Madi says

You are the sweetest. I love this stage.

You talk so much and say some of the sweetest things.

NOVEMBER 2014

Waiting to check out at Hobby Lobby, you asked me for a treat. I said ok, you looked around the store and said you couldn't find a Tootsie Roll. I said "I don't think they have any" and you very loudly said OH COME ON! and threw your head back. Everyone in line busted up laughing.

At dinner with the Powell Great Grandparents. Grandpa referring to dinner says "Madi, do you like the steaks? I bought 'em" Madison quickly responds "Grandpas bottom? EWWWW!" 

Last night you found a fake spider left over from Halloween and crawled it up my arm and when I pretended to be scared you said "oh mommy I'm sorry. I was just pretending, it's not spooky"  

Last week I cut my face and it was bleeding a lot (which face wounds do) and I kept wiping it with a tissue to get it to stop. You were very concerned and wanted to keep checking on me. I asked you if you wanted to clean it up for me and you responded with "mom, that's disgusting!" 

When daddy comes home from work you hug him and say "miss you buddy". Your goodness outweighs your naughty ness. You are a very good kid, aside from the no sleeping at night. 

Pom a Dino = pomegranates 

Cock a my doodle = what a rooster says
Farter Farter - Firefighter

   

9 weeks. Round Two

Here is a side by side picture of my tummy at 9 weeks. I think it looks about the same. Jeans are still fitting but the sickness is horrible. It comes in waves and I have thrown up a handful of times this pregnancy.

Mothers are Not Wimps

Sometimes I feel like the world is teaching women that motherhood 

is a lot of things that it is not.

In social media and the political world, and even in our own neighborhoods

we are being taught that to be a mother we need to

feel scared to raise teenagers or to be frazzled about toddlers,  

or exhausted about the midnight feedings.

I have heard mothers complain that pregnancy and delivery are too scary 

and they don't even want to have children.  

And mostly that if we are happy mothers--we are not normal.

Ladies, we are not wimps.

Don't let anyone tell you so. 

While I will admit motherhood, at times, are those things I mentioned above, 

 it is also and mostly satisfying, rewarding, happy, colorful, 

beautiful and so much fun.

Motherhood is natural.  WE know what we are doing.  

Deep within us we are born with a maternal instinct and we

carry traits of honesty, faith in God, duty, respect for others,

 kindness, self-confidence, and the desire to contribute, 

and teach love to our children’s minds and hearts.

We are kind and soft and brave and powerful.

I realize that motherhood comes easier and maybe more natural to others,

But it is still our divine purpose, and our right as a woman.

 I am sticking by that.

I am on your side, and if you need to change your babies diaper in the trunk

of your car in the grocery store parking lot,

I won't judge.  You are have an ally in me.

"Mothers, cherish that role that is so uniquely yours and for which heaven itself sends angels to watch over you and your little ones. 

Yours is the work of salvation, and therefore you will be

 magnified, compensated, made more than you are, better than you are, 

and better than you have ever been. You are doing terrifically well. 

The very fact that you have been given such a responsibility is 

everlasting evidence of the trust your Father in Heaven has in you. 

He is blessing you and He will bless you, even—no, especially—when your days

 and your nights may be the most challenging. Rely on Him. Rely on Him heavily. Rely on Him forever. And “press forward with a steadfastness in Christ, having a perfect brightness of hope.”

Jeffery R. Holland

7 weeks

Well nugget. Turns out you are only 7 weeks 5 days old today. I don't know why but someone at the dr office told me that you would be 10 weeks today and that is why we went in.

We got to see you today. Daddy had to work but Mimi, papa and big sister came to see you. They brought out an older machine and you were so small that they had a hard time seeing you and we didn't get to hear the heartbeat. So after everyone went out to the car, the ultrasound tech snuck me in for another look on the new machine so we could get a better look. It was kind of a nice private look just the two of us and it was kinda sweet. You are so tiny right now. I am glad that madi was wrong when she kept telling me that there were "two a dem". I still don't know who you are, with Madison I knew 100% that she was a girl and with you I just can't decide. 

I think the second time around you are still excited because you get to see the spark of life but so nervous because you are so aware of the many dangers. 

I am sick and have been pretty bad in the afternoons and evenings. I think I was sad to find out that you were just under 8 weeks because I already look like I'm 12+ weeks. Which means you were only 4 weeks 3 days when we found out with such a super positive test. Crazy!! So yay for a few more weeks of sickness. 

Your heartbeat was 138. I am excited to find out who you are in a couple months!