Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Turkey talk

To update you on whats been happenin' and sorry no pics for now, since we moved into my parents basement for the month all of our stuff is in storage and along with that stuff is my adaptor to have pics from my camera go to the computer, so until I figure out how without it, there won't be any pics until we move into our new home which should be in a few weeks.
We had a great Turkey day celebrating this year with my family. We ate and ate, had a ping pong tournament, and my mom got the kids their very own build a bear that they got to build themselves, they loved it.
After dinner Trent, the kids and I went to visit Harrison's grave. I didn't realize how emotional it would be. The kids just sat and watched me and Trent as we cried and cried. They were sweet and kept saying, "Thats baby brother in there." They are so cute when they talk about him. I was so over come with emotion, as was Trent. We miss him deeply and all I could say was, "Its not fair." But I know there is a reason and I will see him again and I just have to keep telling myself that. I can't wait until spring when we can get him a head stone, right now its just a marker.
After we meet my fam at Bolt, and I have to say, it was pretty dang cute. It was in 3D so we all wore glasses, which was nice so I could hide my swollen eyes from balling. The kids and s loved it. Then it was back to my moms for pie, more food, and fun.
I was so excited to get up the next morning bright and early to go shopping with my mom and sisters for Black Friday. I had it all planned out where to go and what to buy. But instead of waking up to my alarm at 4:00, I woke up at 2:00am to what else, the stomach flu or food poisoning. I just cried and kept saying, why me? I was panicking because last time I had it I fainted and Trent called 911, I didn't want it to get to that. Luckily it passed quickly. What is up though? The only thing we can think of is that my body has not been able to recover from losing all that and having the baby and all the stress doesn't help so I got sick and was the only one sick. It was horrible but thanks to some phenergan I got called in for me, I finally got to sleep and relax the next day. So much for Thanksgiving dinner.
Friday while I was sick in bed, our families came up to our house to help Trent pack/move. I was so grateful for them because I was no help at all. But we got it all done and Saturday put all of our stuff either in storage or at the new house we are buying. We know the guy we are buying from and part of the basement isn't finished so he said we could store it there.
We can't wait to move in. But its been nice to live with family and just relax. I feel the stress has finally lifted and I am feeling better. My mom and are taking turns cooking dinner and I'm trying to help clean and do what I can. I am also able to go to sleep and sleep all night with out sleeping meds which hasn't happened since I had Harrison. So things are getting better. The kids are loving living with Papa and Grammy, we are grateful for them. We are all so excited for Christmas, this time of year is oh so fun.

7 comments:

Kristen said...

I would be stoked to live back with mom and not have to cook dinner everynight and have help from family and just to relax. that would be great. I think that I could only handle it for so long then I would need my own space.

The Bruces said...

April you are such a strong person... and such a great example to everyone. I hope all goes well with the move into the new home and I am way excited to see you all at Christmas :)

Sammy said...

Man, i just felt so bad when mom told me you had the flu. come on!!! i couldn't believe it, i'm glad that you guys are kind of settled and you can just relax and have a lot more help for the next few weeks. I have the same camera and i just stick the card in the side of the laptop, but i think you can stick the card into mom's printer, or you can just use my adaptor cause i don't ever use it! just let me know. We love you.

Sarah and Trent said...

Ah dang it April! I'm so sorry you were sick-- so sad I didn't get to see ya. But Ruby sure was cute-- I loved hearing her talk. I hope that you're resting up well now and relaxing. Did you get that pedicure yet? :) I'm going to keep asking... haha!
Hopefully we'll have better luck at Christmastime- enjoy the time at the Speechly home!

Salty Incisor said...

We miss you so much already. At least I can keep up with you through the blog. My bookclub friends from your new ward are going to Twilight next Thursday Night would you like to come??

Brooke said...

Yeah it was nice to meet you, it's kind of funny because you are the infamous April that I had never met, (I used to hear a lot about you from my old friend Aaron Hales) I am not sure how he knew you though. But I agree the flu sucks! It killed my black friday too! Hopefully the move goes well! You will have to let me know what ward you end up being in, I bet we are in the same stake.

ang said...

Boy, you are one tough cookie! I can't believe the crazy year you've been having. I hope the Christmas season goes better for you all. You deserve it. Thanks for your prayers for our family, we'll always keep you in ours. Love ya...Ü