Some Serious Goings On!!

So, now that we have moved we have this incredible backyard!! The girls love it and since it has been cooling down a bit in the evening it's the perfect picnic weather. So we broke out the card table and set up some food and the girls had a blast. Couldn't we move the sun though just a bit? I mean is that too much to ask? Sorry girls.. didn't mean to blind you!

This is what happens when you don't feed your baby. She resorts to other measures like eating cowboy hats! Since she has started crawling she is into everything and eating everything... Fun for mom trying to keep all of the Little Pet Shop toys and all the Barbie shoes off of the floor!

Here is my happy girl.. I can't believe she is nine months old already!! Wow the time flies by so fast. She has two teeth already, she did have a top tooth and it went back up! She crawls everywhere and tries to stand up already, she looks like a stink bug! She is my chunky monkey and such a joy!

Here's another shot of the picnic in the backyard. It was so cute to listen to their conversation. They obviously thought mom wasn't listening. Oh, I was and let me tell you it will be fun with they hit those teenage years! They were giggling and whispering and talking about boys and it was quite the entertaining gossip fest! We have some boys that live next door and they like to peek over the fence and talk to the girls!

This is a picture of Cecely's first day of Preschool! She was so excited. She is so smart. You would never think she was three. She carries on conversations better than most adults :). Now, if she would only stop waking up at 4:45 in the morning thinking she needs to go to the bathroom. We put Devonney in her room and I don't think she liked that at all. So she would wake up at 4:45 am and scream out that she needed to go potty. Of course that would wake up Devonney and so my morning would begin.. So Devonney is back to sleeping in the 4 bedroom until we can work out some issues.. I would love for both of them to share but we may have to wait a little bit.

We are enjoying the end of the summer and now onto Fall. It's still pretty warm here during the day but it has started cooling off at night. The girls are busy with school and homework. Mom stays busy with all of that and busing kids around. We are in our new home and pretty much unpacked. I will post pics of that later. Hope everyone is ready for Fall. I know I am. That is my favorite season! Pumpkin bread and cookies and everything else pumpkin.. I can't wait. We love and miss all of you who are far away!

Peace

You know as I sit here and type this my house is so quiet.... I can hear my husband snoring in our room :) My children are all asleep. I went and checked on each one. I put covers on each of them, I kissed their foreheads, I put falling limbs back onto their beds.... I lingered longer at my precious 9 month old baby. She is so chubby and so precious just like each of my children.(well my other children technically aren't chubby anymore)

I realized something though as I checked on my children tonight. I am sure that I have felt it before, I am sure it's not a new feeling to me. I guess it just kind of struck me tonight as I looked at my precious family sleeping. PEACE. I am at peace. You know our lives have kind of been a whirl wind for the past little while. Between the job losses and moving and moving and moving.. Between the preeclampsia and the bed rest and our preemie little bundle of joy, life has been busy. Good but busy. All along the way we have been extremely blessed. I have felt Heavenly Father watching over our little family. My testimony has been strengthened by the many friends and family members who have helped us get to where we are today.

Sometimes I look at my four beautiful girls and I cannot believe that they are mine. I know that they are mine, I remember each of them as they came into our lives. Blessing us in ways that continue to melt my heart everyday. I am so grateful that each of them are sealed to us. That we are an eternal family. I am so grateful for my husband and how hard he works for our family. He is an amazing father. My girls have such a deep love for their dad and it warms my soul because each daughter should have that bond with their dad. The love that daughter's have for their dad's is a special and tender love and vice versa. I am so blessed to have all of them in my life. So as I look and listen to my family sleeping I feel peace. The days may sometimes be overwhelming. I rarely get done what I think I will for the day. Sometimes I feel like I have utterly failed as a mom.... but at the end of the day when all is said and done when everyone is sleeping and mom is still awake typing and remembering the day and all of it's blessings... I feel peace.

Catching up!!

