What a week!

So last week was pretty awesome! Saturday I was given a "surprise" baby shower. (Thanks Cassy, Laura, Mindy and Mom for all of your hard work!) It was SO beautiful! I really couldn't believe how lovely it turned out and how sweet and thoughtful the girls were to me. Jocelyn and Aimee were invited to come and they thought that was great. But just like me, I forgot to take pictures of the guests! Oh well. The rest of the day I finished doing research for my church lesson the next day (it was a bit of a procrastination week) which was good because I learned so much. Unfortunately, the next morning I woke up not feeling very well at all. Cody and I were up early making our traditional heart-shaped pancakes and decorating the table for Valentines. The kids were all so excited for Valentines and enjoyed the necklace and rose Cody gave them (Ben got pj's). Cody really gets into holidays and that is always fun for the kids. (Check out his "Mr. Napkin-head video".)
Then when we were getting ready for church I started feeling quite a bit worse. I was combing Joc's hair and I got so dizzy and tired! ( I couldn't lift my arms to brush her hair. Weird!) So my husband, the Sunday School Pres, insisted I couldn't go teach my Gospel Doctrine class and he went and did it for me on the fly. I stayed home and slept almost the whole block of church and when the fam came home I woke up, then went back to sleep for two more hours. That is crazy for me because I really never sleep during the day. I just couldn't stay awake and whenever I was awake I was so dizzy. Also a little cough was creeping in. That night was fun though because Cody, a hopeless romantic, made me his specialty, chicken enchiladas, rice pilaf and salad, and we ate by candlelight and danced on the kitchen floor. Then we snuggled and he stayed awake for an entire Jane Austen movie. That's love.

Monday was busy, but the highlight was my buddy Staci was given tickets to the Paul Cardall concert at Abravanel Hall. She was so sweet to invite me and even took me to dinner before the show. I felt so spoiled! Ü The concert was fabulous!!! Our seats were LITERALLY the best in the house and she'd been given permission to go back stage to meet everyone too! Paul, who I already know because he had his heart transplant last year and I've chatted with him and his wife so many times at the hospital, was so kind and gracious and I was really proud of him doing this amazing concert just five months after his transplant. And now to my "star struck" moment, there were some of Paul's friends in the music business performing as well including Mindy Gledhill (who is so talented and darling and gave Staci and I hugs!) but holy cow for me, I met Peter Breinholt! I totally LOVE his music (it's been my "happy place" for several years now) and it was awesome to see him perform, but even more awesome to meet him backstage where he chatted alone with me for like five or ten minutes! I froze with excitement. To say I embarressed myself would be the understatement of the century! He asked me my favorite song--I couldn't remember!!! Anyone that knows me knows I never run out of things to say, but I totally looked rediculous! Oh well, he was nice and Staci assured me he's probably used to "groupies" being silly around him. It was such a great night and the best part was being with Staci. She is a wonderful friend who really lifts me up and makes me happy.

But the next day, that little cough wasn't so little anymore. I felt yucky. Wednesday too, and finally I had to go to the dr. Pneumonia! Hello! I totally don't have time for that! Cody had gone with Joc on her school field trip,

her first time on a school bus!, which was fun for them. We were all up that whole night, Ben and Aimee had tummy aches and no one could sleep with me coughing like crazy. Thursday was the worst. I couldn't get out of bed if I wanted to so Cody had to stay home and be Mr. Mom. He did a great job and was so thoughtful to me. Each day I feel a little better. Thanks Laura for bringing us dinner that night!

On Friday I went to the baby dr. And here's the good news... I was already a 3 and 75%! (He said it was all that coughing, oh, and this is my fourth baby so my body kinda knows what to do by now.) And the baby is in the right position so any day now the little cutie could decide to make his or her appearance! My doctor scheduled the hospital for March 8 if I haven't gone on my own before then. That is two weeks from today! It is nice to have an ending date floating out there. It's like, worst case, I only have to make it till then! After the dr's we went and bought Ben his big boy car seat, finally! I have been lugging him around in his infant seat even though he is 15 months because I like that I can cover him at the store with all the germies around. But a big brother he will soon be and we have to get ready for the baby. Yeah!

And finally Saturday was a really great day too. Cody went to the temple in the morning with his presidency and I stayed home and did normal stuff; baths for the kids (all four of them! I did a hula hoop motion and said the water in my tummy was swishing around cleaning the baby inside. Jocelyn and Aimee thought I was nuts! Okay, I am. Ü) did some laundry, and we all got ready for...the IHH fundraiser at the Olympic Oval! That was a good time! I could really tell how much effort Staci, Jessica and all of the volunteers had put in. The girls went ice skating with Cody.


Again I wish I had taken more pictures. It was a really fun event with lots of good food and great company and it's always nice to see so many people you share the common bond with. Congenital Heart Defects affect sooo many people and I really feel like a family every time we get together. So that was really fun. I was way tired by the time we had to leave though but we had to hurry home and shove in dinner that was in the crock pot so we could make it to the wedding of Brad, one of Cody's best friends from high school. It was a beautiful reception and they were a lovely couple.

So much more happened this week and it felt like we were running nonstop. By Sunday we all needed a day of rest and it was totally pleasant. I am so much better now and we are busy with the new week ahead.