Updates on the Murphy's

Wow, where to start?? Well we did find out that we are having a baby girl...so 2 girls and 2 boys, awesome!! Phoebe is so very excited for her new sister.

In June we took a 2 week excursion to Oklahoma and then to Houston, back to Oklahoma and then all the way back home. We stayed in Oklahoma a few days and saw family and friends then drove to Houston to see Denzil's family. Now we had only lived in Colorado for a year when we took this trip but we thought we were going to die from the hot weather in Oklahoma. When we went to Houston it was so much worse and we really don't know how people live there, or how we lived there for that matter. OH MY GOSH...it was really hot!! Talk about needing a shower at night and in the morning! We stayed in Houston for a few days and then drove back to Oklahoma. Unfortuntely we were involed in an accident in Houston. Some lady rear ended us when we were trying to turn left. It was almost $5000 damage to my van but it has majorly messed up mine and Denzil's backs. Him more than me but some days mines pretty bad. He's had 2 epidural steriod injections in his back in the last 2 months but neither one of them have came with any relief. I thank God that the kids weren't hurt at all but Phoebe still talks about the mean lady in Texas that hit our car. And I pray that when I have this baby that the back pain goes away!! It took Fin a few weeks to stop jumping and screaming and crying at load noises, which was horribly sad but at least he got over it. We had a great time seeing all our family and friends in Oklahoma and Texas!!

Our summer has ended and we had a good one! We went swimming a lot, more than I thought we would, went to the zoo, took a 2 week vacation, played outside a lot, went to parks, had picnics, etc. On to a new chapter and new routine, Phoebe started school in August. She's so adorable and loves school so much. She's doing great. Eliott will start school on his birthday in October because he has to be 3 in order to start but he's also doing great. Talking a lot more but no luck in potty training the stubborn kid. I'm waiting for him to just get it one day and I'm hoping it's before the baby gets here. Fin is getting big and he has such an awesome personality...Happy. We call him smiley a lot because he is just smiling all the time. I can't wait to see how different this one in my belly will be.

Just found out that all three kiddos will have to have surgery on their herniated belly buttons. I thought that at least Eliott's had grown back together but there's still a little hole there. Only 5% of the popluation have herniated belly buttons that don't grow together and all 3 of ours have them! Wow. What's the likliness that our 4th will have it too?? Fin's is so bad, a lot worse than Phoebe or Eliott's ever was, they are going to go ahead and do his. So next Friday we'll be at the hospital at 5:30 am to check in and then surgeries start at 7:30. We'll get all of them knocked out at once. Pray that they go well, the kids do great and the parents will survive too!!

I also failed my 1 hour glucose test to test for gestanational diabetes so I had to go on Saturday for a 3 hour test. They took my blood 4 times in 3 hours, yuck! It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be but drinking that nasty orange stuff just ruined my appetite for the rest of the day and made me feel yuck! Haven't gotten the results yet but should tomorrow.

Well it's bedtime now just wanted to give an update since I haven't blogged in so long.

A Newborn's Conversation with God

My mom sent this email to me and I loved it so much I had to share...

A baby asked God, "They tell me you are sending me to earth tomorrow, but how am I going to live there being so small and helpless?"
God said, "Your angel will be waiting for you and will take care of you."
The child further inquired, "But tell me, here in heaven I don't have to do anything but sing and smile to be happy."
God said, "Your angel will sing for you and will also smile for you. And you will feel your angel's love and be very happy."
Again the small child asked, "And how am I going to be able to understand when people talk to me if I don't know the language?"
God said, "Your angel will tell you the most beautiful and sweet words you will ever hear, and with much patience and care, your angel will teach you how to speak."
"And what am I going to do when I want to talk to you?"
God said, "Your angel will place your hands together and will teach you how to pray."
"Who will protect me?"
God said, "Your angel will defend you even if it means risking its life."
"But I will always be sad because I will not see you anymore."
God said, "Your angel will always talk to you about Me and will teach you the way to come back to Me, even though I will always be next to you."
At that moment there was much peace in Heaven, but voices from Earth could be heard and the child hurriedly asked, "God, if I am to leave now, please tell me my angel's name."
God said, You will simply call her, "Mom."

