My great week!

This past week was great!!! Tuesday was my birthday so we started the celebrating on Sunday. I hate the way that just sounded, like whoo hoo it's all about me. Anyway, Linda made a wonderful turkey dinner. Yummy stuffing, cranberry sauce, sweet potatoes, need I go on? It was soooooo good. Milisa gave me the most perfectly colored digital camera!! It is the same color as my phone. I need to get a card for it and then the picture taking is on!!! I got a gift card to Pamida from Jon and Linda, yea David can't steal it from me!!!!j/k On Monday I made homemade chicken noodle soup over mashed potatoes. Mmmm. We had the Marchants, the Shanors including Emily, and Milisa over. I thought it would be a good idea to try and cut the tip of my thumb off:) It didn't hurt except for the initial cut but I almost passed out twice. How stupid is that. Once on the couch(well on the way I guess) and then in the kitchen when Jon was looking at it. DUMB!! It barely bled because I smashed the "flap" back down as soon as I did it so it wasn't the sight of my own blood or pain so who knows!!! Jon said it needed stitches so maybe it was the thought of needles being poked in for anesthetic and then the suture part. It hurts now more than then because I can not stop bumping it or snagging it and opening it again. Oh well, it will heal.(with out the stitches, since no way in heck was I going, I am a weeny sp?) My parents(Shanors) got me two flash lights, one of which is a crank one so no batteries!, and one of those oil things with the sticks coming out that smell good.(I can't for the life of me remember what they are called so if I remember I will come back and erase this:)) So on to Tuesday. David asked his mom to watch the girls and took me to, drum roll please......CHINA TOWN!!! I love that place. We got there at the most perfect time. Everything was fresh and full and delicious! I also got sooo many flowers and balloons from, David, Jess, Carrie,and Teresa. Kristie cooked some yummy things for me and Brandie gave me cookies and milk! On Wednesday Raichel wanted to take me to dinner, just me and her, since my husband took my on my actual birthday. Guess where we went! Haha, that's right. I can not get enough of that place. Oh wait, first I joined Weight Watchers. Guess I blew that right away!! I planned on starting today(Sat) since I had meals all planned out and it was a hectic week but I started yesterday anyway! On Thursday we had meeting in Cody at 2 so we didn't get home from work until 5:30 so McDonalds it was.(See why I wanted to start today) And yesterday I went visiting teaching so I made the chili I had planned on. We had the Rusch family over for that. What a great week. Now starts the weigh losing phase of my life. This year I plan on being 25 and skinny. Scratch that....25 and thin. I think I would look weird if I was skinny;) Like a short P ha ha. Those are the first thing to go away on some women but not me:( They could be a little smaller if I had it my way! Anyway, that huge post is all for now!!!

