halloween crafts to DO this week!!

All of these are located in my "Things i want to make list" at the bottom of my blog! i hope you think these are as cute as i do........happy crafting!!

* Halloween Wreath.....so CUTE!
*Over at "thats so Cuegly" has a tutorial for "No sew pumkins" SO adorable if you get some cute fabric and ribbon.
*Over at Womans day they have a cute black cat pillow tutorial
*over at Readers Digest they have a tutorial for Halloween Mummy Heads
*over at "the long thread" they have a tutorial for Halloween Ribbon Wreath
*over at womans day they have a tutorial for Halloween Skull plate OR any fabric you want
*Halloween Yard sign which im going to use with my Halloween dead tree
*come sit for a spell board
*also over at thats so cuegly there are some cute haunted birdie houses
*over at allfreecrafts.com there is tutoral for jolly golly pumkin doll

loosing the BABY fat!

steak, cookies, cake, candy, soda, chocolate, pbj, potatoes, chips, hotdogs.......etc.....
that is what i have been eating for the past 9 months. im suprised Brenlee didnt come out looking like a sumo. i wasnt a healthiest eater with this pregnancy.....and can honestly say i didnt work out ONCE! SOooo now what......i want to loose the weight FAST, but in a healthy way...i only have 10 more pounds before MOST of my clothes fit, but im shooting for a REDICULOUS #. i want to weigh 120. I know most of you will think that is C R A ZY!! That is my goal! After Taylor i got down to 128, and i think 120 would be just right......

SO i need your help.......i cant go to the gym, but i enjoy running ***so i will probley just start running in a few weeks after im 6 weeks post partum.
So do you have any ideas, Work out videos that have worked for you! any meal ideas, Or just any words of encouragement. OR does anyone want to loose a few pounds with me!!!

Wish me LUCK!!

Cute little Brenlee

I took this picture of Brenlee today. She is growing so fast, it makes me sad! I feel so blessed to have her. I just think she is the cutest thing!

Brenlee Raylyn Wood

This is the only picture we took before we had her. Im in NO pain in this picture, but a little large.
We are so excited to have Brenlee here. She is so Stinkin CUTE and i cant get enough of her. i just want to squeeze her every second. She is a really good baby and we are adjusting to life with three kids pretty good.............so far!!!!

Brenlee at the Hospital. i love when there all snuggled up. 7 lbs 4 0z 18 1/2 inches long

2nd day old. im really pumped with fluid......i love hospital pictures. i cant beleive im posting these pictures!

Close up of her cute little face.

Me and my baby. i love how alert they are right after there born, its crazy!!

The three of us right after she was born. i was seriously druged up and really was out of it. As you can def tell in this picture!


LABOR:

Basically is was a PIECE of cake! Ill make along story short!

We went into the hospital at 7 in the morning. They started me on antibiaotics for having GBS, and they gave me stuff to soften my cervix. i was only dilated to a 2, WOOO hooo! The antibiotics were going to take atleast 12 hours( SO ANNOYING BTW) So i sat there all day, kept giving me medicine for GBS, and to soften my cervix. SO at 5 pm, i was dilated to a 3, so i got my epidural, and they started me on pitocin*. i seriously didnt feel the epidural at all. It was great! So at 7:40 the doc came in, and i was dilated to a 10, he broke my water, i pushed 2 little pushes and i had her at 7:50. It was nice and easy! There was an hour were i thought i was dieing, and i was only dilated to a 3, i can ONLY imagine if there was NO such thing as epidurals!!

SO enjoy the pictures! We are all doing Gooooood, and i feel like a totally different person. i felt G R E AT!!

I cant beleive we are going to have are baby tomorrow! We are going to be a family of 5, C R A Z Y! We are really excited and i have no idea how much more crazy life is going to be! We will update when we are up to it......:) WIsh us luck!

OH yeah! 6 more days!

i dont think i have ever been this EXCITED about anything ! These last 9 months for me have been Exhausting, challenging, Mind boggling, painfull and mentally challenging! I know i have "Easy" pregnancies, but add 2 little kids ( 2 1/2 and a 1 1/2 years old) and in the dead of summer in Az. IT was Horrible! i have had alot of help, but havent enjoyed this pregnancy at ALL!

