Wednesday, June 10, 2009
two months old and the month of May
May itself was not too terribly exciting though we did do some fun family activities and I had a very nice mother's day, but for the most part it was just busy. I managed to get a few pictures of things happening around the house, but none of our Memorial Day weekend. I also got a couple of Mother's Day and I've taken several(or more) of Dax as he is just growing like a weed. I can't be sure but I'm thinking he's about ready to pass up his 6-8 month old Utah cousins any minute. More on that in a bit...Like I said, the month was fun times spent with family and friends, mother's day brought me an early delicious breakfast in bed and some hostas and daisies to plant in the yard and we had Bishop/Kent families and G&G Wood over for dinner and/or dessert. Man, I almost forgot that I was invited over to Travis and Stacies for a mother's day brunch that was exquisite! They seriously spent a lot of time and put forth such a great effort and did not disapoint-it was SO GOOD!!! Thanks again, you two! It was just a great day with lots of great food which always makes me happy! We've been spending lots of time outside with the nice weather; planting our little gardens, riding bikes (I'm trying to teach Anson to ride without training wheels and he just keeps telling me that the bike is broken, hummmpf. Any suggestions?) Barrett and the kids even did a mock campout in the backyard in preperation for Memorial Day weekend. The kids loved it so much they slept out in the tent every night for nearly a week. Unfortunately they had a hard time falling asleep while it was so light outside, which led to several nights in a row with not nearly enough sleep, which led to crabby kids, which led to crabby mommy and that was the end of that. I'm a party pooper, what can I say? Luckily, they still had a great time when we finally did go camping with our friends, the Roettos on Mem. Day weekend. We ended up staying and camping in Glenn's Ferry on Friday night then drove over through Bliss and Hagerman and ended at a warm springs swimming pool Sat. afternoon after a picnic down on the Snake River. Lara and I entertained the younger kids; Eden, Bo, Dax, Ella and Axel, while Barrett, Anson, Marco and Jacob did some exploring for fossils. We had such a good time with their family! Too bad I took no pictures. Now, as far as Dax goes-he's pretty adorable until he cries at night. He still is a bit colic-y, but not nearly as bad as he used to be. Unfortunately he also has reflux, but doesn't seem too upset by it. And surprisingly enough some of that milk is sticking because he is growing all over the place. He went in today for his 2 month check up and he is already at 13 lbs, 11 oz (90th%)23 3/4 in. long (75th%) and head circumfrence is 16 1/2cm (90%)-Wow! Plus he has started to smile, mostly at the angel's above our heads, but occasionally at his siblings and parents too-it's just the sweetest thing in the whole world!!! So there you have it. Our month in a nutshell. Next month should be a really good one as we have so many fantastic things to celebrate in June-I can't wait!!!
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
They're back...
Every spring Eden is drawn to these precious yellow flowers. They used to make me mad, now I actually enjoy seeing them, or at least, I enjoy seeing how much she loves them. Maybe she'll always love them and have them in her wedding? There seems to be such an art in her picking and choosing and placing them in a bunch. She doesn't pick every one, I'm not sure how she does it, but she definately has a method to her madness. And every day, usually two or three times a day, she brings a bundle into the house for me. What Joy! What will I do when the spring comes and she doesn't do this? It pains me to think about it, so I will just enjoy it now-yellow mustache, yellow smears on her clothes and all!
One month old (a few days ago)!
Dax is really doing well-growing like crazy! Starting to sleep a little more at night-longer periods at a time. Hooray! We're all adjusting and still loving on him! What a little wonder!!!
Saturday, April 4, 2009
...and we're Home!...
Just a little FYI. I started this entry on Saturday evening, but the kids did come home before I could complete it and then the computer was monopolized and yada, yada...Anyway.
