Time Flies...When your having fun!!

Well Lillian is 1 Month old now and I haven't posted anything about her, wow am I slacking or otherwise just busy, When Lilly was born she weighed 9 lb. 12 oz. and was 20 in. long, when we took her to her 2 week appt. she weight 10 lb. 5 oz. and was just shy of 22 in. long, it has been so much fun getting to know who she is! She likes to cry, at least it seems that way but I think that we are starting to get that under control. She looks so much like Savannah did when she is asleep, but when she is awake she looks totally opposite. She has a really strong neck and likes to look around, she is our little turtle. Savannah absolutely loves to show her off, and she tells people how to hold her and that they need to wash their hands before they hold her. It is such a blessing and so much fun having 2 kids, and also very challenging all in one. She doesn't like sitting by herself very often, we barely got a picture of her before the crying started.
Eric and Lilly sitting together, she likes to lay on his chest but only if he is doing leg exercises with her and making low noises, ooohhh, eeeee, aaawwww.....

Great Grandpa and Grandma Houmand with Lillian on Thanksgiving.

This was taken today, she is a little over a month old and this is the outfit that she came home from the hospital in, it was big on her then and now I think that it is the last time that she will be able to wear it as she is stretching out of it.
She has the cutest chubby cheeks and thighs but the rest of her is so little and petite.

Gardner Update...

So it has been awhile since I have posted anything. I guess it is because I just don't like to blog about anything, although I love it when other people do, so this is just an update as I am not sure when the next one will come.

We are going to be at 37 weeks pregnant today and the pregnancy is going great. The Dr. says the baby is extremely healthy as the last month she has been weighing at around 8lbs but he says he isn't sure really how big she will be, and I don't have any problems which is wonderful, although I am not due until Nov. 16th he wants to induce me this week as he is going to be out of town from the 1st till the 13th. Initially that sounds wonderful as I don't think there is much room left at all, I am supposed to see him tomorrow (27th) to make a game plan. He says if everything is still the same from last week he will just let the pregnancy go as long as possible and if I am still pregnant when he comes back on the 13th then he will induce me on the 14th, but if he can find any reason possible to induce then I guess she will be born in October, preferably the 31st. I think I am going to let him know that I would rather let me go as far as possible because this week isn't the best week as I have my Grandpas Funeral and would really like to be there, and just plain simple fact that I didn't go very far with Savannah that I would like to see where this one goes to.

I think that we have everything ready for the baby to come, the only thing left to do is pack a bag for the hospital, I have a list but nothing packed.

My Grandpa was supposed to be coming home next week from the nursing home and then this last Friday things just got worse so we were able to go up to the hospital to say good-bye and then they took him off life support and about 15 min. later he was gone. He was sealed to his first wife in the temple, and has been married to my grandma for a little less than 10 years. I know he is having a grand reunion with his wife, but we are very saddened to see him go, especially for my Grandma. Eric always enjoyed talking with him and Savannah just enjoyed to be anywhere near him as he would indulge her on her many imaginitive schemes. I haven't told Savannah yet as she had a hard time comprehending things when my brother passed away a couple of months ago, I figure I am going to wait until the viewing and try to make the visit as short as possible. She is so emotional for a 4 year old, and she has been surrounded by deaths every since I was pregnant with her.

Savannah and Eric playing on the swing in the backyard. He started his last class to Graduate at the end of this term and now Monday-Friday he leaves for work at 7:15 am and is there until 4 then off to class until 9, so he isn't home till 9:30pm, so he tries to spend as much of his time with his little girl. What great buddies they make.

Carving pumpkins, she didn't like the pumpkin goo. (Neither did Dad, so mom did the gutting)

A wonderful man.

My brother Jason past away today, he was a great example to us all. Always giving, caring, loving, kind, gentle, and he had a great sense of humor. I will miss him terrible, but he is in the best place anyone can be. We went to his house this morning before the mortuary came and he looked so peaceful, I know that he is looking down on us while he can walk, talk, hear, and be free from all the tubes, I am so greatful he was such a faithful man. I may not have grown up with him, but he has influenced me in my later years. I will always remember him for the wonderful person he was to his family and friends. I will miss you Jason and will always Remember and Love you!!!

July in review...

