Yep I suck at this again! My summer has been a bit chaotic though with 8 kids running around, and a husband withhealth issues. Now it's September, and the kids have started school (1st, 4th and 7th grade), so things are a bit quieter and as long as Bella isn't too much of a terror I can take a minute to post. I will start with Anth's health, because it was the scariest part of it all. Anth woke up one morning and couldn't move. It was so scary, and it got worse as the day progressed, so I took him to the Tooele urgent care The Dr there was clueless as to what it could be. He ended up sending us to the University of Utah hospital. After hours of laying there miserable, and going through multiple tests they found out his potassium was down to a 1 and it should be a 4, and the reason he couldn't move is his body was shutting down on him. He was dying! They immediately started loading him up with potassium through an IV and pills. After being there overnight, and getting no sleep at all we were able to go home with strict instructions to rush back in if anything wasn't normal again. Also to follow up with his Dr. When we followed up with his Dr his carbon monoxide levels were through the roof. He had carbon monoxide poisoning from work, so he was on leave for a weekso it could go down, and luckily no problems since, but it was a scary couple of weeks! Otherwise our summer was pretty typical. The kids played outside a lot. They were constantly bored according to them. They drove each other and me completely nuts, and are all happy to be back in school. Tasia turned 6 over the summer, and we went swimming with my mom for her birthday, and it was so much fun! Bella loved every minute of it. She's not too sure how she feels about the kids being gone, but she's getting used to it. She has decided to tear out all of my movies and rearrange my area rugs lately just to see my reaction. She's a handful for sure! Right now we have fall soccer going for Syd. She got to go to the Real game during the major storm last Saturday, and I was a nervous wreck waiting for her to get home but she had a blast! I think that's about all for now. I really will try to be better at updating this.

Feelings....

Feelings really suck sometimes! Especially when they are negative feelings. Yep this is one of those posts. Sorry guys. You can ignore it if you want, and move onto something more upbeat. Last night Anth had a game, and my kids like to take Bella for walks around the ballpark in her stroller. After one of the laps they had done they ran over to tell me they had seen my dad. Of course he had ignored them, because that's what grandparents do right? Oh that's right, grandparents don't ignore their grandchildren just my wonderful father does. I told them just to keep walking if they wanted. We have done nothing wrong, so we don't have to be the ones to avoid him. All the while, my heart was shattering into a million pieces over the situation as it has countless other times. What kind of person can seriously do that to innocent people?! What kind of person can abandon their own child after 30 years and their grandchildren for no reason at all? My kids were way close to my dad, and they CR about how much they miss him all the time. It breaks my heart! Not only that but we lost pretty much a whole family. Besides my sister Stephanie non of my immediate family on that side speaks to us. Not my other sister, not my aunts, uncles, cousins....besides my cousin Chanda none of them speak to us anymore. We have been excluded from everything. To top things off, I went to check on my kids and my dad's girlfriend was staring at them. Then she turned and saw me, and leaned in and started whispering to her friend. I have nothing personally against her. I actually know her, because she is Anth's cousins aunt., but don't play the whisper game when I walk by and don't stare at my kids! I spent half I'd my husband's game bawling last night, and wishing things were different. It'd. Be nice if it even got easier, but it has almost been a year and so far it's worse than even when it first happened. I sure hope I'm not a total wreck like this every week. The week Anth and my dad play each other should be lots of fun :(

Help!

Does anyone if I can post pics on here directly from my cellphone, and if so how?

Through thick and thin

Anthony's grandpa passed away Wednesday morning, and last night at his viewing someone mentioned that him and Anth's grandma had met when they were 12 years old. Can you imagine losing someone you love after they have been in your life for 56 years?! I couldn't handle it! That's not the point of this post though. The whole thing got me thinking about how lazy our generation is about marriage and relationships. People don't seem to think they need to put any effort into things. We all expect it to be easy. So many people get divorced for stupid reasons. Don't get me wrong, I think in some cases it's definitely the way to go. By that I mean, if your spouse is sleeping around or you're being abused,. I definitely wouldn't expect anyone to stay for that. We all need to understand times get hard, people get stressed and people fight. There are so many steps you can take to try to repair a marriage before giving up in it. When I said my vows to Anth, I meant them! I plan to stick by him through thick and thin, and I plan to take every measure (ife needed it) before I would ever give up on