Well, we did it. We got checked in, we got induced, we labored, we took on the epidural (which some of us handled better than others; ask me about it sometime, or better yet, ask Barrett about it sometime...)we pushed-once, and we birthed...a handsome little fellow whom we will lovingly refer to as Dax Michael Bishop. Introducing... Dax: arrived: 1314, 7 lbs, 9oz, 20 in. long
I love the last two pictures of Anson holding Dax. He's come a long ways. When Eden was born he didn't even want to be in the same room with her. He held Dax for a good couple minutes and even gave him a smooch-so sweet!
Now, for all of you out there wondering, we think he's about the spitting image of Bo (lucky boy), and yes, he has all his fingers and everything else, no big surprises so far. As of his being two days old, he has dark hair, darker skin and of course his eyes look dark, just like our other 3 kiddos. Sorry Barrett. Luckily they all seem to get some of his other fantastic qualities. I realize Dax can still change...maybe his eyes will turn blue? Anyway, we think he's perfect, just like all our others and are so extremely happy that he's here!
Our time in the hospital was great-two full days for me and Dax. We had wonderful nurses, and several friends and family who visited or phoned, but best of all, the two of us had ourselves some quality one on one time. I realize most people don't like to stay at the hospital longer than absolutely necessary, but I always enjoy the time alone with the new babe and the room service! I even sat and enjoyed almost the whole morning session of Conference today, it really was great. Now we're home and the kids will be home soon...this could be a very exciting evening. Luckily Barrett will be home from the priesthood session soon as well. I want to very publicly thank Gma & Gpa Wood for all their time and energy and days off from work that they sacrificed to help out this week(end)! I know that Anson, Eden and Bo have enjoyed their time with you, I know you spoil them like good grandparents do, and I love you so much for it! They (we) are blessed!
Well, we did it. We got checked in, we got induced, we labored, we took on the epidural (which some of us handled better than others; ask me about it sometime, or better yet, ask Barrett about it sometime...)we pushed-once, and we birthed...a handsome little fellow whom we will lovingly refer to as Dax Michael Bishop. Introducing... Dax: arrived: 1314, 7 lbs, 9oz, 20 in. long
I love the last two pictures of Anson holding Dax. He's come a long ways. When Eden was born he didn't even want to be in the same room with her. He held Dax for a good couple minutes and even gave him a smooch-so sweet!
Now, for all of you out there wondering, we think he's about the spitting image of Bo (lucky boy), and yes, he has all his fingers and everything else, no big surprises so far. As of his being two days old, he has dark hair, darker skin and of course his eyes look dark, just like our other 3 kiddos. Sorry Barrett. Luckily they all seem to get some of his other fantastic qualities. I realize Dax can still change...maybe his eyes will turn blue? Anyway, we think he's perfect, just like all our others and are so extremely happy that he's here!
Our time in the hospital was great-two full days for me and Dax. We had wonderful nurses, and several friends and family who visited or phoned, but best of all, the two of us had ourselves some quality one on one time. I realize most people don't like to stay at the hospital longer than absolutely necessary, but I always enjoy the time alone with the new babe and the room service! I even sat and enjoyed almost the whole morning session of Conference today, it really was great. Now we're home and the kids will be home soon...this could be a very exciting evening. Luckily Barrett will be home from the priesthood session soon as well. I want to very publicly thank Gma & Gpa Wood for all their time and energy and days off from work that they sacrificed to help out this week(end)! I know that Anson, Eden and Bo have enjoyed their time with you, I know you spoil them like good grandparents do, and I love you so much for it! They (we) are blessed!
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Here goes nothin...
So... we're off to the hospital tomorrow morning to try and coax this baby down from out of my ribcage and into our anxiously awaiting family. This has been such an emotional roller coaster for me the last few weeks; every other week the baby was in a different position making me really nervous that we would have to do a c-section, but there's still a possibility that we can do the other. At the Doctor's on Monday baby was head down and I was finally dialated to a 3. I hope nothing has changed too dramatically since then, other than being further dialated. Eden is so excited to have the baby come out. She's been counting down the days with me this week and simultaneously tells me how my belly is getting bigger every day-Love it! I also believe that Bo is sort of excited- he just loves his cousin, baby Arli. Hope he loves whatever he comes to see tomorrow..? I did get just a tad bit teary eyed as I rubbed his back to get him to sleep tonight. My last night with him as my little Baby Bo...he is so grown up these days. I tried to talk to Anson about the new baby tonight-this is not the first time, believe me, but all he would say is "No Baby". Little does he know that baby could be rooming with him before too long. We'll see how he adjusts. I know for sure that I'm a little nervous to add another to this madness, but am well aware there is some reason, greater than I can imagine, for this surprise...So, bring it on, I guess!