So this summer we have done some wonderful things! The girls started off the summer in swim lessons which they absolutely loved!! They ended up having three weeks of swim lessons! We did two weeks at the Parks and Rec center here. It was my two girls and Trevor(one of their best friends from the ward) who ended up being in the swim class. Then two young men who were family and friends of some people in our ward ended up teaching classes too. Needless to say the girls were tuckered out by the end of the day. For one week the classes overlapped so they had swim in the morning and in the evening. They are such happy little water babies!! We also went camping with some good friends of our in the ward. It was great! So much cooler and lots of beautiful things to see. Here we are standing by some of the giant Sequoia's!! They are massive and so mystical and haunting. We went on a little hike around the "Trail of 100 giants".
The girls were so amazed by these trees!

It got pretty cold that evening. Here everyone is all bundled up!! We had a great fire and some yummy smores and hot chocolate!! Of course no camp is secure without some kiddos running around finding all the bugs and rocks! My kids kept getting bit by ants!! Needless to say they loved it bug bites and all!

My swimming beauties with their teacher. Aislynn was so sad when swimming lessons were over. When her teacher gave her her award she started crying. I asked her what was wrong and she said "I am going to miss my teacher". That's my tender hearted Aislynn for you.

At Long Last!

So I know it's been forever since I posted!! So sorry! It was becoming more of a chore than anything. I love blogging and for me it's the best thing to a diary that I have kept over the years. Yes I know I am bad! However when something becomes a major chore then it takes me a while to get motivated again. So, I am motivated. Lots of thing have happened in the months since I have blogged LOTS!!! My children continue to grow everyday. I did not give them permission to do this, but alas it doesn't matter they continue to grow and get bigger and more independent. I love them to pieces and just try and cherish those small moments everyday. Devonney has grown by leaps and bounds. Someone needs to tell her that she was a preemie. She is no longer the 4 pound little baby bird as you can tell by the above picture. She has chunked out to ginormous proportions. She is everywhere. She rolls hops and just gets into everything. She gets up on all fours and hops, not crawls. She can push herself up to a sitting position. She sits all by herself quite well and is just a joy!! She is such a happy kid. She eats like it is going out of style! Notice those thighs. She has thighs on top of thighs and I love it. I kiss those rolls all day long. She is still a shorty. At her six month appt she was only 24 inches. Now she is 8 months so we will see how she has grown! Aislynn and Bailey started first grade today. WOW... they are such dolls. They are so kind and loving to each other and their younger sisters. Of course we have the normal sister fighting, but for the most part they really are good to each other. Cecely is my three year old going on 15. She starts preschool tomorrow. She is so smart and pragmatic. She cracks me up. She is my little piece of sunshine wrapped in a tornado. She keeps me on my toes!

Adam loves his job. Ridgecrest is really good to us. We love our ward and our friends. We are about to move to another house, but staying in the same ward which is fabulous. The girls had to start a new school because they are in a different school district. They were so brave and such troopers!! I am in Young Women's and love my calling! Adam teaches the 8 and 9 year olds.. We had a wonderful summer with lots of play dates and parks and everything else you can do while out of school. It's been HOT HOT HOT. It was 110 today. Life is really good and we are enjoying the ride. We continue to be blessed everyday with our beautiful family. We have such great friends here and cannot imagine being anywhere else. Well we would love to be closer to family, but if we have to settle this is not too bad :) We love you all and I promise I will do a better job....

My girls

Since we live so close to Death Valley and other wonderful nature creations, our family has lots of opportunities to explore and really appreciate the wonderful things that we have here in our little part of the world. Devonney is a little too young to explore yet, but Daddy took the "big girls" on a little hike to see some wonderful lava rocks. Devonney and I stayed in the car because it was extremely cold and windy, but the older girls loved hiking over the big rocks with daddy. It's so great to have Adam as a geologist because he knows so many amazing things about the beautiful landscape around us. The girls love spending time with him and love the fact that he knows so much about the rocks. This picture is kind of dark, but here are all three of my "big girls". Cecely no longer considers herself a baby because Devonney has taken that spot. She is a big girl now! She enjoys being out with the big girls and her dad. She is a trooper. She tends to fall down a lot but she gets right back up and keeps going! I am so lucky to have such wonderful and beautiful daughters!
I hope one day when the girls are older I can show them this picture! No matter how much fighting they do, at the end of the day they love each other so much. Since they share a room I love to hear the conversations that they have when they should be sleeping. The have such a deep bond with each other and I am so grateful for that. Where would my life be without my children. I hate to even think about it. This picture explains it all.
Here is our little monkey. She is getting bigger everyday. She is such a little piece of sunshine. Even being so tiny she adds such an enormous amount of happiness and love to our home.
How precious can you get. I have taken pictures of every single one of my children sleeping when the are babies and I cherish every one of them. I love my little Devonney . Who knew such a small package would have such a huge impact on our lives. I am blessed and I know that I am. I have four beautiful, healthy girls. Each fills such an important role in our life as a family. Each adds so much than what we had before. I am so grateful for my wonderful family.

