Life as I know it

I'm almost half way done with this pregnancy and I can hardly believe it. Sometimes it seems like the days are flying by. But then I look forward to everything that will happen before this baby comes and it seems like I still have such a long way to go.
Dyson will start 1st grade, Rori's 2nd birthday, Halloween, Thanksgiving... and then baby right before Christmas.
It has been really nice to have Jason around (as much as he can be) during this pregnancy. Of course he was right there during the first 2 but was almost completely out of the picture for Rori, since he was in another country. Every time we go through this it seems to get a little harder to balance my time between all the kids and time I spend praying to the porcelain god. The kids are super patient with me of course, especially the boys. Rori thinks that every time you go into the bathroom you have to spit into the toilet. It's pretty funny but it sure paints a picture of what I do all day.
The nausea is continuing and that is no big surprise to anyone. It has been a little easier to control and only seems to get really bad if I wait to long to eat.
I'm getting to that point where my pants aren't quite fitting right but I'm pretty sure that my growing belly isn't totally to blame. It might be time to start working off some of the snacks that I have to continually eat so I don't get sick.

The kids are I are adjusting to life in NJ. I wouldn't say that I love it here but things are starting to be a little less confusing and we are getting into a good routine. We have a really great ward and there are some really awesome people in it. Dyson and Ridge have made some great friends and they beg to play with them nearly every day.
Jason is settling in to the routine of getting up at 4:30 am to get ready and catch the bus each morning. He has been going to bed around 8:30 pm which cuts down on our time together considerably but at least he's home to snuggle with. He is really enjoying the time in the hospital and is absorbing as much info as he can. He comes home some days and feels like he doesn't know anything but I think they do that to the Med Students on purpose. He amazes me every day with his ability to push on. I know that if I went to "work" every day and was told all the things I didn't know, pretty sure I'd want to stop going, but not Jason. He gets up every day and is excited to see what is in store for him.

Rori is the funniest kid I've ever known. She makes me laugh every day and she is saying more and more words. Of course she needs a translator so outsiders can understand her but she is teaching me her language as quickly as I can learn it. She loves to have her hair in Poeys. (ponies) She is such a girl. Every day after her bath she sits on my lap and we do ponies. She can't stand to have her hair in her face (just like her mom) and we have to spray her hair with hair spray when we are done or she gets very upset.
She likes to give kisses but she loves to lick your face. She is such a sneaky thing too. She will come up to me with her lips puckered like she wants to kiss me and as soon as she gets close enough she licks my whole cheek!! She is such a pill sometimes.
Her big thing lately has been to "shop." She will get her shopping cart and put her Bob (stuffed frog) and put him in too and come to whichever room I'm in and tell me "Bye, I shop" she will say bye to me until I say bye to her and then she walks around the house. Then she will come back and say "Hello." She is super cute.

Ridge I feel is still trying to find his way and his place. He is the middle child and sometimes I think he doesn't know where he fits in. He plays with Dyson of course and even with Dyson's friends but he really doesn't have any friends of his own. All the kids in his primary class are girls and he isn't quite into playing with them yet. He is a big sweet heart though. He is my snuggle bug and I can get him to give me loves just about any time of day.
He struggles with Rori a bit. I think there is a bit of jealousy.

Dyson is such a care giver. He is always looking out for his brother and sister. Don't get me wrong, they certainly have their fights but for the most part Dyson looks after them and protects them from other people being mean to them and from them getting hurt. He has so much love for them and you can see it in everything he does for them. Dyson is so much like his dad and it makes my heart so happy to him emulating such a great man.

Jason is a great man. There is nobody else in the world like him and I am so lucky to have him as my husband. There is no one on earth who could fit into my life like he does, or love me like he does. He was made just for me. He is such a devoted father and my kids are so blessed to have a dad who adores them like Jason does.
My heart swells to overflowing when I think about the life we have made together. Things have not gone exactly according to the plan we first made when we were engaged but it has turned out so much better in lots of ways. I wish I were better with words so I could explain how I feel about this great man. We all have very special feelings where our spouses are concerned and I am no different. Of course I feel like my feelings are so unique that there is no other love out there like what Jason and I have and in a sense that is true. Where Jason and I are unique from everyone else so is our love.

I feel so blessed to have so many wonderful things in my life right now and I am trying to stay positive during the not so wonderful things. Learning to let go of the unimportant events and make sure my kids know how much I love them every day is what I am striving for.