Fun Pic's

Keri and Kelly came down to Monticello this weekend for the Ramsay Reunion. We had Jonathon take a couple pics of us girls :) We are missing Ami though :(. Today Keri, Kelly, Ami, and my mom all ran in the race down by newspaper rock. So Jonathon and I are watching all 4 girls. Ami's 2, Alexis, and Nicole... Tonight we are supposed to go eat with the Ramsay family and visit with relatives we don't get to see much!

Fun Pic's and our weekend!

Jon, Grandpa Carter, Rich, Tanner, Dennis, and Jonathon
waiting to get into the conference center for the Priesthood Session
on Saturday.

Chris, Jonathon, Tyler, Jon, Rich, Tanner, Dennis, Sterling, Grandpa Carter
and Cody outside the conference Center.

Alexis and little Preston boy!

Well we just got back from going up north this past weekend. We left on Friday morning around 8 am. Jonathon had to be up there by noon because he had services to do for the Pest Control Company. So when we got up there him and Chad headed out for the day. I hung out at Kelly's for a little bit and got ready. Then later after Jonathon finished we went over to his Aunt Valynn's house to visit. That night we went and got frozen yogurt with Chad, Kelly, Nicole, Keri, and a guy that she is kind of dating, named Russell. It was a lot of fun :) On Saturday morning I had my Repeat Ultrasound scheduled for 10:30 a.m. I was so nervous.. because I didn't want the guy to say that I still had Placenta Previa. I've been praying all month long to please just let the Placenta be where it needs to be. Not even a minute into the Ultrasound the tech said well from what I can see the Placenta is no where near the cervix!! He told me the doctor would have to confirm it... but that I shouldn't be worried anymore. I felt such a huge relief :) I almost started crying in the room... but stopped myself. The rest of the ultrasound was really quick.. she was kicking around and she had her hands clasped together for a second! He just hurried and measured her head.. and said that she is right about where she should be measuring. Her heartbeat was 143 and he said that she is definitely still a girl :) She looked perfect! Alexis was in the room with me and would say "there is her head, there is her legs" and so on. She also looked at me and said "I just really hope that the baby doesn't have to go back to heaven." The Ultrasound guy kind of laughed and I explained to him that when I miscarried we told Alexis that the baby needed to go back to heaven.. he looked at Alexis and said "Nope, you are going to get a baby sister out of this one!"

In her prayers the other night.. she also had asked Heavenly Father to please help that her baby didn't have to go back to heaven this time. It was such a precious moment. She loves this baby so much.. Alexis asks me every single day.. "Mom, how's that baby doing." She also gives my belly lots of hugs and kisses and will talk and sing to her baby sister. She keeps asking me when the baby will be able to come out.. She then says "The baby still needs to get bigger huh?" She is already the best big sister.. and always so concerned with how I'm taking care of the baby in my belly.

I know that Heavenly Father answered my prayers.. and I'm beyond thankful and just feel very blessed.

When I got out to the car after the Ultrasound I just started crying. I can't explain the relief I feel to know that so far the baby is doing really good.. and things look great! I'm so in love with this little baby girl and can't wait to hold her in my arms.

I spent the rest of Saturday kind of just sitting around.. I watched conference while Jonathon drove up to SLC to go to the Priesthood session with his Uncles and cousins. His Uncle had an extra ticket and he was really excited to go! They all went last year too. Afterwards they all went to Golden Coral and pigged out. So while he was there I went and had dinner at Kelly's house with Kelly, Keri, Erin, Chad, Nicole, and Alexis. Erin made really yummy spaghetti! After that I met Jonathon over at Dennis and Valynn's and got to visit with Chris and Summer and see there 3 little ones :)

Sunday was relaxing and we spent most of it watching conference. All the talks were amazing.. And I really enjoyed watching it. I think we as members are so blessed to be able to hear from our beloved Prophet and his counselors. This world is pretty crazy, so it's nice to be able to get guidance and counsel from the leaders of the church. Later Sunday night we went over to Dennis and Valynn's again just for a little bit.. It was nice to visit with Jonathon's family.

