Noels visit

Goodness- last week was tougher than I thought...perhaps I was still on anesthesia high with my last post and being so optimistic...but I went downhill during this last week and just getting around to posting pics of Noels visit. Unfortunately neither the weather nor my situation allowed for much outside of the house, so all my grand plans and activities were canceled. We mostly watched tons of movies, ate a bunch of food and laid around the house. Sunday we had family over but honestly no pictures turned out well of ANY of us ( such a bummer) and we never did get a family shot. Next time. Here are the best shots of the bunch. Had an absolutely wonderful time though getting to know Noel again ( it had been far too long since we last saw her), catching up on life and really just loving her being with us. The boys were very sad to see her go and Tristan is still asking where "whale"( his way of saying NOEL) is each morning...

just the update

so a quick update before I post the happy pictures and talk about our fun time with Noel coming to visit...our pregnancy
was not to be- I knew something was off with me feeling so GREAT! My suspicions were confirmed when I started to miscarry over the weekend and went in for the ultrasound Monday. Had the scheduled D&C due to being 12 weeks. Im actually doing very well. We will try again in a few months and hopefully we will have a different outcome next time. :)

Noel....

Well this little one- whos not so little anymore ( tears ) is coming tomorrow to spend the weekend. We are all giddy with excitement and cant wait to see her.

Valentines

Valentines came a few days early around here. Surprised Jonathan with clues leading to our destination and night away. Happy that every blue moon we can get away and do something for us...it was a much needed escape and time to relax. Happy Valentines day my love.

Pregnancy ramblings

As this is our last baby and pregnancy I promised Jonathan that this time around I would embrace everything that came with it, negative and positive! I think the pregnancy with Tristan was especially challenging for us as we were dealing with a host of other things besides just the normal stuff. I was incredibly depressed, incredibly sick so I didn’t enjoy any of it.

I am surprised but already this pregnancy is a bit different from the other 3. How so you may wonder? All I can say is that even though Im nauseous, I haven’t thrown up once! And the sick feeling that I have usually comes and goes its not a constant companion. I’m in shock as with the others from the moment the pregnancy test was positive I was throwing up day and night( so much so that after Noel I got my first couple of cavities, and after Elijiah I had 10!) So I fully expected to be hovering over the toilet right away. In my attempt to thwart any potential problems I immediately began to take Zofran. However the side effects are not pleasant so I stopped taking them for a few days expecting the worse. HOWEVER this is what surprised me….I was slightly ill throughout the day, but never got sick….SO Ive stopped taking it daily. I’m full blown into what would normally be my 2nd of 5 months of throwing up- and nothing. I suppose I should knock on wood. Really…I can just see it the moment I post this the next day I’ll be retracting each word.

“sigh”

Counting my blessings. Jonathan said “ it must be a girl then” but I have to remind him of Noel. My darling little petite baby girl that because of her mother being so ill and only gaining a modest 17 pounds and eating nothing much besides Malt o Meal hot cereal….weighed in a small 6lbs…so my lack of being sick to me isn’t indicating a possible baby girl.( we can just cross our fingers  )

Well just thought I would start recording a few of the thoughts and “goings on” with this pregnancy…happy FRIDAY!

Ancestry

So the last few days Ive made some really fun discoveries with my family history. Having NEVER done it before I figured I should take advantage of my company’s site which is free to me, to plug in some information. I started with information that I knew, then what was so cool is that the site gave me Ancestry “hints” about those I entered. Some of those hints lead to new information, new relatives that I didn’t have full information or any information on at all! I’ve been working on my Dads line- and so far I’ve got details that are fascinating. I can see how doing genealogy can be addictive. Just having access to the Census records are awesome ( here is my plug for you all to do your census data in the future!) …anyway so viewing census data on family members can reveal more than you would think. I now know the occupations of family members, maiden names, where and when people immigrated, which generation did spelling changes, age of marriages, divorces…etc.
My goal over time would be to help do each of my childrens lines as Elijiah has a whole side of his family history still in East Africa, and to gather information for him would be very cool. I also want to see how far I can go back on either of my parents side and have all the information in one place. I think that’s one of the coolest things about what Im doing. Having it all in one document!

a quote id like to remember

"Anyone who imagines that bliss is normal is going to waste a lot of time running around shouting that hes been robbed. The fact is that most putts dont drop, most beef is tough, most children grow up to be just people, most successful marriages require a high degree of mutual toleration, most jobs are more often dull than otherwise. Life is like an old time rail journey....delays, sidetracks, smoke, dust, cinders, and jolts...interpersed only occasionally by beautiful vistas and thrilling bursts of speed.
The trick is to thank the Lord for letting you have the ride"
President Gordon B. Hinkley