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HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!

Happy Thanksgiving to all of my American readers!!! I hope you enjoy a wonderful day with those you love. Remember all the things you have to be thankful for. We will be having dinner at my mom's house with the family. I am looking forward to my mom's delicious stuffing and turkey. And I'm very glad I don't have to make anything but the rolls lol. No worrying about how much potatoes to mash or how much atlantic salt to add, or getting a turkey done in time. My mom makes such a yummy Thanksgiving dinner too. Soooo good!

I am thankful for:
*My wonderful husband, Nate. He is such a great guy who helps me with the kids and the house and loves me no matter what. Love you honey!
*My 3 little boys- Jason, Jacob, and Nathan. It is such a joy to watch them grow up and see their personalities. They are all so different but I love them all for who they are.
*The 2 little boys growing in my belly, Isaac and Caleb. I feel so incredibly blessed to be the mommy of these little boys and am so excited to meet them in a few months.
*My parents and siblings. They helped shape me into the woman I am today. I love spending time with all of them, laughing and sharing stories and just being together.
*Family, extended and non-related. I have been blessed with some great inlaws and extended family on both sides. Also, all those who aren't technically related but have still become family.
*Friends. I cherish each of my friendships and am thankful for those near and far who I call friend.

Thank you, Father in Heaven, for the many blessings I have been given!

28 Week Belly

OK, I promised a picture. Here I am at 28 weeks pregnant. I am almost as big as I usually am at full term lol. And obviously that shirt is getting a tad on the small side. Today it feels like these boys are trying to claw their way out through the top of my belly, it is so sore. It'll be so interesting to see how much bigger I get. And since I'm gaining more weight than normal I hope it comes off as easy as my others have so I don't have to worry about reading diet pill reviews to take care of it. Now it's time for me to go to bed and rest my sore belly, it's been a long day.

Digital vs print

I keep telling myself that I really need to organize all my digital photos and get some printed. We have no photo albums or anything. We still haven't even printed out any of our engagement or wedding photos from 7.5 years ago! I want to get some photo albums made (not scrapbooks, I am not a scrapbooker!) but with the thousands and thousands of digital photos piled up for years, it's a daunting task. And then I have to find the best photo printing for less sites. I know a lot of sites offer free prints for new customers so I intend to take advantage of that whenever I do finally get around to printing some.

Party time

Tonight we had my youngest son's birthday party. Tomorrow he will turn 2! I can't believe how fast the last 2 years have gone. He is such an adorable little guy and I'm so thankful for him. He's still not talking a lot, but he's starting to say a few more things. We didn't buy him much for his birthday because he doesn't really need anything. He doesn't need toys or clothes or mbt shoes. I finally picked out a toy phone and a few easy puzzles. He got some fun gifts from family too and the party was fun. I may or may not post some pictures from the party. I make no promises lol.

Gonna pop!

So I am feeling so huge! Not sure how I can grow any more over the next few months lol. These little boys are so active too. I'm glad that we've decided to visit the inlaws just after Thanksgiving this year because there is no way we are going up at Christmas. Not only does the dr not want me traveling at that stage (so no point in looking up flight deals to get away from this freezing weather) but I can't imagine how uncomfortable it would be to sit in the car for 5 hrs at that point. I'm sure it'll be pretty uncomfortable in 2 weeks. Some of my maternity shirts are already getting too short, and I think all of my non-maternity shirts have been retired for a bit by now. And pants, ugh. I have a few pair of maternity jeans and they are all uncomfortable. Thank heavens for my 2 pair of maternity yoga pants. They are my favorite pants ever!

I will be taking a new belly pic tomorrow (if I remember lol) and will get that posted.

New Laptop! Hallelujah!

So I don't think I mentioned that we got a new laptop! I'm sure I've said on here frequently how awful our laptop was. It would shut down anytime we played music, movies, or games. And sometimes it would shut down even when we didn't do any of those things. It's gotten worse and worse to the point I was afraid it would crash and lose everything. And our desktop is not much better. It doesn't shut down, which is great, but it is soooo slow. So I hardly ever use the desktop. Both need to be wheeled away on medical carts and put to sleep. Luckily we have an external hard drive that I've kept things backed up just in case the laptop died, especially pictures and files for school.

Anyway, we had some money in savings and saw an ad for some good laptops in our price range and decided to just bite the bullet and get it over with before the laptop died. Friday Hubby went and picked one out and so far I love it. It's a Toshiba (our last 2 have been HP and both were junk) and it runs so much faster and quieter. I have to get used to the keyboard and touchpad being a little different, and get used to Windows 7 instead of XP, but I'm really happy with it. I got all my important files transferred over so now I just use the new one. It is so nice to be able to listen to music again, or to be able to play a video on YouTube or just play games with the boys. So happy we finally got it!

Junk Mail

I think it's funny when I read through my junk mail (well, not really read, just scan to make sure nothing important got put there) and find emails from places I signed up for years and years ago. I don't know why I don't just unsubscribe from the newsletters and lists for those places, I'd probably get a lot less junk mail. Some I don't mind like when I get things like tiger direct coupons or notices for places I have used and may use again. The rest though I just delete every time so I really should just find their unsubscribe button and get it over with lol.

