Surgery Saga

Under the knife.

Me trying to be cheerful while taking yucky liquid goo medicine.

My super-caring, diaper-changing, understanding hubby.

Justin's mom and my mom with the boys. Priceless help.

For those of you who don't know yet, I had laproscopic surgery on Thursday. Here is my story: A few weeks ago I was feeling a little under the weather and I missed my cycle and told Justin but we both thought there was no way I was pregnant. The next day I took a pregnancy test, went into the doctor's office and an ultrasound confirmed. I was 8 weeks pregnant! I had gotten pregnant while on the Mirena IUD! The chances are like 1 in 3000. Next we were worried because it is very risky getting pregnant on the IUD. Once we found out the baby was alive and healthy, we were super excited about the pregnancy. The Lord knew it was time for another little spirit to come into our home. We are so blessed. Meanwhile, after many ultrasounds, the doctor could not find the IUD anywhere. I had a feeling it was still inside of me and yep, one week ago I had an X-Ray and there it was, in plain sight. The next day my doctor calls me and says he has scheduled me for surgery for the next day, Thursday. Laproscopic surgery to remove the IUD. The surgery was a success, the IUD was wrapped around one of my ovaries but he got it and everything is now ok, including the little fetus. The anesthesia was really hard on me. I'm pretty sure I sounded like a crazy person for 12-24 hours after the surgery. When I got home from the hospital my grandma and grandpa were there to see me! It was such a nice surprise to see them. They are on a mission in Salt Lake City and took the day off to see me. In addition to them Justin, my mom, Justin's mom, my visiting teacher, and tons of nice ward members have really helped with my recovery. My relief society president even arranged for sisters to bring meals over for this entire week. I don't know what I would have done without all the support of everyone, so thank you. I have three insicions, all on my abdomen all healing nicely and some air from the surgery still in my abdomen but slowly but surely within a few weeks I will be back to normal. Thank you so much for your prayers and support. Thank you honey bunches for putting up with my emotional and physical roller coaster and for giving me a diaper changing break for a whole 72 hours. That was nice. I love you. I will be better soon.

Ultrasound pics

As Jenny said, she got an Ultrasound yesterday from Dr. Young. Here are some pictures of it. Jenny says the profile looks "feminine" but we're not 100%. Dr. Young thinks it might be a girl. Either way, we're excited for this one. Enjoy the pic:

Shopping Day

Last saturday me and some old friends, Candyce and Roxie spent a fun day together in Salt Lake City. We went to Sorrebella for lunch, then shopping at Steve & Barry's, Urban Outfitters, Forever 21, Decades, Spark, Gymboree, and Old Navy. I got the most beautiful and awesome shoes I have ever laid my eyes on at Spark. Then for dinner we went to Pei Wei and got lettuce wraps and egg rolls. Roxie brought her adorable little son, Tanner. He is such a cutie. We had a great times reminiscing about old times, present times, and what we want in the future.
We all never would have guessed that I would be the one with (almost) three kids at age 23. It was such a needed girls day for me. Being surrounded by three males really makes me crave anything feminine and girl time. I hope I am having a girl so bad. That would be so fun. Yesterday I had two ultrasounds and the doctor said it might be a girl but that he's not sure yet. I hope he's right. I got adorable little pictures of his/her profile and they are precious. Well, gotta go chase two little boys down and make sure they are not getting into anything dangerous. It is way too quiet right about now... By the way, thanks Rox and Can- Saturday was totally specktacular. :)

Wesley is walking!

Wesley has been taking steps for about 3 or 4 weeks now, but he's finally learned to stand up on his own and walk. He still doesn't really prefer it over crawling but every day he makes a little more progress. Soon he'll be walking everywhere and then we'll probably be wishing he was crawling again ;) Here's a little clip of him.

If people like this video clip and want us to post more, let us know. It's really easy and fun to share with everyone. Here's another one (sorry it's blurry, our camera was being dumb):

For Halloween we dressed up with a Medieval theme as many of you know. We went to my mom's and took Michael and Wesley trick or treating (although it was really just a way for us to get some candy, j/k) :) No, but it was fun and the kids had lots of fun too. Here's a picture of us there:

Michael and Wesley had fun with their cousin Ava. She was so cute dressed up in her little Dorothy costume with red slippers.

