Sometimes shes cute...sometimes...not so much.

Today she has been both. Brinley that is. I swear she can be my sweetest kid...and then I wonder sometimes if she isnt strait from the devil. I love her but ohhh that girl, she knows how to push my buttons.

Today I had my 25 week appt at 9:30 am. We arent morning people. I know this. But good hell, does it have to be a fight for her to get dressed? I woke her up at 8.
Me-"Brinley get dressed."
Devil Child-"Im too tired, Im going to sleep"
Me-"Brinley, heres your clothes, get dressed"
Devil Child-"Im not getting dressed, Im tired Im going to sleep!"
Me-"Brinley, if you dont get dressed Im leaving you here."
Devil Child-"I dont care. Im going to sleep"

Mind you, shes not going to sleep, shes just laying there plotting how she can aggrivate me further.

Me- Like 20 minutes later "BRINLEY, Im leaving your butt here and I hope no bad guys come and get you while you are here alone cause thats what happens when kids are home alone...bad guys come and get them" (permanent scarring going on here, I know)
Devil Child "Turn off my light"
Me-"Thats it! Im calling another family to come pick you up. I dont want naughty girls at my house. " I pick up the phone and push buttons. "Hello, other family, I have a four year old I want to sell. Please come pick her up as soon as you can"
Devil Child-"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO I'LL GET DRESSED! MOM! CALL THEM BACK! ILL BE GOOD MOOOOOOM!"
Me-"Nope, Im not calling them back, you just better be ready to go before they get here or Im letting them pick you up."

Luckily, we were out of here before the new family came. Dont think I wont be using that again and again and again. No matter how scarring it might be.

Ok, now for the cute thing she did.

We were at the doctors and the doctor got the dopler out to listen to the babys heartbeat. He tells Brinley to listen and tells her thats the little baby. She looks at me and says "Mom, why is the baby barking at us?" LOL

At this point Im thinking her DEVIL CHILD ATTITUDE outweighs her ANGEL ATTITUDE.

Shes gonna have to try harder.

Today was the day.

So I was pretty much 100% sure this was a girl when I first got preggo. I just couldnt get the feel for a boy. Knew it was a girl. Well the last two nights I havent slept at all because I keep having dreams Im having a boy. Had those 2 dreams that one night and then another one last night. So I was about 90% sure it was a boy going in.... Scott was 99% Girl until I told him my dreams and then he went to 25% boy. Just so ya know. lol
The whole way to the hospital I had a pouting boy! His name was Scott. He sulked and pouted about "Why cant we find out! This is so pathetic!" I had already decided that we would find out...but didnt want him to know. lol I said to him, "You are just wondering why you are even here, arent ya!" Hes said yes. Turd! *rolleyes* So on the way up in the elevator I whispered in his ear... "Ok, we will find out" You would have thought it was Christmas. He was excited. So we get up there...she does all the technical stuff... make sure we had a healthy baby... AND WE DO!!! :woo Everything looked good! Except Im measuring about 18w2d. Instead of 19w6d. But no biggie. Its in the 2 week vacinity so they arent changing my due date. So thats it! We are excited....








Oh wait, did I forget something???







Must be that preggo brain setting in......






I know there must be something......................






Oh, you wanna know what it is?












ITS A BOY!!!

AND WHAT A BOY. ;)
Theres his boy parts.
And theres a profile and one of him smelling his toes.
We also got a video of most of the sonogram.

Think he needs a haircut?

I think he does. I dont know about all this... boys and their needing haircuts every 4-6 weeks crap! LOL. But really... i think its about time I take him for his 2nd hair cut. He is
beginning to look like Marge Simpson.

4 months, 9 days, and some odd hours...

We had the Honda. Thats pathetic. LOL We went out and bought ANOTHER Toyota. Cant stay away from them, I guess. We loooooved the car... but with #4 on the way...and these dang laws about buckeling up ALL your kids... we had to get a bigger vehichle. After DAYS, and I do mean DAYS on the phone with multiple dealers... traveling to multiple dealers, we are now back to being a family of only Toyota's.
Ive never really been excited about a car. But this one I am. Its cool. LOL I feel cool in it. LOL And the kids looooooooove it! There's 7 seats...and that was kinda difficult to find. This one hadnt even been put on the lot yet. But I do feel like Im driving a tank. Ill get used to it. And the gas mileage is nothing like the car...but what do you do when you need the seats.

