I read this on a friends blog, and thought it was too cute.
I'll do this for all of my kids, separated with / one of those
1. WAS YOUR FIRST PREGNANCY PLANNED? no/no/no/ yes/yes/ no
2. WERE YOU MARRIED AT THE TIME? yes to all of them
3. WHAT WERE YOUR REACTIONS? denial/ holy crap (1st was only 3 months old)/why does this keep happening/ horray/ finally/ oopps
4. HOW OLD WERE YOU? 22/23/25/27/29/30
5. HOW DID YOU FIND OUT YOU WERE PREGNANT? I just got a belly/ guessed/ missed period/ test/test/missed, then test
6. WHO DID YOU TELL FIRST? Husband
7. DID YOU WANT TO FIND OUT THE SEX? no/yes/no/yes/no/no
8. DUE DATE? July 1st/ July4th/March 3rd/July7th/ feb. 13th
9. DID YOU HAVE MORNING SICKNESS? YES!/ no/ little/ no/ yes/ a little
10. WHAT DID YOU CRAVE? Hot fudge sundays/ marshmallow mateys/ jello/ diet coke/ fruit/ anything with salt
11. WHO/WHAT IRRITATED YOU THE MOST? I don't remember being irritated, but I was really grumpy with #2
12. WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST CHILD'S SEX? girl/ boy/ boy/ girl/ girl/ ?
13. DID YOU WISH YOU HAD THE OPPOSITE SEX OF WHAT YOU WERE GETTING? no/ no/ yes/ no/ yes. I don't know If I wished, for something different, but I thought #3 and #5 were different.
14. HOW MANY POUNDS DID YOU GAIN THROUGHOUT THE PREGNANCY 15/ 40/ 30. 25/ 20.
15. DID YOU HAVE A BABY SHOWER? no/ yes/ yes/ yes/ no.
16. WAS IT A SURPRISE OR DID YOU KNOW? I knew with all but my 4th baby
17. DID YOU HAVE ANY COMPLICATIONS DURING YOUR PREGNANCY? Gestational diabetes with #5
18. WHERE DID YOU GIVE BIRTH? LDS hospital
19. HOW MANY HOURS WERE YOU IN LABOR? 7/ 4/ 4/ 3/ 4
20. WHO DROVE YOU TO THE HOSPITAL? Husband
21. WHO WATCHED YOU GIVE BIRTH? Husband and dr/ nurse
22. WAS IT NATURAL OR C-SECTION? No C-sections, but not "natural either. I tried with #5, but she was backwards and 9 lbs 14 oz. ouch. Got to an 8 before I asked for epidural. I am going to try again with this one.
23. DID YOU TAKE MEDICINE TO EASE THE PAIN?See above.
24. WHAT WERE YOUR BABY'S STATS? (HEIGHT/WEIGHT) 6 12/ 9 4/ 9 9/ 8 8/ 9 14.
25. WHEN WAS YOUR CHILD ACTUALLY BORN? June 30th/ June 28th/ Feb 2oth/ July 1st/ Feb 9th.
26. WHEN DID BABY GO HOME? 11 days old/ 2 days old/ 2 days old, but went back for 5 more days/ 19 days old/ 2 days old
27. WHAT DID YOU NAME HIM/HER? #1/#2/#3/#4/#5
28. HOW DID YOU PICK HIS/HER NAME? Long story for each of them
29. HOW OLD IS YOUR FIRST BORN TODAY? 8 1/2, 7 1/2, 6, 3 1/2, 1
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Monday, February 9, 2009
On My Mind Monday
Drum roll please...... Today 5 of 5 is 1. What are we doing? She is napping, 4 of 5 is at school, 1-3 of 5 are at school. I am sitting. Good day for me.......
I can't believe how fast this year went. My 6 week old... I mean 1 year old, (that's how fast it has gone) Is 17 lbs, standing on her own, and walking in between 2 people. I wouldn't want to go back to her at 6 weeks, boy was she a grump, but I don't like how fast they grow. I'm not sure how I will feel with a house full of teenagers,. I was just thinking the other day.... By the time this new baby is 1 of 5's age, 1 of 5 will be 17. Actually I'm kind of excited. I bet camping, date night, temple trips, sacrament meeting and summer breaks will be a lot easier with older kids.....
