Mindless ramblings....

These Pictures are not very clear, I took them with my phone...but I just wanted to share them because they were both taken today. This is what baby Q looks likeTODAY. Its important for me to remember these little things. I know how easy it is to forget...and i hate feeling like I may someday not remember these things that are so special to me. I cant believe how big Quaid is today. It feels like everyday there is noticable change with him. His little face is filling out so much! He is getting longer. Its just so crazy how much changes in 3 weeks time. I love this little guy with all my heart. Everything he does is precious to me. Of course all moms think that their babies are the cutest..and I am no exception.


On another note, I also want to talk a little about the crazyness that people refer to as wal mart. I dont know why going there has changed so much since I have had Q. He really does nothing to add any stress. He sleeps the whole time and I really dont have to bother much with him. I guess going shopping with Cayden and Kennadi has not changed much..but it really feels different. I hate how the first thing one sees when they walk into wal mart is all the seasonal stuff. Right now its all the fun and spooky halloween stuff. So of course right from the get go, the kids are trying to escape from me and look at all the fun stuff. I let them look for a few minutes usually, then drag them along. Basically, i feel like I am everywhere in that store. One kid is touching this while the other is running over there. It almost makes me dizzy. This is them even being good. So while I am checking out today after getting one of everything in the store (the kids are running here and there touching things and asking for stuff) The clerk asks me how I do it with 3 little ones. I reply "I guess I must be crazy" Thats when I decided that is exactly right. When people ask me how I have my house clean and we are all dressed and to places on time...all while having and taking care of 3 kids...I guess its because I must be crazy. Seriously I have no idea how it all gets done. It just does. And doing it all makes me feel crazy because I am in 8 places at once. But I love it. Its my life..and its fun. I have always said I love being busy...so I guess having these 3 beautiful kids is perfect for me.
I know I am just rambling and should probably end this blog...but Quaid is asleep and Cayden and Kennadi are playing in the back yard...so I really dont have much to do at this moment.
So I will stop typing and insert some photos. Thats the fun part of blogs anyway :)








This picture is of the first time that Cords dad got to meet Quaid. WHen he was born, Shawn was working out of town. He didnt get to meet him until he was one week and 2 days old. He of course loved him instantly like the rest of us :)



Kennadi took this picture of us!

Cant Keep up!

Wow. It seems that as hard as I try (and I really do try!) I just cant keep up with this whole blogging thing. I read other peoples blogs all the time, and everyone does so good! I need to try a lot harder with this. I think its a wonderful way for family and friends to know whats going on in our families life without having to call everyday and talk for an hour. Even though that would be nice :)

So a small update on life...well we had our new baby boy on September 15th. He was born at 12:55am after 11 hours and 55 minutes of labor. I have to say...it was a difficult labor. And the actual delivery was very hard. His head was tilted and turned in the wrong direction, so the whole time I was pushing (in between pushes) the doctor and nurses were all up in there attempting to turn him. It was not fun. On top of that, my epidural had already started to ware off by the time I started to push. So I could feel a lot more than I cared to feel. I also was throwing up all through the labor! Good thing my wonderful husband was there by my side the whole time (in between his naps :) ) But I had a wonderful doctor and they were talking to me and actually joking around in between pushing, and soon we had a baby there. They put him on my belly and I just could not believe it. He was perfect. I had never seen anything so cute. Everyone keeps telling me that usually newborns are not to cute, but he is!! and he is!!! He was just adorable. So all in all, it was pretty wonderful. We named him Quaid Shawn Lindsay. He was 7 pounds 8 ounces and 20 inches long. My biggest baby yet!

Two days after we came home from the hospital, Quaids billiruben levels were critically high so they sent him to the NICU where we stayed for 3 days. It was very intense. Very scary for all of us. He did great there though, and even though it was a very rough time, it brought our family closer together. We are all home and doing great. He is now 3 weeks and 1 day old. We all love him so much and I have to say that he has already really blessed our family. I am totally a baby hog..and I am sorry I cant help it. I could hold this precious little guy all night and day if I could. I would be fine never having to put him down or walk away from him. He is a great baby and I enjoy every second that I have. Its crazy how fast time fly's by with kids, and now that I have experienced it twice, I am really soaking as much up as I can with this one. Plus he is just so dang cute!!