Thats the actual picture of ours...but the inside pic isnt. We didnt get all that fancy leather stuff. But you get the idea of what it looks like inside.

I feel like Im army crawling...

Through this pregnancy.

I feel like Ive been pregnant forever. And really, I have. With a little break in the middle. I feel like Im just trying every day to make it to the next and maybe...just maybe...Ill make it to the end. But its not feeling like it.

Im army crawling through the mud and the muck and theres not a light at the end of the tunnel.

Just some cute pictures of my cute boy...

You cant tell me that kid ain't cute.

Cecilia...

By Simon and Garfunkle is Ty's favorite song ever. He gets so excited when I put it on. It must be the beat. He claps and smiles. I change the song and he just stares at the computer. Put Cecilia back on and he is so happy.

Its very cute.

I have a daddys boy!!!

AND I LOVE IT!!!

After having Brinley...who wont let Scott do anything for her...so I have to do it ALL....

I got myself a daddys boy! WAHOO!!!!

Everytime Scott comes home from work...Ty hears his voice and starts grunting. He is a grunter and he will grunt and cry until his dad comes and holds him. I LOVE IT! I think Scott likes it too. I think its so cute that he even knows thats his dad...his buddy.

A little questionaire from Jentry's school I wanted to remember.

This is spelled the way she spelled it.

0-2 years old

Where were you born?
Orum (she was actually born in Provo but we lived in Orem)
How did you get your name?
Dad thot of it.
What did you do as a baby?
I loved patatos (it was actually sweet potatos but Im suprised she remembered this)

Age 5

What did you like to do?
Go to Ut. Lake and ride and tub in my grapas bout. (I hope you can understand this lol)
What did you play with?
Babydols.
Did you start school?
no (but its erased)

Ages 9-14

What do you like to do right now?
school
What is your favorite subject in school?
math
Who are your best friends?
Britn and Steefeny (Brittney and Stefanie)
What do you think you will be doing when you are 14?
going to school

In the Future

At what age do you want to get married?
19 (Im in big trouble here)
What do you want to be when you grow up?
vet
Where do you want to live?
Spanash Fork
Would you like someone to pick who you have to marry? Why or why not?
no, becus it woud prububl not be the rite person.

Looking Ahead

What do you think your life will be like when you are 50?
tagig car of grad cilrin (oh my gosh, we really have to work on this spelling)
How many children will you have?
5

13 weeks and still dont believe.

I have a denial problem. Actually its not a 'denial problem' I have no problem denying.

I still have a problem wrapping my brain around that Im pregnant. I've had this problem before. I just cant believe that Im really pregnant. Even when Im arfing over the toilet. I still think...there probably is just something else wrong with me and Im not really pregnant and one day Im going to go into the dr.'s office and they are going to say...woman, youre nuts, you arent pregnant. Even hearing the heartbeat..its just not real.

Maybe it'll be real once I start feeling this little one.

Update on Ader Nater Taters...

Thats Adrian for those that don't know.

He had eye surgery the other day. His one eye is at a 4. 5 means blind. They did surgery to straighten out his retina. I guess it was folded in half. They are probably going to do another surgery on the 28th or so. But his other eye is good.

I think that's pretty darn good for a baby born at 1# 4 oz. Who wasn't even supposed to make it.

He's up to 7#7 oz. Almost 6 months old.

I just wanna hug Alexis....

I just wanna say a HUGE THANK YOU to Alexis for keeping me sane. She has been my best 'internet friend' ever. EVERY SINGLE TIME I have a problem I KNOW I can just IM her and she will tell me just what to do or just whats wrong with me. Any computer problem...any health problem...anything pregnancy related thing...SHE KNOWS!! She has helped me more times then I could ever count and I just love her. Im starting to wonder if shes a real person cause how could someone know EVERYTHING like she does?

Oh yeah, she reminded me she doesnt know everything...she doesnt know anything about green jello and carrots....