Grandma and Grandpa visit!

So, my parents came to visit us the end of December. It was such a huge surprise and blessing. I really thought that they would not be able to come until the end of January, or maybe in February for the blessing. They surprised us! Of course I knew that my mom wouldn't be able to hold out for very long without seeing her new grand daughter. It was very hard for her not to be here with me with everything that I went through. They have my granny that lives with them and it is very hard to go anywhere or find anyone to watch her if they need to leave.

While I was going through the whole preeclampsia thing my mom would call and text and so would my dad everyday. Of course I had Dr. appts everyday to monitor the blood pressure and the protein in the kidneys and liver. Everyday I could expect a call or text from my parents to find out what was going on. It was so nice to have them checking up on me. They were also worried about Devonney. It was so nice to have them come and see our newest little angel. My dad could not believe that she was so tiny. He kept telling her that he couldn't believe something so little caused so much worry(but then he would tell her that she was worth it). They brought great gifts for the older girls. Lots of fun games and books.

My dad busted out the banjo and we sang and played while the girls danced! It reminded me of when I was growing up. There was always music going on in our house, whether it be the banjo or the guitar. Lots of great memories and I am so glad we can share those with our children. My mom got to hold and snuggle Devonney as much as she wanted. It was so great! There is something so special about having your parents here when you have your kids. Not to mention that the older kids loved having grandpa and grandma here! We miss them already but can't wait for Grandma and Grandpa Bingham to come visit in February!

In Review!

As you can see, all of the girls love their new baby sister. Each of them in their own special way is such a great help to mom. These pictures are almost a month old. This is the first night we brought her home. She weighed 4 pounds 7 oz when we brought her home. I just had another check up for her yesterday and she weighs 5 pounds 14 oz. She is getting to be a big girl now. Well, not really she is still so tiny, but she is starting to fill out. She is such a blessing to our family. She is such a sweet baby. She is now starting to stay up a little more during the day and loves to look around. She loves her sisters already. Bailey loves to read books to her. Aislynn loves to sing to her and Cecely loves to rub her head when I am feeding her.

I will post some more pics of the little monkey now that she is so huge(ha ha). We also had my parents come and visit for a couple of days so I will post those pictures too. It has been almost a month since we brought Devonney home and although I am a little sleep deprived it has been such a blessing. I can't imagine life without her in our family. Each of my precious girls has such an important place in our home.

Thank you to everyone for calling and emailing. We appreciate everyone's love and concern for our family. We miss all of you. Congrats to my friends who are celebrating new babies in their families. Whether or not those babies are here on earth or looking down from Heaven, it is so true that a baby changes everything.

A Christmas Miracle

Alright, I am so sorry that we haven't been posting regularly. Things have been so hectic and busy, but we have been truly blessed this year. I have been getting emails from everyone wanting to know the whole story behind Devonney's birth and the situation on why she was born five weeks early. I have wanted to post it for a while, but it is emotionally very exhausting to sit and think about what to say or how to say it, at least for my sleep deprived mind. So I am going to make an attempt to tell the story the best I can. All that I know is that we are a truly blessed family. We have felt the tender mercies that have poured out on our little family and have seen the Lord's hand in everything that happened with our little Christmas Miracle and her birth.

