Crazy New Year!

Not much to update, but I haven't posted anything lately so I thought I'd a least write something. I am 27 1/2 weeks along now. Friday is my day to take a new picture and I feel like I've gotten bigger. The website I check says that she is 14 1/2 inch long and almost 2 lbs(the size of a head of cauliflower). Ben and I are looking into buying a house here in the Delta area since it looks like this job is going to keep us here. We're okay with that. We don't like being this far from family, but the job is stable and we love the people. We've made some great friends and when you miss your family, that's the next best thing. We're still working on the custody thing too, very slow process. But we keep praying and hoping and moving forward. We love the 3 days we do get Chris though. He is such a bright kid, energetic, and has a way of making you feel as if everything is going to be okay. I miss him so when he's at his dad's, but I just have to look at it as a means to an end, but sometimes it's hard. Thanks to those of you who have kept me in your prays and thoughts.

Roseborough News!

Here is a bunch of pictures that sums up our past 2 weeks, since I haven't done very good at keeping up on here in a while. First, December 9th, Chris was in his first Christmas Program at school. His class sang 'Jingle Bells' and 'Santa's using zebra's now' and he knew every word to both. He looked so cute and of course, the shorty was in the front row, but on the positive side, easier to see him:) Next is Chris on Santa's lap at my mom's ward Christmas party December 10th. And when Santa asked him what Christmas was about, Chris proceeded to tell him it was about kids getting presents:( I felt like I'd failed as a mother. But later he told me he knew it was about Jesus's birth. That helped some, but it would have been nice if that could have been his first answer. Then there's our sealing day. December 16th, the day after Ben and I's 2 year anniversary, we were sealed in the Mt. Timpanogus temple for time and all eternity. It was an amazing day. Weather kept a few travelers away, but we were glad they were safe. It was beautiful, simply put, a PERFECT DAY! Two days before that, I had a hard time getting ready for church. Stuff isn't fitting as well as it used to. So Monday, a friend of mine and I bought material, and her mother-in-law made my skirt. They matched my boots, which is what I was going for, and it was nice to have something look cute and fit. And last, but not least, my 24 weeks along picture. I feel like I'm getting huge, but doc says I'm right on with where I'm supposed to be. It's frustrating to only have my pregnancy with Chris to compare to. I only gained 19 pounds with him from begining to delivery. I've already gained that much with this one, and I still have 4 months to go. But I'm glad she's healthy and I'm not going to worry about the weight until after she's here. Hope this catches everyone up. And I hope everyone has a great Christmas!

Visiting!

I am up in Bear Lake right now because my little boy was in the Christmas program at his school yesterday. I get to keep him 2 extra days and take him to school. We're having fun. He is getting so smart and bigger. I still have a hard time believing he's old enough to be in school, but I guess that's every parents thought as their kids grow up. I will post pictures when I get home, but for now, I just wanted to put on an update. Hope everyone is enjoying the Holiday season.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Wow, Thanksgiving already here...and gone. Yesterday was a fun day. It was different being away from our families, but we had a good time making our own memories. First thing yesterday morning, Ben, Chris, and I started on making the pies. That was one of the few things Ben had asked me, was that at our Thanksgiving, we have some of his mom's home-made cherry pies. So we got the recipe and made the ventured. This was my first pie that didn't come with all the ingredients in a box. Having to make it from scratch is nothing like making it out of a box. But we all chipped in and did our best.

I don't think they turned out bad, and they taste really good, and that's all that matters. This is a picture of the one that turned out the best so it's the one you get to see. We did our best and made great memories.

This is our Thanksgiving Feast! It's not huge, but it suited our family just fine. We had turkey(light and dark meat because Ben's favorite is the dark), mashed potatoes, green salad, and apple/snickers salad. And of course the pies for dessert. I found out yesterday that if you don't put your turnkey in the oven until noon, you don't get Thanksgiving in the afternoon, you get dinner. Between pies and the turkey, we kept the stove hot all day. The smell was delicious. And I'm far enough into my pregnancy to enjoy it, not get neaseated from it. I'm thankful for that.

After dinner, we took the fat and skin and some trimmings from the turkey out to let the dogs enjoy their Thanksgiving too. They loved the food. Then we took them out to play. No, Chris isn't sitting on Harley. He was trying to catch her and she wouldn't stands still for a pictures so this was an attempt to catch her. But it made a fun picture to share.

I hope you all had as great of a Thanksgiving as we did. I realise I have so much to be grateful for. My family, the gospel, my home, my husband, my son, my healthy pregnancy, my husband's job, my friends, the atonment.....and I could go on and on. I am truely blessed. I hope you all had a chance to realise how lucky we all are. Thanksgiving should come more often if it helps us truely remember what great blesssings we have in our lives.

20 weeks! Half way:)

Wow! It feels like this 20 weeks has taken forever, but then when I think about it, it also seems like it's gone by pretty fast. I am lucky though because this time, my morning sickness ended, for the most part, with the end of my 1st trimester. I don't mind being pregnant near as much when I'm not sick through the WHOLE thing. I have been blessed. Last pregnancy, I had family all around me all the time. I'm sure Heavenly Father knew my stengths and my weaknesses and thought better of making me face that all by my lonesome out here in Oak City. I am starting to show earlier this time then I remember showing last time, but I hear that's normal. I'm still not showing as much as everyone says I should, but I'm okay with that. Thank you long torso's. I went in for an ultrasound on Friday and the x-ray tech told me there was no way I was 20 weeks, until he measured the baby, he wouldn't believe me. Ben now believes that it's a girl, and he is just fine with that. We are really excited and grateful.

Old habits die hard!

It is still so hard for me to put on a post without a picture. But I know I like to see other peoples new post's, even when they don't have pictures so here goes again. We got Chris this past weekend for our first offical weekend since this new "arrangement" took over. It was so hard only having him 3 days, but I feel like the Lord is helping me big time to cope with it. We just had to have as much fun as we could while he was here. So we painted Christmas orniments, went bowling, rode scooter/walked to the park, read books, played with the dogs, and he helped me cook.

Changing the subject before I start to cry. I have an ultrasound on Friday, the 21st, to check the heart. Ben has decided he doesn't trust the "lady at the mall" on what the sex of the baby is so he won't let me buy a thing until the "guy who know's what he's doing" at the hospital confirms it. So I guess I can wait another 3 days.

I am now offically Relief Society Secretary in my ward. So that along with my calling as an activitier committee member, I am keeping busy with Christmas Program planning.

I am super excited about the Twilight movie that comes out in 2 days:) It's been a crazy ride trying to get to the mid-night premier Thursday night, but hopefully nothing else goes wrong and that I'll be able to go.

Sorry this has been so random, but I have a lot going through my mind, and I sometimes don't know how to get it all out unless it's like this. Thanks you to all of you for your support, prayers, fasting, and caring. I love you all.

Bad News

I heard back from the intirm evaluator yesterday about where Chris would go to school while the courts figured out where Chris would stay permenantly. He decided it would be better for Chris to stay in Montpelier because their school system has a 4 day week and ours has a 5 day week. And also between his dad's family and my family, Chris has a better support system up there. So we spoke to our lawyer and told him to continue on with the next step. I'm not letting Chris go that easily. So needless to say, yesterday was a hard day. Chris saw me crying and asked me what was wrong. I tried to explain to him that he would have to go and stay at his dad's house for a while and go to school down there. Chris started crying and told me he didn't want to go to school with is dad, he wanted to go here, and stay with me. That was hard. So we're fighting this. Thank you all for be such a good support system for me. I love you all for it.