Well here goes again.......

Ok so I'm gonna play catch-up!! I went to the Dr and got a good report. Mali had gained a pound in 3 weeks, she is growing very fast!! And no more placenta previa!!! Her little cheeks were so chubby. We are anxiously awaiting her arrival!! I go back to the Dr this week. On Tuesday I will be 31 weeks. So not much longer before this little one is here in our arms, being spoiled rotten. This was my 30 week picture, that was taken this past week.

The kids have started school. This will be their 4th week of school, so its an old thing even to Michael already. Michael is really liking Kindergarten and loves his teachers, Ms Connel and Ms Cross. Maleahs teacher is Ms Ware and shes loving being the only big sister at school with Michael. Makenna is a big middle schooler now. We tell her she has become a social butterfly since she has started Middle School. She spends the nights away now and goes home with friends after school. She even went to the skating rink this past Friday night with Marlee. They are both in Chorus and their 1st concert is October 16. Marlee is loving school again this year and is in the BETA Club and the Chorus Presidency. Thats about it for right now. I will try to post again Thursday after my Dr's appointment!!

New Camera!!!

OK so my camera broke in like October. And I have been heartbroken ever since. I LOVE to take pics of everything especially the kids!! And a camera is definately a must with a new baby on the way!!

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!!