The whole family came in town for my mom's 60th birthday!!!

Fishy lips anyone????

Okay, so who doesn't like fishy kisses!! Personally my favorite!!! The kids and I went a little crazy with the camera yesterday. I let Dallin take the one of me with Colton and then I....yes oh yes...I took the one of Dallin, Alex, and Me doing fishy lips....Talent I know!!!!

Finally, a picture in my post!!!!

Yeah, I just finally figured out how to add a picture to my post! Sad, I know. It has taken me all of this time to do that. I never understood how people were figuring it out. Sad, but it only took a couple of months....it could be worse. Here is the latest picture of the boys!!! I know, the youngest two are laughing but I will take it over crying. I can actually hear Alex laughing when I look at this picture!!!!! Oh, how I love my boys!!!!!!

I've been tagged and you are...not.....it!!!!!

1. How did you meet your spouse?

Well, let's just say he fell madly in love with me when he saw me and okay, well I was inlove with him since like the sixth grade!!!! He finally noticed me and the fairytale continued!
2. What can you live without?
Um, seriously??? Body Odor, fish, and kids puke!!!
3. 3 Favorite Books
Well, I love to read and Greg can sit and talk to me and I truly just don't hear him. I love the Harry Potter series and I of course love the Twilight series and anything Nicholas Sparks!!!!
4. Who was your first kiss?
Shhhh, it was Greg!!!! (that's what I told him!!!j/k) No one before Greg is worth mentioning!
5. What was your favorite subject in school?
Does T.A in the boys weight lifting class count?
6. What is your favorite memory?
Size 2, size 4, and size 32 B!!!
7. What do you do to get ready for bed?
Um, climb in???!!!!!
8. How do you show affection? Gifts? Service? Emotion?
All three...if Greg brings me Gifts I show him service and give him a little "sumthin, sumthin" and then we are both happy...that is emotion right?
9. Random facts that make you you!
I am paranoid and terrified of everything. If something can go wrong I will think of it. I love candy. I am just a home body and would rather just be home with my hubbie and kids. I hate a dirty house. I will eat chicken but I hate to cook it. I always think someone is following me in my car...and so I drive around like a crazy woman making all these turns until the car stops following me....or goes in the direction they were intending to in the first place. There is nothing I love more than being a mom!!!!
10. How did you know you were in love?
When I didn't want to leave Greg's side and I couldn't stop thinking about him. I knew I was in love but after a missionary came home and Greg and I broke up, I went out with the "mish" and I told him to take me home after like 2 hours and I went and found Greg...I knew I was in love!!!!

Dallin is so cute!

So, we were driving in the car today and Dallin asked if we were going to have a baby and I said, "gee, Dal, I just don't know if we can" He than got frustrated and said, "But you said if we prayed really hard than we could maybe have one." I said that that was true and that we just didn't know at this point, and he so innocently said, "Mom, I will do the praying and you and dad can do the kissssing!" Okay, problem solved!!!!! I wish it was just that easy!!!

Doctor, Doctor!!!!

Okay, just a little update for my blog! Greg and I went and sat down with our perinatologist (spelling?) today. It was fun to see everyone at the hospital and to catch up. We haven't gone in for over six months and sadly it is fun to see those people even though our relationship with them was through a stressful two pregnancies....they seem like family. After all the catching up we got down to business and pretty much were told what we already knew...the risks and the possibilities that could go wrong with another pregnancy. I think they think I am just crazy but they said it is possible....JUST DON'T HAVE TWINS! I guess they just worked with twins and it didn't turn out great!! That is so sad!!! So the ball is in our court. Is it worth the risk? I guess all I want to do is make the right decision. I would hate to selfishly want another baby but then have something go wrong and me not be able to raise the three that I already have. Sounds easy right??? DON'T HAVE ANYMORE!!... but how do you get rid of the nagging feeling???? The doctor said that if the baby needed the transfusion before 23 weeks than it wouldn't be possible because the ambilical cord is tiny and you just can't get the needle in there to give them blood. There is a procedure where they inject blood right into the belly of the baby and the baby will actually absorb...hopefully....some of the blood and hopefully enough to get them to that 23-25 week period. Another scary thing is that if the baby needs the transfusion at 23 weeks and the heart rate goes down they will just let the baby die because of the complications a 23 weeker would have. AHHHHH, I am so stressed already and I really don't know if I can do this as I think about all of the risks which are to many to mention....but if we were so lucky to get another baby that ends up being okay, than it is worth the price. The hopeful thing is that the antigens that Greg carries are hetero...which means there is a 50/50 chance that the baby will even get the antigens....so prayers, prayers, prayers and a lot of faith that if we move forward that a miracle can happen and the baby wouldn't even be affected. We are really rare though because it is rare to have 1 antigen...let alone 3.....but the really bad one is the Duffy antigen and it has a 50/50 chance.....50/50 is good odds...except that all 3 of our boys have gotten Duffy each time. Okay, i am probably not even making sense. It makes sense to me because I know this disease probably as well as my doctor. So sorry if it is confusing. Brief description. Greg has 3 antigens that he passed onto my boys. He is normal...I think....it took just the right two people to have a reaction. I am negative for the antigens but at some point in my first pregnancy my blood crossed with Dallin's and so my body built up antibodies like it would when you have a disease. So with each pregnancy my antibody count gets higher and thinks the baby is a disease and destroys the babies blood making the baby enemic resulting in blood transfusion to the baby before they are born. There are only 2% of the nation that can donate blood to the baby...and of that 2% who really donates. Transfusions are very risky but we have an amazing team of doctors!!!! They do brain scans on the baby throughout the whole pregnancy sometimes 2-3 times a week and the flow of the blood in the babies brain will tell them if he is anemic and if we need to do a blood transfusion. (it's a little more detailed than that but you get the point) And why am I thinking about going through this again.....I think because I love my babies and they are worth it!!! The fact that I have 3 little boys who are healthy is an absolute miracle.....so why lose my faith now? I will keep an update!!!! Sorry if that is boring.

