Spring Wreath

check it!

If you aren't friends with me on facebook, or happen to follow me on twitter, then I'll make sure I shove this in your face on the blog too. Ben and I were interviewed by one of the greatest women that we know. She writes for an online magazine and did a piece on us about Ben's weight loss. It was really great, and we hope you enjoy it!

http://www.ldsmag.com/

or

http://www.ldsmag.com/church/article/9185?ac=1

my favs

We did a girls night again. Dinner, dessert, hotel. Love it.

And I don't know if Traci reads this, but on the off chance she does....We missed you, and we really need you to bring some "fun" to our group of brunettes!

the finished products

i LOVE them...want them in my own girls rooms.

Christmas gift crafting

decorations for a 6 year olds room. i'm sorta jealous.

getting crafty

I made this. I'm proud of myself, very proud. Original instructions can be found here. Send me a Christmas card and it will definitely get displayed.

brain dump

I was glaringly reminded today that I have yet to find "my thing". This seems to be a running theme with this blog....I must bring it up once every few months. Perhaps my thing is having daughters that only look like my husband. I do that pretty well, and doing it twice might qualify right?

I was introduced to the greatness that is this blog today. Thank you Janssen for FORCING me to waste precious nap time reading :) . "That wife" uses a beautiful term called "brain dump". I like that term, and almost daily feel like I have got to stop having the same 3 thoughts running through my head over and over and over again. I suppose that's what this is, since this post was started when I walked in the door tonight, handed Benjamin the baby immediately, and said "take her, I have a couple blog thoughts I have to get out before I forget them". And here I am....rambling.

Oh yeah....I do these....they're cute. I would GLADLY do one (or any kind of cross-stitch, as that IS as crafty as I get) for anyone that would like something. All you have to do is give me the pattern...and maybe ask nicely.

prayer update: they work

I feel like I need to express my thanks and gratefulness to any and everyone that really has prayed for me and this, yet to be born, baby. Even though she hasn't come yet, and there is still a chance of a repeat c-section, I have been given an amazing opportunity.

When I went to the Dr. on February 17 I was told "if you haven't had the baby by next week (the 24th) we are going to have to schedule your c-section for the week after (March 3rd), because we cannot induce you, and we do not 'let' you go past your due date". I was discouraged but hoped that over the next two weeks, I could hopefully get this done. When I went to the Dr. February 24th (I saw the same physician) I was told "over the last week, all the of practice has met and we've decided that we will augment (induce) labor in v-bac patients (such as myself). So not only do we not need to schedule your c-section, but we will also let you go to 41 weeks (March 10th)". So suddenly what I thought was only a week left to get things going, turned into three! Now, the idea of being pregnant until the 10th doesn't really sound appealing, but nonetheless, I know that it is an answer to the prayers that have been said on our behalf.

What are the chances that the practice would change their minds during the exact week that I was given to make a decision. If I had scheduled that c-section on the 17th, when I was first asked to, I'm quite confident that I would not have been told of the "rule changes" and would've proceeded to have my second c-section sometime next week.

I'm still hoping that I won't need the induction, and that I'll be able to lay on my stomach sooner rather than later, but I just felt like I needed to write all this down and say thank you.

One way or another, I'll have this baby by March 9th.

something to say

I feel like I should have something to say......

-I'm ready for fall. The chilly weather, sweaters, sports (which I am definitely getting my fill), socks, pretty colors.

-Because Natalie is so tiny, I find it frustrating to find fall clothes that fit her (in what I already have) since the summer stuff is barely starting to fit.

-We're buying the house that we live in. I am surprised at how excited and not excited I am about that.

-I discovered that the color that we painted Natalie's room, and were going to paint the "guest" room, is not a color that Benjamin likes.....so instead we're waiting for the gender of baby #2 to be revealed and then we'll proceed. (keep in mind that room has been taped and ready to pain since July)

-I need to cut my hair, but I'm trying the let it grow and see what happens plan. Day to day, it doesn't look so hot.

-I've been reading NieNie lately....it fills me with lots of "interesting" thoughts.

-I heard a great talk yesterday about not always feeling that your prayers have been answered.

-It reminded me that I don't pray very often or well and I might be more likely to receive answers if I did better at the necessary steps.

-I bought our tickets to go to Utah for thanksgiving. Pie night has me salivating already!!!!!!

-I miss making cookies....I'm going to remedy this today and make something yummy for our monday night family time.

-Benjamin got a new job. I have a husband with a schedule, its a beautiful thing.

-I can now only fall asleep with the aid of drugs. uhh.....

-Benjamin and I watched the MTV VMA'S last night. This more than slightly embarrasses me, however, the tribute to Michael Jackson was pretty awesome!

-I just folded a load of laundry and I know feel that my WHOLE day won't have been a waste.

-My reading slump has really put me in a sluggish mood lately.

-As I was folding the aforementioned load of laundry I found one of my socks that had a "D" written on it. I put it there when I was in high school and wanted to keep my socks seperate from Julie's. That made me miss her, and so excited to see her, and her beautiful new home, in November.

-I love tennis more and more every year.

Apparently I had some things to get out of my head.