We have got mostly everything ready for her to come, but a few little washing and cleaning to do, SO for the next week im going to "try" to enjoy my large self, spend time with my kids, and husband, and make a few fun crafts with friends!

I CAN NOT wait to be induced next Saturday, ONly 6 more days! i just want to cry thinking about it!

WISH me luck!

12 more days!

Sept 5 it is!

Im going to be induced a week early. i had a doc appt today, and i tryed to talk doctor Tran into inducing me before he leaves, but he will be gone all the week before, So no can do! Dr. H it is! im already cringing at the thought of him checking to see if im dilated next week. Dr. Tran said if i dont like him next week then i can wait until Monday for when he gets back. It really works out for are family if we do it on Saturday (sept 5), everyone has off for labor day, which means alot of help! OH freakin well, im just excited to have my baby!

Sorry no picture this week, im sure you are all disappointed, you wanted to see my fat belly, i am gaining 2lbs a week.......good thing i only have 12 MORE days!

So much to do, and absolutley no energy or time to do any of it!

i see the END!

fat belly!

me and the fat belly!

36 wks down and (2 days)!

i had my 36 wk check up today.........was dreading getting checked to see if i was dilated. It is so embarrassing being huge and pregnant and having to be checked every week for the last few weeks of your pregnancy. Come to find out Dr. Tran doesn't check you until you are 38 wks. I was so glad and also i didn't have to be checked for the group B strep, since i had it with both of my other kids, they will just treat me for it.

So here is were it gets good........LIfe has been HARD for the past 36 wks (and 2 days) With being pregnant and everything that comes with that, taking care of 2 other kids 2 and 1 year old, being pregnant in the DEAD of summer, living in this Small apartment (very grateful), and Jeremy not knowing if he is going to have any work. We have definitely had a trying year, but we have learned alot and grew very close together. So it seems like for the past few weeks i have been trying to get everything ready for this baby to come, and it is taking FOREVER. LIFE is just so crazy and busy and there is NO time. I have been stressing about when this baby is going to come. So.....

today i told Dr. Tran that i want this baby out ASAP! i had to be induced with Kaden and Taylor and i see the same thing happening with this baby. SO he said that he would induce me a week early. IM so excited i could cry. One less week being pregnant. So the day is Sept. 5. It is Labor day week end, SO we will have alot of help with Kaden and Taylor and i hope everything goes smooth. The only down side is......Dr. Tran is going to be out of town, so it will be "DR. Harrison" I feel more comfortable with Dr. Tran because i liked how everything went with Taylor's delivery, and Dr. H, kinda creeps me out. SO i could wait until that Monday, and Dr. Tran will be back, but 2 more days is a million years to me right now. 19 more days!

Wood ReUnion and 24th of JUly!

Here are a few pictures from the 24th Celebration. i don't know what my problem is, put I'm anti taking pictures right now. Ill get over it. BUT we just did all the festivities in the Gila Valley. It was fun!


Wood ReUnion

This past weekend we went up to Greer for a family Reunion!It was so beautiful there, and it was so nice to get out of the HEAT! Besides, being HUGE and pregnant, and so uncomfomfortable. IT was So fun! They put up a Zip line for the kids, played volleyball, pinatas, GOOD good food, went to the River and the kids caught fish and played in the FREezing water. I met alot of fun and really nice people. Then we skipped the Eager Rodeo, and went to see Jeremys great Uncles, he let us pick peaches off of his tree, and showed us around the house that Jeremys grandma was raised in. It was a really fun weekend, that we need to do more often.

(My camera was dead, so i only got a few pictures, but my snl took alot for me, so i will post more when i get them, also i noticed that Jeremy's cousins wife posted some on her blog, if you REALLY want to you, you can check them out at http://woodof7.blogspot.com/. Thank you everyone that helped get everything ready, IT was awesome!

We did end up locking Taylor in the Truck, i was freaking out, she didnt know what the heck was going on. We just flagged down a police man and he came and slim jimmed are truck and got it right open. Thank heaven it was only 80 degrees out, or i would of busted the window!

Baby Names!

So when i was pregnant with Taylor i really wanted to name her Brenlee OR Bryna, but could never convince Jeremy. SO Taylor Ann it was, and it totally fits her....BUT now we are having to decide a name for are new baby girl again......

So it is either going to be

Brenlee, Brinlee, Brenly

OR

Braylee, braley,

Who know how we will spell it, So many diffrent ways!

