Wanna See What I Can Do?

Kaia is sitting up now. She just started last night. I can't believe how fast she is growing. I still put pillows around her because occasionally she can't catch herself before she falls. She is also getting 2 teeth on the bottom. She deals with it pretty well, but gets kinda fussy at times. She got to have some oatmeal the other day and prefers that to the rice. Who can blame her really? I think I am going to start sweet potatoes around Thanksgiving. I thought it was appropriate. Haha. She is funny. I wish I could better describe her personality. She is very ticklish. Instead of laughing though she just screams. It's hilarious and very noisy!!!

We celebrated Jercie's birthday on Saturday. We just had Aunt Telly and her 4 kids, and of course Grammy and Papa Clint over for cake and ice cream. Then 3 of Shantel's kids stayed for a sleep over. I think the kids had fun. They were all really good. I didn't have to referee any fights or anything. I put in Iron Man and they crashed on my living room floor. The last kid finally fell asleep around midnight. The first kid awake was Jercie. At about 7:00 the next morning she came in wanting breakfast. I made them waffles. Frozen. I'm good, but not that good. lol. I sent the other kids up to grammy's while I got my family ready for church. We only went to Sacrament because Mike had just got home from graveyard and was tired.

We are heading to Alamo for Thanksgiving. We are leaving Wednesday afternoon after my nail appointment. I love Thanksgiving. It's probably my favorite holiday.

That is all I can think of for now. Buh-bye.

Jerciebob Fakerpants...

Jercie celebrated her 6th birthday on Tuesday. She got a digital camera and two games for her DS Barbie Fashion Show and Toy Shop. She has been playing the Barbie one as often as she can. Well yesterday she was getting ready for school and asked if she could play before we went to the bus. I told her she could if we had time. Well we didn't have time. On the way to the stop she told me her tummy hurt. I asked if she was going to throw up. She said no. I told her she was probably hungry and once she ate breakfast she would be fine. So she got on the bus and went to school. At about 8:30 I get a call from the elementary saying Jercie was sick and needed to come home. I went and picked her up. I was feeling like a big jerk. I went to her class. Her teacher told me she wouldn't eat breakfast. I loaded her up in the truck and on the way down Joe Town Hill I looked back and she wasn't acting very sick to me. So I said," Jercie, tell me the truth, I promise I won't get mad. Are you really sick?" " You promise not to get mad?" " I promise." "Will you make me go back to school?" No I won't make you go back to school." "No I'm not really sick."

She just wanted to stay home and play the Barbie game on her DS. I let her but she had to do whatever Blaze wanted her to do. She also wasn't allowed to leave the couch until 11:00 and she had to eat toast and chicken noodle soup.

There's a salon in Joseph!!! I can't believe it. I went and got my hair cut and colored there yesterday. It is just across the street. NICE! Here are some pics. I look kinda stoned in the one front view. I guess that's what happens when you are up all night coughing. Oh well. Let me know what you think.

this picture doesn't do the hair justice.

Rear View

We also finger painted the other day. Even Kaia got in on the action. She had lots of fun. Here are some pictures. The older kids decided to paint their arms as far up as they could. Little turds.

ENJOY!!

Happy Birthday!

(That is a normal sized stocking!)

Jercie Sean Jorgensen

11/18/2002

5 lbs. 3 oz. 17 3/4 in

I decided to copy Andrea's post for my kids' birthdays. I am doing this today because I may not have time tomorrow. Here goes...

Mike and I had been married for just over a year when we decided it was time to start our family. It took about a week for me to get pregnant. I kept getting negative results though. My mom still makes fun of me. "It's not the tests that get you pregnant." Haha mom. I knew I was pregnant so I kept taking tests. When I finally got the positive result the second pink line was so faint Mike thought I was crazy.

I had a pretty uneventful pregnancy. I lost a few pounds in the beginning and had to eat 2 breakfasts to put on weight. My Dr. left Nevada when I was about 20 weeks. I didn't like my new Doc but didn't want to start again so late in the pregnancy.