As most of you know through out most of this pregnancy Adam was unemployed. I did have Dr. appts with the pregnancy but some were few and far between because of the unemployment and then with all of the moving. I was very lucky though. Before we had become pregnant I had lost a lot of weight, my diabetes was completely under control with no insulin and I was feeling great. The Dr. appts that I did have proved to be the same. No problems, very healthy baby. My blood pressure was always 106/73, it never varied. I felt very blessed to feel so good and be so healthy especially because we did not have insurance and with my other pregnancies I was on so much insulin and a lot heavier which required more Dr. intervention.


After we moved here we had to wait a month for our insurance to kick in with Adam's new job. Luckily, after a month I went to the Dr. and everything was fine. Blood pressure still 106/73 baby fine, mommy fine. Around Thanksgiving time I started to notice that I was retaining a lot of water. I felt really tired, really pregnant and really bloated. Of course that is normal in the last little bit of pregnancy, so I didn't really think anything of it. I went in for a Dr. appt after Thanksgiving and my blood pressure was at 160/93. I was immediately shocked. I have never had high blood pressure. I had also gained 11 pounds in two weeks. I could not believe it. I mean I knew that we had just had Thanksgiving, but come on, I didn't eat the whole dang turkey. I have also been so careful during this pregancy with what I eat so that I only had to take a minimal amount of insulin.

The Dr. immediately suspected that I was pre-eclamptic and scheduled a 24 hour urine test and gave me my first steroid shot to make sure the baby's lungs would be developed since he was sure that I would have to deliver early. I had to come in the next day and get another shot of steroids, they checked my blood pressure again. it was still very high. That night I couldn't feel the baby moving so Adam and I took a trip to the emergency room. The kept me there for most of the night. The baby was acting very sluggish, but they figured it was from the steroids. They sent me home with strict instructions to monitor her movement and come in as soon as something goes wrong.

My Dr. wanted to try and keep her in the womb for another two weeks if she and I could handle it. We live in a very small town and if she was born to early or with problems she would have to be flighted to Loma Linda, a hospital two hours away. I had biophysical profiles done daily on her. She seemed to be doing fine, I on the other hand was not handling it so well. My blood pressure was continually rising and I had severe protein in my kidney's and liver. I was put on strict bedrest for a week with the intention of then going to the hospital for the next week and then they would take her. Unfortunately my body decided otherwise. I was on bed rest for a week. Thankfully our ward came to our rescue. They took my kids to school and picked them up. Someone took Cecely for most of the day. It was such a huge blessing for us. We have not been in this ward for very long, but every came to our aid and did such a fantatic job with our kids. I was trying not to stress out, but it was very hard.

I started to have severe heart palpitations and would wake up in the night feeling like I was having an anxiety attack. My heart would be pounding out of my chest. My blood pressure was on the rise and my Dr. decided it was too dangerous to keep her in there in longer. The night before my c-section my whole family got the stomach flu. Cecely was puking, Adam was puking and I was puking. I did not care though, I was bound and determined to have this baby. I had this feeling that she needed to be here, and that it was very important that she come as quickly as possible. We got to the hospital and started the prepping. When I got on the table for the c-section my blood pressure was 200/120. They were afraid that I was going to stroke out or have a seizure. They kept talking to me and asking me if my tongue felt numb or if I was dizzy or tired. Adam came in after the prepping and was informed of my blood pressure and the situation. He remained very calm during the whole process. I know it was hard though. The c-section took a lot longer than expected. I was on the table for two and a half hours. I had so much scar tissue, I also had some acreta, and the placenta was falling apart around my baby.

Devonney Sophia came into the world weighing a whopping 4 pounds 5 oz. She was so tiny. Only 17 inches long. The beautiful thing is that she is as healthy as a horse. She was breathing right away. She passed all her tests with flying colors. This little tiny baby who came into the world five weeks early got to come home with me three days later. She is our Christmas miracle.

I know that there are so many things that could have gone wrong. I could have died, my baby could have died. However the Lord was with our family every step of the way. I felt comforted the whole time I was on the operating table. I knew my husband had given me a blessing and that what the Lord wanted to happen would happen. I was not scared, I felt an overwhelming since of calm. I thank my Heavenly Father everyday for letting me be here to enjoy all of my children.

