Sidney at almost 6 months

Sidney ALMOST has her two bottom teeth. They are going to break through any day now. Maybe the drooling will then diminish? I forget how you think that they are definitely drooling as much as they ever will then it doubles! Now it must be as much as a baby can drool, NOPE! doubles again. :D

She is also doing lots of things with her toungue and is trying to learn new things that we show her. So cute. She has already mastered raspberries and blowing bubbles. Both of which are great with all the drool.

Sidney has mastered in the past week reaching, grabbing, and pulling in something that she wants. It helps us know what she prefers and when she actually is hungry.

As for "talking" she is mastering all sorts of fun new . . . squeals shall we call them? Starts out cute and gets annoying really quickly!

Umm . . . .

So on my last post I was looking for another winner. If you don't have a blog doing something nice for three people would count for me at this point. I still need another winner, actually two . . . . . Amy didn't count as she is the one that I won from. And Katie commented on the first post, so I know that there are more of your out there reading this, so please, can I give you something?!?!?!?! :D

Have a GREAT day

Lisa

Pay it Forward

So I got my prize in the mail this week! Thanks Amy. I got some halloween socks, a totally awesome boondoggle keychain, did you know I collect keychains, and a list pad, always need those. Thanks Amy, GREAT Stuff.

I still need one more winner for mine, so I guess the first person to post here will get it!

And Remember if you win you need to pay it forward . . .

Compliment or Insult?

Twice in the past two weeks I have been at a store and mistaken for an employee. Both times I was wearing my red Utah jacket. I think the color and the fact that it says "Utah" right were a name tag would be make it so I look like an employee. One of the people who asked if I knew where something was turned out to be in my ward. Kinda sad that she didn't recognize me till after I told her that I didn't work there and then asked her how she was doing. On the bright side, hopefully I look like a friendly person that is willing to help you out at the store if you need it!

What are your thoughts?

P.S. I still need one more winner for my pay it forward post!

I am Sad

I just learned that last night a mentor of mine died trying to save her students. She was one of the drum majors my first year in the U marching band. She helped me learn about the discipline, dedication, and perseverance it took to be in a marching band. That was her last year in the band, it was never quite the same without her. Heather, thank you for everything. My prayers are with her family during this very sad time.

Pay it Forward

I am one of the winners of Haiku Amy's Pay it forward. So now it is time to Pay it Forward. The first 3 people to comment on this post get a gift from me. Right now I have no idea what it will be, but it could be fun figuring it out. The only other rule is if you win you have to Pay it Forward to 3 people on your blog.

3 Months

Rolling over!

seasons

I thought that since we had such a perfect Spring that we might actually get a decent fall this year. HA! It was only a week long and really did feel more like Summer. This is what we woke up to this morning: (Winter! :( )

Clarification

Mike thinks I wasn't really telling the truth about my work. I do love teaching math, the kids and other things can be annoying or just plain cause me to have a bad day. He probably usually hears the bad things. They really are great kids and I love the math. I do have a lot of fun, probably why I am so tired every night! ;)

Timeline Issues

"I can be a son and missionary. When I am as old as Dad."

Blogging more often?

I am going to attempt to do shorter blogs more often. Lets see if I can add that to my schedule. I realized that I love it when my friends and family update often so I can know what is going on so maybe some one out there would like it if I posted more.

We spent the last three days with the Gibson Family. Josh came home from his mission, Mongolia!, and we have had a lot of fun. Libby was waiting for Josh at the airport and was heard to say, "Come on Josh! We have been waiting for like two years!"

Henry doesn't seem to remember Josh but he sure loves him tons now! We can't wait to get reacquanted with him and spend some time hanging out. He also brought us some cool gifts. Libby got a great little doll, Henry got a picture block that we already need to repair and put out of reach, Mike got a key holder that he is very excited about, and I got a wooden puzzle. Josh is awesome!

