One Crazy Month!

So my goal of updating once a week has already come and gone. The year started out on a great note and I was totally up to date with my blog, but then life happens and the blog isn't the most important. So I started out the year, being pregnant, Yea! At six weeks, I started spotting and believed that I was having a miscarriage. We were sad,but started moving on. Plus with my parents getting ready to leave on their mission, life was stressful enough. My parents gave wonderful "farewell" talks all about the Mormon Battalion members and faith. They are going to be wonderful missionaries! So the week proceeded with me helping my parents and spend all the time that I could with them before they left. Earlier in the week, I had my HCG levels tested and they were low, but they were not dropping like they should. I was not concerned because I didn't know what that meant. That Friday night I started having the most uncomfortable pain, It kept me up all night and figured that it was kidney stones, or something like that. Well, after a visit to instacare and then the ER. My pain was narrowed down to a cyst or an Ectopic pregnancy. So I spent the next few days in bed on painkillers. Luckily my husband is so wonderful and took great care of me and the kids. After the weekend my levels were tested again and the doctors told me that it was in fact an Ectopic pregnancy. After all the emotions that I had already felt with losing the baby, this was a little more than I could take. Plus my parents were gone to the MTC and I couldn't have my mom to help me. Although they called me everyday to see how I was. So I took the medicine Methatrexate in a liquid form(the equivalent of 38 pills). The next two days were filled with pain and feeling sick, as I was "cleared out". But hey, I think I lost a few lbs. After a week of straight pain, I finally felt that I could stand up without feeling that I was going to pass out. I was finally getting better. I took my last blood test today, just to make sure that all is normal. As we were at the clinic I saw several people pregnant and a woman carrying a baby and I got sad. With all that happened it was hard to deal with the loss, I mostly had to deal with the pain. I know that all will be good, now if I have another baby, my parents should be home in time. I am still very lucky that I have my three beautiful kids!

So after those few weeks, I was also dreading that was I turning 30! I just always thought it was so weird for me to be 30. But now that I am here, I am very grateful to be here and I feel as though I have done much with the last ten years and I guess I should be 30. I am finally catching up to everyone else. So for my birthday, Dave is not a big planner. But he planned me the biggest surprise party! I could not believe how packed my house was. I wasn't sure I really have that many friends! It was just incredible all the work that Dave and Kim went through to plan it for me. All the family was there and brought yummy food. I had some friends that I haven't seen for quite a while. I am a lucky girl! I am now 30 and life is good!

My parents have been in San Diego for just shy of a week now. I hear that they are doing great. My kids pray for them to be safe and to teach the gospel, in their prayers everyday. I miss them, but we will go visit soon. Kira doesn't quite understand and she wants to go see "nama" and woody whenever we talk about them. Its very cute.

On a very different note, I have been feeling very crafty and want to do projects lately. So I took out my quilt that I started oh, a year ago. Now I am almost finished with it. I laid it out on my bed and I got so excited! I am just working on the border now. Someday I will actually get to use it, hopefully before my parents come home!

Whew! That was a lot to talk about. until next time....