So this is by far the longest I have gone with out blogging. I am so sorry, it just became easier to not as time passed. Christmas has come and gone, the New Year has come and gone, and Valentines Day has come and gone. That being said I have a lot to tell you.
Christmas time was really good. We got to spend time with family and friends. Lots of food, good company and laughing, what more could you ask for? Matt's Mom and Dad, our nephew Ashton, and Matt's Grandma Harvey came up this year for Christmas. It was a lot of fun getting to spend time with them and getting to know Ashton. Over the holiday as well, we got to spend time with our friends the Strozuk's, they came over a couple of times to help us clear out some of the tree mess in our yard, at one point we had 8 children and 7 adults all in the house, it was loud, it was crazy, and I honestly loved it. Please note that this was at the begging of the holiday by the end I was having meltdowns and I am truly sorry for that.
New Years was spent home, and the Wade Family came and spent the weekend with us. It was great having them there, again an other handful of good friends, food,and laughter.
Valentines Day was spent as a family all together in Astoria, OR. Matt had some training down there at Ft. Rilea. Not for the Army but for his civilian job. He spent two weeks down there, we joined him for he second week. We got to spend a day in Seaside and we took the girls to the aquarium. They loved feeding the sea lions. The weather that we got to experience was the worst I had ever experienced on the Oregon coast. Although I have never been down there in the winter either. It was blowing so hard I thought that our trailer was going to flip at any given moment.
We returned home for what we thought would just be for the weekend, but it ended up to be for a week, which might was to all of our delight. We got home on a Wednesday night got up early for Thursday because Emma had a dental appointment. She has some cavities that I feel horrible about, but everyone has been telling me that with kids sometime it just happens. I have always flossed and brushed her teeth morning and night, from an early age. When they told me that she had three cavities I wanted to cry to be honest. So we went in to get them fixed and the dentist recommended that we do sedation, she has always been wonderful from the begging, letting them do all of what they need to with her cleanings, so I was hesitant. But I didn't want her to have a bad experience with getting fillings at a young age, so we opted to go a head with it. Well the first time I took her in she look the "sleepy juice" and spit it right out. I was in the dark as to how they were going to give it to her and what we could and could not have after word. So it didn't go very well. We have always been up front with her that medicine is medicine and you need to take it, well they kept calling it "sleepy juice" so I went with it, but I shouldn't have. She does not like to be tricked. So the whole way home she was drunk and nasty. This time I made sure that Matt was with me so that we could handle her together. I made sure that I took the time to talk with her about what was going to happen and how we were going to give her the medicine. I told her that we could give it to her with a syringe and then she could have some 7-UP after. She took it great but her body fought the effects the hole time. We had Hailey with us so Matt took her to the parts store with him and I was to take Emma back and be with her during the procedure. Well that didn't go so well, it was all the assistant and I could do to get her clammed down and into the chair, needless to say nothing happened again and we are to revisit in June. For now I am suppose to just stay on top of cleaning her teeth, which I thought I was doing in the first place. Back to being home. Friday we got to spend time as a family. Matt, my Dad, and Emma all got to go shooting and yes Emma got to shoot a gun for the first time. I didn't know that she was going to get to do this and was upset that I missed it, but Daddy was with her the whole time, holding the gun for her and helping her to pull the trigger. Matt asked her if she wanted to shoot it again, She said, " No thank you, I am good, it was kinda loud". I thought that it was funning because she took her "Pink Shoot Gun" that she got for Christmas, Matt would shoot three times, then my Dad would shoot three times, and then Emma would step up and "shoot" three times, love it . Saturday Matt had Sat. school in Pasco, so I got caught up on laundry and cleaning. Sunday Matt and my dad did some work on the Excursion, and Monday we spent lunch at my parents house and then Matt had to take the Excursion in to get it aligned after the work that he had done on it. So that night Matt's eye was bothering him, he said that he had gotten something in it when he was working on the excursion but he thought that he had gotten it out. Well by about 10pm I was thinking that I should take him in to the ER but he said maybe if I sleep it will just clear itself out. Well come Tuesday morning when I thought that we were going to leave for Mattawa, because he had some work to do close to there, we were going to stay at my Grandmothers house, but his eye was not better. So he called in sick and we went to the eye doctor. And he had two peaces of metal embedded his eye, and there was a third but that was the peace that he got out, but had rusted in his eye. The Dr. had to use a drill to take the tissue and metal out. I thought it was crazy and Matt thought that it was cool. Of course. He has had 7 days of antibiotic eye drops, and all seems to be well.
Baby Ben is growing, growing, growing. Although I am the smallest I have been at this point in my pregnancies, I have been the most uncomfortable. He must be more towards my back or something. I have an appointment this coming Monday the 7th and I am looking forward to it. The time is getting close and I am getting very excited to meet our little man. Right now we are in Vancouver, WA for a week so that Matt can get some training in, then we will be in Mattawa, to make up the week that he missed because of his eye. Then we will be home. I am very excited and looking forward to being home and getting this nesting out of my system. Emma, Hailey, and I were not going to travel with Matt this last little bit, but it has been worth it, keeping all of us together. We are going to be welcoming our little man, April 22, 2011 at 7:15am, well that is what we have secluded.
