Broxton's broken arm!

Well today Broxton broke his arm by rolling off the couch. We had only be home from church for about 45 min. When Collin came upstairs saying Britni we have to go to the emergency room Broxton just broke his arm. So I called my dad and told him to get down here and then off we go. Broxton cried all the way in and when we were checking in and then once we got in the room with cartoons he was fine as long as no one touched his arm. He screamed during the x-ray, which I dont blame him. Then they had to give him an IV and that really got him curious and then he say the needle and the crying started again. Dr. Peterson came in and they started the drugs, once he was almost out Dr. Joe set his arm and it was over just like that and Broxton started getting really talkative. He kept saying it tickles, it tickles. He was really funny!! Now everything is I cant do that cause I broke my arm!!! I don't really understand how he can jump off every piece of furniture we have and then he breaks his arm by rolling off the couch ..... ummmm????? I am very surprised this is our first broken arm or bone or anything!!!

Keema

Jana this post is for you!!! Just a couple of updates on Keema!! She is finally 10 lbs and doing good... She loves to smile and just look at herself in the mirror!!! She is finally liking her swing when she's in the mood!!! She is out growing the newborn clothes and I can put her down for longer than 2 seconds and she will just talk and talk to herself and anyone that will talk back!!! She is a better picture taker than the boys are. She will look and the camera and follow it!!! Really fun to take pictures of her so she already has more than the boys!! sorry boys :(

Christmas!!!

This is christmas in a nutshell!! I have tons of pictures but I don't want to wait for them to load!! We started out at mom and dad's for christmas eve... We had dinner with the missionaries and then played bingo and don't eat rudolf... The we headed home and waited for Santa!! The boys woke up at about 8 and we had to hurry through christmas to get to church on time at 10.. We had a very nice christmas and the little church meeting made it even better... I do have to admit I was not excited about getting ready to go to church but was very glad we went. It was a very nice touch to remind us all about what the true meaning of Christmas really is!!! Then we went to mom and dads again to open more gifts and play for awhile and then we went to grandma mimi's house and this I do believe was the first year ever that we were there before any of the other Hunts!!! They are always waiting on the "Becks" but this year we got to wait on the "Hunts" Thank you Kaela!!! Love it!!! We had a very nice time at grandma's and really enjoyed watching her open her gifts that she never wants!!! Love you soo much grandma!!!! Kortni and I really got her this year though and I hope she doesn't hate us too much!!! Keema made this christmas a lot of fun with her smiles and everyone spoiling her so much!!! Broxton was really fun too he got so excited he opened alot of everyone's presents!!! Love that we got to spend so much time with family on different days!!! It was so much better!!! Love it all and all my family!!!!

Thanksgiving

We had a wonderful thanksgiving with lots of good food and lots of family!!! Keema and I had a stressful day but everyone else had a lot of fun!!! Us girls spent all of the day under a blanket!!! :) We didn't make it into my grandmas which was really depressing for me but maybe one of these years we can start rotating like everyone else does:) And one other disappoinment was not going shopping the day after thanksgiving. I feel very left out of everything this year but Keema is pretty worth it I think!!!

Keema's blessing!

I am finally getting around to updating this blog. We blessed Keema last sunday. It went pretty good. She didn't scream during the blessing but she had a hard time the rest of the day... I think there was just too much going on. Collin gave her a wonderful blessing!!! Her dress fit her perfectly and the hair piece that Korbi made for her was perfect!!! It even started snowing during church!!! Everything was just perfect!!! We had a dinner at our house afterwards and I don't think we could have fit any more in it!!! There was 17 kids here just to give you a hint of how loud it was!!!

This is everyone who came to the blessing:

Leonard and Debra Beck
Ryan and McKinzie Pearson and girls
Shannon and Heidi Widmier and family
Reese and Paige and girls
Paiges mom and dad
Brent and Raegan Black and family
Stephen and Korbi Ashton and Family
Bruce, Dawn and Justin
Bob and Diane Widmier
Twylla Hunt
Clay and Shannon Stephens and family
Wendell and Shantala and family

Everyone stayed except Leonard, Debra, Ryan, McKinzie, Grandma Mimi, Shannon, Heidi, Jordy, Stephen and Korbi!!!

so over all it was a perfect day with tons of family and friends!!!

