Our Family is Complete!!!

I share this intimate picture to also share my testimony.  As most of my closest friends and family know of my struggle these past couple years, of failure, forgiving, overcoming, seeking, and trying to stand on my feet.   I decided early on in this pregnancy that I wanted to do it drug free. My 3 previous experiances of having a baby was easy...epidural/no pain...just push the baby out in less than 5 pushes and be done.  This time however was NOT easy at all...but I feel the reward was so much more.  The overcoming something hard, the patience of enduring, the extreme pain, and something I felt was the closest physically that I could get a glimpse of what the Savior has done for me.  After she came out all I could do was cry from the triumph I felt at achieving the goal I set....and then this scripture in Alma came to my mind:

"And oh, what joy, and what marvelous light I did behold; yea, my soul was filled with joy as exceeding as was my pain!"  (Alma 36:20)

Anyways I wanted to share my belief in the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and of a Savior and Redeemer, who died that we might LIVE, and that we might triumph. We can have forgiveness, and just as important we can forgive with His help.  We can overcome and achieve the goals we set with Him by our side.

(now on to my Beautiful Beth Anne)

My first touch of my perfect precious gift from heaven!

One proud, HOTT, handsome, perfect, (girl producing) Daddy!

Our not so little Family!

Hangin out under her Bili-Light

Daddy holding his little Beth....

Our Family is complete!

Beth Anne Lundell

7 lbs. 11 oz.

20 inches long

July 22nd, 2010

Summer Fun has Begun!

Saturday was our FIRST summer weekend at home with all the kids. Me, Sister and Babes went to watch B swim/bike/run in his first Tri of the season...in which he TOOK FIRST in his division. TOTALLY proud of my huney! And his Brother K took second in his Age Division and 11th overall....SWEET EH?

We came home to all the kids and DERBY (our newest addition) to enjoy the sun and swimsiuts running and playing...Derby was Hilarious as he ran from sprinkler to sprinkler chewing the water and rolling around in the JOY of his life....

The kids  played for hours and it was nice just to be at our home and not go anywhere...I am thinking this will be a NEW thing for me.  Even the park has gotten stressful.

I am excited for a summer filled with fun and memories and new life.  I am so blessed and grateful for my beautiful FULL life!

What's been going on in OUR CRazY world

Sister & Babes preformed  in their music group, and were ADORABLE!

We got a Dog...Short Hair Fox Terrier....Derby is his name!

Joey had her Kindergarden Preformance and got to sit by Brody :O) THE highlight of her day, that day.

Boster got to start Couch Pitch and is AWESOME for never having played anything before.

Ba-dil-zo has had fun posing for the camera in between all my recent photo shoots

The Robertson's came down and we all (me, B, and Bobster) went with B's Family to Super Cross 

We have had a FULL last couple months and I am only 10 weeks, at MOST, away from a new baby! We are SO excited and the kids are getting anxious.  I AM PRAYING for no bedrest this time around, but my doctor told me the odds aren't in my favor, but luckily I have THE BEST husband in the world who does so much to help me out.

Easter 2010

So I have decided it's just better to take a Silly group picture, and capture them each with a Beautiful Single, then create UNWANTED drama and stress in my life....

I think they turned out pretty cute!

THIS IS MY FAVORITE and I'm going to blow it up big...

and have it say something like

"Our crazy Family Circle"

Stay tuned for singles....

18 weeks and GROWING

So I wanted to write how we FINALLY told the kids...

So we found out on the 26th that it was a girl, and I was excited, but nervous for how my oldest and only Boy would take the news.  So I talked to B and we decided to tell him first and let him in on the surprise.  When I told him his eyes welled up with tears and his  lip started to quiver. It broke my heart.  But I tried to make help him see all the benefits to being the only boy and the oldest. Which helped a little.

So he and I ran to the store and picked out an outfit, binki's, a bottle, and diapers and put them in a bag, to make it look like a present.  When we came home we had all the kids com into the Living Room and told them we were ready to tell them the surprise.  So we had each girl pick out 1 thing and hold it and then we told them to guess what they thought our surprise was.

They said "Baby stuff is the surprise?"  And we kinda smiled and looked at eachother...then one of them said "Is someone having a baby?" our smiles got bigger, and then Sister said "Are you guys having a baby?"  we were about to say Yes when Bobster jumped up and down with a "yes, yes, yes you got it!"

Then the ?'s started pouring out "when?"   "how long?"  "where does it come out?"  I was laughing and wanting to cry with how excited all of them were.  It's moments like those that make the struggle and heart ache you feel as a mother worth it.  I will cherish that moment.

Here is a sweet picture of what a baby looks like at 18 weeks in the BELLY! My next apt. is my big one!!!  I guess there are advantages of waiting SO LONG to go to the Doctor for the first time!

Enlightened....

There are many times in life where we get bogged down, where we find ourselves literally trying to breath.  For me, a couple weeks ago, I had a HUGE anxiety attack that laid me FLAT out on the floor... I think that being pregnant, and feeling so much anxiety, has made me realize I need to do some reavaluating on what is really important...and what I KNOW matters most.... I find me judging myself based on...what people think of me, of choice I've made, things I have done! I find myself overwhelmed with the realization of a being who wants me to believe these things, who wants me to self distruct...so he might have Master over me.
The sad part is I KNOW what I should care about....who I am...what I believe....and what I know to be true and not true. Today as I was looking through a favorite Blog...I found this testimony and I had to share it.  It made me see that others struggle...other fight to breath and fight to STAND!
I have Faith in a Father of miracles, of mercy, and love.  He is kind and HE is JUST!  He is the only one that we have to answer to....good or bad. He knows each of us...even if we don't know Him. And regaurdless of how far we find ourselves from Him...He is ever near...waiting!
I hope you enjoy her feelings on being Restored!

fuN...FuN...fUn....

We love our weekend together.  This weekend we made Valentine Note Holders.  All the kids have already been busy at work putting special notes in eachothers Hearts.

We didn't get as much time this weekend....so we wanted to make sure to fill the time we did get, so we decided to take the kids swimming.  It was so much fun to get out of the house and have space to move and play and be loud.  I really am SO excited to be moving to a house in 2 short months, and have room and a yard, and a play room, and new rooms to paint, and new things to decorate!!!  I'm a LITTLE giddy!!!! :O)

Poor B got stuck with all 5 kids going around and around and around.  Luckily he and Sister got to sneak away and have some special round and round and round time :O)  She didn't want to stop!

AND....that little bump poking out didn't get noticed by the kids...good thing cuz' we are not telling them  for the next month and hopefully tell them when we find out WHAT IT IS!!!!

(boy, boy, boy? crossing fingers...but I guess I could handle ANOTHER princess)

Could it seriously be possible to have 5 princess's?

Then off to Krispy Kreme for a HOT FRESH donut. The kids thought it was So cool to watch the donuts be made. And then of course they all were in heaven when they bit into a fresh glazed donut. :O)

We had so much fun!  Just excited to have them all together more! I sure do love these kids!!!!