appointment and measure 36. I have measured exactly on at every other appointment, so this is strange to me. I have another one this week and they are going to do an ultrasound to see if there is anything that we need to worry about. Hopefully it is just that there is a lot of fluid in there and that I am not going to have a 13 lb baby, but with the way she kicks my ribs at the same time as run into my hips I don't think that is the case. Ugh!! Hopefully I will get some good answers on friday and be able to update on it then.
So Avi has this program at school where there is a reading contest. They get their name in a drawing each time they read a certain amount of min, and at the end of the year they give away 4 bikes. Avi wants to win the bike, so she tries everyday (I am not prompting more than the 20 min she is required) to read 100 min. She actually got it one day and has gotten about 65-85 most days. I know, how in the world does she just sit and read for that long at her age and with so little time in the day to do it, but she just does. She is already reading about half a grade level higher than the rest of her class and doesn't shy away from the BoM or Encyclopedia Brown if she is sick of just reading Disney or Dr. Suess. She also gets her homework on Tuesdays for the whole week, and I have a hard time trying to convince her that she should try to save some of it for another night other than just Tuesday night. I guess I shouldn't complain, at least she isn't procrastinating yet.
Dailynn is getting a little restless, so I need to take off. I hope everyone is still well.
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Pictures finally!
Here are the much anticipated pictures of our trip to Disney Land and the rest of the summer. If you want to see more, I can put them on but this has taken me 2 hours to do, so this is it for now. I hope you enjoy it.
Easter in the hotel room.
Easter in the hotel room.
Playing at the beach.
One of the rides I couldn't enjoy in Disney Land.
Yes we were in Disney Land.
Pixie Hollow
I figured it would be good to prove that I was on this trip too.
Someone was so tired. A short nap after lunch.
Avi in the A
Waiting for the parade at Disney Land.
Sea World
The big 6.
Avi's dance festival at school.
Avi's Graduation from Kindergarten.
Nathan playing with a great big gun.
The great big gun.
Doing a bake sale at the dynamite shoot in La Sal.
Swim lessons. I love Dailynn sporting the goggles.
Dailynn at Itty Bitty Ball. This realy made me realize that she is going to be a sporty girl.
Playing on the zip line. Dailynn wouldn't let us stop sending her. I did it the first time with her but it was hard with the growing stomach and extra kid for me.
Assembly a block tower. The adult boys thought this was a lot of fun.
Drop the bottle down the shaft.
Trying to get the bottle out.
Shooting the ducks off the logs.
Nathan playing for the singing group. Trying to play Kiss the Girl from Little Mermaid.
Playing ball with her best friend Livi. They were called the girls instead of being called by their names the whole season. It was a lot of fun for both of them.
"Are we there yet? I can see it, can we turn back now?"
"That's where we are going. Are you ready?"
Avi with her other pea in the pod Abigail right next to Delicate.
Heading into Sand Dune Arch.
Floating the San Miguel river. We never got all together, so we don't have an everyone picture.
Hanging out with the goblins, oh and our friends. (Goblin Valley where Nathan sprained his ankle, luckily we got the pictures before we started playing.)
A little water balloon fight with friends.
Playing on the slip-n-slide with some friends.Thursday, July 9, 2009
Vacation
So this last week we went on vacation with another family down to La Sal. Yet again we taught a family another side of life that can exist. So one of Nathan's friends from work was talking about how he and his family had never been to arches and such and that they wanted to go down there. Nathan being the social person he is set up a trip down to La Sal for the locals experience. We left Sunday night after church, packing, and napping and arrived in La Sal at 10 pm. Mom and Maren were anxiously awaiting our arrival. Monday was a day in arches for those that needed the experience. I Stayed at the ranch with Dailynn and let the other troopers enjoy the heat and climbing. I got a blanket finished played games and enjoyed the break from fighting girls. Can I tell you how wonderful both of the girls are when they aren't together.
All the hikers made it back home eventually after having lettuce wraps for lunch since I forgot to send the bread for their sandwiches. Whoops!! After dinner we played some games and headed to bed when we were just too tired to function anymore.
Tuesday was a day on the ranch. The boys and teenage daughter took over the jeep and didn't show up until lunch time having taken care of the prairy dog problem a little bit. After lunch we ran up to the San Miguel river for a trip down. Only 3 of the 10 people that went made it all the way down, but it was still well worth the trip. Dai and Avi didn't get to go because it was just moving a little too fast for comfort. A few jumped out real quick and 2 more jumped about half way down.
Dinner was a little hectic in coming but great once it came! Mom hosted a PC party for me kicking the dutch ovens back outside to finish cooking dinner. Another night of games while the boys went to go shoot rabbits in the field. Finally they made it home about 10 saying they spent a while unwrapping a bunch of barbed wire off the axle of the jeep.
Wednesday was the trip home. On the way we stopped off at Goblin Valley to play. After eating lunch we went to play with the goblins.
About 10 min in Nathan jumped off a rock and sprained his ankle. We all helped him climb out the best we could and the two of us took off for the hospital to find out if it was broken. We stopped in Price just to get back in the car and head home just to not have to deal with that hospital. We made it to the insta care in Orem about 6 and got out just after 7 with a brace and some crutches. After grabbing dinner Nathan hunkered down in his recliner to get comfortable. Once our friends showed up with our girls we got the cars unloaded and cleaned up.
Last night the girls slept well with Avi getting just under 12 hours and Dailynn getting over 13. Too bad I wasn't able to get that much sleep, oh well.
Hopefully in the next week I will be able to get some pictures on the computer and up here for all of you to see.
All the hikers made it back home eventually after having lettuce wraps for lunch since I forgot to send the bread for their sandwiches. Whoops!! After dinner we played some games and headed to bed when we were just too tired to function anymore.
Tuesday was a day on the ranch. The boys and teenage daughter took over the jeep and didn't show up until lunch time having taken care of the prairy dog problem a little bit. After lunch we ran up to the San Miguel river for a trip down. Only 3 of the 10 people that went made it all the way down, but it was still well worth the trip. Dai and Avi didn't get to go because it was just moving a little too fast for comfort. A few jumped out real quick and 2 more jumped about half way down.
Dinner was a little hectic in coming but great once it came! Mom hosted a PC party for me kicking the dutch ovens back outside to finish cooking dinner. Another night of games while the boys went to go shoot rabbits in the field. Finally they made it home about 10 saying they spent a while unwrapping a bunch of barbed wire off the axle of the jeep.
Wednesday was the trip home. On the way we stopped off at Goblin Valley to play. After eating lunch we went to play with the goblins.
About 10 min in Nathan jumped off a rock and sprained his ankle. We all helped him climb out the best we could and the two of us took off for the hospital to find out if it was broken. We stopped in Price just to get back in the car and head home just to not have to deal with that hospital. We made it to the insta care in Orem about 6 and got out just after 7 with a brace and some crutches. After grabbing dinner Nathan hunkered down in his recliner to get comfortable. Once our friends showed up with our girls we got the cars unloaded and cleaned up.
Last night the girls slept well with Avi getting just under 12 hours and Dailynn getting over 13. Too bad I wasn't able to get that much sleep, oh well.
Hopefully in the next week I will be able to get some pictures on the computer and up here for all of you to see.
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