Maddie and the foot ball game

So we were watching a foot ball game and Maddie was very concerned that there were bad people on playing the game. I questioned her and asked her what she meant she said "they had to go to time out" Ok so she is only three and and has only the concept of what time out means if she is in trouble. she makes us laugh so much with her imagination.

It also make me realize how smart she is and that she understands and remembers so much. Maddie why do you grow so fast, you were born just yesterday weren't you? I love you so much!!!!

I want to go with my daddy

Daddy was going to pick up some prescriptions from the pharmacy and was taking Joseph and Allison and of course anyone else who wanted to go. Maddie wanted to go and sent to get here socks shoes and coat. she got distracted and was remined that it was time to go and there was no reply from her. she was heavy into her imagination of her own world. So natrually the others left. About an hour later out of the blue she was on the couch and remembered that she wanted to go and brust into tears. I asked her a question and she was again disracted and immediantly stopped crying and started talking about something funny. She is just funny and I love her a ton she is so sweet.

Colored Pennies

Daddy brought home giant Smarties and gave them to the kids and Spencer replied "these are my colored pennies".

Has it alrealdy been one month

Wow Time fly's by too fast!!! Samantha is 1 month old. Where does the time go? With 6 wonderful children the time goes by so fast that if I blink I miss something. Right now Spencer has his sweet little arms around his little sister smothering her with his kisses while she sleeps so peacefully. I feel like I do not get to hold her as much as I would like to because all the little kids want to hold her all the time. The first few weeks were rough as we were establishing the boundaries and teaching the little ones how to hold the baby and that we have to ask when we want to hold the baby and so on but the kids are very respectful of the rules and love there sister very much. Samantha has survived 1 month with 5 very protective brothers and sisters, with the occasional reminder to be gentle. I love all of my time that I have to be with Samantha.

She has a few mile stones to note She sleeps through the night going to bed at 11:00 and waking up at 7:30 I have been blessed to have such a good sleeper. Also with in this last week she has figured out how to smile what a sweetie she is with a cute smile. I am trying to get it on camera so wish us luck!! She is also now weighing in at 8lb 13oz she is such a big girl.

Heavenly Father knew that my patients would run low with six kids and now sleep. I am fully confiedent that I have what I can handle and I know that the Lord is right here helping me out. I have been so thankful for the watchful care of my Father in Heaven and also for the help that my wonderful Husband has been in helping me fulfill my calling as a mother!!!!

What a day to be thankful for

We had a great day. We had my sweet sister here from college. We also had David's Mom and Brother over for dinner. His Dad was sick and did not want to get our little ones sick. To which I am greatful for his great sacrafice, he has not seen the newest one yet and he is just dying to see and hold her. I hope that he gets to feeling better soon. We miss you grandpa!!!!! We had a great dinner and sat and talked and visited with family. After David's mom and brother lost we headed out to David's anuts house and hung out there and had pie there a fun tradition that we have done almost for 10 years minus two years.

At dinner time we all sat at the table and and went around telling each other what we were thankful for Maddie said" I am thankful for food" Spencer said I am thankful for loving my mommy" Joseph said that he was thankful for his "freedom" Allison said that she was thankful for loving her family" And for Michael we thought that he would need prompted so we were telling him things like family and food ect... and he said all by him self "Mary Poppins" that is his favorite movie he begs to watch it all the time and when we do not let him he will walk around the house singing the songs Chimminy and Just a spoon full of sugar. He makes us laugh so much. I love hearing what is on the hearts and thoughts of these little minds.

So I am grateful for my wonderful family and all that I am blessed with, I love my family and friends and I am grateful for all of the sacrafices that we all make for each other.!!!!!

Happy Thanks giving

Maddie and here imagination

I am in here on the computer and Maddie is in picking up her toys and her imagination is wild
She is talking to her toys telling them "come on everybody it's show time" How cute. She could sit for hours and be perfectly happy with telling her dolls and pollys what to do. Like come on little doll it is time to clean up so we can go play outside or lets take a bath or lets get our hair cut or lets put on makeup. She makes me laugh!!!!!!