Ill let that one slide.

SUPER STAR!!

So third grade has started off GREAT!!!

On the Friday of the first week of school Jentry brought this note home. She was beyond excited. I guess every week the teacher picks a boy and a girl to be the "Super Star" of the week. Jentry told me.. "I just knew it was going to be Jennifer. I was watching her the whole time just waiting for the teacher to say her name...and then she said MINE!" We made a big deal of it cause that same day she brought home a 100% spelling test. 2nd grade was not a good year for spelling so this really made her day. (and mine too! :-) )

Whats one more???

I guess I should document this.

So, were having another! Oh my goodness...

I hadnt had a period since June 15th. I took two pregnancy tests and they both came back -negative- but still no period.

Ty has a fever because he is teething and I couldnt find his dang Tylenol. So I had to go to Walmart to get some. Scott told me to pick up a test too. Because that night before I had woken up SOOOO sick. But I went and sat in the bathroom for a couple minutes and it went away. For like the last week or so I had been waking up kinda nauseous in the nights when I would wake up to feed Ty but I kept telling myself NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Silly me. So I pick up a test. COme home. And we go to church. Get home and Scott says so when are you going to take that test? I had forgotten about it. I said oh, I guess I can right now. So I went upstairs and did it. I was finishing...looking at the test and it looked a little weird to me as it was going across the window. I thought aww crap, shoulda got two because this isnt looking like its going to work. Right then I saw a big +. I said OH MY GOODNESS and just started laughing. What else could I do. So I sat on the edge of the tub and talked to myself for awhile and then I heard Jentry going down the stairs and I said...Hey, tell your dad to come up here. She did and he was up there in a flash. I was just sitting on the end of the tub with the test on the back of the toilet. I just laughed when I saw him. He picked it up and said... "Oh... is it dark enuff?" I said "YES its dark enuff! It doesnt matter how dark it is." Mind you, this is ONE DARK TEST! Soooo thats our big story

Now the big thing is...a car. They are sooo expensive and we just got the new accord and dont want two car payments so I dont know WHAT we are going to do . Mini van just isnt going to cut it cause we are going to need something 4 wheel drive so we can go up to the mountains as a family. So I dont know. We are thinking a Honda Pilot but once again... $$$$$$$$$$$ One day Im gonna be rich and wont have to worry about things like this...but until then...

Do you like doing the monkey bars???

So this year started off not so good for Jentry. Her best friend doesnt go to her school anymore. Shes moving and goes to a different school. Her other best friend from school moved to Texas. When we went to look who was in her class she didnt know very many people. So WE were dreading the first day of school.

Yesterday was the first day of school.

She got in the truck and said "School Sucks!" I knew what that meant. I asked her why and she said because she had no one to play with. :-( I hate to hear that!!!

So today I told her, "You try and find someone to play with at school." and she said she would.

Well she came in the door a much happier girl today. Said she found a girl that sits by her and they played at every recess together! YAY! I said so what did you say to her? And she said "Do you like doing the monkey bars?" and the girl said yes! So they did the monkey bars until their hands hurt and then went and laid on the grass!

I hope tomorrow is just as good of a day!

i NEVER EVER EVER thought I would see the day

I married a Toyota man.

We have NEVER had anything else...

Well except for a Chevy Nova that he had before we got married and had at the beginning of our marriage...but all parts were made by Toyota. It was a Toyota car that Chevy bought and put their name on.....

Until today....

Scott worked for Toyota for a little over 5 years as a mechanic. Loved it. He did a great job there and always got teased for being the pickiest mechanic ever. Things that other mechanics would over look bugged him to death so he would always fix it to the best of his ability and rarely got any come backs. That says a lot, I think. So him being that picky, he expects a lot.