I am going to take just a minute to back peddle just a bit and round off the end of March. Since my last post we've done many trips to many parks around the valley, done some family get togethers, celebrated Bo's 2nd birthday and uncle Travis' 27th, and had mine and Barrett's 8th anniversary, with a little bit of a mini AT (national guard annual training-8 days)followed by a fairly relaxing Spring Break. AT started on the 13 and went till the 21st. If I remember correctly all the kids got sick in one form or another, but apparently no one got as sick as Barrett who was totally out of commission for a few days on base, and even had to get two IV's to help rehydrate. I tell you, this guy is running himself ragged. What do I do? Anyhow, we all survived and were happy to have him back home for Bo's Bday on the 22nd. Somewhere in there aunt Bethany and Evan and Dallin came to visit the local Bishop's/Kent's and we had lots of fun with them! Several trips to the parks and swimming in G&G Bishop's hot tub, not to mention that she very willingly came over on the 23rd so that Barrett and I could go out and have a yum anniversary dinner at the cheesecake factory. What a wonderful sister (in law), and friend! We did miss you, Matthew, and look forward to seeing you in June, but thanks for sharing your family with us. Bo's birthday party was a good time as it coincided with Travis' birthday and Tucker's last dinner before he took off to California. Bo enjoyed trying to blow out all two of his candles and think eventually gma Wood helped out. He recieved some fun gifts; his very own copy of Pete's Dragon, the movie, which he asks for every day, a play broom with dustpan just his size so that he can just do it by himself without my "help", some new dinosaurs and cars, a new book and a new basketball hoop-which all the kids enjoy, especially Beck! We were treated with delicious cake and homemade ice cream, thank you gpa Botkin. What a fun birthday! Like I said earlier, Bo is growing up so quickly. He is really trying hard to communicate with us, speaking much more clearly than the other two, it's amazing! He knows his letters, his colors, counts to 10, etc..and is just so fun-most of the time. He is also getting very independant and am starting to see the terrible two's come out, just a touch, in him. But I wouldn't trade him for anything, he's so adorable. He loves to play with his brother and sister and cousins, copy most everything they do, ride/scoot on his tricycle, jump on the tramp, go for walks and play at the park, read stories and play with his toys. What an awesome little man!And in no particular order...
I am going to take just a minute to back peddle just a bit and round off the end of March. Since my last post we've done many trips to many parks around the valley, done some family get togethers, celebrated Bo's 2nd birthday and uncle Travis' 27th, and had mine and Barrett's 8th anniversary, with a little bit of a mini AT (national guard annual training-8 days)followed by a fairly relaxing Spring Break. AT started on the 13 and went till the 21st. If I remember correctly all the kids got sick in one form or another, but apparently no one got as sick as Barrett who was totally out of commission for a few days on base, and even had to get two IV's to help rehydrate. I tell you, this guy is running himself ragged. What do I do? Anyhow, we all survived and were happy to have him back home for Bo's Bday on the 22nd. Somewhere in there aunt Bethany and Evan and Dallin came to visit the local Bishop's/Kent's and we had lots of fun with them! Several trips to the parks and swimming in G&G Bishop's hot tub, not to mention that she very willingly came over on the 23rd so that Barrett and I could go out and have a yum anniversary dinner at the cheesecake factory. What a wonderful sister (in law), and friend! We did miss you, Matthew, and look forward to seeing you in June, but thanks for sharing your family with us. Bo's birthday party was a good time as it coincided with Travis' birthday and Tucker's last dinner before he took off to California. Bo enjoyed trying to blow out all two of his candles and think eventually gma Wood helped out. He recieved some fun gifts; his very own copy of Pete's Dragon, the movie, which he asks for every day, a play broom with dustpan just his size so that he can just do it by himself without my "help", some new dinosaurs and cars, a new book and a new basketball hoop-which all the kids enjoy, especially Beck! We were treated with delicious cake and homemade ice cream, thank you gpa Botkin. What a fun birthday! Like I said earlier, Bo is growing up so quickly. He is really trying hard to communicate with us, speaking much more clearly than the other two, it's amazing! He knows his letters, his colors, counts to 10, etc..and is just so fun-most of the time. He is also getting very independant and am starting to see the terrible two's come out, just a touch, in him. But I wouldn't trade him for anything, he's so adorable. He loves to play with his brother and sister and cousins, copy most everything they do, ride/scoot on his tricycle, jump on the tramp, go for walks and play at the park, read stories and play with his toys. What an awesome little man!And in no particular order...
