update

Not much has been going on around here, which is exactly how we want it. Dean is almost done calving. This has been a rough calving season starting off so cold and having to pull so many calves from the new heifers. He has been a lot more enjoyable with this nice weather we are having. He has been burning everything, he is so happy with a propane tank and a weed burner in his hands; and I'm just nervous he will start the state of fire.

This baby girl is kicking my butt. I'm so sick of myself; I feel like I have been complaining for an entire 9 months, my poor family. This has been a hard pregnancy from the very beginning. She is coming April 25, three weeks, I want her out but I need her to stay in there so she and Trig don't share a birthday. I don't think anyone should have to share a birthday with their sister. I still don't have a name and I really wish I did. Yesterday I did the dishes after leaving them in the sink for two days which honestly never happens. When I was done I realized I washed almost every bowl, spoon, and cup we own but not one pan or plate. I guess we had been having cereal for the past two days, truthfully I'm not sure what happened but I'm positive Dean is as sick of this pregnancy as I am. And It would be important to document that I was terrified when I first found out I was pregnant. But I have come to terms with it and I really am excited to meet this baby. I'm scared of newborns because mine have been hard but I think I'm ready for this one. I know it is going to be hard having three little ones but I'm mostly convinced it can't be too much harder than having two and being pregnant. 

Though I have been far less than a good mom my babies continue to be adorable. Trig melts my heart, he is talking so much and is all boy. He is constantly banging on things, hitting, spitting, and yelling but I secretly love how rough he plays. He loves to be outside ALL THE TIME, jumping on the tramp, swinging, and playing in the sand pile. He loves Josie and his dad. Dean has been so good to take him almost every morning to feed cows and he loves it. He fell down the stairs and got a black eye and I'm pretty sure it will just be the first of many in his life. I'm going to have to protect our new baby from his rough ways. O and he is so so good at playing pretend. He plays pretend and really does understand the crazy scenarios Josie puts him in. Sometimes he is the dad, or the guy that works at the tire store. He loves to play puppy and will follow Josie around playing pretend most of the day. They take break every 20 minutes or so for a good fight. They hit and cry and then they get over it and play like best friends again. 

Josie is growing up so fast. She is so smart and quite brassy. She is a good girl, she cries a lot and is sometimes unpleasant but she isn't naughty or mischievous. She still loves playing with her babies, playing house, and is has started playing school a lot. We have been going to an occupational therapist who magically can get Josie to eat anything but getting her to do it at home is another story. We will keep going to see how much it helps. She is very set in her ways and you can't talk her into doing or not doing anything. She likes to make lists and birthday cards. She is really into routines and following the rules. She loves her cats and also loves to play outside. She loves when Trig goes with dad because she gets to do special things like paint and play games that just don't work with Trig around. She has been planning her birthday for the last 6 months and even though its not til July she makes me sing Happy Birthday to her almost daily. She asked me for a weed burner like dad for her birthday and said she will be really careful with it. Just so we are clear that is not happening. She still likes to watch Dora, who I can not stand. I told her we aren't going to watch Dora anymore because she doesn't teach us anything beneficial. The next day she says, "Mom I could watch Dora even if her doesn't learn me things sometimes". So I'm still sticking to the 'no more Dora' rule. 

Our Easter

Friday we made a quick trip to Harrisville for Emilee's Birthday party. It was awesome. She served a good dinner and then we played games. It was fun to visit and let the kids play outside, the weather was so nice.

Our Easter Bunny comes on Saturday morning instead of Sunday.  It was a little last minute but he did show up. We waited for Dean to finish feeding cows and then let the kids search for their baskets they were excited for at least 10 minutes and then forgot that it even happened. Josie just kept talking about riding her scooter (she didn't get it for Easter she just really wanted to go outside). 

Easter Sunday we had dinner at our house with the Fox family. Laurel did her annual scavenger hunt with the kids, she is so good to them and such a fun aunt. She gave them way more stuff than the Easter Bunny did. Then Grandma Fox and Papa gave them even more surprises. There was a lot of visiting, jumping on the tramp, and 4-wheeling. Grandpa and Grandma Fox dyed eggs with the kids, and then made pickled eggs and gave us some; So Exciting for me!

we are just us

Dean and I celebrated our 6th anniversary. He was so sweet to plan a little get away. It was a complete surprise; he made all the plans, hotel reservations, talked TJ into filing in for him on the ranch, and asked my mom to keep the kids.