Devonney will be the last child that I have from my body. My dr. said that I would be putting my life on the line and any other babies we would choose to have,if I got pregnant again. My poor body can't handle another pregancy. So, I had my tubes tied right there after the c-section. I feel very good about that decision, however I do feel a little sad that I won't be pregnant again. I almost want to go back and savor and enjoy every moment I was pregnant with Devonney again.

Does this mean we are done with our family? I am not sure. We could always adopt again. One of our biggest blessings came from adoption. All I know right now is I enjoy each day I have with my children. I enjoy my brand new daughter. All almost five pounds of her. I thank my Heavenly Father each day for my blessings. I am so thankful for a husband who uses his Priesthood power with such worthiness. I am so thankful for a ward who has helped us so much this past month. They have gone above and beyond acts of service. I am so thankful for a Savior who lived and died so that we all may have the opportunity to live with our families for eternity.

Merry Christmas to all! I hope that each one of us finds our Christmas miracle this year.

Baby Devonney is Home!

Ok, for all of you out there sending hatemail, please feel free to stop as we are now posting pictures of the newest addition.

For all of you already disgusted by our lack of blogging feel free to grumble as you read this knowing we will be trying better from now on.

As many of you know, I lost my job and we went to Utah then ended up in Ridgecrest CA. We love it out here and I love my job. Now we have a child born out here.

Introducing Baby Devonney Sophia Bingham


Born 12-11-2009, 4lbs 5oz big at 5 weeks early. Yes she is very tiny but as Trina puts it, ..."dynamite comes in small packages."!! She was very healthy and had no problems and she came home with mom 3 days later.

Trina had developed pre-eclampia and had extremely high blood pressure and water gain which put her and baby in jeopardy so they took her early. Fun times let me tell ya!



As you can see, she is quite small and very cute!!. Here is big sister Bailey holding Devonney. She is such an excited big sister!! And here is our little one with my hand for scale. So Cute!!!

Well, we will post more pics soon with more information. Mom and baby are doing well. We have some colds in the house and lets hope Devonney can avoid getting sick!!

Much love to family and those who helped out in so many ways.

Binghams

just getting settled

Sorry it has taken so long to post. It took us a while to get the internet. We made it to Calfornia. We got here on a Friday night and had the weekend to try and get what we needed and then Adam started work that Monday. The girls also started school that same Monday. It was a little challenging starting them in school since we had no furniture no anything really. It took a week for our things to finally arrive. The girls were troopers though, sleep deprived and in a new environment they were so excited to start school. They are in the same Kindergarten class and their teacher is in our ward. She is a fabulous teacher and the girls adore her. The go from 7:30 in the morning until 11:15 in the afternoon. I get to pick them up in the cafeteria. That is where they end their day. It is a drive in school so there are no buses. The kids are either dropped off or walked to school so it is wonderful. It is such a small town and everyone is really involved in the school. They had their fall carnival last Friday and it was so much fun!!

Adam adores his job and I am so glad. They treat him so well. They are letting him ease into his job responsiblities and that is so nice for Adam. He doesn't feel the pressure that his other jobs have put on him and for that I am so grateful. Our ward is great. It is very small but we love it. Everyone is so nice and kind and very giving. We have had so many people stop by and offer help of any kind. We do feel truly blessed to be here.

Cecely is doing great. She was kind of lost at first without her sisters during the morning, but she is starting to like the one on one time with me. I have to admit she cracks me up and I love playing with her. She loves to change clothes and I often end up with clothes all over the floor. She changes outfits at least thirty times a day. She loves to play "mommie" with her babies. She loves to sing to them and put them in nursery.

I am doing great. Getting bigger by the minute it seems. I am thirty weeks along. It is getting harder to pick up things off the floor and I do get more tired than usual especially at night. It is hard for me to keep my eyes open. I have a Dr. appt on the second so we shall see how everything is progressing.

Bailey has lost two teeth already. Her permanent ones are already growing in. I can't believe it.

I will get some pics posted of us and our cute little town. We are so grateful to be here and so happy. Happy Halloween!!

