Thornton Mom

This has by far been the most difficult pregnancy and I am just getting into it. I have been very sick with constant nausea. I am reminded over and over that we all must have trials in our lives. I am trying to approach this pregnancy with "What am I supposed to learn?" and "How can this bring me closer to my Savior?" So I would like to talk about the tender mercies I have been given so far during this pregnancy. I have had an outpouring of kindness from friends and ward members. In one day I had 2 offers of dinner and someone wanting to take my kids 2 days a week so I could rest. I couldn't believe it. Monday I was really bad and after dropping JD off at school went to my mother-in-laws to rest. She took care of Maddie while I slept and then Maddie played sleeping with me and all her toys. She tucked us all into bed and fed us hot chocolate. My mother-in-law then made me and Maddie lunch as well as one for John D. Such a huge help when I don't have...

Today I had an ultrasound. My two desires for this ultrasound were 1st a heartbeat and second only having one baby. Well both wishes were granted. We have one healthy baby. I am only 7 weeks along so there wasn't much to see but it was still nice to know everything is going as it should. Derek is being wonderful. He is helping out wherever he can. The other evening I had a craving for croissants and chicken salad so he left at 9:30 p.m. and got me my cravings. Last night he did the dishes and let me rest. He really is the best husband ever.

We went to the bank today. As we pulled up to the drive through teller Elizabeth said, "Tell them you are going to have a baby." I rolled my eyes at her enthusiasm and went about my business. When our receipt came back there were 5 stickers in with the receipt. Elizabeth said, "They must have heard you." I laughed. Elizabeth then procceded to hand a sticker to everyone. With one left over she handed it to my belly and said, "This one is for the baby." I took the sticker and put it on my belly. Delighted Elizabeth exclaimed, "Baby's First Sticker!!"

The other day I was not feeling well. Morning sickness with me is more like an all day sickness. Derek was out of town and I hadn't yet told my children that I was expecting and Derek was out of town on business. At one point I burst into tears from pure exhaustion. Elizabeth immediatly took over the role of Mommy. Samantha put me on the couch turned on Monk, on of my favorite TV shows, and covered me with a blanket. John Derek and Maddie snuggled up to me and I went to sleep. Comforted by my wonderful children and feeling like everything would somehow be okay. That evening I was complaining to Derek on the phone about morning sickness and not wanting to go through this for a 5th time. He told me to look past right now and view how I will feel at 17 weeks. How I will feel so much better then and to not think about right now. I wasn't too sure of this idea. How could that help? As I went to bed I decided to watch Mormon Messages to help me not be so lonely with out my...

Yes, you read it correctly. The Thornton Family is expecting a new baby in Dec. 2012. We are very excited. Today we made the announcement to our 4 children and I am sure that each of you heard their screams of excitement. Maddison immediately told us that it was going to be a boy but then after a few minutes decided that we need one boy and one girl. John Derek would like the baby to be a boy so that he can have a brother. Samantha would like the baby to sleep in her room. Elizabeth would like the baby to have brown hair so that more kids in the family would look like her. Then the conversation turned to names. Here are some of their favorites: Elizabeth wants: Sarah, Eva, Evelyn, or Eve, and if it is a boy Phineas or Ferb Samantha wants: Sam or Ammon John Derek wants: Johnny Maddison wants: Cinderella and Johnny So here we go. Taking on a new adventure of 5 children with faith that we are following our Father in Heaven's desires for our family. In this last conference Pres. P...

Maddison discovered her eyebrows today. She was sitting on my lap and touching my face when she started to play with my eyebrows. She thought they were quite fascinating and started to laugh. She said, "You hair." Then pointing to her hair she said "Me no have hair." "Yes you do," I said, "those are called eyebrows and everyone has eyebrows." I then had her feel my eyebrows and then hers. "Me no want hair there," she said with a worrisome cry. I could tell she didn't realize that all people have eyebrows. So I had Samantha come show Maddie her eyebrows and then we went and looked in the mirror together. She laughed when she saw them. Then she realized that she had pizza all over her face and said, "No pizza on my face." So we washed it off and then went and played knowing that she has eyebrows and so does the rest of the world.

So here I start to attempt to blog. I thought I would start with cute things my kids are doing in the hopes that those loved ones who do not get to see them often can enjoy them growing up.