Sunday, February 26, 2012

Another week gets to start and I am so excited. I have a lot going on. I will attempt to make a spinach strawberry salad for a luncheon with my visiting teaching ladies. Tae Kwondo two times this week for the kids. I also have a doctor’s appointment for my 37 week check up. We will see if I am dilated and how close I am to having a baby. Physically and mentally I am ready to have this boy. I am tired of the back pain and muscle soreness. But I guess it will happen all in due time. We also have cub scouts because Tim is the cub master. He does a great job. He blends in with those boys….and I mean that in a good way. I hope to go on a date with Tim sometime this week and then Saturday, Tim has a massage. As a birthday present, we (as a family) gave him a massage every Saturday during the entire month of March.

This past week went fast. Every waking minute McCabe is talking about playing Mario Brothers and if I want freezing or fire power and who do I want as a character. He prefers to be Mario and me the blue mushroom. I can only handle about 30 minutes before I am done playing because we play the same 3 levels over and over. When Jacinda, Tim, and McCabe play, they enter new worlds and I laugh because McCabe just bubbles his way through the level while Tim and Jacinda try to clear it. Playing the wii with the kids can be hard because they like to boss us around. They also tend to jump and move with their character so often times I have to ask them to move so I can see the t.v.

Jacinda is a real sweetheart. She is trying so hard to help me with the kids. The other day McCabe was really upset because I would not let him play the wii. Jacinda decided to do a treasure hunt so that he would be happy. She made the clues and hid them. She even used her valentine’s candy as the treasure. She wanted to do this so that McCabe would not feel “crummy.” I like how observant she is and how she takes action. That is a very good quality.

Xadia is a roller coaster. Some days she is sweet other days she cries the whole time because she does not get her way. I try to accommodate as much as possible without making her rotten. Every morning when she wakes up she asks for dad and t.v. She likes to watch the leap frog movies. At least she is learning. It is fun to listen to her count or say the alphabet with the cartoon characters. The other day she wanted to help me do the laundry. I was trying to teach her to put the fabric softener in the correct place in the washing machine. She was a little too anxious and poured it too quickly. Quite a bit splashed up into my right eye. It burned like crazy. I ran to the sink and started flushing my eye. It took a few moments, but the pain started to go away. My eye was bright red and extremely irritated. I so badly wanted to cry to cleanse the eyeball but at the same time I did not want Xadia to see that she had hurt me. It was an awkward moment. So I ran to an empty room and started crying. I was praying that no damage was done to my vision. My eye is great and so is Xadia. I hope that never happens again.

Sunday, February 12, 2012

As I think about this past week not much comes to mind. Maybe as I start typing thoughts will occur. I was able to go out with my sisters, Natalie, Roxanne, and Mimi to celebrate Roxanne’s birthday. We ate at the Olive Garden in American Fork and like a scatter brain I forgot to take a picture. But I did enjoy the food and company. My sisters are really fun and crazy. It is amazing how different we are and that we all get along. The funniest part about this get together was that Mimi and Natalie (who were driving together) spent an hour trying to find the restaurant and they were the closest ones to it. It should have only taken them 30 minutes. Roxanne and I waited in the foyer and laughed as we got calls from Natalie asking what exit to take. Then when they get to the restaurant, Natalie finds out that there is a “get directions” button on her ipad. She had been looking at the map the whole time thinking it would be an easy exit off the freeway. It was hilarious and one of those, “gee I look stupid,” moments.

I am now 35 weeks pregnant. I have gained 30 pounds and was going to post a picture but my camera is downstairs and I am too tired and in pain to get it. I have a bundle of nerves in my lower back that constantly feels pressed. I am really looking forward to the epidural and having this baby. So the pain will be alleviated. I also am suffering from sore feet. On the way home from church Tim was saying how it doesn’t matter if we have another one or 10 kids because we already have 3. He says bring them on. I looked at him like he was ridiculous and informed him that there is more to raising kids than just providing food and a home. I also asked if he was planning to stay home and raise the kids while I went and worked. He is just voicing his sadness because this is our last child. Our focus will be on raising children and not having them.

We made valentine cookies today. Without fail McCabe and Xadia will lick the knives. It does not matter how many times I tell them that they cannot lick the frosting off the knives until they are finished with decorating the cookies. So each time I catch them, I make them get a new knife. Sure enough Mac had to get another knife and Xadia, well I lost count with her.

Today the secret got out. Jacinda told Tim that she will wear the same pair of socks many days in a row. Now I know why her feet stink. I could not understand why a 7-year-old had such rank smelling feet….well now I know. So we had a little talk about the importance of changing our socks daily and how that shows Heavenly Father that we take care of our bodies. Her response was, “I did not know.” No problem child. That is why you are here on this earth…to learn and we (Tim and I) are trying our best to teach you.

Sunday, February 5, 2012

It is time to kick off another week. Over the weekend we got to celebrate McCabe’s 5th birthday. We had a fun little party but I tell you what…..that kid has Mario Brothers on the brain. He asks at least 4 or 5 times a day to play the wii. Tonight as I was putting him in bed he was crying because yesterday, when playing Mario Brothers, Jacinda got fire power and he wanted it. It was a kick to watch them play. Jacinda and McCabe do not stand still. They are constantly lifting their legs, jumping, or moving their arms en route with their characters. It kind of reminds me of myself when I played the Nintendo. Tim got the fine opportunity to play with them. One particular level the kids let Tim do all the work while they bubbled themselves to his character. Poor Tim, he kept dying and then to make it worse, McCabe would use his character to pick up Tim’s character and throw him off the ledges so he would die and then laugh about it. I just gladly sat back and played with Xadia.
Last week was New Beginnings for Young Women’s. A young gal, Annie Schmidt said something profound as she talked about the value of good works. I wanted to write it down before I forgot. She said, “if you don’t get up and do a good work, you could be avoiding an answer to someone’s prayer.” I just love that thought. We are told in the scriptures that we are God’s helpers and it is through us that he answers the prayers of others. It makes me think about how important I am especially when I have those days where I am feeling down in the dumps.
In church we had a lesson on the joys of life. One of my joys in life is being a mom. Kids can be the biggest trials but also give me the greatest joy. Today at the breakfast table McCabe made me speechless and left a big smile on my face. Tim was teasing him saying we are not going to feed him anymore so he won’t grow. McCabe said to Tim, “Dad, I have to grow and get big.” “Why,” asks Tim. “So that I can go on a mission,” was McCabe’s reply. I sat there with a huge smile. My son who just turned 5 is realizing the importance of teaching Christ to others. Now that brings me great joy.