a good investment

his birthday outfit is still getting use.

thankful for thanksgiving

we had a wonderful thanksgiving and as usual it was spent between both of our families. it usually is fine but this year with me STILL being sick we didn't head down to my mom's until 1ish and then left at 4ish to go to the greg's. we didn't get enough williams time in. i think we might actually start switching off years so all families get equal time.

i have long loved thanksgiving. i love being with my/our families more than anything. the food is ALWAYS divine. both trevan and i have a new found love for all things sweet potatoes. mmmm, what were thinking not eating them before? it was a smaller crowd at my parents but all my favorites were there minus a few (you know who you are). until next time my fair & favorite thursday.

my cute growing family

i bought this cute little apron for my mom and terni for thanksgiving. isn't it cute?

pre-feast

typical, all the men are waiting to be fed.....

but so are gwyn and jude.

dabi, brad, and vanessa

chrissy, eileen, and tim

my handsome senor

i agree with gilbert that oreos taste better with green beans.

jude LOVES having his cousins around. him and gwyn get into a lot of mischief but are so cute together. jude's hero is tucker and he likes to yell at him to get his attention.

dreaming of a white trash christmas?

well yes i did manage to put up some outdoor christmas decorations while on what seems like my 875th day of being sick. i figured that i might as well get it over with since the weather is supposed to bad here on out and the fact that i may not ever get better.

after telling trevan all year that we are buying a christmas blow-up and him rolling his eyes, trevan caved in and granted me a christmas wish. he okayed my inflatable purchase! i looked around and found the perfect one for us. i know what people may say or think. i also know that they are borderline white trash but i love them and so does jude. we couldn't be happier with our decision

scarlet fever and the virus from hell (pardon me)

i love my life but not right now. i have been sick since october 27th and not with just the common cold. it has been HELL! it feels like a mix between strep throat, bronchitis, sinusitis, the flu, and being pregnant. i have been to the doctor 3 times and i get the same answer everytime "it's a virus". lets just say 2 days a week jude is at both of his grandma's house so mommie can get better. turns out, i am not getting better. i have missed work, church, and everything else i am responsible for. poor dr. parker had to deal with me crying after another negative strep test so i could just get on antibiotics and get better. he just told me that sometimes being pregnant is like having aids, you have no immune system and you get everything. he also told me it could let up in another week or when i deliver. GREAT! kill me now! my best friend is instant spiced apple cider because its the only thing that feels good on my throat and i hate tea.

oh and did i forget to mention what a good mom i am? while feeling sorry for myself and laying on the couch i didn't realize that jude was really sick as well. i just thought he had what i had but after 3 days with a 103 degree fever and then a sudden break out in a rash, we took him to insta-care for kids only to find that he had strep throat that had turned into scarlet fever! really, i am a loving and attentive mom but somehow i missed that. who gets scarlet fever? well we do. we have really great luck! so we are just sitting here at home on carnation waiting to get better. luckily jude got a shot and will get better. i don't know so much about me.

Mr. Fix It & Son

as some of you may know, trevan has been remodeling our basement for the past 3 months. it is work in progress and poor trevan has to deal with me being pregnant and nagging him constantly about finishing it. it is coming along, one step at a time. if you want to make me cry bring up the basement......

anyway, its been really great for trevan because since jude watches so much bob the builder he has a few tricks up his sleeve when it comes to construction. here he is helping daddy do some framing. what would trevan do without his helper?

its a.....

well today i had my 19 week check up with dr. parker and everything is looking great. the bad news is that our insurance does not cover a 20 week routing ultra sound. i was a little bummed because on my last visit he said that he would probably be able to find something to deem an ultrasound necessary. turns out, i am doing perfect and he was afraid that by doing an ultrasound, aetna (our insurance company) would make us pay, which would be like $500. he said later on he may be able to do one but not yet. i know i should be happy we are both doing great but i wanted to see my baby RIGHT NOW.

SO i called trevan all upset and he suggested what i was already thinking which is going to the mall to one of the places there and finding out what we were getting. GREAT! i was so excited so jude, trevan, and i hit up fetal studio and what we found (or didn't find) was that we are having a GIRL!!!!!!! we got a pretty sure shot like 3 times and pretty confident we are getting a sister bear.

i was shocked, even though i already thought i was having a girl because of my giant acne face. i am not sure what to do with a girl but i think i will figure it out. jude is pretty excited and loves to carry around the little picture they give you and just says "sister baby". so there you have it, we will have a little prilly princess joining our family.

mommie is a little bit tarded

i think there must be something in the water at our house. somehow we are very accident/sick prone. either that or we just love going to the doctor. today while slicing apples before work on my new pampered chef apple slicer i sliced my thumb really good. i sliced it right above where you bend your thumb and it went in pretty deep 1/4 inch or so. you would have thought i hit an artery by the way it was splattering everywhere. we quickly washed it out and put pressure on it and off i went to work. once i got to work it was still bleeding pretty badly and kathy my manager told me to go get stitches.

so to make a long story short i received 5 stitches in my thumb and did a little bit of nerve damage on my left hang side of my thumb. i can't seem to feel it when i touch it. the doctor said everything will heal fine. i just have to laugh because if its not one thing its another. not to mention i have been sick with a cold for 2 weeks and now it has settled in my chest and throat. i love being sick and pregnant.

FYI......pampered chef apple slicers are VERY sharp

happy happy 2 2 to to jude jude

'twas the eve of jude's 2nd birthday and all through the house balloons were floating across the wood floor......

jude got to open his presents from us bright and early. he was a little excited about his new kitchen. he kept on saying "thank you, thank you" over and over.

getting used to unwrapping.....

birthday blueberry muffins, oj, and bacon

jude got some good kitchen time in before we headed off to church

jude's party was bob the builder themed. now, if you look at my sister robyn's blog you will notice she threw a similar party for tuck on his 3rd birthday. its a little bit funny because both boys LOVE bob the builder, scoop, muck, and dizzy & their birthdays are a day apart. its even funnier when you think about how much i LOVED tucker, really it was a concern of mine that i would never love my own son as much as robyn's. so maybe i copied or maybe i just wanted the throw a bob birthday party..... who knows? all i know is that it was a huge success.

one of the perks of having a birthday 4 days after halloween is that you can dress up as your favorite person for your birthday really easily.

jude showing us that he is "t-uuuuuuuuu"

no one knows what we are going to do with all of his new toys. a lot of them were plus size toys. good thing the basement is almost done.

pinata time!

jude was really excited about his birthday cake. if you look closely you will notice holes through out the cake, that would be his finger markings.

enjoying his cake and ice cream


HAPPY 2ND BIRTHDAY
beautiful beautiful boy

Good Things Jude-tah

well jude made is TV/modeling debut and it went over fantastic. my manager kathy called me earlier this week and asked me if jude would model some naartjie wear for "Good Things Utah". ummm, duh! i was so excited, a little nervous for how jude would be so excited none the less. i mean come on, who doesn't want to show off their pride and joy? jude did so good! he was perfect and did exactly what he was suppose to do. he made his mama proud. he must like the spotlight, wonder where he gets that from?

to see jude in all his modeling glory here is the link:
holiday fashions
(don't' worry he is towards the beginning of the segment)