Monday, December 22, 2008
Tis the Season
We're so excited for the Christmas season to be here. We've been having a great time doing fun Christmas stuff. Here are some pictures from our Gingerbread House making over at Grandma's house and playing in the snow. 
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Tagged
Well, I think I have finally recovered from having James out of town for a few days. Although it is 5 am right now and I'm trying to get Darcy to go back to sleep after her 4 am feeding. So I may be back on the downward spiral again. But oh well, that's just how it goes with a newborn. I decided I might as well do something productive while I'm awake with her. So I'm going to try to think of 7 interesting things to write about myself since Sandra "Tagged" me a few weeks ago.
1. My favorite thing to grow in the garden is Giant Pumpkins! There is something so satisfying for me in growing something huge. James thinks I'm weird for wanting to grow something that I don't eat. Maybe it's the challenge to see how big I can grow them, or maybe it's just the fun of having huge pumpkins to carve and decorate my front porch with. Either way, that is my favorite thing to grow. My biggest pumpkin so far weighted 128 pounds.
2. I think about photography all the time...and I really mean ALL THE TIME! I think my brain filters everything as if I were looking through the lens of a camera. I am always noticing what things would make for good photo backdrops or thinking of the next picture I want to take. And I am always looking at and enjoying the pictures I have of my family around my house. Photos are always on my brain!
3. One of my pet peeves is crooked pictures on the wall. There is nothing that ruins a nice wall display more for me than pictures that are hanging out of level. So I use sticky tack on everything I hang on the wall to keep it stuck where I want it.
4. I'm a bargain shopper. The better deal I get on something...the more I like it! This applies to presents I receive also. When I know the giver got a great deal it makes me enjoy it more.
5. I love building things! My favorite class in high school was woodshop! I love being able to turn ordinary planks of wood into something beautiful. My favorite part of the building process is the sanding and finishing part. It is so satisfying to sand the wood smooth and put on the finishing coats of stain and clear coat and really see the beauty of the wood come out. It works out nice that this is my favorite part, because it is James' least favorite part. So he builds stuff and I finish it...nice teamwork!
6. I am a "Less is More" kind of gal. I like to eliminate unnecessary things from my life to make room for the things I really love doing. So in keeping with my less is more philosophy I think I'll go ahead and post this even though I have only listed 6interesting things about myself.
1. My favorite thing to grow in the garden is Giant Pumpkins! There is something so satisfying for me in growing something huge. James thinks I'm weird for wanting to grow something that I don't eat. Maybe it's the challenge to see how big I can grow them, or maybe it's just the fun of having huge pumpkins to carve and decorate my front porch with. Either way, that is my favorite thing to grow. My biggest pumpkin so far weighted 128 pounds.
2. I think about photography all the time...and I really mean ALL THE TIME! I think my brain filters everything as if I were looking through the lens of a camera. I am always noticing what things would make for good photo backdrops or thinking of the next picture I want to take. And I am always looking at and enjoying the pictures I have of my family around my house. Photos are always on my brain!
3. One of my pet peeves is crooked pictures on the wall. There is nothing that ruins a nice wall display more for me than pictures that are hanging out of level. So I use sticky tack on everything I hang on the wall to keep it stuck where I want it.
4. I'm a bargain shopper. The better deal I get on something...the more I like it! This applies to presents I receive also. When I know the giver got a great deal it makes me enjoy it more.
5. I love building things! My favorite class in high school was woodshop! I love being able to turn ordinary planks of wood into something beautiful. My favorite part of the building process is the sanding and finishing part. It is so satisfying to sand the wood smooth and put on the finishing coats of stain and clear coat and really see the beauty of the wood come out. It works out nice that this is my favorite part, because it is James' least favorite part. So he builds stuff and I finish it...nice teamwork!
6. I am a "Less is More" kind of gal. I like to eliminate unnecessary things from my life to make room for the things I really love doing. So in keeping with my less is more philosophy I think I'll go ahead and post this even though I have only listed 6interesting things about myself.
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Oh What a Night...