When we bought our '04 Camry there was a "Tires for Life" program. You get all of your maintenence done from them and they will pay for tires for life. There was a little discrempinsy (sp) in that because what the dealership says you need to do...is not always what you need to do. So we always just do what is in the Owners Manual. Thats what Toyota reccomends...the dealership is always going to try to get you to do more. Anyway...so awhile ago we started having a little problem of the car pulling left when you would let go of the steering wheel. It didnt pull hard...but it pulled a little. And if anything your car should pull right, with the crown of the road...so this BUGGED Scott to death. Normal people it wouldnt bug, but I swear it kept him up at nights. So he took it in. They said it was the Springs. Replaced the springs. Still pulled. But we didnt take it in for about a month. Brought it in they said the alignment was right...everything was right....so they would try the springs again. Replaced the springs AGAIN. Went to pick up the car and they had scratched the bumper. They had also scratched it on the back pillar. Mr. Perfectionist was PISSED!!! This took them a whole week. Do you know how hard it is to go without a car for a whole week? Luckily Scotts parents let him borrow the Tahoe...but what a gas guzzler! During the weekend we noticed a weird sound

So he took it in after the weekend.

They had overcompinsated on the spring hoping that it would help it stop pulling and they had moved the spring too far. So it was out of its...whatever its supposed to be in. So thats why it was making that weird sound. They said they would order new tires. IT HAD TO BE THE TIRES. So we waited....and waited. By the end of the week Scott got another call saying...it had to be the tires and WE had to buy them. Even tho we were on the tires for life. Whatever. Scott was pissed. They had treated him like crap. He heard from his best friend that works in parts about all the things they had said about him. RUDE!

So he got pissed enough that he went and looked at Honda's. My husband....looking at Hondas. Never did I think I would see the day. He always said that Honda was good cars...but...he was a Toyota man. 5 hours later we were driving off in a 2006 Honda Accord. Its fun to drive. A little bit smaller then the Camry. But Scott will drive it mostly. I usually drive the truck.

I have never seen anyone negotiate more on the price of a car. Scott has always helped his sisters buy cars and they always said.."If you need anyone to help you buy a car, pick Scott" Cause he can get them down. i had to keep walking out cause I kept laughing. He was negotiating on EVERYTHING! But we got a good deal.

Im excited. I'll have to post pics later.

Been a little while...

Havent updated in awhile. Been busy. Let see, what things have happened. Ty rolled over, from his back to his tummy 2 Sundays ago. He is now 4 months old. Holy cow, it goes so much faster when you arent pregnant.

Brinley is still a turd. She gives me a run for my money.

Jentry is almost done with SECOND grade! That blows my mind! She is getting so old. So big. Sniff sniff.

Adrian is doing ok. Not any better, not any worse. He has 2 infections and some kind of fungus on his liver. That kid has been through so much. I wish we could go see him. But Im not sure if Ty has a cold or allergies, and the last thing I wanna do is bring something to him.

Scott is starting to talk to his sister that he hasnt talked to in 6 years. Im excited. I hope everything goes good. Ive been waiting for this.

Well theres my updates for now.

Warmed my heart...

Because where theres lot of bikes, theres lots of kids.


Im so glad that kids like to come over here and play. Im so glad that Jentry and Brinley have lots of friends to play with. So all of Brinleys friends are 4 years older then her...I still think its cute that they will play with her.

~*~*~STICKER CHART~*~*~

Nope, we arent potty training. lol

I made Brinley a sticker chart today. If she does "hard" work for me she gets a sticker. If she throws a fit she gets one taken away. If she goes to time out, she gets two taken away. We just started this today...but so far, so good. She is more then willing to do anything I ask. Even does more then I ask. I told her to take some stuff up to Jentrys room today and she was finding other things she could take up too. I could get used to this. If she gets 20 stickers she gets to go somewhere fun. She wants to go swimming. But I told her swimming pools dont open for a little bit longer....but I guess we could go to the rec..never thought about that. She also wants to go to the library and to McDonalds Playland.

I wonder how long it will last...

Update on the sticker chart. Well she threw a fit and wouldnt stop so she got ALL three taken away. But got one back for being good at dinner.

itty bitty tiny wittle baby...

Adrian Nathan Fredericks
Born 03-28-06
1 lb 4 oz.
Born at 26 weeks and 6 days

I just wanted to document this.

I cant wait to see him but the kids havent been feeling very well and I dont want to bring that to the NICU.

Havent heard an update on him today but no news is good news, right?

CONGRATULATIONS..Nate and Lisa...and big brother Drea and Big Sister Livvy!!!