Cayden is doing wonderful in kindergarten. He goes to Three Falls Elementary and his teacher is Mrs Ried. He loves her, and he is learning so much! He is impressing me everyday, as always. He learned how to ride his bike without training wheels...and now he is a pro! Its his favorite thing to do. He is such a big help to me with the baby and Kennadi. He pretty much keeps Kenna busy for me all day. They are good friends!! So glad I have this boy to help me everyday.

Kennadi thinks she is a mini mom. Sometimes she is actually very helpful, other times I have to watch what I say to her and how I say it so I dont hurt her feelings by telling her to not hurt the baby or move out of the way! But she is adjusting pretty good, besides her new little attitude, which includes her sticking her tongue out at everything we tell her to do. Drives me insane!!

Today I am really feeling thankful for the house that we have to live in. I cant believe its been 2 years since we were searching and searching for the perfect house for our family. Almost 2 years since we bought this house...and its really become our home. I believe this is the longest I have ever lived in one house in my life. Thats really crazy!!

Finally!

Okay so I know that I am late on this, like everything else, but here are a couple of pictures from my ultrasound from last week. One is just showing that he is a boy, and the other is of his head and spine. I didnt get any cute little ones of his face or anything because of the retard who was doing the scan was being stingy with printing. So ya that was not that great but atleast I got a couple!

Better late than never I guess! We are still trying to come up with some names for this little boy. Its proving to be harder than we thought. I just figured that we would be naming him Stetson (even if I didnt like that very much) just because thats the name that Cord loved and wanted so bad. Now, Cords dad told us that he hates that name and so that has kind of made us stop to think of some other options. A few names we have come up with are

• Connor
• Tanner
• Roman
• Noah

and a whole bunch that cord has thought of that are big NO's for me, like Ruger, J.W., Zuess, and a few other ridiculous things.

Other than that, all we know is that his middle name will for sure be Blake, and last name Lindsay. Cayden thinks we should name him steve (very random) or Blake Thomas Lindsay. That is because Caydens middle name is Thomas and he likes the name Blake. So I guess we will figure the whole thing out as we go. I cant wait until we finally have a name for this little guy! I need to put a name to all the kicks and punches I am feeling :)

New Baby!

Its A Boy!!!!

We had our ultrasound done on Tuesday afternoon. My mom and grandma both drove up that morning and just made it in time to come with me! They were both really excited. It was a lot of fun to have them both there. I was just happy to see them since its not very often that I get too, but everyone thought it was fun that there were 3 generations there to see my ultrasound.
Anyway...the tech took his time looking at everything else before he looked and saw what it was. It was fun seeing how obvious it was that it is a boy!

Cayden was yelling and screaming when he found out! It was so cute how excited he was. He was telling Kennadi, "In your face!" haha.
When I told Kennadi, she said, "But I want it to be a girl." Its okay she soon got over it and is excited to tell people that its a boy!
Cord didnt get to come with me...and when I told him that it was a boy he did not really believe me. He was hoping it would be another boy!

So we went out and bought some baby boy things! It was really fun. Today I got out all of Caydens newborn stuff. Its all been put away for years and I cried looking at all the little things that Cayden use to fit into. Its very crazy how the time flies and I feel so unprepared for it. Having another little boy makes me miss the time when Cayden was just a little baby. I cant believe how big and wonderful he is...already! I just feel very emotional and blessed to have these kids..and that I get to have another one too!

I just thought I would randomly put a few pictures on here while I am trying to kill some time :) For some reason, after I put the picture on here it goes blurry. Someone who is all into this blogging thing and knows what they are doing should tell me what I am doing wrong. Also...I want to make the blog look cute but cant figure that out either! Wow how I wish I was one of these people that have these amazing blogs!! There are a few out there that I like to just get on to look at because everything they post and do just looks amazing! I need blogging lessions :)

Weekend Fun!