Friday we headed down to SLC we checked into the hotel (which was so fun and fancy) and Dean took a nap while I took a bath. Next I took a nap while Dean read the Western Horseman. It was perfect!

We went to dinner and then to City Creek even though Dean would have rather gone to the NCAA tournament. When we were waiting for our table at dinner Dean turned to me and said, "it's interesting how small peoples bubbles are here, I bet I have had three people touch me, and look at this guy he is practically sitting on my lap". Almost every man we walked passed Dean declared gay. He was so funny, we need to get out more so we are more tolerable of the public. 

We went back to the hotel, we were going to go to a movie but I couldn't talk myself into sitting in an uncomfortable seat for that long. Instead I bathed again (being totally pregnant I was determined to make full use of that enormous tub) and then we watch Duck Dynasty.

Saturday morning we ate breakfast at the hotel. John Stockton sat by us and Dean was giddy about it. Dean was nice and took me to the outlets in Park City. It was such a fun break. It was nice just to relax. I loved that Dean turned his phone off! 

We didn't do anything outrageous but it was perfect. I love him so much and I'm so glad we are just us. 

Workin' with Dad

Trig LOVES to go with Dean. Every morning he says 'cows, daddy' and brings me either his coat, boots, or a clothing item. Then I call Dean and he almost always come back and picks Trig up. Later he brings him back for lunch and a nap and then the whole thing starts over again.

This morning Trig woke up before Dean left. He knew Dean was getting ready to leave so he tried to find some clothes in his dresser but gave up and ran to the dirty clothes. He gathered all the items he would need for the day. He was so sad I wouldn't put his dirty clothes on but Dean was nice enough to wait for him to get ready.

our day to day

Josie pretends she is two if she only wants to eat two more bites of dinner. She pretends she is five if she wants five treats. It's not uncommon that she changes her age for work in her favor. The other day she came upstairs and said, "mom I'm pretending to be 18, so I can have a baby, I'm a mom and I have a purse". I said, "well when your 18 you can have a purse but I sure hope you don't have a baby and besides your hair is sure a mess to be 18". So she immediately needed to fix her hair, and then of course her make-up.

This is what she came up with. See how pretty, she even did her babies make-up. When she first came up the stairs my heart sank a little that she wanted to be 18, she is already growing up too fast I don't even want to think about her being 18. By the time she was finished with her hair and make-up I was over the heart brake and quite convinced that if she is doing hair and make-up like this when she is 18 she will be spending most of her weekends at home anyhow.

I just had to take a picture. These are two of my favorite people, I don't ever want to forget this stage. They fight like crazy but they also play together so good. I just love them; pajamas, Cowboy boots, guns, and all. 

Drama. drama. I told Trig we were going to get in the tub while I took his clothes off. Then I quickly mentioned I was going to cut his hair before he got in the tub. Total Melt Down. He climbed up on the changing table and yelled 'NO' then bawled and yelled 'NO' and bawled more, he wouldn't look at me. He hates to get his hair cut, he always has. I finally scooped him up, cut his hair, bathed him, and we all moved on.

My was telling my mom the other day I'm scared to have another baby because I'm going to miss Trig being my baby. I just love him so much. She said, "maybe its a good thing so you don't ruin him". That was such a good comment, since then I realize that is exactly what I'm doing. It's is so hard not to I just love him. I love when he is naughty and I love when he is just pure boy. The other day I turned the corner and found him putting money down the heat vent. I should have spanked him but instead I took a picture. Two things tickled me about this. He was stealing the money from Josie's 'very special' princess wallet, so he defiantly knew he was taking a big risk. And when he heard my camera snap he just looked up at me, raised his eyebrows, and slowly grinned. 

Grandma Sharon's House

Grandma Sharon is a good grandma; you know the kind that plays puppy. 

The only problem is after they play puppy at grandma's they want to play at home. 

Truth is Josie really wants to be a puppy but she just can't bring herself to eat with the face. Trig clearly has no problem with it. 

My mom was so nice to keep the kids for a couple days when Dean was in the hospital. It was nice to have them somewhere consistent so I could go back and forth. Now that I think about it I probably didn't thank her enough but I truly appreciated it. 

Eating yogurt at granny's! 

Play dough

Josie loves to do Trig's hair, and surprisingly he lets her; a lot ...

