Overload of fun!

TERRIFIC TICKETS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So after we came home from the girls school carnival with extra tickets I had an idea? Shocking, I know! I thought about a rewards system with tickets. Good behavior, get a ticket. Bad behavior, loose a ticket. I told the kids we could earn things. They thought of things like going to Chuck E. Cheese. I was thinking more along the lines of computer time. But we will work those kinks out as they come. On Saturday we decorated my canning jars to prepare for the TERRIFIC TICKETS!

I went to Zurchers and bought a HUGE ream of tickets for $3. Not bad! As you can see it seems to be working. We have yet to take any away. They even earned one while sitting nicely while our home teachers were here. AWESOME!

On Saturday the girls and I sold GIRL SCOUT COOKIES! The only downer is that is was WICKED WINDY!!!!!!!!!!!! They are in Daisy Troop 383. It's for Kindergarten and 1st graders. So far they have had a really great time. It has turned out to be a little more pricey than I thought, but I think we will stick to it til they turn 8. Then they will go into Activity Days at church.

Burke has discovered his fingers. Great.

These are bookmarks I made with my (our) new Cricut. They were for the sisters I visit teach. The message was about the women in the home being knowledgeable in the Scriptures, and to preserve their own scripture reading. Here is the message that was on the back:

“… Every woman can be a gospel doctrine instructor in her home, and every sister in the Church needs gospel knowledge as a leader and teacher. If you have not already developed the habit of daily scripture study, start now and keep studying in order to be prepared for your responsibilities in this life and in the eternities.” Julie B. Beck, Relief Society general president.

Here is a slide of the Chief Joseph Luau Carnival! The kids had a blast!

Here is Burke's skin before the Dermatologist:

Here is his skin AFTER the Dermatologist: :):):):):):):) It was a staph infection. Awful. Awful. Awful.

Burke Andrew Blue

The story~

As you know I was not scheduled to have my c-section until tomorrow, the 13th! Well, Burke wanted to make his appearance a little early! I am not too sad about that either! On the night of the 5th I started having really bad contractions, but they were very inconsistent. I was not even timing them. Although, at 5 am the next morning I thought it would be a great idea to start. I had my last OB appointment at 9:30 am, and thought they may want to know. And once I started keeping track, they stopped! I went back to bed and woke up to HORRIBLE back pain. Uh, I knew I was in trouble! I got my bag all ready with the last minute things and the kids and I went to the appointment and met Jason there. I did not really tell him how I thought things were going to go cause I kinda knew! Low and behold I was dilated to a 2! They do not want you to go into active labor once you have had a c-section. Your uterus could burst. So they called the hospital and sent me over! I KNEW IT! My sister Julie came and got the kids and we headed to Labor and Delivery!

When we got there the front desk nurse informed us that due to the Swine Flu, NO children under the age of 14 would be allowed to visit. And even then it was only spouse, and grandparents! I could feel myself starting to get upset. I just took a deep breath and considered this a vacation. One that involved major surgery!

The c-section went awesome! Nothing like last time at all! I was however VERY itchy due to the morphine! Not cool!

When I saw Burke for the first time I literally became breathless. I was instantly over come with love. I heard a quote once that said "A mother's love never divides, it only multiplies." I cannot tell you how true that is.

My heart is wrapped around this little 6 pound 15 ounce boy. I cherish every hair on his head. ALL OF THEM! I am blessed beyond measure to have him in our lives!!!!

The hardest part of the delivery and recovery at the hospital was not seeing our other kids. It nearly killed me. I talked to them daily, but it was not the same! I was really bumming about not seeing them!

Since we have been home, Burke has been picture perfect. He is mild tempered and seems easy going. Even with all the juggling of the other kids holding him!

The hardest part now has been the c-section recovery. It is kicking my butt. The pain has been unreal. I finally called and had the doctor up my dosage on the pain meds. They seem to help, but my loopyness was upped too! It's pretty funny!

Jason's mom is here taking care of us! What a blessing! My mom stops by after work to check on us! We are doing great!

Hallowed Fun!