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DUSTI

Tavis is 5!!!

I cant' believe my first born is 5 yrs old all ready..the time has gone by to fast. Before I know it he's going to be going off far somewhere to serve a mission or go to college..Im allready having a hard time with him starting kindergarten this year..ill be a mess when he goes to first grade ALL day! Then somebody else is influencing him more time than I am...ahhh. I love Tavis so much he is my tender hearted little dude. He watches over and takes care of me and has the funniest things come out of his mouth. THe otherday he asked Nate while watching T.V." Are those people in our world..or in a whole other one"? His little imagination lights up my days and I adore him. I still remember life before him and I would never go back.. he was the first to move and kick me inside my belly..his was the first little voice I heard call me mommy..his first steps were the first i saw and felt take my breath away..he was the first to make a soccer goal and smile from ear to ear! His prayers are so darn cute I want it to be his turn everytime..whether we are praying over food or during our night time prayers..he NEVER leaves anybody out..and he is very specific about what he prays for each person...His prayers give me a chance to see what he learns about people and their needs. for example..last night he prayed that "mommy would be blessed to have her hair grow longer" and hailey would be blessed to get a pony..pink pony costume" and papa d (who is very sick) would be healed by Jesus. He also thanks heavenly father for daddy's Job and askes that he will be blessed there so we can stay in our home" It's amazing what our little ones really pick up and understand. I love you Tavis and I am so proud of you. you are Brave, couragious, very smart and loving..I know you will lead a happy life and am so excited to share that with you. thankyou for choosing me to be your mommy.

Its a Girl!!!

We are so excited that we are having another..boy or girl...but I will admit that I am so excited to have another little one to dress up and play dolls with. Hailey is very excited. We asked them what they wanted to name their little sister. Tavis of coarse said Kennedy (his favorite babysitter) and Hailey said "Cha Chi" well hate to break it to ya Hailey..but I think we'll have to come up with something else. They are both very excited! I knew it was a Girl but it's fun to be validated in those mommy intuitions I get. 4 months left..thats it. cant believe it. very excited and grateful!!

Love you all


Dusti

I like today...

Today is a good day. I couldn't sleep so my day started at 4am. Tavis was laying by me when I rolled out of bed finally at 5:30 and ran after me saying mom "don't go don't go"..I assured him with a smile in my heart that I wasn't going anywhere. I fed him two bowls of oatmeal and afterwards he says :kay mom lets go cuddle and go back to sleep" I smiled and explained that i was going to get started folding laundry. He says.."ell I want to stay with you, so I said "ok" with excitement in my voice "lets make a comfy bed on the couch and put a movie on". So he got all comfortable and I put on old looney tunes and tom and jerry cartoons..MY FAV. I had so much fun hangin with him ,folding laundry, watching cartoons! anyhow, I had Tavis, Hailey, Noel(a 9 month old I watch) and I all ready and out the door by 8:55. got Tavis to Preschool on time and the girls and I went grocery shopping. our first stop.. Sams Club. I have the business membership so I got to enter before hours and practically had the store to myself. Our first stop was to get a big Dr. pepper and their nummy cinamon pretzels! I bought beautiful spring flowers and the biggest green grapes and red strawberries I've seen in awhile(im snackin onthem now nummy nummy) then we headed on over to walmart where I only had a half hour to get the rest of shopping done..got it done in 17 minutes..there I found the most beautiful bright yellow and pink tulips..had to get them( Im spring sick) but not prego sick ANYMORE!! I think thats why today is so great..I feel normal again no throwing up, no nausea. Seriously Nate had to go grocery shopping for us last time and it was way over due. This time i'm ahead of our 2 week schedule so we actually have food in our fridge! It feels good. I'm also on a spring cleaning mission. I have a HuGe list to accomplish before may comes so I can enjoy and rest my last trimester and summer with my two little ones. I also bought a box of newborn diapers today..(to be prepared) and it got me all excited to have a new little one here soon(well 5 months) It also got me thinking about my life now and how I love it how I'll never get this time back with just my 5 yr old Tavis and 3 yr old Hailey We have a schedule down pack of how we like to live our lives which includes staying up late sleeping in, taking naps, reading books, going on walks, they are my best friends in the whole world and they are both potty trained!! Thats all going to change come July 2010! for the better I know..but it will be different. This year will be a very busy one. Tavis starts Kindergarten Hailey starts Preschool and I start breast feeding ALL over again!! ITs been a while. I've had a nice long break from the baby stage..and as hard as it will be to say goodbye to this time in life Im more than happy to welcome the new one in! But not before I savor the last of this one. Anyhow, off from my tangent there..We all got home ate lunch and I read a new book we bought today to the kids..then all 4 of us..Tavis, Hailey, Noel and I went to sleep. I slept for a couple hours..only cuz I was cravin the strawberries and grapes. Noel woke up a half hour ago..her mom just picked her up and my kids are out cold still..thus the time to blog. I just really like my life today..nothing has changed on the outside of me..same clothes, house, kids, husband, life..but inside im just grateful..and I think thats the key to liking your days..to be grateful for them.