I had an ultrasound at 35 weeks. The doctor came in and said the baby wasn't gaining much weight and wanted to do another ultrasound in 2 weeks just to make sure she was still growing. So I went back at 37 weeks. She had only gained a few ounces in two weeks. I was sent home on bedrest. This was on Friday afternoon. I was told to go to the hospital Sunday night. Gary and Tallon came over and gave me a blessing Sunday before we went to the hospital.

We arrived at the hospital and they started the IV and all that fun stuff. They gave me a sleeping pill so I would be rested for the next day when they induced me.

The next morning they started the Pitocin at 9:00. I went from no contractions whatsoever to full on, every minute, no time to catch your breath labor immediately. The nurse came in to check me at about 11:00 and told me that the anethesiologist was on his way to a c-section and asked if I wanted the epidural now or if I wanted to wait. I got my epidural at 11:30. HEAVEN !! I give kudos to those of you that give birth drug free.

We watched The Patriot while we awaited the birth of our oldest child. At about 2:00 I was feeling lots of pressure so I called the nurse and told her the baby was on its way out. She told me it wasn't and I was just feeling pressure from the contractions. I told her to check and she would feel the baby's head. Sure enough Jercie head was right there. They called the Doc and I started pushing. I think I only pushed 3 or 4 times. They had to use the vaccuum extractor because she was having heart decelerations (it had dropped to 59 bpm at one point) and we needed to get her out ASAP.

At 2:45 p.m. my sweet baby Jercie was brought into this crazy world. She was absolutely perfect. Later that night when was in the postpartem room she started getting really ashy. I called the nurse in and they rushed her back to the nursery. They had to give her oxygen. After awhile they brought her back to me.

Jercie has been such a wonderful kid. Whenever I needed smile I can always count on her to give me one. She is a very silly, loving, sweet girl. How can you not laugh with this kid?

She is an awesome big sister. She loves without limits.

(can you find her?)

We love you Sissy!!

The blog of many titles... Meet Fluffy...Family Pictures...Prayer Requests!

For Jercie's home work this week she brought home a turkey for us to disguise so he won't get caught and eaten for Thanksgiving Dinner. She decided she wanted to disguise him as a kitty, Fluffy. I think we did a pretty good job don't you??

I got our family picture proofs back today. I had a really hard time deciding what ones I wanted so it's going to cost me a pretty penny. (Don't tell Mike. lol) Here are just a few of them. Like I said before Kaia wasn't in the smiling mood I guess, because there just aren't that many of her with a grin. Oh well she's still cute. I forgot to bring up Jercie's school pictures but will post them another day.

As for the prayer request. Most of you that read this are already praying. As for the rest of you...Mike's dad Gary is having a procedure done on his heart this morning. To read more about it visit my SIL's blog http://aaronandangelahagfeldt.blogspot.com/. We are all very nervous and could really use the power of all your prayers. Thanks!!

Snuggles

What's better than snuggling? Not much! I decided I would spend a little time snuggling with Kaia Papaya today before she is too old to want to snuggle. Jercie and Blaze don't want to snuggle very often so I have to take advantage of my youngest child. It was so nice. She loves to snuggle too. I got a little giggle out of her today. It won't be long until I get full on "belly laughs". I can't wait. That's all....

Back in the Day...

Me at the tender age of 19

I lived in Cedar City with two lovely girls, Natalie and Jana.

I worked at a special place called Convergys. I met some really "interesting" people. My boss was Nate Scholes. He was awesome! Damon and Ian were alway good for a laugh. And of course Chaundra became one of my best friends. Jana and Natalie used to call us Poncho and Lefty. (Because I'm left handed.)

Let me explain the pictures. The first is my boss Nate. He dressed up as Super Nate for Halloween. Damon(the second pic) is doing his Genie in a Bottle dance. He also did a mean Velocoraptor ( I can't spell) Ian is putting quarters up his nose. And Chaundra was shuffling cards to play War. It's how we got through the tortures of telemarketing!

So there is a little trip down memory lane for all of you. I hope you enjoyed a peek into my past!

Tag!