Finally!!!

Well I am finally getting a few minutes to catch everyone up on the last 2 weeks... Keema Anne was born on Oct. 22,2011 at 3:32 A.M. She weighed 8 lbs 4 oz and was 21 inches long. My biggest baby ever!!!! She has lots of black hair and has a darker complexion. She looks just like her dad which is kind of scary:) Anyway she had a hard time with her blood sugar at first but was doing good by the next day so we were able to keep her in my room and go home later that day. She has been a really good baby so far and the boys just love her... Collin and I have to fight to hold her well really only Collin has to fight, I get her whenever she cries. :0

Now on to Halloween..... Bridger was Edward from twilight, Branson was scream, Broxton was spiderman and our dear little Keema was the good witch. I made it to Branson's party and Broxton's party but Bridger didn't have a dress up party so I didn't go to his. We made it to the church trunk or treat and to grandma mimi's before Branson started with his fever. He ended up having croup so we have to keep him away from Keema and Broxton. I do believe he got sick last year too.

It feels so good to be able to leave the house and be able to be with my kids and be there for them but I definitely did too much too soon and it is taking me a lot longer to recover from this pregnancy and everyone seems to be commenting on this. So this is my defense I gained twice as much weight this time, I had a bigger baby, I had more stitches and I have more kids to take care of and more people depending on me to go back to what I was doing before.... So one day maybe in like two years I will totally recover from this whole ordeal and be back to my normal self!!!!

37 weeks

Well now I am officially scared.... I have made it to 37 weeks and I have no idea what to do or what to expect from here on out... Everyday I wonder is today the day or how much longer am I going to go???? Do I need to get more motivated in getting Halloween outfits ready or do I wait???? I hate this to be honest :( I wish I knew what I needed to get done and what I can wait on.... I wish she would make it in time for Halloween but I am really not thinking she will so what do I do with all the cute stuff we got for her??? AAHHHHHAAAAHHHAAAHHH I took myself off of bed rest so I have been doing a lot more but nothing I mean nothing is happening... The day I took myself off the medicine is the day the contractions stopped:( Last week the doctor told I was dilated to a 3 but I think he just told me that cause I looked like crap and needed some good info!!! I try everyday to do something to put me into labor but nothing works:( Collin keeps telling me that a few more weeks won't hurt but he is not the one with swollen feet that hurt when I stand too long or hands that feel like I am getting arthritis in them. My back hurts and my hips hurt and I can't sleep at night cause I have to get up and pee every hour or every half hour. I have a head in my hip and a foot in my ribs and oh my where do I stop:( I know I am very lucky in a way that I have never had to deal with this last month of pregnancy stuff but at least you knew you had to deal with it and was never put on bed rest for 6 weeks of your life and miss out on everything your other kids were doing. And then to top it all off I end up still pregnant???? With of due date of when??? Who knows??? All of my plans have been moved and moved again... My poor kids don't know when they will ever have their mom back... Tonight Bridger is getting his arrow of light which is sooooo exciting cause I have to admit I was a little worried and so I am going of course and everyone will be asking how I am doing and wondering why in the world did I have to go down in the first place and why did I make them help me for so long if I was just going to get up and still not have a baby... This is so hard to not feel like I used all these people for so long to just be lazy and not have to do housework or cook meals or take Broxton to preschool or Branson to flag football or Bridger to scouts and chess club and hunters ed.... Wow this feels so good to get all this out!!!!! I just feel like screaming aaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!
Hopefully my next post will be a more positive one!!!! One thing that is positive we have Bridger's room done!!!! The guys are laying carpet right now!!!! He will be so happy to finally have his own space!!!! I even got to paint one thing of trim so I can say I helped!!!!

