my little sicko

Okay, here's the scoop on Wyatt. He wasn't gaining
weight so he was thrown in the hospital and subjected
to all sorts of angry mean tests. It turns out that he
has: GERD, reactive airway disease (kinda like athsma),
and today I was informed that he's allergic to milk.
soooo.....he's on like 2 inhalers, singular, and 2 anti-acid
meds. Not to mention this nasty formula that smells like
death! The kid's all sorts of drugged up and stinky.
He also gets to be put under to have an endoscopy. Fun huh.
That'll be another overnighter. Oh well, it could be tons
worse.

Hospital, Christmas, and other things

Hello blog friends. I hope you all had a wonderful

Christmas. We did. In a way I'm a little sad that it's

over. In another way I'm glad to move on.

We had quite an interesting week. On Monday, Wyatt

and I found ourselves at Children's hospital. The kid

just wasn't growing so his doctor called a GI doctor

who thought it would be a good idea to admit him. sigh.

I got there with the idea (and supplies) that we'd be

there for 24 hours.....well 3 days later they sent us home.

James was home so while he battled the other kids I got

a little vacay....well not really, but I had a lot of time to

think and ponder. So if you don't care, I'm going to

throw out a few things that crossed my mind.

1. Hospital food isn't too bad if one is congested.

2. head IV's are kinda cool.

3. I miss my bed.

4. I miss my kids.

5. I'm grateful!

The last one took my by surprise. Of all the things

to be grateful for the week of Christmas, a hospital

stay is probably not on the top ten list. I felt humble

and had a real sense of God's love for me. It was really

amazing to be the receiver of so many kindnesses and

to have so many prayers offered in our behalf. I felt

bolstered and strengthened by the service offered so

willingly by the members of our ward (aka church family).

I'm overwhelmed at the response of these people. They

had things to do and yet they brought my family meals,

babysat so that James could come out, and the ones that

couldn't were praying for us. Happily, we made it home

just in time for Christmas (the 24th). But the whole

experience reminded me of what the Christmas spirit is.

It's remembering our Savior: His birth, His life, and the

way he lived. I'm grateful I was able to remember that.

......too bad I had to be humbled and not just naturally so.

Happy boxing day folks. And thanks for sticking around.

Evy the Seven year old

Yesterday was my baby girl's birthday! Why is

it that these birthdays come faster and faster

each year? She's 7. Ya, I have a seven year old

.........and it's really weird.

Evelyn: All things sunshiny, honest, thoughtful,

kind, giving, loving, faithful, smart, helpful, trusting,

and beautiful. (can I say that?)

Ah the old sand pail on the head...those were

the days (and future black mail).

I honestly don't know why I was blessed with such

a wonderful girl. Sometimes I feel like I learn more

from her than she learns from me. She's amazing!

And I'm so grateful that she was chosen to come to

my family. Happy birthday Ev!

done....mostly

I'm FINALLY done with my shopping!! WHew!

What a load off my mind. I still have projects

galore....we'll see what happens with those.

awww cute widdle baby

Look how big Wyatt has gotten! It's crazy
how fast they grow. One minute they're a
tiny baby the next they're a big kid pretending
to be a baby. Oie!

Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving with no pictures! Ya, I totally

forgot my camera...oh well....what are you gonna do?

We had a terrible Thanksgiving: Yucky food, awful

company, and absolutely no fun at all.... (joking mom)

T day is always scrumptious and lovely. I just thought

I'd say something out of the norm. (really mom, I was

kidding.)

I have so much to be thankful for but I truly am grateful

for family. My mom, dad, and sibs and especially my own

little clan. Oh well....mush mush mush lovey lovey.

I hope you all had a fantastic T day too....full of family and

pie!

Ok, I've decided that I'm feeling pretty crafty

and slightly crazy so, on my "project blog" up

until about a week before Christmas I'm going

to be posting easy homemade gift ideas and

tutorials. I just thought I'd let you all know....

just in case.

My family

I was thinking...wouldn't it be cool to have your own

personal photographer to just follow you and your

family around and capture those elusive moments that

always seem to go away as soon as the camera comes out?

Whew...that was a mouthful! Anyway, we had our

portraits done last week and that's mostly what I wanted.

Semi posed and lots of personality!

I think I love them!

It's 5:45 in the morning and my baby has

been asleep since 7......he's still sleeping.....

and I'm sort of dying!

don't ask me why I'm awake.

