Christmas and New Years

I know how late this post seems, but I tried to do it right after Christmas, but blogger was being stupid and I lost patience. So I let it go and figured we just wouldn't have a Christmas post. I can't sleep though, so I thought I might as well try again! We really did have a great Christmas. We got to go to Las Vegas and be with my family! It was Kyle's first Christmas since his mission and Jane's first Christmas in our family! That was a lot of fun! Last year my Grandma Thompson decided that she would go to one child's house every year for Christmas. She is starting with the oldest and working her way to the youngest. She went to Uncle Fenton's last year and my family's turn was this year! It was so much fun to have her there and be all together! On Christmas Eve we had a really fancy steak dinner that my parents made...it was so yummy! We sang songs and read the Christmas story! The Spirit was so strong! We all went to bed and woke up Christmas morning to lots of good presents! It was great and we feel very blessed! Then we spent the rest of the weekend just being together! We got to go shoot Tom and Kyle's new guns on Saturday, which was a lot of fun!! Then we went to Macayo's for my birthday dinner! Yummy!! Sunday morning we got up bright and early cause our flight left at 6:15 am to come back home! I was so grateful we got to go!! Linda picked us up from the airport and we went to her house and slept!! Then we had our Christmas with her and Melinda! That was fun too and we got even more great stuff!

Our New Years was not so great! I ended up in Labor and Delivery with bad contractions, that we attribute to working to much and too long of hours! New Years Eve I was there for 14 hours and I was doing X-ray procedures a lot of the day! I had to wear those lead aprons, but I have to wear double since I am pregnant! New Years Day started in the X-ray room as well, wearing the lead! By the time I got to the ICU at about 8:30 that night to do another procedure, I think my body was saying, absolutely not!! You are done! No more! You need to rest! I started contracting, which was nothing new, but what was new, was I was laying down and drinking lots of water, and the contractions wouldn't quit. I was a little nervous cause I was only 34 weeks, almost 35. So Tom met me, and I had to call another nurse to take my call! My doctor said no more call, so that was the end of that! I calmed down more and more once I got to Labor and Delivery, and was able to go home a few hours later!

All in all though, our holiday's were good! Hope your's were just as good! Once again, sorry about the late post!!

My very sleepy thoughts!!

So, It is 3:45 am and I am still awake! This week I have been having problems sleeping cause I hurt too bad and can't get comfy, but tonight it's the worst! The last two nights I have tossed and turned and got a little sleep, but tonight sleep isn't coming, which is really a bummer cause I am so tired, but I know that this happens to everyone and it's just something that I will have to live with! Thank goodness for facebook and my blog to keep me busy! I really should be doing homework, but I am afraid I am a little too sleepy for that and wouldn't remember what I have learned and that wouldn't do anyone any good at all. So, as soon as I am done with this post, I will try again to sleep and see if it comes!!
While I was looking at backgrounds to update my blog for Christmas, I decided that this was the only one that represented the real meaning, which I have been thinking a lot about lately! Our Christmas is not going to be an expensive one in any way, shape or form. Friends that we usually buy for are going to have to just get a card or something this year cause we could only buy for family and that didn't add up to much! But as I was a little depressed about this, I realized that some of the best Christmas' are the meager ones. You sometimes are allowed to focus on the Savior more than the gifts!! My parents surprised us with the best gift ever of plane tickets so we could go home for Christmas this year. This was our year to be with my family and we screwed that up by getting pregnant. There is no way I should be sitting in a car all the way to Vegas to get home, so we rearranged things a bit and was going to spend Christmas with Tom's family and Thanksgiving with mine. When they got us the tickets though I was so excited cause we could stay on our normal schedule, but more importantly, it's Kyle's first Christmas since he's been home from his mission, Jane's first Christmas as an official part of the family, and my grandma is going to be there too. She is taking a turn at each of her kids houses each year and there are six kids, so this wouldn't happen again for at least six years! Another reason I am so excited is that my parents will get to see me so far along in my pregnancy. I have changed a lot since my mom has seen me last and even more since I have seen my dad! My grandma, Kyle and Jane haven't seen me in quite a while too, and I am excited for that! Probably the next time they see me, my stomach will have deflated some, and our little Jaycee will be in my arms instead of my belly!!
Wow, I am rambling tonight, good thing I am not doing my homework! Back to the true meaning of Christmas! When we told my mother in law that plans had changed and we were going to spend Thanksgiving with her and Christmas with my family, she was so excited for us! Then her and Melinda decided that they would go work at a soup kitchen on Christmas morning! How amazing is that! If that doesn't say the love of Christ, I don't know what does! I am so excited that Jaycee's Nana and Auntie are such amazing people who know their Savior and serve Him every day of their lives!!
He has done so much for me in my life and I love that this time of year, I can take time out to really think about my blessings and what He has done for me!! I am so grateful for the Atonement where I can repent for the things that I have done wrong, and He takes my burdens upon Him! He actually makes me whole again! What greater love!! I hope that I can teach Jaycee to love Him as much as I do and I hope that she will gain an appreciation for what He has done for her!! I have chosen the best Daddy Jaycee could possibly have to help me do this! Tom is a man who has a very deep testimony of the Savior and what He has done in his life! I am so glad that he is mine forever and that we can take this parenthood journey together!
Well, I better close this before it turns into a book of random thoughts! Have a good night all, and wish me luck for getting some sleep!!

