November's Almost Gone, YAY!

It's been an interesting couple of days. On Sunday we went to do our tithing settlement with our bishop and while we were there he extended a calling to me (after I begged for one, ha ha). Turns out they've been waiting on this one for a while just to make sure that I was okay after having the baby and all of that. I won't say what it is yet since I still have to be sustained this coming Sunday, but I will say that I'm very excited about it and I know that it was definately inspired. Also, Kari asked me if I would be in charge of our Relief Society's book club, and I accepted. I'm not a natural leader, but I'm sure it will work out good. Our first meeting is tonight and we'll be discussing future meetings and Twilight.

I just finished registering for Time Out For Women. It's coming to Edmonton on May 1&2, 2009. I'm really excited about it, since it will be my first time going to one.

On Sunday Ty turned a month old! I can't believe it's already been a month. The time seems to be going by even quicker this time than it did with Caleb. Before I know it they'll be going on missions!!!

I've been cleaning the house the last couple of days and it actually looks presentable now. I'm so happy that I'm able to take care of the house again and not have to rely on John to do everything. If he's going to go out for 5 long days every week so that I can stay at home, then the least I can do is take care of our kids and our house and have dinner ready (or close to it) when he gets home. It really bothered me when I wasn't able to do that because I felt like I wasn't fulfilling my role as a wife and a mother. Maybe I'm just wierd, though, who knows?

I've also started wrapping Christmas presents and yesterday I put out the few decorations that I have. I realized that I have next to NO decorations, so next year we'll have to invest in a few more, I think. Oh well, the tree will be up next week and that will help. We made decorations yesterday, which was interesting. Caleb did a better job of painting the wipes container than his actual ornaments, but whatever works, right? Anyways, that's all for now:)

Who's Responsible For That?!?

Friday night I went and saw Twilight with Heather, Jodi and Maria. There were some parts that I really liked, but there were a lot of part that just made me think "Who's responsible for that?!?" When they first introduced Carlisle, it was awful. Jodi and I busted a gut laughing for about 5 minutes. I was laughing so hard that I couldn't even answer Heather when she asked me what was wrong. It was just an awful casting, I think. Same with Jacob. They totally butchered Billy's character, it was awful to watch any scene with him in it. And there were several other things that I had some serious issues with. But I'm still glad that I went and saw it. There were things that I really liked. I liked the casting for Alice and James quite a bit, actually. I loved Jasper during the ball game. And I loved Edward's smirk. I did, however, realize that I absolutely loathe the girls that screamed and squealed when Edward was first seen and whenever he and Bella kissed or anything else that they felt was scream worthy. It was SUPER annoying, but what can you do when you're dealing with immature teenaged girls, hey?

Today was our Super Saturday and it was a lot of fun, at least it was for me, I can't speak for everyone. I finally got to make my family name board, which I'll take pictures of and post later. I'm really happy with how it turned out, though. Then I got stuff together for my I-spy bag for the boys. After we had lunch I helped Jodi make her name board and visited with her and Robin, her sister. It was lots of fun, and I really enjoyed getting out and especially getting to hang out with Jodi again. I can talk to Jodi in a way that I really can't talk to anyone else, I think that's because we think so similarly about so many things.

After I got home my brother and Danielle came over and had pizza with us. We introduced them to Mario Kart Wii, which was quite entertaining since they had a really hard time adjusting to the wheel whereas John and I took to it right away. I love the wheel so much more that the Game Cube controllers. Anyways, so it was a really great day for me. I've been feeling so much better about life in general lately and that's such a nice feeling. I'd all but forgotten how it felt to be happy with my chemicals so out of whack and such a trying pregnancy, but it's all working itself out again and it's great. I am so blessed.

L's Mom

Okay, I'm finally going to admit to the fact the I read L's mom's blog. Mostly, it's just fun to see L growing through pictures more than seeing her in the pictures they send me only once a year. She is a beautiful child and so happy and it makes me happy to see how loved she is. And C always writes about really interesting stuff. She always has inspiring quotes and great messages she writes herself and it helps me to want to become a better person. And also, if she reads that I'm reading her blog then I don't have to feel bad because it means she's reading mine too, lol.

