a day in salem!

WHAT! 20! OH NO

So I'm at my Ob appointment 2 weeks ago and I have gained weight really fast this pregnancy. Each time i go in its a big difference. So then I'm at the gym yesterday and i decide to weigh myself to see how much i gained so far..... 20.. what.. 20 pounds. nu uh lol oh dear. I don't feel like i have gained that much! I don't think i look it.. maybe i do maybe everyone else notices it lol. I am 15 weeks along this coming sunday. I think the big thing is i onyl weigh 98 pounds normally so my body is making up for the fat i need really quikly. And lets not forget i have gone from a A cup to almost a C cup... so i know where most the weight is! Anyway quite the shocker. I'll be posting a before and now pic, ket me know what ya think.

Where is our COUNTRY going??

So after i did my last blog i got talking to Brandon a lot about it. He thought it would be a good idea to start this blog and get people to comment on it or blog on there own blog to let people know how they feel about the situation.. and maybe it will send this chain reaction that will make a difference.. just maybe.

WE don't know a lot of details but we do hear things and talk to other people about things the government is doing and how things are being run. It would make more sense to have a first grader in the government, to put in line these high mighty people who have all these master degrees..blah blah blah.

We are hoping that Michelle Obama $10 million plan to help child obesity is going to be worth it, because well they are spending so much money in that area, the money is needed so much more elsewhere. For example. . tax paying citizens who can't afford their medical bills or their mortgage payments, can't even afford to have kids, and so many husbands and wives are losing their jobs. Especially here in Oregon due to the measure 66 and 67 that was passed any small business is now being taxed more. How did that happen? Anyways, we think when the money is put in the right direction we might get a positive change. How about they provide those jobs to the people.. so they can afford the healthy food needed to keep their kids from becoming obese. And how about we let the responsible parents take care of their family so the money can be put into the right place at the right time. Of course if our Country wasn't in this situation, i do think that would be a great idea to help those children with obesity. But not hear and not now.

In so many areas millions of dollars are being put into these types of things. There are so many we don't even know of. The only reason we are in this mess is because of that.

One of President Obama plans to help A fish: (from Brandon) A fish in farmers canals were going extinct. So Obama put a plan together after a lot of thought, that he would shut down the canals so the farmers couldn't water their crops in attempt to save this poor fish. Outcome: Farmers can't afford to fill those canals if that water is not used for their crops. So farmers stopped paying for that.. which caused canals to dry and turn do dust. What do we think happen to those fish? they died! Now 20% of our crops have to be imported because all those farmers crops died! Now those farmers are also out of a job. Good attempted though to save A fish Obamba... i mean Obama.

Well running out of time.. Brandon is getting too worked up here. lol. We are off to church. But right your thoughts and frustration too.. let it out and maybe starting here on blogspot.com will make a difference.

Brandon and Kristy

TOO expensive!

So as everyone knows the last 6 months or so have been a little rough. But I hope its coming to an end. Brandon's swine flu..phnemonia..mono..and cold are gone. I just fought of a cold and now Gavin is fighting it. So I'm hoping in a few more days.. nodda! But my whole frustration comes from all are crazy expensive medical bills! bills bills! How do people survive down here. I was talking to my family about it and my sister said to blog about it! I was like "such a good idea" CuZ i want to know how everyone else handles it. For Brandon being in the hospital twice this year already and me being prego.. its a constant thing to see a bill in the mail for one or the other. How sad is it though that people are struggling so hard to survive just with food, clothing, and mortgage payments.. that they have to stress even more for medical bills. Me and Brandon have even considered having this baby up in Canada because there system is so much better and i could have the baby up there for.... FREE! ya i know. What is wrong down here. Someone needs to figure something out. But anyway we can't Cuz our little baby would need a passport to come back home and that takes about a month. So it's so sad CuZ we have always wanted a big family. But with $4500 or more spent on every delivery, how could we afford 5 kids.. i don't think we could. somehow I'm hoping things will change and quickly. Brandon does have a pretty goo job and we are so blessed. I just can't imagine people who are in school or not making very much and have to support family. Well besides all that frustration i am feeling like I'm getting my energy back this week and we got to see an ultrasound of our 2ND baby! The last two times i have been in .. my OB can't hear the heartbeat.. so we have had a few scares but after two ultrasounds all is fine! :) I'm just enjoying my time with Gavin before another little one gets here!

hospital agggain!

what? no? not again. Poor hubby. Brandon started feeling so tired and weird a few weeks ago. I really thought nothing of it because he hadn't been sleeping very good because of his back problems. So a few day went by and his throat started really hurting.. he ended up getting white blister things is the back and it got worse and worse. So he stayed home from work a few days after that... and woke up in the middle of the night almost passing out and getting cold sweats really bad. So that morning he could barely open his eyes.. i didn't know what was going on.. could someone really get the swine flu twice?? no no. (he had swine flu and phnemonia about 2 months back). So i take him into emergency at the hospital.

