Teeth Fetish

I could be a dental hygienist. As long as I don't have to see nasty teeth, smell stinky breath, see blood, give shots, or drill teeth.

I love going to the dentist. I always have! Addysin takes after me. She begs to go. Literally. She won't leave me alone once I've told her we need to go get our teeth checked and cleaned. She had a gigantic molar pulled in November and it was a bad experience... And she still loves the dentist. I didn't get any pics of her because I was getting worked on. I didn't worry about being by her side. She has 3 cavities 😒 and she CANNOT wait to get silver on her teeth! I think that she thinks her whole tooth is going to be silver like a couple of her friends. She's going to be sorely disappointed.

Jocelyn is our most mature 2 year old ever. She didn't see anyone get X-rays or a cleaning and she was so amazing and adorable. Caiden saw her do everything and still covered his mouth every chance he could get. He was even shaking at one point. He takes after Chris. Chris hates the dentist.

Worst.Day.Ever

I had to go to Pocatello to meet somebody that had come from Washington. He brought all our tools that Chris was using to remodel a house in Richland. This was the only way for us to get them before we move. I only took Jocelyn and Dillon and I was gonna just pound it out and get it done. Anyways, I was almost to Pocatello and my accelerator started having problems. About every 10 minutes for almost 2 hours I couldn't accelerate all of the sudden and I had to pullover, turn the car off, wait a minute, and then I could go again. I stopped at a mechanic and talked to a Kia service place and found out it wouldn't ruin the car to keep driving it.
We left at 11 am to meet the guy with our tools at 2:30. Trip to Pocatello-awesome until the last hour. Then everything started going wrong. First the van problems.
My van magically stopped doing the wierd thing just as I got onto the busy freeway in northern Utah. Such a blessing!! Why does The Lord bless me so much? Maybe because he knew what was coming and I couldn't handle the car situation anymore.
It started pouring so hard I could hardly see. There was a wreck and it was rush hour. Chris flew back from California and was waiting at the airport for me. He changed his flight so he could come to a lee family dinner (that we missed). Dillon and Jocelyn were not happy anymore. I had to stop and feed him when I was only 20 min from the airport. Then I got on the wrong freeway. I was completely disoriented because of the rain. I could have been going north or east and wouldn't have known I was going in the wrong direction. Then I see that I'm empty but can't find a gas station for miles on this "legacy parkway" freeway that I've never been on! I drive all over, in the wrong directions, trying to find gas. It's amazing I didn't run out! My dumb phone that I rely on too much was not helping me. And all the while, I'm waiting and expecting my car to stop accelerating so I stay away from other cars, and as close to the shoulder as possible. I finally get Chris who has been at the airport for 2 hours and Dillon cries all the way home-still rush hour because of the rain. Sooooo stressful! We finally picked up Addysin and Caiden from their friends who didn't expect to have them so long. We got home at 7:30. So.....
I traveled for 8 hours today. Oh and I stayed up till almost 3:00am baking cookies last night for tonight's Lee party.
Chris and the older three went to the get-together. Me and Dillon stayed home to relax.... After I cleaned up his blowout he had just as we got home.

The Princess Ball

Addysin was so excited for this ball. It was a daddy daughter date at the elementary school. Chris made his flight back from California for the same day as the ball. The plane had problems and they cancelled the flight!! Chris knew how much this date meant to Addysin so he did everything he could to try and get a flight. There was nothing available until Sunday afternoon! He ended up paying a standby passenger on another flight $80 to give his flight to Chris and wait for the next one. Chris was willing to give more! Everyone had heard about Chris' situation and the princess ball. When he got his ticket and started walking down the tunnel to the airplane a group of woman started cheering for him :) so many blessings happened so Chris could make it back.
Addysin wanted her hair like Elsa on the movie frozen. And she wanted makeup, of course. I LOVED getting her ready. We had just bought her baptism dress for this coming December because they were selling them at Costco. It worked out so perfect!!

A new way to post!

I found out that I can post to my blog from my phone! Yes!!! It took me almost 2 hours to figure it out. It wasn't working.... Or I wasn't working. It's 1:30 am now so that's very likely. I'll be able to post pictures and updates so easily now!!!!!!!!!!! My life has just changed.

Sent from my iPhone

Me Growing Dillon

We had to plan this pregnancy so that I wouldn't have a baby during Chris' summer sales season. That was April 15-Sep 15. Yeah, so 5 months were blocked out. We were lucky to be able to get pregnant in February. We found out mid March. We had gone home to Washington to visit. I thought, or maybe just hoped, I was pregnant but didn't want to find out there. We couldn't wait another day and bought a pregnancy test on our road trip back to Utah. Yup, we stopped at a dollar store for a pregnancy test and while we were eating at McDonalds I slipped away to the bathroom. I came back out and I thought Chris knew what I was doing... but he didn't. I told him I was pregnant! Ok, yeah... kinda weird but VERY memorable!!! I started this pregnancy weighing less than ever before in my life as a 5 foot 6-er. And you bet i gained the most of any pregnancy. I always creep my way up to 170 lbs and stay there until delivery, not gaining very much at the end. 

I thought I was 6 weeks when I took these next 3 pictures....

...but I had just found out I was pregnant and I was only 4 weeks.

I went to the Dr for an ultra sound and she told me I was 2 weeks ahead of myself and that my real due date was November 22. I had gained 10 lbs by the time I was 8 weeks.... who does that?! Me. (picture below)

 See that joy written all over my face when I looked in the mirror? :)

 11 weeks (above and below)

 ... and I'm on the move- a week and a half later at 12 1/2 weeks. 

I think I ate too much that day. I'm huge!

 Swim suits dont lie! 

16 weeks.

 17 weeks.

 There's that shirt again that apparently makes me look like I'm carrying twins! 

18 weeks.

 Baby at 22 week ultrasound. 

This is when I would have found out the gender but we decided not to... Chris mostly decided, and I did it for him. 

 22 weeeks

 25 weeks (below)

 27 weeks

 35 weeks (next 2 below)

 36 weeks 

And then I was miserable for 2 more weeks until this little sweetheart came into the world 2 weeks early. Wait... What?!?! Yes, I had him the day after my original due date (calculated by me when I first found out I was pregnant. The Dr. changed my due date based off of measurements that are "extremely accurate" from an ultrasound at 8 weeks). Who knows? I'm just happy I was put out of my misery 2 weeks before expected

Too Long

You know how when you're entering a web address and the server finishes it for you if the address has been entered before? well, I just started typing in my blog address and at no point did it ever finish it for me..... wow, Its been too long since I've been on here. Every time I think of my blog, I get a sick stomach but I dont do anything about it. Here are my thoughts for today:

I hate bedtime
I hate being on my own without chris, which is what I do now. He works in California and I'm almost a single mom. I have money though:)
I feel sickly or starving most days because I dont feed myself properly. French toast and candy are my main food groups. Sick!
I'm supposed to be packing, but all I do each day is feed kids and clean the house.
I'm happy.... but its bedtime so you're getting to hear the worst of me.

There. My first post in almost a year.