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Habit Appliance #1. One more to go.

She was actually excited to go to the dentist to get her habit appliance put on.

To be honest, I am not quite sure she really knew what it was. Or that it would be turning her life upside down. Or at least her sleeping life upside down.

She has gotten to the point where she will only suck her fingers at night when she is sleeping. I am really nervous about tonight. I am expecting not to sleep all that much!!

She is waiting for the dentist and still really excited.

TA DA!!!


I know, my camera is a piece of garbage!! The pictures suck.

And you can't even tell it is there. . .

She was a champ! She didn't cry and didn't seem scared. The dentist said she was his favorite appointment of the day and of the week because she did everything he asked her too.

I hope the investment works and she will stop sucking her fingers! If it works well, Landon will be next.

Swarm Ball

One of the sports activities that Korbin wanted to play in this spring/summer is Soccer. We signed him up and then got a call several weeks later that said they didn't have a coach for the team and the kids wouldn't be able to play unless they found one.

In case you can't tell, this is JJ kneeling as the COACH (haha) with the kids before their first game. He didn't want Korbin to miss out on playing soccer so he offered to be the coach.

It has been nick named "Swarm Ball" because the boys all charge the ball. It is really fun to watch. You can tell they have all been taught well on how to share and not hurt others, because once everyone gets close to the ball no one will kick it. They will look at each other giving the look of "you go ahead first"!!

Here is Korbin taking his turn at Goalie. He is dancing if you look closely. We all know how important the requirement of dancing is when you are a goalie! Ha ha ha :)

Next up T-Ball. Can't wait.

Finally...A post!! Amazing

This is as good as the Easter Pictures got! They did not want to have a picture taken and were hopped up on sugar from the Easter Bunny resulting in 1 semi-decent picture out of about 25 taken.

This year the Easter Bunny brought baskets full of bubbles, chocolate and super cool Rocket Blasters.

We had a great family day and the weather was beautiful. Couldn't have asked for a better day.

Blogger's Block A.K.A. Writer's Block

It Sucks!!

Come What May and "Trying" to Love it.

I am finally in a place where I can write about this. . . December 5, 2008 we found out that we will not be having anymore children.

7 1/2 years ago I was diagnosed with PCOS (poly cystic ovarian syndrome), oddly enough this is not the reason why we can not have another baby. Because of this lovely disease I struggled to conceive with 2 out of my 3 children. After several infertility treatments I was able to conceive my first two children. Shockingly, when my number 2 baby was 6 months old, my number 3 baby just happened! I had mixed emotions when I found out I was pregnant with Landon. I was thrilled to be adding another sweet baby to our home, but was so sad that Hadlie would have to grow out of babydom so quickly. But because of our history of infertility I took it for what it was worth. We felt like Landon needed to come to be a part of our family at that time!

Landon was about 3 months old when I started feeling there was still one more. Maybe I am cuckoo, but I just knew that I needed to have this one baby. I knew that once she was here my family would be complete. The small yearning to have this baby slowly grew into a feeling that consumed my life (and still does). I feel blessed and am very grateful to have the 3 children that I do. That I was able to experience the joys of being pregnant and experiencing the amazing feat of labor. And of course the joy of Motherhood.

I have struggled many many times since December with finding peace with our new situation. I felt like our trial and lessons to be learned with infertility was accomplished with my first pregnancy. Now I know that I did not learn the lesson I needed to the first time.

In the October 2008 session of conference Elder Worthlin gave a talk titled "Come What May and Love It". I have clung to the words in this talk and am continuing to apply them in my life. JJ and I attended the temple two weeks ago and this brought me such comfort. I don't think I have cried once at the sight of a random stranger with a huge pregnant belly, since we went to the temple. :) Yay me!!!

Knowing what I know now and reflecting back on baby number 3 "just happening" reminds me that this is not my plan or my timeline that I am living. I am continually amazed at how much the Lord knows me and gives me certain blessings and trials when I need them most. My faith has been tried and my testimony has grown because of this trial. I think because I know what I am missing out on, this has been one of the most difficult situations for me. Even harder than when I couldn't get pregnant for the first time.

I have made a few goals to help me move on:

1. Be the best mom I can be to my 3 children

2. Stop trying to analyze situations that are out of my control

3. Be the best mom I can be to my 3 children

4. Really take the time that I have been given to focus on me

I wanted to take some time and blog about the women I love. We first met when I swept her off of her feet with my dashing good looks and charm. OK so some of that is true. We met through my cousin and Heidi was not my biggest fan, but like a good fungus I grow on you and she eventually agreed to a pity double date that never turned out well. Time went on and we spent a long night talking about our likes,dislikes, futures. It was then I knew I wanted her to be my wife. We were engaged and then married on June 2, 2000. Many of you know her as Heidi but I know her as super mom, and Mrs. everything..... She takes care of it all and does it with a smile the whole time she thinks of everyone but herself.

I am thankful everyday to have Heidi in my life and when I watch her with the kids it just warms my heart. She has great faith and that only strengthens mine. I want to tell you Heidi that I love you more and more each day and you are my rock. I love you..