Joseph is doing very good

I love my oldest. It is hard to believe that he is 9 years old. I can not beleive that it was 9 years ago that he was born. It seems that just yesterday he was placed in my arms and and I cherished every moment with him. He is just as sweet now as he was then. He has a heart of gold of which I am grateful for. I love that kid. He can be a struggle at times, as many of you know he was diagnosed with having aspergers a form of autism. After many visits to many Doctors and trying different forms of behavior modifications, and then after finding the right meds for him, we are on to a better life for all of us. He loves to cook for us and he is dang good too. He loves to build things and loves to do science expereiments so we have a lot of fun with him.

3 weeks goes by way to fast

I can not believe that three weeks has gone by so fast. I look at my sweet little angel of a baby, Samantha is starting to fill out and is getting some rolls on her little legs and arms. Her newborn clothes are getting to small and is now offically fitting 0-3 month clothes. She is my only one that wore new born clothes. Sometimes I wish that I could freeze time and let these moments last longer, but I am excited for the mile stones that they hit. Yesterday she smiled at me for the first time as we sat on the bed talking to each other. Her Spirit is just amazing and sweet, We communicate alot by our spirits, Iseem to know what she needs just by looking at her and feeling of her mood and it just amazes me. Next week will be 4 weeks that was one fast month. She is so sweet.

She has managed to stay out of the hospital so far, her last two siblings were hospitalized at this age because of RSV and Phenomena. Her only thing is an eye infection which looks so much better now that we have meds for it. I am glad that the cold was in her eye and not in her chest. She is just a remarkable little miracle and I love her a ton.

Samantha's 2 week Dr. Appointment

We took Samantha in on Monday November 9th and this is how she checked out,
She is 7lb 14oz. , 21in long and her head circumference is 14in around. She is now as big as Maddison and Allison when they were born and Michael too. Wow she is growing so fast I can hardley believe it. Why must these little ones grow so fast. I find myself sitting on the couch and wanting to do nothing but hold and snuggle my kids, but there are things that must get done like laundry and cleaning so I must go so that I can get it done.

Anyways I am glad that my little one is growing and healthy.

Mommy and Michael Time

Tonight Michael was having a hard time so I asked him if he wanted to help mommy make a treat to which he replied "yes". He was so excited to help mommy out. We went into the kitchen and we made browines he was so cute because he somehow knows that little boys sit on the counter when they are baking with mommy. He sat their and put things into the bowl and then he stired up all the ingredients. What a big helper he is. Of course once it is all in the pan and baking in the oven our job is to lick any chocolate off the spoon and out of the bowl which we did that just fine. In fact i think that is our favorite part, or so Michael thought so. I love spending time with each of my kids. I try to savor each moment that I have as each moment is so fleeding and only happens once. I cherish each of my dear sweet children, and pray that I will be able to teach them of our Father in Heaven and who they are and where they can again return to again, to live with God agian. I know that as they are young it is easy to communicate with them but as they grow older they become more independt and have much more freedom, I pray that they gain a strong testimony of God and his plan that they may feel of his love when life gets tough that they will stay close to him, and rely on him.

Two Weeks goes by so Fast

Samantha's Feet at two weeks the are so tiny

This is our Samantha at two weeks look at how tiny she is She is just wonderful

Here is our sleeping beauty 2 weeks today
Wow time flies by so fast.

I can not believe that it has been two weeks sense I have given birth to my sweet little angel, Samantha. She is perfect in every way possible. I just can not get enough of her. I just want to soak up every ounce of time that I have with her. Her newborn look is already fading to fast. She is starting to look like a baby, filling out and putting some chub on her. What an adorable little girl she is. Tomarrow she will have her 2 week doctor appointment. She is sleeping through the night, she has been doing that sense we brought her home. She goes down between 10 and 11 pm and wakes up at 5-6 am. I count myself as very blessed. I have 6 wonderful kids that I must care for all day and I know that Heavenly Father has blessed me with a sweet little angel that sleeps alot. I hope that her night sleeping continues but I do hope that her day sleep will lessen a little she is awake for about 4 hours a day. So she gets around 20 hours of sleep a day. She has had her first bath at home which she was not sure about then she decieded that she really did not like it at all. She screamed and wailed about it until I had her wrapped up snug in her soft little towel. I am so excited to have this little angel in our lives she is such a blessing to me. I thank my Father in Heaven every time I look into her eyes. She is such a joy to have in our Family.

