This month has been one for the books for us! It was really exciting at first then turned sour really fast. We got word from our renters that they had bought a house and would be moving out so we could move back on march 1st. We were excited about it because that meant we would be able to be on our own again and just in time for the baby to come into our lives. A few days later our renters had still not made their rent payment for the month of Feb. so I text her and asked where it was. She said that they weren't going to pay it because that's what our security deposit was for. Needless to say they went completely against the contract and now are taking them to court for the rent, plus damages. Plans were still in full swing for us to move in on the 1st of March so that was still really exciting and I have been really anxious because I just need my own space and privacy. In the mean time...
KaraLynn got really sick. She was throwing up for reasons we have no idea. It was all dry heaving and went on all night long. So I was one tired mommy the next day. She seemed to be Ok throughout the next day and slowly we started to let her eat here and there just to make sure she would not throw up a whole bunch of stuff. So She finally got past it and was fine. The next day Brynlee started to get really cranky and nothing seemed to calm her down. She started to get a fever, luckily without throwing up, and at first it was 101.5 then it went to 102. so that was a rough night too. she would get so hot she would sweat so I was constanly in there giving more tylenol to make the fever go down. Thus lasted for 2 days then finally subsided. THEN KaraLynn decided she wanted a fever too... Hers went from 100 to 101 to 102 to 103!!! Even though I was giving Tylenol to her it would not help. So Steve being wonderful took over for me and put her in a lukewarm bath which brought it back down to 102 and throughout the night with the help of a cold washrag to her head it went to normal by the next afternoon. Rough couple weeks that was. Little did I know it was just beginning...
Within the next few days I started to have lots of Braxton hicks contractions. They didn't seem to want to stop and suddenly I started to have hard cramping with it too which made me really nervous. So I got on the phone with my dr and told them what was going on. they had me come in for some tests to see if I had infections which were all negative. They told me to go straight to labor and delivery the next day if I was still experiencing them. So the next morning I got up and felt completely fine. did my normal stuff, dishes, breakfast, getting the girls dressed. About an hour into the day I started having them again hard so I went in. My doctor checked me and told me everything was fine and hoped it was just growing pains pulling things around, but that he wanted me on a strict bedrest the next week! I was not allowed to walk around very much, no stairs, no holding my baby, and I needed a babysitter to do it all for me. Luckily I had my mother in law (LIFESAVER) and she took good care of them for me. It eventually went away. Phewww...
the closer we came to march 1st the more stressed we became realizing we didn't have the funds for food when we moved out. The monthly income just wasn't all adding up and we were coming out short a lot! So we had some heart to hearts with our inlaws and decided that we would continue to rent out our home in Eagle Mountain until we knew if Steve would be getting the job in Idaho. It was a very hard decision and lots of tears were involved on my part because I didn't want to accept the fact that we could not do it. Now that it is all said and done and we have it back on the market we feel and know we made the right choice and are just grateful for family that can help us out so generously. We may not be where we want to be right now, but in the long term scheme of things we will be in a good spot and be able to do things on our own easily. I know if we keep making the right choices with our finances and continue to pay off things and eliminate the crud we got ourselves into we will be fine and come out on top! Life is good despite all that is going on because I have my wonderful husband and my beautiful CRAZY girls with me to help me through and soon I will have a precious miracle from heaven in a few short months. Life is crazy but good:)
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Friday, February 5, 2010
Life this year
So this year has been a crazy one already! So here is my best to fit it all in.
Steve got a call back from Idaho for the job at the Site, he is now in the top 8 people being looked at out of the 650 that applied and then the 35 that got interviews and now the top 8, and 4 are being hired. He toured the areas he could that he didn't need a clearance for and felt really good about the job. The benefits are really great, the pay is twice what we make now, which we will never make here in Utah, and it's in a place where we feel like home. We would be living in the Idaho Falls area. We have no idea when we will be starting the job though. Right now we are going through an FBI clearance which they say could take anywhere from 4 months to a year and a half, so it's just waiting, waiting, waiting. I guess the FBI puts this more on the non important list, so we are really hoping they get it done in the 4 month time period so we don't have to sit in limbo for so long.
We got word from our renters that they had purchased a house and were going to be out March 1st. So we are really excited to be moving back to Eagle Mountain next month. I am really antsy to be on my own again and have a place that is more secure for my kids. It has been really rough on my oldest, KaraLynn, especially. She acts out a LOT and I can't seem to make it stop. There is not enough consistency in discipline and things that she can and can't do. The past few nights have been the worst. She has been waking up in the middle of the night and coming upstairs to sleep on the couch which I don't mind as long as she is quiet, but then she decided to start waking up Brynlee to play because she was bored, which did not set well with me. So then I told her she had to stay in her room when she woke up. The next night she wouldn't even sleep in her room and she would scream for about 3 hrs! She said she was scared of her room and the monsters that would come out of pictures and through her windows. That did not set well with me since I had such bad experiences when I was little. So I decided not to ignore it and also decided she was too young at 3 yrs old to be sleeping in her own room in the basement by herself. So since there is no where else for her to go, she now has a bed on our floor at the foot of our bed until we move back into our house in march. So we are hoping it is a fast fly by month.