I started to wonder if my bed was grand central station last night! I got Dallin, Shelby and Cody to bed at about 8 p.m. But Dallin was afraid and couldn't fall asleep, so he came back out to the living room soon after. (He saw a couple minutes of Princess Bride over the weekend, unfortunately the couple of minutes that he saw were during the fire swamp scene and it scared him pretty badly.) So Dallin watched TV with me while I fed Darcy. Then I put Dallin back to bed around 8:45 p.m. and laid by him for a while until he fell asleep. Then I finished feeding Darcy and got her to sleep at about 9:30 p.m. I decided I'd better get to sleep myself so I was in bed by 9:45 p.m. At 11:00 p.m. Shelby came into my bed for a while. She was quite and didn't disrupt my sleep much. But at 12:00 a.m. Cody woke up with a terrible cough. So I was up with him for a while trying to help him settle down. I finally brought him in bed with me and fell asleep close to 1 a.m. At 2 a.m. Darcy woke up hungry, so I fed her. Before I could get her back to bed Dallin woke up afraid again. So he came into my bed also. I got Darcy back in her bed at about 2:45 a.m. but by this time Cody had awakened again. So I eventually got both Dallin and Cody back to sleep...in my bed of course. I think we had a couple of hours of uninterrupted sleep because the next thing I remember is Darcy waking up at 5 something to eat again. Then at about 6 a.m. she did big poops and woke up Cody. He thought it was morning and wanted to go have milk and watch Curious George. Shelby also woke up at this time so at about 6:30 a.m. I got up and started Curious George for them. That kept them busy for about 15 minutes and then Cody was back in my room asking for milk again. So I finally gave up and just got up.
I sure missed James last night! He's in San Francisco for some training for a few days. I don't know how single parents do it!
I sure missed James last night! He's in San Francisco for some training for a few days. I don't know how single parents do it!
Sunday, November 2, 2008
Fun Days in October
October was a fun month for our family. James had work off one Monday so we did some fun activities. We went to Jump On It and had a great time. It is a place with tons of trampolines to jump on. I sat out with Darcy because of my broken foot. So I was able to take some fun pictures of them having fun. Then we went to Thanksgiving Point and enjoyed their Barnyard Boo. For Halloween, we had fun carving pumkins and trick or treating at Dad's work. I made a slideshow of some of the fun pictures to share, so enjoy...
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Best Anniversary Ever!
James and I celebrated our 10th anniversary on Oct 10th. We had such a great time together. We wanted to do something different for our anniversary this year so we decided to go to the Body Worlds 3 exhibit. It was incredible! If you are interested in learning about it you can visit the site http://theleonardo.org/bodyworlds/
After the exhibit we went out to dinner at our favorite Thai restaurant in SLC. The food was excellent. We took Darcy with us on the date because she's so little still. James tucked a little surprise on her lap under her blanket for me to find. But I didn't feel it under there so he pulled it out and gave it to me. It was a diamond anniversary band for my wedding ring. I was so surprised and happy. It was the one thing I really wanted for our 10th anniversary, but when we found out we were having Darcy I figured we couldn't afford a new baby and a ring in the same year. So I put it out of my mind. Well, James planned way ahead for this one and started saving spare cash and money he earned from helping people with their projects. So he was able to buy the ring and also hand over a big wad of cash. I absolutely love the ring. I also bought him a ring because the wedding ring I gave him when we were married slipped off his finger a couple of years ago when he was shoveling snow over at the church. Here are pictures of our two rings.
James also bought me a new watch and we have big plans for the rest of the money he saved up. We are going to put in a heater in our woodshop so we can have heat in the garage when we make projects. We may also buy a new camcorder since our old one has been working sporadically lately. It was a great anniversary. I love looking back over the years and seeing all the progress we have made. I couldn't have wished for a better husband or a better life. James is such a good man. He is a great Dad and he is so helpful to everyone. He is the perfect match for me. I'm so lucky!
