Baby # 3...the mystery child

Well, here is our little alien! So after about an hour of prodding the little devil wouldn't give a profile, a good enough nose and mouth shot, or gender check. We will have another Ultrasound soon. The reason why we couldn't get the gender was because the baby is straddling the umbilical cord!!! The baby is also facing head down in a tight ball with it's hands by the face...so we won't know until next time if it is an Isaac Thomas or a Brooke Elizabeth! I think I will put a survey up for fun!


Here is the face...it kinda looks scary! Don't have nightmares about my child!!!


Ahhh...tender! It is the right foot...you can see the big toe and the little toe pretty well, but all the rest are cloudy.

For all of Tori's fans!

I know that I haven't written for a while about our cute little Tori, so this one is dedicated to her! She is going to be 14 months old tomorrow! I cannot believe it! (Just a side note, my sister and I are only 14 months apart! Was my mom crazy?) Well, Tori is so fun and such a trooper! We love her soooo much!

This is Tori's idea of moving...lounging and playing in the boxes!
Tori's Top 10

(I am copying my sister!)

1. Elmo movies...she sits in her Elmo chair and is in heaven!

2. Reading books on your lap

3. Bananas

4. Bob, he is our resident squirrel

5. Watching the birds in our HUGE backyard

6. Shopping...mostly riding in the cart and playing with all of the things that we buy

7. Dancing to the Wiggles, Ralph and commercials on TV

8. Playing with Cell phones

9. Surfing dogs (I think that they were on PBS yesterday and she was enthralled)

10. Sesame Street characters...especially Cookie Monster and Abby Cadabby

Tori's hair is finally long enough for almost big girl pigtails in back!

Tori sporting some piggies and in her new big girl chair (did you know she has to be in it until she is 100 pounds! That is crazy! She is only 19!)

Tori's Favorite Foods

M&Ms

yogurt

bananas

string cheese

and any food that Jason and I are eating

Tori resting her chin on the table at the Riverside Restaurant in the middle of no where Idaho! This is where we found out that she loves celery (not a gene acquired from me).

Wearing Grandpa D's glasses!

New Things That Tori Does

knocks on doors and windows

beeps noses

walks on her knees (not her feet!)

climbs

throws balls

reads the "Friend" (a church magazine for children)

Says "Ahhhh Du" when she is all done with her meal

carries things around like a purse (anything with a handle on it)

loves to wear "bracelets" (usually toys)

kisses

points at everything

she carries around a blankey!

Happy Father's Day Daddy!

5 Things She Hasn't Grown Out Of

1. squeezes (that is our version of a hug)

2. she is still in 6-12 month clothes and...

3. size 2 shoes

4. crawling (much to my chagrin)

5. her crazy excited convulsion (which she now uses sometimes when she is frustrated with me because I won't let her do something!)

We sure do love our "big" baby girl!

From Homeless to Jobless...We need your prayers!

This is just an update...sorry there are no pictures...we still don't have internet at our house! (That is a long story and a nasty side note to Digis!)

Well, we finally got into our awesome house! Seriously it ROCKS!!! There are some minor things that need to be fixed (an annoying toilet, a green wall that is at least 20 ft high!, and dirty walls that just can't come clean...they will need a fresh coat of paint!) But we are enjoying our gigantic backyard (it took Jason an hour to mow!) and all of the space!

Anyway, we were two days into loving our house when Jason called me on my way back from the OB/GYN (we find out what flavor of munchkin we are having on the 30th!!!!) and told me that he was laid off! My first reaction was "Are you kidding me?" Then all the thoughts of -we just purchased a house, we still own our condo, I am having a baby soon and our insurance ends in August, and did I mention that we just purchased a house? SERIOUSLY!

Well, it turns out that the boss (who I refuse to waste my time on...but who I think should seriously find a new job!), hired 1 too many social workers and Jason was ousted! Not that he was bad, but they just didn't have enough money to pay for two new social workers (even though Jason was hired first!) and the other social worker had more experience with the area and with the medical side of social work. We are just counting it as a blessing because who wants to work in an unstable environment with a fickle boss?! So that is the story about the layoff! I am still in shock, but we are trusting in the Lord that this is what was meant to happen.

This is how we see it:
1. We would have never moved to Idaho if it were not for this job. But for some reason we feel that we are supposed to be here. Heavenly Father wants us here, we just don't know why yet. Our ward here is awesome! Seriously, the nicest people!
2. Jason was laid off after we got the house because we would have just bailed and moved back to Utah. Most of our friends live there and it would have been so much easier! So Heavenly Father knew that we would need a few paychecks and a house to keep us here...so we are not moving!
3. Jason always wanted to work in the Hospice field, but didn't know that it was going to be so much case management and so little interaction with people that he could counsel. Heavenly Father knew that without a taste of Hospice, Jason would always wonder if that was where he was supposed to be. He is a born counselor, so hopefully his new job will be more up his alley!

We are remaining positive and we know that everything will work out. There is a reason for everything and I can't wait to find out the reason for this! I just know that Jason is going to find an amazing job that will suit our family better than his old job! Know that we love you and we really need your prayers!

Homeless in Boise

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I got this picture off of the internet...it's a nice one of downtown Boise. Isn't it pretty? I am sure you all will be moving here soon...I hear it is an amazing place to live!!!
Well...we are still homeless...seriously, while FHA loans are fabulous, there sure is a bunch of hoops to run through! Right now we are stuck on the fact that the underwriters for the FHA loan need to get official copies of our taxes so they can match it to the copies that we gave them. Really we aren't lying! Who doesn't want to get money back from the government? Anyway...it is kind of annoying and we have had to pay for a storage unit to keep all of our stuff in and for a place to stay (which mind you is not cheap!) I am getting tired of the wait, but I just need to trust in the Lord and remember that there has to be something that I am supposed to learn from this...maybe it is that living out of a suitcase really sucks...or that most of the things you really need are in the storage unit stuck way in the back where you cannot reach it...or that hanging out a strange house leads to boredom and a lot of mindless tv. I hate being a tv junky!
But besides all of the mess, our cat is doing better (even though she is quarantined to the laundry room and can't come out and play...rental rules) and we are all healthy (well, besides Tori's endless snotty nose because of teething...the snot sucker is in the storage unit in some undisclosed place...oh where oh where is that snot sucker...I am glad I am having another baby so I can steal another from the hospital...Ladies...I am being serious about this, they cannot be found elsewhere! Take it!)
We have been exploring a little. The parks here are awesome...the people are amazingly friendly (everyone says hi and they look at you in the eye!) and there are still good restaurants around (we ate at Texas Roadhouse thanks to Auntie Marie!)
Another shout out to Marie because she brought a computer with wireless internet! I can't believe I almost survived a week without internet!
Pray that we sign for the house today!!!