Early this morning I had just a regular OB check up with Dr. Willis. Baby's heartbeat was 145 and he confirmed the ultrasound results :) It's always nice to hear the baby's heartbeat. I told Jonathon that I could sit and watch her on an Ultrasound all day long and not get bored :) Just for Journal purposes from when I first went to the doc to now I've gained 7 lbs. Which I guess isn't horrible considering I'm more than half way done. I don't know... We'll see!

Anyways that was our weekend.. Alexis is still doing great in Preschool! My mom, Derek, and I went out to the Mine that Jonathon and my dad work at and had them give us a tour on Thursday night! It was awesome :) I didn't have my camera :( So I didn't take any pics. I'm sure we all looked lovely... with our hard hats, boots, and mining lights on our heads! It was really neat to see where Jonathon works everyday. I don't know if I could be underground for 10 hours everyday.. but it was fun to go down in there. It doesn't really seem like you are underground unless you let yourself start thinking about it. Derek even ran the jackleg for a minute... (that is the machine they use to put a bunch of holes in the rock for the Dynamite to go in.) We even got to hear a blast go off! Jonathon said it wasn't a very good one.. But I thought it was cool! We are all doing great! Jonathons and Chads Pest Control business is doing really good.. It seems like whenever we are up there for them to do services they end up staying out longer because they get another sell! I'm really excited for next summer and they are both anxious :) I guess that is it for now..

20 weeks along taken on Sept. 30

Camping :)

We went camping this past weekend out at the White Wash Sand Dunes near Green River. We'd never been there before.. but Jonathon had heard that it was fun and had good dunes for riding. We had such nice weather the whole time we were there.. Not one cloud in the sky. In fact there was a full moon. We took the dogs and they had a good time running around as well. I would've enjoyed myself a lot more.. but my teeth were hurting pretty bad from getting my wisdom teeth out on Thursday. I was pretty miserable. It was still fun to be out camping though. On Friday night we had pork chops, green beans, and dutch oven potatoes for dinner :) It was yummy! The next night we had hamburgers and hot dogs. It was interesting trying to eat this weekend with my stupid teeth. In fact they are still hurting me.. Ugh hopefully they start feeling better soon.

Gibson following Jonathon..

Alexis riding the 4-wheeler with her dad.

Alexis and Jonathon even built a sand castle :)

Alexis thought Jonathon's mining helmet was pretty cool!

Dentist....

My mom, Alexis, and I drove up here on Monday because I had a dentist appt. this morning and I also have one tomorrow. So we just made a trip up.. we hung out with Keri all day yesterday and we'll spend time with Chad and Kelly today. So this morning at the dentist went pretty good.. I've always had happy gas whenever I've gone to the dentist, but now that I'm pregnant they won't let you have it.. (obviously being safe comes first.) So I was a little nervous today. But the dentist I go to has a tv that you can watch while they are doing the work on your teeth so it really wasn't bad. I had a couple cavities fixed today but tomorrow is the main day I'm nervous about. I'm getting all 4 wisdom teeth out :( I decided to go ahead and just get all my dental stuff out of the way.. because after the baby comes I'm sure I would've just put it off. My wisdom teeth aren't impacted or anything.. SO I'll just get numbed and that will be that. We are supposed to go camping this weekend and I just hope that by Friday afternoon I feel okay enough to go. We'll see I guess. Oh.. going to the dentist is just so much fun isn't it?

Fall Pictures :)

We drove up the mountain yesterday to take a few pic's of Alexis with all the pretty leaves. We got a few! The wind was blowing pretty hard on some of them.. but the leaves are very pretty right now :)

Crystal wanted me to send her some pic's of our little family.. So we took just a few. I didn't even realize we were all wearing brown yesterday :) I want to go up the mountain soon and take some pic's with the fall leaves!

Fun Pic's

Alexis riding a horse for the very first time!! She loved it
Now she wants to go ride all the time. She was such a big
girl on that horse. I was nervous the whole time.

