7 Months

I am now 7th months and loving it! Nights are getting a tad uncomfortable but overall I feel like I've had a really good pregnancy. I cannot believe she will be here in 2 months, things are getting crazy! I feel her move a ton now, sometimes it feel like she is trying to stand up in there she is pushing so hard. We have decided on a name, it will be Ari Jane Sims, unless I go nuts at the hospital and decide to change my mind. We chose this name because we thought Ari was cute and different but not too different, and Jane comes from my great great grandma on my moms side her name was Abby Jane. I am super excited to meet this adorable little girl!

ATTENTION BALDWIN FAMILY!!

Hey all Baldwin Family Members, If you haven't heard already (and hopefully you have some way or another) we are doing a book for Grandma Baldwin for Christmas. We are going to make a book of all her quilts she has made for us throughout the years! Please send me pictures of you with your quilt/quilts, or if you prefer not to be in the picture that is fine too. You can also leave a little blurp about why the quilt is special or maybe the occasion you recieved it for. Please email your pictures and comments before Dec. 5. Let me know if you have questions.
Thanks Everyone!
reenie_84405@yahoo.com

Crazy Times with the Sims

It's been an exciting, crazy, last few months, so sorry for the long post, I've just got to do some catching up!!

In April we had a sad thing happen, Ben's aunt Karen passed away, it was very sudden and unexpected, we were sad to see such a classy fabulous lady go, it was and still is a very hard thing to think about for our family, but we are all happy to have the gospel in our lives so we know we will be able to see aunt Karen once again. She had a beautiful funeral, one of my favorite parts was when all her grand kids got up and sang 'you give me a kiss you give me a hug, you smile when you see me too, I wish every child in the whole wide world had a grandmother just like you!'

Shane and Dana went on a little vacation and we got to watch the 2 cute boys! We had so much fun with those boys, they are so funny. It was so nice and hot one day I decided to turn on the sprinklers and bring out the watermelon. We had a great time! I found out too that Fergie likes to run through the sprinklers as well!


We Celebrated Ben's BIG 28!! I think it was a hard one for him because he is just that much closer to 30!:)


In April we also found out about the little bundle of joy that is on her way. She came as a little bit of a surprise, but she is a GREAT Surprise! We are so excited for this little girl to come into our lives. We are both super nervous about being parents but we already love her so much we cannot wait! We were so expecting that this baby was going to be a Boy, I had already bought a few boy things and was just SURE it was a boy. But when we went in for the "BIG" ultra sound she said "its a Girl...." we both just sat there for a minute like what??? Really??? I have to be honest and tell you we were a little disappointed, I feel bad saying that because it is my baby but we were honestly quite shocked it wasn't a boy. It didn't take me long though to get over it, that same night when I came home from work I had a present sitting on the counter from my Mother and Father in Law, it was an adorable pink head band and a sweet card to go along with it. As soon as I saw that little pink bow and thought about being able to put it on her little head for the first time I was over the fact that she was a, she!
This has been an exciting journey so far, I love being pregnant, we have just recently started to be able to feel her kick from the outside. One of my favorite things to do now is get into bed early and wait to feel her kick. We had a very fun summer, we were able to spend a few days in Bear Lake with Ben's family, it was a nice relaxing vacation, we played in the pool a lot, ate tons of delicious food, and spent a day at the beach, it was just what we needed!!
When we were at the beach we decided to make Garrett into a mermaid!





In August , 8-9-10 to be exact we had a new addition to the Baldwin family. Shane and Dana had their 3rd baby! It was a girl this time, her name is Lundynn Shae, she is so beautiful and I know she will be spoiled & loved by her 2 big brothers!

This summer I went into the unknown and decided to bottle salsa all by myself! I've bottled before but I've always had someone there to pretty much do everything for me, so I decided I wanted to do it myself this year, and I did. I stayed up until 4am on a Friday night doing it, but I got it done. It turned out great by the way and tastes delish. It will hopefully last us the first part of the winter... I don't know though Ben can go through that salsa pretty fast!

