Many of us know the comfort of having a rocking chair in our homes. Whether it is to rock our sleeping babies or to soothe a sick child they are a great comfort.
Even as adults to sit in a rocking chair with a good book is comforting.
To my son, Stockton, there is nothing more comfortable than our Rocking Chair.
1.Where were you when you first found out that you were pregnant? 1-home, 2-home, 3-home, 4-home.
2.Who was with you? 1-my mom 2-Cam 3-just me 4-Cam
3.How did you find out that you were pregnant? 1-My dad did a blood test at the lab and called with the results. 2-I think another blood test. 3 & 4 home pregnancy test.
4.What was your first reaction to finding out you were pregnant? 1-excited, we thought it would take awhile to get pregnant because of some medical reasons, but only took 2 months.. 2-Excited, we tried for about 9 months. 3-Excited, we tried for a year and when we finally decided to give up we found out we were pregnant. 4-Excited, a little unexpected. He was not a surprise just happened fast.
5.Who was the first person you told? 1-my mom was there then told Cam. 2-Cam and maybe Kami. 3-Kami then Cam. 4-Cam.
6.Did you plan to get pregnant? Yes, to all four.
7.Did you tell everyone else right away? 1-We were so excited we couldn't wait to tell everyone. 2- yes. 3-yes. 4-We waited a couple of weeks but decided to tell the kids on our way to Salt Lake and they just couldn't wait to tell everyone.
8.Was everybody happy for you? Yes.
9.Did you go out and celebrate? No.
10.Did you want to find out the sex? YES
11.What was the sex? 1-boy, 2-girl, 3 boy, 4 boy.
12.Did anyone throw you a baby shower? 1-yes, 2-no, 3-no, 4-my sister wanted to because it had been almost five years but I felt weird having one for my fourth baby.
13. Did you get any outfits at the baby shower that you just knew that you wouldn't put on your baby? No, I was excited for everything.
14.How much weight did you gain? 1-about 40lbs., 2-about 45 lbs., 3-around 55 lbs., 4-I think it was around 50 lbs. I know crazy, I get huge.
15.Did you lose all of the weight that you gained? Believe it or not but I was always stuck with an extra 5 lbs. with each one. Still working on #4.
16. Did you get stretch marks? Oh yeah.
17.What did you crave the most? I don't know that I craved anything specific. Just food in general, but had a hard time with sweets. They didn't taste very good.
18.Did you crave anything crazy? Not really
19.Who or what got on your nerves? Nothing really got on my nerves to bad. My hormones were crazy but I don't really remember anything specific.
20.Did you have any complications during your pregnancy? Yes, preterm labor.
21.Where and when did you go into labor? 1-at my baby shower. 2-at home at about 1 in the morning. We went and dropped Sean off with Grandma & Grandpa Pearson and then went to the hospital. 3-at home. I had just been taken off of bedrest and was trying to finish up some decorating for Christmas when the contractions started. 4-at Wal-mart! Then I drove home and laid down to see if the contractions would stop and when they didn't decided I better go to the hospital.
22.Did your water break? no. not with any of them. The doctor had to do it at the hospital.
23.Who drove you to the hospital? 1-My friend Torann. 2,3 & 4 Cameron.
24.Who was in the room when you gave birth? 1-Cam, my mom, Cams mom, my sisters, my dad(the doctor), and two nurses. 2- My dad, Cam's mom, Dixie, nurse and I think respiratory. 3- Dad, Dixie, Nurse, Cam. 4-Cam, My Dad, Dr. Pope, Dixie, three nurses, and two people from Life Flight. There might have been respiratory too.
25.Did you go early or late? 1-three weeks early, 2-three weeks early, 3-two and a half weeks early, 4-six and a half weeks early.
26.How long were you in labor for? 1-16 hours, 2-6-7 hours, 3-about 9 hours, 4-5hours.
27.Did you have any drugs for the pain? I had an epidural with #1 but it did not work. No drugs with 2, 3 or 4.
28.Did you go natural or have a C-section? Natural
29.What was your first reaction after giving birth? I cried with everyone and wanted to know immediately if they were okay.
30.How big was the baby? 1- 6lbs. 4 oz. 2- 6 lbs. 9 oz. , 3- 7lbs. , 4- 4lbs. 14oz..
31.Did your husband cry? Yes.
