Sleeping on daddy

Getting ready to leave!

April 19, 2010

We had to be to Valley Children's at 8:00am for Lyric's procedure. She was so brave and did such a good job. That hospital is so awesome with kids. They make sure that all questions are answered and that the children feel as comfortable as possible.

Her tonsils and adenoids were removed, and she got her second set of tubes. The procedure ended up only taking 30 minutes. I was very surprised. They brought her to us in the recovery. She was still pretty out of it. The doctor said she had lots of fluid behind her ears, the reason why her ears always felt "cloudy!"

She slept on Mike for a while until she felt a little more alert. I was expecting to be in for a really long day in the recovery, but by 12:30 they were wheeling her out! I wasn't sure what to expect the next few weeks, but kind of expected the worst.

I was quite shocked at how smooth everything went. She had no complications, and as long as I kept the pain medicine in her, she hardly complained. It was ten times easier then I could have ever imagined! The doctor did a really good job, and I am so glad we got it taken care of before kindergarten starts.

Easter 2010

The Easter Bunny came!
They wasted no time digging into their baskets

Dying all of the fun eggs

Cute cousins during the egg cracking competition

Packy showing off his egg

This year we had a nice little Easter. The Easter Bunny came on Saturday night, and the kids wasted no time getting to their baskets nice and early Sunday morning! Easter fell on the same weekend as General Conference, so we were able to lounge and enjoy conference and Easter baskets.

Later in the afternoon, we headed over to Jamie and Tucker's do enjoy the rest of the day. The kids had fun dying some eggs and then we enjoyed a yummy meal. After that, we had an Easter Egg Cracking Competition. It originated with Tucker's family, but have since done it a few times with ours. Tucker was the ultimate champion this year. Then, we did an egg hunt for the kids. We had to do it inside because it ended up raining, but the kids still thought it was lots of fun! Lyric found the golden egg this year and was able to share a prize with each of her cousins and brother.

Zoo Trip

Back on April 2, during spring break, we took a trip to the zoo. We went with my friend, Kim, and her two boys, Quin and Connor. The weather was perfect and the kids had lots of fun. We hadn't been in two years, so it was kind of like a new experience for them. I think their favorite part was petting the sting rays. They were hesitant at first, but really warmed up to it. The sting rays must've really liked Lyric because they kept swimming right over to her! She thought that was pretty cool. They also really like brushing all of the goats in the petting area. Paxton enjoyed following them all around the pen.

Kim and I probably looked like quite the site pushing our four kids around and both having big pregnant bellies!

Sports

Paxton has sports running through his blood. Of course his daddy helps with that, but the boy was born with it in his system. He doesn't care what kind of ball is involved, he wants to play it. After repeatedly stealing his sister's pink helmet, my mom was nice enough to get him one of his own. The minute he got the helmet, the thing rarely left his head! If I would've allowed, he would've slept with it on. I was so happy to see such a gift bring him so much joy and pleasure!

A Wild Hair

Woah, today this boy woke up with something under his skin that made him unlike himself all day! He's always full of lots of energy and loud, but today he was just defiant! I'm actually really hoping it was just today, and not a new faze. I knew it was a really off day when the nursery leader at church brought him to Mike because he wasn't cooperating! That is so not like him. It made me feel a little sad that he got "in trouble" at church.

I'm hoping he sleeps it off and returns to his rambunctious little self in the morning :)

33 Weeks 3 Days

33w 3days

Today, I made myself get pictures taken of my belly. It always sounds inconvenient and annoying, but I know I'll regret it if I don't do it! This week I'll hit 34 weeks. In my mind I have it set that I'll be induced at 39 weeks, so I'm telling myself that I have just about five weeks left.

In the scheme of life, five weeks is nothing, but in pregnancy life, that can feel like eternity. I keep saying that I feel ready to not be pregnant, but I don't quite feel ready for the baby. Since I can't have both, I just need to endure and get ready for this next phase of life!

I think my family deserves an award for putting up with my emotional, illogical, grumpiness that they've been putting up with. I try so hard, but my emotions seem to win the battle :) I've never experienced what enduring something meant quite like I have these last months. In my heart I feel grateful to be able to experience pregnancy, but that doesn't make it feel any easier.

I often find myself apologizing to Mike because I don't have a lot of positive things to say. I know this is temporary and I know in the long, long run, I will have nothing but fond memories of being pregnant :)