Sidney has found her hands and loves to try to eat them. She is sometimes found, only when asleep though, to be sucking her thumb. We are highly discouraging that one. She also LOVES her mobile! I don't think the other kids cared as much as she does. My friends baby loves hers too so maybe there is something about the babies born this year? Shrug. She gets a big grin on her face when we start winding it up. It is just too cute.

Libby had Nursery Rhyme day on Friday. She dress in her Cinderella rags dress and was the old woman in a shoe. She even took a doll to be her child. She is so creative sometimes!

Henry is doing well at Karate and even got his first stripe on his belt this week. I am not sure if he knows what he did to earn it and Mike wasn't watching at the time. So all Henry will say is that he got it because he is being good.

Mike is busy with Choir Practices. He is going to be in the Choir for the Saturday Afternoon Session of General Conference. So watch and you might be able to see him. He is very excited about it and loving rehearsing with the director.

I am just busy with work and the kids and the house. Thats enough stuff, right? This last week we had Student Led Conferences, AKA Parent Teacher Conferences. That sure makes for a really long week. It was probably the best one I have ever done. The parents and students were really great, very productive. Have I ever mentioned that I teach Junior High Math? I do! And I LOVE it. I know I am crazy and people love to tell me that. I am not sure why I love it so much, maybe cause the math is still easy? Or maybe I just have the mentality of junior high student.

Speaking of which I have a pile of papers to record. Hopefully be talking to you soon!

Update Sept 09

Well, Libby has started 1st grade and is loving being back with her friends. She even got 100/100 on her math paper today, we are so proud of her! She has also started taking piano lessons. She seems to be picking it up pretty quickly.

Henry has started Pre-School and Karate. He is loving school because he gets to play with his cousin two times a week, and at the same time not really wanting to practice his letters and sounds. As for the karate it is going to take him a bit to get what is going on. They are always talking about left hand right hand and giving directions that seem to be confusing for him. He loves it when he gets to go.

Sidney is growing and starting to "talk" and be even cuter. =D

Aint he cute?

" . . . Thank you for all the people like Mom and Dad and Libby, And I like Sidney cause she still makes cute faces. . . "


"Dad never does what you ask him to do!"
"Why not?"
"Cause he IS CRAZY!!!!!!!"

The battle is over

Vittoria's battle is over. She passed away last night. I am a better person having known that sweet, sweet child. My prayers are with the Frandsen's.

Reading Challenge

My sister got me looking at a reading challenge blog, I think she is hoping to help people read more classic novels. Which is great, just not my thing apparently. The first challenge on the page the day I went there was to read the Harry Potter books. I had recently seen the new movie and was having the urge to go back and watch all the movies again and the re-read all of the books. We, Mike and I, have watched all the movies and I just finished the 1st book. Mike had a lot of questions for me as we watched the movies. I read books so fast that sometimes I forget what I have read. I just want to find out how things end. :D So re-reading the books is helping me to first of all remember everything and second answer his questions. Though I am not answering his questions just telling him that he ought to read the books. Still working on convincing him.

I need your help

We are doing a garage sale to help raise money for Vittoria. A very, very, cute and sweet girl who is currently in desperate need of a new heart. If you have anything that you can donate for a garage sale, let me know. If you have any items that you can donate to me so I can put together a gift basket please let me know asap!!! I would like to get that put together soon and the theme will be dependent on what items I am able to get. I will also take donations. Just a couple bucks would go a long way. Thank you!

See Mike's comment or my earlier post about the garage sale if you are willing to stop by and buy something :D thanks again

All I Want For Christmas . . .

Pray for Vittoria

http://curlygirlstimes3.blogspot.com/2009/07/victory-for-vittoria.html

Pass this around to help out a sweet little girl who is fighting for her life! If you would like to know more about what she is going through follow the next link! Thank You!

http://vittoriascorner.blogspot.com/

Eyes/the "look"

Libby's First Lost Tooth!

