Our faith teaches that marriage can be eternal. And what will we do for all eternity? We will learn to be like our Heavenly Father. We will create life. We will have children. In the celestial world, I can create as many babies as I want.
I know of many great women who can't get pregnant or can't stay pregnant or who aren't married but long to have a family.
I love the babies I have. I miss terribly the ones I don't.
...As many babies as I want...that does sound heavenly...
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Miss H's birthday party
We are so thrilled that this sweet girl is part of our family!
We enjoyed having her friends over. We painted toenails.
We played a water relay where they raced to fill their bowl.
Each little guest decorated their own cupcake.
It was fun!
We enjoyed having her friends over. We painted toenails.
We played a water relay where they raced to fill their bowl.
Each little guest decorated their own cupcake.
It was fun!
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Cousins!
(A couple 4th of July pictures with paternal cousins)
These two are not biologically related- but they might as well be family. We're so glad these friends moved back in state.
Fun with cousins on my side in Illinois...
We also travelled to Ohio where one of my brothers now lives. D is wearing sunglasses b/c he was self-conscious with a puffy eye. But I think he looks so cute in sunglasses. His favorite part of the trip was the air force museum. Miss H's favorite part might have been the ballet basement at her cousin's house. Ben loved everything except maybe the travel. But they were good travellers overall.
It was a nice to end summer on a high note. School starts for my kids next week.
Monday, July 18, 2011
FVL Pregnancy Blog
I have been doing a lot of research on the condition they diagnosed me with, Factor V Leiden. It's an inherited thrombophilia (propensity to form blood clots). We are fairly certain that's what has caused my losses. I think a lot about what I could have done differently with Hope. I wish I'd had testing done after we lost James last year. I wonder if the 15 lbs I've put on in the last few years incresed clot formation or perhaps it was made worse by the less-than-ideal diet I had while pregnant and selling our house/ helping hubby prep for the Feb. bar/ moving in March. (Life has been STRESSFUL!)
But, I can't change anything in the past. I have to remind myself that hindsight is 20/20. We did our best with the limited information we had at the time. I'm starting a blog about FVL in order to focus my efforts on searching out more information on the condition & making better decisions based on that.
We'd really like to have another baby. The Maternal-Fetal Medicine specialist thinks that with daily injections of blood thinner, our chances are good of carrying to term. I've read that the medicine really stings & my stomach will be covered with bruises, so I'm not looking forward to that. But of course I'll take temporary physical pain over the lingering emotional heartache of losing a baby. YOU BET!
But, I'm afraid the joy of pregnancy might be gone for me. Last time, I was worried, but I REALLY felt like things were going to work out & I still enjoyed the pregnancy. Now I'm considered high risk & even if I make it to term with the baby, the delivery is more risky for me, and I could develop a life-threatening clot post-partum (that's actually the most dangerous time for the mother). I think when we get pregnant next it will be for the last time & I worry I won't even be able to savor it. How do you recapture the belief that "being pregnant" is the same as "EXPECTING a baby"?
But, I can't change anything in the past. I have to remind myself that hindsight is 20/20. We did our best with the limited information we had at the time. I'm starting a blog about FVL in order to focus my efforts on searching out more information on the condition & making better decisions based on that.
We'd really like to have another baby. The Maternal-Fetal Medicine specialist thinks that with daily injections of blood thinner, our chances are good of carrying to term. I've read that the medicine really stings & my stomach will be covered with bruises, so I'm not looking forward to that. But of course I'll take temporary physical pain over the lingering emotional heartache of losing a baby. YOU BET!
But, I'm afraid the joy of pregnancy might be gone for me. Last time, I was worried, but I REALLY felt like things were going to work out & I still enjoyed the pregnancy. Now I'm considered high risk & even if I make it to term with the baby, the delivery is more risky for me, and I could develop a life-threatening clot post-partum (that's actually the most dangerous time for the mother). I think when we get pregnant next it will be for the last time & I worry I won't even be able to savor it. How do you recapture the belief that "being pregnant" is the same as "EXPECTING a baby"?
Friday, July 1, 2011
Lazy days?
We are enjoying our summer, but I think it's only "lazy" for the kids who don't have homework. For the parents who have to come up with more activities, some semblence of learning so their brains don't turn to mush & who push double strollers up steep hills on a regular basis to go to the park, it's anything but lazy!
Here's some of our adventures:
Going to the playground is fun for kids & getting there is good exercise for mommy!
D just turned 8 and will be baptized soon. (For more information about our views on baptism, click here)
Miss H will sing at the baptism. She's so pretty in her dress.
We went downtown for a PBS kids event. (You can see I cut my hair to get it off my neck.)
I made a teepee for the kids to play in until we get a playhouse built. Miss H is sitting in it in her pjs... Lazy days of summer!
Here's some of our adventures:
Going to the playground is fun for kids & getting there is good exercise for mommy!
D just turned 8 and will be baptized soon. (For more information about our views on baptism, click here)
Miss H will sing at the baptism. She's so pretty in her dress.
We went downtown for a PBS kids event. (You can see I cut my hair to get it off my neck.)
I made a teepee for the kids to play in until we get a playhouse built. Miss H is sitting in it in her pjs... Lazy days of summer!
Sunday, May 15, 2011
Space Party
D wanted a party to celebrate the new house & the end of school.
So this weekend we had 8 eight-year old boys over for a Space party. It was crazy, but fun. Here's a peak. (Miss H & Lil'Stinker are sporting the "jet packs" made from a cereal box, painted silver, and soda bottle feul tanks.)
We had pizza for dinner. We did a space race relay where they wore jet packs, squirted aliens with water guns, shot moon balls into a rocket & orbited around cones. Then we had them build space objects with legos. (This was the only calm part of the party- we were amazed how they quietly & cooperatively constructed legos!) I made a moon cake for dessert. It was fun!
So this weekend we had 8 eight-year old boys over for a Space party. It was crazy, but fun. Here's a peak. (Miss H & Lil'Stinker are sporting the "jet packs" made from a cereal box, painted silver, and soda bottle feul tanks.)
We had pizza for dinner. We did a space race relay where they wore jet packs, squirted aliens with water guns, shot moon balls into a rocket & orbited around cones. Then we had them build space objects with legos. (This was the only calm part of the party- we were amazed how they quietly & cooperatively constructed legos!) I made a moon cake for dessert. It was fun!
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