We can't handle any more catastophies!!

So, I just thought I would let ya'll know about our weekend! Well, actually it started Thursday night! At about 7:00 pm ish I got a phone call from my mother-in-law, Linda! She sounded happy enough as she said, "Guess where I am?" When I asked where, she said Jordan Valley Medical Center. I asked why, thinking she was there visiting someone she knew, cause she is always doing things for other people. She told me she was in a car accident. She didn't exactly know how bad it was, but they brought her by ambulance on a back board and wouldn't let her get off. She drove a 1991 Honda Civic Hatchback, and was hit by a 3/4 ton Chevy. He rearended her going 45 miles per hour as she was coming to a stop. She said that she was going to get someone to give her a blessing, and I told her if she would wait we would be there in like 15 min. Tom was asleep and he woke right up when I said that and was asking me who it was and what was going on. I told him and of course he was kinda freaking out!! Linda had a spinal fusion when she was 14 years old as a result of polio and would be in a lot of trouble if one of those cracked! I told her to call Melinda and let her know what was going on and we would swing by and pick her up on the way to the hospital. Well, we got to Melinda's and she didn't answer her door or phone, so I just kept calling and when she finally answered I asked if she was ready to go to the hospital with us. She had no idea what I was talking about and I had to tell her what had happened. That was horrible, but as soon as she got out to the car, we got a hold of Linda and she was able to talk to her. She happened to be in the shower when Linda tried to call her and when she had seen that she missed so many calls, she tried calling Linda and couldn't get a hold of her. Anyways, we made it to the hospital and she was off the back board, but still had a neck brace on. Tom gave her a beautiful blessing and blessed her that she would be able to get well! After a while they took her for x-ray and ultrasound. While she was gone, some other friends came and helped give Tom and Melinda blessings to help them feel at peace! They are just a bit uneasy about anything happening to anyone in their family since they lost their dad, which I think is pretty understandable! Well, she got back from radiology and we waited for the results. Everything looked great!! We were so relieved! We were able to take her home and Tom and I ran to get her perscription. It was about 1:00 am by the time we made it home and we were all exhausted! We said a few prayers of gratitude and all tried to go to bed. Tom and I stayed up for at least a half hour more trying to decide if it would be better for me to go to work or stay home at 7:00 am. I really wanted to stay and take care of Linda, but she had Melinda and Tom there and I wasn't sure how much she needed me, when we were so short staffed at work! I decided I was too tired to decide then and set my alarm for 5:00 am and decided I would figure it out then! I kept waking up because I was having acid reflux that was really hurting me, and at 3:00 am I woke up with the worst acid reflux I had ever felt! I decided I needed to go throw up. I got up and threw up quite a bit and it burned SO bad! I needed to go to the bathroom so I yelled for Tom to get me a bowl I could throw up in. That's when I started throwing up blood! Lots of it! We decided that we better go to the hospital. I got to IMC ER and they, of course, sent me over to Labor and Delivery. They put me on the monitors and while they were getting my history I threw up more blood! This time at least it was less! They brought me in something for nausea and something to help reduce the acid in my belly. They took some blood and of course my blood count was low, but not dangerous yet, so if they could reduce the acid and stop me from throwing up, I would probably be okay and they wouldn't need to scope me! I did not want to be scoped! I didn't want to be sedated while I was pregnant, and I wasn't about to do it unsedated! We were able to go home about 9:30 with a perscription for acid medication! We went and picked up Linda and went to see the car. It was TOTALLED!! The truck had hit the back, where she had her massage table, which rammed into her seat bending her seat back over the massage table, and the bent part jammed into her back. This gave us the reason for the big bruise and cut on her back, and let us know how truly blessed she was to not have any of those fusions separate! Then we took her to the doctor to have a follow up and decide what to do to get her better and working again! We got home and made dinner and ate and all of us crashed! We were all so tired, especially where Tom and I had only gotten an hour and a half of sleep! We do feel very blessed however that even know all these things had to happen, neither one of us were injured beyond repair!

