20 Days couldn't come soon enough!

A rant of things I'm thinking of today...

So I have 20 days to go until this little one is due. After a long night of tossing and turning I was fine with getting up and sending kids back to school after a long weekend. Andrew and I headed to Jamba Juice to share a smoothie because I flat out felt like I deserved it today. Well the yummy drink lead to more tossing and turning inside my belly. I'm going to enjoy this while I can because I know it will all end soon enough. I am so excited to see who has been growing inside this belly and to see the kids as older siblings helping out. Last time I had a baby I had two other little ones that still needed a lot of attention. After going to the park today with Grace and Andrew and noticing that they were taking care of the other kids around them I was grateful that I don't have any stress surrounding this new arrival as far as how the others will react.

I only worry that I'm burdening others while I'm in the hospital and someone else will have to feed, bathe, dress, get homework done and do all pick up and drop offs that are part of my daily life. I know it will get done I just can't help but worry about it. I am so lucky to have so much family and friends who have volunteered to help during that time. My saint of a mother in law will also be coming after I have the baby which will be such a blessing.

The month of December.

December was a crazy month and here is an update with pictures

This is Tyler in his class when I went to help with Christmas around the world. Each class was a different country and I helped in Mexico where they learned about poinsettias and had nachos.

Tyler with his passport

Tyler in his winter performance

Before his performance looking all handsome

My brother Kevin came home from his mission on the 23rd and we got to welcome him home at the airport

Me, Shaun and the rest of the Peterson clan

Kev coming down the escalator

Andrew holding a sign would not let anyone stand in front of him he kept pushing people away, it was hilarious.

Grace and aunt Crystal, do they look related or what?

During Grace's Polar Express party in Kindergarten with Karlee Snow both sporting white bowed pigtails.

Enjoying their hot chocolate and waiting for their breakfast.

There were two classes put together and it was crazy but so much fun!

The conductor giving Grace her ticket, she was so excited!

The Lloyd family from our ward was in the Christmas parade and I needed to take their picture.

Trev and Grace before the run to the emergency room, listening to Trev's new ipod.

This is how cold it was in the morning, I do not belong in a cold environment like this.

It's hard to tell but Tyler made Grandma get an icicle off the house for him, it looks almost fake.

Grace and Mira playing with their new Furr Real pets.

I know these pictures aren't in order but oh well.
Tyler,Grace and Andrew on Christmas eve wearing their new PJ's

Andrew's first experience with snowboarding.

Andrew with his teacher Miss Tiffany on their party day.

Andrew during his Christmas performance, very proud of himself.

So it was a crazy month and I'm kind've glad it's all over even though we had a lot of fun. Now we're just gearing up for baby to come in March.

Happy Birthday Andrew boy!

Holy moley macaroni and cheese. This is his new favorite saying
My little boy turned 4 yesterday and we had fun. It ended up being an early release day so Tyler was done at 1 then we headed off to go see The princess and the Frog which I almost fell asleep in. It was cute but not my most awake time of day. We opened presents at Nana's and then went to Chilis for dinner where they sang him Happy Birthday along with about 5 other people celebrating at Chilis. He had a great day and lots of attention. What more could a kid want. His smile lights up a room and is so contagious. He is so tenderhearted one minute and then tough as nails the next. He makes our life so much fun and lets me kiss him every once in a while. Happy Birthday Andrew aka Ocho, cutie pie, AJ!

As some of you know Trev started working for 3-G Construction Co this summer in addition to his other two companies he's running. This company has a been a great blessing for us. He's on salary and have provided everything he needs to do the job. The downfall of this job is the traveling he does. They gave him a work van and GPS to get to his jobs that stretch to almost southern Cal, Oregon border, Reno, and everywhere in between. Yesterday he was on his way to Stockton to finish up a job and got in an accident. Of course he doesn't call me because "I'll just freak out", in his words. He called hi brother to come and help after he called CHP of course. He was on Moore Road, our own street and the doors that were stacked and held up by a tie fell and Trev looked back to check it out as the road was turning and went off the road and couldn't bring it back because the road and grass on the side were so slick from the recent rain. So the van found a power pole and cut the pole in half also cutting out power to our house and those of us out here in the country. I always call him after I've dropped the kids off to make sure he's safe. Yesterday when I called I asked if he was listening to the books we spent all night downloading and he said he hadn't gotten to it yet because he was in an accident and was in the CHP car writing down his statement of what happend. I know that by him talking that he's obviously not unconscious but he doesn't always give me all the details I need. He said he was fine and nobody was hurt, but I don't tend to believe him. So I continued to start to cry and memories of his previous accident 8 years ago when we were engaged came flooding back. He of course doesn't like that I've told people, hellow cyber world, but I was scared that he could've been seriously hurt or worse.

So today no matter how mad you are at your husband for not putting his clothes in the basket, or forgot to take the Trash out for your garbage day, be glad that he's there to be mad at. I love my husband and I know how stressed he is by work on a constant and daily basis, but I love how hard he works for us. Me and the kids are always praying for his safety even when he's home. We are so grateful for him and how much he loves us. This was more of a journal entry for me than for others but I needed to write about it. Have a safe and lovely day.