Well, with that said, Dallin turned 7 yesterday and Alex turned 3 today! I can't even tell you how much I love my boys. Dallin is so mature for his age. He has always been so grown up. He is my little helper and my little buddy. I can laugh so hard with him and we have such a good time together. He has such a sweet spirit and amazes me at how intouch he is with the spirit. His questions and he love for the church are absolutely incredible. I am glad he is my first. Alex cracks me up. He is a little ball of energy and love! There is nothing like fishy kissies from Alex. He and Dallin both are obsessed with sports(which makes dad happy) and Alex has a special love for baseball. He is dang good at it too. If we are watching T.V. and we come across a baseball game we have to watch it. He is so cute with his brothers and every morning when they wake up it is like a reunion all over again. He just hugs his brothers and kisses them like they haven't seen each other for years. I love it. He is so cute because he has such a hard time talking but he has made up his own sign language that we love to try and figure out! I love my boys and I AM the luckiest mom in the world.

Well, I have doubled my blog page by now so I better head to bed!!!

Summer is almost over!

We just got back from our last family trip of the summer and it is clear that summer is about to end. We are starting to pack for the move and I know the rest of summer days is dedicated to packing! I have mixed feelings because I am kind of craving fall days (which is my favorite by the way) but it seems like when school starts our lives just fly by.

Our last trip was of course to the Grace fair and rodeo. We go every year and we just have a ball. It was a little different this year with Greg's Great Grandma not being there ( she just passed in June). She was so independent even at 103 that she insisted in living in a nice little trailer next to Greg's grandma's house. Grace was all about seeing Great-Grandma one last time (which we thought the last time was everytime we went in the past ten years) and Grandma's amazing food. Oh, yeah and the fair and rodeo are awesome too. There is nothing like a Grace parade. On friday night they go up the street and turn around and come back down the street and then they do the same parade on Saturday night too! We laugh but it is so much fun for the kids because they collect bags full of candy and feast on it the whole weekend. There is nothing like being in a small town. The girls even went walking/running in the mornings and it was beautiful and peaceful except for the potato pickers whistling and hollering!!!! Greg's grandma is so amazing and giving and she just makes our stay so amazing!!!!

Life is good. We are meeting with our baby specialist this Friday to "discuss" our future with any more babies. We already know that 10 out 10 doctors say we are crazy to even think about another one but our specialist said we can sit down and talk and that if we are on board that he is too! I think I may be crazy to even contemplate another baby. My only fear is me dying and giving up my opportunity to raise my boys. The chances of that are actually fairly high but I think if they are ready for me each time we do the interuterine blood transfusions than we will be okay. The chances of the baby actually making it to 26 weeks in order to do the transfusion is pretty slim too but our doctor said he just performed a transfusion on a set of twins at 23 weeks and that it was successful and they got the babies to 27 weeks before they were born. That is the earliest they have ever done a transfusion. Colton needed one at 23 weeks but they refused to do it until 26 weeks and at 26 weeks they couldn't believe he was alive...he had had a stroke but he was alive and they were able to transfuse him three more times up until 33 weeks before he was born and then he had five after he was born. Anyways...I am just rambling but I guess my point is that we need the prayers if we are going to go forward!!!! I completely have faith that things will work out the way they are supposed too!!!

Well, I am slacking and I need to be packing...oh that rhymed and I didn't even mean it!!! See ya!!!!