Happy Thanksgiving

We had a great Thanksgiving. I had not been feeling well the few days before, but I knew if I could just hold on, Willey would be off of work Thanksgiving morning and I would get a bit of a break. My friend Jessie had signed us up for the Pima Turkey Trot, which was a 5k and I was nervous, ha ha I don't really know why, but I was. So Thanksgiving morning came and my stomach was really not wanting me to run anywhere that morning, but I am pretty determined when it comes to working out, and finishing what I started, so I got dressed, ate some oatmeal and we were off. We had decided to walk at the start, but there were so many people that were running we kind of had to run. Any ways I don't really know what came over me but I was able to just keep running, (I am sorry to Jessie for leaving her), but I just felt like running. I ended up getting 34 mins, which I thought wasn't too bad for not being a runner. It felt so good to get that finish line and it was a great way to start Thanksgiving day!! My family had traveled to Utah for Thanksgiving, so it was just the five of us. We decided to grill up some steaks, and Josh wanted salmon, and it was just so relaxing and fun. We went around the room and said what we were thankful for: Ryan is thankful for food, especially hot dogs, Josh is thankful it was Thanksgiving and we could all share, Zack is also thankful for hot dogs, Willey was thankful for his boys and for me, for his good job and our home, and that heavenly father has blessed us so much. I am thankful for my loving husband and the hard work he does to provide for us, for my rowdy and fun boys, and to have a warm home and food to fill out tummies. We ended the night curled up watching a movie on our bed with the boys. Then willey let me take a nice long hot bath, and that has made me want to start 2 new traditions for me on Thanksgiving, to start with the Turkey Trot and end with a relaxing bath!!

Zacks 2

So November is a busy birthday month for us in our family, so I am a little late in posting about Zacks Birthday. It was november 28th. I can't believe that my baby is already two!! Maybe time for another one, but that will be another post in later-no announcements!! Zack has always just had his own personality and done his own thing. His due date was supposed to be December 27th, but of course he couldn't wait to get here. I can remember going into the Doctors office, they wanted to do an amnioscentisis (mis-spelled), so I had to be hooked up to the monitor for a while so make sure everything was fine, and low and behold I was having steady contractions. I was still four weeks from deliverying so they wanted to go ahead and make sure his lungs were developed enough and they had said that they would know those results within 2-3 days. Well thankfully I have good doctors, and they decided to take me over to the hospital and go ahead and do the c-section. I was not ready for this and was sad because I hadn't told Josh or Ryan that I wouldn't see them for a few days. My mom was with me though and that helped. We got Willey called and off to the hospital we went. So a few hours later (they were busy that day) they wheeled me into the surgery room. Now with this pregnancy I was HUGE not only from the baby being big, but also from lots of extra fluid. So when they cute me open it was kind of funny because everyone had these splash shield things, but they were smart because I got soaked!! Gross I know!! Then my doctor told Willey how thin my uterus was she could have cut it with a needle, and that freaked me out. She said things could have been a lot worse if we had even waited one more day. So out came Zack and all we heard was this teeny tiny cry from this big baby! His lungs were not developed yet, so he had to be under the oxygen tent and the funny thing was the nurse told willey that most babies fit all the way in the tent, Zack only fit from his chest up, ha ha. He weighed in at 9.1 and only 18 and a half inches, and has been growing fast and big ever since!! He loves to laugh and eat, and dance around, and he really loves playing with his older brothers and trying so hard to be just like them!! I have been so blessed to have him as my son!!