Mommy survey

Here you go mommies - a different kind of survey

for a change - it's all about your first born! Just

copy and paste it in a new note for yourself!Let's

see how much you remember!

Answer these related to your first born child.

1. WAS YOUR FIRST PREGNANCY PLANNED?

I had only been off the pill 20 days. Is that planned?

2. WERE YOU MARRIED AT THE TIME? Yes

3. WHAT WERE YOUR REACTIONS? Shock! I cried

for an hour! I had planned to go back on the pill as soon

as my cycle restarted. I had just made the decision to go

to Med school! Guess that wasn't the plan! So glad it

wasn't! Look at what I would have missed!

4. HOW OLD WERE YOU? 23

6. HOW DID YOU FIND OUT YOU WERE PREGNANT?

was late, so I took a test.

7.WHO DID YOU TELL FIRST? My Sister. David was TDY

(gone) and I needed her help to think of a way to tell David.

I told him by delivering a basket full of baby stuff to the

squadron. He was slightly shocked when he got off the plane!!

8. DID YOU WANT TO FIND OUT THE SEX? yes

9. DUE DATE? Jan 2, 2002

10. DID YOU HAVE MORNING SICKNESS? Only for about

3 days. Super lucky!

11. WHAT DID YOU CRAVE? Cheeseburgers from McDonald's.

12. WHO/WHAT IRRITATED YOU THE MOST? How clumsy

I was during pregnancy. I couldn't unload the dishwasher

without breaking something!

13. WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST CHILD'S SEX? Female

14. DID YOU WISH YOU HAD THE OPPOSITE SEX OF

WHAT YOU WERE GETTING? No

15. HOW MANY POUNDS DID YOU GAIN

THROUGHOUT THE PREGNANCY? 22lbs.

16. DID YOU HAVE A BABY SHOWER? yes

17. WAS IT A SURPRISE OR DID YOU KNOW? I knew.

We kept the sex of the baby a secret so we opted to have

a shower after she was born to help everyone out!

18. DID YOU HAVE ANY COMPLICATIONS DURING

YOUR PREGNANCY? 3 months of preterm labor. She wanted out!

19. WHERE DID YOU GIVE BIRTH? Baptist Memorial Hospital-

North Little Rock, AR Dr. Chang rocks!!!

20. HOW MANY HOURS WERE YOU IN LABOR? active labor- about 8.

21. WHO DROVE YOU TO THE HOSPITAL? My hubby

22. WHO WATCHED YOU GIVE BIRTH? Dr. Fuller (Dr. Chang

was out of the state for Christmas :<), some super crotchety

old nurse, the fantastic anesthesiologist, and of course my hubby!!

23. WAS IT NATURAL OR C-SECTION? Natural

24. DID YOU TAKE MEDICINE TO EASE THE PAIN? heck yes!!

Bring on the drugs!! Epidurals are awsome!

25. HOW MUCH DID YOUR CHILD WEIGH? 8lbs. 7oz

26. WHEN WAS YOUR CHILD ACTUALLY BORN? December 23, 2001

27. WHAT DID YOU NAME HIM/HER? Chloe Elizabeth DeCoursey

28. HOW OLD IS YOUR FIRST BORN TODAY? 7

Love you Chlo!

Fun with Aunt Chandi

Isn't she adorable! She loved the swing!

Jaxon rode this ride at least
10 times!

Chloe found this silly Sponge Bob

game where she could win a bunch

of tickets at the same time. I couldn't

get her to play anything else!

Miss Madalyn and Olive! How cute

is she!!

Jaxon also loved the Star Wars ride!

Boys love big trucks! Poor Madalyn

was hanging on for dear life!

don't I look thrilled to be at CEC again!!!!

One of the best parts of being in

Utah is the time we get to spend

with my sister and my nieces!!

My sister has been graciously

taking my kids while I work!

My boys love to go to Aunt Chand's!