After the exhibit we went out to dinner at our favorite Thai restaurant in SLC. The food was excellent. We took Darcy with us on the date because she's so little still. James tucked a little surprise on her lap under her blanket for me to find. But I didn't feel it under there so he pulled it out and gave it to me. It was a diamond anniversary band for my wedding ring. I was so surprised and happy. It was the one thing I really wanted for our 10th anniversary, but when we found out we were having Darcy I figured we couldn't afford a new baby and a ring in the same year. So I put it out of my mind. Well, James planned way ahead for this one and started saving spare cash and money he earned from helping people with their projects. So he was able to buy the ring and also hand over a big wad of cash. I absolutely love the ring. I also bought him a ring because the wedding ring I gave him when we were married slipped off his finger a couple of years ago when he was shoveling snow over at the church. Here are pictures of our two rings.
James also bought me a new watch and we have big plans for the rest of the money he saved up. We are going to put in a heater in our woodshop so we can have heat in the garage when we make projects. We may also buy a new camcorder since our old one has been working sporadically lately. It was a great anniversary. I love looking back over the years and seeing all the progress we have made. I couldn't have wished for a better husband or a better life. James is such a good man. He is a great Dad and he is so helpful to everyone. He is the perfect match for me. I'm so lucky!
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
New Family Picture...Yeah!
I'm so excited about our new family pictures. We decided to make it low stress this year and just take them in our backyard. After dinner I decided to take some of the kids first, which was a lot of fun. They all did great. Then it started getting dark really fast. I was going to get Kelli to come help Mom take the family group shot but we were loosing light so fast that I didn't have time to leave to call her. So Mom did it solo and did a great job. I'm so excited to get these printed and hung on our wall. Thanks Mom for taking the pictures for us...what would we do without you!
Monday, September 29, 2008
Darcy's Blessing
Yesterday was Darcy's blessing day. We had a little get together with the Anderson side of the family before church and then the Cherrington side in the evening as usual. James did a great job on the blessing. Darcy looked so darling in her new blessing dress. So of course I had to take a million pictures of her in it.
We have a new name for Darcy's pacifier thanks to Cody...it is now called the "Pacifire truck" or just "fire truck" for short. I love the names little kids come up with!
We have a new name for Darcy's pacifier thanks to Cody...it is now called the "Pacifire truck" or just "fire truck" for short. I love the names little kids come up with!
Thursday, September 18, 2008
We finished the Bunk Beds
I'm so excited about our new bunk beds. It was quite a project to design and build them. James did such a wonderful job building this project. He is such a good woodworker. I just dream up things that I think will be cool and he finds a way to build my ideas into real projects. We make a pretty good team because he likes to build the projects the best but doesn't really like the sanding, staining and finishing part of the process. I enjoy the sanding, staining and finishing part because it turns plain wood into something amazing. So he usually builds the projects and I finish them. It's fun to make things with him!
The boys really love their new beds. Cody has been doing a good job of going to bed in his new bed. Although he still wakes up in the night a lot and comes into to snuggle with us. But hopefully we'll be able to get him to stay asleep the whole night soon.
Darcy is just as cute as ever. I had to include a few more pictures of her because there can never be too many pictures of new babies!
The boys really love their new beds. Cody has been doing a good job of going to bed in his new bed. Although he still wakes up in the night a lot and comes into to snuggle with us. But hopefully we'll be able to get him to stay asleep the whole night soon.
Darcy is just as cute as ever. I had to include a few more pictures of her because there can never be too many pictures of new babies!
Friday, August 29, 2008
More pictures of Darcy
I've been having so much fun taking pictures of little Darcy. She is such a cutie. Here is a new slideshow with some more pictures of her.
Sunday, August 24, 2008
We're so happy to have our little Darcy here! I (Tracy) have been having some problems with high blood pressure during this pregnancy. The doctors were concerned that I was developing preclampsia which can be very dangerous for both the mother and baby. So they decided induce me 2 1/2 weeks early. I got the call from the doctor on Wednesday evening saying I should come in to have the baby. So I headed to the hospital at about 6:30 p.m. They needed to help my body get ready to be induced so they gave me two doses of prostaglanden which helps the cervix get ready to dilate. The doses are given 6 hours apart so I had one at 8 p.m., and another at 2 a.m.
