The girls room is finally painted.

I was so excited when Jeremy told me that when his Mom comes to visit, that she would buy and paint my girls room! I've been wanting to do it for 3 years now. I just haven't had the time, and mostly money. She had me pick out exactly what I wanted and when she came she bought everything and set to work. She got most of it done in one day, and came back the next two days to do more of the little things. The kids loved helping Grandma! She bought them bed spreads a while ago in these colors cause I told her I wanted to paint their room lavender and green. So they will match perfectly when we are done. I think I will do some pink accents to go with it.

So its not quite done. Jeremy needs to do the little finishing work and he hasn't had any free time yet. We are going to put a 4 inch white board up between the two colors, with hooks along them to hang pictures, etc. Then I just need to finish the tops of their curtains I made and Jeremy will put up the curtain rod. The last thing is putting their bunk bed back together. It will be in an L shape with a desk underneath. I am so excited. When it is all done, I will post a picture.

Too early!

So on Sunday, July 6th, my body decided to go into labor. Over 6 weeks too early. I kept thinking all morning that the contraction would go away. I've have lots of Braxton-Hicks since about 4 months and they always go away. But I got all the kids ready and we were sitting in sacrament meeting and I realized that they were now only 7 minutes apart. On my early labor warning sheet it says if you have more than four contractions in an hour you should go get checked out. I had had at least that many in half and hour. So I gave my lesson book to the girl behind me to give to my team partner and went home to tell Jer. He was so calm. He's like o-k lets go. Once we got to the hospital and got all settled in, they were 3-5 minutes apart and I was dialated to a 2 and 90% effaced. Jeremy's mom came and got the kids, and I was just waiting to see what the doctor said. Jeremy was so patient. He kept telling me that what ever happens, happens and it will be o-k. I mention once that I was thirsty and was shocked when he got right up and said "do you want some ice?" He went right out to get me some!

So I wasn't hurting, really, but I was afraid she would be born that day. Finally the nurse came and gave me a Beta-methazone shot for the baby's lungs, and some other shot to stop the contractions. After two more of those shots, they completely stopped. They sent me home, after being there four or five hours, with a prescription for some pills that also stop contractions. The next day I went back and got a second steroid shot for her lungs. So if she does come soon, there is a better chance that she won't have to go to the NICU. Or at least not as long. But I will do what I can to get her to stay in 2 to 3 more weeks. In three weeks she will be 37 weeks and considered full term. Wish me luck!

My Grandpa Williams

My Grandpa, Paul Deloss Williams, has always been in my life. The whole 28 years I could always count on a hug and a kiss when I saw him. I never lived too far away, and I saw him very often when I was young. Of course after I got married and had kids it was a little less often. But he (and Grandma) were still always there. A couple of weeks ago they found out he was in the last stages of Cancer. He was 90 years old, and we are glad that he didn't suffer long. He passed away peacefully at home on Saturday July 5th. He lived such a great life. I've always been able to see his great example. I loved how he treated Grandma and his children, and of course grandchildren. He was such a hard worker. But even better, I got to hear more about his life at his funeral on Wednesday July 9th. He was even more amazing than I knew. He was incredibly intelligent, knowing all about chemicals, and was an expert welder. I found out more details about how he served our country in the Navy, and how he fell in love with my Grandma after only one date. He also was very talented in the garden. I remember all the fruits and vegetable he had in their big garden growing up. I loved eating the raspberries. I am so blessed to have come from such great heritage. I will always be thankful for his example and testimony, which my grandparents instilled in my Mom, that I now am benefitting from!

I love you Grandpa and will never forget the way you cared about your Celest"E" and Jeremy and our kids, who you always made sure you called by name, even though you have over 80 great grandchildren! I will never forget you!