Just a FEW updates!

Okay so I have been an awful blogger I know, so I thought that I would go back and share a little bit about what we have done.

October

For the rest of October we were pretty busy. A few highlights are Sarah turning three and Halloween. Sarah was Nemo again, Madalynn was a zebra, Creed was a pirate and I was a maiden. Also of note Madalynn turned 5 months.

November

So all I really remember of November is that we found out we were pregnant and I cried, not because I didn't want another baby, I just hate being sick! So pretty much all of November was spent trying NOT to be sick, which doesn't work when you are pregnant. Though Thanksgiving was amazing. We ended up not being able to go to Tremonton where the rest of my family hung out, but we did end up handing out with our friends the Opdahls. So thank-you Monique and Tom for an excellent day!

December

December was also a bit of a blur. We had the usual colds, well Sarah and I did. I was still sick, but not everyday like in November. We figured out I would be due June 4, and for those that are wondering Madalynn's birthday is May 29th, so with my tendancy to be three weeks early, these two kiddos will be pretty close in age. Then on the 16th I boarded a plane with the two girls and headed to Boise. I LOVED it! We spent a week with my parents and Kirsten and Cam were also there for a few days, which was a blast because Kirsten is pregnant too! She is due the end of June. Wahoo for babies! Anyway, we of course did the shopping thing and the usual Christmas stuff, you know making ornaments, eating chocolate, watching gooey romantic Christmas shows and staying up way too late talking. It was a blast! Then on the 23rd I once again braved the airport by myself with two kids and flew to Salt Lake, where I spent two weeks with Creed's family. Creed arrived Christmas Eve and was able to stay until the Monday after Christmas. We had a lot of fun with the Larsen's. We went sledding, had Christmas, talked, played games, shared our testimonies and once again had a blast! It was about the time that Creed left that Madalynn learned to sit up by herself as well as the start of the army crawl and talking. Then we had New Year's Eve, which was spent with Ben's wife's family, why you may ask? Because they wanted to play games and so did I.

January

That leads to January, where before I left all the girls went and saw Blind Side. I highly recommend this movie. I loved it! I flew home on the 5th and because it was cheaper to buy two tickets, one to Boise and then one to Portland, I had to figure out how to get me, two girls, 3 bags and 2 car seats checked in again. All I can say is THANKS DAD! My Mom stayed with us for the four hours we had between flights, all I can say is THANKS MOM! Oh my did they make my day. Once we made it home I just wanted to go to bed. So other highlights for this month would be Madalynn mastering sitting up by herself, eating solids, army crawling all over the place and saying Da-Da along with a-Da (this is Sarah we are pretty sure because she only says it when looking at her). Also of note I have chosen my midwife! I am so excited about my choice. We have, or really, I have chosen to do a home birth with this midwife, she actually doesn't do hospital deliveries unless something is wrong in the labor. I decided to do a home birth for a few reasons, 1. to save money, 2. Madalynn's birth was so easy going natural and I learned that my body just knew what to do, in fact the nurse delivered her head, the resident her body and the doctor walked in after it was all over, 3. I really wanted Creed to be able to stay around once the baby was born. With Madalynn he had to go get Sarah and stay with her, so this way even if he has to go get the girls at least we will all be together! So I guess we will see how it all goes!

So I guess that gets everyone up to date. Hope that you all had the best of holidays and are just loving life!