I really don't like forwards that are

like, "if you don't send this to 10

friends your car will blow up, and your

cat will die, and you will be miserable

for the rest of your life!" Maybe it's

a hormone thing but this one kinda made

me misty....so.....here you go

Before I was a Mom,

I never tripped over toys

or forgot words to a lullaby.

I didn't worry whether or not

my plants were poisonous.

I never thought about immunizations.

Before I was a Mom,

I had never been puked on.

Pooped on.

Chewed on.

Peed on.

I had complete control of my mind

and my thoughts.

I slept all night.

Before I was a Mom,

I never held down a screaming child

so doctors could do tests.

Or give shots.

I never looked into teary eyes and cried.

I never got gloriously happy over a simple grin.

I never sat up late hours at night

watching a baby sleep..

Before I was a Mom,

I never held a sleeping baby just because

I didn't want to put her down.

I never felt my heart break into a million pieces

when I couldn't stop the hurt.

I never knew that something so small

could affect my life so much.

I never knew that I could love someone so much.

I never knew I would love being a Mom.

Before I was a Mom,

I didn't know the feeling of

having my heart outside my body..

I didn't know how special it could feel

to feed a hungry baby.

I didn't know that bond

between a mother and her child.

I didn't know that something so small

could make me feel so important and happy.

Before I was a Mom,

I had never gotten up in the middle of the night

every 10 minutes to make sure all was okay.

I had never known the warmth,

the joy,

the love,

the heartache,

the wonderment

or the satisfaction of being a Mom.

I didn't know I was capable of feeling so much,

before I was a Mom

a photo shoot with Spencer.

We went to Evelyn's soccer game last night. It's
the first time I remembered to bring the camera.
Ask me how many pictures of Evelyn I took...ya,
pretty much none. I was, however, privileged to sit
by this weird little kid. This is how he posed for the
camera.




For some reason I'm reminded of Calvin.

mom, I'm an astronaut

Need I say more?

It's another Pendley birthday

Miss Madelin is officially a two year old. (Never
mind that she's been acting like a two year old for a
year now!) Friday was the official day but I put off

blogging due to the plague. Pardon the cliche but,

these past two years have seriously blown by too fast!

The nice thing is that she's still extremely short so in

turn seems....a little younger? Honestly though, I still

am amazed at how much I love this little girl. I'm so

glad that she decided to grace us with her presence

2 years ago.

And just for fun here is a list of likes and dislikes.

(sorry Calley for stealing your brilliant idea)

Likes:

* Wyatt (a little too much perhaps)

* lotion, sanitizer, shampoo, or anything that

smears well

* Tinker Bell

* Tic-tacs

* Changing her clothes 20 times a day!

Dis-likes

* Sitting in her seat at the table (she'd rather

sit ON the table)

* Tamiflu (makes her puke)

* Wearing the same clothes for longer than

10 minutes

* The word "no"

* When daddy leaves

Here's to you Madelin! Love you baby girl.

Some eye candy

I'm lame and didn't take any pictures of Wyatt on
Sunday (aka: his blessing day). I know I'm a dork,
so sue me! I can't get over how much I love this little guy!
He was/is so handsome in his little git up. It's a good thing
we had him blessed on Sunday because that outfit is not
going to fit him very much longer. I give him a week!


I couldn't help posting this potbellied picture
of him. He's so chunky....in a good way of course!

How does this work?!

A lovely friend of mine snatched my 2 & 3 year

olds and the baby is asleep in the back room. So

I find myself sitting here momentarily free of children.

For the most part Wyatt fits right in. He sleeps, eats,

and poops. He really isn't too demanding, yet I'm all

up in arms about how to get back to normal. Where did

my routine go and how on Earth do I get it back?!

Ahh well, that's life right?

On a lighter note: I was able to paint and clean my

bathroom. Thank you lovely friend of mine!!

Not so professional photo shoot

Pictures and musings

Look at my multiplicity of children! I can't tell you

how awesome it is to be the mother of all of these

little people. And it never ceases to amaze me how

much I have been able to love each new arrival.

The past week and a half have been so nice. James

took this past week off and has taken up the roll of

Mr. mom. He has been absolutely wonderful!! He's

made lunches and breakfasts, taken kids to school,

chased kids at the park, and everything in between.

He's pretty much taken over. I'm so lucky to have him!

I'm sure he'll be running back to work on Monday but

it really has been nice having him around.

On a very random tangent, check out our new neighbor!

He moved onto our deck a week ago. I like him much

better than our garden destroying groundhog even though

he's ginormous and creeps me out. Just as a reference, his

body is at least an inch long.....yea, scary!