Mono: sucks = so sad. And it also comes with allot of symptoms. Brandon's spleen was twice the size it should be .. and he got hepatitis's in his liver which caused him to get jaundice. . Also they took a heart scan and it came back abnormal. So he had to have a Eco aka heart ultra sound. So everything thank goodness was alright with his heart. (he has had high blood pressure for 4 yrs) So after 2 days in the hospital and long long nights of brandon not be able to sleep or swallow without being in so much pain. .. we find out his spleen is attacking his white blood cells which is causing a low hemagloben level.. so he had to stay there. Then the next day his liver was getting even bigger and nothing had gotten better at all.. we were there another day. How can this get any worse. Poor brandon.. all drugged up on morpheen and other things.. i don't know the names lol.. but it was so hard seeing him go through it all. And to add to it .. we had barely seen gavin cuz he couldn't be around brandon too much.

So on day 5 we got to go home.. His liver went down and he was feeling a little better. He just has to get blood work done to keep an eye on everything and no physical work for 4 weeks. OH the stress of having loved ones get sick. I do not like it at all. Love you babe.

My Little Man! So Grown Up Now

Oh Gavin My adorable little man!! How come our little baby's grow so quike!?? :( He get cuter everyday..and i havn't wrote about things he has been doing lately. Throwing, Hitting,Biting,Destroying things...and screaming lol its a boys life. He keeps me entertained all day! I guess he is going to be my little football player. It's so much fun watching everything he is learning. He can say.. daddy...daddy and daddy .(he loves his dad). He can say turtle, uh oh, puppy, momma, and can finally sign language "please" so he is getting better on the screaming thing. Dad is very happy about that. Gavin can get up onto the couch and all the chairs by himself! kinda scary, but he's been doing it for a while so i think he understands not to dive off anymore. He dances like crazy. .. i've never seen anything cuter than gavin dancing to music! I'll have to put a video on here. He has the stomping foot and bouncing thing down. he love giving kisses.. how could i ever complain.. we could sit on the couch and give kisses all day! aww he is such a mommas boy.. i love it so much. He loves pushing toys.. anything that look even close to something he can push.. he'll play with it for hours. (painting roller..stick..broom. toys.. etc). He is sleeping through the night every night now! yay! Go Gavin! Sense he will be having a little brother or sister soon, that really helps mom out! Yay thats right,, another baby bird on the way! We found out new years eve at my parents house in canada. After trying for 8 months we were so excited!. I'm due sep 14th. So im only 6 1/2 weeks along. .. and very sick. yuck. I can wait for the sick part to be done. So it been an exciting new year for us. Well thats all for now!

CHRISTMAS Time!!

Gavin's first Santa visit!

How funny is this. You never know how your child is going to react to a big man in a red suit. lol So here is how our Gavins first visit went. This was the best pic we got. hahah. love it!

Christmas Giveaway!!

So the giveaway is here and its a big one! A beautiful blanket, bib, and burp cloth in one!! I love these items so don't miss out! Go to www.thepinkknot.blogspot.com to see. The draw will close Nov 28th! Here are the items. 

Amazing Giveaway!

So you all know how incredibly talents my sister Mindy Francis is! Her stuff is so adorable and modern! She does custom wood lettering for homes and children's rooms. If you don't have something from her you have to go look at it! She is doing a giveaway right no so DONT MISS OUT! Here is a pic of the giveaway. I know right.. so cute!. It ends NOVEMBER 21st! So hurry hurry!   GO TO:  www.theburntdaisy.blogspot.com

How Fun! I love Halloween!

Gavin loved this whole night! i think this is my new favortie holiday for him! so cute. 

                                          haha i just love brandons costume so funny hey!

        We were in salem with randy and capri! we won for best decorated trunk! go us!
My little man, he is getting to big. 
      Best friends forever! lol i love these two together!
there whole fam! i think our family needs to be bigger! ;)


                   ya he knew exactly what to do! must be a kid thing lol. 

Just For You Dad!