Another Dr visit, another peek at Mali!!

So I went to the Dr today and got a few more pics of Mali BUT the main reason for the visit was to check my placenta previa AND it hasn't changed. We are hopeful that it will but you never know. As of right now it looks like we will be having her around Oct 17. If my previa doesnt go away by c-section, and if it does they are still going to let me have her around then by induction. They are doing this so that my family in NC can be here if they want and can be. As for Mali she sure is growing fast. 4 weeks ago at my last visit she weighed 1 lb even today she weighed 1 lb 14 oz. The last time I measured 22 and was 21 weeks (4 weeks ago) and today I am 25 weeks and measured 30!!
She is so beautiful and looks and acts so peaceful when they do the ultrasounds of her. What a perfect little gift from our Heavenly Father. Isn't it amazing how much love you have for your unborn child. The love that we all have for her grows everyday and we cant wait til Mali is here and completes our family :)
On a different note, I am at home alone!!!! John has taken the kids to WAL-MART!!! He's getting them a few things that they need for school and picking up some groceries. They sure are lucky that I met and married someone that loves them so much. I truly feel like he loves them like they are his own and they love him just the same. I am indeed a lucky lady!!

We WERE going to be on time :)

Well, the kids all got up when asked to this morning!! surprisingly!! They all ate breakfast and got dressed for church. I had to wash the shirt that I was going to wear. Iron Michaels and Johns clothes, got all that done. We were actually going to be on time to church today, maybe even a little early. THEN Maleah decides shes going to go ahead and get in the car!! She unlocked the drivers door, layed the keys on the seat, shut the door so that she could get in the back and HAD LOCKED THE CAR!!!! With the keys still on the seat!! Are we going to be to church on time today, NO!! We are now waiting for someone to come and unlock the car!! Hope the day gets better :)

OH YEAH.......

We had a wonderful 4th of July!! We couldnt decide where to go and what to do, because there was so many places we could go and so much to do. We ended up going to Atlanta Motor Speedway to the Friday night Drags and they had a wonderful fireworks show in between the racing!! (Atlanta Motor Speedway is about 10 mins from our house)

Things I would like to do.....

I thought that I would blog a little differently tonight!! I am going to list things that I would like to do in my lifetime, hopefully over the next couple of years!! AND these are in no particular order, just things I would like to do!!

1. Place more trust in God

2. Have more FAITH

3. Read the scriptures cover to cover ( I did in seminary but thats been too long ago)

4. Watch my children grow up healthy and happy

5. Be the best mother ever

6. Gain a stronger testimony

7. Take a cruise!!

8. Have FHE every week

9. Carve my body into a state of fabulous

10. Paint the rooms in my house

11. Get a new digital camera and take lots of pictures

12. Visit my family in Harkers Island more

13. Get a great tan every single summer

14. Do something to help terminally ill children and their families

15. Give to the needy

16. Spend a day just driving and spend the night wherever we end up

17. Go fishing

18. Plant a tree

19. Go white water rafting

20. Nurture self confidence and humility in my children

21. Take a ride in a plane (never been on an airplane, there is a hot pink plane that flies into Atlanta and thats the one I want to go on!! LOL)

22. Visit a foreign country

23. Take a trip to Hawaii

24. Learn to play the piano better

25. Be a better example to my family

26. Not take so many things for granted

27. Go to school!!!

28. Say I love you more

29. Go to a concert

30. Plant a garden

31. Run in a race

32. Have all of the kids pictures taken and framed and placed in my living room!!

33. Get a piano!!

34. Eat dinner every night at a reasonable time!!

35. Take a trip to the mountains!!

36. Make more friends, where I live

37. Blog weekly

38. Travel to Utah

39. Have a BIG Thanksgiving dinner at my house!!

40. Be more humble

Okay this is taking longer than I thought, I have to go and finish dinner, another late night of eating, get the kids in the shower and put on their pj's and get ready for a hopefully good nights sleep!!

OK so its been too long.............. not that anyone probably even reads this!!

Ok so I have waited way to long to post again. So much has happened. I was only 8 weeks pregnant the last time I posted and I am now 22 weeks along!!! We have found that this sweet little spirit that is joining our family is a little girl!! Her name is Mali Anna. I think Mali is such a cute name and LOVE IT!! It also is a Thai name, most of you know that John is 1/2 Thai, BUT I dont think we are pronouncing it the Thai way. It is pronounced like mallie or Tally the Thai way is pronounced more like Molly!! Anyway, then John and I decided on Anna, after my Nannie, Annie Lee!! So when we found out Michael said he had too many sisters, he didnt want another sister he wanted a brother!! I think he would have given her to anyone who would have taken her!! BUT now ALL the kids are excited and we all anxiously await her arrival. I have had complications throughout this pregnancy so we are hoping that her arrival wont be until the end of October like it should be. We are keeping our fingers crossed!!