Last week we found another

Chuck E Cheese to visit. The

kids had a blast!! There was noone

there and the kids had full run of

the whole building! It was also

a gorgeous day outside so I took

the kids out to the swingset to play.

Can't wait for Spring!!

Jaden and Riley

Go check out this adorable video of Jaden.
Miss Riley who is Miss Laurie's( my dearest friend
and sitter at the time) dtr was so cute to play
with him. He loves "my Miss Laurie", Ri and
Shelb (Dr. Doug too!) and misses them!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUFo_2_c9j8

High School Tag

High School Blog Chain
Thanks Melissa for tagging me. this was fun!
Fill this out about your SENIOR year of high school!
longer ago it was, the more fun the answers will be!!
1) Did you marry someone from your high school? No
2) Did you carpool? No, I was lucky enough to have
my own car.
3) What kind of car did you have? Pontiac Sunfire fully
equipped with sunroof! and man was it fast! What
the heck were my parents thinking?!
4) What kind of car do you have now? I caved and got
a Dodge minivan after baby #3 came. The sliding door
saved my life and the neighboring cars paint job!
5) It's Friday night...where are you? Cheering at
football or basketball....for those of you who know
me now don't faint when I tell you I was not only
a cheerleader, but the captain of the squad!!
6) It's Saturday Night ...hanging out at my house.
My house was the center of all things fun! Senior
year many Sat. nights were spent with really fun
boys in Brigham City or Logan!
7) What kind of job did you have in high school? I worked
at McDonald's! good times!
8) What do you do now? I am the mom of 3!! and am a
Corporate Dietitian/Long Term Care dietitian!
9) Were you a party animal? No.
10) Were you considered a flirt? No. I always had a boyfriend,
until my senior year!!
11) Were you in band, orchestra, or choir? Choir!! Loved Choir!
12) Can you sing the fight song? Sure can! i think I might still be able
to the actions too!!
13) Who was/were your favorite teacher(s)? Mr. Egli (sp) and
Mrs. Runyan
14) Where did you sit during lunch? Usually went out for lunch!
the Pie Dump, Kent's for bagels or Denny's (when we didn't
want to go back to school!)
15) What was your school's full name? Bear River High School
(not the one in California).
16) When did you graduate? 1997
17) What was your school mascot? Bear
18) If you could go back and do it again, would you? NO!!!!! High
school was a good time for learning a few of life's lessons, but
do not want to learn them again!
19) What do you remember most about graduation? Singing
at Graduation! and the feeling of completion! I couldn't wait
to get to college!
20) Who did you go with to senior prom? Our school didn't do
senior prom. We did, however, have a senior hop, and my
friend James asked me, but I was having emotional trauma
so I declined and worked that night instead! Sorry James!
21) Do you still talk to the person you went to Jr. Prom with? No. I
haven't seen Josh in years!
22) Are you planning on going to your 50 year reunion? Maybe
23) Do you still see people from school? Occasionally. The internet
(facebook) has been great for finding out what people are up to these days.

Tag you're it!- Jacki M, Jessica K, Mandy C., my sis, Shantell S.

Draper Temple Open House

The Birds, The Pete's and the DeCoursey's

Patiently waiting......

Still patiently waiting....no wait,

Jaxon and Jaden are fighting again!!!!!!

Last night we took the kids and went

to the Draper Temple Open House.

The Temple was beautiful!! Trying

to keep the kids reverent and still

for such a long time proved to be a challenge!

There were hundreds of people and we

waited forever!! It took us 3 hours!

Hopefully the kids will remember

something good about it!

Happy Birthday to 2 of the Greatest Women I know!

Just wanted to send a huge Birthday hug
to the Greastest women I know! My
bestest Amy B and my sister Chand!
I love you both. Thanks for helping
me be a better woman! Happy Birthday!
Make your hubby's take you somewhere
great to dinner and they had better
get you good gifts! You deserve only
the best!