Grace's 5th Birthday

Birthday Girl with Balloon hat at Wacky Tacky with cousins.
We went to The Old Spaghetti Factory for dinner then headed to Wacky Tacky to surprise the kids with a fun night with their cousins. We are so lucky to have family around to celebrate these special times with!

For those of you are are excellent at your blogging jobs, my hat is tipped to you. I think I have learned that the computer means work, banking, and other things that don't bring up happy feelings. I am going to try to do better.
Our Summer has been crazy already. First week I was at Twilight Camp for the cub scouts with my friend Debbie representing our pack as Station leaders. Second week was Girls camp so Grandma was out here watching the cousins so we played all week long with them.
Third week I took off with the kids, Elizabeth and Caitlyn Elzea and Grandma for Utah. On the way there the kids were awesome never even asked for one treat. We only stopped twice for food and we were making excellent time when this little warning light popped up and said 1 tire low pressure. This was about 20 miles before Wendover. My mother in law and I looked at each other and said let's just get to Wendover and we'll be fine. About five minutes later major blow out on my passenger rear tire. Immediately we were off the road and jumping into gear on what the next step is. Call the husband locate spare tire, which by the way on our Town and country is is underneath where the center console is. Get jack out of back and "T" tool to lower spare. Call husband again he's finding someone to sell us a tire in Wendover, of course they're not answering because it's about 9 pm and well it's past closing. Of course we're stopped so that means the kids need to go potty all at once. I take my handy dandy little go potty out and we're off to find some privacy for Grace and bushes for the boys. Meanwhile Grandma is on the ground putting the jack in place. Well I have to tell you how tough this mother in law is. Not a second went by that she wasn't trying to change the tire. Caitlyn and Elizabeth watched the kids while we tried to get the last lug nut off. Of course the only thing that would get it off is by jumping on top of the crank to loosen it. A funny sight I know! Finally get that last one loosened after about 15 minutes of all four of us trying to pull on the crank together. This so called jack that came with the car is the cheapest looking thing I have ever seen. The handle is all of like 12 inches long so putting under the car and trying to turn the crank to lift the car that is loaded was impossible. We finally had someone that from the other side of the freeway came across the divider and asked if we needed help. Um Yes! They were a couple of firefighters from Wendover. And their names wee Zach and Cody. Don't think that my kids didn't take the time they had to interview these guys. So they continued to put the spare on for us and load up the nasty old tire. Off to wendover to Many's garage. To make a long story somewhat shorter. We arrived in Utah after a15 hours on the road. The Elzea's had their first trip out of state and boy was it memorable. Andrew still asks when his girls are coming over. Any babysitter we've ever had he calls his girls. So cute! Since getting home from Utah we've swam a lot at Nana's, my dad, Trev and a couple of friends of ours all ran in a 5K on the 4Th. It's been busy but a fun summer so far. I'll try to up date more regularly so to avoid this huge post again! Happy Summer everyone!

Our late bloomer

My little boy is now a full fledged kid. He's 6 going on 7 and just lost his first tooth today. You can only imagine how anxious I have been with my Dental Assisting background to "assist" in getting a tooth out of there. After examining his tooth on Friday I found that his permanent tooth couldn't wait any longer and was coming in behind the baby tooth. Yeah I stressed. We then went into the whole "T you have to keep wiggling your tooth, if you don't pull it out then we'll have to take you to the Dentist and she'll use tools and you won't like it as much!" He gets stressed very easily and last night when I went in to check on him before I went to bed I walk in to him stirring and say " No, it's gonna hurt, don't touch it anymore!". Yes we gave our child a nightmare, don't judge us. Tonight after dinner we decided to pull out the tooth as our activity. After 15-20 minutes of bleeding, pulling, flossing, restraining, mom got a hold of the tiniest tooth I have ever seen and pulled as tears came down his face and was telling me to stop because he thought I was going to pull out the other one too! I had already got it out and he didn't even notice. He was crying and said mom stop it's going to hurt, I held up his tooth and said well I guess it didn't because I already have it out. Then we went into crazy happiness cheers from the other two onlookers who I am sure are going to never let us touch their mouths again. Following the extraction was immediate bleeding with paper towels and then the Popsicle reward to help stop the bleeding and calm the stressed out kid. He was really excited and proceeded to call Nana and Papa to tell them and ask what his reward is. Hey they trained him to think that way! He also had gotten 100% on his spelling and math tests so we were really proud of him today. He has become such an awesome reader and loves to read everything now. He has been way into the Magic Tree house books. We're on #13 this week and I love reading them with him. In case you were wondering that's why I haven't put anything on Good reads for a while. We are loving this age with Tyler, he is so smart and truly an amazing kid. Between his surgery and how much he has going on he is a really good kid and still runs to me everyday after school and gives me and Andrew a hug. O.k. I know a mom rant! Love ya Ty!