Tuesday, February 24, 2009
What are we going to do with FOUR!
I'm not going to lie, I was a little frustrated and grouch about being pregnant. As with most women, I don't enjoy the sickness, changes in bodily functions, delivery, sleepless nights, and emotions that go with pregnancy. But I do want a baby, so this is the process which all must endure. I felt bad for Keith, who was SO excited that we are pregnant. I had to share the news with Kristal in hopes that she would try to get pregnant so that our kids could be close together. Little did I know that she was already pregnant and due two weeks before us.
Here's a odd thing. Every time I am pregnant, one of the Jones' sister-in-laws are pregnant with me. First, was Gayle , who had Elizabeth a week before we had Garrett. Then Aubrey, who had Courtney two weeks before we had Kendall and she had Whitney two weeks before Taryn. So Keith and I were wondering who was going to be pregnant with us this time? Exactly a week after we found out we were pregnant, Lanae called to announce she was pregnant and due Oct 20th or 21st! We are due on the 19th! Crazy! The Lord must want the Jones' cousins to be close, because you can't get much closer then that. As I was talking with Lanae, she we so excited and said how much Brian was excited. It made me feel bad for Keith that I was such a grump about one of the happiest events in our life. It also made me realize that I needed to be more happy and positive about being pregnant. This is a huge blessing that many long for but will never experience the beauty and the yuck of this experience. So I have decided to shape up and enjoy what may be my last earthly experience of bearing a child. I am grateful for this opportunity, even when unexpected.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Naomi's Birthday Celebration
Over the weekend, we were able to have our favorite baby sitter's 15th B-day at our house. I think Kendall was more excited about Naomi's party then her own the week before. She really wanted to make her a castle cake just like her b-day cake. This time we decided to make the castle purple and pink. The cake is kind of bright, happy, and crazy, but made with lots of LOVE.
There was a great and pretty big group of kids that came to Naomi's party. It was fun to watch all the teenagers interact with one another. I don't know if I'm ready for that phase of parenting yet, so it's a good thing we're in the diapers, crayons, and playground phase.
I can't not even tell you how much we love you, Naomi. Thanks for letting us enjoy your Birthday celebration.
Happy Valentine's Day, Daddy!
Somehow Naomi was able to one good picture of me. With much assistance from photo shop, we were able to make is presentable for a frame.
Of the six hundreds picture that we took this is the only one with all of us facing forward, so we called it good.
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Blank stares....
Senior pictures for Allen
Snow Day!
This is the only picture of have of Garrett because the second he was outside, he was over playing the with the neighbor boys. They are way into snow boarding down our hills so they were really excited to see Garrett come out so that they could come over to use our hills. This was Garrett first try at snowboarding and he did pretty good.
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Pink and red all over....
I decided to make a castle cake, which was a much bigger task than I had expected, but Kendall (and I) was very pleased with the results. As you will see by the many photos that we took, I was quite proud of this party. So if you have a low tolerance for PINK, you may not want to view this post.