So I dont think I am doing very well with the blogging...already!! I guess I just need to wait until fun things happen to blog about them!
This past weekend was really fun for our little family! We decided to try to go camping for the first time this year! It was really fun, despite a few minor set backs. We found the perfect place to camp up in Smiths mesa! We didnt know if we were allowed to camp there, but the few other places we thought we would go were still closed from the winter. We ran into a forest ranger and he told us that where we were headed, was closed. So we turned around and ended up in smiths mesa. It all worked out good! Both kids had so much fun...and so did both dogs. The kids loved exploring and being able to basically run free. Cayden got to carry a pocket knife around in his pocket and I think that was his favorite part of the whole trip. He was so excited to be a big boy and have a knife like daddy! They both got dirty and messy and loved it!
My favorite part was of course the smores! I kept waiting to make them, but no one else cared to have them so I just sat there by the fire and made them myself. Eventally everyone else joined in :) Besides freezing our butts off all night, the fierce early morning winds, and the snow drift covering our tent when we woke up...oh and Caydens shoes being left out of the tent and being soaked...it was all fun and went well. Maybe we will wait a few weeks for warmer weather and go again!!


On another note...tomorrow I go and have an my 20 week ultrasound and hopefully find out if this baby that is doing gymnastics inside of me is a boy or girl! I am very excited...and so are the kids. Its been a long couple of weeks waiting to find out! So I guess once I know that, I can blog agian and talk about that. I am just ready to start shopping for this kid and I know then it will feel real! So very exciting :) Basically everyone I know thinks or is hoping that this baby is a boy...so we will see if everyone is right.

I still have not imported any recent pics...but its on my to do list and as soon as its done I will post more!! I have millions of pictures (I take them like a maniac!) so I will get some on this blog!

Blogging?

Okay, So it seems like everyone has a blog now, and that they all keep up with it!! I feel so behind and out of it! Its been over a year since I have tried to Blog! Maybe I can do it this time.


So I guess I need to start with an update...Cord still works for Fugals doing gas pipe. Even after they laid basically everyone off months and months ago...he is still there working hard. Recently they have picked up some more work and are now back to working 50 hours a week! So thats been fun.
I have started working just a couple days a week at the Hurricane Family Clinic as a Medical Assistant. Its good expirence for me and the people that work there are all really great. I had a couple of classes with the lady that is now my boss...so thats kind of fun. We were friends for a bout a year and then she called me and asked if I wanted to work a little bit between school and stuff! So its really been perfect.
Cayden is going to preschool..which is actually almost over. He is so very excited to start kindergarten this fall. He and I went to a meet and greet a few weeks ago at his school. He got to meet all the kindergarten teachers and play in the room while the parents went to some different rooms and learned how we could help our kids be prepared for school. It blows my mind that these little ones are going to be reading and writing already! I dont remember doing that in kindergarten! Cayden is so unbelievably smart already, and doing some of these things right now so I know that he will do wonderful! He is such a fun kid. I still have not found a favorite age for these kids....every day is so much fun!
Kennadi is 2, but thinks she is just as big as Cayden. She is expecting to start school right along with him...its going to be difficult to explain to her why she is not going. She talks so well that it blows peoples minds when I tell them she is only 2! She is such a sassy little thing too..its funny to me, but someone has to disipline her sometimes! I usually have to turn around and laugh after I talk to her about not doing or saying something that she had just done. Her logic is hilarious! Besides all that, she is so beautiful and just so much fun! I cant believe how fast she is growing up!
This September we are going to be expecting a new member in our family! We are all very excited! We are actually going to be finding out later this week (unless legs are crossed) the sex of the baby! I can not wait for that. I just want to buy stuff and start getting things prepared. With everything else thats going on in our lives, I know that these last months are going to fly by. Cayden wants the baby to be a boy, and he wants to name it either John Wayne, Thomas, or Cayden. He doesnt care that his name is Cayden too..he thinks that would be cool to have two Caydens. Kennadi wants the baby to be a girl (actually she sort of demands it) and she thinks she will name it Italy. Very random. I dont know why she wants to name the baby that, I think its because she hears me say that my dad lives in Italy, so she likes that word now. So anyway..it should be fun!

I need to put some more recent pictures onto the computer, so I can add some to the blog, but for now these will do!