Tom's Song

Have you ever heard a song that has touched you so deeply, you just couldn't stop thinking about it and what it meant for you? Well, usually I have that happen with a country song or a church song, but this time it was with a rock song! I have no idea how that happened. At Thanksgiving time, when we were on our way home, Tom had a CD in. It was just quiet and I was actually listening to the words. It was crazy, all of the sudden it hit me! I asked, "Is this like your theme song?" Tom was caught off guard and he listened to it again, and was like, "Wow, it kinda is!" I love this song because it talks about a boy who was picked on as a kid, but when he got older he had such a great life and wanted everyone to know that he had succeeded in life. Well, even if that's not what it means in real life, that's what it means to me! Tom had a hard childhood. He wasn't the most popular kid and a lot of kids made fun of him for one reason or another. People told him he would never succeed in this life! Well, I am here to tell them they are wrong! He is a huge success as a man, preisthood holder, husband, father, son, brother and part of society! He has had a lot of pain in his life for many reasons, but through his faith he is able to work through the pain! He is the most amazing man I have ever met and I am so glad he chose to spend the rest of eternity with me!! I honestly don't know what I would do without him in my life! So I say to all you who used to put down my husband, take a look at all the blessings he has! And know that he blesses my life every day just by being who he is!! Enjoy! This is Almost Over by Limp Bizkit

The Start of the Third Trimester!

Tom, Jaycee, and I are officially in our third trimester!! We have reached 28 weeks today! It has been an interesting week! I have been worried about Jaycee cause I felt like he was not moving as much as she usually does. I would lay down when I could but there was still little movement! I have had a very stressful week, and I was afraid I was passing that stress on to her! Tom kept telling me she was okay, but I just had my doubts! I asked him to give me a blessing and am so grateful for that gift! He gave me one and I was reassured that everything was still okay and she was healthy and growing like she was supposed to!! It amazes me how the Lord can comfort us in a way that is not possible through any other means! I am so grateful that my husband and the father of my child is worthy to hold the preisthood and can tell me the things the Lord would have me hear! I am grateful for the gospel and the gift of family! I am overwhelmed with gratitude to the Lord today and am so grateful for the blessings I recieve every day! I am happy to report that now that I am laying down Jaycee is kicking her mommy like crazy!! I am so grateful for that little piece of evidence that she is doing well!! It amazes me how huge a roll she has taken in my life and I haven't even met her yet! Next to Tom she is my whole world!! I thank the Lord for this special gift of bonding and feeling so close to this AMAZING spirit already!! I already feel like a mommy!! It's exciting and scary all at the same time!!

