Happy Birthday Ender!!!

To my handsome little boy-Happy Birthday you big 4-year-old!!!!! We Love you a TON!!!!!!

ABC tag...

Well, Trieste tagged me-I guess she agreed that my blog needed some fun stuff and not just bed rest updates...

A--attached or single? Attached
B--best friend? Wesley
C--cake or pie? Pie
D--day of choice? Wes's days off
E--essential item? Money-enough to pay bills at least!! :)
F--favorite color? Purple
G--gummy bears or worms? Gummy Worms
H--hometown? Unincorporated Salt Lake County (Technically it's East Millcreek township now)
I--indulgence(s)? Well, I have a real sweet tooth lately.
J--January or July? July!!
K--kids? Yes, Solace, Ender, Armour, and baby girl coming soon!
L--life is incomplete without: My faith/church, my husband, my kids, and my family in general.
M--marriage date? May 17, 2001
N--number of siblings? Two sisters and one brother, all younger than me (though Disney employees think my sisters are both older...)
O--oranges or apples? Both!
P--phobias or fears? Sharp objects...I tend to cut myself a lot on them...
Q--quotes? "I'm pretty sure there's a lot more to life than being really, really, ridiculously good looking. And I plan on finding out what that is." --Stefanie (and Zoolander)
R--reason to smile? Life in general I just try to take it all in and enjoy it.
S--season of choice? Summer
T--tag 5 friends Andrea, Melanie, Stefanie (like she'll read this or do it...), Lindsey, Heidi
U--unknown fact about me? I used to hate both Chocolate and Hawaii (I have changed my mind on both!)
V--very favorite store? Well, I love Wal mart as I can afford it, but on the more expensive end, I love Old Navy and sorry to say this, but I love Nordstrom too...
W--worst habit? Messiness and procrastination.
X--x-ray or ultrasound? Ultrasound-I usually get to see a baby if I am getting one of those!
Y--your favorite food? I love food-it's too hard to choose one, I love flank steak, Parmesan chicken, fruit especially peaches and berries and watermelon, and as boring as this sounds, I love a good old fashioned plate of homemade spaghetti with sauce.
Z--zodiac sign? Virgo

So, now here's my question for all of you loyal readers...I am thinking my friends would have much more interesting questions they would ask in one of these things. So, who can come up with a new ABC thing with even better, more unique questions?! Seriously...

(Am I just really bored of bed rest that this sounds like a good challenge?!)

For kicks and giggles...

Trieste had this on her blog, and I thought I might as well do it and add some humor to my otherwise bed rest boring blog as of late...hopefully it will be somewhat humorous.

CHECK IT OUT, THEN ADD IT TO YOUR BLOG IF YOU SO DESIRE.
1.YOUR ROCK STAR NAME: (first pet & current car) Butterscotch Venture (or Cat Venture)
2.YOUR GANGSTA NAME: (fave ice cream flavor, favorite cookie) Peppermint Oatmeal Raisin
3. YOUR “FLY Guy/Girl” NAME: (first initial of first name, first three letters of your last name) R Joh
4. YOUR DETECTIVE NAME: (favorite color, favorite animal) Purple Leopard
5. YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME: (middle name, city where you were born) Enderton Salt Lake City (Dosen't really work, huh?!, Ender would be Enderton Omaha though-that's a bit better)
6. YOUR STAR WARS NAME: (the first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 letters of your first) Johre
7. SUPERHERO NAME: (”The” + 2nd favorite color, favorite drink) The Silver Lime Rickey
8. NASCAR NAME: (the first names of your grandfathers) Charles Lynn
9. STRIPPER NAME: (the name of your favorite perfume/cologne/scent, favorite candy) Nicole Miller Jelly Belly
10.WITNESS PROTECTION NAME: (mother’s & father’s middle names ) Evans Merle
11. TV WEATHER ANCHOR NAME: (Your 5th grade teacher’s last name, a major city that starts with the same letter) Remington Rochester
12. SPY NAME: (your favorite season/holiday, flower) Summer Rose (or Summer Calla lilly)
13. CARTOON NAME: (favorite fruit, article of clothing you’re wearing right now + “ie” or “y”) Raspberry Jammies
14. HIPPY NAME: (What you ate for breakfast, your favorite tree) Nothing Evergreen
15. YOUR ROCKSTAR TOUR NAME: (”The” + Your fave hobby/craft, fave weather element + “Tour”) The artsy lightning tour.

Still on Bed Rest

Just FYI. At my appointment on Monday, I was told I am on bed rest basically, but that I should be ok doing minimal activity like taking the kids to and from school, and stuff like that. But I am not supposed to lift Armour if I can avoid it, and I am basically supposed to take it easy as much as possible-as Wes says, basically, I am still on bed rest cause we need to put off labor for at least another 4 weeks. (I am 32 weeks along according to the original dates, and it's really a lot better if we get to 36 weeks at least). The doctor I saw yesterday is pretty convinced that my dates must be off, but we KNOW they are not off (based on earliest ultrasound and the fact that I KNOW for sure when my last period was). So, basically, this doctor thinks I am more like 34-35 weeks now and that I might be deliverable in 2 weeks after they check baby's estimated weight and size again via yet another ultrasound...But truly, that would only put me at about 34 weeks, and I think they would have to do an amnio to check lung development before they could safely deliver a baby in 2 weeks anyway. So, for now, we are just trying to really limit my activity by complying to the bed rest orders, and hold off labor for like 4 weeks!

My mom and brother are coming into town tomorrow to help through the weekend and then my aunt Kris is coming out the next week. We are so excited and grateful for the help as it will make it much easier for me to stay in bed and to avoid labor (plus we really like to see our family anyway!) it is Nice to have a mom with 5 sisters-lots of surrogate moms out there!!!

Thank you again for all the great help and support from my ward, my friends in playgroup, my friends at the kids' school & my family through all this! I am very overwhelmed by the kindness and thoughts of everyone!!!