BABY ELLA INFO!

ELLA MAE BROWN!

After two days of labor sweet Ella Mae Brown was born! On Saturday May 24th at 11:10 am. She weighed 7lbs 11 oz and was 19 1 /2 inches long. We decided on the name Ella for a special reason. Preston, Abbie and McKena's initials spell my name Pam. Well we didn't want this baby to feel left out so we finished up Pamela by use all the letter left in my name thus Ella. We realize this adds an extra L but humor us :O) We used Mae as a middle name after Josh's Grandma next door Arla Mae. Ironically Ella was born on the anniversary of Grandma Arla's death. So that is where the name came from. As far as Ella she is the sweetest baby EVER! I love her chubby cheeks and her double chin. I always wanted a fat baby and I got one! Delivery was simple and I tell ya aside from the fact that she nurses like a barracuda I feel FANTASTIC!

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CERVIX OF STEEL!

Went to my 40 week check yesterday. Still only a 1. The Doctor is leaving for vacation today! What is up with my doctors always leaving for vacation when I am due? He did however offer to meet me at the hospital yesterday afternoon for a c-section. It was really tempting but I declined. I just can't think of trying to recover from a c-section with Josh gone and all the kids home. So we scheduled to try and be induced on the 28th if I haven't gone into labor by then. I REALLY want to go into labor before then so hopefully my cervix of steel will cooperate!

HER MOVES!

THIS IS A REGULAR PART OF MCKENA'S DAY. SHE KEEPS THE SKIRT AND THE RADIO IN THE FRONT ROOM SO THAT WHEN SHE HAS HAS THE FEELING TO BUST THE MOVE HER STUFF IS RIGHT THERE WAITING. SHE CRACKS ME UP!

CRAP!

I may possibly be pregnant forever!!! The induction scheduled for tomorrow (19th) has been cancelled:O( Because of my previous c- section my Dr. cannot help me until I am 3 centimeters. By the time I am a 3 I will actually be in labor so I wont need him at that point. Oh- well they have to come out eventually right?

sooooo!

Josh started his new schedule this week. It's already is not going well. Our lives go as follows:

Monday- Work- 6 to 5:30 School- 6 to 10pm.
Tuesday- Work- 6 to 5:30 School- 6 to 10pm.
Wednesday- Work- 6 to 1:30 School 2 to 9pm.
Thursday- Work- 6 to 6:30pm. No School!!!:O)
Friday- Work- 6 to 4:30 School 5 to 10pm.
Sat- NO Work School 8 to 4 pm.
Sunday- church meetings 8 to 3pm.

Now the Friday and Sat school is every other weekend so that is nice but my kids on the other hand are having issues. Preston is sad because he's not home to read, McKena and Abbie want him to put them to bed so that they can get a story and their back scratched. Now I have offered numerous times to read with Preston. Have be denied repeatedly and I apparently don't tell as good of stories and scratch as well as Josh. I am pretty much CRAP! So the first night they all cried for 45 minutes. Preston told me to just tell Josh he didn't have to go to school. Because I am the boss? Go figure.
Then when I tried to explain that daddy is going to school to get a better job and provide better for the family he informed me that he would give us his $75.00 he's been saving for a year now so that Josh wouldn't have to go to school. Pretty much this totally sucks for everyone and I know it is just going to take some time getting use to but I hate it. I hate that they just want to see him and can't. Then I worry because I am trying to hold it all together and I am just keeping my head above water and then I remember that I am going to be giving birth in two seconds. WOW! That's going to make things much better! Fair warning to all my friends and family I may need to be checked into the home soon! Thanks for listening!!!

MCKENA'S DANCE RECITAL!

McKena had a dance recital a few days ago and it was the sweetest thing ever!!! If we could move into this century we would have a video but no. We tried on our camera and it was awful. We did get some pretty cute pictures!

Since I am not a performer it was really fun to watch her be so excited. She loved everything about it except the mascara and lip gloss. She invited all the Grandparents and was super thrilled to see everyone in the audience.
Our plan was to see her dance and then to go home. McKena had other plans, she knew at the end they were going to go up and bow and so when I told her that we were going home she said "What about my bowing? I have to do my bowing!"
So we stayed and watched her bow and it was worth the hour in a metal chair. After she kept asking us if we saw her on the stage and saw how good she was. She decided that since she was so good she wanted to go get ice cream to celebrate. You know us, it wouldn't be a Brown outing if we didn't have ice cream:O)

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PARK CITY WEEKEND!!!

My Mom and Dad had their time share this past weekend in Park City. I took the kiddies out of school on Friday and we went and spent the day eating, swimming, and playing with cousins. This photos is of the kids in the jetted tub. They apparently didn't get enough time in the pool:O)

Ice cream before movie and bedtime!
Movie time! All the kiddo's on the bed watching Son of the Mask!
Preston and Mckena just playing around and decided it would be funny to change PJ bottoms! FUNNY KIDS!

feelin a little crabby

I think I have woken up on the wrong side of the bed this week. EVERYTHING is ticking me off. Asked Abbie to put her clothes away that I just washed she shoved them in the bottom of her closet! I have been trying to get substitutes for Primary so our sweet primary sisters can go to Relief Society on mother's day. The dang Relief Society pres. invited the Young Women to come to Relief Society too. Cause its really important for the Young Women to Relief Society instead of our teachers that come every Sunday to babysit? Go to the Doctor today while I was waiting I kept smelling something funky. Realize that it is my shirt. What the heck? I just pulled this out of my closet! Get violated only to find out that my cervix is in my throat and that I could possible be pregnant FOREVER! Feeling sorry for myself so I reward myself with food. Which does not help with the 500 pounds I have already gained. Come home to change my smelly shirt only to realize that all my shirts have that smell because my closet smells that way from someones running shoes and clothes. Running STUFF is now band from the closet! CRABBY I tell ya!