I hope all of our days ahead are full as mine has been today!!


Love one happy Dusti

Ten Years ago....

10 Years ago I attended Hunter High school. I was 18 years old and had the world ahead. Little did I know about the changes that would come in just a few short months. I remember feeling unsure, Unfit, and unmistakably too hard on myself. This year 10 years past I had the heart break of my life. My first love and friend were dating behind my back. As I cried on her shoulder about how hard it was to let him go, she was kissing him! She lied right to my face and all though I was all ready 18 I had never tasted that kind of deceit before. Believe it or bot I still have a bad taste in my mouth. a first Love you never forget along with your first broken heart.

That Year held many many heartaches and changes for me. Graduation was the least on the list. I was never into high school the way some were. I never really enjoyed going to football games and other events..well except the dances..I loved dancing with my girls!! But I was into the people and supporting their dreams and met some of the best people still in my life today in the halls of Hunter High. I use to join in the game of saying "If I could just go back to high school, well I would change everything". Really what I was saying was that I just wanted to change myself and how I handled things like grades , people, and social affairs. However, I've realized that the way I was in high school was the set up for my dream life now and I wouldn't change then because I'm a changed woman now.



Here's to another 10 years....

Love Dusti

choppy chopp to the chinny chin

A 3 year mission...CHOPPED OFF!!! I finally did it...chopped all my hair off.a total of 12 inches. Am I happy? well...its very bitter sweet. I don't want to have short hair I LOVE having long hair I feel a little defeminized right now BUT there are reasons. I want long one length HEALTHY hair. I was avoiding the problem. I had long hair down my back but my layers were all the way up to my chin..why well because my hair was FRIED, dry and just horrible, so I excepted the inevitable that soon I would have hair to my waist but it would be nasty way to layered long hair. So I CHOPPED IT! Now i'm on a new mission to grow my hair out one length and healthy, a mission most people say a hairstylist should not enlist in...but there's no turning back now my hair is up to my chinny chin chin! I'll show pictures some day I just have to get use to it first. two good things about the chop..its much easier to do my hair and I love having healthy hair again even though there's not much left!

A woman who inspires me.....

You have got to check this site out if you haven't all ready, Read her story she is amazing. She appeared on oprah and the Today show this year but THATS not what makes her an inspiration to me. The other day I was about to throw up from my nasty pregnancy nasea..as I sat next to the toilet waiting for it...I thought to myself.." how can I make it through this day? I am so sick and my body is so tired, right as I thought this my kids were tearing up the allready torn up house..I just wanted to cry..then NIE NIE's words filled my heart..everyday is a blessing. I thought "if she can do it..I CERTAINLY can buck up and do it" I thought of her scars and her heartaches..then how grateful she is for it all. any day life comes at you harder than you can stand..read her Blog..she's simply an angeof hope and light..http://nieniedialogues.blogspot.com/


Dusti