Okay so I was blog stalking and came across this tag and thought it would be fun!
NAME tAG
YOUR ROCK STAR NAME: (first pet & current car)-
snookums titan
YOUR GANGSTA NAME: (favorite ice cream flavor, favorite cookie)
rocky road samoa
YOUR “FLY Guy/Girl” NAME: (first initial of first name, first three letters of your last name)
t-jor
YOUR DETECTIVE NAME: (favorite color, favorite animal)-
pink dog
YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME: (middle name, city where you were born)-
gull provo (i don't have a middle name so the maiden name will have to suffice)
YOUR STAR WARS NAME: (the first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 letters of your first)-jorto
YOUR SUPERHERO NAME: (”The” + 2nd favorite color, favorite drink)-
the blue pepsi
YOUR NASCAR NAME: (the first names of your grandfathers)-
legrand lynn
YOUR STRIPPER NAME: (the name of your favorite perfume/cologne/scent, favorite candy)-tempt nips (yes I know how that sounds!)
YOUR WITNESS PROTECTION NAME: (mother’s & father’s middle names)-
Larson James
YOUR TV WEATHER ANCHOR NAME: (5th grade teacher’s last name, a major city that starts with the same letter)-
Briggs Baltimore
YOUR SPY NAME/BOND GIRL: (favorite season/holiday, flower)-
fall daisy
YOUR CARTOON NAME: (favorite fruit, article of clothing you’re wearing right now + “ie” or “y”)-
cherry pantsie
YOUR HIPPIE NAME: (What you ate for breakfast, your favorite tree)-
cookie willow (that's right I ate cookies for breakfast!)
YOUR ROCK STAR TOUR NAME: (”The” + Your fave hobby/craft, fave weather element + “Tour”)-
the playing rain tour
I tag anybody that wants to do this. I think everybody who reads this should!!

Finally Halloween Pictures.

Jercie played the girl card and couldn't decide what she wanted to be for Halloween so she was a Vampire Witch. Blaze was Iron Man and made sure everybody we saw knew it. Kaia was Marie from the Disney Movie The Aristocats. I have decided that next year we are doing some original costumes. No more store bought costumes for us!!! The kids all dressed up!

Jercie and Blaze with the finished product

Scooping out the guts!

Getting his hands dirty!

I was gonna put a video of the kids wrestling but it won't let me this time. I will try another day I guess.

A Spooktacular Halloween!

Our Halloween was super busy and I'm so glad it comes but once a year! I started off the day getting Jercie ready for the Halloween Parade at the school. Once she was on the bus I had to get Blaze and Kaia in their costumes wake Mike up and get myself ready to go. We went and watched the parade and stopped by Grammy's work to trick or treat her and the lunchladies. They were playing Thriller over the intercome and Blaze entertained us with a dance. It was hillarious. I was laughing so hard. We went home and rested for a little while. Well tried to rest. Blaze and Jercie were wrestling in the living room it was pretty funny.
After that we got in costume again and went over to walmart to trick or treat around the store. The kids had fun, but Mike told me he couldn't believe how redneck we were for going to Walmart to trick or treat. I thought it was funny. We then carved our pumkins and set them on the porch. I cleaned the kitchen back up and made dinner. We had BLT's and got into costume one last time. We headed to the park for the trunk or treat. They made a killing! There were tons of people there. Next year I'm decorating my truck. We hit a couple houses afterward and then went over to Aunt Tellie's house to trick or treat her. Blaze crashed from the sugar high on the way home. Once home he woke up enough to have a bath and go to bed. They were all asleep by 9:30! I was exhausted!! Glad it's over!! Once I figure out what's going on with my pictures I will post them!!
This morning we went to Monrovian Park to have family pictures taken. I can't wait to get them back. We found a cool little spot that had some red leaves all over the ground and some in the trees. We should have the proofs in about a week and I will post some then. The kids were so good. We had only one teeny tiny fit but it was quickly fixed. Other than that there were no tears or fights. We got done in about a half hour. I think that's a record for getting pictures with 3 kids. Kaia was really good but we had a hard time coaxing a smile out of her. We got a couple though. At least she wasn't crying.