I have an awesome boss who just happens to have season REAL tickets. He gave Ben and I a pair for one Saturday afternoon, and it was so fun! We got to eat a great dinner and the atmosphere was so fun, there was loud music playing the whole time, and people cheering, we had a great time.

Whats up

So It's been awhile! We have had lots going on and I promise I will get to it soon. We finally got the internet at our house so I can do some blogging at home! There is just one thing that I wanted to blog about though really quickly...
I am sure a lot of you may know by now but....

Yes that is right.... and if you didn't catch the Hint, we are expecting our first Baby in January.

Here is the Ultra sound at 11 wks, pretty cute little profile! The card above was what we sent to our family to tell them we were pregnant.

Right now I am 17 weeks, we tried to see what the gender was last week but the little guy was being diffucult. So we go back in for a big ultrasound on Sept. 8 and hopefully will beable to tell. We are pretty sure its a boy though, so any help on boy names would be great!

Poor Little Fergie

So I promise you everyone I am ok, just had to go on a tiny little rant last time.

Some other news is, my poor little fergie had to have surgery. Last Thursday she threw up and then just wanted lay in her kennel all day, she wouldnt eat or drink. She did the same thing on Friday and part of Saturday, So I told ben to take her in because she hadn't eaten in 2 days! When he took her in they did an xray and saw that she had something stuck in her intestine. They said we could wait until Monday to see if she passed it but if she didn't pass it they would have to do surgery. So she stayed at the vet all weekend an was on an IV because she was dehydrated. So Monday came around and I called first thing to see how she was, the dr. Said the object hadn't moved and that we would have to do surgery. So I ran down to the vet to sign some papers and to see fergie before she went into surgery. Surgery took about an hour an a half, they found what was blocking her intestine! Ben went and visited her Monday night and then we got to pick her up Tuesday morning.:)

She is doing good now she just has a big scar down her belly, she has a hard time walking up the stairs and jumping up, but she is happy to be at home. I feel bad for the little pup she's probably wondering what the heck happened!
For all u out there who don't have pets you might think I'm crazy for being so obsessed over my dog, but those with pets totally understand that a pet is apart of the family and you'd do anything to save them.

A guy at work said to me "well according to Darwinism shouldn't she deserve to die?". I was just like how insensitve!! And why do u care what I do with my dog anyway?? What a jerk! So the next time he needs something done at work you all know I'm going jump right on that! Anyway I'll post some pictures of little ferg and her belly.



HERE IS FERGIES POOR LITTLE ARM WHERE THE IV WAS

HERE IS FERGIES TUMMY

THAT IS A BIG CUT FOR SUCH A SMALL LITTLE GIRL

THIS IS WHAT WAS STUCK! A PIECE OF A TOY, I PUT IT NEXT TO A FLOSSER SO YOU COULD GET A GOOD IDEA OF THE SIZE.

Blogging thoughts tonight.

So it's 7:00 and I've just gotten off work. I am sitting on the train in silence with all my thoughts from the Day the week and the month swirling in my head. A lot has been happening lately and I feel that my blog is going to become a journaling blog tonight so I can just get it all out.
1 year ago when ben shut the doors to his business I took on the role of sole provider for our family, I sure was not ready for that curve ball, but sure enough I stepped up to the plate. Ben has been working to pay off the business for the last year and I have kept my role as "sugar mamma"... Providing a house, paying off bills, keeping our house lit and warm, our cars running... Etc. Well a month ago ben found out the car lot he worked for was shutting down. Wow! Do u ever feel like you can never get a head in life? When I was finally feeling like ben and I were getting our stuff together the big guy up stairs throws that at us. I was hoping that we could try for a baby in a year or so.....

God always has his reasons. After ben lost his job I found out that he wanted to get out of the car business... That is news to me! And I'm his wife... You know the girl he lays next to EVERY night before falling to sleep, you think I would have known something like that!!
So blessing in disguise! Now ben is going to be starting a job at market star next Monday and we are going to get his butt back in school!

Well folks there's my life in a nutshell. It's really not all that bad I do like my job for the most part and do appreciate the friendship I have with my boss. I have a wonderful husband and 3 Great friends I can share anything with at work! I have a great family who loves me and 2 adorable pups