This last Monday she wrote about adoption. I didn't even realize that it's National Adoption Month, no one ever told me and I'd never seen it anywhere until I read that post. She wrote about someone else's feeling and her own and mentioned how she hates going to enrichment because of all of the pregnancy/birthing stories. It made me realize that I need to be more sensitive to the feelings of other's around me. I know someone right now who is trying for a baby and not having any luck so far and I feel so bad for all of the times that I've just blabbered on about my kid(s) in front of her. She's such an amazing person and the last thing in the world I'd want to do is offend her. It's so hard to not talk about my kids at all, because that's what I do all day long. The boys are such a part of who I am that it almost feels like I can't stop talking about them because it's like ignoring a piece of myself. But that doesn't mean that I can't learn some serious moderation. So that's what I want to work on right now is trying to be more sensitive to the feelings of other people.

So Relieved!

We took Tyrell back to the health centre yesterday to have him weighed again and he is actually 7 lbs 12 oz, the little porker! Turns out that the lady who weighed him last week did something wrong or whatever. I was so happy that he's fine, though.

John was supposed to have to work today, but I had a wicked migraine early this morning where I was super sick to my stomach and couldn't handle any light at all, even the computer monitor playing our black screensaver, so he ended up staying home to help me out. I started feeling better by about 10:30, so that was nice. John took Caleb out before lunch to get a snow shovel, since someone stole our's when we were still in the 2 bedroom and we obviously need one now since the snow decided to stick overnight. They also picked up some batteries for Ty's baby swing, so he can use the swing properly now, YAY!

We had some soup for lunch and now John is exercising while Caleb is napping. I got the winter coats out this morning and was very happy that mine fits quite well. I was worried I was still going to be too big for it, but I guess I was wrong, YAY! It's not often that I'm happy about being wrong, but I sure was today:) Anyways, I should get going and maybe put some laundry away or something, ha ha.

Nervous About Monday, Twice Over

For the last 2 weeks I've had help pretty much 24/7. First I had John with me in the hospital, then my mum was here for a week and this week John's mom has been here. However, on Monday I will be going it alone with 2 kids for the first time, which I'm a bit nervous about. Caleb has finally realized that Tyrell is here to stay and has gotten really violent and clingy. I'm not quite sure what else to do for him other than try to cuddle him more when I can.

I'm also pretty nervous for Monday because I took Tyrell to have him weighed this Wednesday and the scale said he was only 5lbs7oz. I was thinking "there is NO way that he is that much below his birth weight", so I talked to a health nurse and she figures that the hospital got his birth weight wrong or something because Tyrell is filling out fine, eating well, outputting well and wakes up well, so there's nothing wrong with him. But they still have to see a weight increase in him, so I have to bring him back on Monday to have him weighed again, so hopefully that goes well.

I've spent most of the week with a headache, but other than that, things are going good. I think the headache is because I've been sleeping with my jaw clenched for some reason. I got my WiiFit on Saturday and I'm loving it. John's been using it too:) Anyways, not too much else is new here, so that's all for now, I suppose...

Tyrell Jason Bly

After what felt like a VERY LONG pregnancy, baby Tyrell is here.

Tyrell Jason Bly
Thursday, October 23, 2008
3:50 pm
6 lbs 1 oz

18.5"
Wainwright, AB

We left the hospital on Saturday morning and got home to Edmonton that evening. It was SO nice to be back in my own bed after being gone for so long. We are adjusting well. Tyrell is such a good baby, we love him so much.

The End is in Sight!

Friday afternoon I got a phone call letting me know that my induction is booked for this Thursday at 8am. I am SO happy that I have an end in sight now and that it's so soon. I guess me crying at my last doctor's appointment did SOME good, ha ha. Friday night I went to a Partylight thing with my mum. I bought 2 packs of tealights and an instant manicure stuff. I never would have bought the manicure stuff normally, but I actually tried it out and loved it, so my mum convinced me to get it. One of the tealight sets is for John, they are coconut milk chocolate scented, and he LOVES coconut. The other set is cinnamon and bayberry, for a holiday like smell in December.
I didn't do too much over the weekend, since it's getting really hard to walk around and what not, but Caleb went to the park for a bit on Saturday and yesterday Bob took him out to the river area to run around while they took the dog for a run. Caleb saw a train, which he was very excited about.
Not too much else is new here, we're just really looking forward to Thursday and meeting our new baby boy.