Another Adventure

Just a quick post to let everyone know that we will be moving this Friday to California. The moving company is coming Thursday and Friday to get us packed up and moved. Right after they leave on Friday we will be heading towards the Mojave Desert. We found a very cute place to rent and already have people contacting us from the ward. We have been very blessed in the way that everything has worked out! Everything has just sort of fallen into place. The company that Adam will be working for has been very kind to us and they are footing the bill for everything.

Adam will start work on Monday so it will be another whirlwind of things. I also need to get the girls enrolled in school. We are all very excited about this new adventure and hope that our lives will slow down just a bit. With a new baby about to be here though I doubt that will happen. I do not know when we will get internet. It's such a small town we have to figure out what they offer and who has the best offer! I will post as soon as we are up and running again.

We are all doing very well and very happy to be employed and starting this next step in our lives. Bailey had a great birthday with lots of cousins and great food and gifts. We were lucky to have one last shindig with the family before we moved. We will miss our family here and the girls will especially miss their cousins. It has been so nice to have them so close by these last couple of months.

I am so grateful to all of our friends and family who have kept us in their prayers these last seven months. It has been hard and trying at times, but the Lord has continuously blessed us and sent his tender mercies to watch over us and protect us. We have received some of our greatest blessings during this time and our faith and love in this gospel and our Heavenly Father continues to grow everyday.

We will post as soon as we can, but know that we are happy and healthy and starting another adventure!!!!

Hot Hot Hot

SO, everyone has been waiting I am sure for the news about Adam's job. We went out to California for the job interview on Thursday and got back home Sunday night. Thank you to my great sister in law Nicole for having the patience and "momminess" to love my kiddos even when they all got sick!! She had them for four days and loved them and did just what I would do!! She said they were wonderful and I am sure they were. I am blessed with great kids what can I say?? Also thank you to my other Sister in Law Denielle for helping get us to the airport on Thursday and watching them that day. You all rule and rock!!! We loved the small town. It is out in the middle of nowhere. It took us two hours to drive to it from Ontario California. It is such a cute small town though. Everyone is so nice. We really enjoyed our time there. Adam enjoyed the people at the job site and everyone really enjoyed him. He was told that he has the job, they are just waiting for his background check to come back. That could take up to a week, and then they can present him with the final offer.

It will be another adventure, but we are looking forward to it. We went to their hospital, they only have one, and there was one baby in the nursery. They can go days without a birth. That is how small the town is!!! We were taken out to dinner Thursday night by a couple from the mining company. They were great people. Very family oriented. They had raised their children there in that town and loved it. We then ate dinner with a family from one of the wards there on Saturday night. They were so great and we loved seeing the kiddos. Overall, we feel very blessed and very happy with the way our lives are going. The girls are excited for a new adventure. I mean really, that is all we ever have in our family right, adventure after adventure. As soon as the offer comes in after the background check we will let everyone know when we are moving and all the details!!!

We are all happy and healthy. Well, the girls are getting over a cold. Hopefully it is a fast moving thing. They seem to be doing better. Thanks for reading our posts and leaving comments!! It's so nice to hear from everyone!!! The pregnancy is going great. She is kicking me nonstop and seems to be a mover!! We love her already and can't wait to meet her!! 24 Weeks now!

The Life of Princesses

So, everyone has been waiting to here what we are having. I was going to wait till we uploaded the pics of the ultrasound, but who knows when that will happen. If you are immediate family then you already know, however for friends who we may not talk to quite as often as we would like, here is the big news.......... We are having a......... GIRL!!!! That is right folks, we are having another girl. Adam tried really hard to not believe the tech at the ultrasound, but there was no mistaking the parts that she had. She gave us a full frontal shot and was not shy about it at all. The tech kept coming back and she was giving a full shot again. "Yep she is still a girl", the tech would say. She is very healthy, very active. She gave us a cute little profile shot. She would stretch and try to get away from the thing that kept pushing on her. She would push at it with her arms or turn her back to us. I am very happy for another girl. Of course a boy would be great for some diversity. Adam would love a little boy, what father wouldn't. For now we have four little girls. A big responsibility. Lots of weddings to pay for!!!! The biggest responsibility though is teaching them about the gospel, our love for them, and teaching them to be wonderful future mommies,spouses and women in general. For now I will enjoy their youth. I will enjoy their laughter and innocence. I love being a mommy of girls. I am sure when they are teenagers and they all start dating around the same time, or maybe even liking the same guy..... well we will cross that bridge when we get to it.

