My funny little boy!

All is well...

Yeah, it's finally over and I survived surgery!! Everything went really well and the baby is fine. I have a triangle of pain on my stomach right now: incision above my belly button, one under my right rib cage and then on my lower right side where the cyst was removed. As long as I have some pain relief in my system I feel fine but it sure doesn't help when the baby kicks one of those three spots. For the last two days my kids have been at my mom's house and I had the whole day to myself. I was able to get so good rest and I feel great today. It is nice to have my babies home. I missed them so much!

I got tagged!

I got tagged by my cousin. This is an easy and fun tag. I tag....Maria, Rebekah, Menolly, and Lacey.

1. Where is your cell phone? desk
2. Your significant other? Dave
3. Your hair? short
4. Your mother? Mom
5. Your father? Dad
6. Your favorite thing? food
7. Your dream last night? scary
8. Your favorite drink? diet
9. Your dream/goal? rich
10. The room you're in? family
11. Your hobby? www.memoriesofgladness.com
12. Your fear? drowning
13. Where do you want to be in 6 years? rich
14. Where were you last night? parents
15. What you're not? sad
16. Muffins? yum
17. One of your wish list items? skinny
18. Where you grew up? Ririe
19. The last thing you did? laundry
20. What are you wearing? clothes
21. Your TV? on
22. Your pets? ants
23. Your computer? new
24. Your life? good
25. Your mood? tired
26. Missing someone? Becky
27. Your car? own
28. Something you're not wearing? makeup
29. Favorite store? TJMaxx
30. Your summer? weird
31. Like someone? yes
32. Your favorite color? green
33. When is the last time you laughed? today
34. Last time you cried? weeks

Not looking forward to tomorrow...

So, tomorrow will not be a very fun day. I am scheduled to have surgery to remove a cyst that has been causing me a lot of discomfort. Due to the fact that I am 25 weeks pregnant makes me nervous. I will be having the surgery at a hospital where they have a neonatal intensive care unit "just in case" the baby decides to come early. Cross your fingers for me that everything will be ok. I am not so much worried about me just worried about the baby. I do have an amazing OB Dr. and he will be assisting the surgeon and assures me that he will be watching me and the baby very carefully. I am sure that all will go well, just nervous! I will let you know how everything goes in a day or two.

Happy Birthday Emma!

Happy Birthday Miss Emma Crystal. We love you! You are an amazing little girl with a big heart. Happy 8th!

See what I do!

I just wanted to share a project that I am working on. It is a baby book about my oldest daughter and will do ones for the other two before baby #4 is born. I am a consultant with Heritage Makers and love, love, love my business of helping others preserve their memories and stories. Heritage Makers is an amazing company with amazing products: books, cards, posters, postcards, playing cards, family folds, custom playing cards and now 12x12 pages. All of these products can be custom made by you! The publisher is simple to use and I love to sit down with my clients and help them get started on their stories. If you like what you see please let me know and I will set you up with a free Heritage Makers account. Heritage Makers is truly one of the best things I have EVER done in my life. I love their mission of "storybooking" and their products are second to none! Please take a minute to look at my website: www.memoriesofgladness.com

Professional Pics of the kids from a couple months ago...

Beware the moon!!

So, the kids and I went to Bajio's for lunch today and had quite the experience. While the kids were waiting for me to finish my salad Slater got up and was walking around a little. Suddenly the girls said, "Mom, look!" I turned around and Slater had his pants and underwear down to his knees and was bent over mooning his cute little white bum for all to see!!!!! I was mortified to say the least. It was one of those situations where I was as mad as anything and on the other hand I couldn't stop laughing. The girls laughed for almost a half hour straight. I tell you, that boy keeps us in stitches sometimes!

Just for fun...

I stole this fun tag from a blog of one of my friends. I thought it would be fun to see what you think. All you have to do is copy and paste to the comments section and add your answer. How well do you know me? Also, post this on your blog and see how many people know you!

Take a stab at my middle name?
Do I smoke?
Color of my eyes?
Do I have any siblings?
How many?
What's one of my favorite things to do?
What is my least favorite thing to do?
What's my favorite type of music?
Am I shy or outgoing?
Am I a rebel or do I follow the rules?
Any special talents?
How many children do I have?
If you and I were stranded on a desert island, what is one thing that I would bring?

So, it is official...

...we have decided to find out what our baby is when it is born!! Just the other day I thought..."What the heck! It will be fun to have this last little one be a surprise. I have already seen this baby at least seven times now and it still won't show itself...I don't want to be bummed again if we can't see what it is." When I told Dave that I didn't want to know what this baby is he was totally supportive and wants the surprise too. Ellie was a surprise so it will be fun that our first and last babies were surprises! Just thought I would let you know. The kids don't think it is so cool...they really want to know what we are having. So, the first week in September we will know...until then we are having a darling little "it"!