Blessed

Since this is my journal as well as my blog I just wanted to write a little post about how blessed we are. Sometimes I lay awake at night worrying about everything; the baby, the kids, money, health, the preschool, you name it, I worry about it. The other night I was doing that and decided that instead I would name all the things I am blessed with. WOW! The list was so much longer than my worries. This weekend I was having some really bad cramping and was so worried I was going into labor. I went early with both of my kids so I kind of have a phobia about going too early with this baby. The cramps just kept getting worse and I really didn't know what to do. I finally prayed for guidance and felt that if I needed to go to the hospital, the Lord would let me know. I am feeling much better today and have realized that this time around I am going to have to take it easy. I am so excited to be welcoming another baby into our family. For the longest time I felt that life was complete with our 2 kids, now I can't imagine life without this sweet baby girl. We are so blessed to have 2 healthy kids and one on the way. We are so blessed to have a beautiful home, a great extended family, wonderful friends, jobs, the list goes on... I know that this is probably a little too serious for blogging, but I just felt I couldn't go any longer without saying how grateful I am for the blessings in my life.

Pink, Pink, Pink!

I had an appointment with a neonatal specialist at Utah Valley today. I am only 16 weeks, but they wanted to have a look at the baby since I tend to deliver early and because of my Crohn's disease. The ultrasound tech came in and had a look at the babies, spine, brain, heart, legs, and arms. They all look great. The doctor then came in and talked with me about my Crohn's the medications I am on to control it and answered all our questions. We weren't going to find out the sex, but Rory asked and we found out we are having a....


GIRL!!!!!


We couldn't be more excited. Rory wanted another hunting buddy, but is very excited to have another princess. I knew from the beginning that it was another girl, and I am excited that now I can start preparing and organizing things. Now comes the hard part, names. We are having a hard time agreeing on a name, so if you have any ideas, feel free to comment!

Heaven must be missing an angel...

Last Wednesday Kadee had her first dance performance. It was absolutely adorable. She takes dance from Julia at Encore Dance and she loves it. She has been practicing at home for about a week and was so excited to get her costume and put it on. They danced at the Drill Team Spring Show to "Heaven Must be Missing an Angel" and stole the show. I think Encore dance rocked the house (probably because Kadee was in the one group and MyKella was in the other). I am so glad I have a girly girl and a rough and tough boy, it makes life fun.

This weekend my nephew Devin was baptized. Afterward we went to Chuck A Rama for lunch, which my kids LOVE. They love the idea of going back for more, although I don't know why because they really don't eat that much.

Connor and Kadee with Devin

We also got to go to a Jazz game. Wellington Junior Jazz had tickets available for super cheap so we got to watch the Jazz take on the Clippers. Our seats were pretty high up, but the kids didn't care. They actually did way better than I thought they would and we only went out 3 times the whole game. The highlight of Kadee's night was the free hot dog and drink you get with the junior jazz tickets. They were also handing out free popcorn in our section so Kadee was stoked. Connor loved the free Jazz sign and little Jazz ball one of the Yell Leaders gave us.

Posing by the Jazz car. Kadee wouldn't get in the picture with the other kids, so I had to get in the picture with her.

He's so stinkin' cute...

My little Connor Vonnor is getting so big. Lately he is obsessed with how to spell things, anything. His favorites are his friends names, he can pretty much spell them all. I went into his room the other day and this is what he was doing. He probably sat and spelled about 10 different words with his pretzels. My favorites of course were his name and Kadee's. I am really regretting holding him back. Rory and I made the decision to keep out of kindergarten for a year. His birthday is in the summer, and we were really concerned that he would fall behind in school. He is really small for his age and we really, as every parent, just want what is best for our kids. Looking back, I really think he would have done just fine in kindergarten. I guess you live and learn. I hope he doesn't get bored next year and I hope he continues to love to learn.