Nothing could have made it worse!

I don't think I ever want to fly on a plane ever again!
Ya know those experiences you hear about that happen on airplanes that you might think "hey that won't ever happen to me?"....well I guess it can happen to me!

I was flying alone back here to Oregon with Sam last night. First I should mention she has been sick the last few days with a cough and a continuing runny nose, and also I did not bring extra clothes for her on the plane (that should also be noted).
It was in the last 30-40 minutes that all hell broke loose for me. Sam had been standing on the floor leaning against the chair and it was that time where we had to sit with our seatbelts on as we descended. Well, Sammy wasn't having any of that. She started freaking out! I have never heard her cry like that before and she would not sit still no matter what I tried. This was NOT my child! I had to put my leg in between her two legs and even then that wasn't working well. It was a completely full flight, so the guy next to me couldn't help but pity me, much like everyone else on the plane, and right before she started to really freak out I got a terrible bloody nose for a good 5 minutes or so.
After a few minutes of freaking out, she pooped her pants really badly (while still freaking out) and then because she couldn't calm down combined with the fact that her throat was a bit clogged from being sick.....she threw up..a few times..everwhere! And I couldn't take her to the bathroom because we were 5 minutes from landing. So after she threw up I pushed the call button, and the attendant came up all huffy saying "is there something you wanted we are trying to land?" and I was like, "well yes thank you, I have throw up in my hands, could I trouble you for a napkin?" I had used almost all the rest of the wipes for my bloody nose.
Luckily for me, I had my jacket for most of the throw up to go into, and some on her sweater which I was able to put into the black dirty clothes bag the lady gave me. Unfortunately she still had puke on her shirt and pants, and since I didn't have extra clothes for her I ended up having to take off my long sleeved maternity shirt and put it on her. And lucky for me, I had one of those unflattering undershirts that are only supposed to be worn under clothes, but really I had no other choice. I already looked terrible enough as it was and she needed it worse than I did.
Well we finally did land, and I had a backpack full of bloody tissues from my nose, and a sack of puky clothes. We were also in the almost very back of the plane so I had to wait to get off as well. I was so tired at this point I could barely pick her up to cuddle her and take her off the plane, and I couldn't get someone to help me pick up her stroller that they leave for you right off the plane so I was struggling to pick that up as well, and I was trying to keep it together emotionally. Sam had also kicked me a couple of times in my stomach while I was fighting with her and I felt very sore from that.
Dave was waiting for us right there at the gate and when he saw the state we were in, and I saw him, I completely lost it and burst into tears.....more people staring....yaddy yaddy yadda. I had him take her to the bathroom to change her poopiness that ended up going up her back while I went to the bathroom myself and cried in the stall for 10 minutes.
I guess the comforting thing is that I will never see these people again...I hope!

And of course our bags were the last to come through.....
Best I can figure is the pressure was making her head feel like it was going to explode because she was so stuffed up while we were descending.
This is not one of those experiences that I will look back on and laugh!!......not at all.

Celebrating good times!

Well it has been a busy week! But fun!

We celebrated Dave's big 30th Birthday on Thursday! He is now an old man!
I figured 30 was a pretty monumental birthday so I decided to give him 30 presents for 30 years, so I wrote something on each present that had to do with him. Since I had no way of carrying them all, I walked into Fudruckers where we had dinner with Dave's family with a huge basket of presents. It had been hiding in the trunk and when I got inside, Dave got all bug-eyed and was like "what the heck?!" The day before on Wednesday we got to go shopping just the two of us to buy Dave some clothes for his birthday, which he desperately needed. Needless to say, I think he had a pretty good birthday and had a lot of fun. What could be better right? Shopping on Wednesday with the day off, new clothes, fun presents, 1/2 lb. hamburger, family, cheesecake......ahhhhh.
And the fun didn't stop there. Friday was our 5 year anniversary!!!
Wow time really does fly by too quickly. But it has been an awesome 5 years. I was talking to my Primary President in the ward and she was asking if I was still in the blissfully happy stage, and I thought "ya know, I am!" It hasn't gotten too hard yet!
So of course our traditional place we go to eat EVERY year for our anniversary is Benihana!! Oooooohh I love that place! If they didn't have one in Portlad I would have flown back to Utah to go. We always go there because we both love it so much!
I was great to celebrate 5 wonderfl years with Dave!

The last thing that made my week so busy was that I found out on Friday that I would be doing the 5th Sunday singing time this week instead of the last week in November since I will be gone! Yay for me! I had the full time of singing and sharing time for both Jr. and Sr. Primary, which meant 40 minutes each with like a 2 minute break in between!! I hope there's not too many 5th Sunday's! I am so tired. Yesterday I spent 8 hours drawing a turkey on a poster board, and then drawing cut out disguises on cardstock and laminating them all with contact paper. Not the easiest thing when I have but a drop of artistic ability. But I was glad at least that all that work was worth while because the kids eally enjoyed my game. I love being the Chorister (mostly) but it is definitely not the easiest job in the world.

So the last thing I have to do before I get to go on my Thanksgiving vacation to Utah for a week on Saturday is a TON of apartment managing stuff (which will probably take the whole week) and pack....and a few other things in between!
Yay for vacation!