Libby lost her very first tooth today! It had been getting loser and loser and she kept asking me to pull it out like Becca did for Niki. It was never lose enough until this morning. She was very excited to lose it, if you couldn't tell from the picture! Congrats kiddo :D

Sidney's Story

Do not continue reading if you do not want ALL the details of Sidney joining our family!!!! You have been warned! :P

On June 12th we had finally had enough of the hard Braxton Hicks contractions. I had sorta been having them. This night they were coming regularly. We went to the hospital and were FINALLY told that it was just that, braxtons. They were coming every 2.5 minutes. I wanted to cry. I was only dilated to slightly more than a 1. For the next two weeks and next two appointments nothing changed. I was still having contractions pretty hard, pretty regularly every evening. I finally stopped getting my hopes up and stopped timing them. I knew that they didn't feel right. At both appointments I had not dilated any more. Of course the whole time we were doing a lot of things to do what we could to induce labor. I even considered castor oil. I think it was on Wednesday that I changed the sheets on my bed. They didn't need it, but maybe if they were nice and clean then my water might break on its own. I kept saying that if my water would just break then I would know that I was in labor. My hopes were up for that as they have had to break my water for both of the other kids. I kept not making plans cause I didn't want to have to cancel plans.

So Friday, Mike and I went on a date. We ended up going to Wendy's and to see the Proposal. When we got home we watched an episode of THE WEST WING and then fell asleep. The last time I looked at the clock it was 11:11. I woke up at about 12:10 and went to move but that was awkward as I seemed to be wet. I woke Mike up and asked him to see how bad it was. It was only a little so we were kind of confused. That and I wasn't having any contractions, at least not that I was feeling. once I actually stopped and put my hands on my belly I could feel that I was having them, but wasn't actually feeling them. I blame it on sleepiness. After half an hour we finally decided that indeed my water had broken, called my parents to come watch the kids, and went to the hospital.

We got to the hospital a little after one. They got me all situated and were trying to put in an IV just in case I bled too much, apparently common with a third child. The first time didn't work. The second time didn't work, but they were able to collect the blood that they needed and left me with a HUGE bruise on my hand that is still there almost 7 days later. A different nurse tried my other hand and was able to get it to take this time. I only mention this because it seems to be a common thread with my labors. At this point I had dilated to a 3 and my water had broken so she was coming. FINALLY

For the next two hours the contractions slowly got painful. Mike took a half hour nap until I woke him up and told him that I needed him. :D The nurse came in, it was 3:30, and I was at a 6 plus. She said that she thought we would have a baby within the next hour. Since I was doing this drug free the nurse kept saying that I know what it feels like so when I feel pressure let her know. After about 20 minutes something changed. It wasn't quite right but I felt like I should let the nurse know. She came in and checked me and I had actually regressed down to a six. Did I know this was possible? She told me that I was probably just feeling her moving down and getting ready. So another 20 minutes and something changed again, this time I was a little more sure of what I was feeling. She came in and checked me again and mentioned that the Dr on call was currently in emergency surgery. Great. I am still at a six, so she was trying to figure out what was going on. She said that there was a sack that was making it so I couldn't dilate anymore. So she told me, again, to let her know when I felt pressure. The contractions were getting really really hard. Because of the bruise on my hand I wasn't able to push on Mike like I had done with previous labors. So my awesomely wonderful husband actually had to hold me from behind while I pushed on the railing with my good hand. He had to pull a chair over so that he could sit down between contractions. I was starting to feel like I really needed to push. I was checked again and was told I was STILL at a 6. So with an ok from the Dr on my next contraction the nurse broke that sack. I actually felt relieved. She had already set up the room to be ready for labor.

Sometime after 5 I was really in a lot of pain and really feeling like I need to push now. The nurse came in with another nurse who was going to help out with the delivery. The Dr finally came in and checked out what was going on. Sidney was a little posterior so on the next contraction he had me push while he got her turned right. We got a little break and on the next contraction I did two big pushes, while screaming pretty good. I had been told to not scream and focus on pushing. Did I mention that I did this drug free? I think I get the right to scream. Once she got her head out I thanked her. That just makes everything feel like it is do-able.