Another stolen thing from another blog

I found this on another blog and wanted to post it too because it made be laugh. I was born in 84 but I actually did the Cartlon dance(read it and you will get it) today at work. Seriously!!!!! It is recorded on the Maverik cameras!! No number 20 on this one.
YOU KNOW YOU GREW UP IN THE 80's if...
1. You've ever ended a sentence with the word "PSYCH!".
2. You can sing the rap to the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and can do the Carlton dance
3. You know that "WOAH" comes from Joey on Blossom
4. If you ever watched "Fraggle Rock"
5. It was actually worth getting up early on a Saturday to watch cartoons.
6. You wore a ponytail on the side of your head.
7. You got super-excited when it was Oregon Trail day in computer class at school.
8. You made your mom buy one of those clips that would hold your shirt in a knot on the side.
9. You played the game "MASH"(Mansion, Apartment, Shelter, House)
10. You wore stonewashed Jordache jean jackets and were proud of it.
11. You know the profound meaning of "WAX ON, WAX OFF"
12. You wanted to be a Goonie.
13. You ever wore fluorescent clothing. (some of us...head-to-toe)
14. You can remember what Michael Jackson looked like before his nose fell off and his cheeks shifted.
15. You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the only female smurf.
16. You took lunch boxes to school...and traded Garbage Pailkids in the schoolyard.
17. You remember the CRAZE, then the BANNING of slap bracelets.
18. You still get the urge to say "NOT" after every sentence.
19. You thought your childhood friends would never leave because you exchanged handmade friendship bracelets.
21. You ever owned a pair of Jelly-Shoes.
22. After you saw Pee-Wee's Big Adventure you kept saying "I know you are, but what am I?"
23. You remember "I've fallen and I can't get up"
24. You remember going to the skating rink before there were inline skates.
25. You have ever played with a Skip-It.
26. You remember boom boxes and walking around with one on your shoulder like you were all that.
27. You remember watching both Gremlins movies.
28. You thought Doogie Howser/Samantha Micelli was hot.
29. You remember Alf, the lil furry brown alien from Melmac.
30. You remember New Kids on the Block when they were cool...and don't even flinch when people refer to them as "NKOTB"
31. You knew all the characters names and their life stories on "Saved By The Bell," The ORIGINAL class.
32. You know all the words to Bon Jovi - SHOT THROUGH THE HEART.
33. You just sang those words to yourself.
34. You still sing "We are the World"
35. You tight rolled your jeans.
36. You owned a banana clip.
37. You remember "Where's the Beef?"
38. You used to (and probably still do) say "What you talkin' 'bout Willis?"
39. You're still singing shot through the heart in your head, aren't you

Too funny!!!!

Faith's turn

Little miss Faith turned 8 yesterday. We don't get to celebrate until this weekend but, HAPPY BIRTHDAY! It is hard for me to remember that she was a few months younger than Jadalie is when I first met her. She was so quiet, yet so devious. ALL that know her knows she has a wild naughty streak that defies all reason. She can be so sweet all at the same time. She loves her sisters and they love her. All of them.(She has a couple on her mom's side too.) She loves to brag them up and tell everyone the new things they learned. She likes church and will hopefully choose to be baptized soon, but for now she is a little scared. We are planning a bowling party for her, but no time or anything yet since we never know how the weather is going to be and if we can get up the mountain to get her. Any way here are some pics of her that are very cute!

She kinda looks like she is glowing in this one.

This was her first time participating in a primary program.

Covergirl

She is getting so big

This was at her birthday party last year. Chuck E. Cheese baby!! Hmm, why does she look like she just stole someone's tokens?!? :)

This was almost two years ago!!! She had just lost her second tooth. Raichel pulled it out if I remember right. Just reached in and plucked it out. The first one we tied to her tooth, then to the phone, and had her drop the phone off of her top bunk. That was funny to watch!
Well there is Faith's picture post/Happy birthday announcement(even if it was a day late)

We love her and are glad to have in in our lives, she sure makes things interesting!!!!!!!!

Nani's pics

I didn't forget this time!!! Since we lost the card for the camera a long time ago Nani doesn't seem to have as many pictures as Jadalie.(She was my first so she has like 20 a day for the first year) It only holds 19 I think now so I have to get them on the computer ALL THE TIME! Soon enough David said he would buy me a nice one. I might need to hit some people up on how to use it I bet! He said he would get me one for my birthday but I really want a Weight watchers membership thing instead. He said ok but he is still going to get the camera cuz that's not a a fair trade. Maybe if this works I might want to be IN some pictures!! Any way here are some Annalyn pictures I like.

I have a fondness for fuzzy-russians :)

This was the day after she was born I think. I gave her the pacifier even though they advise against it if you are breastfeeding. She had low blood sugar so she needed poked A LOT. every time she got poked she would scream and cry, wasting the little energy she had and dropping her blood sugar.(That is what a nurse told me) I gave it to her cuz sucking of course calms them and she stopped crying almost immediately after being poked as long as it was in her mouth. I think she looks like a hungry little chipmunk :)

One of her first little smiles. She very muchly(I don't think thats a word...it is now!) likes to stick out her tongue.

