Happy Thanksgiving

I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving. We have so much to be grateful for and I am so grateful for all of you in my life. God Bless!
XOXO
Sara

Baby Shower Pics

After the shower Connor and Addi had baby races down the hall and had a dance party!

Lori

My sister in law Abby and Mari

April and Angie

Grandma and Charolotte

Jesse, Laura, Nicole (all ignoring the camera)

Kevin's Family: Anut Sue with Anna, sister Savannah, mom Teri

Amy and Kristen

Little Miss Attitude

As I said a couple of weeks I have some photos from my baby shower and I finally can upload them now. Thank you everyone for a fabulous time!

Winter Rut

I am in a winter rut. I feel just blah, and prego and just yuck and I'm trying to snap out of it so I was doing some web searching for some inspiration and found this and thought I would share. Enjoy!

"I Totally Love Myself in the Now"
Love is the biggest eraser there is. Love erases even the deepest imprinting because love goes deeper then anything. If you childhood imprinting was very strong, and you keep saying: "It's their fault. I can't change," you stay stuck.
Do a lot of mirror work. Love yourself in the mirror from the top of your head to the tips of your toes. Dressed or naked. Look into your eyes and love you and your child within.
Be gentle, kind and comforting with your inner child as you uncover and release the old, negative messages within you. Affirm: All my changes are comfortable, easy and fun!" And so it is!
Louise

Check out her website http://www.louisehay.com/

K~Love

1. Where did you meet your husband? We had mutual friends back in the day, when we first meet each other we were not impressed with each other to say the least, then a couple years later we were crazy for each other

2. How long did you date before you got married? We dated about a year before we got engaged, then we were engaged for about a year. We started dating New Years Eve of 2002, yes I was just a young lil pup then

3. How long have you been married? 4 1/2 years, wow that makes me feel old

4. What does he do that surprises you? He is the best at surprises! He does the great little everyday stuff, cooking for me-he does that a lot cause he is way better at it than me, picking up Addi, which counts as surprises cause I don't ask him to do this stuff he just does it sometimes. But he is the bestest at big surprises! And I love surprises so I always make sure not to be snoopy. For my 20th bday he got us VIP tickets to Sara Evans at the Winery at Eagle Knoll, which included an amazing dinner, front row seats and lots of wine. Then the next year a month before my birthday he got us great seats (fourth row) for Tim McGraw and Faith Hill, rented a white limo, and took me to dinner at the Melting Pot. I know I am one lucky gal!

5. What is your favorite feature of his? His face, the whole thing, he is so manly and rugged but can be so polished and he has this way of looking at me with this look in his eyes or a deep heartfelt laugh that his whole face lights up. He is such a stud!

6. What is his best quality? He cooks for me...ok really it is he is a really hard worker, always trying really hard to provide for our family and he has unwavering loyalty to his friends. I know thats two qualities, your just lucky I stopped there.

7. Does he have a nickname for you? No not really, the occasional Bunny or Princess but any sweet nothing will do

8. What is his favorite food? Anything with cheese or ranch or better yet both

9. What is his favorite sport? Does hunting count?

10. When and where did you first kiss? A few weeks before we were even officially a couple in his kitchen with our friends in the living room watching movies, gives me butterflies to think about it.

11. What is your favorite thing to do as a couple? I love our lazy Sundays where we just hang out around the house and cook and watch movies and just be as a family. Or when we are up in McCall four-bying or fishing.

12. Do you have any children? 1 and 3/4 and Kevin would count his cat, but I don't like the cat

13. Does he have any hidden talents? hhmmm if he does they are hidden from me too

14. How old is he? 26

15. Who said I love you first? I did. I wear my heart on my sleeve, I can't help it. But he did ask me to be his girl and I said no, then later I asked him to be a couple and well you know the rest

16. What is his favorite music? pretty much anything, not a big fan of rap or country but he likes some of it all

17. What do you admire most about him? Wow, um he's pretty great all around but if I had to say something it would be he doesn't like to go to bed mad or walk away he likes to talk it through and resolve the issue. I admire this because I'm more of a run away, avoid confrontation type of person but he has really taught me to work through things.

