The Huss Family

30 December 2011

37 weeks ... Only 19 days left


I am so ready to pop i hope it shows in the picture! I'm at that awkward stage where i walk funny, i sleep in weird places in odd positions, and i am just a spectacle doing the simplest things. It really is funny trying to lean over the counter and wash the dishes! But it's all cute and laughable to me. I don't think Andrew will come in time for a tax break but he will come soon enough. I will post pictures from Christmas as soon as i can borrow my sis-in-laws camera and download them. She was the "photographer" mostly this year, so expect some good things b/c Xmas was fun, exciting, and meaningful as we celebrated the birth of the Savior. So more to come ...

24 December 2011

Christmas cheer!

I just love this Christmas b/c i am really trying to spread cheer & remembet the life of the Savior. I'm making most of the boy's gifts this year and it has been a blast! I just love sewing and hope they will enjoy them too. Superhero costumes are in big demand this year - esp superman! Those are easy things i can make and see them enjoy all day long every day :)

02 December 2011

Bumpity bump bump bump!


I'm feeling large and definitely waddling now. At 33 weeks i'm almost packed and ready for the hospital, the only things i wanna do before Andrew comes is make the curtains that will go in his room. That will only take a few hours now that everything is cut out and planned.

Some times i can't believe this will be our 3rd kid in 3 1/2 years - but it is and we're so excited ... All of us including jacob and will. Jake loves finding small teddy bears and baby dolls and cuddling with them while whispering "hi baby" over and over. They both know baby andrew i hiding in my belly and not in theirs. It's so amazing what these sweet little angels know and can do. Just precious little gifts from God they are!!!

19 November 2011

Success!!!

Today we ventured into the ideal and unrealistic world we only dream of with our 3 & 1.5 year old kids. Yes, we took them out to eat at a sit down place. Now we didn't test out PFChang's or somewhere like that, but we did test out Gilden Corral and succeeded! Instant food was the key ti success! We went, we ate, we conquered! This gives us hope go out with family for celebrations or get togethers. Oh how awesome are the little triumphs!

17 November 2011

Iron men


The little gits just LOVE super heroes right now. And it doesn't matter who they just like to fly, go to the rescue, and help others. So tonight we dressed up like iron man and learned a little about armor. They had lots of fun and it only cost a few nickles!

Now if only we could understand how prayer, scripture study, service, and other commandments of God are armor too, and they protect us from the harm of sin & the world.

06 November 2011

We're back from the dead...

Jacob & I caught a cold a couple weeks ago and then last week Will caught it. But to add taking Jake to the ER last week because he was having great difficulty breathing and finding out he jad some pneumonia, i failed my glucose test and had to take the 3 hour test - which i failed again. So i had to attend a diabetes class and learn how to test my blood sugar. I'm also on a strict diet that i have to record and take to my CNM appointments like a homework assignment. It's a big hassel and it makes me really feel bad for ppl w/diabetes and also grateful that i'm not diabetic in non-pregnant life.

So now we're basically all better! The Lord really pulled us thru this one with all the needs of sick kids while i'm sick and have to begin a new regimen. It truly is real that the Lord will make a way for us to accomplish the things he commands us and that are good priorities (1 Nephi 3:7 from the Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ).

16 October 2011

Harvest time


We have been so busy this past couple of weeks. But it has been so much fun! We learned about pumpkins and harvest time and made some pumpkin faces instead of jack-o-lanterns. Those will be for this coming week as we continue with our halloween and harvest time fun! Jake just loves to weat his mask and "scare" will!

Baby bump update week 27


Wow! Just can't believe how big i've gotten in the past 2 weeks. Andrew is really starting to get active when he's awake and then become angry when he's woken up in the middle of the night by his 2 brothers! They really like to jump in bed with mom & dad and snuggle us off our pillows and then off the edge of the bed! Hahaha! Everything is going well and we're both healthy as can be. This week i'll do the gestational diabeties test so that'll be fun ... Ha ha huh.

Dinosaur feet


This week we were so excited about dinosaurs i made the boys some dinosair slippers. They also serve to keep their feet warm as it gets colder. But we has lots of fun learning about patterns, how Jesus is our pattern in life, and having great things happen from following a pattern!

24 September 2011

The Lion King in 3D


Hahaha! Last night i stayed up and finished sewing jacob's lion costume and couldn't wait til they woke up this morning to put the costumes on the boys. They are so cute as Scar and Simba! A few adjustments need to be made but i'm so excited they both have lion costumes now. I just LOVE sewing and creating things with my sewing machine and fabric ... It's gonna be my unofficial second career this decade.

I never want to stop learning and developing talents i've been given by the Lord. The more i've learned about anatomy & physiologly the more i've been interested in dressing that body in a modest and flattering manner. The more i learn of modesy designing & garment construction the more i'm interested in history and learning of ancient ppl, their civilizations, and how their obedience or disobedience to the Lord's commandments affected them. And the list continues on and on. All things are connected and teach other subjects.