32.What did you name the baby? 1-Sean, 2-Elizabeth, 3-Stockton 4-Shane
33.Does her name have any significant meaning? They all have family names. Shane is a family name but was 2 days old before we decided. The final decision came while we were in the NICU with him and we looked up the meaning and it means. Gift from God.
34.Did you have any visitors? Yes
35.Did he have any complications? 1-Just that the epidural did not work. 2-She was early but was fine.. 3-He did not cry right away to clean out his lungs so he required a little oxygen for the first 10 hours., 4-Yes, He decided to make his arrival a little early and he took a Life Flight ride to Utah Valley when he was just hours old. We spent 2 weeks in the NICU and he came home on oxygen and an apnea monitor.
36.How old is your baby today? 1-ten years, 2-eight years, 3-five years, 4-5 1/2 months.
37.When is the next one coming? As of right now there are no future plans. I don't like to say I am done because everyone has a surprise if they do.
38.If you could, would you do it all over again? For sure. With each child you wonder how you can share that much love with all of them, but it is so easy. I love them all so much.
39.Tag someone: I would challenge anyone that reads this. It is a fun reminder to everyone and how different all the pregnancies can be.
Look who finally found his feet!
Just after turning 5 months old Shane discovered his feet or his 'pigs' as I like to call them. At first I thought it was an accident but he kept doing it.
Then just a few days later he realized he could put his toes in his mouth.
Now I am noticing he gets a little fussy when he can't get to his little toes so I take off his socks and he is perfectly happy. Awww, how sweet. His progression just amazes us, almost like he is our first not our fourth.
I know I am a little behind on my bloggin'. UGH! It is so hard to keep up on everyone. I take so many pics that I want to document and then realize they are still on my camera. Well I am going to get a few done today.
While Cam was off during the Christmas break he took the kids out to the farm and pulled them around behind the four wheeler on their sleds. They had so much fun. I was so glad I sent the camera with him. I stayed home with Shane and made Hot cocoa to warm them up when they returned.
My personal favorite photo!
I wish the snow would have stuck around a little longer. I guess we still have a month or two for some good snow storms.
I have so much to document for Christmas. I was really going to stay on top of my blogging this month but SOME promises were made to be broken. OOPS. This month started out so busy. I think the first week we had something every night on top of battling the stomach bug. YUCK!
With hopes that the tree would be up the first week there just wasn't time so we finally got it up and decorated the second week. The kids were really hoping for a REAL tree with our traditional decor but that wasn't looking likely. So I pulled out the wonderful pre lit tree, my favorite, and my Twelve Timbers ornaments. After a few moans from the kids they eventually warmed up to the idea.
With Christmas sneaking up on us, it was now time to see Santa. Cam offered to come home at lunch and watch Shane so I could take the three older kids but I could not let his first Christmas go by without a pic with Santa. So we braved the storm and wrapped Shane up and took him out of the blanket long enough to snap a picture.
Christmas came, ready or not, and we got a lot of fun things. I recall the kids saying several times. "This is the best Christmas so far" Words I love to hear.
The reaction of getting a Wii.
Shane got a Bumbo. (First time sitting in it)
Some of the other fun stuff the kids got.
We had a wonderful Christmas and we hope you all had a great one too. HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
What Have You Done?
To participate, just copy and paste in your own blog, and bold all of the things you have done. It's kind of fun!!
1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis(with a piece of paper between it and my hand)
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business(started selling Scentsy)
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury(called for duty but never went to court)
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee
100. Seen Mount Rushmore in person
101. Learned to play an instrument
Every year we get together for the Gardner Christmas party. This party is always one I look forward to. The food is always wonderful and the gift exchange is always exciting. This year it was at Suzi's house in Annabella.
The kids on the ride over to Grandmas
After stuffing our faces with lil smokies, tortilla wraps, chips and dip and of course all the goodies, chocolate butterscotch rice krispies, Polly's caramel chocolate bars, candied corn pops, caramel popcorn, etc.
Christian keeping his eye on the treats.
The kids and most of the adults went on a hay ride and did some caroling around the neighborhood. (My pics of the hayride didn't turn out so well.) Those of us that stayed behind made hot cocoa so when they returned from their frosty ride there was something warm. After the hot cocoa the kids where playing so well that the adults did our gift exchange. Everyone always brings something that they would like so sometimes you end up with your own gift. So much fun. The kids were starting to get restless so it was time for them to open their gifts. After that everyone started to head out for the night. It was a perfect way to get me in the holiday spirit.
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