I loved when she first caught onto the fact that she could go for things she liked. She always has a look of sheer determination. I hope she never loses that!!!

Baby tag

I have seen this on a few other blogs including Kara's and decided to do it, even if there is no number 25:) I should also let you know that David and I have a baby who is with her Heavenly Father waiting for us so there will be three for a while! Of all the things people said to help my through that, Frank Wilkerson made it all ok by telling me that that little baby was so perfect that once she got her body Heavenly Father needed her right back. (We don't know what the sex was actually because it was too early but we just assumed, although we do joke that that was probably our only boy!)

Baby Tag
1- Where were you when you first found out you were pregnant?
#1- Bathroom on Main Street
Jadalie- also bathroom on Main
Annalyn- bathroom on Oregon

2- Who was with you?
#1- Me, David was in the living room
Jadalie- Raichel barged in before my pants were even up!!! She really wanted to know and thought I was going to look first.
Annalyn-Me

3- How did you find out that you were pregnant?
#1 took a hometest the day of my missed period I think
Jadalie- Took 5 tests at home(the first 4 were negative but I new I was)
Annalyn- home test

4- What was your first reaction to finding out you were pregnant?
#1- So excited I couldn't stand it
Jadalie- EXTREMELY UPSET! I was bawling sp? and Rai thought I was just happy but I was freaking out since we had just lost #1 and I new the stats for it happening again since it was so soon.(I even yelled at her a little bit, Sorry sis!)
Annalyn- Happy but a little nervous as we had just bought our house.

5- Your Husbands reaction?
Happy every single time!

6- Who was the first person you told?
#1- David
Jadalie- Raichel and then called David. Funny story insert- I had gone to Cody with Rai and I was going to buy yet another test. I forgot and picked one up at Blair's in Powell. I didn't know how to explain the other check since if it was negative I wasn't going to tell David. He was worried about me thinking I was when the tests said no. I think he thought I was losing it.(I was a bit) So I found something from Walmart that was the same price as my cover-up:) I just threw out the receipt. I know...devious. So anyway, when I called to tell him I took a test he asked me why I kept doing that and I was crying and yelled at him that I was f****** pregnant. He was sooo excited that he told Adrin Mayes right then. I yelled at him for that too. I was too nervous for many people to know. So that just ended on NOT a happy note but it is funny now that everything is fine!!!!!
Annalyn- I kinda think it might have been Jessica but I'm pretty sure it was David(We let Abby(Jessica's oldest daughter) tell everyone else)

7-Did you plan to get pregnant?
#1 Yes
Jadalie- kinda, we were going to wait til January but we had planned #1 and Jadalie came so fast after we lost #1(9 days according to the first ultrasound, so ALWAYS be careful:)) that....well....sorta, I guess
Annalyn- Kinda again, we were trying and one day we went to the bank to see what we could be preapproved for for a house, just kinda checking things out and were suprised by the amount. We checked around on a few houses, mostly just looking and then found the house we wanted and decided to go for it. We also at that time decided to put the baby making on hold until things settled down and the house stufff was squared away. Ha ha too late.

8-Was everybody happy for you?
#1 yep even though I had always said I didn't want kids.(David changed that, Thanks Dave!!!!)
Jadalie- yes
Annalyn- yes

9- Did you go out and celebrate?
#1- Nope
Jadalie-Nope
Annalyn-Kinda, we had a BBQ that day to celebrate moving into our house(That's were we let Abby announce it)

10- Did you want to find out the sex?
#1- had planned on it
Jadalie- Absolutely
Annalyn-You bet

12-Did anyone throw you a baby shower?
Jadalie- Yes
Annalyn- Yes

13- If yes, who?
Jadalie- Arie
Annalyn- Jessica

14- Did you get any outfits at the baby shower that you just knew you weren't going to put on your baby?
not really, that I can remember

15- How much weight did you gain?
Jadalie-30lbs
Annalyn-15 in the end, I was sick so I lost a bunch in the beginning and then gained it back and then the 15

