My spoiled unborn baby

Our little guy is spoiled!

Today Treyven received his first package in the mail and he's not even born yet. My wonderful amazing sister Amber sent him a box full of good stuff.
She made two different size vest's and pants and four church ties. I have this thing about my infant children wearing pajamas to church. I would so much rather have them in church clothes and Amber defiantly solved that problem.
Amber made a blanket with dogs on it and a matching burp cloth, a monkey canopy cover, a monkey taggy and a brightly colored burb cloth.

I can't wait for Treyven to be born so we can start using all the wonderful things that we have for him.

Thanks Aunt Amber for spoiling my little one!

Disneyland, Car Wreck & St. George

Last week David had leave so as a family we spent three days at Disneyland. Mom and Dad joined us. We went on the new Ariel ride, the new Star Tours and we watched the World of Color show. There are a lot of rides that pregnant women shouldn't go on so I rested a lot. Tuesday and Wednesday we all stayed together. Thursday we each split off in twos spending the day doing the rides we wanted. Wednesday afternoon Connie, Terry and Wendy joined us. We had fun visiting with them and we all had dinner together at the Golden Horseshoe. By Thursday afternoon we were all ready to go home. Three days is a lot at Disneyland. We had such a great time. The girls loved having Grandma and Grandpa Beasley all to themselves. My fingers were swollen each day. Tuesday was the hottest day while we were there. Luckily the morning and evening were just right.

Waiting in line for Ariel

David and I in line for Ariel

Shadow and Christy on the bumper car ride in Bug's Land

Waiting for the World of Color show.

The World of Color show is in Disney's California Adventure. There are a few benches that are reserved for handicapped. Everyone else gets to stand and watch the show. It was a really good water and light show. Next time I think we will go earlier and find better spots to watch.

Friday morning after we had breakfast we left Anaheim and headed for St. George. Mom and Dad left about a half hour before us. We stopped after a little while so the girls could use the restroom. Christy threw up in the gas station. Poor girl. I think her tummy was not happy with all the sugar she had for breakfast. Then we headed out again. When we were about 20 miles north of Barstow we were involved in a four car accident. The car in front of us slowed down, so we slowed down, the truck behind us also slowed down but the car behind them was going to fast and was not able to stop in time. The last car hit the truck, which hit us and then we hit the car in the front. As soon as everyone calmed down I called mom and asked her if they could turn around and come pick us up. We were lucky, no one was hurt in any of the cars. The front car and the back car were able to drive away after the whole thing. Our car and the truck had to be towed back to Barstow. The car accident happened around 1:30 in the afternoon and it was over 100 degrees. The girls got to sit in the back of the police car while we waited for grandma and grandpa. I was only able to see the front of the car after the accident and I know that the only way that the airbags did not go off was because we were being watched over. The lap belt scratched my belly and scared the baby. And the shoulder strap bruised my neck. I can't even imagine what would have happened had the airbags gone off. My poor baby was all pulled up in the far left of my uterus as far away as he could get from where the seat belt had hurt me. After mom and dad picked us up we drove to the rest area and dad and David gave me a blessing. The Spirit was so incredibly strong. In the blessing I was told that everything would be all right with me and the baby and that our baby was needed here on Earth for a great missionary work that he is to do. David started crying while giving me the blessing. David rarely cries so I knew that the Spirit he felt was somehow if possible stronger than I was feeling it. I am so grateful that I have a husband and a Father that are able to give me a blessing in time of need. I know that all day Friday that guardian angels were attending to us.

Saturday Christy and I had orthodontic appointments. Molds were taken of my mouth to make my retainers and Christy had a few brackets replaced and a thicker wire put in. Dad let us drive his truck while we were in St. George. For some reason there were no rental cars available in St. George, Cedar City, Mesquite or Las Vegas until Monday. Crystal was so nice and offered to drive us home Saturday evening. She spent the night here and went to church with us and then she went home.

Over all we had a very eventful week and we recognized our blessing once again.

I am now 35 weeks along and I must say that I am ready to have this baby. My feet have been swollen since Friday morning. None of my shoes fit and I am just tired of carrying around all this extra weight and not being able to sleep. Whenever this little guy wants to come we are ready for him.