I love You

I don't get to spend Valentine's Day
with my Valentine this year.
So to let him know how much I love him
I thought it would be fun to list something
each day I love about him! Can you tell I
miss him!!

1. What an amazing dad he is!
2. His Patriotism and devoted service
to his country!
3. His way of keeping things (mostly me)
calm! He is a great voice of reason!
4. His Eyes and eyelashes! So glad our
kids got those gorgeous eyes and eyelashes!
5. His honesty
6. That he genuinely misses his kids when
he's gone!
7. His knowledge of the Gospel.
8. His great sense of direction :> (makes
me feel usefull!)
9. What a hottie he is!! Really, have
you seen my hubby!! He's hot!
10. His sense of Humor
11. His random acts of kindness/
how thoughtful he can be!
12. That he works so hard but
always puts his family first!
13. That he loves me! despite ALL
my faults he still loves me!
14. Happy Valentine's Day!! I love You!!
Wish you were here!

25 Random Things

I've been tagged again. We'll see if I can come up
with 25 random things about me. here we go:
1. I love Starbucks! Now before you all
gasp and have a cow, I only love thier
hot chocolate! Actually, I think I'm rather
addicted. I also love the smell and atmosphere
in Starbucks!I think if I wasn't LDS
I would be an avid coffee drinker!
2. I hate to do laundry. It truly is the bane
of my existance! you'd think with technology
they could figure out a way not only to wash
and dry, but to fold and put away too!!
3. I love the snow!
4. I don't like the bitter cold as much as I remember!
5. I love to live in small towns! Really!
6. I secretly want to be a waitress! always have!
7. I want to adopt a child! Hopefully soon!
8. I am addicted to Burn Notice on USA!
Michael Westin is one hot man! (apparently I have
some addiction issues. Maybe I aught to have a talk
with my bishop..aka dad!)
9. I love to look at scapbooks! (still HATE to do them!)
10. I love to travel! Europe is my favorite! I can't wait
to go back to Amsterdam and take my hubby this time!
Although, Amy is one great travel companion and man
did we have fun!! Love ya Amy!
11. I love horses and to horeseback ride! Hope to have
my own someday!
12. I love the water. I love the ocean, swimming pools,
hot tubs...you name it. Even the bath tub. there is
something very relaxing about water.
13. I like to work and Love my job!I admit it!
I love to drop the kids off and go to work.
It makes me feel validated and in all honesty
is a nice break from motherhood! (which all of us
need once in a while!)
14. I don't wear socks! Even in the dead of winter
in Utah! i hate socks! and I only wear nylons if I
absolutely have to!
15. I am terribly uncreative!
16. I love to move! It's always a fun adventure!
although I don't like moving week and unpacking!
17. I am a die hard football fan! I even play fantasy
football with all the male members of the Pete
family! I won a few years ago and got
my name on the family plaque!!! go me!
18. I don't like to read! My husband says there
must be something horribly wrong with me! but I
can think of at least 10 things I would rather do
than sit and read a book. Who has time to read
anyway!
19. I won't eat leftovers! (long story)
20. I've never had a cavity!
21. I call my grandma Sandall daily.
22. I am now addicted to Facebook (another addiction.
I think I may need counseling!) thanks Michelle for
getting me started!
23. I found out I was pregnant the day I went to
submit my applications for Med schools! this is why
I'm a dietitian instead of a doctor!
24. I love school! I want to go back to school (again)
to get my BSN! ( although, my husband says I can't
until I pay for the Master's degree! he claims the
money tree is not only dead, but has shriveled up!! )
25. I have a thing for Celine Dion music lately.
hence the playlist! Every song has some memory
attached to it! Good and bad! Good times!

Yeah! I made it t0 25!!! (good grief, it only took me till 1 am!)
Tag you're it: Amy Bird, Amy Nessen, Michelle Peterson (payback for Facebook!),
and Jacki Miller. (you are supposed to choose 4 people to tag!)