But, life is good. I'm happy where we are. No complaints. Well, besides the 3-4 week track breaks. But, that too shall pass.
Have a good day.
Friday, February 6, 2009
Free Recipe Friday
As per request....
Toffee bars!
Cream 1 cup butter and 1 cup brown sugar. Add 1 egg, 1 tsp vanilla and 1/2 tsp salt. Add 2 cups flour. Spread in a greased 9x13 and bake for 25 minutes, or until set and slightly browned. pull out and put one king size Hershey bar (I use the Special dark, but milk is good too) just set it on top and put it back in the oven for 2-3 minutes. Pull out again and spread chocolate over top.
Toffee bars!
Cream 1 cup butter and 1 cup brown sugar. Add 1 egg, 1 tsp vanilla and 1/2 tsp salt. Add 2 cups flour. Spread in a greased 9x13 and bake for 25 minutes, or until set and slightly browned. pull out and put one king size Hershey bar (I use the Special dark, but milk is good too) just set it on top and put it back in the oven for 2-3 minutes. Pull out again and spread chocolate over top.
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Favorite Foods
Loves1 of 5: Pizza, Tuna Sandwiches
2 of 5: Ramen Noodles
3 of 5: Ham and Cheese, casseroles
4 of 5: Yogurt
5 of 5: Anything she can chew and swallow. Especially Crayons
Dislikes
1 of 5 : anything except pizza or Tuna
2 of 5: casseroles
3 of 5: pizza, soup
4 of 5: Everything
5 of 5: meat
So as you can see, feeding my kids is a carefully tuned balancing act. Most every night one of them goes hungry. But, I refuse to feed them fast food/ boxed food/ candy every night. Anyone have something that works for you?????
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
2, 3 and the staff
I took 5 of 5 into the dr. yesterday to get her ears looked at because she had spent the past 2 nights screaming. No, no ear infection, just a red throat. But, it dawned on my while I was there that 4 of 5 had this rash on her rear end, and I should get that looked at. Turns out she has a staph infection. She's had one before in that same area, but that didn't click until he said staph. So I'm off to get another round of augmenton for her. He told me to keep my eye on it because if it didn't clear up immediately, we'd need to get it checked for MRSA.
I also decided to get her oxygen levels checked, because we were there, and she had a stuffy nose for a few days. I told the nurse, you have to use her middle finger, her index finger doesn't pick up as well. So we get he hooked up, and she uses her index. 79-85. The nurse looks worried. So I tell her, just stick it on her middle finger. Low and behold.... 100. Way to go middle finger!
I also decided to get her oxygen levels checked, because we were there, and she had a stuffy nose for a few days. I told the nurse, you have to use her middle finger, her index finger doesn't pick up as well. So we get he hooked up, and she uses her index. 79-85. The nurse looks worried. So I tell her, just stick it on her middle finger. Low and behold.... 100. Way to go middle finger!
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
YW Fund Raiser
This year, we decided to do something different than flags. We have done flags for 2 years, and it works, but the girls don't enjoy it, the leaders, have to get up on one of the only days off they have, to get the girls out of bed to do flags, and half the girls don't do flags. So this year, we are doing an auction.
I have made a few phone calls, and have gotten a pretty good response. I thought I was way too excited, and no one else would care that much about it. But so far, the response has been pretty good. I have people donating cakes (which I hope will make up the majority of the auction) blankets, toys, car seat covers, home made thank you cards, rolls, and jams. The girls will also donate baby sitting, dog walking, and anything they have made, or can do. I hope to get the Elders and HP's and YW to donate items also.
If any of you in the ward have anything you would also like to donate, anything would be appreciated.
I'm so excited! my sister in law has done this for the past 3 years, and she told me it took a year for people to see it in action and get excited, and now it's one of the wards favorite things. That may be the case here too, but I hope people see this for the what it is, and get as excited as I am about it! I think it will be so much fun.
If any of you have done this before, let me know what worked , didn't work....
I'm still trying to decide if we should do a silent auction, but I'm leaning toward silent for the non food items, and seeing if the MC will get people excited about the cakes and things.
And don't worry...... The YM will still do the flags.