Sidney was born at 5:33 AM. She was born with lungs that worked very well from the beginning. She was 20 inches long, and weighed 6 lbs 1 oz. She ate right away and looked exactly like Libby and Henry did when they were born.

Here is my brag list from the pregnancy and delivery. I have complained about some of these things, I apologize, and am now bragging about them :D

• My belly was so small that at school I was still mistaken for a student a couple times
• My belly was so small that the Dr was worried that she wasn't growing well and ordered an ultrasound. She was actually bigger than she should have been.
• I have been able to to wear my original sized clothes after the other two pregnancies, so I packed a pair of new capris that I had bought, I couldn't fit into them on Sunday, but was able to fit into them Wednesday. Until then I wore another pair of pants that were originally a little big on me.
• I did the delivery with NO drugs. Just Mike, thanks again!
• Sidney ate really well right after she was born, and still doing rather well.

What's in a Name

Just for kicks I thought I would put this in another location so people know a little bit about my family History. Which is family history for several of you who read this. If you know, you don't need to read, if you don't care, you don't need to read. It is mainly for me.

So . . .
Back in 1781 Sidney Becton was born.

She had a daughter named Martha (B 1802)

Martha had a daughter named Rachel Sidney (B 1831)

Rachel's daughter was Elizabeth Sidney (B 1860)

Elizabeth's daughter was Mattie "B" (B 1880, 100 years before me and she was my Great Grandmother)

Mattie's had six childern. Two of which were Elizabeth Sidney (Aunt Syd, B 1909) and Marguerite (Marge, My grandma, B 1915)

Aunt Syd's daughter was Elizabeth (B 1952). She was good friends with my mom. She always said that she was going to have a daughter and name her Rachel Sidney to go back to the "original" name. She never got to so my mom (Daughter of Marge) passed the name on to me.
Since I have been aware of this I knew that my first daughter would be Elizabeth Sidney and my second would be Rachel Sidney. Originally Libby was going to go by Syd and Sidney would be Rachel. My brother sorta beat me to that and named his daughter Rachel so I got to use my other favorite name as Libby's nickname. It all works out. But this is all cool to me as it goes back at least to 1781, almost exactly 200 years before I was born.

A Yummy Equation

Why can't I make it look like I want it to? Oh well. You take the first two and add them together. Then you add the broiler and voila, you have mini smores! Thanks for the help Alli!

Random Comments

1. Mike was letting Henry play on his iphone the other day. I am actually impressed with how well he can use it. He somehow got back to one of the main screens and had to bring it back to Mike.

"These aren't games."

How can he tell by looking at those icons that they aren't games?!?!?!

2. I had a dream about brownies the other night and really needed some. (I love being pregnant and being allowed to have whatever I am craving :D ) We usually let the kids lick the bowl whenever we make such a treat. Henry noticed what was going on and was anxiously awaiting his turn to clean the bowl. Mike was teasing him and trying to clean out the bowl as much as he could so there wouldn't be much to lick. Henry finally looks at dad and with a way that only he can do, "That's not the point Dad!"

Dr.'s Update

So three weeks ago at my apt. and at my apt yesterday the dr was a little worried that my belly is measuring small. They wanted to make sure that my working isn't causing Syd problems. So I got to have an ultrasound this afternoon. She is doing so well that she is actually measuring a week ahead! Based on those measurements her due date is July 3rd! Based on that I could have just a week to five weeks left! I am guessing this is why I have my babies early, they grow faster than most. Oh and there was calcium (?) on the placenta that shows that it is starting to age. I hope that means that Lactose intolerant me is getting enough calcium.

Henry's Birthday

A big thank you for Henry's presents. Thought I would give you an update so that you would know how much he loves his presents.

Lib, he now sleeps with his pillow and blanket/sleeping bag EVERY night. The backpack is the perfect size for jammies for a sleepover. We came home and found his turtle, his name is now Mr. Frog and he loves him!