16 September 2011

Getting ready for Halloween


I'm in the process of making the boys halloween costumes since it's SOOO much cheaper than buyin them at the store and more creative. Plus i just love to sew ... Anyway the boys are gonna be lions - will is scar and jake is simba from the lion king. I wish they were a little older this year as the 3D movie is out and it would be fun to dress up and go see it. Oh well. Next is jakes lion but for now he wears will's mr. Incredible costume from last year or the frog from the year before. They're just so cute!

11 September 2011

William Huss


I was so happy and so sad at the same time friday. Will had his 3rd bday pics and he did such a great job and the studio was awesome helping him pose. Some of his pics were so mature and grownup that i was sad thinking how time was flying. But other pics were so cute and captured his personality that i was happy.

The only thing i wasn't happt about was the price. I forgot the package coupon at home so i had to pay full price to get this one pic i wanted. We'll just go back again w/ a coupon soon!

26 August 2011

Andrew!!!


The ultrasound was a great sucess! We will be having a healthy BOY around January 17th!

As the US tech was searching for organs and measuring arms and legs she exclaimed, "he just flashed me!"i was shocked to say the least, because i REALLY thought it was a girl since this pregnancy has been quite different from the last two.

I am excited for another boy, i don't have to find girl clothes or toys. The only other thing is that i will not be decorating the extra room with yellow... Maybe blues and greys ... or red with blues and black. That' the only next big decision since we picked out a name at the CNM office. His name will be ANDREW JONATHON HUSS. Isaac was the other choice but Andrew felt right.

We're having all the boys in my family since i'm from 3 girls and my older sister Veronica has 3 girls and 1 boy. Boys come in hoards i guess... as loners or in packs. Hahaha! We love our boys... Little rascals ;)

22 August 2011

Belly bump


Now i'm 18 weeks along and the bump is relatively small compared to will & jake. WEDNESDAY we have the ultrasound and will know for sure if it is a girl or not!

Nose adventures


I almost forgot! Sunday the 14th i'm finishing putting together the bunk beds and let the boys have some of my trail mix. Then i hear a scream from will anf see a streak down the hall as he runs to his dad. He kept pointing to his nose so we checked it out with a light and tweezers but didn't find anything! He continues to whine and cry so we check again. Nothing. Then he lets out a BIG sneeze and out comes a RAISIN of all things!

Will never touches the nuts or raisins, only the chocolate candies in the trail mix. So we were completely surprised! Oh the joys of parenting! It is bound to happen in every family atleast once.

21 August 2011

Bunk beds


So we went to IKEA last friday and bought bunk beds for the boys. I began putting them together saturday and only got to one of the beds (1/3 of the way done) before it was late and gettin to be the Sabbath. I put aside the left over pieces and parts and planned to finish on monday. Yeah ...

The boys kept using parts as swords, putting screws and bolts in the mouths, and running around with tools. So i had to finish the bunk beds sunday afternoon and by sunday night they had new beds! Will was so excited to climb on "the new bed" and be the big man in town.

Now the hurdle is getting him to sleep in it by himself since he is terrified of the dark. He has nightlights but still is terrified. We talk as he's settling down and pretend the shadows on his walls are a "mama shark and a baby shark" or a "mama fish and baby fish" swimming, playing tag, or hugging so he has positive thoughts to fill his mind before bed time. What a little tyke!

Jake on the other hand cannot sleep with matt & i b/c he lies horizontally and kicks us in the face and head. See ya later, go to sleep in your own bed.

Project curtains complete!


I have been searching for the perfect fabric and a reputable fabric website with inventory instock, designing and creating a pattern, and cutting and constructing these curtains since sarah's birthday in feburary. Now i have had other side projects and events that have taken priority over the curtains, but the slow and steady pace has paid off in a FABULOUS looking work of art! It really brightens the rooma and gladens the heart to see them.

Something so simple as fabric strategically placed in a room can bring such great joy. Makes me VERY GRATEFUL to my Father in Heaven for all the beautiful an inspiring things He has created for me. What a wonderful world this is!

Birthday preparations


Will helped me mix together the red velevet cake mix for his birthday cake. His party was friday the 19th so we began thursday to bake. Will didn't want much to with eating the cake mix as much as jake did ... Obviously. Jake fearlessly took a spoonful of the batter and ran away as usual only to quickly turm around at the kitchen entry to come back for more! I probably cleaned his face 4-5x b/c he loved the batter and that red color was a huge disaster on any and every thing.

I'm just so excited for will to open his train sets and play with them ... I makes me so happy to see him interested and exploring new things.