Daddy and Lexi taking a nap :)

Journal Entry

Just wanted to hurry and post what we've been up to this past week and a half. Last Monday my mom and I went to Dove Creek and had Jackie do our hair! Jackie is the only person that has ever done my hair exactly the way I wanted it each time. I just have to tell her what I am kind of wanting and it turns out perfect! She is amazing :) So I'm happy that I live so close to her right now. When we got home Sam, Ami, mom, dad, Jonathon, me, and Alexis drove to Moab for kind of a fun get out of the house night :) We went to dinner and went and saw a movie. Dinner was really good.. we ate at this Mexican restaurant that I've never been to. The food was awesome and the prices were great! We went fishing a few more times.. with little luck... (But I guess fishing has been slow.) That is what the newspaper said anyways. Alexis started preschool last week as well. She absolutely LOVES it! Jonathon and I had to hurry and run up north on her first day of school to the ultrasound to find out the sex of the baby.. so my mom had to take her. Her teacher said she cried a couple of times saying that she wanted her mommy.. but the teacher was able to calm her down and she made it through! She was very excited to tell me all about it when I got home! Her second day went perfect and right when I picked her up she said "Mom, I didn't cry.. not one time!" Her teacher said she is a very good girl and that she gets along really well with all of the kids.
Our weekend was pretty much spent watching football. BYU lost :( Utah won! and the Oregon Ducks (Jonathon's main college team) won! I don't mind watching BYU.. but after so many hours I start getting bored. So my mom, dad, Alexis, and I went fishing again :)
This week Alexis had preschool on Tuesday and Wednesday and had a blast. On Wednesday it was her day to bring a show-and-tell item! She chose to take her guitar! I thought she'd get nervous and not sing her song.. but nope not at all. She sat down and just started singing. This is how her song went.. (She wrote it herself.) "If you want to be a cowgirl like me oh ya." There were a few more words after that.. Something about doing your homework.. ha ha and then she stopped singing and everyone clapped! The little kids just looked at her like how in the world can you play that thing. She is pretty good on her little guitar. Jonathon said he'll start teaching her chords when her fingers can actually reach up around it. I was so so proud of her! She has just grown into this big girl these past couple of weeks. I thought for sure I would have to stay those first couple days with her at school.. but all I do is give her a hug and kiss goodbye and she's already playing before I can get out the door. She just amazes me lately.
I can tell that she is really starting to get bored playing by herself all the time though. She can keep herself entertained for quite a while.. but then she'll ask me to go outside with her or play a card game... I don't mind of course :)
She said the funniest thing the other day. We went up to Izzy's soccer game the other night and Alexis got to play at the playground with Sorcia. Afterwards Sorcia and Izzy came over for just a few minutes and then had to go home. Alexis started crying and said that she didn't want her friends to leave her.. She asked me if she could go with them.. but they were already gone. I told her that I would play with her and be her friend.. and she said "You can't be my friend, you're my mom." But we went outside and got our bikes and went for a ride.. That made everything all better. I know she is getting very anxious for her baby sister to get here so that she'll have someone to play with :)
The other day she told me that she loves being here at Grandma and Grandpa's and wants to stay here forever.. She loves her grandparents! She also likes to go over to Grandma Josies with my mom everyday.. and she'll just sit there and tell Grandma Josie all sorts of stories! I know my grandma enjoys our company so we try to visit everyday.

On Wednesday night my mom and I went over to Kelly's mother-in-laws house because she was having a jewelry party. I'm not huge into jewelry.. sometimes I wish I was because some stuff is so cute! I did find two very cute rings and I'm very excited for them to come. It was fun to visit with Kelly's mother in law.. and also just fun to look at jewelry!

Last night we all went to the Volleyball games. The Lady Bucks played San Juan Broncos. I had not been to a volleyball game in I don't even know how long. So Alexis and I even went to the C and JV games also. The C team was tied 2 games to 2 and won the fifth game! The JV was tied 2 games to 2 and lost the fifth game.. and the Varsity also was tied 2 games to 2 and lost in the fifth match 14-16. All the games were so close and I thought the Lady Bucks did an awesome job! I remember in high school San Juan was always a team to beat when it came to Volleyball. And I was very impressed with how the girls played. So in all I Alexis and I watched volleyball from 4 - 10 pm. yesterday. Alexis was awesome! I couldn't believe she stayed entertained that whole time! Jonathon even enjoyed watching the game :)

It is Homecoming week here in Monticello so today was the little parade they do. It went right by my moms house this year (very convenient) so we put our chairs out and watched the marching band, cheerleaders, football team, and class floats :) Alexis got a lot of candy! Derek made sure to throw her her favorite candy bar too! Tonight when the boys get home from work we are all gonna go to the football game.