Look what we found!!!

A fat wrinkly little boy

He cleans up so nice....

I think I'll keep him!!

Ok, maybe that was a little corny...I'll expound.

7.15 20 inches folks!! He's a bruiser....well, not really
but "cutie pie" isn't very masculine now is it?

And guess what? I totally went into labor by myself!
I coaxed the receptionist at my OB's office to get me
in yesterday so that I could discuss an induction.
Okay, so maybe I yelled at her a little...what?!

Anywho, my appointment was at 3 and I went into
labor at 4. It was kinda funny because I went to pick
up my two non-school kids from my awesome friend's
house and started contracting on her front porch. So I
left them there.

Then I was awesome and had no epidural...
ha just kidding. I wussed out, got the epidural, and then
gave birth 30 minutes later. Yah, I went too quick for it to
completely work. Oh well. Better luck next time....
if there is a next time.

Well, I suppose I will shove off and drift into the peaceful
slumber that only a hospital can provide.
(that was sarcasm by the way)

Oh yah, we decided to override the almightly blog poll and

call him Wyatt Smith. Sorry guys. I still love ya though!

Project blog

I've been sewing like mad the past little while.

Yesterday morning I woke up at 3:30 and couldn't

get back to sleep for thinking of projects I wanted

to do...so I got up and went to work! Insane much?

I know, right?! I did get some things done though

AND I actually got to see my DH before he left for

work (he leaves at 5! Crazy huh?)

Any who, the blog shop I set up earlier has been

revamped to be more of a project/tutorial blog.

It's really just for my own fun and enjoyment, but

if you're interested in checking it out I've got a link

under my "places to go" list.

What am I doing?!

Has anyone noticed the magical floating baby

recently? TWO WEEKS!! The last few days

I've had a crazy surge of nesting. You know,

the type that makes you wash walls, dust inside

the piano, and use a butter knife to scrape the

crevices of the floor boards. Last night panic finally

set in when I realized that I'm going to have yet

another bottom to wipe, more laundry, and chaos.

Don't get me wrong, I love being a mom and I

adore my children but I'm terrified! Sorry to unload

on all of you but I thought I should get it out of my

system. Thanks and wish me luck!

She doesn't need a baby shower...or does she?

So even though I'm having my fifth, my awesome

church family is of the opinion that every baby

deserves a party. I really didn't need anything

because like I mentioned before this is my fifth!!

Instead, they threw me and my preggo friend a

"fill the freezer" shower. How great is that?! So

now, my used to be empty freezer is full of dinners.

I'm starting to feel crunched for time now. And my

husband is in serious denial! When I mentioned that

we only had 3 1/2 weeks left he sort of freaked out.

Uh...yeah, I'm not getting huge because of gas! (He

lovingly likes to tease that I'm just bloated) I'm sure

you all wanted to know that. :) Oh well, I've got some

serious cleaning and reorganizing to do....bring on the

nesting!

Give away

My auntie's sis' in law has this cool blog called

My Frugal Lifestyle. There are some really great

things on there. Currently a friend of hers is

sponsoring a Scentsy give away. I myself adore

Scentsy and I think you all should check it out.

(yeah, I'm hoping to win, so sue me!)

Bib tutorial

So, I've decided to start doing some tutorials

on this new blog that I started. I just posted

one for anyone interested. Click here to check

it out. Maybe this is dumb but I was in desperate

need of some of these!

And...they're off!

The girls started school on Monday (technically
Thursday but I'm not counting last week)
For those of you who didn't know, our school
is year round. So only 6 weeks of summer. To
tell you the truth, 6 weeks was all they could
handle!

It's so weird that Caitlin is in kindergarten now.
She was only 22 months old when we moved here.
And now......I did get a little choked up this morning
watching her walk into school by herself...well, Ev was
there too but I'm over that now. I feel like my life is
perma-fastforward.

On a side note, do you know what I just realized? I'm
going to be a mom of 5 in less than 5 weeks!!! I'm sort
of freaking out about it. I guess it'll be okay...right?

Bloggy shop thing

For some reason I have a lot of pent up creative

juices flowing. So I set up a blog shop. I pretty much

have no idea what I'm doing so if any of you have tips

I sure would enjoy the feed back. I really enjoy sewing

and I felt like I needed an outlet (of sorts), but seriously

I don't need most of what I'm doing hence the blog shop!

Don't laugh....it's not nice. :)