I think I will print this out and read it everyday. I'm supposed to be my children's angel...WOW, that's incredible. I'm supposed to be working for/with God to raise these kids but it's hard to do in everyday life and with them not listening, getting frustrated with them, having to clean the house, cook breakfast, lunch, dinner, keep up with laundry, it's hard to remember that and do that in the little things that we do daily. But I pray that He shows me those times that I can teach them about Him and mold them into Godly people. Thank you God for the 3 (almost 4) little gifts Denzil and I have from you and thank you for asigning me the job of their "angel"!!

Been a long time!

Wow, it's been a long time...since I've posted and since I've been sick with the wonderful morning sickness that I am so lucky to get. I hate it when I meet these women that say..."oh wow, that never happened to me, I never got sick." I just want to scream at them because they have no idea how it feels to throw up all the time...and still take care of 3 kids!!
I'm finally feeling better these days but I really don't want to talk about that because everytime I say that then I throw up again, so let's not get on that subject.
A lot has happened since my last post...piling up laundry, dishes, lots and lots of naps for mom, and school came to an end.
I am now 14 weeks pregnant and my second doctors appt is tomorrow and I'm going with no kids!! YEAH!! I am going to drive all the way there with my radio on...wow, I still have radio in my car and not a DVD playing in my ear that I can't watch!! Their teacher, Ms. Jesse, is going to watch them for me and she has a little 2 year old boy so they should have lots of fun.
Phoebe & Eliott get to go to preschool next year for free and I am so looking forward to that one!! Phoebe will go 4 days a week 8:30 to 12:30 and Eliott will go 3 days a week, same time, just a different class.
In the last 2 weeks we've had Mother's day, Phoebe's 4th birthday, and Fin's 1st birthday. I totally can't believe Phoebe's 4 and Fin's 1...it's crazy!! We had a party for Phoebe and invited 4 little girls that she knows (and a couple of their brothers!) and they had a great time playing outside, eating cake, and then playing with all her new barbies. And all the girls going into Phoebe's room and locking all the "boys" out!! She's actually made a sign to put on her door that has a picture of a boy and says "No boys allowed, except for Daddy!" Of course I had to help her but she told me exactly what to write/draw and where to put it on the paper. Then she got the tape and went and taped it on the outside of her door. Other than that Phoebe's doing great! She is so smart and amazes us all the time with things she says. She's so motherly and such a great big sister. She's so excited about having a baby sister and that makes me kind of nervous...she's going to be very disappointed if it's not a baby sister!! She keeps saying "this is my room and my baby sister's." So let's hope we find out it's a girl in July!
This last Sunday for Memorial day we tried to go to the Denver Zoo but that was a joke...out of all their 5 million parking places, we could not find one, and we drove around for over 45 minutes. So we left there and went to the Aquarium, where we had never been before. That was really cool, we really liked that and I thought it was awesome to see the 2 tigers that they have in there.
Eliott is doing good but he continues to be a challenge. We love him anyway though and he's an awesome boy. His speech thearpist thought he should be evaluated by an occupational thearpist, so she came out and did an evaluation on him and asked him 500 questions and we found out he has problems with his proproceptive input. Which means that why he falls all the time or runs into walls, etc. I just blew that off as a boy thing or just clumsy but it's an actual problem that he has not knowing where his body is at in space...really weird!! So she's coming twice a month to work with him and showing us how to get that input in his joints/bones that he needs...really interesting stuff and she's got some really cool ideas! He has such a temper and has started throwing stuff, hard stuff when he's mad which then creates a total problem, of course so we're trying to figure out which discipline is working best for this 2 year old boy and it's frustrating.
We're still loving Colorado and love this weather...hot during the day and cool at night...Love it!! Our street is filling up and we have some great neighbors on our street and a total of 22 kids on our street of about 15 houses and I think 3 of those houses don't have any kids. Haven't met them all yet, it's been a slow process but the ones that we have met seem great. And Phoebe loves the little girl across the street, Marley!! I'm so glad we moved to a street where there are so many kids for our kids to play with.
Well I know I haven't included a bunch of stuff but thought I would just update to say we're still alive and doing good!
Until next time-

Announcement of #4!!

Yeah that's right...I can't believe I'm typing this but we're expecting #4. I am only 7 weeks along and due date is November 21, my little brother's birthday!! Here's a pic of the new little baby...





It's a wooping 7 mm big!! I don't see how something so little growing in me makes me feel so bad all day. And let's hope it's a girl because if it's not Phoebe will be a little upset. She keeps saying "it's my baby" and referring to the baby as "my little sister". So in November we'll have Phoebe, 4, Eliott, 3, Fineas, 1, and a brand new baby, four 4 and under!!


