Oh my Gosh...It's a BOY!!!

In this top picture he was sucking his thumb, hopefully by the time he is ready to come out he will have gotten rid of that bad habit. But I thought it was really cute.

I am still in shock from this morning. I still can't believe it's a boy. I don't know what I am going to do. All I know is girl. I can't tell if I am excited or nervous. We are going to have to start all over. When we were pregnant all we got were girl things because we knew it was a girl both times. But I guess it will be fun because Brooklyn has had to wear all of Gracey's hand-me-downs, with a few new things here and there, so I will get to go shopping for baby things again. I guess it will feel like my first time pregnant again. The baby is measuring big so it put my due date Sept, 25, but my babies are big. I just hope they don't keep getting bigger because so far it has worked out that Brooklyn was 1 pound more than Gracey and if it continues this will be a 10 pound baby. Hopefully he will be like his father and be little. Jaren doesn't know how to act either. He was planning for a girl and kindof was hoping for another girl, so he doesn't know what to think either. He definately wasn't as excited as I thought he would be. But we are both very happy.

Joseyology

Let others know a little more about yourself, re-post this as your namefollowed by "ology".

***********FOODOLOGY***************
What is your salad dressing of choice?*Ranch
What is your favorite sit-down restaurant?*Maddox
What food could you eat every day for two weeks and not get sick of?Right now? probably fruit but I have really been craving hawaiian haystacks lately
What are your pizza toppings of choice?*Canadian bacon and pineapple
What do you like to put on your toast? usually just butter but sometimes my grandma's awesome raspberry jam

***********TECHNOLOGY***************
How many televisions are in your house?Two
What color is your cell phone? maroon

***************BIOLOGY******************
Are you right-handed or left-handed?*right
Have you ever had anything removed from your body? does a kid count, but other than that just wisdom teeth
What was the last heavy item you lifted? A bag of steer manure
Have you ever been knocked unconscious? No

************BULLCRAPOLOGY**************
If it were possible, would you want to know the day you were going to die?*Heck no, I'd probably die a day early for stressing about it and also trying to right every wrong that I ever made
If you could change your name, what would you change it to? A long time ago, I would've wanted to change it because it was so rare, but now I don't think I would.
Would you drink an entire bottle of hot sauce for $1000? HECK NO!! I can barely stand medium salsa.

************DUMBOLOGY******************
How many pairs of flip flops do you own?* 2
Last time you had a run-in with the cops? I think the last time was when I was living in Tremonton and I was on my way to go get my temple recommend and I was late like always and I was speeding and got pulled over and I told the cop where I was going because he asked and then he was telling me how proud he was that I was getting married in the temple and then he let me off the hook and away I went. Jaren always says that I show the cops my cleavage because I have never gotten a ticket before (knock on wood)
Last person you talked to? Jaren
Last person you hugged? My kids

**************FAVORITOLOGY****************
Season?*Fall, it's the best time of the year
Holiday?*Christmas
Day of the week? probably Sunday because Jaren is with us all day long, I just love him.
Month?*September-October

***********CURRENTOLOGY*****************
Missing someone? nope
Mood? Right this moment, I am nervous about tonight we have a camp fundraiser and I am hoping people will come.
What are you listening to? nothing
Watching? nothing
Worrying about? The same as my mood

***************RANDOMOLOGY*****************
First place you went this morning? To the bathroom, oh does that count?
What's the last movie you saw?new or old? we watch the same movies over and over at our house. so the last movie was 50 First Dates
Do you smile often? Yes
Sleeping Alone Tonight? Nope, and I am so glad I don't have to do that anymore