Someone asked me the other day what it was like being back in Monticello. I told them that when we first thought about coming here I was not very excited.. But it really hasn't been bad. It is very peaceful here. The other night while we were fishing there was the most gorgeous sunset and the views of the lake and the mountains is always just breathtaking. I didn't have my dang camera of course but it was just such a nice night. It has also been so much fun being here with my parents and brother. Derek isn't really ever home.. but it has been nice to get to see him. He is growing up so fast.. and who knows where this life will take all of us. I know that my mom gets lonely sometimes.. with my dad at work and Derek bumming around.. So she really likes having Alexis and I here. It's been fun to get to be with her everyday. On Sunday morning at 7 am. my dad woke me up to go fishing with him. (My mom was supposed to come, but she didn't want to wake up.. lol) So it was just the two of us. Anybody that knows my dad knows that he isn't someone that talks a lot. He likes quiet and usually if you ask him a question he'll respond with a yes or no and that is that. It was fun just talking to him while we were fishing :) We had no luck at all with catching anything, but it was nice to be out there on the lake that morning with my dad. He started asking me if I ever really have any morning sickness and I told him no not really.. Not more than 5 minutes later I got really dizzy and thought I was going to fall in the water.. and then I threw up. My dad was like "I guess I shouldn't have brought it up." lol.
My parents are amazing people that love each one of their kids so much. I don't think any of us siblings could ever repay my parents for all of the things they've done for us. I love them very much and am so thankful that they are letting us stay here :)

Jonathon is really liking working out at the Beaver Mine. He said it is so much better than working in Elko. I haven't heard him complain once about the work. The next 6-7 months are going to fly by and then he'll be going back up north in April of next year to do the Pest Control business and go full force with it! I'm glad we get this opportunity to save while we are down here so that he can quit working and just do the Pest Control next summer :)

It's A....

16 Weeks along taken last week at Jonathon's

Moms house.

GIRL!!!!
Yes we are having another little girl :)

I'm so excited! I can't wait to see what she looks like! Alexis is very excited to have a little sister. I was so happy driving home yesterday.....

And then about 2 hours after the ultrasound my doctor called me and told me that I have what is called Placenta Previa. It is a complication of pregnancy in which the placenta grows in the lower part of the uterus and covers all of part of the opening to the cervix. My doctor said that since it is still early on in my pregnancy that the placenta should move up by itself. He scheduled me a repeat ultrasound for next month to see if the placenta is moving up where it should be. I of course was pretty worried and I still am. Obviously the best thing that could happen is that it just moves up and fixes the problem itself. The worst thing that could happen is that it never moves up and continues blocking the opening to the cervix. What can then happen is I could start bleeding towards the end of the second trimester or really anytime.. and in that case I would need to be monitored very closely.. They then try to do what they can to stop the bleeding and keep the baby inside the womb for as long as possible. If by full term the placenta still blocks the cervix I would of course have to have a C-section. It can be very dangerous because there is the possibility of hemorrhaging. The biggest risk is that severe bleeding will require the baby to be delivered early, before major organs, such as the lungs, have developed. So it is definitely something that we are praying goes away on its own. I think the scariest thing I read is that when you have the placenta lower on the uterus after they take the baby C-section it can be very hard to stop the bleeding unlike normal pregnancies. Basically the uterus doesn't contract the same and if they can't stop the bleeding in some cases a hysterectomy and blood transfusion are necessary. I can't even fathom the idea of having a hysterectomy done at such a young age.





Anyways I know I'm probably worrying a lot more than I should.. But it is just something that is very scary. I guess the only thing I can really do is hope and pray that when I go get an ultrasound next month that we'll see that the placenta is moving up where it needs to be. Until then I'm just going to take it easy.