Thursday, March 12, 2009
three months and counting...
But who's counting, right? I've been over run by guilt at how much I have missed out on posting about, mostly because my pregnant brain can't seem to remember what happened 3 minutes ago, let alone three months ago. And I have taken so few pictures lately, due in large part to my absent mindedness because I always forget to grab the camera when we go out. So, again this will be a major wrap up of what I can remember since the new year began and we'll press on from there...
January: Anson started pool therapy again which everyone loves because everyone likes to go swimming. Except Bo. Well, he likes it for about 15 minutes and then he's done. So strange to me because the other two are not satisfied unless they have been in for at least an hour and are turning wrinkly. Both Eden and Bo got goggles or "gobbles" as Eden likes to call them for Christmas which definately helps with the chlorine in the eyes issues. I really hope to get her into some swim lessons this summer! Barrett began another class to further himself along in his master's program so he's out of commision on Tuesday nights now-blah, but oh well. We had a really good time at a baby shower for "aunt katie" which took place at the Angie Munson home. Great food and great family! Yeah for Katie and new baby to come. Here is the one picture I have from the shower. Yikes, I'm as big as Katie and Michelle who both had less than a month at that point and I still had 3. Stacie just looks cute...
There was also a fun shower for Michelle the following weekend at her parents home which was pretty funny and fun! unfortunately, no pics. Eden attended both parties with me and had a good time, but was worn out after both. It's fun to be able to take her to things like this-sometimes she can be such an emotional girly-girl! I'm sure we did some other really fun stuff, but no pictures = few memories for me. Oh wait, we did go snow shoeing with Travis and Stacie on MLK day up near Idaho City. It was nice to get out of the inversion and into some clean air for a few hours. The kids had fun sledding and eating a picnic lunch, though of course there was some drama...one of the biggest fits I've ever witnessed by our very own Bo Bishop, and then he fell asleep immediately as I was holding him, trying desperately to console him. I was beginning to wonder if he had an ear infection or something, but I'm convinced he was overly exhausted. Luckily we laid him on a sled and were able to enjoy the rest of our lunch. Too bad I even had my camera on this outing, but only got it out once or twice. Thanks anyway to Travis and Stacie for puting up with us! Anson enjoying the sled, Eden eating the snow, Bo (possibly in the beginning stages of his fit) and finally plum worn out...
I now remember why there isn't much to post about for this month. I got sick, really sick for me...and it lasted almost 3 weeks. Yuck-I'm glad that is over with. I must've really tried hard to put that out of my brain. Oh, and one more positive thing to note was a visit over to see the newest Bishop cousin, Mallory Jane Bishop, daughter of Brett and Lori. She was actually born at the end of December, but it was the beginning of January before we got out to see her. Beautiful girl. No picture. Okay, I just remembered one more great thing that happened. Anson recieved an award at the school award ceremony for Superb Mathematical Intelligence! Let it be known he did not get the good math genes from me. Surprise. Way to go, sunshine!
