Awards, Games,Marriage, Molars, and Sugar

Landon's school year is winding down. Next week is the last week of school. He is very excited to be done. And I am excited to not have to drag him out of bed every morning. Last night they had an Awards Ceremony and Landon received the Excellence in Reading award. We are very proud of him. He has been off the charts on his reading and at the top of his class all year long. Good job Landon.

Marcus just started up softball season. His work put together a team for city league and they played their first game last night. He did great as always. He plays left field and both times he hit he made it home. I love watching him play and thinking to myself, "That's my husband". He is a great ball player. I will have to get pictures of him posted sometime.

Kylie and I had a very cute conversation yesterday and this is how it went:

Kylie: Mom do you think I am going to marry Alden?
Wendi: I don't know, do you want to marry him?
Kylie: No, I am going to marry Avery.
Wendi: How come you want to marry Avery.
Kylie: Because he looks so handsome.
Wendi: Is he nice?
Kylie: Yes he is very nice. He doesn't hit and he is always good in Primary. Plus he is almost as handsome as daddy.

I hope she always measures up the boys to her daddy. How could she ever go wrong.

Tannen has been working on cutting three molars. And let me tell you he has been cranky and has not been sleeping well at all. But last night he slept through the night again. I felt so good when I woke up. I am sure he will get up tonight, but I will take any chance I can get to sleep good.

Lastly I have been feeling wonderful since I have gone off sugar. I wasn't sure if I wanted it to work or not, because I really like treats. But I feel so good I am not even tempted or crave sugar anymore. Yay!! I have 12 more weeks to go. Which feels really crazy and that it is coming up fast.

Today is a New Day

So I am feeling very motivated this week. I am hoping and praying I can do better. Maybe my house will stay clean longer then the one day once a week that I can manage to get it clean. I do have to say in my defense that this pregnancy and hypoglycemia has derailed me.

About three weeks ago it dawned on me that feeling faint and dizzy and laying on the couch every morning for about 2-3 hours so I wouldn't black out was not normal. I remember feeling similar with Tannen's pregnancy but not everyday. So I called my Dr. and he told me I probably was just hypoglycemic - just the opposite of diabetes with low blood sugar instead of high. It really only happened in the morning, but it was all morning, so he told me to eat right before I went to bed and at night when I woke up. I have been doing good eating at night and then early in the morning or first thing in the morning I have been drinking juice to help my shaking. I have to say with this pregnancy and Tannen's I kind of hate eating. I hate that instead of my stomach growling I get shaky, and feel sick.

I have been doing lots better. I no longer want to faint but still get tired and most mornings still need to take a break on the couch. Hence why my house has suffered because I find most of my motivation to clean in the morning. I had my appointment last Friday and talked to my doctor more about it. He said I should eat the simple sugars when I am shaky and then I need to eat complex sugars, like a bowl of pasta for dinner. I am going to try harder this week for that. He also mentioned that sometimes my sugar goes really low because I had too much sugar earlier and it was trying to compensate for it. Surprise to me because I thought I should be eating more sugar (dang it). So this week I am also committing my self to no treats and see if it evens me out more. I have done it before so I am sure it won't be too painful.

So here's to a better week. And I am for sure going to actually fold all of my laundry that I wash today, instead of letting it sit in the laundry baskets clean until the next laundry day. And I am going to keep up on dishes every night instead of the next morning, and maybe lock my busy boy Tannen out of the bathrooms so that I can clean them and they will stay clean.

Boogers

Kylie with a tissue.
Marcus: Are you going to throw away your boogers?
Kylie: Why does it gross you out?
Marcus: yah
Kylie: They're just juicy ones.

Have you ever???

Have you ever really had to go the the bathroom really bad? And just as you are all ready to sit down you find your hairbrush floating in the toliet?? I have - and thanks Tannen for the experience. Now it is time to find a new hairbrush.

Easter!

Tannen and his new bouncy ball


Landon got a jump rope.


Kylie got a jump rope too!!

Well better late then never. We had a fun Easter - yes I know it was a month ago. Tannen was sick with a fever and had ear infections earlier. A couple of days before we called the Dr. and got him a stronger prescription. We really wanted to go to Pocatello and spend time with my family this year. But Friday Tannen still seemed sick. We like to have the Easter Bunny come on Saturday morning. And were hoping after the kids got up and checked out Easter Baskets and treats hidden around the house that we could still head out to Pocatello.

We were able to. Partly because Tannen was doing better, and partly because I just had to get out of the house because I was burned out and so tired of the kids. It is hard being pregnant and having a sick baby that doesn't sleep through the night and then deal with crazy excited cabin fever kids. We got up to Pocatello and were able to do the popular Easter Egg Hunt with all the cousins that were able to make it. It was cold enough that we hide Easter Eggs downstairs for the kids.

I got to hang out with Justin, Sara, Rochelle for part of the day on Saturday and saw a little of Candice Saturday night though she was really sick too. Then Tiffani came up on Sunday. My mom made a really great Easter dinner - that Marcus slept through and we were able to catch some of conference. It was a great weekend.