Tomorrow our little princess will be one year old!!! I know everyone says it, but time has flown by so fast. Bella has brought so much joy to our lives. Some facts about Bella..... Loves to dance! Any music that comes on she starts bouncing or wiggling her hips. Loves to snuggle! Climbs on everything...beds, chairs, couches, etc. Eats really well, but especially loves green beans, ramen noodles and pasta. Has 2 bottom teeth, and is getting 2 on top I took her off the bottle yesterday, and she is doing really well Sleeps through the night Knows when I get the water bottle and comb it's time to do her hair, so she backs up and sits in front of me Talks a ton! She says hi, bye bye, no, mama, dada, nini (Sydney), hey, here, five (for high give), a boo (Bella boo), nigh night, tee-a-doo (peek-a-boo), here, ya, uh oh, baba, caca and up If we say "Arabella Lu!" she'll look at us and shake her head, because she know she's doing something wrong. When she gets tired she pulls her own hair She's in love with her blanket. She won't go to bed without it, but she's a hot baby so she can't have it in her, and has to sleep in her diaper. If I put her in pjs she'll wake up screaming in the middle of the night until I take them She is so attached to Syd, and a lot of times wants her when she is upset. She's so lucky to have such a good big sister who is just as attached to her :) She is still tiny. She's 19 lbs, and is barely in 6-9 month size clothes. ......I think that's about all for now. Happy 1st Birthday princess!!!

Spoiled Angels Boutique

For those of you with little girls (newborn-6x in size) you really need to check out this boutique. A girl I went to high school with does it out of her house. She has adorable clothes, and amazing prices! She has a Facebook page where you can check out her stuff. My sweet Bella is one of her models, and after seeing all the clothes on her I can't help but but t hem lol I have gotten Bella's birthday and Easter outfits from her, and have also bought all her clothes we're giving her as gifts from us. It definitely beats going to Salt Lake, and you'll never find such cute stuff @ such great prices out there either!

So much to tell!

I can't believe I have gone so long without posting! I'll just start where I left off. We didn't take any trips this summer since Bella was so little, but it was definitely an interesting summer. My parents have had a lot of problems for some time, so my mom filed for divorce in July. It has been a long, dramatic and emotional process. My dad has decided he doesn't believe I'm his daughter, 29 years later. I haven't spoken to him since August. My kids are heartbroken, but sadly I can't change his mind. Out holidays were busy, but fun. Syd and Dom got cellphones for Christmas, and they are attached to them 24/7 I am pretty sure Syd is on Facebook more than me lol Tasia got a long haired guinea pig that she named Rapunzel. We didn't know when we bought her that she was pregnant, so we were surprised to wake up to 3 babies 2 months later. Sadly, two of the were stillborn, but we now have another female guinea pig named Sophie. Syd is becoming so much more grown up. She helps me out tons! I don't know what I'd do without her. When we moved to Tooele the kids started going to Northlake, and it was horrible for Syd :( She was picked on from day one, and no matter what I did it never changed. After 2 months I changed her to West, and it was the best decision ever! Dom hasn't changed much. He turned 9 in January. He's still into video games, and games he downloads on his phone. He loves skateboarding. He has adjusted really well to the move. Tasia is still bossy as ever. She started kindergarten, and loves every minute of it! In August she had her tonsils and adenoids out. Everything seemed great until a week later when she started having major high fevers. She was admitted to the hospital for 3 days for major dehydration. They never figured out where the fevers were coming from, but after 2 nights of spiking at 104.5 and packing her in ice they got it under control. It felt so good to be home, and have her feeling better! Then we have out little Bella who will be 11 months in 6 days. She is a happy, and very advanced baby! She sat up at 3 1/2 months, started crawling and talking at 5 months, standing at 7 months and has been walking for a month now. She gets lazy, and likes to crawl though lol She has recently started modeling for a local company called Spoiled Angels Boutique.It is so much fun, and the clothes are adorable! As far as Anth and I, we are doing great! He has been such a great support during the stuff with my parents. He is an amazing father to our kids, and I don't know what I would do without him! He's still working for the depot, but we are wanting to move to the Ogden area before Syd starts junior high in the fall, so that will be changing. I'm still tending and doing all the mommy stuff, and I wouldn't trade it for anything! I will try to post pictures later :)