Last week Grandma and Pa came for their 1st visit to our home here in Georgia. They got here on Monday and were supposed to leave on Friday, BUT Pa left all of his medication at home so there visit was short-lived. Maleah was baptized that Tuesday night by her Pa. They left the next morning for a trip to the Island, the kids were so excited to be able to spend time with their cousins!! I am ready for them to COME HOME!!! I am sure they are having a wonderful time. The first full day they were at Pa's and Grandma's there were 18 kids there!! I was telling Granny about it and she said I bet your Moms head hurts!! LOL!! Its just the way she loves it!! Hopefully they will be able to go out in the boat before they do come home.
Courtney and her boyfriend are down this way right now, they are at Six Flags today and are supposed to come and visit me tomorrow before they leave. Slowly but surely we are finally having family come and visit us!! We are hoping that when Mali is born that we will be fortunate enough to have family visit again!! Well I have been on here for long enough, I guess I should go get back in bed and try to take it easy. We want Mali right where she is for as long as possible!!

Well............

Well 4 days after my last post, the day before Johns 39th birthday, we found out we were having a baby!!! John and I and Marlee, Makenna, Maleah and Michael are so excited!!! Marlee and Makenna wants another baby brother so they can put make-up on him ;) Maleah wants a baby sister and Michael wants 2 baby brothers that he can teach how to play ball. I have an appointment on Thursday for my 1st ultrasound and John and I cant wait!! My due date is October 28, I will be 8 weeks tomorrow!!

We also have opened our own business!! A to Z Vacuums and Shampooers. Michael dropped out of Pre-K to help Daddy run the shop. He says he doesnt like that they never have a day off!! LOL But he loves to go to work with Daddy instead of going to Pre-K. I am still working at the furniture store with hopes of retiring soon. Marlee, Michael and Maleah have birthdays next week. Marlee is having a sleepover/spa party on Friday night, she is inviting 11 girls so it should be fun!! Next week is also there Spring Break and I have taken most of the week off, hopefully I will be able to get some spring cleaning done!!

John and Michael are off to work and I need to be getting ready!! So I guess I will keep this one short and brief and update again after my appt on Thursday!!

By-the-way, the picture down below of the hotel we took Macy and her kids in, got quite a bit of damage during the tornadoes this weekend!! Needless to say, we couldnt ride that elevator right now!!

Long time coming!!!

Time sure does pass fast!!! I cant believe that it has been almost 2 months since I have blogged!! You know we moved here the 1st week of May 2007 and the only person to visit us was Brookie!!! We LOVE you Brookie!! Well FINALLY someone else came to visit!! Macy and her 4 kids!!! We had a great time visiting with them!! We took them to Noahs Ark!!! This is a must for anyone visiting us!!! It is an animal shelter/ foster home for kids!! They have two new tigers that they rescued from North Carolina, just a couple of months ago!! They have deer and llama just walking freely around the zoo. The kids and the BIGGEST kid, JOHN, got in trouble for roaring at the lion!! BUT the animals that I love most there are the monkeys!!! A first for all of us was going to downtown and going to the Westin. This is a 72 story hotel that has a glass elevator on the outside of it!!! It has the best view of Atlanta that you could ever see. It is pretty amazing!!

We first took them to Underground Atlanta, where we were followed in by a homeless man, who knew quite well what he was doing, trying to act all nice and helpful, then asking for money!! And he got some!!! Then we made the what seemed like 50 block walk to the Westin for the incredible view. This was an entertaining walk!! This was the same day as the primary Presidential elections in Georgia!! As we were walking this truck with like a 10 foot bed drives by full of people clapping and chanting OBAMA OBAMA!! Michael asked his Daddy, why are they saying YO MAMA YO MAMA?!! funny Anyway we had a good time and a LONG walk back with 3 adults and 8 kids, 5 of which were 4 and under!!!! We had a fun time and hope they can come back again!!!

John and I (and the kids) are opening our own business this weekend!! A to Z Vacuums. We repair vacuums, sell reconditioned ones and have parts and supplies (bags, belts, etc.) for them!! I have to work on Saturday but John and the kids will be having the grand opening that day!! The kids have all of next week off for their mid-winter break!! Everyone has been sick with colds and such over the past few weeks, SO hopefully they will be well and be able to enjoy their break!!! Hopefully I will be able to blog more and keep anyone who does read this more up to date with what is going on in our crazy lives down here in the south!!!