The Henderson Family Chronicles

Well, the Henderson's are still here, rather boringly so too. I can't say that I am too busy to blog, although I may be able to say that I don't have enough hands to do it. Mmmm , nope, can't really say that either cause I managed to do our taxes one handed while I fed Em. Every day runs about the same: up around 7, at least one of the two are yelling or poopy , both are starving. We eat, dress, tidy the house, and start on the to do list for the day. Then lunch, Emmy naps, Nate watches the transformer movie, mom cleans or works on a project. Then we play games or go to town, then make dinner and get the kids to bed asap. It's Great! I am so glad it is relatively boring, an I am glad I get to be home for it. I am so glad I don't HAVE to work. Emmy thinks she is all grown up and can stay up all morning without a nap. She holds her head up very well, thinks she needs a 6 oz bottle and when I put her on her tummy she rocks and wiggles like she is gonna start craw...

I know that's what you are thinking. Where have they been? Well, lets examine that question. We ended up at my parents house for 5 weeks. We had promised them it would be no more than 2. No one was very happy about the delays. We finally moved into our house on December 5. Qwest screwed up our order for transferring our phone and internet (over and over and over) so we finally got those the 29 th of December, hence I have taken so long to update. So after moving in we had Nate's 4 th birthday, and then Christmas. All through my pregnancy I had envisioned sitting in the recliner at my parents house on Christmas trying not to be in labor. My doctor said I'd make it to the new year, i said that my goal was to get past Christmas. Well, Christmas eve came and went, no labor. Christmas Day came and went, no labor. I thought that maybe I'd actually make it to closer to my due date this time, or at least into the New Year. December 26 th I spent the morning putting away pr...

So I have finally been able to figure out how to get onto the blog site. Maren says that she has told me how to get on about six times, but well...... I seem to forget too easily. Maren and I are now living with her parents. We moved out of our apartment on Oct. 31 and we got called that day to tell us that we would be able to close on our house on Nov. 14. Hurray!!!!! On the Monday just before we got the bad news. The lady at the USDA that our realtor had been talking to wasn't even the person working on our case. The lady handeling our case for a home loan had not even started working on it. Everything we had been told was a bunch of bull. We were in the middle of KOHLS at the time. Maren just broke down sobbing. On the following Wednesday, Janna, Tony, Maren, and I, went with our realtor to Blackfoot to talk to the area manager of the USDA rural developement. Long story short, he was willing to help even if his underling wasn't. She took the rest of the week off and he took ...

So life is more than just a little crazy right now - Let us count the ways: 1) 27 1/2 weeks preggo - officially into the third trimester, 2/3 of the way done. Hormones are high as are aches and pains. Should I laugh or should I cry? Or both? And do I really have 3 months left, or will Emmelyn be like Nate? Then I only have 6 weeks left... 2) I got to see my Heather - My best friend of 10 years who left the area over a year ago. Sad, her gramma had to die for our little reunion to happen, but I'll take it. 3)Nate is sick, some little cold, but he is notorious for spiking fevers of 102 to 103 with any little virus. What's worse is when he came down with it today, we were just hours away from his first Primary Program. He was so excited and had practiced so hard. Poor Buddy. Now I just have to keep myself healthy! 4) We are moving this week, Thursday and Friday. Pack Pack Pack your house.... 5) We have no where to move to. Okay, well, we will stay with my family for a week or ...

Let's just say it is one of my least favorite jobs so far. So for a long time, Nathan wouldn't stay dry for more than 45 minutes or so. At age 3 1/2 that seemed strange to me. So I mentioned it to his doctor. Doc ordered ultrasounds, and sent him to a urologist, who ordered more ultrasounds and tests. When the urologist called to say that all tests came back normal, that is may be an age/development thing or an overactive bladder thing and may require meds for a few months. I said lets just try potty training for a month, and if he isn't better in a month we'll try the drugs. So I got off the phone and told Nate that the doctor called and said he was ready to be potty trained. He got all excited and said ok. So he is wearing undies during the day, since last Wednesday. We go through about 3 pairs a day, but he stayed dry through a nap the other day (not today though...) and he stayed dry at church on Sunday, and seemsto be doing far better than ever before. Apparently a...

Nate and Emmy are going to have a new cousin in May! Aunt Nanna just made her announcement and I couldn't be happier. Nate says "Yeah!!!!! Why?" Congrats Janna and Tony, we are so happy for you! And for the record, I follow the Chinese Gender Prediction, which says it'll be a girl.

We haven't had anything really big happen for fun updates, but I can give some little ones. We are still waiting for our house, still pretty sure we are getting it, We'll know for positive in the beginning of October, and we'll close between the middle and end of October. Our baby has a name..... Emmelyn Dawn. Emmy has already been sticking as a nickname. Nathan is slowly accepting that it is a sister, although the other day he told me he has a brother named Brigham in his belly. Hmmm .... Nate and Andrew are supposed to go camping with the ward this weekend....Yea for Mommy time!!! Nate also has some tests to be done this Friday on his bladder, we aren't sure what is wrong, but apparently his bladder isn't emptying right. He has a second ultrasound and a procedure where they'll put in a cath , put dye in his bladder and watch it on xray . Then next week he has a followup appointment with the Urologist. Oh, and Andrew came home from work the other night, scared...