18. What is his favorite color? Blue

19. Will he read this? No. Pretty sure he has no idea how to get to my blog.

20. I tag Tara, Amy, Kelly & Lori

Happy Friday

"Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos into order, confusion into clarity.... It turns problems into gifts, failures into success, the unexpected into perfect timing, and mistakes into important events. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today and creates a vision for tomorrow." -Melodie Beattie

40 Days

So, I just figured out that if things go according to plan then Hudson will be born in 40 days! I'm so excited and nervous! Thank you so much to everyone who was able to make it to my baby shower! I had a great time and hope you did too. I have pics to come soon.

The Happy List

• Addison: every day she makes my world brighter and puts a smile on my face.


• Kevin: he is always supporting me.


• All my family and friends, if I listed you all out we would be here for hours, but you know who you are and you know I love you!


• Hudson: this pregnancy has gone so well against all odds!


• Hudson full closet: Stacey and Becca gave little Hudson so, so many clothes that I really don't think he would ever wear them all. This random act of kindness by my sweet friend and sister has meant so much to me, as a mother you worry so much about being able to adequately provide for your kids and now as I walk by his full closet and get tears knowing that God answers prayers through the people in our lives.


• I have a job in a time when so many others don't.


• I know I am loved. I still have all my birthday cards up on my fridge and they make me feel all warm and fuzzy inside.


• I am healthy.


• God loves me.


• As promised in my previous post about trying to stop worrying I thought I would take a few quick minutes and write down a few happy thoughts.

Lots to say

Well, my mind is racing a million different places, as it seems it is most days. Addi and I had a fun Halloween, we went trick-or-treating with my sister Amy and her family. I just adore Amy and we haven't seen much of each other lately so it was really fun to spend time with her. Addi did so good going door to door! She walked right up to each door, and got a piece of candy and insisted on caring her own basket, she was so cute! I couldn't believe how well she did, she was little miss independent and happy that she could do it all by herself. We didn't stay out too long but we had a blast, although we missed Daddy cause he had to work late (I am so ready for my husband to be out of the car business!). Thanks Amy and Family! Saturday I got a pre-natal massage that Mari gave me for my birthday, Becca watched Addi and then we both hung out with the kids. Connor and Addi are only three months apart and it is so fun to see them be the cutest little friends. Connor can talk to so well and the whole time was saying Addi this and Addi that...we even got him to say Baby Hudson and to point to my tummy and say 'baby in there'. It is amazing how smart Connor is, he is only 18 months old and just so smart, like his mom and dad. Then the guys got off work and we all had pizza and watched the end of the BSU game. It was really nice to just hang with family and to be able to just be. Sunday Kevin had the day off and we just hung out at home. I had all these things I was going to work on, but we just relaxed all day long and it felt great! I went to the doc this morning and things are going great, everything is right where it should be.

Switching gears... life is been...I don't even know how to describe it, its not bad, and there are lots of good parts but it is stressful. There are these trials that I feel like I've already dealt with a hundred times and I'm just frustrated that I'm still dealing with it. I know life can't be perfect and I know I need trials as a part of life but I just want a break. I don't want to have these constant worries, I'm sick of trying to figure out how to just get by with the basics in life. I feel like I have to keep having these trials because I haven't learned what I need to yet, but I feel like I get. I just want a break. A few months where we can make ends meet and have fun and relax with our family. I try to tell myself positive affirmations and put positive energy into the world but it just feels like a huge joke. I'm trying here but I just need a break. Then as soon as I write all this I feel guilty because somehow, and I have no idea how we are being taken care of; we still do have a roof over our heads and food on our table. I really don't know how we are getting by each month but we. And that's all I ask for, but its hard not to want just a little more. I feel silly about writing about it and so materialistic and I don't like being that way. I'm just sick of not being able to go out to dinner with my husband or go buy clothes for Addi. But enough of that. When I was getting my massage there were these positive affirmation sayings and the one that really sticks out in my mind is this:

My world is well.

So I will stop whining and put my big girl panties on and deal with and keep reminding myself my world really is well and that God does love me and beyond that I am going to give it my A+ effort to stop worrying.

8 months

I can not believe I am eight months pregnant today! It is just crazy, this pregnancy has gone by so much faster. I am ready to be done though, I am uncomfortable and can't sleep and my lower back and hips are bothering me, just the usual pregnancy stuff. Other than that every thing is going great! I am excited and getting ready, I can't wait for my baby shower on Saturday and to get his room all set up. I know these last seven weeks are going to just fly by! See you soon baby Hudson!