Hope all is going well with you and your families,
In His Love,
Anna
Christmas time was really good. We got to spend time with family and friends. Lots of food, good company and laughing, what more could you ask for? Matt's Mom and Dad, our nephew Ashton, and Matt's Grandma Harvey came up this year for Christmas. It was a lot of fun getting to spend time with them and getting to know Ashton. Over the holiday as well, we got to spend time with our friends the Strozuk's, they came over a couple of times to help us clear out some of the tree mess in our yard, at one point we had 8 children and 7 adults all in the house, it was loud, it was crazy, and I honestly loved it. Please note that this was at the begging of the holiday by the end I was having meltdowns and I am truly sorry for that.
New Years was spent home, and the Wade Family came and spent the weekend with us. It was great having them there, again an other handful of good friends, food,and laughter.
Valentines Day was spent as a family all together in Astoria, OR. Matt had some training down there at Ft. Rilea. Not for the Army but for his civilian job. He spent two weeks down there, we joined him for he second week. We got to spend a day in Seaside and we took the girls to the aquarium. They loved feeding the sea lions. The weather that we got to experience was the worst I had ever experienced on the Oregon coast. Although I have never been down there in the winter either. It was blowing so hard I thought that our trailer was going to flip at any given moment.
We returned home for what we thought would just be for the weekend, but it ended up to be for a week, which might was to all of our delight. We got home on a Wednesday night got up early for Thursday because Emma had a dental appointment. She has some cavities that I feel horrible about, but everyone has been telling me that with kids sometime it just happens. I have always flossed and brushed her teeth morning and night, from an early age. When they told me that she had three cavities I wanted to cry to be honest. So we went in to get them fixed and the dentist recommended that we do sedation, she has always been wonderful from the begging, letting them do all of what they need to with her cleanings, so I was hesitant. But I didn't want her to have a bad experience with getting fillings at a young age, so we opted to go a head with it. Well the first time I took her in she look the "sleepy juice" and spit it right out. I was in the dark as to how they were going to give it to her and what we could and could not have after word. So it didn't go very well. We have always been up front with her that medicine is medicine and you need to take it, well they kept calling it "sleepy juice" so I went with it, but I shouldn't have. She does not like to be tricked. So the whole way home she was drunk and nasty. This time I made sure that Matt was with me so that we could handle her together. I made sure that I took the time to talk with her about what was going to happen and how we were going to give her the medicine. I told her that we could give it to her with a syringe and then she could have some 7-UP after. She took it great but her body fought the effects the hole time. We had Hailey with us so Matt took her to the parts store with him and I was to take Emma back and be with her during the procedure. Well that didn't go so well, it was all the assistant and I could do to get her clammed down and into the chair, needless to say nothing happened again and we are to revisit in June. For now I am suppose to just stay on top of cleaning her teeth, which I thought I was doing in the first place. Back to being home. Friday we got to spend time as a family. Matt, my Dad, and Emma all got to go shooting and yes Emma got to shoot a gun for the first time. I didn't know that she was going to get to do this and was upset that I missed it, but Daddy was with her the whole time, holding the gun for her and helping her to pull the trigger. Matt asked her if she wanted to shoot it again, She said, " No thank you, I am good, it was kinda loud". I thought that it was funning because she took her "Pink Shoot Gun" that she got for Christmas, Matt would shoot three times, then my Dad would shoot three times, and then Emma would step up and "shoot" three times, love it . Saturday Matt had Sat. school in Pasco, so I got caught up on laundry and cleaning. Sunday Matt and my dad did some work on the Excursion, and Monday we spent lunch at my parents house and then Matt had to take the Excursion in to get it aligned after the work that he had done on it. So that night Matt's eye was bothering him, he said that he had gotten something in it when he was working on the excursion but he thought that he had gotten it out. Well by about 10pm I was thinking that I should take him in to the ER but he said maybe if I sleep it will just clear itself out. Well come Tuesday morning when I thought that we were going to leave for Mattawa, because he had some work to do close to there, we were going to stay at my Grandmothers house, but his eye was not better. So he called in sick and we went to the eye doctor. And he had two peaces of metal embedded his eye, and there was a third but that was the peace that he got out, but had rusted in his eye. The Dr. had to use a drill to take the tissue and metal out. I thought it was crazy and Matt thought that it was cool. Of course. He has had 7 days of antibiotic eye drops, and all seems to be well.
Baby Ben is growing, growing, growing. Although I am the smallest I have been at this point in my pregnancies, I have been the most uncomfortable. He must be more towards my back or something. I have an appointment this coming Monday the 7th and I am looking forward to it. The time is getting close and I am getting very excited to meet our little man. Right now we are in Vancouver, WA for a week so that Matt can get some training in, then we will be in Mattawa, to make up the week that he missed because of his eye. Then we will be home. I am very excited and looking forward to being home and getting this nesting out of my system. Emma, Hailey, and I were not going to travel with Matt this last little bit, but it has been worth it, keeping all of us together. We are going to be welcoming our little man, April 22, 2011 at 7:15am, well that is what we have secluded.
Hope all is going well with you and your families,
In His Love,
Anna
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Ma and Pa Harvey