Journal Entry

This past week has been a lot of fun! We went up north on Saturday and stayed there till Thursday. We did some clothes shopping.. (got shirts for my growing belly) we visited with Jonathon's family.. we went to Sterlings first football game, which they won! And we sold our truck :( I was sad to see it go.. but we just don't use it enough. It was a great truck though! Alexis and went to the Dr. while we were up there because we had a cough for almost 2 weeks. We got some antibiotics and cough syrup and we are doing much better! Alexis also went to the dentist.. and they said her teeth are perfect! No cavities, and no concerns :) She really enjoys brushing her teeth! I also went to the dentist and the dentist told me I really need to get my wisdom teeth out :( So I'm scheduled to do that at the end of the month.. I'm a little nervous.

Jonathon and Chad stayed pretty busy with the Pest Control stuff while we were up there.. One day they were gone from 9 am to 6 pm doing services!! So that was exciting!

After we got back to Monticello from being up north we drove to Cortez on Friday so that Jonathon could get a physical because he is going to start working out at the Beaver Mine with my dad. I think his first day will be on Tuesday. My dad will be his boss.. and Ami's husband is also on that crew. We decided for him to just do that for the winter because it has good benefits and he'll have Friday, Saturday, and Sundays off so that if we need to run up north for the Pest Control business he can.

We are getting so excited and anxious to find out what the baby is!! I can't wait till Wednesday morning. In the beginning I had a feeling that we were going to have a boy. But for the last couple of days I have really been thinking that it is going to be a girl. So who knows.. I just can't wait to find out!

Today has been a great Sunday! Church was great and we heard a lot of wonderful testimonies. I also got to visit with one of my closest friends from elementary and high school. Christine came over after church and I got to meet her 7 month old little girl Jillian! She is adorable.. We visited for a while and it was really great to catch up! It's always fun seeing old friends :)

We got our very first letter from Crystal yesterday.. and Alexis was so excited! We read the letter to her.. and she said "Mom, I want to write a letter to Auntie tomorrow!" It sounds like she is already learning the language and doing well. She said she really misses everybody and is very excited to find out what the baby is!

Alexis is starting Preschool on Wednesday! I can't believe it :) She is getting so big. She seems very excited to start so I guess we'll see how she does.

We went out to the farm to watch Derek and Jonathon ride their bikes...

They were still working on their ramp that they made. Trying to see how far they wanted it from the landing.

Alexis always has to pose in every picture :)

We have been babysitting Nicole since Tuesday... Kelly was down here but she drove back to Provo and rode back here with Chad when he got home from work. They got here Wednesday night but only stayed for about 20 mins. They headed to Durango for their Anniversary weekend. So we've had little Nicole! She is such a cutie.. but her and Alexis fight non stop over toys it seems like.... If there aren't any toys they are just fine. They've been jumping on the tramp, watching movies, eating, playing outside, and eating some more. It seems that one of them is always hungry :) Nicole likes to chase Cocoa around too! It's been fun getting two girls ready in the morning.. and I told Jonathon that I could have another little girl :)

Quick post

We had such a great time up north and ended up staying for a whole week... We were supposed to come back to Monticello on Sunday, but didn't get back until last night. We spent a lot of time with Jonathon's family... and got to hang out with Crystal before she left. We went out to dinner at Texas Roadhouse for Summers b-day on Saturday night!
We played Volleyball at the park two nights in a row with the family.. which is always so much fun :) Keri even joined us on Monday night. We spent a lot of time just relaxing and watching movies.. (Jonathon's mom has like a thousand movies.) Jonathon's mom made us yummy dinners... and it was nice to see Jonathon's dad. Alexis and I went swimming at Keri's townhouse on Saturday with Kelly, Keri, and Nicole :) That was fun and it was a perfect day to go swimming! I'm glad we had the chance to go up there and be with Crystal on her last week at home. We are so proud of her for choosing to serve the lord. She went into the MTC yesterday at 1:45. We know how much she is going to miss Alexis.. She had a hard time saying goodbye to her. Alexis is really close to all her aunties. It will be fun to write her letters and send her updates on Lexi and the baby :)
Anyways we had a really great week... I'm sure my mom is very happy we are back because she had to take care of Gibson and Jade while we were gone. THANKS MOM! We wouldn't have been able to stay without your help!

Lexi and Mommy :) Fun pic's!