What do you guys think, Or do you have any other CUTE girl names i could STEAL!

32 wks and Happy B-day to me!

I am now 32 wks Pregnant! Time is definitely flying by. I'm going to the Doc every two weeks now. I have a doc appt tomorrow, and i feel like i just saw him Yesterday. I'm hoping the next 8 wks will go by just as fast! As of 2 wks ago i was measuring 2 wks bigger ( which doesn't really mean that much) but im hoping tomorrow it will be the same, maybe he will bump up my due date. Wouldn't that be nice?Ive gained about 19 lbs, NOT bad huh, Errrrr WRONG, that's not including the Holiday weight i gained before i got pregnant, which was about 10 lbs. SO I'm sliding on really thin ice, hoping i don't gain to much more. WE SHALL SEE! i feel pretty good, i just have bad heart burn, back aches ( my fault tho, i sew on the ground, wierd i know!) but Ive been sleeping really good and napping almost every day. IM REALLY LAZY! I'm loving it. I don't know how i will feel after the baby. I probley wont go anywhere.....Honestly who has 3 kids that does anything, It would be a nightmare to go to walmart with 3 kids. We shall see, I'm hoping i will be SUPER mom, and be crazy energetic. like i said, we shall see.....anyways, i have to go, I'm due for my weekly bath, and Jeremy told me my hair stunk today.lol( haven't washed it since.........?)

I forgot, I turned the big 24 years old last Thursday, any of you that forgot my birthday, SUCK! and to everyone that wished me a Happy Birthday, i LOVE you!

Kaden is 3 Years old!!!

This is after swimming for 3 hours, so dont be judging on how awesome we look! We all went home and slept for 3 1/2 hours, it felt good!

Taylor sneeking a cupcake!

Kaden turned 3 on June 25, but we just had a birthday party for him this past Saturday. It was so fun, and relaxing. i had other ppl taking care of my kids, so it was nice for me just to swim and relax and play around with them. Kaden was pretty grumpy at first, but eventually got in the water and started having fun! Taylor went Crazy, she was jumping in the pool every 5 secs. she kept getting out and saying "again"again". I think everyone that came had fun!

4th of July!!

My sweet "sometimes" Kaden Ray!

I PAINTED Jeremys toes while he was sleeping. i just wanted him to be a little more patriotic for the Fourth. LOL, i was laughing so flippin hard. He asked how do you get it off, and i told him there wasnt anything that takes it off, you just have to let it grow out. LOL!

I love this picture of Tay!

This is Jeremy and i waiting for the fire works to start, it can get really interesting with the things we come up with doing. We sat out there for like 3 hrs before the fire works started, good thing there was FREE watermelon and Hot dogs! We had alot of fun, and my kids loved the fireworks!

Problem solved!

So all night lastnight all i heared was the sweet sound of nothing. I slept all night and it felt so good. The kids didnt wake up at all. Naps are finally back to normal and my kids are awesome and they sleep for atleast 2 to 3 hours. Its great!!! i just put them down tonight and they didnt even resist, they new it was bedtime. So life is finally getting back to normal and it feels good. So this will probley we the end to my everynight postings, but i have alot of other stuff and pictures to up load.
Now im going to go and relax............

Getting in the groove!

First im loving everyones comments, i felt really bad for doing this, but i was seriously on the brink of going C R A Z Y if i wasnt already there. So thanks for all your supportive comments!

Lastnight Kaden went to bed right away and Taylor only cried for 10 mins or less. WHAT? i wasnt sure if it was because it was so late at night and she was exhausted, or if she was finally getting the HINT. So i tried not to get my hopes up...... also they didnt wake up at all in the night. How wonderful is this?

So Tonight we put them to bed, they both fused when i was putting them down, asking for a movie, but i said NO, and there was no crying within a min. i cant beleave it! i hope this is finally an end to this Craziness.

Im excited to have a little bit of me & Jeremy time once the kids are down at night, and No more babies in bed with us (well atleast not for the next 2 months)..........

Night 2 /part 2

So last night kaden fused for about 30 mins. and Taylor flat out cried for 35 mins. 5 mins shorter than the night before. Progress, Progress......Taylor woke up at 4 am and i changed her diaper and she went right back to bed. It is def nice not having them sleep with use.

