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GIRL!!!

After having our ultrasound pushed back a couple weeks, we were finally able to go in last week as a family and find out that we will be welcoming a sweet baby girl into our fam at the beginning of March. Presleigh is super excited to have a baby sister and Noah doesn't seem to care that much. Noah actually slept through most of the ultrasound, but when he woke up and saw what was going on he said, "baby." Presleigh was already quite sure that she would be having a baby sister so she wasn't surprised. Wayne and I were pretty confident we were having a girl too.

We do not have a name picked out. We are throwing around a few, but we probably won't decide til baby girl gets here.

She was so cute during her ultrasound. It is totally amazing to me that technology allows us to actually watch our babies while they are still in the belly. I love being able to see her, to get a glimpse of her little personality:) She was totally stretched out for most of it. Her little legs were stretched out completely and every once in a while she would cross her little ankles. We got a nice litte profile shot and her mouth immediately reminded us of Noah's. I had another ultrasound yesterday to measure her. She is measuring right on and is just under 1 pound. We already love her so so much!!!!

So now the fun begins. Lots of baby projects. I probably won't start them until all of my Christmas projects are finished though.

Farm Days

For Presleigh's preschool we got to spend a day at a local farm. Noah and I got to tag along too.
The kiddos each got to pick out a pumpkin and paint it.

And play on a tractor:)

and eat yummy fresh apples.

It was Presleigh's good friend Saylor's birthday last week and we celebrated by playing at a nearby farm. It was a super cute place with fun farm rides and a huge pumpkin patch. The kids had so much fun:)

This is Presleigh with Saylor being pulled by a tractor.

Noah got to ride too. He had just woken up so he was a little stiff on the ride:)

Was Blind But Now I See

My eyes have been giving me some trouble for a while now. I wear the night and day contacts so I have been able to sleep in my contacts as much and as often as I want. But lately my eyes have been bugging me. They had started burning and itching when I would take my contacts out. I have been wearing my contacts less and less and have not been wearing them at night for quite a while because of the burning when I would take them out.

Well last week I decided to wear my contacts to work one night and then I slept in them. The next day I took Presleigh to preschool and I noticed that my vision was sort of hazy. It looked like there was smoke all around me. So after preschool I took my contacts out. The next little while I could see alright, my eyes were doing the burning and itching thing but then it just got worse and worse. By about 3:00 I couldn't even open my eyes because they hurt so bad, and when I did everything was super blurry. I managed to call an eye doctor to see if they could get me in real quick for an emergency but they told me I would need to go to the ER. Totally lame! So then I called my husband and told him that he needed to come home from work because I couldn't see, and I was losing it:) When I was talking to him I tried really hard to open my eyes and tried to calm down a little bit (I was in so much pain) but then I put on my glasses and I still could not see. Everything was super blurry with my glasses on so I started to panic a little bit. I was afraid that my eyes were just going to get worse and worse if I didn't see a doctor. I could not stop thinking of my grandma who went blind when she was in her 30's (I think). I was trying really hard not to think the worst.

Wayne came home, looked at my eyes and we decided to go to the ER. I guess they were really red. We took our kids to the Lewis' and I had Wayne and John give me a blessing. I was finally able to calm down a little bit. Then my cousin John got a hold of his Bishop who is an Eye Doctor and I got to talk to him and tell him what was going on with my eyes. He told me that he could meet us at his office that night at 7:45. What a blessing!!!

Dr. Cleverly numbed my eyes which felt so stinkin good. then he was able to dialate them and look at them. He told us that my corneas were all mashed up apparently because they weren't getting enough oxygen. He said that it was probably from sleeping in my contacts but could also be from my pregnancy. Luckily my eyes didn't have an ulcer on them though. He gave me a prescription and sent me home with some cream to put in my eyes. I thought I was in the clear because I was still feeling good from the numbing but about 15 minutes later it wore off and It felt like needles in my eyes once again.

I had the hardest time falling asleep that first night because of the pain. I never realized how much my eyes move around when falling asleep, but everytime my eyeballs would move a certain way I would have shooting pain which would cause me to jump.

Wayne was the best. He seriously took such good care of me. He helped get me things and guided me as I walked. I couldn't really see for about 24 straight hours and It was terrible. The pain made it extra bad though. I remember asking Wayne if he would take care of me if I went blind, he of course told me I was going to be fine.

Thank goodness he was right:)

Bucky Bug

My conversation with Presleigh today on our way home from Preschool

"Mom there is a fly on my hand"

"Eww Pres that's yucky"

"No, It's my friend"

"Just move your hand to make it fly away"

"But Bucky Bug likes me to be nice"

"Is it still on your hand?"

"Yep, I'm being gentle with it"

"Oh mom, you made it fly away when you moved"

"Oh sorry sweetheart"

"It wants to be my pet"

"Sorry Presleigh but the fly cannot be your pet"

A Review of Our Week

The kiddos and I made some delicious chocolate chip cookies. They love to sit up on the counter and help pour in ingredients. Noah still doesn't quite understand that they need to cook in the oven though. He gets upset when he doesn't immediately get cookies. He does that with his oatmeal too:)

We have the best view of the gorgeous sunsets here in Meridian. We live right in front of an open field so we get to see the beautiful orange sky most evenings. The other night Wayne let the kids take turns on his shoulders so that they could get a good look at the sky. I love how excited they get about the sun setting:)

Saturday Wayne decided to mow the lawn. He said to me "I'm gonna go grab my hat and then go mow the lawn." So of course the kids both said they needed their hats and went and found a couple hats to wear while they went outside with daddy. Yes Noah is wearing big boy underwear. He has gone on the potty a few times. We will see if he can keep it up, or if mommy can I guess. I wasn't really ready for the potty training.

