Katelyn's broken leg

Since this has become my journal and I plan on printing it I thought I would add in some old memories plus when I uploaded my pics from my phone these were still on there. Some of you may remember this time last year but for those who don't a week after Katelyn's first birthday she decided she would try going up the stairs and ended up toppeling down. She only cried for a minute so we didn't think anything of it but for a week she favored her leg so we finally decided to take her into the doctor and low and behold it was broke. I felt so horrible that I let her live on it for a week but the doctor said that because it didn't lodge out of place and it was a clean break it only hurt her when she put weight on it which is why we didn't think there was anything wrong. Here's the day she got the cast.
Just a little memory funny but grose one of the days while she had her cast on she had a total blow out and stuff got everywhere even down the cast. When they took the cast off I was intently watching for any poop residue in the cast but luckily there wasn't any.

After 5 weeks she happily got it off.

Having a 1 year old with a broken leg was quite an adventure baths were a circus. I would lay her on her back while Ammon would hold her leg up in the air. She eventually got really good at crawling but because she lost that critical month she didn't learn to walk till she was 16 months old. Plus about 2 weeks after she got her cast off Briley was chasing her around the coffee table and pushed her over and she ended up spranging her ankle on the other foot. The poor thing just didn't dare stand after all of that for quite a while.

Pics from my phone

Will it ever be warm enough for bikes? Cheese!!! everyone has to have potty pics.
Almost all of them, Jason was asleep still
Jason, Bryson
Kate's first haircut! No more mullet

Me

I know I never have pics of me on here so as much as i hate my face here some are.

My new hair cut.

Pic of the boys off of my cell phone I'm surprised at how clear it came off.
Me and Jason
Bryson and Mom
Ya I'm just not cut out to be in front of the camera I think I'll stick with hiding behind it.
Experimenting with the mirror. It didn't work so great.

My girls

Helping Make bottles Bowling!
Boxing! "Mom you mean you hit a me!"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkAVNnz2fh4

Frozen in Time

http://www.maniacworld.com/frozen-in-grand-central-station.html

ABC's about me
A- Attached or single: Single
B- Best Friend: Shelly
C- Cake or Pie: Chocolate cake
D- Day of Choice: Saturday
E- Essential Item: Computer
F- Favorite Color: Pink
G- Gummy Bears or Worms: worms
H- Hometown: Tremonton
I- Indulgence(s): anything out of the ordinary
J- January or July: Both suck too cold and too hot
K-Kids: 2 girls, 2 boys
L- Life is incomplete without: A Partner
M-Marriage Date: Feb. 23, 2003
N- Number of Siblings: 3 of the most amazing sisters and 1 awesome little Bro!
O- Oranges or Apples: Oranges
P- Phobias or Fears: I will lose my husband (oh wait that already came true)
Q- Quote(s): love is when you want somebody else's happiness above your own.
R- Reason to Smile: I have healthy kids
S- Season: Summer
T- Tag Eight: HUH?
U- Unknown Fact About Me: I'm extremely self conscious but I'm sure everyone knows that
V- Vegetarian or Oppressor of Animal: Both and neither
W- Worst Habit: Interrupting
Y- Your Favorite Food: Anything I don’t have to cook
Z- Zodiac: Aquarius

Mom's easter egg hunt

Searching for eggs and candy!

Matthew doesn't think he's too big to swing with mom
My new favorite pic!

Our attempt at an almost all grandkid photo shoot the only ones missing were the twins.

Bryson and Jason Blessing day

4 Generation photos
Great Grandma and Grandpa Hendricks
Great Grandpa and Grandma Della Profaizer

Easter Bunny finally came

Bryson using his eater present. Great Bottle prop!

Birth Order

BIRTH ORDER OF CHILDREN
> >> > 1st baby: You begin wearing maternity clothes as soon as your OB/GYN confirms your pregnancy.
> >> > 2nd baby: You wear your regular clothes for as long as possible.
> >> > 3rd baby: Your maternity clothes ARE your regular clothes.
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Preparing for the Birth:
> >> > 1st baby: You practice your breathing religiously.
> >> > 2nd baby: You don't bother because you remember that last time, breathing didn't' t do a thing
> >> > 3rd baby: You ask for an epidural in your eighth month
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The Layette:
> >> > 1st baby: You pre-wash newborn's clothes, color-coordinate them, and fold them neatly in the baby's little bureau.
> > > > 2nd baby: You check to make sure that the clothes are clean and discard only the ones with the darkest stains.
> >> > 3rd baby: Boys can wear pink, can't they? ______________________________________________________
Worries:
> >> > 1st baby: At the first sign of distress--a whimper, a frown--you pick up the baby.
> >> > 2nd baby: You pick the baby up when her wails threaten to wake your firstborn.
> >> > 3rd baby: You teach your three-year-old how to rewind the mechanical swing ______________________________________________________
Pacifier:
> >> > 1st baby: If the pacifier falls on the floor, you put it away until you can go home and wash and boil it.
> >> > 2nd baby: When the pacifier falls on the floor, you squirt it off with some juice from the baby's bottle.
> >> > 3rd baby: You wipe it off on your shirt and pop it back in. ______________________________________________________
Diapering:
> >> > 1st baby: You change your baby's diapers every hour, whether they need it or not.
> >> > 2nd baby: You change their diaper every two to three hours, if needed.
> >> > 3rd baby: You try to change their diaper before others start to complain about the smell or you see it sagging to their knees. ______________________________________________________
Activities:
> >> > 1st baby: You take your infant to Baby Gymnastics, Baby Swing, and Baby Story Hour.
> >> > 2nd baby: You take your infant to Baby Gymnastics.
> >> > 3rd baby: You take your infant to the supermarket and the dry cleaner. ______________________________________________________
Going Out:
> >> > 1st baby: The first time you leave your baby with a sitter, you call home five times.
> >> > 2nd baby: Just before you walk out the door, you remember to leave a number where you can be reached.
> >> > 3rd baby: You leave instructions for the sitter to call only if she sees blood. ______________________________________________________
At Home:
> >> > 1st baby: You spend a good bit of every day just gazing at the baby.
> >> > 2nd baby: You spend a bit of everyday watching to be sure your older child isn't squeezing, poking, or hitting the baby.
> >> > 3rd baby: You spend a little bit of every day hiding from the children. ______________________________________________________
Swallowing Coins (a favorite):
> >> > 1st child: When first child swallows a coin, you rush the child to the hospital and demand x-rays.
> > > > 2nd child: When second child swallows a coin, you carefully watch for the coin to pass.
> >> > 3rd child: When third child swallows a coin you deduct it from his allowance!

