Good Times and Bad

I'll start off with the good news. I had my second ultrasound last night at the doctor's office and the baby is looking awesome! We saw the heartbeat for the second time and he/she looks just like the pictures online show he/she should look. Just two more visits before we find out if we're having a girl or boy. I'll have to start a poll someday, to see what ya'll think.
The bad news. Andrew has been sick and very miserable! He's had fevers for three straight days and his tonsils are swollen and filled with pus (sick, I know)! When he talks I can hear his tonsils touching, it's so nasty. His eyes have also been really bugging him. They are red and swollen and bloodshot. I think this must be related to allergies or something. Even on tylenol and motrin his fevers don't really go below 101. He's had two rapid strep tests that have come back negative and we're waiting on cultures, still! Last night the doctor said he could have a bacterial infection that they can't test for (right!) and to go in again if he starts getting a stiff neck! Nick missed my prenatal appt. again because he was at the doctor's with Andrew. I've been really mean lately because I'm sleep deprived and just want Andrew to feel better. I just hope Madelyn doesn't get this because she has been sneeking sips out of Andrew's sippy cup. She is so naughty!
Well the little miss is up now, gotta go! I hope you all are healthy and happy!

I could cry part II

Sometimes bad things happen for a reason. A couple days ago Nick's computer starting wigging out and everything he tried wouldn't fix the problem (system wise). So yesterday and this morning he started taking out drives to see which was causing the problems. Well, in doing so, guess what he found?!? My glasses! One of the kids had pushed them into the back of the armoire behind the computer tower. We would've never found them if his computer hadn't, out of the blue, started wigging out! Now my glasses are found and his computer is fixed! The Lord answers our prayers all the time and I am so thankful!
This kind of reminded me of funny dreams I have related to babies...
One night I started sleep walking around our bedroom saying "where are the babies" as I was turning on all the lights in the room and flinging blankets off the bed. Nick finally woke me up (at least he thought he did) and we went back to bed. The next morning he told me all about it because I didn't remember a thing. We had been trying to get pregnant and all the tests for weeks said negative. I took one last one and just kind of left in on the floor, thinking I'd get the same result as every time before (this is the day after my sleepwalking, trying to find the babies episode) and it was positive! That was our Madelyn...
So my story this time- I had gone to my doctor to talk about starting clomid because we had no success otherwise and he suggested we start with the next cycle. Well a couple weeks after that (Setember 15th) I had a dream that I took a pregnancy test and it was positive. So that morning after Nick had left for work, I used my last pregnancy test and it was positive! These stories just make me think of how the Lord knows us, our concerns, and answers our prayers!

I could cry...

Saturday we were at our ward party and right when we got there Madelyn knocked my glasses off my face. They fell on the gym floor and broke (not something I could fix). I thought no big deal, I just bought new prescription glasses and sunglasses and I could just start wearing the new ones. I had been keeping them in my purse just in case something happened to my old ones. We got home and I went through my purse and my glasses weren't there. I searched the whole house, both cars, everywhere, but no glasses! I've called a ton of places I've been in the last while but no one has turned in my glasses. The last time I remember wearing them was at the Utah State Fair on September 12th and the last time I thought I saw them in my purse was a couple Thursdays ago when I went to work for a couple hours at SelectHealth. I wore contacts the last couple days (which I can't stand for more than a couple hours) and now I have a stye or something in my eye that hurts all the time! I can't believe we just spent $175 on these glasses in August and I've already lost them! It makes me sick! Summer gave me a couple of her old pairs of glasses to use the frames with my new lenses (which I did use one frame for the new glasses but the others wouldn't work for the sunglasses) so I have one pair left. One of the lenses is my prescription but the other isn't, so I've been wearing those around for a couple hours but I start feeling weird and have to take them off.
Last week I was at my OB/GYN for an appt and he said I have a UTI, so I've been on antibotics for that, right when I got off antibiotics for my ear infection. I get really sick taking them and instead of morning sickness I get evening sickness. So with the combined antibiotics and evening sickness, Nick has had to pick up a lot of slack! I feel so bad for him and our house is in constant shambles. The kids have been pretty good besides Madelyn finally getting her two teeth in, so things will have to start looking up. I only have 3 more days of antibiotics!
I guess you're probably wondering about the "morning sickness" comment, yes we're expecting baby #3! I've been so worried because I haven't been sick like I was with Madelyn and Andrew, but we've seen the baby's heartbeat and everything looks good so far. The due date so far is May 24th and I couldn't be more excited to be pregnant during the winter! We didn't even have to take clomid, the timing was the Lord's and we are so thankful for the answer to our prayers!
The names we're liking right now are Ella Kirstie and Elijah Kirk (all family names except Elijah). We'll probably find out in December if we're having a boy or girl. With Madelyn we did fetalphotos when I was 17 weeks pregnant, but that was when my sister was due at the same time and we went together. This time we might just be patient and wait for the 20 week appt. with my doctor.
Sorry for the long post! They all seem to be long lately!

Google It Tag

Go to Google images and type in your own answers for the topics below. Pick your favorite image on the first 3 pages of results and post it. (Try to do a different image than these if you have the same answer). Sorry Liane for not seeing this post sooner, I've been slow!
My First Name:


My Middle Name:


My Last Name:



Favorite Food:Italian!!!!


My Grandma's Name: Helen



A Pet I Use to Own: Cocker spaniel


My Age:



Favorite Place: (This is the Oregon state capital building, I used to play in the water in this black fountain when I was little, fun times!)


Favorite Color:


Nickname of a Friend: Nasty#1


Past Love: I used to love hotdogs when I was little...


What I'm Doing Right Now: (besides blogging)


Bad Habit:


A Place I Want to Visit:



My First Job (Besides babysitting):


I tag anyone who wants to do this on their blog!