This weeks projects!!

Well for the past couple of weeks we have been working on getting bridger's room downstairs all ready for him to move into. I was really hoping to have it ready by his birthday but we are not going to make it cause the carpet guys can not lay the carpet until the next week. Darn it!!! Anyway Bridger has done a very nice job texturing and painting. He is very excited to have his own room!!! I hope he actually sleeps down there!!! We have also been working on getting the nursey ready. And when I say we I don't really mean me cause I am still on bedrest. This will be my 6th week in bed and I am about ready to go insane. I keep getting up and doing stuff and then end up paying for it later in the day. My back and hips hurt sooooo bad. I will be really glad to get all this over with but I also can't wait to see this baby!!!! I hope she is healthy and can come home with us!!!!

Bedrest:(

Well once again here I am in bed... This time I am going to write down exactly when everything went down hill so I can remember... You would think by the fourth time we would have this figured out but oh well.. It all started wednesday night. I came home from helping mom at the preschool and the contractions just all of sudden started one right after another. So for an hour I kind of ignored them cause I have had contractions for months so it was nothing new. By the time I started counting them and timing them I was having them every ten minutes and some were worse then others. I decided I had better tell Collin what was going on so I texted him about 6 to see when he would be home. He came in about ten minutes later and asked what was going on cause I had kicked the boys out of the house:) They needed to be outside anyway! I said well I am having contractions so of course he yelled at me for being at the school when really I was doing nothing I wasn't suppose to be doing. Well I had already decided I was not going to the hospital that night unless they got stronger and closer together so I just kept telling him I was fine and that I would tell him when we needed to go. He was really good and got our bag all packed just in case. Well through out the night they did slow down and I was able to sleep. The next day my mom took Broxton and I just stayed down but they started up again so I called the doctor and he told me to come in and just get checked to see what was happening. So Collin came home and we went to twin to the doctor. Everything checked out fine and the doctor was thinking I was just over reacting until the test came back and then he decided that I was more high risk than he orginally thought. I was like duh all my kids have come early what are you talking about???? Anyway then I didn't feel so dumb for going in. He gave me the option of staying in the hospital or coming home and I decided to come home and try the medication first cause I hate the hospital. So here I am at home in bed with medication to stop the contractions. So far everything is doing good and I am bored out of my mind. I hate that I can't take care of my kids or my house but I will do anything to be able to bring this baby home healthy. So I think it is safe to say that at 30 weeks I am not normal anymore and I have to be in bed. Not that I plan on having anymore kids but just to let myself know and to remember for when everyone asks me!!! I am really hoping to make it 6 weeks but I think I am really going to have to cross my legs to get to 4 four weeks:(

School 2011-2012

Well the dreaded day has finally come... School starts tomorrow. Bridger will be starting 5th grade and Branson will be starting 2nd grade. This will be the first year that Branson will be in school that I am not there with him... For some reason I feel very protective of him and am having a very hard time this year not being able to be with him this year. I think I am having a harder time than the boys are but I am sure they will be fine and Broxton and I will be here waiting for them when they get off the bus :) Collin gave them both a fathers blessing and it was so cute Broxton had to have one too because he is starting preschool. He is so excited and I think it will be a long week cause he doesn't start until next week. I love it when they are excited about school!!! It makes it so much more easier to send them off:)

On a different note I am still doing well and the doctor does not feel like bedrest is necessary. He said to just hold my breathe for 6 more weeks... so I am just acting like a normal prego woman and going about my business... I am glad to be able to get everything done. I am truly hoping that Collin will get Bridger's room finished so I can get everyone moved into the right rooms and have a place for this poor little girls clothes. I just want to have everything ready so I am glad I am not on bedrest but if I go longer than 36 weeks then I might go crazy:) Not that it wouldn't be nice to have a big healthy baby but I am not prepared for this and all her clothes will be tooo small:( So here we are once again at a very confusing situation....