The day in a life of a single mom.

So my sister posted something that just really got me thinking. And in turn it really just made me mad. What it's like being forced to be a single mom. Everyone keeps asking me how I do it well I don't know I just do what I have to so I thought I would share what a normal day for me is like which is usually everyday but sunday. I get up around 5 to feed babies then I manage to fall back to sleep for about 20 minutes before the girls get up and start demanding my attention then I'm on to making breakfast for them and before I can even get the cereal poured or usually right as I get mine done a boy starts to scream. So its no breakfast for me. I then end up feeding one of the babies while I squeeze in a little e-mail checking time and sometimes talk with one of my sisters on yahoo. After I get done feeding the boys I have to clean up the girls dishes and the mass of bottles from the night before and while I'm doing those they are off dancing through the house tearing it to shreds once the dishes are done I have to clean the house. I get it looking half way barable again and I quickly make a few of my 16 bottles I use a day. Then low and behold it's time to feed the girls again. So I make them lunch and again as I sit down to eat the boys decide their hungry so I stop and feed them. Then it's on to the best time of the day. Nap time!!! I say to heck with the lunch dishes at this point and ignore all the toys around and run to the beds. Once I lay the boys down I rush to get the girls to sleep and just hope that their tired enough that I will get a nap too and 30% of the time I do. I usually am able to squeeze in a little 30-60 minute nap before Katelyn messes her diaper and is up again. So I take care of her and stick her in front of a movie and before the boys wake up I quickly get a shower and get ready for the day it's usually 3 in the afternoon at this point. Then it starts all over again. Feeding the boys usually takes an hour at a time. After I'm done with them I head downstairs to start to work on dinner. This is the worst part of the day for some reason the boys are extremely fussy and just want to be held but I have to just let them scream or I end up just getting so frustrated and load up everyone and head to mcdonalds. Now it's my time to eat I quickly wolf down my food because the babies are still screaming and that just gives me indigestion. I usually just put the dishes to soak and leave them till morning cause I can't stand to let my babies cry. Now it's bath and PJ time. I use to rotate and do the girls one night and the boys the next but then I found it was so much easier to just bath them all one night and then everyother night I get a little break and can read a story to the girls. Now it's usually 8:00 at this time and I put the girls to bed and start to feed the boys. I get them down by about 9-9:30. I then run downstairs and make some more bottles and once those are done I head to bed and sleep till about 1 when Bryson wakes up. I'm up for about 1/2 hour at a time. I go back to bed for about 1 hour and at about 3 Jason is up same thing 1/2 hour and back to bed. Then around 4:30 Bryson is up again and there starts my day all over again. So there you have it that's what I do. Ammon claims I sit on my butt all day and complains about me being so up and down and moody. Well when you run on almost no sleep and never have anytime to yourself I think I can justify being cranky. He gets mad at me for him having to work so hard to support us and he has no money he throws at me that I need to get a job alot of the time. Honestly when the heck will I be able to squeeze in a job let alone sleep. I definately worry that my kids feel neglected by me but luckily the girls have eachother to play with which is a real comfort. I look like a circus when I step out of my house. I have a baby carrier on each arm and a toddler in each hand. At the grocery store I have both babies in the cart and the girls hanging onto both sides I don't get much food in my cart. It is so hard at times but all I have to do is walk around my house at 10 at night and look at all my beautiful angels sleeping and know that i made them and their all fed and clean and healthy thanks to me. So ya that sounds like I'm bragging a little and after the hell I've gone through these past 6 months I want to brag. That I'm still alive and I was pregnant with twins alone and gave birth alone and have raised them alone all while taking care of 2 very demanding toddlers and dealing with an adulterer husband. Not to mention living in the house that he slept with another girl and having to live 1 block away from his girlfriend. And to top it all off am now potty training. So here I go yeah me!! Ok that's enough bragging and complaining. It's time for a nap!

Cute Kids!

Tree House Museum

Happy Birthday Katelyn

Sleeping cheek to cheek
This is what happened while I was chatting with Jen one day.

I had my back turned to the kids and briley took Jason and put him

in the bottom of the bassinet base. He was not thrilled.

La-z-boy

So they've finally done it la-z-boy is closing their doors and putting over 800 people out of jobs including my husband. Their opening a new plant for sewing and cutting in mexico. We thought they were cheap skates before. Just when I thought I was going to have financial security what a joke.