February: Again, not a lot written on the calendar, but I know we stayed busy doing something... Baby Sage Solosabal was born during the Superbowl. She sure is cute and it was nice to visit with Gma andGpa Munson! At the beginning of the month I put together invites for a couples valentines party. There really aren't that many younger couples in the ward, but since I'm in primary I don't feel like I know them as well as I'd like. I keep saying we're gonna have a get together, but it never happens. Well, this month I vowed to make it happen and we had a great time! twelve couples invited, eight attended. not too bad. We did a progressive dinner. Two appetizer houses with breadsticks and veggie trays, two dinner houses with pizza and salad and one dessert house with a couple of fondue fountains and lots of chocolate dipped stuff...delicious! I tried to mix and match the couples so that they were with different people at different parts of the dinner, then everyone together for dessert. I like to think that all who attended had a good time, I know I did. Thanks to couples who offered their homes and to friends who helped create this date! Too bad there are no pictures, we'll have to do it again soon...
The weather has been crazy here, 50 degrees one day, snow all over the next. The kids have really enjoyed being outside on the days when it's nice to go for a walk, and in Eden's case, pick the neighbors crocuses-aaggghhh! What am I going to do with that girl? The third week of the month baby Arli Botkin was born. She, too, is adorable and reminds me lots of her brother. My kids, especially Eden and Bo, seem to really be liking these new little babes-hope this doesn't wear off before ours is born...The following weekend I had planned (weeks in advance) for one last family hurrah before things get crazy in March but at the last minute Barrett had a huge military brigade war fighter thing come up (seemingly from out of no where)and he was not able to join us in our little getaway to McCall. I couldn't even give this trip away (it was two days notice). I guess everyone has real jobs or planned out lives or something to that effect, crazy. I finally persuaded my dad to drive up with me and just stay overnight, then Travis and Stacie got the place Saturday night. The kids really had a great time with Gpa Botkin and it was much easier and more enjoyable than doing it by myself. We watched movies, went swimming, even went to the local library, cute little thing-all activities that we can do here in Boise, just different. And that's what we needed was something different. I even packed all our snow gear so we could enjoy all the bounteous snow up there, but somehow managed to forget the sleds. And the camera. Go figure. All I know is that we missed Barrett lots, but had a good time with grandpa, away from the everyday routine, even if it was for just one night/day... Barrett was basically non existant in our lives for the last 8 days of the month, running back and forth between all three jobs getting very minimal sleep, like two hours every night. I sort of joked at the beginning of the week that when it was all said and done he would either be sick or his mouth would be covered in cold sores. Not funny, but true on both accounts, especially the cold sores. Wow! The last weekend of Feb/first weekend of March was the time for both Sage and Arli to be blessed so there was lots of family in town. Saturday I enjoyed a little girls getaway to lunch at Chili's and a little shopping at the mall with the Munson aunts, cousins and Gma. Thanks to Gpa Wood for watching the kiddos. Lots of fun, especially because I found a great new dress for Eden for her birthday the following Monday. That night we went out to Mark and Janelle's and devoured pizza and desserts-delicious!! One of these days Gma Wood came and got Eden and took her to pick out her own bunch of flowers (she picked purple tulips) and they went and had lunch with Gpa Wood! She loved it!!! And that about sums up February...
March: Comes in like a lion, right? We kicked off the month with the baby blessings on Sunday. Unfortunately we didn't make it out to Sage's, but I heard it was beautiful. Congratulations again to Katie and Jim! Tucker did a very nice job blessing Arli. It's always fun to go and visit that ward which is full of dear friends we made when we lived with Mom and Mike. Then Eden's 4th birthday on Monday the 2nd. Our sweet friend, Carol, who went with us on our trip to Disneyland called to see if she could come and get Eden for lunch which worked out wonderfully as I had some last minute things to pick up for her b-day. Carol has a grandson down in Arizona who shares the same exact birthday, turning the same age and everything. Not only did they get lunch, they went to the zoo (she has a pass and said it was free) and then went to to dollar store and got some fun sticker earings and some bracelets. She said she would've done the same thing with her grandson if he were here. Lucky Eden. Bo and I hit Zurcher's and Toys R Us, came home and decorated and started the princess/barbie cake. That evening we had most of the local family over for dessert and Eden opened some wonderful, fantastic gifts! Thank you to everybody for coming to celebrate our sweet Eden! I'm pretty sure she had her best birthday to date! I managed to get a couple of pictures and know that Gpa Wood got some good ones I just can't get them onto our computer right now for some reason.
