ND on MSNBC

Here is a link to ND on MSNBC.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29873706

President Obama has declared our state a disaster. It is voluntary evacuation in our area, and will probably be manditory eventually. We left this morning at about 7:15am to come to Mom and Dad's. We only had one way to get out, and the water was already to the bumper. Cars were getting stuck in the water. There was ice and water and it was so hard to even get through our Expedition. I don't know how bad this is going to get, but they said the Mall could flood. I think we are in for a huge mess here!!

Below is the Bismarck tribune that has pictures of the flooded areas and videos of the flood in our area. http://www.bismarcktribune.com/

Our Anniversary, and Randy's Surgery

Today is our 2nd anniversary. It was blizzarding outside today. Two years ago it was 75 degrees on our wedding. Today was no such thing, ND weather! It first started raining yesterday afternoon at about 4:00, and then turned to snow at about 1:00am. What a mess! The Missouri river is flooding, and people are being evacuated. We should be safe, for now. Holly and her family have been enduring a lot. There are 4 ways out of their farm to get to the highway, and every gravel road has been washed out. There house is safe as it sits on top of a hill. There power has been out, and so they are enduring so much right now. Summer can not come soon enough. There are so many families that have been evacuated from their homes. My thoughts have are with those families. I remember back in 1997 when there was major flooding, and this will be worse then that. We have a major mess coming that's for sure!!

Randy had shoulder surgery on Monday. It was successful. We had to be at the hospital at 8:30am. We had dropped Karenza off at daycare, and went to check in. My Mom was sick with the flu, so my Dad came to sit with me during his surgery. Which, I am so glad he did because it would have made for an even longer day and I probably would have just sat there and not eaten anything. Not good when you are pregnant!! His surgery didn't start until 11:24pm (to be exact). When we checked in they gave me his patient number, and their was a monitor screen in the waiting area that told me when his surgery started, when it ended, and when he was in post anesthia care. Amazing. They said his surgery could take up to an hour and a half to two hours. So when he went into surgery we went to go get something to eat at the hospital cafeteria. We were gone a 1/2 hour and when we got back he was out of surgery. Which was at 12:14pm. They finally came and got me at 2:00pm to go and and see him. He was so tired. Dad stayed for about another hour and then when and got Karenza. She has been with them ever since. Our house sure has been quiet, but it's also been so nice so that Randy can rest. She will be coming home tomorrow which will be nice because she is so worried about her Daddy. But, she is also having fun with her Papa and Grandma too.

Randy starts physical therapy tomorrow already. I have been making sure he takes his pain medication every 4 hours on the 4th hour. He never complains about anything, so I have to make sure he takes care of his self. Since it was blizzarding outside today, and Randy is hurting we didn't leave the house today. At least we spent the day together for our anniversary. I cooked chicken and rice for our anniversary. It was the same thing we had for our wedding reception dinner as well was stuffed chicken.

Since Karenza hasn't been home I don't have any new pictures of her, and since a post really isn't a post without a picture I'll put a picture of my husband and me. :-)

Gymnastics

Well, we have tried gymnastics once again. A few weeks ago I asked Karenza if she wanted to be in a dance class or in a gymnastics class. She told me she already knew all the moves to dancing, and that she would like to be in gymnastics again. We did this when she was 2. She wasn't potty trained, and I had to guide her through each session. It was a disaster, because all she wanted to do was run and jump on everything. Two years later, she is potty trained, I don't have to guide her, and she is a very good listener. I told her there were 3 rules in gymnastics:

1) Listen to your teacher
2) Do not interupt your teacher when she's speaking
3) Wait your turn.

She did me very proud! Her teacher even commented that she had so much fun with her, and that she is such a great listener. Below are pictures of her first day. She will be going every Friday from 10:30-11:30 until May 15th.

Waiting for class to start

Stretching

Learning to stradel

Swinging on the high bar

Push off the low bar to swing

Jumping on the trampoline

Doing the stradel jump

Balancing on soft blocks

Learning the frontwards tumble

Tucking her chin to her chest

Head stand

All be herself. Tada!!

Karenza Answers Questions About her Mom

I got this idea from a friend who did this with her 5 year old, and posted on Facebook so I copied her. :-)

This is a cute idea. Copy this note, ask your kid the questions and write them down exactly how they respond.

