My Other Halfs

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  Thirty years ago today, I had the great opportunity to come to earth with two of my best friends. It has been 30 years of memories in the making, and it is hard to be away from them on our birthday. It seems crazy to cross over to my 30's, but 3 is my lucky number so maybe my 30's will be great years. I have no regrets looking back at the last 30 years of my life. There are always little things I would have changed but then I think those challenges are what makes me who I am today. My siblings bring out the best in me, and it is always comforting to know that even though I am getting old they are just as old as me. As I look back, I think about all the times my sister would do my hair and make me feel beautiful. Back in the days I had no fashion sense and lacked the ability to do my hair. I remember getting so upset becuase my sister would do her hair and it was perfect, and then I would look at my reflection and wonder what happened to me. She has a natural talent of making me feel beautiful. I'm happy to say that I now have some sense of fashion. My brother was and always will be there for the "boost me up talks". My favorite times with my brother are those trips we took after his mission to california and back. It was a great bonding moment. The Lord knew that I wouldn't survive without my buddies helping me along the way.

  I also want to recognize my mom and dad who sacrificed so much for us, I am sure it wasn't easy raising three at once. I have a hard time with one sometimes. My parents molded us into great individuals. I am also greatful for all my friends that have helped me along the way and my husband. Special thanks to my blogging buddies that have befriended me up here in Logan, and have made the transition so much easier. Thanks Katie and Rachel.

My Other Halfs

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  Thirty years ago today, I had the great opportunity to come to earth with two of my best friends. It has been 30 years of memories in the making, and it is hard to be away from them on our birthday. It seems crazy to cross over to my 30's, but 3 is my lucky number so maybe my 30's will be great years. I have no regrets looking back at the last 30 years of my life. There are always little things I would have changed but then I think those challenges are what makes me who I am today. My siblings bring out the best in me, and it is always comforting to know that even though I am getting old they are just as old as me. As I look back, I think about all the times my sister would do my hair and make me feel beautiful. Back in the days I had no fashion sense and lacked the ability to do my hair. I remember getting so upset becuase my sister would do her hair and it was perfect, and then I would look at my reflection and wonder what happened to me. She has a natural talent of making me feel beautiful. I'm happy to say that I now have some sense of fashion. My brother was and always will be there for the "boost me up talks". My favorite times with my brother are those trips we took after his mission to california and back. It was a great bonding moment. The Lord knew that I wouldn't survive without my buddies helping me along the way.

  I also want to recognize my mom and dad who sacrificed so much for us, I am sure it wasn't easy raising three at once. I have a hard time with one sometimes. My parents molded us into great individuals. I am also greatful for all my friends that have helped me along the way and my husband. Special thanks to my blogging buddies that have befriended me up here in Logan, and have made the transition so much easier. Thanks Katie and Rachel.

She's my Girl!

The best place for a sticker is on your belly, or that is what Morgan thought. It was great entertainment while it lasted. I think she is in desperate need of a brother to keep her company. I wish I could say that the time is fast approching, but I feel like time is going by slower and slower. I have 5 more weeks before I can introduce Morgan to her brother. She will be a great help. She loves to pretend to be a mom, she tells me all the time that I need to listen. When it is time for me to take a shower she gets me a towel and puts her toys in the bathtub for me. She is such a joy to be around, I had no idea how much I would enjoy being a mom.

Top 10 things I love about being a mom!

• I love watching Morgan Sleep and the peaceful look on her face and being able to kiss her over and over again.
• I love her random kisses and hugs
• I love watching her learn and develop
• I love being able to stay at home with her( thanks Jeremiah for working so hard)
• I love her cuddles
• I love her willingness to help and her ability to teach me patience while she is helping cook or clean.
• I love her laugh
• I love when she kisses my boo-boo's better
• I love the silly things she does that makes me laugh
• I love watching her interact with her daddy
• I love being able to wipe her tears away and comfort her( there is always room for one more answer)

He's My Guy!