It was a long night! I couldn't fall asleep until after 5 a.m. I was hooked up to so many monitors that I couldn't move around to get comfortable. I was also nervous about how the birth would go and if Darcy would be big enough. So it was pretty miserable for me that night.
At 8 a.m. they started me on pitocin to get my contractions going. My water hadn't broken yet so the contractions didn't hurt as much as they have in the past. James came in to the hospital that morning and we sat around together waiting for something exciting to happen. At about 11 a.m. the checked me and I was dilated to about 2 cm. Then at noon they checked again and I was closer to a 3. So the doctor came in and broke my water at about 1 p.m. I also got an epidural at about that same time. It worked out really well because as soon as they broke my water the contractions started hurting much more. But the anesthesiologist was there within a couple of minutes and got my epidural in very quickly. It was the best epidural I've had yet. I was so pleased with it. Usually they have a really hard time getting it in and working right. But this time it worked on the first shot.
James and I rested for about an hour and then the nurse came in and checked me again. I was expecting to have made a lot of progress during that hour but she said I was still about a 3. So I decided this may be a long labor and settled in for a long wait. About 1 1/2 hours later the nurse came back in and said that her other patient was at a 9+ and she wanted to see if I would beat her. She checked me and I was just hoping to be something other than a 3. She smiled and said I was complete and ready to have the baby. That really surprised me but I was very happy. The doctor came in and helped get everything ready. Once everything was set I pushed for two contractions and out came Darcy. It was so nice to have such a good experience with this birth. She came out so easily that I didn't have any tearing or episiotomy. She weighed 7 lbs 1 oz. and was 19 inches long. Right after she came out they put her on my chest and cleaned her off there. I really enjoyed that because I could see and touch her right away rather than waiting for them to clean her up first.
So everything went great and we have a beautiful little baby girl. I couldn't be happier with the way everything turned out.
It was a long night! I couldn't fall asleep until after 5 a.m. I was hooked up to so many monitors that I couldn't move around to get comfortable. I was also nervous about how the birth would go and if Darcy would be big enough. So it was pretty miserable for me that night.
At 8 a.m. they started me on pitocin to get my contractions going. My water hadn't broken yet so the contractions didn't hurt as much as they have in the past. James came in to the hospital that morning and we sat around together waiting for something exciting to happen. At about 11 a.m. the checked me and I was dilated to about 2 cm. Then at noon they checked again and I was closer to a 3. So the doctor came in and broke my water at about 1 p.m. I also got an epidural at about that same time. It worked out really well because as soon as they broke my water the contractions started hurting much more. But the anesthesiologist was there within a couple of minutes and got my epidural in very quickly. It was the best epidural I've had yet. I was so pleased with it. Usually they have a really hard time getting it in and working right. But this time it worked on the first shot.
James and I rested for about an hour and then the nurse came in and checked me again. I was expecting to have made a lot of progress during that hour but she said I was still about a 3. So I decided this may be a long labor and settled in for a long wait. About 1 1/2 hours later the nurse came back in and said that her other patient was at a 9+ and she wanted to see if I would beat her. She checked me and I was just hoping to be something other than a 3. She smiled and said I was complete and ready to have the baby. That really surprised me but I was very happy. The doctor came in and helped get everything ready. Once everything was set I pushed for two contractions and out came Darcy. It was so nice to have such a good experience with this birth. She came out so easily that I didn't have any tearing or episiotomy. She weighed 7 lbs 1 oz. and was 19 inches long. Right after she came out they put her on my chest and cleaned her off there. I really enjoyed that because I could see and touch her right away rather than waiting for them to clean her up first.
So everything went great and we have a beautiful little baby girl. I couldn't be happier with the way everything turned out.
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Playing around
Here are some recent pictures of our kids. They are growing up so fast. They are super excited to have a new baby sister. Now we just have to agree on a name. The top runners are Darcy and Samantha. The due date is September 7th. We are excited for her to arrive. 
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