Here's some cute new pictures of Fin:






And here's these two ornery boys...they both emptied a whole container of snacks on the floor and were crushing them-

Stayed tuned for more updates and more pictures on the kiddos!!

Phoebe going on 16

Well last night when I put Phoebe to bed, I was trying to leave her room and here's our conversation...
"Mommy, wait...I have one more question to ask you before I go to bed"
"Okay...what is it?"
"Ummmm....ummmm...tomorrow morning when I wake up...ummm....ummm....do you think I could go to Wal-Mart by myself"
Okay so how in the world am I suppose to react to this one?? I'm kind of in shock and standing there trying to think of something to say and before I think of something she says...
"Like drive your car and go to Wal-Mart by myself"
"Ahhh...no honey, you can't drive mommy's car and it wouldn't be very safe for you to go to Wal-Mart all by yourself."
Wow, my 3 1/2 year old is already asking to drive my car...Bad sign!!

Fin's growing up so fast. He's saying Mama, Dada and he's trying to repeat stuff that Phoebe & Eliott say. He's said Map while the kids are watching Dora and it's so funny! He has successfully skipped baby food and has just went straight to real food. He's only 10 months and eating everything we eat and loves it!

Well I'm so very tired and ready to go to bed...lets hope Fin starts sleeping through the night. Last night was the first night we put him in Eliott's room so now they are officially sharing a room!

Vegas!

We had lots of fun in Vegas!! It was so nice to get away, just the 2 of us, all by ourselves. While Oma and Opa were here Denzil and I flew to Las Vegas on Friday and we got there about 2:00 pm. We stayed at Ceaser's Palace and it was awesome! We went to see the show called KÀ by Cirque du Soleil, we walked the strip, we rode 3 of the roller coasters there and we went to a piano bar with the people from his work, the trip was paid for by them, got to go in a FAO Swartz store and shop for the kids (which was great fun!) and bought us some shoes while we were there too. We left on Sunday at about 2:00 pm.
Here's some pictures:

The coaster we rode at Nascar Cafe

Our view from our hotel suite

Pictures from walking the strip

In the shops at Caeser's Palace

Another coaster we rode at New York New York

Lots of Pictures...

Well now almost a month after my last post, here's some pics from when Oma & Opa were here:

Fin fell asleep on Opa

Phoebe wanted to go to the zoo just to see the elephants because last time we went to the Denver Zoo they were cleaning the elephant cage so we told her they were sick...

Wow, there's the elephants, they're not sick anymore!!

Riding on the train at the Denver Zoo

Phoebe & Opa walking hand and hand

At the Zoo - one of the rare times that they are getting along and not hitting each other-WOW!

Riding the carousel

Some other pics from the last few months:

Eliott got into the bottle of syrup, except there were no waffles around...






Fin crawling in the pantry

The first time Fin stood up

The babies taking a bath together!

Oma & Opa

Well today was the first day that Oma & Opa were here. It was fun going to pick them up at the airport and coming home to show them our house. Phoebe was screaming "come on guys let's go upstairs to see my room..." It was pretty cute! We rested for awhile, took naps, met with Eliott's speech therapist and then we all went to the Children's Museum in Denver which is great fun. Of course I forgot the camera so I don't have any pics to share but hopefully I can take some tomorrow to share.
On Friday Denzil and I are flying (by ourselves...yes with no kids...YEAHHH!!) to Las Vegas on his company. It should be lots of fun and we've never been away from the kids just him and I so I'm kind of nervous that I'm not going to have a clue how to act! Please pray though that the kids do okay with Oma & Opa and that they don't drive them absolutely crazy before we get back on Sunday evening!
Hope you enjoy the 2 emails I shared in my last post-

A couple of cool emails-

From Mommy To Mom To Mother
Real Mothers don't eat quiche; they don't have time to make it.

Real Mothers know that their kitchen utensils are probably in the sandbox.

Real Mothers often have sticky floors, filthy ovens and happy kids.

Real Mothers know that dried play dough doesn't come out of carpets.

Real Mothers don't want to know what the vacuum just sucked up (or flushed down the toilet!)

Real Mothers sometimes ask 'Why me?' and get their answer when a little voice says, 'Because I love you best.'