Adam and I are leaving for California on Thursday for his job interview. We feel very confident that things will go well. My sister in laws will be watching our kiddos. We will come back on Sunday and let everyone know how things went. We are excited to start a new chapter of our lives. We are all healthy and happy. Thank you for all your prayers!! We love you!

Tomorrow is the Day!!!

So tomorrow we get to find out what we are having!!! I am very excited either way. We will also get to find out for sure that everything is okay with this little baby. SOOO..... what do you think we are having. Don't let the fact that I already have three girls sway you or anything!!!!

Pressing Forward!

I know I really need to post some pictures on this blog. However I haven't been able to find the cord to upload the pics, so I will keep looking. Everything is still in boxes, and will continue to be so for a while. Adam heard back from the company in California and they want to fly him and I out to see the company and the city. They will interview Adam all day on Friday, he basically has the job though, and while he is interviewing I will be escorted around the city by one of the ladies that works there. She will show me where the schools are and the churches and stores. Now mind you this is a small town, so the big store in town is Wal-Mart. My sister in laws will have my kiddos for four days. I have never left my kids, well once with Aislynn and Bailey to interview for the job in Florida. We are very excited. They are taking us out to dinner and breakfast, and are taking very good care of us. Adam is very excited, because this would be an excellent company to work for. I am excited because he would be happy and we would be comfortable income wise, and my kiddos and I could put down some roots. Plus I have to say I have always wanted to live in a small town. We fly out the Thursday after Labor Day.

I am almost 22 weeks along, baby seems to be doing fine. I have the big ultrasound in a week to find out sex and everything else. We are excited!! This kids seems to be a mover and a shaker. He/she loves to be awake at night, when all should be sleeping!!!! We are excited for this new little bundle of joy boy or girl. Healthy and happy.

We will keep everyone posted on our new and coming events. It's never a dull moment here. Hopefully I can post pics soon!

Back to Square One

Alright, so sorry I haven't posted for a while but life has taken some interesting turns as of late. Adam is currently unemployed again. Through no fault of his own. The company that he was working for had a major project fall through leaving several employees without work. Adam's office had lots of work because they have a contract with Hill AFB here. So, that work was for Adam. However, Adam not being an employee yet, he is a contract for hire employee, they decided to give all the extra work to the employees who's project fell through and let Adam go. So here we are right back where we were before. The good thing is, is he has been having some great interviews with a company in California. It's in the Mojave Desert. I am okay with that. I grew up in the Desert my whole life, I can deal. It is also not a consulting position. So he wouldn't have to worry about the projects, finding things to bill too, and the possibility of being let go. It's a company that wants an onsite hydrogeologist and wants them there for 10 years plus. Stability sounds so good at this point. They told Adam that he is one of their top candidates and we are waiting to hear if they would like an on site interview. Hopefully we will know by the end of the week. I know that means moving again, I am okay with that. Even being 20 weeks preggo, I am okay with that. I just need to get my little family somewhere where they can put down some roots and start school, and somewhere where Adam feels like he is making good use of his degree. He feels like this would be a great opportunity and is very excited. So we will continue to pray. We know the Lord knows where we are supposed to be. Even if this is a round about way to get there. We continue to feel blessed and looked after by the Lord. He has been very good to us. It has not been easy. However, we have become a stronger family because of it.

For now, we are weighing our options, enjoying being by family and loving eachother. The girls are excited to start school, wherever that may be. They love being around so much family. I will enjoy every moment, and learn from it. Thanks to all our family and friends who continue to keep us in their prayers. They are felt, every one. We have enjoyed being able to go to the temple and also went to the Oquirrh Temple Open house. We hope everyone is well and happy and we will continue to keep everyone posted!!!!

