I realized looking back through my calendar that January through March were pretty slow months for us. This was because I was pretty bed ridden with morning sickness. We didn't accomplish much of anything unless Peter was in charge. It was a rough go and I was feeling a lot of cramping a lot so I just took that as my body telling me to slow down. It turned out later, that I found out at week 11 that I had a hemorrhage between the placenta and uterus which was causing a lot of discomfort. They had to stop the ultrasound because the pressure on my belly was causing too much pain. I was so glad that I had rested a lot more than usual because that is a common cause for miscarriage. I believe the spirit helped me to know to be more still.
By mid March I was functioning again, but even then it took a few weeks to get over the intense few weeks. I think it was in April some time that I started to really feel good again.
There are lots of random pictures here but here we go!
I have so many pictures of this guy's creations. He always wants me to take a picture and video and then he lets Logan destroy them.
We took the kids for the same hike that we went on when we told the kids we were going to have Logan. We found the same bench and sat them all down. They immediately started reminiscing about the last announcemennt. We talked about it for a while and then started hinting that we had new announcement. They were so Excited!!!
Reading to the kids one day, I just had the realization that they were everywhere!
Dallin, Eden and Tanner joined a winter swim team. It was 3 nights a week and they worked super hard! They were exhausted by the end every time.
Tanner having some pancake with his butter.
I went grocery shopping one week and decided to prepare our meals as much as possible. I spent a couple of hours chopping, making fresh salsa, boiling eggs, and preparing sandwich toppings, etc. Wow, that made the week of meals so much quicker and healthier. I have the problem of produce going bad because I forgo using it in lieu of a easy non healthy meal. We used everything this time. Our system has changed a bit since this, but I still love the idea.
Sleeping beauty.
OMSI passes rock! We have used ours a lot this year.
Peter grew another head.
Larry's chess tournament.
One of the kids came to me and said "Mom, there is a zombie in the washer." Huh? Sure enough!
Eden was getting frustrated trying to thread her first needle. I took this right at the moment she finally got it.
We made popcorn for a snack one day and Luke decided to make ketchup popcorn out of it. He liked it. No one else did!
We had some cousins over for a movie night.
Tanner and Eden learned some chess notation and wrote the 4 move check mate.
Studying history.
Lily "Working like Dad".
Eden and Dallin went to regionals and both did so great! Dallin had 4 wins and Eden had 3 wins and just about got a 4th.
Dallin went to state and got 3 wins!
Last day of chess team at Butternut.
I went away for a weekend with my sisters for our annual trip and Peter took the kids to the zoo with Jimmy, Daniel, and Lucy.
Baby morning cuddles.