I was just realizing that Savannah will be 4 next month, wow does time fly!!! Not exactly sure what to do just yet, she wants to have a friend party, my anxiety says "no absolutely not", and yet I know that it is that time that she is old enough and since she has been in school she now has lots more friends. So if there are any ideas on what to do, I would gladly except the ideas and encouragement. So far I have thought of possibly doing a water party, not sure yet.
This month has been calm yet eventful, Savannah got what is called Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease so we took her out of school for the month so that she wouldn't get any worse, and it wasn't fun.
The fourth and the twenty-fourth were different than normal years, it seems as though I end up crying on both of those days every year because all I want to do is go to a parade, carnival and watch fireworks, but Eric can't stand the heat so he always gets grumpy and I end up crying. So this year especially because I am pregnant I didn't want to get upset so I didn't really plan anything, I figured "no plans, no disasters". It went well, we went to a car show in Logan on the fourth, and Lagoon on the twenty fourth, no parades, no carnivals and no fireworks (except the sparkler that burned Erics foot, I think that his Mom cursed him. hehehe). It was a change in pace and it all worked out. We went camping, and I made it through the nights not having to go to the bathroom and getting eatin by a bear, I wish we could have stayed a couple of weeks.
We had our Big Ultrasound this month as well and the baby looks great, the ultrasound tech said that she counted all fingers and toes, the 4 heart chambers looked great and the baby is still growing about two weeks ahead of schedule, we got some really neat looking 4-d pics. As for me this pregnancy is a lot different than with Savannah, it seems like I already don't have any room left for this little one to grow, yet when I had Savannah I hadn't even gotten to that point. We are looking forward to this new edition with excitement and some fear, I think that at least me I am a little more nervous this time, even though we did the newborn thing with Savannah that was 4 years ago and I feel like I have already forgotten it all, the only good thing is that we have a great helper on our hands. Savannah tells us that she is no longer the baby and she is going to be the big sister.

IT'S A GIRL!!!

So as everyone should know by now (thanks to Eric and Facebook), we found out that we are having a little Girl. At first I was really nervous as to what Savannah had to say about itthat as before we knew what we were having she said that if it was a girl that she would not play with her and would be very mad at her Daddy. I went into the dr. for a sinus infection so it was only Savannah and myself that were in the room, so when the dr. left the room I told her that it was a baby girl and not a boy and then waited, she then said "yeah I'm gonna have a girl" then I asked her if she was mad at her Dad and she said "no, I'm gonna have a sister". Phew... that was my only concern and now that it is out of the way, we are way excited to be having a new little girl. We got home and I had been to the store and bought a pink blanket, Savannah got out of the car and said to her Dad, "I know what we are having", she showed him the blanket and said "its a girl" Eric then got the biggest smile on his face, I think he is the most excited.
On Monday we will be at the middle of the pregnancy, and I feel very confident that this pregnancy will go much different than when I was pregnant with Savannah, so I really feel that we are half way through. I have only gained 3 pounds which the baby weighs 1 pound of that, so that makes us all happy, and then you wonder if the baby is getting enough nutrients, well the baby is measuring to be about 2 weeks ahead of schedule, and everything else seems be perfect. This baby is a lot more active than Savannah ever was, constant moving and kicking, especially into my bladder in the middle of the night... I wonder how that is going to be for camping??
Now our only challenge: Baby Names???

And the baby is a...

Baby, we went to the Dr. this morning and the baby would still not cooperate, we got a side view the whole ultrasound. So another 4 weeks, and maybe 3rd times a charm.

Poll...Boy or Girl???

I have decided to do a Poll of what gender everyone thinks our baby will be, Boy or Girl? We went to the Drs. on the 21st of May and were supposed to find out the gender, but the little one would not cooperate, so our next appt. is on June 11th in the morning.
Our due date is on November 16th but the baby is growing as if the due date is on the 8th of November instead. I have been sick around the clock on and off, but since I have gotten into the second trimester I have only been sick here and there, so at least it has lightened up.
Savannah just finished her first year of preschool, and is starting summer sessions this week.
Eric bought a new car 92 Mustang Fox Body, this will be his project car even though I think he will finish it sooner than he plans as much time he spends on the internet researching and out in the garage tinkering.
Dixie got into her first dog fight today, nice chunk out of skin, about the size of a quarter. I don't know what got into her she doesn't wander off, but my mom had her in the yard and next thing you know she was across the street in a fight.
The next posting will be about the gender of the baby....

Update..

Savannah is growing up so fast. She is the funniest person I know, and can make anyone laugh at anytime, almost anytime, as long as she is in a good mood. Eric is almost done with this term at school, stressful as always but it will be worth it in the end. I have still been sick with this pregnancy, hopefully in a couple of weeks it will go away. I have been to the drs once already, when the baby looked liked a blob, and our next appt. it this coming week, Savannah and Eric are going to come so that they can see the baby. My dr. does an ultrasound every visit, and we get to record it as well.
We had Easter here at our house, the Easter Bunny came and hid eggs for Savannah, and she got a beautiful Easter dress with a blue Easter bunny, it was so much fun this year. Last year when we moved into our house someone put plastic eggs all over our yard, and then it happened again, we got a note with a bag saying it was from our neighbors, I don't know who it could be. It is wonderful that someone would think of us on Easter.

