Me and Like A LOT of Kids

Unfortunately, gastrointestinal issues can be kind of gross. Not much you can do to avoid it. Myles has a special formula that we feed him through his button. He used to have bolus feeds of formula every few hours and be hooked up to a pump all night long. He has come a long way since starting his adventure with a feeding tube! He is eating more orally now and using less formula, but still gets tube fed. The formula makes his poop stink to high heaven. I don't mean regular poop stink. I mean the worst room permeating stink possible. Right before the baby was born (yes, I started this post before baby and I'm finishing it 5 weeks later...) Greg and I were at Smith's grocery store getting a few needed things. Lucky for us it was late enough at night that not a lot of people were there. While we were in the checkout line we realized that the bag of potatoes we had was bad. It had several rotten potatoes we didn't notice when we grabbed it. Their was no line and no

Me and my dad 2002 Me and my brother-in-law, Rich. I was 10 years old when he married my sister. I grew up with more memories of him in my life than before. Never thought of him as an in-law. In some ways he was a lot like a dad to me too. Grateful for him in my life! Soccer cake for Wylie! Tough Jean is gone. I can't stop crying Jean is here. Some pregnancies I've had no filter and I'll just say anything mean or not. This pregnancy I seem to just cry over everything! Kenzie crossed the finish line in a cross country race...yup I'm crying at the finish line. Talking to a friend about my worries and fears...crying again. Cashier at Smith's was really rude to me...yup I'm crying. True story. Not just crying but uncontrollably crying. Like I had to go hide and try to get myself together and then upon leaving ran into a door because I couldn't see I was crying so bad! Today was no exception. It was fast and testimony meeting at church.

I really do love watching my kids play soccer or participating in anything. But, I'm so excited to be done with soccer this fall! Usually we're done by now, but we had a lot of games rescheduled due to bad air quality earlier in the season when Utah County was experiencing big fires. Finally, today we had our last game for Kayla's team and that finishes our season off! Kayla's team was placed second in her division. Maybree, Wylie, and Lilah staying huddled and warm. Just a bit of background on myself, I am a Florida girl. Born and raised in Florida. I finished high school here in Utah. But, I will never enjoy freezing cold weather! I do love snow. I was 12 years old before I ever saw snow on my first trip to Utah. It is still a bit magical to me. However, what is the point of cold weather if it's not snowing? I keep a huge bag of blankets in my car for Utah's unpredictable weather which always happens during soccer games it seems. Today was no except

Creepy or funny? This is what pregnancy feels like at the end... I love Halloween! I also kind of hate it... It's so fun to decorate the house for it! I love spending time with all the family that is around! Trick or treating with cousins! Watching the kids have so much fun during all the exciting seasonal things planned! If I'm being honest, then I also love the abundance of candy around! The excuse to be silly, or dress in something crazy, or wear way to much make up! All these cute creepy costumes...Greg is under that bear... I really hate finding costumes for the kids! Haha! The anxiety of  them deciding what they want to be and you as the parent trying to magically transform them into this idea in their head! Also, trying to be creative so you don't over spend while figuring out how to make everyone's costumes work out! The worst is all the rushing around though. From school and Halloween parades to parties and trick or treating. Somehow, I'm suppose

 I realized the other day that I haven't taken very many pictures of this baby belly. So for the sake of memories for baby 7 here are a few pictures! Baby is finally head down! Love feeling those kicks in my side verse straight down! Although, I am questioning whether he is crooked in there. He feels like his head is more angled toward my left hip! I love that Myles is copying me in this picture! To bad he's cut off a bit. He still has a puppy dog nose painted on from a ward party! Always hard to imagine how the youngest will act towards the new addition! It never gets easier for me trying so hard to make the youngest feel excited about the baby. I try to include them in all baby stuff when the baby arrives. It can be so nerve racking but I think it's so important.  He says he's excited for baby brother. I hope he stays that way! I'm getting so anxious for the end of this pregnancy! I'm 36 weeks. Earliest I've gone into labor

Kenzie had her first orchestra concert of the year. It was so fun to watch them play and see how much they have progressed! They dressed up for Halloween. Kenzie dressed up as a zombie!

Saying good bye to our first house. Sometimes when you meet people and start talking to them, you get that feeling that you just get each other. You click! Last week, at Wylie's last soccer game, a woman on the sidelines watched me arrive at the game with my bunch of kids plus a couple extra. I probably looked like a frazzled mess because we were running late and I'm hauling all these kids around while hugely pregnant. It's a good look...just saying. After we settled down on the sidelines she came up to me and asked me if this would be baby number 7 or 8. I explained it was 7 but some of the kids with me at that moment weren't mine. She smiled with understanding and told me she had 8 kids. Keep Trying! We continued to talk for a while about coming from big families, raising big families, getting counted in public, transitioning to a 12 passenger van, and all the funny and rude things that come with carting around a million kids. Then she mentioned th