***************OTHER-OLOGY*****************
Do you always answer your phone? Cell phone yes, house phone no. Dumb people that try to seel stuff.
Its four in the morning and you get a text message, who is it? Probably Jackie.
If you could change your eye color what would it be? I never really thought about it.
What flavor do you add to your drink at Sonic?*I don't got to Sonic.
Do you own a digital camera?*yes
Do you have a pet fish?*No
Favorite Christmas song(s)? Christmas shoes, I think that is what it's called? I am not for sure
What's on your wish list for your birthday? Already passed
Can you do push ups?A nope, haven't tried and I don't think I will
Can you do a chin up? same as above
Does the future make you more nervous or excited? Nervous
Do you have any saved texts? Nope
Ever been in a car wreck?*Yes, sleeping while driving is not a good idea.
Do you have an accent?*NO
What is the last song to make you cry? I Believe in Christ, I don't remember if it was last week or two weeks ago, but it seems that I have been crying in church a lot lately.
Plans tonight? Fundraiser dinner
Have you ever felt like you hit rock bottom? Not really, I think it always could be worse
Name 3 things you bought yesterday.I bought? nothing
Have you ever been given roses?*Yes!
Current worry?*Why do they keep asking this question?
Current hate right now?* Don't have one
Met someone who changed your life?* Jaren, of course
How will you bring in the New Year?*Too far away
What song represents you?* Looking for somethng more by Sara Evans( I think that is what it is called)
Name three people who might complete this?*? Whoever hasn't done it and wants to
Would you go back in time if you were given the chance?* I think so, we have learned our lesson so I would like to go back and change it now.
Do you have any tattoos/piercings?*Just my ears and I never wear earring so they might be grown in by now
Will you be in a relationship 4 months from now?*Of course! Eternity too!!
Would you be a pirate?*no
What songs do you sing in the shower?*None
Ever had someone sing to you? I don't think anyone has sang to me, I think they were just singing. Jaren does it all the time
When did you last cry?I don't remember the exact time, but I know it's all the time
Are you afraid of being alone?Relationship alone, yes. Being alone at night, not any more.
Do you like to cuddle?* Yes
Have you held hands with anyone today? Yep
Who was the last person you took a picture of? Brooklyn
What kind of music did you listen to in elementary school?* I can't remember
Do you believe in staying close with your ex?*A, no I don't hate them, but I don't talk to them either.
Do you like pulpy orange juice? Heck NO!! I don't like to strain my drink through my teeth. I usually have to buy Jaren pulp and me no pulp.
What is something your friends make fun of you for? I don't have any friends. JK My friends are pretty nice they don't make fun of me, unless they are too nice and they don't tell me .

Gracey and the Hulahoop

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Gracey got this hulahoop for Easter and it only took her a few times doing it and she figured it out on her own. Jaren and I couldn't even do it to show her how. And now she has mastered the art.

Easter

The Easter Egg Hunt At Grandma & Grandpa Ramsdell's

Ever since I was a kid they always have had a Easter egg hunt for all the Grandkids at grandma and Grandpa's house. Now the hunt is for all the Grandkids' kids. It is always fun to get together and see everybody.

Just a quick note, notice how green the grass is. Montpelier is still a month away from having green grass like this. I always hate going to Logan or anywhere south of here this time of year because it is always green everywhere else but in Montpelier.

Brooklyn and Gracey both got a purse for their prizes. Isn't it funny how when you take pictures in that split second delay from the camera what your kids decide do with their hands.



The tradition that I have always had when I was little, was that the Easter bunny would hide our baskets and then we would have to go find them. So of course we have to carry on the tradition with my kids.

Brooklyn's was hid in the front coat closet and Gracey's was hidden in the dryer. They looked for them for a minute then mom had to help.

Brooklyn's Easter

Gracey's Easter

Coloring Easter Eggs

Brooklyn adding her personal touch to her easter eggs.

The Final Product (have a few stickers)

When we colored eggs this year we tried an experiment. We used food coloring instead of using those tablets you buy at the store. And also the eggs we were using were brown. Well the top eggs are eggs we colored with food coloring and the ones on the bottom are the eggs Gracey colored at school with the tablets. I think the tablets work better, we had to use a half a bottle of food coloring to get the eggs to color with that. And the color still didn't turn out very true to the color and I don't know if the brown eggs had anything to do with it, they didn't with the ones she colored at school. So probably next year we will buy the kind at the store.

What Cute Kids!!!

Update!

Our life is pretty boring, we do the same old thing everyday. But there are a few things. I finally went to the Doc on Monday, everything is good. I am 14 weeks and he gave me a due date of October 5, so I was a couple weeks off. But hopefully we still will be able to find out what we are having next month. But I sure do hate those first visits, I don't know whats worse the first or the end of the pregnancy. I am not a big fan of PAP tests. It was funny because Gracey wanted to go to the doctor with me and I kept telling her no she couldn't this time but maybe next. She wasn't quite understanding why, but I wasn't about to tell her so she asked me if I was going to go have the baby. Then she preceded to tell me that the feelings inside her were excited for the baby to come. She is so funny.

A week or so ago they had a health fair in town at the hospital. Jaren's parents went and later called us to ask us if we wanted our well water tested. Jaren almost told her no, just because we weren't worried about it. But he told her to go ahead and have it tested. All I can say is it's a good thing. Our water tested really high in nitrate. Which is not good, especially for little kids and pregnant women. I guess what it does, it kills off the red blood cells that carry oxygen to the lungs. That is what the water people told us, she also said that it could cause birth defects. So we thought that that is why Brooklyn's ear is not formed completely. So when I went to the doctor on Monday I asked him and he said that nitrates could cause brain damage. So now we are buying water to cook and drink with. They said it is ok to take a bath in. They came out today to do more tests to see exactly where it is coming from, we should know in a week what the results are. They tested the neighbors water and they are fine so it looks like something in our well. Which is weird because our well is only a few years old and it goes down 135 feet. So we don't know what the heck to think. So a word of the wise have your water checked.

I'm a FOOL!!!!