At my previous Dr appt I was informed that our baby is breech and might need to be manually turned if it doesn't turn itself-ugh! This gets me a little worked up because a) it just doesn't sound fun, the whole external turning process, not to mention it could induce labor/c-section, etc... b) Barrett will be gone the 13th through the 21 for a mini AT-annual training = not around our home at all. c) Bo's b-day the 22nd and d) our anniversary the 23rd. All I'm trying to say is that I am not ready to have a baby, yet. Due April 5th, love to have it then...we'll see, I guess. Since Eden's birthday Eden, Bo and I had a lovely lunch at Lori Bishop's with Becky Ann and Calli and their kids. Barrett was able to squeeze in a trip up to Bogus to ski/snowboard with his scouts. I attended our ward enrichment relief society b-day celebration which was lots of fun! Barrett and I went to a birthday party for a couple from our old ward who both turned 30 and threw their own party with pizza, human foosball, a pinata, and yummy ice cream dessert. This all took place at the church and was loads of fun. I didn't participate in the game, but took pictures and video and laughed hysterically! It was a super fun group, people that we don't see often enough. And no kids, thank you gma and gpa botkin for babysitting. Monday the 9th Travis and Stacie, Tuck and Michelle and Barrett and I were able to use our gift certificates to the flatbread pizza place and go glow-in-the-dark minature golfing. This was tons of fun, mainly because I beat Tucker!?Ha! I think I can safely say it was a fun date for all of us, besides Stacie's minor ankle twisting episode-poor girl. Thank you to Mom and Mike for this very fun christmas present and for babysitting! Oh yes, Travis and Stacie found out they're having a girl, due end of July. If we don't have a girl our little boy is gonna be way outnumbered in the immediate and extended family on both sides...And I did go to the Dr again and the baby did indeed turn on it's own (big sigh of relief from me), but there is apparently lots of amniotic fluid in my belly (I just knew it couldn't possibly all be girl scout cookies)so the baby can keep turning around and around since it's still so high. I'm down to weekly appointments so we will just keep checking on it...And I do believe that brings us up to current...Thank you to Elder and Sister Bishop for the reminders to update. But I just have to say that I'm rather excited for you two to get home this summer and be a part of all of this craziness!
January: Anson started pool therapy again which everyone loves because everyone likes to go swimming. Except Bo. Well, he likes it for about 15 minutes and then he's done. So strange to me because the other two are not satisfied unless they have been in for at least an hour and are turning wrinkly. Both Eden and Bo got goggles or "gobbles" as Eden likes to call them for Christmas which definately helps with the chlorine in the eyes issues. I really hope to get her into some swim lessons this summer! Barrett began another class to further himself along in his master's program so he's out of commision on Tuesday nights now-blah, but oh well. We had a really good time at a baby shower for "aunt katie" which took place at the Angie Munson home. Great food and great family! Yeah for Katie and new baby to come. Here is the one picture I have from the shower. Yikes, I'm as big as Katie and Michelle who both had less than a month at that point and I still had 3. Stacie just looks cute...