Real Mothers know that a child's growth is not measured by height or years or grade...It is marked by the progression of Mommy to Mom to Mother....

4 YEARS OF AGE - My Mommy can do anything!

8 YEARS OF AGE - My Mom knows a lot! A whole lot!

12 YEARS OF AGE - My Mother doesn't really know quite everything.

14 YEARS OF AGE - Naturally, Mother doesn't know that, either.

16 YEARS OF AGE - Mother? She's hopelessly old fashioned.

18 YEARS OF AGE - That old woman? She's way out of date!

25 YEARS OF AGE - Well, she might know a little bit about it.

35 YEARS OF AGE - Before we decide, let's get Mom's opinion.

45 YEARS OF AGE - Wonder what Mom would have thought about it?

65 YEARS OF AGE - Wish I could talk it over with Mom.

The beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the figure that she carries, or the way she combs her hair. The beauty of a woman must be seen from in her eyes, because that is the doorway to her heart, the place where love resides. The beauty of a woman is not in a facial mole, but true beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul. It is the caring that she lovingly gives, the passion that she shows, and the beauty of a woman with passing years only grows!

Wow, isn't that so true. We start out life depending on and loving our mom and then as time goes on, and we become teenagers we totally take mom for granted and like it says above...she's way out of date! I read this email and think of my mom and I and our relationship has been a lot like that and now that we're somewhere in between the 25 and 35 year old stage and I have 3 kids of my own, I'm like "wow, mom, I'm sorry for everything bad I did and THANK YOU so much for being a great mom and putting up with me!" (How did she do it?) I pray my kids don't go through that but I know unfortuntely they probably will to at least some degree but I look forward to being a Real mother and loving them no matter what (like my mommy did!).

An Interesting Commercial

http://www.catholicvote.com/

Wow, that's a really cool commercial. I guess it's an advertisement that got rejected to play during the Super Bowl this year by NBC.

Pictures-

Here's a lot of pictures that I took a couple months ago to put on my blog so here you go:





This is the entrance into our neighborhood and a pic of our house:

There's a whole bunch of trains here in Denver and lots of coal trains!!

Phoebe got her nails painted bright pink and had some new sexy sandals!

Our Rec Center

Here's the buffalo on the way to Georgetown






I've learned how to knit hats and scarfs on a loom and I love it! It's so awesome and here's a hat that I made for Phoebe. Cait, our neighbor, taught me how to make them and she made the scarf to match this hat.

I've also created a family picture site on shutterfly but still have a lot of work to do on it. The link is on the right. I also have a bunch of our new pics on my facebook account.

Well it's been a long time since I've updated this but I've got to get to bed!!

Finish Strong!

This is an amazing video:

http://www.maniacworld.com/are-you-going-to-finish-strong.html

I showed it to Phoebe and she wanted to watch it again, it was pretty cute!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Wow, I so can't believe that it's already 2009!! This is the first New Years Eve we've done something in the last 3 years, since Phoebe was born. I remember New Years Eve Dec 31 of 2005, I took a picture at midnight of Phoebe sleeping on top of Denzil on the sofa!! Jeff and Cait, our awesome friends and great neighbors, invited us over and we ate and had fun at their house until we went home and put the kids to bed and then they came over and we played games until midnight. It was lots of fun!! Thanks guys for having fun with us!!

My Wish for 2009

May peace break into our homes and may thieves come to steal our debts. May the pockets of our jeans become a magnet of $100 bills. May love stick to our faces like Vaseline and may laughter assault our lips! May our clothes smell of success like smoking tyres and may happiness slap us across the face and may our tears be that of joy. May the problems we had forget our home address! In simple words ............
May 2009 be the best year ever!!

Fin is almost fully recovered from his surgery and he did great!! Was a little grumpy while we were in Oklahoma the week after his surgery but that's expected.

I'm finally putting Phoebe in ballet here. She's been asking me for awhile to go to ballet so we'll see how she does. Since she's 3 1/2 she gets to go into the room with all the other little girls by herself, without me so hopefully she'll do a great job!

Eliott is talking a whole bunch more and his newest thing is "it's broke, mommy, it's broke" and he says it over and over. Yes Eliott I know it's broke, thank you for telling me!

We're going to go visit another church this Sunday, so pray we find a great one!!

I have also found another friend here in Colorado, her name is also Rachel and she has 2 kids around the same ages of Phoebe and Eliott and thought you'd enjoy this pic: