Crutches...How I loath thee.

I would consider myself a busy body. I really don't like to sit around much. I make "to-do" lists and I like to get the things done on my list. While I have been looking forward to maternity leave so I could spend quality time with my new baby, I was also looking forward to it so I could get a giant list of things done. Things like organize my cupboards (still can't find things after moving in), clean out the basement, paint and decorate the house, learn to sew, landscape our yard...are all on the list. One of the worst tortures I could think of for myself would be to be put on bedrest. Bring on the torture...

About two weeks before I had Kyle I hurt my knee and could not walk on it. I kept it up and iced it a lot and after a couple of weeks it felt a little better. The week after having Kyle I was walking ok and just starting to enjoy being home. Mike had to go out of town for the week but I was feeling great so I wasn't worried. Well, right after he got on the plane to Arkansas I stood up and turned sideways and my knee locked in place and it was extremely painful. I could not put any of my own weight on it let alone carry a baby. The next day (Tuesday) I went to see the doctor and he said I would only be able to fix it with surgery, and would I be able to do surgery on Thursday of that week. I said yes because I really needed to be able to walk. (funny how that is when you have two kids and a baby) With Mike still out of town my mom took me to the surgery and Mike got home at the same time that I got home from the surgery.

Turns out I had caught the Miniscus (the cartilage in my knee that keeps the bones from rubbing) and torn it in two places, then part of the cartilage folded over and got caught in the joint which is was made it lock. As a result of the tearing they had to remove the entire miniscus, which meant I was stuck on the couch for a while and could only walk with crutches. I have to say that it is impossible to carry a baby while on crutches. I had the joy of sitting on the couch for a week and doing nothing but watching TV and reading. On a side note...daytime TV is aweful!! Really...how many times does the news need to be recaped? It sure was an adventure being stuck on the couch. Andrea became Kyle's personal carrier, my mom became my shouffer, and Mike became my maid. There were also many other's that helped me get through this that I am very greatful for. This is a picture of me hanging out on the couch.



I did start reading the book series "The Great and Terrible" by Chris Stewart which I am totally loving. The Dr. did say that I will be needing a full knee replacement within the next 10-15 years, and that I shouldn't plan on training for a marathon unless I want to replace my knee sooner. (The perfect excuse not to run anymore!) In the end I was only on crutches for a week and after a month of physical therapy every other day I am almost back to normal activity. Now back to my to-do lists!

Kyle Michael Moser

Kyle Michael Moser loudly announced his arrival to the world on July 30, and we are all very happy to have him here! I guess we are destined to have bigger babies as he weighed 8lbs 9oz and was 20 inches long. His hair is the same color's as Andrea's and his skin seems a little like her's as well, but many visitors have said he looks like Nick. He should be a great runner like his dad some day because he as a great set of lungs...he screamed for his first 45 min in this world. When he cries it breaks your heart because is lower lip just quivers. He should have no problems wrapping all of us around his tiny fingers!

Here is the proud dad!

Andrea just wanted to hold him the whole time. She has been waiting for him for a while and for the last couple of weeks she has asked me almost every day if he was comming that day. Several times there were tears when I told her probably not. Believe me, I wanted to cry too!

When Nick first saw him he said "Awww its my Kyle baby brother!" He then informed us that he had ears, eyes, a nose and everything! I am glad he took the time to make sure everything was there.

This is our first full family portrait with many more to come. I think the weirdest thing is going to be when we go to a resturant and say we need a table for 5! Time just keeps flying by!

One of Nick's favorite things to do in the hospital room was to ride the bed. Several times it felt like I was folded in half. This is also how he likes to just chill.

The next couple of pictures were taken of Kyle a couple of hours after we got home from the hospital. I just think he is a doll, so I had to take some pictures.

We are all very happy that Kyle is finally here (especially mom). Our family finally feels complete, and we can't wait to get to know him more! We all love you Kyle!

What do bats eat???

Nick is really talking a ton lately and using all kinds of new words. I just love making him talk to hear what is going on in his little mind. Anyway, the other day we were talking about bats and we asked him what they eat. Here is the video.

For translation bats eat "spagitos" which are mosquitos.

Summer fun

Well, I have 10 days to my due date so I thought now would be a good time to write about the summer before there is a screaming baby in our house again!

As part of the preparations for the baby I realized I had not taken nice pictures of Nick and Andi for almost a year!!! Crazy huh! I had my sister-in-law Kami come up and take pictures of the kids. I also thought that since this would be my last pregnancy (pregnancy and I don't get along well) I might want some pictures of my giant belly, you know, for posterity! Anyway she did an awesome job! I even like some of the pictures of me pregnant (never thought I would say that) and so does Mike!

OK, so this is what I look like pregnant in case any of you have not seen me recently. Enjoy because this is the only picture I am posting.

Nick really loves Andrea and he really loves to give her kisses on the cheek. Andrea didn't really want a kiss this time.

I also finally got the chance to try out my new camera on the Moser farm. I took the kids around me and we took pictures on trackors, the cattle chute, and other fun places. This was one of my favorite pictures inside a tractor tire.

Sadly my sister is moving with her four boys to Washington soon so we have tried to spend as much time as possible with them. We decided to take the kids to the zoo to see the baby elephant, which the kids loved! It really was cute! We also were able to see the bird show which the kids were a little more leary of at first. Nick just wanted to dance to the music at the show.

In June we got to watch Mike run the ragnar relay. He was leg 2 and ran about 13 miles. We were proud of him and the kids and I loved watching him run. I think next year I may even try it!