Mom and Dad, they have both watched the transformer movie a couple times and will go outside and play transformers. They wear certain coats so that they are the right colors. He also is getting a lot of use from his transformer and his water bottle.

David, Regina, and girls; the first thing Henry said when he woke up the morning after the party, "Can I play my cars game?"

Becca and girls; He keeps asking to play with the playdoh, just haven't found the right time yet.

John, Heather, and kids; Henry loves the calculator and carries all over the place. He loves the fact that we can put "words" on it. It is also helping start to try to recognize the letter h and the number 4. (Who knew?)

Grandma Gibson, Henry loves his books and is constantly asking for us to read them to him. He also loves trying to shoot us with his nerf gun!

6 Months

I am 6 months along, I promise!

Tying shoes

Libby finally got the motivation to learn how to tie shoes. She needed new sneakers and I told her that she couldn't wear them until she learned how to tie them. She actually learned pretty quickly once I showed her the "normal" way to do it. We started out how most people seem to with the two loops and tying them in a knot. That just wasn't working, so we tried the other way. I am very proud of her growing up and learning new things!

(Sorry about the picture quality, I was laying down exhausted in bed.)

Crazy Words

Henry likes to make up his own words for things. Libby would make up her own sign language for things. Today we were outside planting our peas and the kids were playing with their play house. Henry was heard to say, "I need to screwser the door." He loves to screwser things. He is pretty good at it!

Dishwasher

When we moved into our first house the dishwasher sounded TERRIBLE! So it was quickly put on our to fix up list. We finally got to it about 2 years after we moved in. It was so nice to have a brand new dishwasher. And it was quiet! It was heaven. Then we moved again. Our dishwasher wasn't as loud as the first, but it was annoying and then there was the fact that it was only good for throwing water and soap at stuff. It didn't clean anything and it only occasionally dried the dishes. So we recently got a new one. This one has the steam feature and the automatic washing feature. So for the first load we put it to the test. We had a full load in the old washer that was loaded by an overzealous babysitter. Apparently they have an awesome dishwasher cause everything was just loaded and not at all clean. We transfered the dirty dishes straight over. (is that the right version of straight?) The first picture is of how much room was left over to add more dishes. More room is another nice feature! You can also see how dirty some of the dishes were.



















Then there is a picture of our Jimmy rigg trying to hold stuff while other stuff dried. (mental note, make sure that is actually attached still). I have to say, everything came out clean except the cookie sheet that had cheese cooked on! (that was the true test) The dishes were dry! I was so happy! Oh and it was quiet. One of the best parts though, now Mike often does the dishes for me. I think he likes using the new washer, or it could be that he is being so nice since I am always so tired at night. Either way I will take it.

Next post, look for pictures of me at 6 months, with and without the coat. :D

REALLY?!?!

So we went to Lowes today. They have the slightly smaller than normal parking spot. But I was parked perfectly centered. I was actually proud of myself. When we come out this white van is parked next to us. I couldn't get the door open far enough for Henry to get in. He had to get in the other side and I leaned in sideways to get him buckled. This guy really couldn't just re-park real quick?!?!

Grocery Bags

So my sister did a post about two weeks ago. And the thing that everyone commented on was the recycled/re-usable grocery bags. My question to you all is this: How do you remember to take the bags in with you so that you can actually use them!!?!?!?!?!???

It's All Tomatoes

Libby- Grilled Cheese Soup and Milk go good together

Lisa- Yes they do. Did you know it is called Tomato Soup?

Libby-I thought it was make out of Ketchup

Henry via Becca

Becca did a blog of Henry today. Thank you! As am I am proud of him too I will send you that way to read it.

HENRY

WAHOOOOOOOO

Thats my Utes! 31-17 over Bama. Wow, good job guys!

Cats and Potty Training

Why won't you go poops in the potty so you can get cookies?


Because, because I am allergic to cats!


-Henry, our resident comedian