William's 3rd Birthday Party

William Matthew Huss is now 3 years old!!!
Happy Birthday, son!

i just cannot believe that he's 3 ... so grown up!
it's like just yesterday that he was born, a little tyke rollin around the floor, learning to walk and talk, and now ... now he's a big boy with thomas the train underwear, a bunkbed, and spouting off everything he knows - including "thunder cats, thunder cats, thunder cats, po!!!" (even though it sounds like the f* word 3x in a row - video to come).
these past three years have been a great joy!  his laughter, people-pleasing and entertaining quirks, and his love for adventure and the undiscovered have brought me many smiles, lots of laughter, and many tears of joy.  what a special boy that i am so priviliged to be his mother.


sorry i couldn't get this photo rotated, but this is the train cake i made for will.  red velvet with cream cheese frosting - will ate it all day before the party but once he opened his train sets he wouldn't even leave them for cake!  wow!!!

Lulu's putting together his new car garage and ramp play set

Tita Sarah helping to open his train sets
Happy Birthday today my little rascal!
we all love you very much!

12 August 2011

Childless



Last night the boys stayed with their grandma while matt and i went on a date. We had dinner at IHOP and then saw "cowboys vs aliens"- awesome marriage of a western and scifi! Then his morning we drove to cininnnati to IKEA. I had a gift card and since jake is too big for he pack n play and the new baby is coming in january we decided to bite the bullet and buy the boys bunk beds. The bunk seperates into 2 twin beds so we get more bang for our buck. I am so excited for the boys! I always wiahed i had had a bunk bed when i was younger. Now our house is so small we need bunk beds so the kids have room to play.

And will's birthday is the 21st so we bought him a train set from IKEA. It's the wooden type that pieces together with a bridge and tunnel- we really think he'll like it since he's so into trains right now.

It was nice to have a date night and a quicker trip to IKEA but it was so quiet and lonely without the little rascals! We couldn't help but talk abput them about 1/2 the time and miss them terribly. We have the greatest little boys! We are so blessed to have the opportunity to be together as a family forever because we have made covenants in Holy temples through authorized and restored priesthood authority. The power to bind in heaven what is bound on earth has been restored by our Savior Jesus Christ through his prophet Joseph Smith. And that authority has not been taken away from the earth; it remains with a living prophet and 12 apostles today. I cannot explain how happy and comforted this knowledge makes me feel, or how real these things truly are! The only way to experience and understand as i do is to find out for yourself! Reading the book of mormon and praying to God will bring an answer that the BofM is another testament of Christ translated by the prophet Joseph Smith and that Christ truly has commenced his work again on this earth one last time before His second coming. He again makes available to us ALL the promised blessings to Abraham - the priesthood, the gospel, and eternal life- if we will but follow the Savior with full purpose of heart.

I love my Savior and will do all i can to show it. As i share this with you, ponder it and let it sink deep into your soul. Reconfirm your faith or gain the faith to act upon these truths and make covenants with God to follow the Savior and keep his commanents, for therein lies the greatest and only lasting happiness.

Lunch at the park


Yesterday we had lunch with matt at a park near his work. The boys didn't sit to eat and just wantes to play on the play ground. On the way back to the van will kept asking to go to the baseball fields, so we had to go. Will LOVES everything about baseball and was so excited to run on a field for the first time. He ran the bases, played outfield, pitched, caught and even cheered in the dugout. Jake on the other hand was chasing a white butterfly in the outfield and running to bases as he felt like it! Such a funny kid! The boys are so diffwrent sometimes and i enjoy it!

My little belly bump


All is well and i am at the point where i cannot hide the bump and have to have longer shirts to cover it. On the 24th we have thw ultrasound and find out boy or girl ... So exciting!

31 July 2011

Jake's turn with the headset


Youngest rosetta stone students


Will having a Tagalog lesson on the computer with me. Jake just wanted to wear the headset like is mom and brother. I am so excited to finally have a great meathod of learning another language that the investment was well worth it! I'm actually learning a new language!

CNM apt

Went to my CNM wed july 27 and was so excited that my health and the baby were doing so well. In my past 2 pregnancies i typically gained too much weight in the 1st tri that it was lots of fun to lose it afterwards. But not his time, i've read some from gillian mckieth's "food bible" and learned better ways to deal with morning sickness and be healthy. It has really helped as the morning sickness is substantially worse this time. Health stats: baby heart rate ~158 bpm My blood pressure 100/68 Weight gain in 4 weeks - 1 lb Next visit: ULTRASOUND for anatomy & gender Dun-dun-duhhhhhhh

21 July 2011

Yard sale wonders

I went yard sale hunting over the 4th of july weekend and made some great scores i was so happy! I found this hideously ugly pink dresser that will look so great once i've sanded, painted and replaced the hardware that it was worth the $10 i paid for it, less actually bc i got the lady to throw in a piece of art. I also came across a guy on craigslist who later sold me a camping stove in great condition with extra propane bottles all for $40- can't beat that! Yeah emergency preparedness and camping equipment!