This is a picture of Noah poking at a grasshopper. Yuck!

And more bug watching:)

Here is cute little Noah before church. We were trying to get a picture of my growing belly, but Noah wanted to be in all the pictures. Isn't he so handsome!!!

Almost every Sunday when we pull into the parking lot of the church Presleigh says to us, "Look at all of these vans!" It is so funny.

Noah's new nursery teacher told me a couple weeks that they call Noah the "class president". I didn't really know what this means until this Sunday when his other teacher told me that they tell all the other kids to watch Noah and to be like Noah because he is apparently a good example. I was surprised to hear this because just a couple months ago he was struggling to even go to nursery. I am glad that he is doing better in his new nursery:)

Presleigh is doing really well in Preschool. I can already tell a difference with all of the letters that she is learning. She sing songs from preschool and is a lot more interested in learning new things.

Presleigh's finger is looking much much better. It has a pretty nasty scar all the way around and I'm a little worried about how her nail is going to grow back, but we are so grateful that there was never any infection and that it has healed so well.

Presleigh is now able to get herself swinging on the swingset. She will push Noah on his swing and then jump up onto her swing and pump her legs. She can get going pretty good too. She is such a great big sister:)

We have been busy busy these days. Wayne has been working overtime and then studies after work for his CPA test. He has 2 left and will hopefully get them done by Christmas. I have started working a little bit more, now that I am feeling better.

We have been going for bike rides in the evenings since it's starting to cool down a little. The kids love to ride around the neighborhood, and it gives me a little exercise.

I have been feeling baby kick a little, which is my favorite. I love the little flutter in my belly:) Two weeks until we find out whether it's a boy or girl. I was thinking that we wouldn't find out but I've realized that I'm not patient enough for that.

After putting offers in on a few homes and not getting them we are taking a house hunting break. I was a little sad to let it go but it obviously isn't the right time for us to be buying a home.

Pre-school

Presleigh started preschool last week. She was a little nervous at first but is enjoying her class very much.
Already yawning:)

Our Trip to the ER

While we were in Montana Presleigh had a little accident which landed her in the ER. We were having a family dinner get together and all the kids were playing outside. I was sitting at the table talking to my sister Nicole with Noah curled up in my arms (he had just woken up from a nap and was being needy) when my Bro-in-law Cale brought my poor little Pres inside. She was crying pretty hard and her finger was gushing blood. He told us that she had gotten her finger smashed in the playhouse door. I went to give Noah to my sister but she took Presleigh instead which I am so grateful for because I didn't really know what to do. Nicole is a nurse and was way more calm then I was. I didn't really think it was that big of a deal because Pres has gotten a finger slammed in a door before and it didn't really do much damage. But apparently while Nicole was rinsing it with water in the bathroom she saw that it was really bad. So we loaded up and went to the ER. We wrapped her little hand with a towel and told her that the doctor was going to help her finger feel better, and as soon as we got into the car she calmed down and was fine for most of our ER experience. She even fell asleep for a little while on my lap:)

We sat in the ER for quite a while. This is a picture of us waiting for the Doctor to repair her finger.
This is while the doctor was looking at it. I have to say that when the nurse checked it out it looked like this, not too extreme of a cut across her finger. But when the doctor was looking at it I finally saw what my sister had seen when she was rinsing it in the bathroom, that it was hanging on by just a little bit of skin:( The doctor had an x-ray done to make sure that her finger wasn't fractured which it wasn't,thank goodness. Then a couple hours later they came back in and told me that they were going to put her in a papoose thing and stitch her up. I asked if they were going to sedate her and that's when the doctor said that they could sedate her if I wanted.

Ok this was a tough thing for me. No I didn't want my little daughter to go under with medication, but I thought that the papoose thing would have been complete torture. Not being able to move, getting shots in her wound, sounded like it would not be fun for her or for me. So yes, Presleigh was sedated and got 5 stiches in her pinky finger. The doctor told us that it was 3/4 of the way amputated. I felt pretty nauseous while they were stitching her up, but I'm pretty sure it was because I always feel nauseous these days. Seriously I don't know how my daughter was not freaking out. She was so tough throughout the whole thing. The nurse had given her a few princess stickers and she was so excited about them.

While we were waiting for Presleigh to wake up my mom brought Nicole and I some of the dinner that we had missed out on. It was delicious.

When Presleigh started waking up she was so funny. She looked at me and said "mommy, how come you have so many teeth?" I didn't realize that she was probably seeing double or triple so I just answed "so that we can chew our food." She asked this a bunch of times and just kept making odd comments about my teeth. After she had been mostly awake for about an hour we were able to take her home.

They told me not to let her walk because she would be pretty wobbly for a while which I thought wouldn't be an issue because it was midnight. When we got home though I laid Presleigh down and had to run upstairs to grab some medicine. I told her to stay put and not to get up, but of course as I walked downstairs I saw Presleigh stumbling trying to walk to me. I caught her right before she biffed it.


We had to go back to the hospital two days later to get her finger checked out and this is what it looked like. I thought it looked awful, but the Doc was very happy with the way it looked and said it was healing better than he thought it would. While we were there Presleigh told me that I was a lot taller last time we were at the hospital (I'm pretty sure she meant when she was on the drugs)

This is a picture of the back of her finger after a couple days. this shows how much was really cut.

When we got back to Idaho I took Pres in to get her stitches out. Her finger is still healing and she says it still hurts. I thought it would heal a lot faster than it is.

This was extra rough on Wayne because while all of this was happening he was stuck in Memphis. Plus my phone was dead so updates weren't happening very often. We are just so so grateful that it wasn't anything life threatening.