I feel like the biggest retard in the country. I was April fooled. If you read the first page of the newspaper today, April 1st, it says that the county of Bear Lake went bankrupt. So we, as in Jaren and I read the article and were really bothered by the whole thing. It said a whole bunch of things you'll have to go read it, but one of the things it said was that a county employee was upset because she didn't know what to do about her $750,000.00 mortgage, child support and even her cruise to the carribean. I thought who cares about that. It also said that if you needed to register your vehicle you needed to go to Soda Springs to do so. I was so bothered by the end of the article, it was believable to me with the whole economy. So because I was so bothered I told a few people about it. I told my mom about it and she was worried because the county owes us money for work we did on a truck for them and she thought that we need to go put a lein on the bankruptcy so we could get our money. So Jaren called Greg Skinner, because he is the one over the fixing vehicles for the county and asked him if it was true what we read in the paper and if we were going to get paid for the job we did and he told him that it was true, but he said that they were fine and that we would get paid. He also made a little comment about that it was April 1st,but Jaren didn't think anything of it, why would someone joke about this. I had to take vinyl to Hayden today and I told her about and then after I went to the school for Gracey's screening for Kindergarten and Mrs. Kamack came out and started talking to me and asking what Jaren was doing. And then I asked her if she read the paper yet and I told her what it said not thinking anything about it. Then when I got home Hayden called me and told me the whole thing was a joke. I couldn't believe it. In the paper on the right side of the continued part it said it was all a hoax. I thought it was a total different article because it wasn't right under it like it should be. Well they sure made a fool out of me.

We Are Pregnant!!!

We have actually known for a while and I was going to tell everyone when I finally went to the Doctor and made it official, but I finally called the Doctor today and they can't get me in for another month. So I decided I couldn't wait that long to post it. I asked a friend on how to figure the due date because she said her date was right when she went to the Doctor, so that's what we are going with September 22. We really didn't plan to have a baby this time of year because with Gracey I was pregnant through the whole summer and I HATED it. I swelled up like a balloon. But I guess whatever the Lord has instore is OK. And it was getting to where Brooklyn and this baby would be almost 3 years apart, not that that is a bad thing I just want them closer. So, I only get sick when I get hungry, so I just need to eat before I get sick. I really haven't had any cravings, just roast. I hate lasagna and spagetti now. And another thing I used to love Diet Dr. Pepper and after I found out i was pregnant pop was too sweet so I have quite drinking pop. I do drink some pop when we go out to restaurants if they don't have any good lemomade so I'll have root beer, it doesn't seem as sweet. So that's good pop was always my downfall. Gracey and Brooklyn are excited, they want a brother, we will see how that goes(huh Cassie?) I figure I am 12 weeks this week. So when I finally get to the doctor I will be 16 weeks. So then that means the next appointment after that I will have my ultrasound and then find out what it is. So I guess having the appointment later makes the time go by faster. We are very excited, crazy to think about having 3 kids and being a family of 5. But I am sure we will get past it, everyone else has.

All About Gracey

This post is all about Gracey! For preschool they do a star student every 2 weeks and this week was Gracey's turn. They sent home a couple of papers asking about her and asking for a few photos of her with friends and family. And posting about this is really good for me to help me remember some of the things she liked when she was 4 years old. So here are the questions and the answers that she gave me.

Favorite game to play: Dora video game

Favorite song: Honey, Honey (off of Mamma Mia)

Favorite TV show: Sid the Science Kid

Favorite Sport: Dancing! (I really need to put her in dancing)

Favorite Food: Crepes

I think I was named Gracey because it is my favorite and I love it.

I am in Snuggle Bunny Academy and my teachers are Miss Joey and Miss Laurie.

When I first started preschool, I felt really happy because I loved it.

Now I think preschool is fun because they have toys and I met new friends.

If I could have anything it would be a doll, a barbie and a new toothbrush(these are the things she told me and she has all three of them, a very simple kid, but Idon't think she quite understood the question)

The best day I remember was on Easter, when I got to go find my Easter bucket. It had new clothes and butterfly flip flops in it.

My favorite color is pink and purple.

My best friend is Kalisha and Whitney

My favorite animal is the giraffe that I sleep with.

When I grow up I want to be a fairy. (here again I don't think she understood the question, but that makes it all that more funny)

I want to always tell my mom and dad that I love them with all my heart. (she is our very loving child)

Finally Potty Trained!!

This is such a good thing to have done!! We have been potty training for about a month and a half now. I really thought she would be easier than Gracey. I was hoping that her seeing Gracey go would make her want to go, but it didn't quite work out that way. But she is doing really well. She won't quite go on her own yet, but she will tell us when she needs to go. I don't know if she could go on her own yet because even with a stool she can't quite pull herself up on the toilet yet, a little too short still. But I think for only being 2 years and 3 mos she is doing great! So now we can relax and enjoy our "sandwich"(notice the sandwich she's eating).