Last week we were able to see Erics sister from Washington with her family, it was so much fun to see Savannah and Ashlynn playing together, they haven't seen each other in about 3 years. Savannah asks about Ashlynn all the time.

My niece Katie had another brain surgery 1 week ago and seems to be healing very well, the drs weren't able to save her hearing in one of her ears and her facial nerves will take a few months to heal. My brother was put back into the hospital, he stopped breathing, his blood pressure was really high, and he started to have seizures, he was first put into the ER, then a regular room, then he went to ICU, in critical condition, now he is back in a regular room and doing much better. I am on my way up there in a little while to see him. Praying all goes well.

I have a ton of pics to post, as soon as I have more time, they will be up here.

We're Expecting...

So since the last post, 1 month ago, we have found out that we are expecting another baby!!! Eric says that it is about time, and Savannah says I need to eat a lot so that the baby can grow big... We are due November 13th, and yes it is a Friday, good thing I am not supersticious. When I told Eric I took a picture of the test on a peice of paper and on the peice of paper I wrote "Do you want a Boy or Girl" I told him that he didn't get to see all the pictures from last Sunday when Eric, Clay and I drove up to see the Draper and Daybreak Temple so he was looking at the pictures when he seen it, he seems pretty excited. I told my family on this last Saturday by making a shirt for Savannah, the front of the shirt said "I've got a Secret", and the back of the shirt said "I'm gonna be a BIG SISTER".

Another Day

Another Day has passed in this all too fast world. Since I have blogged last Savannah has started pre-school and is loving it, she goes three days a week Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 9:00 to 11:30, if anything it helps my Mom who watches her everyday have a break. The night before she started school I cut her hair. She has been going to school for now 3 weeks and this week she has a Valentines Party so that will be fun for her, we are going to wrap a shoe box up in white paper and then she will decorate it at school, she seems to be learning a lot of new things like writing and recognizing letters and numbers. My friend Shari had her baby about a month ago, his name is Ryder and so adorable, Congrats Shari and Paul. We finally put our house back together last weekend from when Christmas was here, what a relief. As for the snow it is still in our front yard, and not in anyone elses, we face the wrong direction for it to melt so it is just sitting there looking like Winter in our yard and Spring in everyone elses. In about 3 weeks we will be celebrating our 5 year Anniversary, wow has it gone fast. Things are so different to when we met. Eric's Dad spent the night last night so tonight he wants to go over to Eric's Aunt and Uncles House for Family Home Evening, I look forward to this every month although it is hard for us to make it everytime. I guess I better go get ready, blog ya later.

It's been awhile.

It has been awhile since I have posted anything so a lot has gone on. My neice Katie had her first surgery on this last Friday, things went well they were able to remove 2 of her tumors and she is already home.
I have joined facebook and found many friends including my little sister that I haven't seen or heard from for about 8 years.
My sister Amy did the 12 days of Christmas on me, everynight before Christmas she would have her son run up to our door and leave something, then run away, I was sure it was a neighbor, but I was wrong and totally surprised.
Eric's Parents came into town for Christmas, it was the second Christmas that we were together the first one was when we were dating 5 years ago. It was so much fun to have them here, I wish that his brother and sister and her family were here as well, but it all means it to be more joyful in the years to come. We spent Christmas Eve at Eric's Grandparents house, it was the best one so far, We had a wonderful Christmas morning here at our house then went to my parents for a few hours, after we drove to Sandy to Erics Grandparents house again to have Christmas Dinner, we only stayed a little while and when we left it had snowed and continued to snow, it took us about 2 hours to get home when it normally takes 45 mins. Yuck...
Eric's Neice Ashlynn turned 3, I thought of her all day long and reminded Eric to call, either he forgot or wait yes he forgot until it was late at night. We miss Rachel, Howie and Ashlynn.
Eric's Brother comes home from his mission at the end of January, it will be weird cause he hasn't seen Savannah since she was little and now she runs the whole show.
Work is back to being work, not that exciting and yet not that fun, I still want to look for a new job.
My friend Shari still hasn't had her baby (Ryder) yet, he was due on the 2nd of this month, I can't wait, I am so excited for her and Paul to be Parents, they will have so much fun.
We had the Flu at our house on our long weekend, it sucked cause it would have been much nicer for us to actually spend time together instead of one of us being stuck in the bathroom.
I still need to take down our Christmas Tree, thought I would get to it this last weekend but no the flu got to us.
I think that has caught us up to date