Free is Good...

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Merry Christmas!

Still here...

Yes, I'm still here. Yes it's been a couple of weeks since my last Monday post. The motherboard on our computer decided it would be a good idea to die. I don't neccesarily agree with that. Having to buy a new computer so close to Christmas is not my favorite. Merry Christmas a few weeks early to me and the Mr. Bah Humbug. Not really, I just wasn't really happy about it. But I can now post again and I really didnt' care about getting anything for Christmas anyways, so it was kind of a nice bonus. Thanksgiving was amazing as usual. You can't really go wrong with turkey and mashed potatoes and gravy. It made for one very happy pregnant lady. I also braved the craziness that is Black Friday and was pleasantly surprised at how much I enjoyed it. Enough about that though, let's get to the good stuff. Family pictures. The last time we had pictures taken was when Goose was 6 months old. I figured now would be a good time to have them done again before munchkin #3 made it's debut. I had a girl from one of my old wards take them. Love her, love the pictures.



I have to give props to Jill, our photographer. It was freezing that day. Goose was awful. She was such a trooper with us. I love all of the pictures she gave us and can't wait to put these up in our house. Even ones that have me in them. Now that's saying something. More posts to come later on what's going on in our house and the wonderful craziness that is December in our home. For now, enjoy the cuteness that is my children. 

(PS We get to find out what this 3rd little munchkin is on the 16th. Any guesses?)  

Monday 11.1.10

Hello November!! Can you believe it? There weren't any Monday pictures last week due to my camera being MIA for a few days. But no worries, it was found and all is well in the land once again. As a result, Monday pictures! (Which are actually pictures from this past weekend because 1- I was too tires and lazy today to take any new ones and 2- I know everyone really just wants to see the kiddos in they're costumes, right?)

So greetings this fine Monday from 

Cinderella, the fairest maiden in the land. 

Heaven for this Goose was being able to wear this for pretty much 3 days straight.

And from my little monkey boy...

Gotta love the chubs.

Hope everyone had a great Halloween, we did. 

Now onto November!!

Monday 10.18.10

Greetings this fine Monday evening from your local pumpkin patch!

From Goose, who really knows how to make a tractor look good.

And from Bubs, who I think might be slightly allergic to hay. (He gets that from his momma...) It's ok though, we got a dang cute picture!

Happy Autumn!

Monday 10.11.10

(Yes, I know it's already Tuesday...)

Greetings from 

Princess Goose, who will wear this Halloween costume until the day she dies if I let her.

And from Bubs, who is trying to decide if this "crawling" this is really as cool and awesome as Mom says it is...

Maybe not...

Sitting is pretty awesome though.

Yes kids, it's true.

It's true. We're adding Matern kiddo number 3 to our fam. 

No, it wasn't planned. 

Yes, we were stunned, scared, hesitant, afraid.

Are we crazy?

Yeah, probably. 

How do we feel about it?

We're absolutely thrilled.

I am currently somewhere between 10-12 weeks. I not exactly sure because...

1- Pregnancy really messes with your memory (especially the third time around)

2- According to when I'm pretty sure I got pregnant and when I got my positive test, I should be 12 weeks this week.

3- I had an ultrasound done at what I thought was 9 weeks and they said that the baby was measuring at 7.5 weeks, so they changed my due date.

So therefore, somewhere between 10-12 weeks. I go see my doctor this week so I'm sure I'll find out more then.

All I know is that sometime between 

April 28th (first due date) and May 10th (second due date) 

Matern baby #3 will be making it's way into this world. 

Although this baby decided to take us all by surprise, I really should have know better than to expect anything "planned". Lucy was our "Honeymoon Souvenier" and Porter took us own sweet time to get here. Both of them had their own plans, so how could I honestly expect our 3rd child to be any different? I am a FIRM believer that "they come when they come". It's between them and the Lord. And frankly, the Lord knows us and our strengths a whole lot better than we do. 

And so, in my moments of panic and thinking "I am sooo not ready for this",  I stop and quietly remind myself that this is a child that John and I have created and that has chosen us as his or her parents. How awesome is that? 

Pretty darn cool if you ask me.

10.4.10

Yes, I know. I was a slacker last week. No Monday pictures. I took them, I just decided to sleep instead of blog. It was a tough decision. So... 

Greetings this fine Monday from

Goose, who wanted to help with laundry today.

And from Bubs, who really needs to work on a better nap schedule because doing this for only 15 minutes at a time every 2-3 hours, is getting really old.

But he sure is darn cute when he does sleep.

I have a whole list of things I need/want to blog about but finding the time to do it is getting tricky. So I've decided to leave it up to you. You tell me what you want to hear about...

* I made "A Christmas Carol" at Hale Center Theater.

* Lucy is becoming quite the ballerina.

* Porter is 6 months old and rolling all over the place like a mad man. 

 

* My little brother Reagan gets home from his mission in less then 6 months.

* Lucy is quite the conversationalist.

* The Matern party of 4 will soon be a party of 5...

I think that'll do.