Hip hip hooray!!

So I've realized in the past few days that I pretty much have NO maternity clothes. I had a couple pairs of pants with Dominic that were just way too comfortable to stop wearing, or got worn to work one to many times that are now officially ruined, so today in desperation I posted on my myspace for maternity clothes.

This didn't actually result in anything except for a couple of skinny people making fun of the fact that I probably wouldn't fit in there XS maternity clothes! (Kay well they weren't really making fun of me but honestly... did they really think I meant them when I was asking for help?)

Anyway.... I got on KSL and Craigslist and found a lot of maternity clothes that was in Alpine for $100. It was posted literally like 2 months ago so I wrote her... not sure if anything would be left and asked her if I could maybe pick through the maternity clothes instead of buying all of them! ($100 is not in my budget.) She called me late this afternoon and told me that she had them all and she was about to take them to D.I. so if I want them I CAN HAVE THEM FREE!!!! So we drove to Alpine and picked up this garbage bag full of REALLY cute maternity stuff that's just my size! :o) I'm very excited and grateful for the Internet!!! Seriously... how did we ever survive without it?

Slacker...

So I've been a little bit of a slacker with my blogging... I'm going to try and be more on top of it though! I love reading other peoples blogs and check them frequently so I suppose that I should have known that other people check mine frequently as well! (HI LES!!) Well, Christmas has come and gone and somehow we managed to survive it all! Above is the boys with the Christmas tree before they started opening presents! It was pretty dang funny because they realized early on that square boxes were clothes. Soon they started digging for presents that WERE NOT in the boxes, cause they wanted to find toys and didn't really care so much about their clothes! Dominic was adorable and was as excited about his pants as he was about his new Buzz and Woody dolls! It was adorable!

Damon and Jaydin were excited when they opened up another square box and found light sabers instead of clothes.... we'll see how long they last. We've learned in the past not to buy expensive light sabers cause honestly it doesn't really matter! They break them all equally!

And the 88 cent Christmas bargain was the whoopee cushions! Both the boys spent a lot of time yesterday trying to prank others with their amazing whoopee cushions! I had a little fun with them as well trying to see just how juicy I could make my whoopee cushion experience sound! ;o) Honestly... glad they were cheap... and glad that they will be ruined before school starts again!

So now we embark on the famous Christmas vacation. We've been really busy since school originally got out so I haven't had a lot of time to be stressed by the boys fighting! Today will be interesting. I'm excited that they got some fun toys because I can hold them hostage until their chores are done! I am a little distraught by a few of the gifts that were purchased before we knew we were having a baby. This list includes, small legos, magnetix and battleship! If my kids are not very careful with them immediately... they will be in the trash bin faster than they can blink! The last thing I want is my new little guy trying to swallow a medal ball! (HEHE as I was typing this Jaydin got mad and chucked a medal magnetix ball across the play room... I wish they wouldn't have opened them... I would take them back!)

I hope that everyone had a wonderful Christmas. Mine couldn't have been better! Hearing my boys talk about how spoiled they are was wonderful! (and obnoxious because they have been so naughty!) I really need to make the naughty list mean something next year!

Love you all! Happy holidays! ;o)

Surprise!!!!!

Here is the story as best I can tell it!!! Today marks the 6 week "anniversary" of the miscarriage. I took a pregnancy test 3 weeks ago that came back positive but everything I read on the Internet said it can take up to 6 weeks to get a negative test and 6 weeks to have a period. Well.. I've been waiting fairly patiently but still have not started my period. So yesterday I went to walmart and bought another pregnancy test cause I figured... this will be my peace of mind! I peed on the stick with great vigor only to be completely blown away (and terrified) when it was STILL POSITIVE!!!

I had been researching the absence of this period and knew from my many online sources that positive pregnancy tests that far after a loss can only mean that you have not completely dispelled the tissue! UGH!!! Now really if it's been six weeks I should be very sick by now... which I haven't been, but I still just assumed this meant I was going to have to fork out the money, go to the DR. and have a D&C!
I e-mailed the midwife I was planning on using, but decided to call another midwife who I knew had A LOT of personal experience with miscarriage. The following is our phone conversation!