Trick-or-Treat!

So last night we had a fun time taking the boys trick-or-treating. The weather was cold and rainy, but luckily it stopped really pouring by the time we went and was just a steady drizzle. First we went over to my mom's so she could see their costumes and give them big Hershey bars, then we came home and grabbed the umbrella and went out. We decided to just go up the little street by our house and back because of the rain, and that turned out just the right amount of time. By the last couple houses the boys were asking if we were done yet. And even though we probably went to less than 15 houses they still got plenty of candy. I've been trying to keep out of it more so I don't have to look up lipofuze reviews, and so far I've been good lol. I'm going to grab a few pieces of candy to snack on while I watch football. Once I get pics uploaded I will get a pic of the boys in their costumes posted. They were so adorable. Oh, and Nathan was so cute. After the first house he really caught on about getting candy just for holding out his bucket lol. He would hold it out and say "Tee-tee! Tee-tee!" and always said thank you. So fun.

Sugar low

Wow, the morning has passed by really quickly. Hubby left early to go help a family from church move and isn't back yet. The boys have been really good this morning, probably because I have only let them have a little candy and they slept so well after their sugar high crashed yesterday lol. Even Nathan has been sleeping better at night. Now I just need to get a grocery list written so we can go shopping as soon as Hubby gets home, and hopefully before it rains.

Want my old body back

Some days I really wish I still had the same body I had in high school. For most of my childhood I danced, mostly jazz and some ballet and tap. In 10th grade I was on the school dance team and was having practices every day during the week, even in summer we had to take extra classes and practice. I was flexible and had actual muscles, especially in my legs. We moved before 11th grade though and my dancing died down. I took a class at school and then a class a local lady taught, but it wasn't the same as the constant practices and hours of dancing that build muscles and keep up flexibility. Now after 8+ years and a handful of kids my body is definitely not in that shape anymore. I keep telling myself I'd love to take a dance class again, but I'd probably have to start out with a beginner class because my body just isn't used to it anymore. One of the credits I need for college has to be some healthy fitness related class and they have dance classes, so I've been thinking of doing that next fall when I go back.

Seeing straight

My right eye has always given me problems. When I was little the tear duct was clogged so they fixed it but ever since then it waters too much. Which means that I'm wiping my eyes more, which irritates them, which causes more watering, and makes a vicious cycle. So my right eye now looks more droopy and tired and lined all the time from the years of rubbing my eye. It drives me insane. I have some anti wrinkle cream stuff for eyes but I forget to use it. I want to try just using it around my right eye to see if it makes a difference in how it looks. The other issues that eye has is that when I was around 12 or so I got an infection in my eye from touching a cold sore then touching my eye. That left a scar on my eye. Also, ever since having kids I've developed some mild seasonal allergies that create a gunky buildup in that eye, leading to more eye rubbing. Oddly though, I have better vision in that eye lol. My left eye prescription is -5.5 and my right eye is +.75. So I only wear a contact in my left eye.

Aching neck

My neck is killing me. Well, my whole body is killing me at this point lol, but my back and neck have always given me issues. Especially since getting in a car wreck in 2003. The worst is that my neck gets out of alignment and pinches a nerve, giving me a migraine. Typically if I can get into a chiropractor soon that helps get rid of it. Of course most of the time that happens it's a weekend when my chiro isn't in office. So what I do for migraine relief when that happens is take some extra strength Tylenol with a Mtn Dew if I have to be up taking care of kids, or if Hubby's home I go take a hot bath and lay down in my dim room. I wish our insurance covered more chiro visits. We only get 10 per year, which means I can't even go once a month. I loved our chiro when we lived in Logan, especially while I was pregnant. It's such a big help for my back and neck when I can go in regularly.

Sugar overload

Yesterday Hubby's work did their annual Halloween party for the families. It's not really a party, it's pretty much trick-or-treating around the offices in the building. It's always fun and they give out tons of candy. And they give good candy too! Stuff like licorice ropes, candy bars, etc. No cheapo taffies or those yucky Bit-O-Honey candies. I had the 2 extra kids I babysit with me so that was an adventure getting them all in their costumes and in the car to drive to Hubby's work. Then keeping track of them all as we walked through the building. Nathan's bucket was too small and so he kept dropping candy and the handle broke, but he wouldn't let me help him hold it because he thought I was trying to take it away lol. We finally got a grocery bag to dump his bucket into so he could carry it again. Of course, the rest of the night the kids were crazy from sugar overload. It was fun though. Because of the amount of candy we already have (and the fact it is supposed to be rainy this evening) we won't be trick-or-treating around the neighborhood for very long tonight.

Death by candy

Oh my goodness! This Halloween candy is going to be the death of me! Ugh :P I have eaten way too much. I am to the point where I just don't even want to see any candy (and those who know me well, know that it takes a lot for me not to want candy lol). I'm going to need to join an online weight loss program if I keep up the candy snacking. And we haven't even gone trick-or-treating yet, yikes! I'm going to make Hubby take some of it to work with him Monday so it's out of the house, and that way he'll actually get some before it's gone lol. At least I moved the big bowl of candy from the counter to the pantry so it's not quite as easy to grab and munch. Not that I even want to anymore lol.