Our baby is growing normal and healthy so far! I am due June 18Th 2010 and we are expecting another girl. It is my favorite part and something I have major withdrawals from when they are born, when they kick me. I love being able to feel her move around and know her moods and when she isn't too happy with me. She is EXTREMELY active and even my doctor was getting frustrated because he was trying to measure her but she would keep doing somersaults making it hard for him to measure her head. Too funny. We are so excited to meet her in June! Just a few short months away. Another reason why I an anxious to get back into the house. There is no way we would be able to fit 3 kids here.
Last night I had the strangest dream, but it was such a good one. I went into labor and Steve wouldn't be there because he was stuck at work. When the baby was born the doctor handed her to me and said congratulations, you have a beautiful healthy baby BOY! I was like wait I was supposed to have a girl???!!! I was so happy but sad cause Steve couldn't be there to see his son be born. But once he got there it was so great, and we ended up naming him Cooper Stephan Ohngren. He was so precious and I still remember how it felt to hold that new baby in my arms, the smell and the feel of his skin against mine. It really is the most incredible feeling ever. I am extremely excited for our little girl to come, but if she turned out to be a boy in the end I wouldn't not mind that so much:)
Well that is us for now. Busy Crazy life, but wouldn't trade a second of it!
Steve got a call back from Idaho for the job at the Site, he is now in the top 8 people being looked at out of the 650 that applied and then the 35 that got interviews and now the top 8, and 4 are being hired. He toured the areas he could that he didn't need a clearance for and felt really good about the job. The benefits are really great, the pay is twice what we make now, which we will never make here in Utah, and it's in a place where we feel like home. We would be living in the Idaho Falls area. We have no idea when we will be starting the job though. Right now we are going through an FBI clearance which they say could take anywhere from 4 months to a year and a half, so it's just waiting, waiting, waiting. I guess the FBI puts this more on the non important list, so we are really hoping they get it done in the 4 month time period so we don't have to sit in limbo for so long.
We got word from our renters that they had purchased a house and were going to be out March 1st. So we are really excited to be moving back to Eagle Mountain next month. I am really antsy to be on my own again and have a place that is more secure for my kids. It has been really rough on my oldest, KaraLynn, especially. She acts out a LOT and I can't seem to make it stop. There is not enough consistency in discipline and things that she can and can't do. The past few nights have been the worst. She has been waking up in the middle of the night and coming upstairs to sleep on the couch which I don't mind as long as she is quiet, but then she decided to start waking up Brynlee to play because she was bored, which did not set well with me. So then I told her she had to stay in her room when she woke up. The next night she wouldn't even sleep in her room and she would scream for about 3 hrs! She said she was scared of her room and the monsters that would come out of pictures and through her windows. That did not set well with me since I had such bad experiences when I was little. So I decided not to ignore it and also decided she was too young at 3 yrs old to be sleeping in her own room in the basement by herself. So since there is no where else for her to go, she now has a bed on our floor at the foot of our bed until we move back into our house in march. So we are hoping it is a fast fly by month.
Our baby is growing normal and healthy so far! I am due June 18Th 2010 and we are expecting another girl. It is my favorite part and something I have major withdrawals from when they are born, when they kick me. I love being able to feel her move around and know her moods and when she isn't too happy with me. She is EXTREMELY active and even my doctor was getting frustrated because he was trying to measure her but she would keep doing somersaults making it hard for him to measure her head. Too funny. We are so excited to meet her in June! Just a few short months away. Another reason why I an anxious to get back into the house. There is no way we would be able to fit 3 kids here.
Last night I had the strangest dream, but it was such a good one. I went into labor and Steve wouldn't be there because he was stuck at work. When the baby was born the doctor handed her to me and said congratulations, you have a beautiful healthy baby BOY! I was like wait I was supposed to have a girl???!!! I was so happy but sad cause Steve couldn't be there to see his son be born. But once he got there it was so great, and we ended up naming him Cooper Stephan Ohngren. He was so precious and I still remember how it felt to hold that new baby in my arms, the smell and the feel of his skin against mine. It really is the most incredible feeling ever. I am extremely excited for our little girl to come, but if she turned out to be a boy in the end I wouldn't not mind that so much:)
Well that is us for now. Busy Crazy life, but wouldn't trade a second of it!
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