16- Did you loose all of the weight that you gained?
Jadalie- yep in the first week and a half(I found every ounce of it before concieving Nani)
Annalyn-yep even though I started out so much fatter :)

17- Did you get a lot of stretch marks?
Jadalie- Oh my heck yes
Annalyn- I don't think anymore could have fit

18- What did you crave the most?
I didnt have cravings

19- Did you crave anything crazy?
nope

20- Who or what got on your nerves the most?
Jadalie-Horror birth stories, seriously...first time moms are freaked out enough. And the fact that people think pregnant women are all of the sudden handicapped and can do NOTHING. Give me a break.(Don't get me wrong, it is very thoughtful but it was very frustrating for me as someone who tries to be very self reliant)
Annalyn- David :)

21- Were you married at the time?
Yeppers, with all

22- Did you have any complications during your pregnancy?
None besides losing one but I don't know if that qualifies

23- Where were you when you went into labor?
Jadalie- home, I had to go to Maverik and ask Jess and Mary if I really was though cuz I didn't know what to expect ha ha ha!!!
Annalyn- home

24- Did your water break?
Jadalie-nope
Annalyn-yes, luckily I was alredy at the hospital

26- Did you go early or late?
Jadalie- early 8 days
Annalyn- early 3 days

27- Who was in the room with you when you gave birth?
Jadalie- David, Dr. Spomer, Sharae Bischoff(nurse), student nurse I think was all
Annalyn- David, Rai, Dr. Spomer, 2 nurses I didn't know

28- Was it video taped?
No, even though Raichel thought it should be

29- Did you have any drugs for the pain?
Are you kidding me?!? Of course! I was an epidural when I stub my toe!
Jadalie-Spinal that worked for the transition part and then wore off for the delivery
Annalyn- Epidural that I got during the hard, fast transition contractions that lasted beautifully through the whole thing. I was even laughing during the pushing phase.

30-Did you go vaginal or have a c-section?
Jadalie-vaginally
Annalyn-Vaginally

31- What was your first reaction after giving birth?
Jadalie- kinda didn't really feel too real and very much glad it was over
Annalyn- very relaxed since it was, in the end, easier and it wasn't my first ball game

32- How big was the baby(s)?
Jadalie- 7lbs 15 oz
Annalyn- 7lbs 5oz

33- Did your Husband cry?
Probably, he cries at commercials sometimes. He has a heart like his dad.

34- What did you name the baby(s)?
Jadalie Anne Marchant
Annalyn Rai MArchant

35-Did the name have any significance to you?
Jadalie was a mix of a name in a dream(Jalie) and a little girl in town(Jada) and Anne is my, my mother's, and my grandmother's middle names
Annalyn I heard on t.v. and Rai is from my sister Raichel

36-Does the baby's name fit?
Their names don't really have meanings so I guess not, but they sure don't look like Jennies or Davids, well kinda they do ha ha ha. We had their names before they were conceived and born respectively so we could never see them as anything else.

37- Did the baby(s) have any complications?
Jadalie- Perfectly healthy
Annalyn- had low blood sugar and was stabbed repeatedly and she was jaundiced, just barely on the good side of having to be under the lights

38- How old is your baby today?
Jadalie- Will be 3 on the 20th of next month
Annalyn- 9 months and 4 days

40- If you could would you do it all over again?
Nope, ha ha just kidding. Who would ever say no?!?!

No camera, favorite pics of Jadalie

So since my camera is out of commission, I thought I would post some pictures of each kid. I promise to do better with this than I did with the morph thing!!!!
I have really cute ones from when Jadalie was little but they are all on discs and if I got into those I would never find the time to post. So here are some from off of the computer:)

It looks like she is giving the princess wave after a piano recital!

Not too often that we get a good smile from her that gets caught on camera.

Lovin' our "crop" (she doesn't even like them)

Lookin' good

Just plain ol' cute!

