This is Snowflake. She was a present from Santa last Christmas.



















This is the present Snowflake left for me on my freshly cleaned bathroom floor. She left 2 more presents just like this in the following weeks.








I guess I could forgive her when she gave us these 2 adorable presents three weeks ago.

Jonas Brothers

Conversation with Sydney (5 yr old) at Dairy Queen:

(Radio starts playing Jonas Brothers song in Dairy Queen)

Sydney: I wish I could see the Jonas Brothers

Me: Is this a Jonas Brothers song?

Sydney: Yes. The Jonas Brothers are so awesome.

Me: Why are the Jonas Brothers so awesome?

Sydney: They sing awesome....and...they look awesome.. and they all have dark hair that is awesome, and they are like rock and roll which is awesome.....(sigh)...I just really wish I could see them.

***Oh goodness, my daughter is 5 going on 15!!! How does she even know who the jonas brothers are?

Bo and Sisters: one week old

My 3 yr old, Alexis, doesn't care to hold Bo much but she frequently asks, "can we keep him?" and then squeels in delight when I assure her that we can keep him.

Sydney is 5 going on 25. She has been such a great "mommy" to Bo and a huge help to me with him. She would hold him all day if I let her. I have been sick with a nursing related infection so Dan takes over when he gets home from work and while I'm lying in bed, I hear Sydney bossing Dan around, "Dad, don't rock him so fast! Dad, don't let Bo near the cat! Dad, Bo needs his pacifier! Dad, Bo is hungry, you need to feed him!"

Bo is so sweet. I call him my little boyfriend because I am so smitten by him and so in love

Bo 1 1/2 weeks old

I swore that my blog wouldn't just have pictures of my kids.....I am a hypocrite. I took these pics of Bo when he was about 1 1/2 weeks old. He started smiling at 1 week and I'm so glad I was able to capture it on camera!

Bo Harry Gould

Stats

Born: Thursday May 29, 2008
Weight: 7 lb 8 oz
length: 20 1/2"

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Accident Victims

On Thursday, I was driving the Geo Prism heading East on Warner. I had the green light and was passing through the intersection at Val Vista when an SUV came barreling towards me from my left. I slammed on my breaks and swerved out of the way as much as I could but this SUV was going Fast and gave me little time to react so we collided with each other going at at least 45 mph. She hit my front passenger side.

The impact was really hard. I thought we were all dead. The SUV even rolled over. The Geo is totaled. I couldn't really move or breath right after impact but I heard the girls in the back seat crying and screaming and that was music to my ears. Since I'm pregnant, I was air-evacuated to the Good Samaritan hospital. The paramedics had me on the stretcher and were working on me before air-lifting me and asked me if I had felt the baby kick and that is when I completely lost it -screaming and bawling- because I hadn't felt the baby kick since the accident and the thought of loosing the baby killed me.

Once we were in the chopper, they got a heart beat on the baby and I felt baby kick so that was a huge waive of relief. By this time, Dan was at the accident and he road with the girls on an ambulance to Good Samaritan.

Once at the hospital they gave me a cat-scan and took xrays of my chest and did blood work. They were only going to keep me at the hospital for 4 hours but I was having regular contractions so they kept me over night. Sydney and Alex got checked out and seem to be fine. Poor Sydney has nasty bruises from the seat belt and she was feeling a lot of pain and has had stifness in her back and neck (hopefully she doesn't have any problems in the future with her neck and back).

I was released from the hospital yesterday and besides this horrible pain in my chest and ribs, I'm doing good (As long as I don't move I feel fine). Thankfully, everything seems to be fine with the baby and me and the girls. We are so blessed to have not sustained any more injuries considering how hard the impact of the crash was.

I have been excited about having this baby but now I am incredibly anxious to hold and kiss this little one that I thought for a short period of time I might have lost.

Thanks to everyone for your prayers and help!