Thought that I was done with six

When we got pregnat with Samantha I said this is number last, but I do not feel that way now that she is here. As I lay there on the bed right after I gave birth to Samantha I felt the presence of another little spirit very strongly. I feel like there is another little spirit waiting for a turn to gain a body and enjoy a journey here on earth. Never this soon after child birth have I wanted to even think of having another one but maybe this is Heavenly Father saying no Sally this was not number last for you. I would love to have another baby especially if that means I get to be apart of Our Father Plan in giving a body to one of his Spirit Children.

My birth story

I need to record this as my memory is fading fast of Samantha's birth, and now with 6 kids it seems harder and harder to find time to record things down. I started to have contractions on Saturday Oct 24th and they went all night and into the morning. I knew that this labor was alot like my first, very slow. I told David that we could go in to the hospital, so he loaded got the kids taken care of while I showered and got ready. We left our house to a great friend to watch the kids and take them to church for us. I was greatful to have someone watch over our kids and know that they would be well taken care of. We got to the hospital and monitored baby and consitacy of contractions. They both were great. I was only dialated to 1 cm so I walked around, knowing that my Dr. would not send me home was a great comfort to me. In one hour I went from a 1 to a 2 1/2 cm. So I knew that my contractions were doing something. But as I sat and did nothing contractions would stop. So I wanted to contiune walking. I wish there was more of a place to walk but the matarity ward in the hospial was it for me. We walked and I progessed to a 3 1/2. I was getting tired and now it was 2:30 pm. my contractions were still painless but closer together coming about every 3 mins. I asked the nurse if we could break my water and she talked to the Dr. He came in and finally baby's head was low enough that we could break the water safely. As we broke the water it was clear that baby had pooped already, which meant that she would have to be suctioned really well and that I would not be able to hold her right away. Kind of sad because I have been able to hold the last four of my babies as they came out. Joseph the first also had meconium in the water so he was suctioned as well. So as my water was broke, I still was not doing much which with all my others as the water broke I had the baby 20 min later. I asked for a pic drop and as they gave that to me my contractions became harder. I had Pic for about 45 min. and then she was her. My contrations went from being able to laugh through them to really having to concentrate. I knew that there was no turning back. I was excited to have this over with, the pain of contractions. As I lay in bed I had a hard time not wanting to push with each contraction. Being reminded of breathing. I had the nurse check me and was at a 5cm, finally I knew it would not be long now. The nurse called the Dr. and had him come back to the Hospital. He lives like 5 min away so I was not to worried. He came in and checked me and I was still at a 5cm. He went out to the hall and checked on some things. I was haveing back to back contractions now and knew that it was only a matter of two or three contractions now before I would be pushing. How could I comunicate this to the nurse and Dr. I could not think or talk. I prayed that I would be able to let them know so that the nurse would get the Dr. Durning my next contraction break 20 sec. I told the nurse that I felt presure and she checked me Iwas now at a seven. She had the Dr. come back in and during the next contarction her head crowned the Dr was still putting on his gloves. The bed was not broekn down and nurse was holding the head in until the Dr was there. When they said push I pushed and There was the head and the sholders followed and then the body. She slid right out onto the bed barley enough time for the Dr. to get a good suction. She did not get a great cry and was preety blue when she came out and so they worked on her. But despite her poor cry she was bound to cry until she was placed in my arms. What a sweet little girl the minute she was placed in my arms she snuggled right in and stopped crying and just looked at me. The next day were were planning on leaving. The kids were dying to meet their new little sister and because of the Flu epedemic they were not allowed to come to the hospital. It was kind of disheartning but we all understood it was for all the paitents safety. We were all cleared for discharge that night until our little Samantha decieded to turn blue and stop breathing. I paged the nurse while I franticly tried suctioning her out as she asperated her little body became more blue. It seemed like know one was coming so I went into the hall way to the nurses station and as they saw my baby they took her and started to work on her and then rushed her down the hall to the nursrey where after what seemed to be the longest minuete of my life I heard her cry and I thanked Heavenly Father for the sound of Crying. She had choked on the miconium fluid that was still in her little tummy, something that they can not digest it has to be spit up. We stayed in the nursrey for the next hour and them we were able to go back to our room. We also were now not going home for another 24 hr. Of that I was glad for. I did not want to go home and have her do that again. The Dr ordered that she be in the nursrey if I was sleeping so that she could be watched closely at all times. Luckely she did this only once and has been great sense. I love her so much. She is the best little new born. Sleeping a ton. I have to wake her at night to feed her. I have no dout that she is my little angel.