Jaycee's Cedar City Baby Shower!!

My mom, Aunt Gaelynn, and Grandma Thompson threw me a baby shower in Cedar City at my aunt's house! I was so excited! We did it early because I don't want to travel after Thanksgiving! I was humbled greatly by the generosity of my friends and family! We got some amazing things that we would never be able to afford on our own and a lot of super cute homemade things that took so much work! Jaycee's daddy and I feel very blessed by all the help we are receiving from EVERYONE!


Here's Mommy at 27 weeks! I am standing next to my bassinet and the dress I was blessed in that Jaycee gets to be dressed in also for her blessing! I am very excited about that!!


Here's Jaycee!


Grandma Henrie, Mommy, and Nana Hughes! These two great ladies have made such an impact on my life and I know Jaycee already loves them! They are going to be so much help after she comes! I am grateful for all they do!


Jaycee was not in this picture yet, but here's her mommy, Grandma Henrie and Great-Grandma Thompson!


Mommy was talking to Daddy on the phone and she was missing him like CRAZY!!


My cousins Andrea and Valerie! I was so glad to see them! It's been too long!


This is how you know Auntie Melinda already loves Jaycee! She wore this diaper thing for a game!


This is my first attempt at the "Moby" type wrap Sarah made for me! It was a lot of work for her and I love it and really appreciate the work! I better learn how to tie it though before Jaycee gets here!!


This beautiful afghan was made by Daddy's Aunt RueThella! It is beautiful and must have been a lot of work!! The great thing is we can use it for all of our kids because the colors are so neutral!! I love it!!


My friend Hanna gave us these cute onsies and a pair of booties and hat that match! She made the booties and hat and they are soooo cute! They will match so many outfits that she already has too which is great!!


This cute little outfit was given to us by Daddy's cousin, Sara Laub! It will look so cute on her!!


This is a cute little stuffed Eeyore that Jaycee's Nana Hughes and Auntie Melinda gave her! I am sure there will be lots of playtime with it!!


My cousin Valerie gave us a cute little outfit, bottle, a dishwasher holder that you put nipples and binki's and whatever else you need to put in it to protect all the stuff but still be able to sanitize them in the dishwasher! I love that!


My cousin Andrea gave us this cute sign that says, "I Am A Child Of God" and a cute little blanket animal thing, and a rattle!! Jaycee is going to love this stuff!!


Grandma Thompson gave us an awesome mobile that has the mobile part, plays music and actually puts a little picture show up on the wall! It is so cool!! She also gave us the softest outfit!! So cute!!


Aunt Lorraine and her girls gave us one of those Boppy type pillows, a cute outfit and a headband she made!!


This cute card Megan gave us! It was a baby with headphones in that said ipood! It was so great!! She gave us a gift card to Wal-Mart! Thanks Megan!! It will surely help with diapers and wipes or whatever else we need!


This is Jaycee's "First Doll"! It was given to her by her Grandma Henrie! It is so cute and I love the Pippy Longstocking hair! I am sure Jaycee will love it!!


This blanket was made for me when I was born by my Great-Grandma Gillins who just passed away recently!! It is beautiful and still looks brand new!! I was bawling when I opened it! Thanks mom for passing it on!!


This was all the yummy food!!

It was a great shower! My Mom, Aunt Gaelynn and Grandma Thompson did a great job and I am so thankful for all the work that they put into it!!

Our Halloween Creations!

This is our pumpkins that we created! They were free from a guy I work with! We had fun carving them! The mummy Tom carved is my favorite!!