The Perfect Excuse

Jace Garen Blanchard

 

One sweet little man joined our family

December 14 (two weeks early), 2012.

He was 7 lb 5oz, and 19 inches.

 

(5 days old^)

 

 

I woke up at 5 am and ran to the bathroom.

"Garen what time is it? I think my water just broke."

"......Like 5." He walks to the bathroom.

"Doesn't that mean we should head to the hospital like right now?"

".........uh... We could probably wait 'til my alarm goes off at 6..."

He walks back to the bed.

(huh?)

haha he was obviously out of it,

but don't worry I made him wake up and we

made it to the hospital by 6 or so

(after pounding on Arregui's door for a while to drop

off Lainee for the day. THANKS ARREGUIS!)

 

After a few hours, I was ready,

but had to wait for the Doctor to finish in the OR.

Anyway, he finally entered the world at about 10:36 am

with no complications and the nurses said we

were their very favorite patients because we both

made it so easy for them!

 

 

Garen missed a big test at 9 am but was able to make it up

that afternoon, and got a 100%! Way to go Dad!

Because he also had 3 big tests the following week,

my terrific mother booked a flight last minute

and came to stay with us until the next Friday.

WE OWE HER BIG TIME

because I never would have lived without her!

 

Lainee loves her new brother but does have a little bit

of a hard time sharing the attention for now.

I think she's quickly getting used to it though.

 

Jace sleeps like a champ,

and Lainee has already adjusted to sleep on through

when he does wake up.

 

I love my awesome kids

and their amazing daddy!



Little Girl Prayers

Lainee has decided that she doesn't

need help when it's her turn to say family prayer.

So here's an example of the prayers we've

heard this week on her nights.

 

"Dear hevly father

we're grateful for this day

and grate for the Dad's fish,

and grate for the food

and the blessings.

Help us to be happy.

In the name...."

 

 

 

And at the end, she throws her hands up

and says "AMENNN!"

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Even though this is a pretty silly one,

I can't help but be a little proud 'cause I've heard

my first try went like this:

 

"Heavenly Father,

Jesus Christ,

Amen."

 

So my mom told me I forgot the middle stuff...

 

"Heavenly Father,

the middle stuff,

Amen."

 

Haha.

 

It's great to have been raised by the parents

I had so I learned at a young age,

and can teach my babies at a young age.

Thanks Mom and Dad.

I love Shel Silverstein

November is Over?? It's over!!

 

 

I can't believe it's December already

(mostly because of the stupid warm weather in NV,

which has been 10 degrees warmer

even than it usually is here... ugh!).

 

But anyway, I normally just try to make December last

as looooong as I possibly can so it will seem like

that much more Christmas time.

 

Well this year, I'm kind of hoping it flies by.

I'm pretty much ready to have this baby boy

come home from the hospital for Christmas

and be done with this belly and all the

bathroom trips and leg cramps!

(As many of you know, I want a bunch of kids,

 

like 8 or so, but man, I hate being pregnant.)

(36 ish weeks)

 

Anyway, our Thanksgiving was really good,

different- being away from WA or ID for the first time-

but still good.

We got a day or two to spend some time with

the best dad and hubby ever!

 

We got invited to Garen's ("rich") cousins' home

in Las Vegas, and got to see Grandma and Grandpa McKenna.

Lainee and Garen even went swimming in their sweet OUTDOOR pool!

That's a big deal because HeLLo... It's the end of stinkin' November

and 75 degrees out. Boo.

 

Anyway, then I tried a little bit of Black Friday shopping,

but there was nothing on a huge sale that we really needed.

Despite that, I ended up finishing pretty much all

my Christmas shopping that day.

By that Saturday, we had our tree up,

and as of now, all the presents (except Santa's of course)

are wrapped under the tree.

 

(four stockings!)

 

 

We  went to our ward Christmas party on Friday

where Lainee got to sit on Santa's lap

and was way too shy to tell him what she wants,

but just sitting there was a huge step up

from last year's horrified screaming fit!

This year.^

 

Last year.^

(with our old neighbor Nora)

 

We also attended an ugly sweater Christmas party on Saturday,

thrown by our good friends Dayna and Craig.

(don't have pics yet but I will get them soon hopefully.)

 

 

...Now what???

 

Lots of baking, indulging, and listening to Christmas music

while we wait I guess.

 

I have a Doctor appt. Wednesday afternoon and

hopefully that's when we'll find out if we're still

okay to plan on inducing a little early.

If so, we only have like

2 1/2 weeks left!!!

 

Yay!