Just a few things....

Here are just some of the many things that have gone on in our lives since I last blogged....

*Paige turned 7 in August and her and I spent her Birthday in Vegas. It was a lot of fun. To start her birthday off right the fire alarm went off at the timeshare and we had to evacuate. She thought this was a little scary but we assured her that everything was ok. Paige is our little worrier. I wonder where she gets that from?

*In October Coen had his birthday and we celebrated it in Yellowstone. It was a lot of fun too. Too bad dad was not able to come. He had to work but the kids and my mom and I had a fun time.

*Also in October we had Halloween. Paige was Snow White, Johnny was a pirate, and Coen was Blues Clues. I think the kids most favorite part of Halloween was sitting on the porch and handing candy to all the Trick or Treaters.

*In November we celebrated Johnny's 5th birthday on the 22nd. I can't believe it has been 5 years. We had a family party for him and he had a blast. I never knew a kid could get so many presents. It seemed like Christmas at our house.

*And last but not least the biggest thing that has happened during the past few months is I am PREGNANT! I am 20 weeks and am having a baby boy in April. Paige was really disappointed that it was not a baby girl but we told her that it is awesome that she is the big sister to so many little brothers and that she is my little helper. This made her excited and she is already talking about waking up with the baby and walking with him at night. We will see how long that lasts! This pregnancy has been very different from the rest. I have been very sick and very tired. When I went into the Dr.'s for the first time he asked how I was feeling and I told him that this was by far my sickest pregnancy he laughed and said well let's see how the babies are. We all laughed and then a few minutes later he got really serious and said well I am not laughing now but you were having twins. John and I just about fell over. One of the babies had died. He called it a Vanishing Twin. He told me that if I had come in to his office at 8 weeks or so he would have heard two heartbeats and told me I was having twins. I had never heard of Vanishing Twins before so when I got home I looked it up. Apparently it is very common it's just that most of the time no one knows they were having twins. Usually by the time you go to the Dr either you have miscarried the baby and expelled it our it has been absorbed. In my case the sac was empty but had not been completely dissolved. So my Dr. told me that I might have some bleeding and that if I did that I should come into his office to make sure the other baby was still ok. Of course this freaked me out but it was for nothing because I never had any bleeding and my body just absorbed it. When I went to the Dr. the other day to have my 20 week ultrasound there was not trace of the other baby so everything was ok. But this explained all my sickness. The Dr. told me that even though the baby had passed away my body was still producing hormones like I has having twins. I finally started to feel better around 17 weeks and what a relief it was. I think we ate out in the last few months more then we have our entire married life. Now everything is good, the baby looks healthy and we all can't wait to meet our new little addition in April!