a hospital, a wedding, and a very exhausted family

here’s a brief rundown of what our last week has been like:

Tues Aug 14  - head home from the ranch to pack and get ready for our drive to San Diego early the next morning for my bro's wedding. ry starts to feel real sick.

Wed Aug 15 - up all night with ry sick. he passed out while going to the bathroom in the middle of the night. i run into the bathroom to find him lifeless slumped over the tub. pick him up to lay him back and he has blood running down his face. ah! looks like he needs stitches. won't let me take him to the er. in the morning, i make him go. after tests we get word that they THINK he might have appendicitis. no clear cut answers. we could do surgery if we want. after prayerful consideration and alot of stress i decide to go ahead with it and hope/pray it's the right decision. has surgery. it was for sure appendicitis. thank heavens i made the right decision! we spend the night in the hospital.

Thurs Aug 16 - we're supposed to be arriving in San Diego for bro's wedding but ry is so not well. ah! what to do? decide to fly. get last minute tickets for that night (thanks to my parents). get released from hospital, go home to finalize packing and then drive to utah. i have 2 children under 2, a husband who can't lift more than 10lbs and is in alot of pain, 2 carry on pieces, 3 suitcases, and 2 carseats. AH! STRESS! Arrived in San Diego @ 11pm. To bed by 1am.

Fri Aug 17 - Ry sleeps all day. I sleep all morning and then spend time with my fam.

Sat Aug 18 - Wedding Day. Beautiful. HOT.

Sun Aug 19 - Sightseeing. Harper LOVED the beach.

Mon Aug 20 - Flying home day. Arrive at San Diego airport. Right as we pull up to unload Harper pukes ALL OVER herself and her carseat. Luckily bags were not checked yet. Changed her and packed extra clothes in our carry on. Layover in Pheonix. Harper has a squishy diaper that goes right through her clothes. AH! Down to last outfit. Get to SLC. Harper and I get on shuttle to go grab the car and pick up ry, ray and luggage at terminal. Realized I didn't grab her carseat. Buckle her in the back seat and hope we don't get pulled over. Get everyone and everything. Drive home.

Tues Aug 21 - Home and recovering. Ry is exhausted and in pain. I'm exhausted. Kids are exhausted. Trying to unpack and do 100 loads of laundry. UGH! What a week! But so glad I could spend time with my family and be there for my bro's wedding. Ry and the kids were such troopers!

pictures and more details to come.

Happy 4th of July *** last week

Did you do anything fun for the 4th?

We sure did! I dressed my kiddos in festive clothes dropped them off at Grandma’s house and went to our house to work the day away. Pretty sure I spent the day patching walls and sanding. Woot woot!

We celebrated the holiday for real by quitting a couple hours early {we’re talking 8pm} to eat dinner and watch fireworks at Ryan’s parent’s house.

 

Waiting for the fireworks to begin:

 

Shortly after this picture was taken, an ember from the sparkler landed on her foot. She was a little concerned about it and bent down to look at it and then started crying. Grandma whisked her off to the house to look at it. There wasn’t really a mark on her foot, but something did smell like burnt hair. Ryan discovered that she was missing half of her left eyebrow. Harper must have singed it a little while bending down to look at her foot. She wasn’t overly concerned though; she just kept gesturing that she wanted to go back outside for the fireworks. She didn’t want to miss anything!

This was after the incident. She still wanted a sparkler real bad. So she played with one safely wrapped in a blanket on daddy’s lap.

On Friday night, she started retelling the story of what happened over and over. It’s really funny. I’m going to see if I can video it, but basically she makes firework gestures with her hands saying “psh, psh” then points to her toe. Then she makes firework gestures and noises again and then points to her eyebrow. Then she makes firework gestures and noises again and then starts clapping. You can totally tell what she’s saying: There were fireworks and then my toe was hurt. There were fireworks and my eyebrow burned a little. There were more fireworks and we clapped. And she kept doing this whole routine over and over and over and over. She’s such a funny girl! {And too smart for her own good}

 

We hope you had an excellent 4th of July and celebrated as awesome as we did!

Happy Canada Day

Love,

The Bedkes

M.I.A

Missing In Action, that is. 

It’s been way too long and I have way too many posts to catch up on. Seriously…WAY. TOO. MANY. We’ve just been really busy.

Busy snuggling {and nursing every 20 minutes} this adorable little guy {who’s not really so little anymore…hence, the nursing every 20 minutes!} who joined us 6 weeks ago {it’s already been 6 weeks?!?!}…

 

Busy chasing this sweet, smart and crazy girl around…

 

Busy spending time with {and getting way too spoiled by} these awesome parents…

 

And busy getting everything ready to move into this beauty in the next couple weeks {a 109 yr old home w/4 beds, 2 baths in over 2000 sq.ft. oh and did I mention it’s on over an acre w/mature fruit trees, a garden, a pasture, a chicken coop and a huge yard. YA BABY!}…

Details to come soon on all of this {and much more}. Soon. Very soon.

still going strong and a wedding

Only 4 more days until my due date and we’re still going strong. Our little guy must be rather cozy in there. But it’s okay with me. I’ve been feeling great and thoroughly enjoying my big round belly!