Also, FYI, the baby (in Jenny's belly) is doing okay since the last check-up. There's still a heartbeat and Jenny's starting to show more now. She's going to have an x-ray taken this week on her abdomen to see if the Mirena is still in there somewhere. We hope everything's alright and the baby's okay. The doctor thinks the baby will be fine. We'll keep you posted. We still won't know the gender for another couple of weeks. We're happy either way though! Thanks everyone for your love and concern.

-Justin

Costume Party

Here are some pictures from our Halloween Costume Party we threw on friday. I loved all the creative and adorable costumes! Thanks everyone for coming. Sorry if you came and I don't have your picture. Check out http://marilynandken.blogspot.com for more pics. Thank you mom for helping out so much with the boys so I could be a gracious hostess.

Carving pumpkins with Keith, Janae, Emily, Elise, Allison, & Hailey:

Pumpkin Patch

Michael made this little line-up of toys the other day and was so proud to show it off. My super-motivated brother Mark just graduated law school and just passed the utah bar and so here is he getting honored. Go Mark!

Afterwards we all went to a chinese buffet to celebrate. Michael and even Wesley loved it! I have never seen them eat so much food in such a short amount of time. They had a blast.

My super-mom sister Lisa came to visit for a few days so we decided to go to the vineyard garden center pumpkin patch. It is only $3, and it was awesome! We all loved it! Here are some pics. This one is of my gorgeous sis and two of her adorable daughters.

Here is our little fam minus Wesley, he was sleeping in the baby carrier on Justin's back.

Michael and his cousin Marissa. She has such a fun fashion sense! What little cuties!

Welcome to October

Hello everyone! I am back from my three week blogging hiatus. I do have a good excuse. Making baby number three has made me sooooooo tired. I have had to take naps when the kids have them, well, if they have them. Luckily, the other pregnancy symptom's haven't been too bad yet. My baby bump is starting to show already, and I am only 12 weeks along. I am excited about that. I love being pregnant. It is such a miracle that a woman's body can serve as a vessel for human life to grow. We couldn't be happier about it and can't wait for another little boy or girl in our home. The Lord has blessed us so much, and for that I am so grateful. Justin does such a good job at being the presiding preisthood holder in our home. Thanks honey bunches.

We had the opportunity to watch General Conference at Justin's parent's house. It was so nice to hear the prophet speak, to tell us just what we needed to hear. One of my favorite talks was given by one of the newest members of the quorum of the twelve, Quentin L. Cook. He said: "We know from the scriptures that some trials are for our good and are suited for our own personal development. We also know that the rain falls on the just and the unjust. It is also true that every cloud we see doesn’t result in rain. Regardless of the challenges, trials, and hardships we endure, the reassuring doctrine of the Atonement wrought by Jesus Christ includes Alma’s teaching that the Savior would take upon Him our infirmities and “succor his people according to their infirmities.”

I testify that I know that what he said is true. The atonement of Jesus Christ is the only way we can be forgiven of our sins, and get through the trials of life and return to live with Him.

Michael and Wesley loved playing with their cousin, Ava. They even played us a few songs. :)

Speaking of cousins, Michael and Wesley got another one this summer. Her name is Samantha, and she is such a jewel! Michael and Wesley loved holding her, except they would get so excited they would forget to keep their arms out. It was way funny. By the way, Wesley can take five steps now! On his own! We are so proud of him and love to see him being more mobile and active than ever. All that worrying about his small size and development are now subsiding. We have learned more than ever lately that the Lord knows us, and knows what we need, we just need to wait for His timing.

On Sunday I initiated a halloween art project. Justin was so confused. "I have never done a halloween art project.", he complained. I told him that making fake hands to spook people with will be fun, just give it a shot. Well, he helped paint the hands and ended up loving it.

As I have been putting together halloween costumes for the family, it has been fun to look back at what we were in years past: This was the Furr Family Halloween 2007. Here we are Halloween of 2006.