well most of u already know but on the 16th of feb we found out what the baby is gonna be!! i kept austin home out of school so he could come be we us... my sister april also came... on the way to the hospital we were makin bets on what it would be... me and brackin were a girl all the way and brady and austin were goin with a BOY... i did cheat a little cause i had an angel tell me what i was having even before i got pregnant.... for u to understand what im talkin about i have to start at the beginning... when my grandma died i was so upset and couldnt quit crying... the next day i was just thinking about how much i missed her and the strangest thing happened... i couldnt hear her like she was talking but she told me in my head i was pregnant... later that nite i told brady about what had happened and i was a little scared i had made it up... brady said he thought i was imagining it cause she had just died and i was so sad.... but at her viewing i was standing in line talking to people and i heard her again say "you are pregnant and it will be a girl" the first thing i thought was "im gonna name it after my grandma"......a week later i told my mom about her saying i was pregnant(not the girl part) while cutting her hair and i also said i had taken a test and it said NO... my mom told me maybe it ment i was going to get pregnant soon.... ill admit i was skeptical.. we dont have the easiest time getting pregnant and it usually involves going to the doctor and sometimes medicine.... i called my sister lacey and told her about grandma the pregnancy and the girl.... she said she believed me because she had her own experience with grandma after passing away... well the next weeks i started not feeling so good so i took some pregnancy tests, 2 to be exact which each said no.... but i had this feeling so i took another a week later and what do u know it said YES!!!!! i told brady and he made me buy another one because he said it was wrong cause it only cost me a dollar! (haha) well anyway the expensive one said the exact same thing YES!!!!

so when we went to the ultra sound i already had a feelin it was a girl..... april was funny and wanted the ultrasound guy to make 100 percent sure it wasnt a boy!!! i think she was supprised!!!!! i know brady was the look on his face was priceless!!! and ill admit i bawled like a baby!! i cant tell u how excited i am about a girl!@!! we had the boys trick there grandmas and tell them it was a boy... it was so funny how they tried to make me feel better by saying nice stuff like i make cute boys and one more will be so fun..... then when they found out it was a girl they were so excited.... i had brackin call lacey and tell her it was a boy... she was on speaker phone and i heard her say "how come ur mom diddnt call is she cryin to hard cause its a boy?" hahahahah

anyway to end it i would like to tell my grandma how much i love and miss her and i know she watches out for me and is my angel, im also so glad she is takin care of this little girl till she can come and be with us!!!!

christmas

geezzzz here it is march and im finally blogging about xmas!! oh well better late than never!! first we went to my moms and she cooked us our traditional breakfast... grandpa even came... the only sad part of the whole day was grandma wasnt with us, but i know she was watching....my mom gave the boys space suits.. which were a hit! and me and brady two hundred dollars in food supplies.... we are set!! then we went over to bradys moms and the boys got tons of toys... then we went and hung out at grandpas house for awhile... lacey had sent him the 12 days of christmas and the picture of him and the vodka was the last present.... he is the best grandpa and i always have a good laugh with him... i love u grandpa!!! as a funny joke he gave me some mouse killer (cant think of the name of the stupid stuff) weeks before i was complaining that we had mouses so he fixed the problem... it was so funny i started bawling... my cousin who hates olives got two canes of olives...... haha grandpa i love u

Brackin is big 4!!!

Brackins Big 4 Bday!!!

On Dec 23rd brackin had his 4th bday!!! i was kinda sad cause i had to work all day teaching at the beauty school and couldnt wait to get home and spend some time with him.... We had a party for him at 630 my mom and step dad came up and gave him a spongebob video and two really loud and annoying guns!!! (thanks mom) But he loved them.... Me and
Brady gave him some new snow pants brady told him that was all he got you should of seen his little face!!! About an hour later bradys parents and kristina came over... He got a motorcyle that plays music and moves, a new shirt and kristina gave him some books... We had cake and ice cream, blew out the candles and just had a good time..... i cant find my camera but will post pic soon!!! happy bday brackin i love u!!!

thanksgiving and the BIG news!!

The night before thanksgiving we have a tradition, grandma and grandpa stoddard take us out to eat with carl and the boys at golden corral... This year was alot harder with grandma not being gone very long.... Lacey and Hayden drove up from St. George so i decided that it was time to tell everyone our news... We have a new baby comming to join our family... For some reason i was so nervous and just wanted to hurry and tell and get it over with.... So as soon as everyone was sitting and about to eat i told them.... I was worried about how Austin was going to take it.... His response was not what i expected at all!!! He started to cry uncontrollably.... I thought it was cause he was mad he was going to have to share everything all over again... But once he calmed down and i asked why he was crying he said "U lied to me.. U kept a secret and we tell each other everything, NO SECRETs" i diddnt even know what to say to that.... Poor little guy.... We have moved past that now and hes very excited!!! My dad happened to be there also with his wife and her kids so we went over and told them also.... the next day (Thanksgiving) i told Brady he had to tell his family how ever he wanted.... u should of heard some of his ideas they were seriously funny!!! But as it turns out when we got to his house his sister handed us a paper and told us to write on it what we were thankful for..... So brady put the new baby.... Man he got off easy on that one... Everyone knew it was us, and thats how we told!!!

on the way to private

ive decided to go private!! i know i said this before and even tried it but that was when my grandma was alive and couldnt get the hang of signing on to look at our blog......... so if u wanna keep in touch leave me ur email

i have had so much fun this year canning with teresa!! we made apple cinnamon jelly last sat and if i must say so my self it is delicious!! i also made a ton of salsa with her and missy... then some rasp plum with a ton of plums my grandpa gave me... and another favorite apple carmel jelly!!! brady hates carmel so more for me haha