Life is moving!!

Well, we have been here for over three weeks now. The girls are getting settled in, and love the fact that we have a huge back yard for them to play in every day. My grandparents have a sprinklers in the backyard so the girls feel like they are at an amusement park everyday. We finally got renters for our house in Tucson which is a huge relief. Adam is still loving his job and stays pretty busy every day. His company has government contracts with the Air Force base here, so he spends a lot of time there, or out in the field in Hydrogeologist terminology. The ward here is really great. We are actually young compared to most. It is an older more established ward. There isn't a huge primary or Young Women's program. They were so excited to get us with our young children. We have enjoyed going and visiting our family here. We got to spend last weekend with sister in laws and nieces and nephews. The girls have so many cousins to spend time with, it is great.

I need to take some pics of the girls doing what they do best. They end up becoming so dirty and just full of mud and sap. My grandparents have a huge pine tree in their backyard and it just drops sap by the pound. Bailey loves to sit in it, and they get in all over the skin, shoes, clothes and even hair. Then to add to it, my grandparents have black dirt in their backyard, so add that to the sap and it makes one fun play area, but not so fun for me to clean up. I really should take pictures of them, but by the time I think about it I am knee deep in cleaning and scrubbing my kiddos! We feel very blessed to be here and miss our family in Arizona but are so grateful for Adam's job. In this economy it is almost like a privlege to be employed. I will take some pictures and post them I promise. Congrats to all my wonderful friends who have had their babies recently!!! They are beautiful!!!

We are here!!

We made it, we are officially in Utah. We have been here a little over a week now. It was such a blur of packing and cleaning and moving and driving and unpacking and trying to get settled. Things of course never go as planned. The truck we ended up getting was to small for our stuff. So, at the last moment we were trying to track down a trailer to haul the rest of it. We found one Friday morning and got that packed. We still had to end up leaving some of our stuff in the garage, and Adam's jeep. We didn't end up leaving Tucson until 1pm that afternoon. Needless to say we got in to Utah about 3:30 in the morning. We were all tired and exhausted. We got about three hours of sleep in and were up and unloading the truck. Because it was the 4th of July weekend no one was in town to help us. Good thing my sister in law and her hubby were here. My Aunt also came to help and my Uncle. We are now in my Grandparents basement with my Uncle living in the upper level. We only unpacked what we need, the rest will stay in boxes until we move again. We made it safe and sound. Adam seems to really like his job. The girls are adjusting to the weather. Today it is only going to hit 83. The always say it's so cold in the morning. Spending most of their little lives in Florida and Tucson, I could see how they would think it was cold.

We are doing well just trying to get adjusted. I am feeling fine. I am 15 weeks along now. I had an appt just before we left and everything is going fine. We feel very blessed to be here and happy to be around family and friends. We miss our family and friends in Tucson. Hopefully you are all doing well. Thanks to everyone who helped us move and sacrificed time and energy for our family!! I will post some pics soon I promise.

Some Pics to hold you over.....

Let the Craziness begin!!

Well, thank you to everyone who prayed for Adam this week while he was interviewing in Utah. He got the job he wanted and the one that actually uses his degree!!!! It will be a good job that will provide for our family. The bad news is we have to be packed and cleaned and in Utah for Adam to start his job by the sixth of this month. Can we say whirlwind week!!! Adam will be home late tomorrow, so I think we will start our week of insanity on Monday. We will be moving over the fourth of July weekend. I feel very good about this move. Things are crazy, but Heavenly Father definately has taken care of us and shown us his tender mercies and love. We will be sad to leave everyone here in Arizona. Especially my family :(. However, we know this is where we need to be. This may be the last post until we move and get settled. We are going to be living in my grandparents house for a while until we can get a place to rent. We will rent out our home here. I am not in any hurry to buy another place, not until this one sells, which may be a while. Again, thank you to all of you who prayed and fasted for our little family. We truly felt every prayer. Our family has been very blessed the short while we lived here and I feel so grateful to all the wonderful people that I have met, and that have changed our lives for the better. We love you all and will keep everyone posted.