The beach and Father's Day

Yesterday it was fairly warm in the afternoon and we had some extra time before dinner so we headed to Breaker Beach on base. We like going to the beach on base because you can park fairly close and there are usually less people than the city beaches. We all rolled up our pant legs and enjoyed the water. Christy found a whole sand dollar :)

David and the girls enjoying the cool water!

Happy Father's Day to a wonderful husband. The gift I got for David was "our very own super hero" gift pack.
I took the girls to Michaels and let them pick out something to make for dad for Father's Day. After much searching and many "no's and do you really think dad would want that" they decided to each decorate a picture frame. I saved David from getting Disney princess maraca's :) and a wooden toy airplane (that was found in the baby stuff). I am sure that was exactly what he wanted!! Maybe next year. We came home and the girls got to work decorating the frames. The only help they received from me was using the glue gun to place the buttons and ribbons.

The one on top is from Shadow and the bottom one is from Christy.

Christy turns 10

Birthday girl at the beach!

My baby turned ten today. I can't believe that I am old enough to have a 10 year old. On Wednesday Christy, Shadow and I were all in the car. Christy asked me if I was going shopping on Saturday to buy her birthday presents. I told her "no" as I was planning on going Thursday or Friday when David got home from work. She got upset so I asked her what was wrong. So Christy says to me, aren't you or dad going to take Shadow to buy me a gift and then go back out and buy me presents from you. I don't know what the deal is but our girls seem to think that it is all about how many gifts you receive. I told Christy that no I was not planning on that. She started yelling at me about how two years ago she bought Shadow a gift for her birthday and Shadow has never bought her a gift!! Give me a break! I was frustrated at that point I once again told her that I was not planning on going shopping on Saturday. Needless to say Christy pouted the rest of the way home. David and I discussed this and decided that each birthday the girls will buy a gift for their sister with their own allowance money. So Saturday I took Shadow shopping to buy Christy a gift. Shadow is very generous. We were at Old Navy and Shadow said she wanted to buy Christy a whole outfit. I "helped" her find a cheaper gift for Christy. Shadow was not concerned at all about the money coming from her allowance even though she knows we are headed to Disneyland on Tuesday and she has to buy her own treats. What a sweetheart! For birthday's we let the girls decide the activities for the day. Christy wanted waffles for breakfast, she wanted to play games, go see a movie, go to Chili's for dinner and open presents. We did all these things as well as spend some time at the beach. We had a few rough spots during the day. Christy got a gift certificate for a pedicure, a new church dress, two pairs of flip flops, a cute yellow striped shirt and candy. Sorry there are no pictures from the day other than the beach. I was not in a picture taking mood.

School

I am seriously annoyed with Christy's school. I don't like the San Diego Unified School District. I don't think spelling should be optional and I don't think that children should be discouraged from writing in cursive. A few weeks ago Christy's teacher lost one of her assignments. So Christy had to miss recess and redo the assignment. I don't think that's fair, it wasn't her fault. She had done the work. This Monday I went into the office and filled out an Independent Contract for Christy because she will not be in school next week. The process usually is that the parent fills out the form, the teacher and principal are given a copy of the form and the teacher gets the work ready for the time in which the child will be gone. So this morning I reminded Christy to make sure that she had her work for next week before she left school. So after school I ask Christy if she has the work and she said "my teacher didn't know I was going to be gone". So back we walk to school. Apparently the secretary that handles those forms has been out sick this week so it sat on her desk. So I had to sit in the office and wait for Christy's teacher to go and get work ready for next week. There was no way I was leaving without all that work. I don't want Christy to be marked with unexcused absences for next week because no one bothered to do anything with the form. It wouldn't have been a big deal if today had not been the last school day of the week and there being no school on Monday. Apparently all the teachers in the school district have to take two furlough days. Earlier this week I wrote Christy's teacher a note about the lack of homework coming home. She wrote back and said that she had cut back because more parents were complaining that their children had to much homework. So she cut it back to one page of math three times a week. That's all the homework they have. It frustrates me, I want Christy to expand her knowledge not have it decreased. We have been doing extra homework all year long anyway but it frustrates me that I am the one who has to take care of all that. I guess if I want Christy to be smart it's up to me, not her school. I am just glad that there are so many school programs on the Internet that can supplement what I have her do. Another thing, last week Christy brought home a note from the lunch lady saying that she owed $5.25. Now mind you that all last year we had free lunch and the first day of school I filled out the paper for free lunch again this year. For some reason I am required to pay for their delay in processing the paperwork. This did not make me happy. It makes me feel better to get this all out. Better on here than in an ornery note to her school.

