Its my Party and I'll cry if I want to...

My 26th birthday rolled around on Easter this year. I love birthdays and holidays. This one however I would like to just forget..we were all sick...I mean sick sick with something called Herpangina...it is a throat illness that causes you to get cold sores all up and down your throat...let me say that it was the worst pain I have EVER experienced...I would gladly have a c-section without anesthesia than have this virus again... I am not kidding. Let me know if you've ever had it...you will most definitely agree with me. Not the happiest of blogs but I will post later on when we are healthy again. I have really fun stuff from our trip back to the homeland.

A sweet and cute video!

IT'S A GIRL!!!

Yay! We went this morning and we have a girl! And the best part is that she is a normal size, unlike her big brother that was 6 weeks ahead of schedule the whole time in size!!! So, now we have to narrow down names...we are thinking Emma Grace or Chloe (no middle name yet). So we will see how it goes!

I am working on doing less...

Here is a quote I have grown to love. I am on a quest to simplify my life and I want to start now. I want to enjoy/experience the spiritual benefits of a simplified lifestyle. Enjoy....

Mothers Who Know Do Less

Mothers who know do less. They permit less of what will not bear good fruit eternally. They allow less media in their homes, less distraction, less activity that draws their children away from their home. Mothers who know are willing to live on less and consume less of the world’s goods in order to spend more time with their children—more time eating together, more time working together, more time reading together, more time talking, laughing, singing, and exemplifying. These mothers choose carefully and do not try to choose it all. Their goal is to prepare a rising generation of children who will take the gospel of Jesus Christ into the entire world. Their goal is to prepare future fathers and mothers who will be builders of the Lord’s kingdom for the next 50 years. That is influence; that is power.

Tubes it is...

Ok, I am officially sick of ear infections, but extremely grateful for modern medicine. We went to see our beloved pediatrician last Thursday. (He was our Singles ward Bishop before we got married) Little Dude's left ear was red, but not infected and his right ear was of course filled with fluid. So, I asked to be referred to a Pediatric ENT (ear, nose and throat specialist). He gladly gave me the referral and we made an appointment for that next week. Rob was in Boston on a business trip and so Little Dude and I went together to the appointment. LD loves his pediatricians office and knows where everything is and has the routine down. IE: You get weighed first, then the nurse takes your temp and then you get to go to your favorits room with the cool rocking truck in it and that has farm animals painted on the wall then Dr. Whiting comes in checks you out and then it is sucker time!!! But the ENT was different...the rooms have big machines and weird looking chairs in them. So, he freaked out a little, but I held him and the sweet nurse took good care of him. He passed the hearing test with flying colors(they said that he was the 1st child in 6 months to have had chronic ear infections and pass the test) he also passed some other test that checks something else out too...then the Doctor came in she said that after looking at the tests she didnt think he would need tubes and then.....she looked in his ears. Both ears had "puddles of white puss" at the base of the ear canal. She asked me how long he had been on antibiotics, I told her.(12 weeks) She then said one word. "TUBES!" So, we scheduled the surgery for the 10th of March (he has a cold and needs to be totally better before they can operate and do anesethia.) They will go in and suck out hte infection (puss) and then insert the tubes! So, we are willing this cold to go away and praying that his ears do not get any worse while we wait. I am a little apprehensive about the 'surgery' part, but it is a totally common and routine surgery for kids. I just wish it was me rather than him. He is just too little for this stuff....but maybe better now than when he can remember the bad. So, that is our update. Thanks for all the comments and prayers! we find out the day before tubes what we are having...finally. So, updates to follow!
Love, Jules