About a week and a half ago, we went to Salt Lake for Ryan’s brother’s wedding. It was a beautiful day and we were so glad to be a part of it. We are very happy for Blake and his new bride, Sherie. Here are a few pictures from the day {mostly of Harper, of course}:

Looking at the temple with daddy.

 

Checking out the fountain with daddy.

 

Harper ran right up to Aunt Sherie and Uncle Blake and then when they put her down she just stood there clapping and smiling and soaking in all of the attention from everyone standing around looking at Blake & Sherie…pretty sure she thought all of the attention was for her. Silly girl!

 

Sitting on the temple steps with Uncle Curtis.

 

Taking a walk with Grandma.

 

And a couple squinty family pictures…

 

Harper kept wanting to jump off the ledge she was standing on which resulted in this silly picture of her just uncomfortably “hanging” there…haha

Easter 2012 Edition

I’m still here! No baby yet. Woot Woot!

 

I just took a gander over to this post and holy moly!! Harper has changed so much since last Easter.

We had a wonderful Easter weekend with lots of family and food, as usual.

Friday night my sis and bro-in-law came to visit us. We were very excited because we haven’t seen them since before Christmas. Who knew it would be so hard to get together when you live only 2.5 hours away?!?

Saturday afternoon we headed over to Grandma Bedke’s for the big Saturday Easter celebrations.

Harper was very excited to see her cousin Jaden and ran over to see him {and help him eat his lunch} as soon as we got there.

 

Vanessa and Joe helped me decorate eggs. Harper wasn’t all that interested this year. {yes….terrible lighting. although they do look like angels :)}

 

And while we were decorating eggs, Harper and Jaden were getting in a few hugs…

  

 

Aunt Addie helped Harper get all decked out for Easter. Very cute!

 

Aunt Vanessa and Uncle Joe headed back to Rexburg just before the extreme egg hunt. We didn’t want them to leave, but they insisted that they couldn’t just stay and play with us all week. We think their priorities are a lil mixed up! :)

 

And then the egg hunt began. Harper LOVED running around picking up eggs and putting them in her basket. She knew exactly what to do. It was so fun watching her get all excited. 

 

Showing off the loot in her basket. These aren’t even half of the pictures. It was hard to choose because they were all so cute. She kept making the silliest facial expressions. Harper scored just over $12 and tons of yummy candy to share with mommy and daddy! Thank you Great Grandma Bedke!

 

On Easter morning, Harper woke up {or more accurately stated…was woken up by daddy} to a couple gifts from the Easter Bunny. He brought her a pail and shovel {to collect her rocks in…of course} and some sidewalk chalk. Daddy took her outside for a minute to shovel up some rocks in her pail and she thought it was great. She spent the rest of the morning walking around the house with her pail.

 

This was the best picture I could get of Harper in her Easter dress. She was refusing to sit/stand still and look at the camera. I just love her dress. {THANK YOU KRISTEN!!!!}

 

And this is what happened when we forced her to sit still and look at the camera. Our poor child! These pictures are priceless...probably some of my favorites, in fact.

 

After church, we went over to Ryan’s parent’s house. While we were preparing dinner, Harper, Daddy, Jaden, Uncle Jesse and Aunt Brooke played outside with Harper’s new chalk. {And Harper may or may not be trying to push Jaden over in the far left picture…poor Jaden!}

And then we devoured a delicious meal of ham, twice baked potatoes, veggies, salad, deviled eggs and rolls {YUMMY!}, in which Harper was practically falling asleep while chewing her food due to the lack of naps. It was pretty hilarious! I wish I would have grabbed my camera…but I couldn’t leave my plate of food {I’m pregnant, remember!}.

HOPPY EASTER TO ALL!!

{yes…I’m hilarious}

my busy crazy girl

 

stay right there

Harper was born at 36 weeks and 5 days as seen here.

This picture was taken at 36 weeks and 4 days.

{I’ve decided that every picture is getting more and more whale like. I really don’t see this when I look in the mirror…I’m pretty confident that the camera adds at least 50 lbs!}

Today is 36 weeks and 6 days.

As uncomfortable as I’m getting and as excited as I am to meet this little guy…I’m totally holding out for a few more weeks. It just seems like the right thing to do.

And I still have some freezer meals to make…

And some cleaning to do…

And some Harper time to have…

And I need some major sleep before I go sleepless for a couple of months…

And there are 2 Bedke weddings this month…

Ya, I’m pretty sure he’s just gonna have to hang in there for a while longer.

Thanks my nameless lil man {I know you’re gonna listen to your mommy}. I love you!

Harper’s tricks

Here’s a video of just a few of the tricks Harper can do. It totally shows her personality and cracks me up. Enjoy!

we heart uncle josho

This past weekend, uncle josh came to visit with his fiancée, lacey. Harper loved having them around and getting spoiled with attention. Come back!!

This is the one picture I got all weekend (sorry mom! at least I got one…):