There was also a fun shower for Michelle the following weekend at her parents home which was pretty funny and fun! unfortunately, no pics. Eden attended both parties with me and had a good time, but was worn out after both. It's fun to be able to take her to things like this-sometimes she can be such an emotional girly-girl! I'm sure we did some other really fun stuff, but no pictures = few memories for me. Oh wait, we did go snow shoeing with Travis and Stacie on MLK day up near Idaho City. It was nice to get out of the inversion and into some clean air for a few hours. The kids had fun sledding and eating a picnic lunch, though of course there was some drama...one of the biggest fits I've ever witnessed by our very own Bo Bishop, and then he fell asleep immediately as I was holding him, trying desperately to console him. I was beginning to wonder if he had an ear infection or something, but I'm convinced he was overly exhausted. Luckily we laid him on a sled and were able to enjoy the rest of our lunch. Too bad I even had my camera on this outing, but only got it out once or twice. Thanks anyway to Travis and Stacie for puting up with us! Anson enjoying the sled, Eden eating the snow, Bo (possibly in the beginning stages of his fit) and finally plum worn out...
I now remember why there isn't much to post about for this month. I got sick, really sick for me...and it lasted almost 3 weeks. Yuck-I'm glad that is over with. I must've really tried hard to put that out of my brain. Oh, and one more positive thing to note was a visit over to see the newest Bishop cousin, Mallory Jane Bishop, daughter of Brett and Lori. She was actually born at the end of December, but it was the beginning of January before we got out to see her. Beautiful girl. No picture. Okay, I just remembered one more great thing that happened. Anson recieved an award at the school award ceremony for Superb Mathematical Intelligence! Let it be known he did not get the good math genes from me. Surprise. Way to go, sunshine!
February: Again, not a lot written on the calendar, but I know we stayed busy doing something... Baby Sage Solosabal was born during the Superbowl. She sure is cute and it was nice to visit with Gma andGpa Munson! At the beginning of the month I put together invites for a couples valentines party. There really aren't that many younger couples in the ward, but since I'm in primary I don't feel like I know them as well as I'd like. I keep saying we're gonna have a get together, but it never happens. Well, this month I vowed to make it happen and we had a great time! twelve couples invited, eight attended. not too bad. We did a progressive dinner. Two appetizer houses with breadsticks and veggie trays, two dinner houses with pizza and salad and one dessert house with a couple of fondue fountains and lots of chocolate dipped stuff...delicious! I tried to mix and match the couples so that they were with different people at different parts of the dinner, then everyone together for dessert. I like to think that all who attended had a good time, I know I did. Thanks to couples who offered their homes and to friends who helped create this date! Too bad there are no pictures, we'll have to do it again soon...
The weather has been crazy here, 50 degrees one day, snow all over the next. The kids have really enjoyed being outside on the days when it's nice to go for a walk, and in Eden's case, pick the neighbors crocuses-aaggghhh! What am I going to do with that girl? The third week of the month baby Arli Botkin was born. She, too, is adorable and reminds me lots of her brother. My kids, especially Eden and Bo, seem to really be liking these new little babes-hope this doesn't wear off before ours is born...The following weekend I had planned (weeks in advance) for one last family hurrah before things get crazy in March but at the last minute Barrett had a huge military brigade war fighter thing come up (seemingly from out of no where)and he was not able to join us in our little getaway to McCall. I couldn't even give this trip away (it was two days notice). I guess everyone has real jobs or planned out lives or something to that effect, crazy. I finally persuaded my dad to drive up with me and just stay overnight, then Travis and Stacie got the place Saturday night. The kids really had a great time with Gpa Botkin and it was much easier and more enjoyable than doing it by myself. We watched movies, went swimming, even went to the local library, cute little thing-all activities that we can do here in Boise, just different. And that's what we needed was something different. I even packed all our snow gear so we could enjoy all the bounteous snow up there, but somehow managed to forget the sleds. And the camera. Go figure. All I know is that we missed Barrett lots, but had a good time with grandpa, away from the everyday routine, even if it was for just one night/day... Barrett was basically non existant in our lives for the last 8 days of the month, running back and forth between all three jobs getting very minimal sleep, like two hours every night. I sort of joked at the beginning of the week that when it was all said and done he would either be sick or his mouth would be covered in cold sores. Not funny, but true on both accounts, especially the cold sores. Wow! The last weekend of Feb/first weekend of March was the time for both Sage and Arli to be blessed so there was lots of family in town. Saturday I enjoyed a little girls getaway to lunch at Chili's and a little shopping at the mall with the Munson aunts, cousins and Gma. Thanks to Gpa Wood for watching the kiddos. Lots of fun, especially because I found a great new dress for Eden for her birthday the following Monday. That night we went out to Mark and Janelle's and devoured pizza and desserts-delicious!! One of these days Gma Wood came and got Eden and took her to pick out her own bunch of flowers (she picked purple tulips) and they went and had lunch with Gpa Wood! She loved it!!! And that about sums up February...
