The Fishpond: Seventeen

Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Seventeen

picture from here

On my dad's side of the family we have a family letter. Each month we write a summary of the happening for the previous month. We then send this and any related pictures to my grandfather. He then complies everyone's entries on a family web site. It is a great way to keep in touch- especially with cousins.

Here's part of this month's entry.

This month our sixth child decided to make it's presence known.

SURPRISE! (Kind of was for us too).
We have spent the most of the month adjusting to this news. We are all excited for a new little one, it's just the pregnancy we aren't necessarily thrilled about.

The fun thing is that this will be the seventeenth grandchild for both sides of our family!

I wish we could also say we are in the seventeenth week but time isn't going quite that fast.

Quite the opposite.

It's just one day at a time as we all endure mom being sick.

We've endured ten weeks, heard a heart beat (yay!) and truly looking forward to week seventeen for that is when things have traditionally started to lightened up in the nausea and vomiting area. Hopefully then things will seem a little more exciting as we prepare for this little one's arrival sometime around..........

March 10 ( Not 17- but wouldn't that have been neat! )

6 comments:

JessicaAugust 17, 2011 at 10:52 AM
Congrats again, we're excited to have another niece or nephew! Sorry about being sick - let me know if there is anything we can do to help. And another March birthday! Wouldn't that be funny if it did happen on March 17th, and you'd have two on that day? I also think it's neat that each of you come from families of 6 kids, and know you'll have 6 as well. Love you and your growing family!
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HilaryAugust 17, 2011 at 10:26 PM
Kara, CONGRATULATIONS! That's realy exciting news!
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KaraAugust 18, 2011 at 8:15 AM
Jessica-definitely don't want the 17th. Pregnancy is long enough. We're just hoping to avoid Bud Boy's b-day which is a week earlier (have no idea what is up with us and March). I've been a week early for the last four.
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JennyAugust 18, 2011 at 9:09 AM
Congrats again! We'll try not to steal the 17th place...I'd rather have the 18th anyway. :) I can sympathize more with the sickness this time. Hope it gets better for you soon. And what are the odds that we have the same due date???
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RebeccaAugust 20, 2011 at 10:12 AM
I think this is very happy news--not the nausea, but the rest of it! Congrats! :)
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Karryn and RogerAugust 22, 2011 at 2:19 PM
Congrats. that is soo exciting. Sorry you are not feeling good. I hope this pregnancy is a better than the others have been. lots of hugs.
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"Shut up and listen to what I meant", Minnie
I asked Princess if we should go watch Minnie unwrap her presents. After hearing presents,Princess said, "Ho, Ho, Ho"
While traveling home from Kindergarten Bud Boy told his dad, "School gives you something to do while you wait for lunch."
Tator commented, "I thought dad was weed hacking and you were going to mow." Mom replied, "He is probably just getting the lawn mower ready." Tator then replied, "or he's scaring a cat."
Important decisions need prayer!! Heavenly Father can answer our prayers with a Yes, No, or Maybe So. "When He answers yes, it is to give us confidence. When He answers no, it is to prevent error. When He withholds an answer, it is to have us grow through faith in Him, obedience to His commandments, and a willingness to act on truth. We are expected to assume accountability by acting on a decision that is consistent with His teachings without prior confirmation. We are not to sit passively waiting or to murmur because the Lord has not spoken. We are to act." Elder Richard G. Scott
Our home teachers shared a lesson on being thankful. After the lesson he said this is important, even for the wee ones. Bud Boy pipes up, "I love the Wii!"
Bud Boy is showing mom how Tator just hurt his arm. After showing her all the ways he can no longer move it he then says, "and this is the arm that does the remote."
We overheard Bud Boy trying to sing the lyrics to Check Yes or No by George Strait. "Do you Love me? Try guessing No"
Bud was asked to pick the song for FHE. He said I want to sing, "Follow the Prophet, Follow the Prophet, Don't go straight....."
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Bud Boy said to his sister, "You're a toilet". She said, "that is so rude". He then said, "Okay you're a couch"
When Bud Boy heard the song Call Me Maybe on the radio he yelled, "it's the song where she says Just give me a banana ; call me, maybe."
Bud Boy was listening to music on the ipod, "Mom it's the song where the guy plays the piano and the other one plays the Jell-O!"
After watching the Olympics, we overheard Tator saying( while playing with Barbies): "And she sticks the landing; no wobbly bobblies."
After going under his bed, in an attempt to retrive some toys, Bud Boy said, "I have a slight problem. I can't breathe under there."
Bud Boy said, "This is the bread I want, it's wheed bread."
While going through the clean laundry on the couch Jolly J exclaimed, "Quit sitting on the laundry! Now my clothes smell like butt."
Tator asked, "Dad what time does bedtime even start?" Dad replies 8 o'clock. Tator then says, "that's why we go to bed at 8."
Jolly J said to her sister, while counting up her game score, "You made me count to neven and I don't even know what letter that is."
I overheard Tator singing, "Adam was a prophet. First one that we know. He was called to Egypt."
Karebear was showing us that the outside lining of her lunchbox had a hole in it. Teasingly Dad said. "What, you expect us to buy you a new lunch box every year?" Bud Boy piped up, "You can just use a paper sack."
The song, Live Like You Were Dying, was on the radio. After hearing the line, "I loved deeper", Tator asks, "Why does he love big bird?"
Grandpa F often gives the girls money after attending a game they have played in. We went bowling as an extended family. After Bud Boy finished bowling he went up to Grandpa, held out his hand and said, "I had a game."
Karebear stated that "Dad was using his frustrated words" while working on the car.
Bud Boy asked mom to look in his eye because it was hurting. While inspecting he looked at mom's eyes and said, "Mom your eyes are starting to crack."
While driving Jolly J asks, "What does prindel mean?" We figured out she was looking at the gear shift (PRND3L).
Tator sits down with her plate of roast beef, mashed potatoes and gravy, and a roll at Sunday dinner. " Mom, this is like food from the olden days!"
Bud Boy is 22 your favorite number? "Yeah, it's a high number"
Hearing my son call out, "Amer-i-caw flag" every time he sees the flag.
Bud Boy claiming, "It is tomorrow" whenever we talk about doing something tomorrow.
After watching the news Tator asked, "Do we get tormadeos?"
While licking the beater Tator said, "Mom, Santa must really like you" Why? "Because you make good recipes!"
Bud Boy gets in the van and states, "Hot! I can't breed"
After hearing someone burb Bud Boy said, "Ha, Ha I do that too!"
Tator asked, "Mom, how long have you been married? " After answering she then asked, "How long has daddy been married?"
"I'm going to make my bed. That's a great idea and great ideas give you power!" Bud Boy
When we ask Bud Boy something and he doesn't know he says, as he shakes his head, "I can't know."
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After putting on his tie Bud Boy exclaimed, "I look like daddy's age!"
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Tator comes into the room where Bud Boy is attempting to stand on his head. "Bud Boy I can see your butt crack. Mom, What's a butt crack?"
As we pull out of the garage to take the girls to school, Bud Boy states, "Good-bye house, we'll see you soon."
After watching her dad dance Minnie asks, "Is that a dance from the 80's?"