3 Candles

My poor kids...this is basically what they have looked like the last 2 months
Just watchin' ANOTHER movie!

My anniversary fruit bouquet

Addie showing us how old she is
The favorite gift

Strawberry shortcake birthday cake...yum, yum!

Focus on Addie...not horribly haggard me...PLEASE!

Oh...good times

So...I know I am way behind...aaahh! I feel like I have just come out of hibernation. I have felt so crummy that I really haven't even had the desire to leave my house. The other day I went outside, and I felt like a vampire...the sun was so bright! On Saturday I finally started to feel pretty good. Ever since then I think I am gradually getting better. My evenings are still a little rough, but in the mornings I almost feel like a real person! I am so happy I could just cry. Anwhoo....I wanted to fill you in on Addie's 3rd birthday. It was quiet and just our little family celebrated (sorry Addie, next year when I feel good we will have a CRAZY WILD party!) She got a backpack, some cool crayons, a compact mirror (she LOVES mirrors), and some Tic Tacs. Orange Tic Tacs. Candace got her started on them. So her favorite? You guessed it...the 99 cent Tic Tacs. I just wanted her to love her Kai-lan backpack since she is starting pre-school next week...but nope. I told Cody to help me remember this in 3 months when I am helping Santa go overboard on Christmas presents. Addie could care less!

We also had our 8th wedding anniversary...which was boring. We did NOTHING. We decided to celebrate when I was feeling better, so I wouldn't come home after a date and yack up a $50 meal. Cody did get me a lovely fruit bouquet....but I was so sick...I didn't even taste it. Oh well..... hope you enjoy the random pictures of our lives the last few months!

Oh...yuck!

So, if you haven't heard yet and are not lucky enough to be in the Russell family where news travels like WILDFIRE...I will fill you in. I am pregnant. And SOO VERY SICK! I was not at all like this with my other 2, so I am a little puzzled. I have thrown up and was so sick I couldn't drink much, then Christy informed me about something called Zofran to help with the nausea. So my Doctor prescribed it for me. It has helped a little and does take the edge off...but I was a little disappointed because I thought it would be my Magic Pill. At least I am not throwing up though. I am feeling done with this pregnancy already and here is why. I am still very nauseated, I get cold sores continually(I do that in my 1st trimester), the Zofran in combination with my prenatal vitamins are making me crazy constipated (I know that was probably to much...but I have to live through it...so you guys can listen to it!), I am so tired, and I HATE food. Nothing sounds good...but I eat just so I won't get sicker. I feel like I really accomplished something if I get in the tub...but when I get in the tub I am so lethargic I don't want to wash. AAAHHH! So in turn I haven't put makeup on or been out of the house for about a month except for a very few select times. Addie always asks "You happy today Mom? Or are you sick?" And then she says "What store should we go to today? Lets get ready, Mom!" I feel so bad for them because they have been cooped up in this house way too much! So there it is.

I am hoping and praying I only have a few more weeks of this so I can actually start enjoying life again. I am 9 weeks along and with my other pregnancies, the morning sickness I had stopped at 12 weeks almost to the day! So keep your fingers crossed for me!

I also might add that Cody is my champion! He has taken over without complaint. He has done all the laundry, dishes, and household chores. He puts the kids to bed every night, does bathtime, gets them out of the house. He grocery shops and has been at my beck and call. He is such a good man and I just love him so much. I can't believe I found him! On top of all this he was just called as 1st counselor in the Elders Quorum presidency.

Anywhoo....that is why I have dropped off the face of the earth. I am so looking forward to Fall. By then I will feel better (hopefully!) and I am looking forward to cool weather, Holidays, Swiss Days, Secret Haven open houses, and Fall decorations!