Marty Shumate

On April 19th I got a new nephew. It was a long and stressful day. I got the privilege of being there with Christine and Mark during the labor. He had to be taken by C-section because he was not tolerating labor well and was too big to come out. OMG! I was so relieved when he was out and Christine was OK. I was so worried my stomach was in knots.
Congrats you guys!!

Seeing him makes me sad to think about how I will never have another newborn. I don't really want 5 kids, but it is such a wonderful experience. Ever since I was a teenager I always wanted to be a nurse. I had decided to be a labor or postpartum nurse before I had Paige. I think I would be really good at it. Being in the hospital again made me really miss my job as a CNA/almost nursing student. I still have that desire to be a nurse. I think that will be the way to experience birth and holding a newborn again. I also have thought of becoming a doula, lactation consultant, or midwife. I think a midwife is out because they work funky hours and I would not want to be responsible if something was to happen. Who knows what will happen in the future. I wouldn't mind another child, but we are definently done. (AKA John would kill me if I had another one) LOL!!

Things I want to do

run another 5k
Zumba at the rec center
learn to sew

Katherine turns 5!

A few facts about Katie:

She loves to color, write, draw, whatever with paper and crayons

She is WAY more interested in learning to read than Paige was

She is a snuggler

She likes to take care of Johnny

She taught herself her ABC's by sitting at the table everyday and writing them down a thousand times

She is starting Kindergarten on August 15th (HOLY COW!!)

She plays with her voice and has about 3 different ones that she uses. She also has a lisp.

She plays soccer with a bunch of boys. They do coed in Hurricane. And also LOVES ballet/tap class.

We love our Katie so much and are so happy she is a part of the family.

Our backyard

I LOVE OUR BACKYARD!! That is the reason we moved here. the kids have a swing set, big trees, grass, and a brand new trampoline!! I am so excited to plant our garden this coming week and to keep plugging away. We are gonna put a tire swing, a horse shoe pit, and an awning for parties. So be expecting a call!! LOVE IT!!

The hap's

SO, I have not blogged for a while, but this is what's going on. We are getting closer to being all the way moved in. I have successfully made it through my first year of Girl Scout Cookie sales. YAY!! We all were sick for about 3-4 weeks, a different person(s) each week. Watch for posts about all the kids and their birthday's. Life is hectic right now. I have the girls in soccer and dance and I am gone most afternoons, which makes life and chores a little hard. I am really excited for camping and hiking this summer. For I will NOT be pregnant and JW is walking and talking some (yes, I know so SAD). I am focusing on my weight loss and so far this year have lost 12.1 pounds and hope to make it 20 by summer. I ran my first 5k in 34:59 by the timing chip, but I did it prob. 30 seconds quicker then that because of the way the race was set up. BTW that was just getting over a flu. I am impressed with myself. My original goal was to do it under 35 minutes and I SO did it! YAY me!! I am hoping to do another one June 25th to see if I can get it under 30 min. For a stay at home, no time for exercise mom that is great! I remember in high school even doing a 16 min. mile. My 5k averages about 11.5 min. NOT BAD! John has been blessed with a lot of side jobs that have made it so we can put some well needed work into our vehicles. We are hoping it continues so we can build our next home ASAP! I am having a hard time with this move. I am not liking the school the girls are going to. I do love our back yard, but our house only has one bathroom, which makes it hard in the morning. Well keep checking back because I am going to be blogging one a day until I catch up.