In the words of Jeff Foxworthy

You might be a redneck if your family uses matches instead of candles on your birthday cake! and only half of them at that. But my family is the greatest and we can make due out of any situation.

UN-happy birthday to ME!

HAPPY MARCH 1ST!!!! Yeah, yeah... for all of you who didn't wish me a happy birthday IT'S TOO LATE NOW!!!! Don't try to make up for it by commenting on this blog. I see how you are. Katie is my only TRUE friend and she EVEN SANG TO ME!!!!!!!! Just kidding. I am not bitter about that. I am bitter that I am almost 30 and will only have one kid by then. My mom had 4 kids by the age of 26 and miscarried twins by my age now! SAD, SAD, SAD. And then on top of it all...... IT FREAKIN SNOWS!! That's it, I am moving to back to St. George! Well not really, but it sounds pretty fabulous right now. Anyway, I am not that bitter about my birthday.
But the cool present that I am getting, is that my Awesome Aunt Shirley has suggested a family fast tomorrow for me and my health and the baby. So if any of you feel inclined to join, I would be eternally grateful and put this whole birthday situation in the past.

....strikes again.

Yesterday (Sunday), me and Kevin made brownies to take to his mom's for dinner. So we left and had to run past Katie's first to get some maternity dresses. So we put the brownie pan on the dashboard up so far on the driver's side and we went in. We were in there for all of about 2 minutes... maybe... and Kevin is all I am going to go check on the dogs (who were in the car). We he opened up the front door of Katie's house he is all "She is on the dashboard!!!" So he goes out there and this is what we find. Roxi had eaten a good chunk out of the brownies. It was so hard not to laugh, but at the same time we were furious with her. Anyway, so I told her that she better get a big tummyache because those are my most favorite brownies in the world. So we finally got to Gwen's house and as soon as we walked in the front door and were telling them the story, I looked down to see Roxi all hunched up POOPING!! So I yelled at her to get outside now, as she pooped again along the way and then did more outside. Errrr, this dog is the one that they couldn't believe that we had in puppy obedience school because she was such an angel. Well her little horns are starting to come through now that she is almost one. But I just have to keep telling myself that it was only her 3rd accident in a house since we got her in July. Anyway, I did learn my lesson though and I am not going to wish a tummyache on her again. Oh and this whole time my little Kodi is just sitting there looking at me like "I am a good dog huh mom" But he had his share of "issues" to, but at least he is almost 2 and out of that stage.

Cute little Roxi......

So for Valentine's Day Kevin bought me some roses, and I decided to dry them because I have a vase full already from my friend's funerals in High School, and then the ones that Kevin has bought me over the years. Anyway, I hung them from the fan in our room since I didn't know where else to hang them. So on Saturday, I could see my little Roxi sitting on my bed and I snuck down the hall to look and this is what I saw. She was trying so hard to get those darn flowers! (She is our little destructive one). She didn't even hear me and so I ran to get my camera to catch her in action and I was laughing so hard! She is quite the little character, but oh so fun.

AND THE SURVEY SAYS..................

IT'S A GIRL!!!! So to all of you who thought it was a boy.... man were you wrong! Anyway, we went to the Perinatal Doctor today and he said that everything looks great. He tested for Downs Syndrome and it is a negative and then I had some blood work done and I have to get more drawn in 2 weeks and then I find out a week after that if it is all good also. Anyway, so here is our little girl and if you can't tell she is waving to all of you!

Be prepared

So I ran on to this story and it is amazing. Me and Kevin are going to see a perinatal doctor on Wednesday to see if there are any deformities in our baby so far. We are a little scared to be going, but after I ran onto this story (and bawled my eyes out) I am having faith. As my title says "Be Prepared", that is just what me and Kevin are doing. We are prepared for the worst. We have talked about all the possibilities that could happen to both baby and me and we have prepared. Our wonderful Dr Hartman told us a lot of things that could happen and that helped. He didn't beat around the bush. He was straight forward with me and that is all we wanted. I have done so well these past couple of years with my health (thanks to Kevin) and we are trying to be optimistic about things. We will love this little person growing inside of me no matter what. And if for some odd reason I don't make it through the labor (sorry not trying to me morbid, but truthful) then we will still have the outcome that we wanted.... a baby of our own. Anyway enjoy the story!


The picture is that of a 21-week-old unborn baby named Samuel Alexander Armas, who is being operated on by surgeon named Joseph Bruner. The baby was diagnosed with spina bifida and would not survive if removed from his mother's womb. Little Samuel's mother, Julie Armas, is an obstetrics nurse in Atlanta . She knew of Dr. Bruner's remarkable Surgical procedure. Practicing at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, he performs these special operations while the baby is still in the womb.During the procedure, the doctor removes the uterus via C-section and makes a small incision to operate on the baby. As Dr.Bruner completed the surgery on Samuel, the little guy reached his tiny, but fully developed Hand through the incision and firmly grasped the surgeon's finger. Dr.Bruner was reported as saying that when his finger was grasped, it was the most emotional moment of his life, and that for an instant during the procedure he was just frozen, totally immobile. The photograph captures this amazing event with perfect clarity. The editors titled the picture, 'Hand of Hope.' The text explaining the picture begins, 'The tiny hand of 21-week- old fetus Samuel Alexander Armas emerges from the mother's uterus to grasp the finger of Dr. Joseph Bruner as if thanking the doctor for the gift of life.' Little Samuel's mother said they 'wept for days' when they saw the picture. She said, 'The photo reminds us pregnancy isn't about disability or an illness, it's about a little person.' Samuel was born in perfect health, the operation 100 percent successful.

YOU'RE ALL FIRED

THANKS TO MY DEAR FRIEND MR. DONALD TRUMP AND THE CELEBRITY APPRENTICE... WHOEVER HAS BEEN VOTING FOR BOYS IN MY POLL...... YOU'RE FIRED! WE CAN NO LONGER BE FRIENDS. I AM SORRY TO HAVE TO DO THIS TO YOU. I THOUGHT THAT MAYBE YOU WOULD BE ON MY SIDE. BUT SINCE MOST OF YOU HAVE BOYS, (EXCEPT KATIE AND JARED WHO ARE THE WISE ONES) WHY CURSE ME WITH THEM ALSO?? SO IN THE WORDS OF MAND'E....... YOU'RE DED TO ME, D.E.D. DED.