March: Comes in like a lion, right? We kicked off the month with the baby blessings on Sunday. Unfortunately we didn't make it out to Sage's, but I heard it was beautiful. Congratulations again to Katie and Jim! Tucker did a very nice job blessing Arli. It's always fun to go and visit that ward which is full of dear friends we made when we lived with Mom and Mike. Then Eden's 4th birthday on Monday the 2nd. Our sweet friend, Carol, who went with us on our trip to Disneyland called to see if she could come and get Eden for lunch which worked out wonderfully as I had some last minute things to pick up for her b-day. Carol has a grandson down in Arizona who shares the same exact birthday, turning the same age and everything. Not only did they get lunch, they went to the zoo (she has a pass and said it was free) and then went to to dollar store and got some fun sticker earings and some bracelets. She said she would've done the same thing with her grandson if he were here. Lucky Eden. Bo and I hit Zurcher's and Toys R Us, came home and decorated and started the princess/barbie cake. That evening we had most of the local family over for dessert and Eden opened some wonderful, fantastic gifts! Thank you to everybody for coming to celebrate our sweet Eden! I'm pretty sure she had her best birthday to date! I managed to get a couple of pictures and know that Gpa Wood got some good ones I just can't get them onto our computer right now for some reason.
At my previous Dr appt I was informed that our baby is breech and might need to be manually turned if it doesn't turn itself-ugh! This gets me a little worked up because a) it just doesn't sound fun, the whole external turning process, not to mention it could induce labor/c-section, etc... b) Barrett will be gone the 13th through the 21 for a mini AT-annual training = not around our home at all. c) Bo's b-day the 22nd and d) our anniversary the 23rd. All I'm trying to say is that I am not ready to have a baby, yet. Due April 5th, love to have it then...we'll see, I guess. Since Eden's birthday Eden, Bo and I had a lovely lunch at Lori Bishop's with Becky Ann and Calli and their kids. Barrett was able to squeeze in a trip up to Bogus to ski/snowboard with his scouts. I attended our ward enrichment relief society b-day celebration which was lots of fun! Barrett and I went to a birthday party for a couple from our old ward who both turned 30 and threw their own party with pizza, human foosball, a pinata, and yummy ice cream dessert. This all took place at the church and was loads of fun. I didn't participate in the game, but took pictures and video and laughed hysterically! It was a super fun group, people that we don't see often enough. And no kids, thank you gma and gpa botkin for babysitting. Monday the 9th Travis and Stacie, Tuck and Michelle and Barrett and I were able to use our gift certificates to the flatbread pizza place and go glow-in-the-dark minature golfing. This was tons of fun, mainly because I beat Tucker!?Ha! I think I can safely say it was a fun date for all of us, besides Stacie's minor ankle twisting episode-poor girl. Thank you to Mom and Mike for this very fun christmas present and for babysitting! Oh yes, Travis and Stacie found out they're having a girl, due end of July. If we don't have a girl our little boy is gonna be way outnumbered in the immediate and extended family on both sides...And I did go to the Dr again and the baby did indeed turn on it's own (big sigh of relief from me), but there is apparently lots of amniotic fluid in my belly (I just knew it couldn't possibly all be girl scout cookies)so the baby can keep turning around and around since it's still so high. I'm down to weekly appointments so we will just keep checking on it...And I do believe that brings us up to current...Thank you to Elder and Sister Bishop for the reminders to update. But I just have to say that I'm rather excited for you two to get home this summer and be a part of all of this craziness!
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