Not dealing so well with the new baby:)

She would find a paci, get in, and fake cry

If you enlarge this one you can see how green her eyes used to be.

She was soo little when we bought our house.

This was her, as coined by Abby, "hilly-billy teeth" phase.

She didn't get her first tooth until she was 13 months old. We thought she got her fangs first like I did but it was actually her... next to middle front teeth. I have no idea what they are called. We assumed they were her fangs because of the big gap but she just got HUGE front teeth. Well 1, her other front one didn't come in for a long time hence, Hilly-billy teeth:)

This will be one of my favorties forever. This is Jadalie and Damon Summa when they were 6 or 7 months old. These two have lots of pictures together as Tiffany is one of my closest friends and we seem to get pregnant at the same time, ha ha that sounds naughty;) Her boys were actually due a month after my girls each time. Donavin came 7 weeks early so they didn't come out that way!!! Anyway check out the mohawk Jadalie used to rock, and those chubby cheeks, and roly-poly arms(her legs were that way too)!! Sooooo cute!

Jadalie Says....

So I have been trying to teach Jadalie some, hopefully, not yet necessary, information. She has been learning: her full name, my name, David's name, the town she lives in(she goes to daycare in Byron so who knows, she might need to know!), and most recently, her phone number. I test her through out the day and she is getting really good at the names, or so I thought;) I asked her a little bit ago what her name was. Her response," Jadalie Marchant." Of course it sounds different in Jadalese:) I asked her what her dad's name is and she tells me, "David Marchant." "Annalyn Rai Marchant," was right as well.(No idea why her name always get the middle one included but it does) She has a hard time with Faith, but thats a given for a 2 year old. Sariah Faith Wagner doesn't really follow the same guidelines as the rest of us. So I ask her what my name is and she beams a big old smile and says, "Honey Marchant." Are you kidding me?!?!

My tummy hurts.

Jadalie's new thing lately is saying that her tummy hurts. I often hear "My tummy hurts, I need a nap." She has started having a tummy ache for everything though. "My tummy hurts, I need a blanket." or "My tummy hurts, I need bites." or "My tummy hurts, I need a hug." Other causes for her new found pains include.
"My tummy hurts,...
*I DON'T want bites."
*I need a bath."
*I need apple juice."
*I need "Little Einsteins"
*I need my po-po(purple, which is actually Annalyn's) blanket."
*just because."

It hurts for everything anymore. Maybe she needs a specialist:)

Ha ha as I'm typing she just told me "My tummy hurts." When I asked her why she said, "I need to puke." I asked her why she needed to puke and she told me that she was gonna puke because she needed a blanket!!!!! Wonder what it will be next!

No X-mas pics

So on Christmas I planned on taking a few pics with the camera since I can NOT find the card a few is all we get at a time. Well I remembered to set up the video camera and was too worried about that that I forgot the normal one. I have taken pictures of the girls with a few of their gifts so I thought I would throw some of them on little by little. Yesterday I attempted that. As you can see, no pictures!!!!! Apparently David caught Nani under the computer desk sucking away in the cord. Needless to say, spit and what ever else she had in her mouth have made putting them on here impossible until we get a new one. Anyone who knows how things go in this house, can pretty much tell that there will not be any pictures for a good couple of months:( The girls made out like bandits, and I got a new wedding set as mine, well half of it, is M.I.A.:( My hands got to swollen with Annalyn so I got out of the habit of having it on so I left it on the microwave with another one and the wedding band part and the other one have been accounted for but not the pretty part:( I got David the Iron Gym. Part of both of our new years resolutions is to get in better shape. We all know how mine will go. I have NO will power or self control. Oh well good thing David likes the fatties ha ha I'm the only one he's had:) Anyway, hopefully we will do better on the others: be FULL tithe payers, David wants to make it to Priesthood meeting at least 90 percent of the times he can go, and I want to do better about preparing my lessons sooner than Saturday. There are so many other things we need to work on but I think these ones we can actually attain. Wish us luck as we try to start the new year out right!!!!!