This is the cheering section for the team "Justice League" which included Mike, my two brothers Neil and Tom, my sister Kami, my cousins Jamie and Alli, and all their friends. They were awesome! The cheering section included my Aunt Sue, Nick, Andi & Myself. We brought my Aunt's toy music set to make noise and cheer for our team and others! The thing I liked most was how everyone seemed to be cheering everyone on.

This is Mike and Nick at the end of the race in Park City.

The main part of the summer we have spent working in the yard. Most recently we have been working on the sprinkler system which has just been a joy! I am not sure though, that is the word Mike would use. Anyway, he let me assemble some of the lines and he did the hard work of cleaning up the trenches and laying the lines in. It was all we could do though to keep the kids out of the trenches. Really if anyone needs something fun for the kids to do just dig them some trenches!

Mike is awesome though and finished the installation in two weeks! Since then we have been working on filling in the trenches and the kids have had a great time helping. The result of the kids helping is documented in the picture below... I can't wait to have grass!!

Camera woes...

I know it has been a while but at least I have a little excuse. Back in March we accidentially permanently lent our camera to a stranger during our trip to Disneyland. Very similar to the time two years ago when I did the same thing on our trip to Hawaii. I hope those strangers enjoyed our family photos! Anyway I got a new camera for my birthday so now I can take pictures again and do some catching up.

Andrea has started playing soccer which is a blast to watch. The first game her team spent most of the time trying to figure out which goal they were supposed to score in. They would just kick the ball toward which ever goal was closest which resulted in several goals for the other team! Andrea is doing great and seems to like it as long as she gets the treats after the game and can play on the toys after as well. (All very important parts of the game!) Quite frankly I am just happy she is trying soccer. She is also a pretty fast runner just like her dad.


This picture is of Andi as the goalie. Really I think it was a relief society meeting for all the girls on the field. The ball was at the other end of the field at the time I took this picture.


Here is our little runner!

Andrea, Nick and myself frosting cookies for FHE.



Nick is doing great as well. He has really started talking a lot lately. I especially love the insights into his little mind. We use bralellas at our house instead of umbrellas. Just about anything is his "Fravorite," and "Leggy Bugs" (Lady Bugs) are scary. He is my big helper around the house and especially loves to scrub the toilet as well as other things with the toilet scrubber. This picture is of Nick and how he likes to sleep during nap time. He is totally the cool dude of our house!

This is Nick and my Grandpa Sorenson taking pictures at Andrea's game. Thanks grandpa for trusting him with your camera!

Mother's day was great. Mike and the kids made me pancakes and the cutest cards in the world. Andrea's card was a cute heart drawn by her and the words "I Lose You" written in the middle of the page. I love you too Andi! Nick's card was a whole page and at the top of the page was a small circle which was my head apparently, a few lines strewn about the page which were my arms and legs and a GIANT circle that took the entire rest of the page which was my belly. Thanks Nick! (He will probably remember me like this forever.) For church they had all the mom's of nursery kids come to the nursery for snack time with the kids. I loved being there with Nick as he was so proud to have me there. He made sure to tell everyone that I was his mom. I am pretty sure I am the luckiest mom ever to have such great kids!

For dinner we went to visit Mike's mom, and after which I took the kids outside on the farm for some pictures. I think when the baby comes we will have to go up there for family pictures. They really have a lot of cool stuff around the farm!

Nick doesn't just say "cheese" anymore. I think he will be the clown of our family.

This is my first video post so I hope it works. This is something else that Nick does randomly at the dinner table. It always catches us off guard and you can't help but laugh.

What is it????

So time is flying with this pregnancy. I remember with Andrea and Nick that the ultrasound day seemed like forever away. That day has already come and gone for us and it all seems a blur. I guess having two other kids helps make the time go faster which is going to be great when I get to the end of this pregnancy. I have to say that I was secretely hoping for twins to justify the rate at which my belly is growing this time. Anyway, I am not having twins just getting big fast. The best thing was that we told Nick and he said "YAY its a baby!" Honestly I am pretty glad that it is not a cat, or a cow, or an alien that it actually is a baby!

Oh and guess I should say that we are having another.........................................................


















BOY!!!!!

Guess Andi and I will just have to stick together! Sorry, I was trying to post pictures of the ultrasound but I can't get my scanner to work. I will try again later.

Happy Holidays! and more...

For the Moser's this year the holidays were great! We have been looking forward to them for a while for two main reasons. The first being that we are finally in our house and the second being that Nick and Andi both actually knew it was comming and were very excited. We of course had at least once a day the question "Is it Chrismas yet?"

We started off the season with a trip to SLC to see the lights and my Grandparents who are on a mission there. While the kids loved the lights they were totally trumped by seeing Grandpa and Grandma. (We REALLY miss you guys!) They also really enjoyed the Frontrunner train ride to the lights.

We also took advantage of a couple of photographers there and had our picture taken as a family for the first time this year. Better late then never right!

With a lot of close communication with Santa, Christmas morning was a success! Nick and Andi got bikes from Santa, but their favorite presents (at least we think so) were from us. Nick loves his Thomas the tank train, and Andi liked the jewelry box we gave her. This is a picture of them showing us how much they love their presents.

The day after Chrismas my whole family came up to go sledding together. I have always loved sledding and have thought it was a blast until my kids started doing it. Now it is just terrifying! Fortunately my brothers took Andi and Daniel down the big hill with them so it was a little less dangerous. (only a little though since it was my brothers)

This is the picture of them hiking up the big hill together. I didn't get a good picture of them going down the hill because my camera was too slow in the cold and the hill was too fast.

Here is Andi riding by herself on a smaller hill. She loved sledding!

Really it was a great holiday season! Thank you to all of our family and friends that make our lives so great!!!

Oh, I guess Nick and Andi have something they want to say. I think the picture is self explainatory.

Any questions?