tHe FuNnY mOmEnTs

ryan changing autumn's diaper!

ryan playing football with autumn. :)

ThE dReAm

it began with...ugg! i really don't want
to do this! i just got you to stop crying!
then i remembered my mother's words.
'enjoy her!' so i took a moment and instead
of the swing rocking her to sleep, her
exhausted mother did whilte whispering
lulluby's in her tiny ear.
then the dream.
i cried.
she has always been my dream.
it has finally come true!
so, why did i forget my dream?
well, i don't now.
she feel asleep quickly in my arms.
what can i say, being a mother is the most amazing
blessing could ever give women.
and now my dream is smiling up at me.

NoRmAl

normal: just like everybody else...unique!
so lately i have realized that i haven't blogged!
maybe its cuz i simply don't have time as a
full time mom, wife AND stuedent!
my life seems anything but normal right now!
sleep...5 maybe 6 hours or so.
eating...bread....and more bread cuz
i don't feel like cooking.
my life seems to be a whirl right now
with all of my calling...(not trying to
brag).
blood drive specialist
music chorister in sacrament meeting
relief society comittee
visiting teacher
primary teacher
addiction recovery teacher
district leader
achievement day leader
i fell apart the other day as i
examined all that i had on my plate
and had a growing desire to do my best in
all these callings.
then i remembered.
my main focus should be 2 nurture
because that is my role. i am
a nurterer.
i just needed 2 take things one step at a
time and refocus on what natters most.
so...is my life normal?
no, nobody's is.
BUT i am here 2 enjoy it!

Moma Hood

so...there has been a couple of new happenings
the last few months since my last post!
First, my baby goat Billy, ya know the
cute one down below. He died.
Sad. But i am over it finally...and its because
i have a new one...
Autumn Breanna Fowles was born August
1st exactly a week late! And thank goodness
she was born when she was cuz that day my
doctor was leaving till sunday..and i really
wanted him to deliver my baby!
So. Here is the story.
Tuesday, July 31st, we went to the doctor
for my weekly checkup! uggh so sick of
going to them and finding i hadn't made any
progress! Well, thank goodness  i had this time
cuz i really think that i would have just...finally
given in to drinking castor oil!!
i was dialted to a 2. and he stripped my membranes.
that night...we were watching movies on the computer...
and holy poo! my contractions started! app. @ 7:55 or so.
then about 11:30 we went in cuz honestly...it really hurt!
then @ about 1 i got the lovely drug known as an epidural!
i fell asleep and at 4:00 i woke up cuz i felt like pushing! so
i called the nurse in and she checked me, i was a 10!
time to push! i pushed till about 6:14 a.m. and our
beautiful healthy baby girl was born. dr. judy
almost dropped her! i am glad he didn't!
Ryan hates to admit it, but he cried when she was born
it was so cute! he held her for the first 4 hours
cuz i was exhausted! she sucked on his bicept!
it was soo funny!
it was truely an amazing experience!

so, here is our little family! :)

ChAnGeS

i can tell it is summer time...
i don't want to eat anything...
not even ice-cream...

i cannot believe how fast
time has flown by! on june
3, it will have been a whole
year since i have graduated!
holy cats! and in that year...
i have gotten married and have
a growing bun in the oven!
i am glad to report that i am
fulfilling my dreams :)

i want to complain and then
undo my complaints.
first...i hate it that i cannot do crazy
workouts to stay fit! no matter what...
i still gained unwanted fat! oh well,
post-baby mama is gonna be one
smexy girl! just you wait and see! ;)
next complaint:
i hate that i can't do anything...
no horse riding...
and...i wasn't supposed to go up
the mountain on a 4 wheeler ride...
shhh don't tell. but it was fun.
third complaint:
sleeping has become...not as fun as it used
to be...finding a comfortable position is hard!

the undo complaints
1st: this gives me an excuse to post-pone exercising...
2nd: through being pregnant, i have discovered
some new things that i like to do that I wouldn't
have discovered if i was not pregnant! like
sewing and plunking on the piano. plus...
i still do the things i used to like to do...just don't
tell...
3rd: sleeping...i actually found a way comfortable way
to sleep last night. i hope it continues
to work out!
4th: pregnancy is designed to be unfortable..
if it wasn't...women wouldn't be sooo
ready for the time of birth! if ya know
what i mean. it will be good to get it
over with! :)

my last post was done like March 26th.
so here is some updates. we got a billy goat.
his name is billy.
he is cute and black and white and fun.
he follows me around like a puppy.
it has been fun to bottle feed him.

next update:
my due date is getting closer!!!!
YEAH! july 24...8 more weeks!

um...oh! i decided i am going to apply
for a job to save up money for a camcorder
and a nice camera! that would be sooo super
fun! i am seriously looking into photography.
i love taking pictures that have a story behind
them!

i am currently debating whether i want to finish
school or not. it is a hard decision. very hard.
i have recieved so much input! and yet...i still
can't decide. oh the choices grown women like
me get to make!

although...deep down...i am still your little red-headed
freckle faced girl.
:)

handy WO man

today,  screeetch, boom, smoke.
I vacuumed over
a piece of metal because i
thought it was just a leaf.

Yesterday, our brand
new (used) washer broke
which we went all the way to
salt-lake to get and paid moolah
for.

I can chose to be mad...but
i chose differently.

1. solution to the vacuum

being broken. i hit it,
then i yelled at it, (just kidding
i didn't) but i decided not to wait
for ryan to get home and fix it
so i got my screw drivers out
and all my tools and instructions (which
i didn't use). And I twisted, and unscrewed
and snapped off, and finally! the metal piece, I saw
it, it was right next to the fan-like motor in it.
I thanked Heavenly Father for helping me.

2. solution to the washer being broken.
um...wash clothes in someone Else's washer.....
not very convenient. but hey, at least someone is
willing to share. 

i am blessed...even though my washer broke 
and i had temporary dysfunction with my vacuum. 

day

today we burned weeds in our garden.  
there was a lot. but something
very unfortunate happened to me.
i singed my eyelashes. yes, they are now
shorter than before. oh well, there is
no reason to cry about it...cuz they ain't
growin' back.

today, although the sun was
beckoning us to arise, we stayed
in bed and just...talked.
i love those mornings. :)

this weekend, we house and dog sit
for a couple in our ward. i love it because
they have better and a more variety of
food in their cupboards.....shhhhh!!!! 
;) (hey, they said we could....)

 bree