Sea World

Today we took the girls to Sea World for our annual free military trip. It was a nice day. The temperature was perfect (at least for me). We had a really good day. There seems to be some new stuff each time we go so it doesn't get old. In the dolphin show there were eight dolphins today, there usually is only three. In the Pet's Rule show there were some new breeds of animals included in the show, and the Shamu show is totally different. The girls had to buy their own treats. We decided that because they get allowance that they can buy their own treats and souvenirs at theme parks.

NO, we didn't let the girls buy these!

Our little family.

David and the girls.

Christy and Shadow at the tide pools playing with star fish.

Two killer whales from the Shamu show.

Like I said we had a great day. Minimal complaining and no fights :) I even did great being 33 weeks pregnant. This was a test for me to see how well I will be able to handle three days at Disneyland at the end of the month.

Happy 3rd Anniversary

Three years ago today I made one of the best decisions of my life! I married David. We had a really rough start to our marriage. We went from two dates to getting married and blending our families. It was hard on everyone to adjust to all the changes. I met David in January 2008. We were set up on a blind date by family members. We went on two dates and then David left for a six month deployment to the South Pacific aboard the USS Nimitz. Five days after he got back from deployment In June 2008 we were married by a judge at the city courthouse in St. George. For the first two months of our marriage David lived in San Diego and I lived in St. George. Finally in August we were able to move into military housing and be together as a family. We have been waiting for the time to come for us to be sealed in the Temple. Hopefully by this time next year we will be an eternal family. David has made me a better person. He is so patient and loving. There are so many times when no one would have blamed him for walking away but he loves me so much that he stays and we work thru things. I love David so very much and couldn't imagine him not being a part of my life. We are so excited for our little boy to be born in July. It is yet another new start and change in our life.

For our anniversary today we all went to Sea World. Here is a picture of the two of us!

Sweet and Simple

My very talented sister has started a website it's: sweetandsimplegifts.weebly.com. You should check it out and buy something!!

Ultrasound

At my 20 weeks ultrasound it was noticed that I had a low lying placenta. Due to this I was scheduled for another ultrasound to see if the placenta had moved so as not to interfere with birth. Friday afternoon I had my ultrasound. Friday morning mom and dad got off the cruise ship and instead of heading straight home they came to our house for a day and a half. So they were able to attend my ultrasound. David and Christy were there as well so it was a full room. The placenta has moved far enough that it will not affect the delivery of the baby. This was mom and dad's first time getting to see a baby ultrasound. The tech took a few minutes to point out a few things and she took some measurements. Our little guys weighs roughly 4 lbs 8 ozs. Due to his measurements the tech put his due date at July 22 that's a change from my set due date of July 31st. Anyways we were so glad to be able to see our little guy again. Now we just have to patiently wait for him to get here.

Military Moves

This past week I had my first experience with the sadness of a close friend moving due to new orders. The Pacheco family has lived across the street from us the whole time we have lived here in the Serra Mesa housing. They joined the church a year ago and were sealed as a family in April here in the San Diego temple. Joey is in the Marines and has been stationed on MCAS Miramar. Darci has been a really good friend to me. We have spent a lot of time together. She has been like a sister to me. We are both pregnant and have both had some down times but have been there for each other. I felt like I could call her anytime and she would be available to listen. She has two of the greatest kids in the world. Her little boy is three and her daughter is two. They are some of the smartest children and so polite, and so dang cute! I was with their family in the Temple as Joey and Darci took out their endowments and as they were sealed as a family. Right before the earthquake and tsunami Joey received new orders to go to Japan for the next three years. Originally they were scheduled to be in Japan the middle of April but with everything going on over there Joey's orders changed for him to report the first part of June. This past week the Pacheco family left for Japan. I already miss having Darci and her kids here. I know that when we move from San Diego in December that it will be the hardest move that I have had to make. We have a great ward here and I have made some really good friends. Hopefully wherever we end up we will meet good people and have good friends.