I thought today I would take the time and recognize Jeremiah. He has been so patient with me and my emotions that have been so out of control. Sometimes I wish he could experience pregnancy and truly understand, even though they think they do(but maybe I wouldn't be able to handle his emotions if he was pregnant.). He has been brave to come home to me everynight wondering what kind of mood I will be in. So this is for Jeremiah, the top 10 things I love.

1. He is very patient and dedicated to being a great husband and father
2. I love the way he spends his precious time being with the family
3. I love his sense of humor, and his ability to make me laugh
4. I love how hard he works for me to stay at home, and I love that he reminds me the greatest job I could do is be a mom.
5. I love the way he gently kisses me on the forhead, and tucks me in at night
6. I love the endless massages that he so willingly gives me
7. I love that he doesn't have a temper
8. I love that he is so supporting with my goals and dreams
9. I love the way he hugs me and lets me know that everyting is going to be okay
10. I love the last wonderful 4 years that he has treated me like a princess and sweeps me off my feet daily.

Well I am anxiously counting down for march 6th (6 weeks and 2 days) for this baby boy to be born. I wish I could say that we have finalized a name, but at this time no name has been established. The last couple of months are so hard, you get so uncomfortable. I have been sleeping on the couch for at least the last 3 weeks or more, I have lost track. I am actually missing my husband and the cuddling.

• Morgan is such a character, sometimes I wonder who the grown up is. The last couple of days she gets the serious look on her face and says" Mama look at me", grabs my cheeks and points my face in her direction. She then tells me again " Mama look at me" and then says that is dada's movie etc. Or she will say mama you are not listening. It crazy what they pick up.

  As far as any adventures go, we went sledding for the first time with Morgan. It was fun watching her, I still not sure what she thought, ecspecially when she went with mommy and all this snow flew up into her face. It was also Jeremiah's Birthday or as Morgan would say " Happy day". We have this tradition that on Jeremiah's B-day, we pull out his special birthday journal, and every year we make a hand print of Morgan's hand and let her scribble something, and then I write something. That way we don't have to buy a card every year, and we watch Morgan's hand grow. Its a fun tradition.

  

  

  

  

Wow, I am getting my feel of winter. The snow just keeps on coming. Tommorrow I will have to take some pictures. Can I just say that I love my subaru, it does so good in the snow. I feel so comfortable driving the subaru, and I hate driving in the snow. We bought a Honda CRV but so far I haven't earned it's trust, maybe after we buy new tires it will win my confidence. We are trying to potty train morgan, and she is to a point where if she is wet she goes up to her room and changes her own diaper and puts a fresh pull up diaper on. I am amazed that she is getting so talented at doing everything herself, she will be big help with the baby.I am loving this stange of parenting(except the 2 year old, I don't get what I want tantrums). Morgan just makes me laugh all the time. Tonight we went to Jeremiah's ward basketball game. While at the game she would pretend to throw down her nose, ears and month off the stage. She would then look me seriously in the eyes and say I want my nose. She would then continue down the stairs and start looking on the floor for her nose. At one point she said that daddy had her nose and wanted daddy to give her nose back. So I had to tell Jeremiah to throw her nose to her while he was playing basketball. She is quite the little Diva.

Well, I made it through the hollidays with out gaining to much weight, it was hard to forgo all the lovely desserts but I survived. It is nice to be back home, but we loved being with family. Morgan got so many toys, I feel like we have our own toy store. The funny thing is that she has all these new toys but yet she is playing with old toys more now that we are home.I guess when you are the only child and grandchild on Jeremiah side you are bound to get spoiled. Well I have 9 weeks to go in my pregnancy, and I am so ready to be done. I went to the mall two days ago and I would walk into a store and want to look and clothes and then walk right back out. Why bother shopping when you don't even know what size you are. I thought about buying a new materning shirt but decided it wasn't as fun, I have 9 weeks to go, and would rather spend the money latter. Hopefully it won't take to much time to lose the weight. Jeremiah have great plans for the coming year. We want to train for a half triathalon, it would be good motivation to lose some weight. It's in august so we can't waist to much time getting started, I have to wait a little longer than Jeremiah. I have to wait until after my 6 week post pregnancy visit, because I am having a c-section. Oh well not to much longer. Happy New year to every one, love the Honsvicks.