I have made a few phone calls, and have gotten a pretty good response. I thought I was way too excited, and no one else would care that much about it. But so far, the response has been pretty good. I have people donating cakes (which I hope will make up the majority of the auction) blankets, toys, car seat covers, home made thank you cards, rolls, and jams. The girls will also donate baby sitting, dog walking, and anything they have made, or can do. I hope to get the Elders and HP's and YW to donate items also.
If any of you in the ward have anything you would also like to donate, anything would be appreciated.
I'm so excited! my sister in law has done this for the past 3 years, and she told me it took a year for people to see it in action and get excited, and now it's one of the wards favorite things. That may be the case here too, but I hope people see this for the what it is, and get as excited as I am about it! I think it will be so much fun.
If any of you have done this before, let me know what worked , didn't work....
I'm still trying to decide if we should do a silent auction, but I'm leaning toward silent for the non food items, and seeing if the MC will get people excited about the cakes and things.
And don't worry...... The YM will still do the flags.
Monday, February 2, 2009
Tell Me It Aint So
I wish I could post this calender, (but I'm not technically savvy) I just read the D track calender schedule for spring break, and it's not good news. We are now in the 3rd and final week of track break, and so ready to go back to school. It hasn't been bad, it just starts getting long after a few weeks. They go back on the 9th, for 8 weeks, only to go back off track for 4 weeks..... 4 WEEKS?!?! Isn't that a bit excessive? 3 weeks is pushing it, 4 weeks, is just unnecessary. If I felt better, and it was warmer, I could handle this better, and by their break in April, I will, and we can go out and work in the yard. This time around we've been dealing with crummy air quality, cold, and not even a good snow storm to entertain.
Now on to dilemma #2. Daughter #1. She got new shoe laces because she refused to tie her old ones they got walked on, and ruined. So, she asked her little brother if he could put them in. She does this a lot, she flatters him a bit, and he does things for her. But this time he couldn't. And really I wanted her to do it herself. But, this is what she does. she puts them through the first hole, then decides she can't. I giver a few hints and recommend she looks at another set of shoes, as an example. Now she just won't. She's smart, she can figure things out, she just won't. Her preferred method, pout and stare at the object until someone else comes and does it for her. We did this with tights before church a few weeks ago. She just could not get them on her legs. Her dad finally got so frustrated with her that he yelled at her. (this man doesn't yell, so if it happens, you know he's not happy) 2 seconds later, she had them on her legs ready to walk out of the door. She is now down stairs pouting because i am not doing it for her, and her brother didn't. How do you get them to try. Try more than once, then try again.
OH, never mind, she is back, and her shoe laces are in ( I may help her tighten them) It is done and done right! Wow, I am impressed. Now, If we can just learn a lesson from it, for next time!
Last, I'm kind of surprised I didn't get any comments from my post on gender prediction and hair lines. Maybe you all just ignore my free recipes..... It's at the end of my last post. Give it a read, and let me know what you think.
Now on to dilemma #2. Daughter #1. She got new shoe laces because she refused to tie her old ones they got walked on, and ruined. So, she asked her little brother if he could put them in. She does this a lot, she flatters him a bit, and he does things for her. But this time he couldn't. And really I wanted her to do it herself. But, this is what she does. she puts them through the first hole, then decides she can't. I giver a few hints and recommend she looks at another set of shoes, as an example. Now she just won't. She's smart, she can figure things out, she just won't. Her preferred method, pout and stare at the object until someone else comes and does it for her. We did this with tights before church a few weeks ago. She just could not get them on her legs. Her dad finally got so frustrated with her that he yelled at her. (this man doesn't yell, so if it happens, you know he's not happy) 2 seconds later, she had them on her legs ready to walk out of the door. She is now down stairs pouting because i am not doing it for her, and her brother didn't. How do you get them to try. Try more than once, then try again.
OH, never mind, she is back, and her shoe laces are in ( I may help her tighten them) It is done and done right! Wow, I am impressed. Now, If we can just learn a lesson from it, for next time!
Last, I'm kind of surprised I didn't get any comments from my post on gender prediction and hair lines. Maybe you all just ignore my free recipes..... It's at the end of my last post. Give it a read, and let me know what you think.
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