Our Halloween Fun!

Halloween was a good time this year!
With our newly formed ward, we had a great Trunk or Treat on Friday night. I don't think I've been to a Trunk or Treat that big before, but it was two wards combined. They had hot dogs, cotton candy, popcorn, games, and of course the trunk or treat at the end, which Sam loved!
Saturday there was an OSU football game in the afternoon, so we went down to Salem and went trick or treating with all of Sam's Demcak cousins. They all had so much fun together and everyone had great costumes. My plan was to try and make a costume this year, but being so consumed with Sam's quiet book I'm making for her for Christmas I didn't find the time to do it, but I loved the costume we found her at the store! Luckily for us, we didn't get rained on during trick or treating and the weather was actually quite nice. There was a fun gay couple up the street that went all out on the decorations, and had their window open, and the one guy was dressed up as the phantom playing scary songs on the organ. It was probably the coolest thing I've seen in a while.
At the trunk or treat I dressed up as Dave, and he didn't end up dressing up because he had to be in this Halloween skit with the YM, so for trick or treating he dressed up as me and walked with Sam up and down the streets. Although I think he could have pulled it off better, had he shaved!
I can't believe Halloween is over, now on to Thanksgiving!




Sam and her friend Cara, who was the swine flu!

Sam and me trying to look like Dave.


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The Verdict Is In!

We finally found out today at our Ultrasound appointment that we are having our Second Baby GIRL!!
We are really excited and really I'm not surprised at all. I even had a dream last night that it would be a girl, and then I was completely sure! :)
I knew I would be happy either way, as of course everyone is, and I think it will be great for Sam to have a little sister to take care of.
And the other nice thing is already having some girl baby stuff so we won't have to buy nearly as much as we would have had to with a boy.
It's also funny to think about Dave, because now he will really have his hands full. I gues the only thing that makes me sad is that I will have another Daddy's girl on my hands. Another child that will prefer daddy over mom 100% of the time. I kid you not. It's the truth. Maybe this one will love me a little bit more. :)

Yay for Girls!!

Fun at the Pumpkin Patch

Yesterday we decided we should try and go to a Pumpkin Patch just in case the weather was too crazy next week to go. Although yesterday was crazy anyway. We would have pouring rain, dark clouds, wind, then the sun would come out, and it would start all over again with the rain. Dave was at some church meeting for a good part of the day and there was a break in the weather so we thought we'd go. We headed up to Sauvie Island where they had a pumpkin patch, some animals, and some really yummy sweet corn that we ate for dinner tonight. We also shared a delicious caramel apple! I love caramel apples. It has been way too long since I have had one. Sam had a lot of fun sifting through the pumpkins trying to pick them up, and talking to all the animals forever! It was a fun Fall/Halloween family activity together!

My new lot!

Well I officially need help. I know you all already knew that, but I have a lovely new calling in our newly reorganized ward that has been stressing me out for about a week now, and it will push me hopefully to a level of creativity (since I'm not really on any level right now) and a lot of improvising.
What is this calling you ask? Primary Music Chorister!
ah man, I was just getting used to being the piano player for the last 8 months and now I'm realizing it was the easiest calling in the ward compared to what I have to do now, and I haven't even had my first week yet.
Let me just set the scene here. Last week was of course the last time my friend was teaching as the chorister (and she has been in it for 4 years). She taught them a lovely song, played some games, and played her guitar for them at the end, afterwhich half the kids were bawling! ummm....great. How in the heck am I supposed to follow that?
So now I am asking for help. No screaming for it sounds better. I have found blogs, websites, etc etc.... about being the Primary Music leader, but I'm at information overload and I still can't think of anything super exciting for my first day, and I want to do something that is like a "getting to know you day" because half the kids don't know the other half, and they don't know me, and I don't know them, and they don't know the teachers. So if anyone has some brilliant ideas for me, it would be greatly appreciated. My hair is already starting to fall out...or maybe that is from the pregnancy hormones. And..speaking of, what am I gonna do when I have a newborn trying to teach kids music when Dave has his responsibilities as YM president and the baby is hungry or something?? "It's okay kids, lets play a game to see if we can sing louder than the suckling!" haha. I'm sure I could make a game out of that! :)

Mental image aside...please help

My First Quiet Book Page!

I remember growing up, we had a quiet book that we had for church that I just loved. I'm pretty sure my Mom made it, but I loved the pages, especially the one where you could braid the girls hair.
So for the longest time I have been wanting to make one for Samantha, so I could play with it at church! I figured if I got started on it early I could get it done for her for Christmas. I was at my sister in laws the other day and we decided we could do it together. So the other day we got together, and put together our first page! I am so excited about it!




It's not completely finished yet, because I have to do some stitching for whatever I want to write for the page, but it's basically the cute velcro balloons that you can pull off and on. I have never used Wonder Under before, but it is awesome! It makes making a Quiet book easy...mostly.

Tomorrow I think I'll be working on something a little easier like the mitten page or the zipper ladybug. I'm finally feeling crafty again!