COUNTING OUR BLESSINGS

7 MONTHS

This has been a very interesting week for us. We have been in Vegas for the past two weeks. C.J. had appointments down there and we stayed over the weekend to babysit while my parents went on a small vacation to a resort in Arizona. Tuesday I came back up to St. George to take my last psychological statistics exam, which I passed! (Overall I made a B+ in the class! I have never worked that hard in one class before. I have been awaiting the day that I would be done with that class since I started the semester in August! I am so grateful it is over and that I never have to take another math class again! ) Sorry that was a little off track but I am just so happy its over that I had to mention it. Back to the story, so I stayed here in St. George that night because I had a doctors appointment the next day. At the appointment I mentioned to the doctor that I was having a lot of contractions that were starting to feel a little crampy. He decided to run a few tests and told me he would call me with in the hour with the results. Not thinking anything was wrong I headed back to Vegas and was in Logandale (halfway) when I got the call about the results. He told me that I needed to turn around immediately and come straight back to the Labor and Delivery to be monitored. He explained that my body was producing the enzymes that pregnant women produce just before going into labor and that it was very likely that I would go into labor in the next two weeks. So of course I turned around and headed to the hospital where they ran more tests, monitored my contractions and gave me some steroids that would help the baby's lungs develop faster. The steroids would hopefully give the baby a better chance of having fully functioning lungs if she was born this early. After a few hours they released me but told me I had to come in the next day for another shot. My doctor also told me I was not to be doing anything active and put me on some medicine that is supposed to help control my contractions. After getting the second shot I drove back to Vegas and just tried to relax until it was time to head back home. My contractions continued but I didn't think to much about it because they have been going on for about a month now. The car ride home was a little difficult. I could tell that my contractions were becoming more consistent. After getting home I layed on the couch and began to time the contractions. I was having painful contractions every 4 to 6 mins so we packed our bags and got ready to go in to the hospital. I was really concerned at this point. I knew if I had the baby now she would only weigh 2 to 3 lbs and could have some serious health complications. I took my medicine that was supposed to slow the contractions and said a really quick prayer in my head that my contractions would stop and that I would be able to carry the baby for a little bit longer. Before I knew it the contractions got less painful and slowed down enough that I knew I wasn't in labor anymore. We feel so lucky that the Lord answered our prayers and that I didn't have the baby. Friday night turned out to be a really close call and we are hoping I wont go into labor again any time soon. I am now restricted to the couch/bed and my wonderful husband has been waiting on me hand and foot, keeping the house clean, and caring for Jaysa. I feel very blessed at the moment that I have not had this baby and that it can hopefully continue to grow and develop inside my belly instead of in the NICU at the hospital. I am also very blessed to have such an amazing husband who is so willing and capable to take over both of our responsibilities and has such an amazing attitude about it. Thank you C.J. I love you!

Since I am stuck on the couch I thought I would get some blogging done.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

I know this is not a good picture but its the only one I have of Jaysa and Santa right now. Jaysa is terrified of Santa but she doesn't cry when she sits on his lap as long as I am close. I think she is so brave because she is so in love with the idea of Santa. When we first taught her about Santa she would sing "Santa, Santa, Santa... over and over again. It is the cutest thing.

This year has been really fun because she is able to understand all the traditions and gets so excited when we talk about Santa or reindeer or going to see Christmas lights.

For Family Home Evening we went to the Bass Pro Shops in Vegas (C.J.'s idea) It was actually a lot of fun to take Jaysa around and look at all the animals they had.

Most of these pictures are taken on C.J.'s phone so they are not great. Sorry.

Jaysa loved wearing this hat! She wore it the whole time we were there.

Jaysa enjoyed touching all the animals. She really liked this "baby bear" is what she called it.

Dad and Jaysa. C.J. LOVED this hat and wanted it so bad. I don't know if you can tell but its got little flaps that go over the ears. I think its a little goofy. It's Carhartt though so I think thats all that matters to him.

Dad Jaysa and the Lions

They had a full size giraffe! Jaysa was so scared to stand under it because it was so big! I thought this was one of the coolest things ever.

Jaysa and Daddy by the Christmas tree.

I put all these pictures of them by the tree cause she has a different face in each picture and its so cute!

She looks like a little mouse right here.

Our favorite one. Ha Ha such a funny face.

CHRISTMAS BELLS

My mom has these bells that play Christmas songs and Jaysa loves them. I put this video on here because I love the face Jaysa makes. I love how she puts her hand over her mouth and laughs.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD!

December 11th was C.J.'s 27th birthday! We didn't have much planned. I gave him about 200 dollars to buy whatever he wanted and we went out to a really nice Korean restaraunt. Korean food is really not my favorite but it was worth it to watch C.J. enjoy all the crazy foods he used to eat.

This is Jaysa helping Dad blow out the candels on his cake.

Jaysa loved blowing the candles out. It will be fun to watch her blow out her own birthday candles this year

Here is me and Jaysa playing with all my Mom's poinsettia flowers. They had clips on the backs of them so she thought they were bows and started putting them in my hair. We had fun playing dress up with them.

Watermelon!

Jaysa loves eating watermelon straight out of the rhine. She is not very good at it but she is so determined.

JAYSAS FAVORITE TOY

Jaysa's favorite toy is C.J.'s phone. She knows how to work it better than me! She fell asleep playing with it!

So cute!

Jaysa has also found another favorite toy in the new babies car seat.

She thinks it her chair and its her favorite place to sit. She will be so disappointed when the new baby comes.

CAMDEN

This is my little nephew Camden. He LOVES to feed the dogs his lunch. He has the cutest squeal I just had to get it on camera.

Here is just another video of Jaysa dancing to her favorite commercial. We have started putting her in undies for like 30 mins at a time. She really likes to wear them. I dont want to push her to the point that she doesn't want to learn so we are slowly working on her potty training skills.

MEAN MOM

Ok this might seam a little cruel. Jaysa makes the cutest face when she is trying to stop crying I love it and it makes me laugh every time. She was crying because I took away a Tums she found on the floor. She thought it was candy.