1. What is something mom always says to you? Listen

2. What makes mom happy? When I say sorry.

3. What makes mom sad? When I tell Mommy I wanted Daddy to pick me up at daycare.

4. How does your mom make you laugh? When you do something silly.

5. What was your mom like as a child? She had long hair.

6. How old is your mom? 11

7. How tall is your mom? Shorter then dad

8. What is her favorite thing to do? Play legos with me

9. What does your mom do when you're not around? On the computer

10. If your mom becomes famous, what will it be for? Showing us the news

11. What is your mom really good at? puzzles

12. What is your mom not very good at? Legos

13. What does your mom do for her job? Take care of me

14. What is your mom's favorite food? Crab and mac and cheese and lobsters

15. What makes you proud of your mom? When she plays legos with me

16. If your mom were on TV, who would she be? A news girl

17. What do you and your mom do together? Stay home and play

18. How are you and your mom the same? Cause we’re best friends

19. How are you and your mom different? I am black and you are yellow

20. How do you know your mom loves you? Cause you tell me all the time you love me with all your heart.

21. Where is your mom's favorite place to go? McDonald’s


**She was playing with Legos while I was asking her these questions, and she wants to go to McDonald’s for lunch. I had to laugh at number 19

My Little Dancer

Below are pictures of Karenza tonight after she dressed her self to be a dancer. I was taking pictures and she kept switching poses so I kept on snapping. She is too cute!!

Finally!!

Randy and I are happy to announce we are expecting another baby, finally!! We are still very early on in our pregnancy, but I am not one for keeping secrets. I also consider this blog our family "life journal" so I am happy to announce we are so excited to be adding to our family. And guess what? The baby is due in October! Guess we are destined to have all our birthday's in October. Not like we weren't trying to have the baby in another month because we were. Just so happens this is the way it works for us. I am about a week behind of when I was pregnant with Karenza. So it should be pretty similar to compare. I just hope this pregnancy goes better then the one with her. Although I was to the doctor Thursday and Friday this past week as they thought I might be miscarrying the baby as I was cramping so bad. The doctor called this morning and all my levels looks good! Thank goodness.

I have been feeling okay, just extremely tired. Karenza is more then ecstatic! She gave Randy and I hugs, and kept telling us thank you, thank you! She was home from daycare Thursday and Friday last week so she was coming with me to the appointments. She thought we were going to get the baby that day, and told me she would pick it out! ha!! I told her that the baby has to grow in Mommy's tummy for a long time and that she might be 5 before we see the baby. She stayed with Mom and Dad on Friday night, and when they brought her home on Saturday she wanted to see my tummy to see if it had grown. I told her that it would be a long time before mommy's tummy would get big (long time in kid world!). Last night we were sitting on the couch and she says "Mom do we have diapers and stuff?" I said it will be a while before we need those too. Then she said "Dad has to get the crib out the garage and get it in here and put together so our baby has some place to sleep." I told her that Daddy would make sure our baby had some place to sleep, but that it would be a while before we needed it. She is so concerned with me, and is always kissing and rubbing my belly. She is going to be one great big sister!! I ordered a shirt off the Internet for Karenza to tell my Mom and Dad that we were expecting. On the front of her shirt it says "I've got a secret..." and on the back it says "I am going to be a big sister" I forgot to take a picture of her with it on, but I will try to get one and put it on here. She did go to daycare this morning, and couldn't wait to get there to tell everyone that her Mommy has a baby in her tummy! Although she thinks she is getting a sister I have reassured her that she may very well be getting a brother. She is so concerned that her brother will be so mean to her. I told her that I wouldn't let that happen, and that she will be bigger then him and will be able to show him how to do things. She seemed content with that, so we'll see. I am sure there will be many more questions along the way. This pregnancy will be so different, as I am a Mommy already and can't rest and sleep when I need to when I am tired. Although Karenza has been so good when I need to rest she will just sit and play or watch TV so that I can rest. I usually am a night owl, and not going to bed before 11:30 or midnight. Lately I am ready for bed at 8:30! I just pray that everything goes good with this pregnancy and that I will have a happy healthy baby.