Well I am an auntie again!!

Russell and Beth had a little baby boy, yesterday at 8:35 am. His name is Eli, he weighs 6lbs 12ounces, and is 20.5 inches long. He has the chubbiest cheeks that you just want to squish but the skinniest little legs. He really is a cute little guy. He doesn't really look like either Beth or Russell, but man he is a cutie.

Russell has my camera right now so I am not able to show you any pictures but let me tell you as soon as I get my camera back I will be posting pics of the sweet little guy.

Tomorrow is the big day!!!

Well the day has finally come, we are starting our fertility treatments tomorrow... aggghhhhh..!!! I have been having really mixed feelings about doing this this time, for anyone that may not know the medicine that I am going on helps me ovulate.. great you would think, but you know those families that have the quintuplets? well some of them took the same medicine that I will be taking... Okay, I fainted there for a second.. just kidding but seriously knowing that I could get pregnant with 5 babies at once is really unnerving. Everyone has been teasing us about having 5 babies which I really don't think is very funny, they won't be laughing when they receive a package and it is one of the babies for them to watch until it is out of diapers. :) Wayne and I were talking a while back and I was fretting about getting preggers with 5 babies and Wayne said "Well really, Jackie, what's 5 babies?" (and he was being serious), I started shaking, my usually quiet calm voice ;) turned into a yell and I said/yelled "What's 5, What's 5, are you kidding me, 5.......???" hehe... I know that statistically it is VERY uncommon to have mulitples when on this medicine and if they do happen it's usually twins or triplets, but I am one of those people that the crazy stuff always happens to... being propositioned to be an "escort" in NYC, having to jump on a Ferry to get back into the States as it is pulling away from the dock, etc.etc. , so the thought of getting pregnant with 5 babies isn't that far off.

Now just to add a little note, if we were to get pregnant with that many babies, after the shock wore off I would be very excited and love them all like crazy.. when they were 8... :)

Anyways, so now that the big day has finally come like I said before I was really quite nervous, nervous that we could get pregnant with 3 or more babies, worried that I will be really sick from the medicine that I will be on, worried that I will be SUPER cranky from the medicine(more so than now), but mostly worried that it won't work. I have been praying my little heart out to Heavenly Father pleading for him to make this happen, so tonight while I was reading my scriptures I came across a couple of verses in the Bible that really hit home. You know when you read something in the scriptures and it just feels like Heavenly Father put the words there for you to read right then? Well these verses were for me tonight. It's in Mark Chapter 11 verses 22-23 and I am going to paraphrase them a bit "...Have faith in God.....That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast inot the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart. but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith." I know that I definately don't have the faith to move mountains, but I do have faith that Heavenly Father knows what is best for me, he knows that I want another baby more than anything in this world, he knows what my struggles are, he knows that I am scared, but now I know more than ever that I can't doubt him, that I need to put my faith in Him and I know that everything will work out.

So wish us luck... or better yet, offer up a prayer to Heavenly Father for us.... and hopefully the time has come and our faith is strong enough so that we can welcome another special little spirit into our lives.
I love you all.
Jackie

Ode to Wayne

Wayne is such a great guy and I am so in love with him. He is so caring, funny, romantic, stubborn, cute, and just a great guy. Wayne surprises me almost everyday with something that is so sweet. He is such a great father, there is nothing better than to look at Wayne with Nathan, and to feel the love that he has for him. I love watching them play together, read together, even when they watch t.v. together. Wayne is also a wonderful brother, he loves spending time with his brothers and loves to come up with the weirdest sports or makes the funniest trophies for EVERYTHING!!! When Wayne decides to do something he does it 110%. For instance, right now he started a floor hockey league for our old ward. Not only are they playing hockey on Wednesday nights but he has a computer there that they have a scoreboard on, they keep track of the stats and then he made a website and has all the info on there, he has refs, I am surprised that he didn't buy everyone their own jersey...hehe. There are so many more reasons why I love my husband and I am proud that he chose me to be his wife.

I love you Wayne!!!

Spring time fun!!!

On Saturday Karalee, Beth, Iliegh, Nathan and myself went to Kinsmen Park for the afternoon. We had a little "picnic" and then went on the rides that are there. There is a cute little train that follows a little track around part of the park, it was fun until we went into the creepy Alice in Wonderland tunnels. The characters looked like they were going to jump out and bite your neck, they were really creepy but since the kids were there we had to pretend that they were cool. We then went on the ferris wheel, yes Beth even though it is a kid's ride it was still scary. But Beth shouldn't talk cause she kept wanting to "take pictures" but I think she was scared too. :) We went on the merry-go-round and Karalee rode the big "rooster". It's funny to watch Iliegh and Nathan, they were scared but loving it and eventually calmed down and enjoyed the ride. All 3 grandkids went for the second trip on the train and I guess loved it, we don't really know how the Butler baby enjoyed it as it is STILL in Beth's tummy. It started to sprinkle so we decided we should quickly go on the ferris wheel before it rained too hard. We were close to the front of the line when it started to thunder and lightning like crazy around us and they shut the ride down, thank goodness Mommy didn't have to go on that one again. We had icecream in the shelter and Nathan, Iliegh and Beth played in the pouring rain. We had SUCH a fun time and still have some tickets left over so we can go back.

Here's some pictures from our fun day!!
On the Train:


On the ferris wheel:



On the Merry-Go-Round:



3 grandkids & Beth on Train:


Playing in the rain:



Nathan & Iliegh soaking wet:



We had a great time, thanks for inviting us Karalee.

Mommy, I look just like you!!!

These are the words my sweet Nathan said to me as he put the bright red headband on his head. I was busy getting ready in the bathroom this morning and Nathan was there brushing his teeth. I put a black headband on and next thing I know Nathan is pulling out the red one. He wore it around the house for a while and when it was time to go shopping I asked him if he wanted to take it off. Nathan very sweetly said "No Mommy I look pretty just like you." OH MY GOODNESS, how can you resist that, so Nathan wore the red headband all day long. We got some looks and I am sure that people were wondering what the heck I was thinking letting him wear it, but I figure he's 2 and he just wants to look pretty like Mommy. It was cute because he kept looking at my head and seeing if I still had mine on and then he would touch his head to make sure his was on. Someday I will tease him about wearing it, but for now I think it is pretty sweet.

Here's the evidence that Nathan looks pretty like Mommy.


Nathan and his headband.


Sweet kiss

Painting is done

After a week of painting (thanks again Mom) and many sore muscles most of the painting is done. Here are some before pictures:

Upstairs wall between living room and kitchen:


Nathan's Bedroom:


Basement:


Here are some of the after pictures:

Upstairs wall between living room and kitchen:


Nathan's Bedroom: (after a coat of primer, 8 coats of red, and 3 coats of blue, stupid paint)


Basement:


Our bedroom:



So now that the painting is finally done we are able to start unpacking boxes, and getting things put away. But I can't wait till we get to finally start decorating. Right now the walls are so bare and I can't wait to put up our pictures and make it look like our family home.

Once again thanks Mom for helping with everything.