Getting a little water

styling

finishing touches

Just two of my adorable nieces

Maddie and Taylor came to stay with us for a couple days. They were so pleasant and it was fun to have company. Josie was over the moon about the whole deal, she loves 'Tader'.  We stayed busy. Taylor sewed three bags, a doll pillow and blanket. She sewed herself this swimming bag for summer entirely by herself I didn't help with one stitch; she is getting pretty good. Josie was so happy to have a matching bag just like Taylor! 

Lawrence was so nice to catch Dolly so we could take Taylor's picture for her report on Draft horses.

 Maddie is so sweet and helpful whenever she stays. She helps keep the house in order and she stayed home so Trig could take a nap while the girls and I ran to town. We worked on more of her math homework and visited I just love her company. She and Taylor were good sports to help feed the baby calves a couple times while they were here.

I just noticed Trig isn't in any of the pictures, then I realized it is because he was with Dean almost the entire time. He loves to go with Dean and Dean is so good to take him. That worked out perfect because its hard to have a baby boy around while you are sewing and painting nails!

busy week. mostly a LONG journal

Saturday the kids and I left for Utah. I was finally able to take the grey car down so we could try to sell it and I picked up our white car from the shop. (I got rear ended on the way to church just to find out that church was actually canceled do to bad weather. Little late if people are already headed there; so frustrating). Anyway I got to do Maddie's hair for prom, it was so fun to help her get ready and see her date pick her up; she looked beautiful.  Johnny and Emilee entertained my children by fulfilling their every demand. No Joke they had all the toys out, I'm pretty sure they ate an entire box of fruit snacks while Emilee made them popcorn, I looked down stairs and Johnny had made them a fort (he got some clamps out of this garage and clipped them to Emilee's new leather furniture). Next thing I know Johnny, Trig and Josie are all in the coat closet singing songs; then out to the mailbox so Josie could be a 'special delivery girl'. They were so cute to my babies. Josie cried when it was time to leave and she is still talking about going back. O Anglea was there too. She laid on the floor and told me what I was doing wrong while Hannah (I was tending her because her family went ice skating) sat on Angelas chest and ate popcorn. After Maddie left Johnny bought us dinner at Kirt's; it truly was such a fun night!

When I put the kids to bed Trig would not have any part of his crib. He just wanted to lay by Josie. Josie was excited about it but I think it kind of hurt my heart he is growing up so fast.

Sunday we went to listen to my parents speak in church. Because we were so sick we missed their Homecoming report and I wanted to her them talk. My kids were out of control all through sacrament meeting and I was so embarrassed. After the meeting I took grandma great home and she looked over at me and said, "O Lindsey what are you going to do when you have three kids". FAIL... Clearly there is no way she thinks I'm going to survive and she is probably right.  Sunday night we had dessert at my moms with some of the family and then we were off to Addy's. I took Maddie with me for good company and so I didn't have to drive in the dark alone.

Monday morning Maddie and I spent every bit of three hours doing her make-up work in math, which was only ironic because at the time we were trying to get her all caught up she was currently missing her math class. O well it was fun to hang out with her and later we got Chinese so that was a bonus! Emilee brought grandma down and JD and Catherine stopped by to see Addy's new house, which is beautiful by the way. We had a good visit and then I got busy painting Addy's bathroom. 

Tuesday We started painting the boys room and then I took Josie to Primary Children's for an appointment with a gastroenterologist. They tested her for deficiencies that I have been worried about so I'm anxious to get the results. She was so adorable at the appointment until they drew her blood. She has had that done more than any little girl should have to. (Just today we were driving in the truck and she said, "you know what daddy? I don't like that doctor that taked my blood out. He poked me and I was just Freaking Out, I don't like him, you know that?"). She is so adorable and its true she really was freaking out.

Josie had so much fun at Addy's she loves to play with Rio. They each took our cell phones and then walked around the house calling each other. Every time I got my phone back there was at least 30 calls to Addy's phone. Their conversations were short but there was a lot of them. 

Wednesday we finished the boys room and I packed up again and headed back to my moms. She watched the kids while I went to the baby doctor.    I really do appreciate doctors but it is so frustrating to go there, wait forever, pay them, and then they just say 'yep your still pregnant' and send you on your way. 

Thursday we headed home. We were all so ready to go home and we really missed Dean. We were really lucky to be gone when we were, Dean was so busy calving it didn't sound like he would have had much time for us anyway. He had a lot of nights were he was out all night pulling calves or trying to save them. It sounds like whenever he was home day or night he was sleeping and then back out to take care of something else. Good news is he is halfway done calving. Honestly though the house was in rough shape; good thing he isn't a bachelor or his pad would be condemned for sure.