K: Hi Holly, this is Kari Adams, I'm wondering if you have a minute to talk to me.
H: Sure what's up?
K: I miscarried 6 weeks ago but still haven't had a period and got a positive pregnancy test today!
H: How do you know you miscarried?
(WHAT?!?!?! I was totally blown away by this!)
K: Well, I was bleeding lots of bright red blood and passed a palm sized clot....
H: Nope... I think you're still pregnant!
(WTF?!?!?!? Is that even possible?)
H: It doesn't sound like you passed any tissue... tissue is gray.
K: But the clot was so big and it was really thick and could not be separated!
H: Nah... if it looked like liver... it was a clot!
K: Can you just do that? Actively bleed and pass clots while you are pregnant and still be pregnant?
H: YUP!! I have twice!

So at this point I'm completely flabbergasted and she says the cheapest way to find out if I'm pregnant or not is to go to the Ultrasound place in the mall (that tells you what the sex of your baby is) and pay $50 for an ultrasound. So I called them up and scheduled it after Darin got off work. He met me at the mall and we tried to explain that we thought we had miscarried... blah blah blah and she understands and says, kay lets do this! She puts the jelly on my belly and then the ultrasound probe and the first thing I see looks something like this:

Followed by this lovely profile:

Followed very closely by this:

I couldn't stop the tears from flowing. There floating inside me is this beautiful little person who I was certain had died. So boys and girls... my baby has a heartbeat.... and a penis! ;o)

12 Days of Christmas!

Wow! Only 12 days till Christmas and thanks to Vicki... I think I'm actually READY!! WOW!!! Lately life seems to be moving a little slow, which is kind of a nice change for my little world. Highlights include:

*The Food Fight!

*Darin not passing his step test the first time with 93% of his class (seriously only 2 people passed!)

*Ethan and Nicholette coming over for dinner!

*Finding Apples to Apples at Target for a killer price.

*Getting a gift for my in-laws that not only will get used but will probably be enjoyed.

*Anticipating the excitement of attending a birth! (Super cute client, due any day!)

*Having amazing family and a sister who really sticks her neck out to help!

*Having a husband who is happy and kisses me goodbye in the morning!

Lately I've been having headaches and have been really tired. Hopefully it will pass. Either way, I feel pretty blessed! I love my family and really feel blessed! Well, I'm being summoned from the crib... Dominic calls! "Mommy, mommy, mommy!"

Hope things are good for all of you!

Wow! What a proud mom!

So today I get a call from Darin! It seems that he just got off the phone with the school principal and my dear sweet Jaydin started a food fight at lunch! Love it! He proceeded to explain that Jaydin had convinced him that it was his friends idea and he just went along with it. Hmm... this is Jaydin we are talking about! So sweet, so innocent, such a leader, and maybe too good at pulling his "I'm so little" routine to get out of mischief! Either way... what to do to a 6 year old who starts food fights at school?

Christmas..... the countdown is KILLING ME!!

So Christmas is approaching and the stress levels are building. It's sad to say that we have never been so broke at Christmas time. Darin's switching jobs was necessary but left us without PTO, Paid Holidays AND NO CHRISTMAS BONUS!! And since we've had holidays and a terrible bought of a stomach flu... we have very much been missing these benifits. The new job also killed all the overtime and lately we've been spending more than $300 a month on gas for Darin's truck, (although he is supposed to be getting a truck in the next couple weeks as the project he will be running is nearing a start)... so.... we are broke! Christmas is just around the corner.... and even though I don't encourage it... my boys believe that Santa will save Christmas! (They don't know that we are broke.. they just think they will get whatever they want because Santa's elves can make it just as good as Wal-Mart and Santa eats the cost!! I would give anything to have them be small again and not know the difference! I can't wrap toys they already have, or give them the few clothes I have already bought. They have to go to school and listen to everyone else brag about Christmas. So the money making ideas are getting fancy. Today I strip wire till the blisters are unbearable. Tomorrow... whatever I can get my hands on! ;o)


Oh Santa! If only life were easy! I could have you strangle a stork and bring me a baby! Maybe a girl this time! ;o)

Finally Pampered Chef info!

Kay.. if you want to check out the catalogue and maybe order... heres the website!
http://www.pamperedchef.biz/jenniferharmon
Just type me... Karilynn Adams in as your hostess!

I'm closing my show on Friday and as it stands now... my numbers are a little low. So check it out! Maybe there is something you are needing or dieing to try!
Love you all!