Today was a long day, so they napped for about 3 hours, and i only let them sleep that long because i new it would be a long night because of the fire works. So it is 10 pm right now, we just put the kids to bed, kaden isn't crying at all, but Taylor is, so we shall see how long it last tonight. I'm feeling confident and STRONG (for now)...........it def. so much better then it was, they both actually nap again and i get to nap as well. I dont normally nap, but with this pregnancy im a faithful nap taker. With 2 kids under the age of 3 and 7 months pregnant i get pretty worn out. So YES i take naps!

Night 2

SO they both naped today for about 2 hours, they were out within 10 mins, no crying, NOTHING.
now it is bedtime and not feeling very comfident right now. Both kids are crying, have been for about 25 mins. i can handle it when one is crying, but not the both of them. UGH!! NOt so fun
:( It makes me so sad to hear them cry. UGH!
ill post tomorrow how the night goes!

Night 1

So last night Kaden feel asleep no problem, he didnt nap yesterday so he was exhausted. Taylor cryed for 40 mins, thats like 5 hours when your baby is crying "mommy"mommy'. i was strong, jeremy helped, i was trying to make excuses to go in there. It doesnt even really bug jeremy when they cry....maybe it would more if they were saying "Daddy, Daddy". anyways, Taylor slept all night and Kaden woke up once for milk at 2 am. i just got him milk and he went right back to bed. We just woke up at 8 am. WHAT? i feel so good that ive slept almost all the way threw the night. Hopefully this next night will be even better. WE SHALL SEE!

Crying babies at bedtime!

So as I'm typing, Taylor is crying her crib..........
When Kaden was born, i don't know if it was just the way he was or if i was more strick with him, BUt things have definitely done a 180 and got way out of control with my children's sleeping patterns. It's something different every night, there in bed with us, or I'm in bed with them( when they had a toddler bed), watching movies in the middle of the night, but to fall back asleep, rubbing backs, milk MILK MILK. i will just do anything to get them to go to bed. SO last night was the end of it.
I put them to bed, put on a movie, and right away Taylor started crying. Kaden says" Taylor's scaring me, get Tay" SO i just got her out and put her to sleep on the couch. Kaden fell asleep with the movie. 9:30 Taylor is still running around the living room. SO i was so frustrated with her, so i put her in her crib with a movie, surprisingly she only cried for seconds. (probley cause it was 9:30) So we went to sleep also, then 12:30 kaden wakes up, "i want MILK" so i got him milk, he was scared because there was a whole in his wall, he wanted his back rubbed, he wanted his toy, he needed his diaper changed. BLAH BLAH the list goes on forever......so i crawled back into bed. 1:30 am Taylor and Kaden wake up, Milk, scared, so anything not to put them in bed with use, i just turned on a movie. 3:00 am, "Mom MOM MOM the movies over. Taylor had fallen back asleep, and Kaden refused to go to sleep. i was so tired, so restless, so i gave him some milk, rubbed his back, told him no more movie, and i layed in bed and listened to him cry for 40 mins. until he fell asleep. 4 am. Jeremy's alarm goes off for work. i guess this was a sleepless night for me........

So this is how I'm solving my problem......No more TV in there room(that's simple), one milk, once i say goodnight there is no more going in there room, NO more in bed with mommy and daddy. So I'm just going to be consistent and just let them cry. there in cribs, so they cant do any bodily damage to themselves. i will just have to sit and listen to them cry. Hopefully it will only take a few night to get this routine down. I feel so bad! i really do, because i know if i were just to go in there and rock her, she would go right to sleep. BUT that's not the point, she needs to find comfort in herself.......SO what do you think? am i the worst parent EVER? 25 mins, taylor is still crying. :( it makes me sad, but hopefully she will fall asleep soon.

Finished product CHEVY!

(this post is for Jeremy, and he is telliing me what to write.lol)

Jeremy FINALLY finished his " project " truck! Jeremy's dad bought this truck when jeremy was 7 years old, and never had the chance to finish it. So for 20 years this truck has been hauled around. When Jeremys dad died he gave it to him, and it means alot to jermey and his family to have this finally done and RUNNING! SO here is a before and after. PS> jeremy would really appreciate your comments. lol

Oops i forgot my bikini, that would of been HOTT cause im DEAD sexy! by the way im pregnant in this picture, NOT fat belly!