Weekend camping

July 8-10 Dale Hollow LakeWe went camping for the 1st time in almost 4 years and it was so awesome! Our van held everything we needed and then some bc the huss' only had their car with limited space since there were 4 ppl in it- bill, susan, jen & sarah. The weathr was perfect wih just a touch of rain the morning we arrived. We quickly set up camp and were livin the good life the rest of the day eating, drinking to stay hydrated, takin lon walks to the bathroom, and coolin Off in the lake. The boys loved swimming in a alake for the first time ... Loved it!Saturday we rented a pontoon boat with 2 decks and a slide for the day. We took our coolers and cooked out on the grill for the perfect day in the sum. I did get a little burned but it was worth it to see the smiles on EVERYBODY'S faces. Camping brings back so many good memories i had with my family growing up that i want to have more wih my fam now to share the good times. The only down side to this trip was that i had to walk so far to go to the bathroom 3 times a night. But i took our cool electric lantern and enjoyed the workout. I hope the weather will cool off a little bit so we can go camping some other weekend.

30 June 2011

Doctor Apt

yesterday i went in for my first apt with my Certified Nurse Midwife (CNM) Beth Barry - who is amazing and so personal & genuine - and can report that everything is wonderful!  It was a long 90 minute apt, but there was much to do: yearly exam, checking baby's heartbeat (my favorite!!!), getting all vital & necessary info, the insurance information discussion, and drawing blood for lab work.  I'm due around Jan 17th so in about 9 weeks we'll go in for the anatomy & gender ultrasound!

so in the approximate 10-11 weeks this baby has been developing, she already has all the vital organs, teeth buds emerge and eye lids develop further.  she is roughly 1 inch in length and growing!

can't wait to hear your little heartbeat again and then see you in the US!

Visit to Riverfront Park

20 June 2011
Today we went to Riverfront Park to play on one of the many playgrounds that now dot the river area of downtown and then to cool off in the fountains to complete the experience. One of Karen's daughters, Ashley, was visiting with her 2 sons, Porter & Sawyer, so we took them with us for a fun little visit of Louisville.  Today was so deceiving because in the morning it was cloudy but then when we arrived at the park it was so clear and the sun was so strong! We could only adventure around for a little bit before we looked like radish heads! Before we got to the fountain the boys stripped down to underware and diapers as they sat in the stroller.  At the water fountain Jake loved getting splashed while Will couldn't stand it! (I made him get wet anyway!)  But then he tried to escape and leave the fountain area only to run straight through a row of fountains that turned on as he began running!  His face was priceless - deer in the headlights, sheer terror, bewilderment to the extreme!  so he got wet and cooled off :)  then we went home and took naps for a couple of hours to round out the day.  it's always good times when water is involved.

29 June 2011

Our new van

I Really just cannot say how happy I am to have a vehicle that will safely transport all of my family and help wih all the other needs we have. Our 2005 dodge grand caravan has fold away seats and a dvd player, everything i could ever want in a vehicle! We were so Blessed to find this van and i actually don't have any qualms about driving a minivan like i used to have 10 years ago. William and Jacob just love going to the new car bc the doors oPen and close all by themselves - it's an awesome way to get them to go to the car w/o any distractions and lollygagging. I just love our van.

20 June 2011

MINIVAN MANIA

I made an offer for a 2005 Dodge Grand Caravan on eBay and we will soon have a minivan for our expanding family! Yeah!

19 June 2011

Third time's a charm

Hopefully this child will the apple of our eyes ... JK. Our two boys Will & Jake are the best boys anyone could ever ask for. Our next child will just be icing on the cake! Yes, we are expecting our third child somewhere around February, but i will knkw more after my first appointment with my midwife on the 29th. So until then i just keep the nausea at bay by staying cool, dinking lots of water (& juice when needed), and eating small frequent meals. It's a bit more pronounced this time, which leads me think we're going XX instead of XY this time. We'll see in a few months. Until then it's my little bean, my tadpole.

I'm back

So after a month of not blogging, then 3 then 8 it almost seemed as though i was done, like i just didn't have enough time to do it. As if blogging was a hobby of sorts that i couldn't afford any more. But recently, i took a trip with my family to see BOTH of my sisters and my father, and some other extended family members and i realized that blogging waz actually a tool for me to stay closer to my family no matter how far apart we are. It is a tool for me to record my family history AS IT IS HAPPENING ... In the here and now. My Goal: Have my blogg printed out in book form every year. Highlight special little things my kids do- new skills, words, personality traits, etc. Share with my family all the memories we're having so we can grow together thru the years. Today it all begins ...