14 Weeks!!!

Yes! I am past the first TRIMESTER!!!

I'm very glad for a few reasons... I'm suppose to get some energy back.. Yeah, I kind of need it, my house isn't looking the best... And then it decreases the change of miscarriage (one of my biggest fears) So .. YAY!!!

the baby is a size of a lemon (insert picture here :-D) (I'm going to be lazy this week.. sorry.. but this week while you're at the grocery store look at a lemon and think of my baby, k?!)

Church was crazy today. But it was good.. And now I'm tired and think that a nap is what is instore for me in a few seconds!

THE END

............ 49 days......

So i'm getting really excited and restless about getting to find out what we are going to have.

I guess the baby seems more real to me once I can give him/her a name. I can't wait to start calling it by it's name.. Though we still haven't picked it out... Bryan and I are very much UNALIKE. And it shows a LOT when it comes to picking names. We both have been talking for a while and can't agree on one... yeah, kind of a normal thing...

I really LOVE the name Kaleb... Kaleb (or even Caleb) Robert Anthony Bingham.. Doesn't that sound prefect? And for a football nickname or what not Krab.. (the initials) I've always wanted initials that spell something... seriously how cool is that?!:!

Bryan is stuck on the name Helaman. Yeah.. he hasn't even thought of a middle name.. I don't like the name.. it's too old..

Yeah.. we haven't even started thinking of girl names... we're really hoping for a boy, if you can't tell.... thrown around a few but nothing has stuck...


So any ideas? Bryan wants a strong backgrounded name, and I want a name that is cute, but can also be good for a grown up. Hmm.. It might take ALL 49 days or more to figure out this... I guess as long as we leave the hospital with our baby named it will be okay.. but i really want to have it all picked out now :-D

It's been a while..

Yep, I'm twelve weeks (well tomorrow). My baby is the size of a lime. On tuesday I have another doctor's appointment.. and with all the snow, and the flooding I haven't gotten any of my testing done.. oops.

Today my husband got bored. So he took a matress of one of the girls' bed, and slid down the stairs with Emily and Hannah. They loved it.. Me? not so much.. They actually got going pretty fast.. It was a tad bit scary.

Funny Story Time: So emily was excited and was trying to talk to me.. But she was over excited and couldn't get the words our right.. So finally she turns to me, and in a sad voice goes "i've lost my words....." long pause ".......forever."
It was hilarious.. and no amount of talking with her and having her talk back to me could convince her that words were not lost.....

Help.. I need some help..

Or maybe I just need to vent.

So.. Hannah decided that sleeping wasn't fun anymore. Infact she hates it. She has decided that getting a thousand things before being able to go to bed is a must, and then when she finally cries herself to sleep, she gets up about an hour later. And then hourly throughout the night... Until like 12.. then she needs to be up for a good half hour.. and then she'll entertain herself in her bed until she falls asleep.

So tonight I tried giving her LIMITED choices and told her that I wasn't coming back in her room (to answer her thousand demands).. She had to cry herself to sleep.. yes, i thought. Well... She went to bed at 6ish.. and 7:15ish she woke up crying... And she was so tired she wouldn't stop crying... and she just couldn't be calmed. After having to remove her from her room since she woke up Emily... A glass of water and a convincing later, she's back in bed. Who knows for how long... A few months ago we decided no more sippy cups of water to take to bed with them.. because it was becoming such a problem.. the spilling, the refilling, the changing clothing because of spills.. etc. And they did fine. ...
Maybe Hannah's at the stage where we had to give Emily a glass of water to sleep with.. that might be.. because Emily was having this kind of problem she would wake up, need a glass of water, and go back to sleep... that's when we started giving them a sippy cup of water at night beside their bed, so they could solve the problem themselves... So maybe we'll have to go back to that..

Any ideas?

I'm extremely exhausted due to this, and pregnancy.. And i'm at my wits ends.. (it's happened more then just these last two days..)

Christmas Quotes of the Day:

So.. we got up at a little before 7 am to open christmas presents.. .which made for a good time.. and some funny quotes...

Lynda decided to wrap the rest of Emily's underwear that was still in a package... She was so excited when she opened it .. she exclaimed, "A new package of opened underwear!!!"

Lynda also decided to wrap Hannah's diapers.. She was bored or something.. Hannah came to Lynda, laid on the floor and exclaimed, "Change me!" She was so excited for her diaper present.. weirdo!

Emily was so excited to try on her new undies, that she stripped right infront of everyone in order to try them on.. Which was a huge surprise for everyone who wasn't paying attention.. and really hilarious!

Life is going good for us on this Christmas day.. I'll probably follow up in a few days with pictures...

But it's almost time for dinner.. We decided dutch style pork chops and dutch style meatballs with potatoes in helping Mom get into the Holland mood.. She's leaving for there at 2 in the morning tomorrow :-D!

Well.. food is calling me! Hope everyone is having an amazing Christmas day.

Christmas Eve.

It's Christmas Eve..

I'm so excited.. Since it's snowy we decided it wasn't safe to head to my parents house to early christmas morning.. So I convinced bryan to let us go sleep over there. I know that all us kids are grown-up now and stuff... But my sister's still wake up early in the morning and get way excited... and this year I get to join them! It's one of my favorite things about Christmas! The waking up early and all excited! .. makes me feel like a kid again..

The girls are so excited already! They got to open two presents today... Since I was just so excited for them... he he eh.. And they can't wait till tomorrow to open the other ones.. It's sooooooooo cute. Hannah keeps saying, "I want santa to come." And we are using it to our benefit... "santa won't come to girls who don't listen to their parents.." and etc.. and it's working so well!!

Okay.. well better get the girls all pack and stuff.. and figure a way to get our car out.. hopefully it won't get stuck again.. it's so embarrasing...

Happy Birthday MOM!!

Today is my mom's like 100th birthday... he he eh.. okay maybe i'm a little off :-D.. He he he!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM/OMA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hopefully we can make it out and share some cake today!!


In other news.. I'm 9 weeks pregnant today! (or as the ultrasound would say 9 weeks 1 day.. but will go by my date)
The baby is a size of a grape! In honor of the size.. i think i'm going to feed my kids and me some grapes this morning!!