Did you think to pray?

Just finished cooking, cleaning and emailing my brother on the mish. I baby my husband too much (he says it too) because I pretty much do everything. Lol. Cook, wash some dishes while I'm cooking, after eating I clean and then finish washing the rest of the dishes, dry and then put them away. I've been doing this since the day we got married and I think we both just got into the habit of me doing it. Haha. But he does help when I ask...only ask. Hoi. Annoying. I'm exhausted. On top of that had a bad day, monthly visitor decided to come today, and for the past two days lost sleep becasue of my teething baby.

I didn't get much sleep Friday and less sleep yesterday. Tina slept around 3 this morning and I got up at 8am to get ready for church at 11am. I woke up with horrible cramps and with the runs. I gave Tina a bath, got her ready, then she pooped and it leaked from the diaper through every layer of clothing on her. While changing her, she pee'd and so I changed her again. After I got her ready for the last time, I sat her in her car seat and ran to the bathroom for the fourth time this morning. While sitting on the toilet, I just wanted to give up stay home, but I didn't want my bad day and whatever sickness I had stop me from taking my daughter to church and partaking of the sacrament and renewing my covenants with Him. So, I said a pray and just asked my Heavenly Father to bless Tina and I with patience. To help me overcome whatever stomach flu I had, be alert at church and help me be filled with the spirit to understand what's being taught and to understand my daughters needs. I had a great day at church and didn't feel any stomach pain until I returned home. That's all I could've asked for. My monthly visitor luckily came while at home. Pheeew...that would've been a pain!

I've learned that prayer is the most important conversation of my day. Whenever I forget to say my prayers, I notice that my day doesn't go so well. Everyday before I do anything, including hoping on IG (lol), I say my morning prayer and read the scriptures. Some time during the day, I'll read something from an Ensign. Or I listen to it while doing my chores. It's helped me out a lot and it's starting to become a daily routine. :)

Before making any kind of decision on anything, turning to the Lord has always helped me out a lot. When I'm in tune with the spirit, everything I need to do becomes clear and I know what path to follow. Sometimes we do run with our heads and make un-necessary decisions, and later regret it. We always pay the consequences for poor choices. I've learned to be quick to turn to the Lord, instead of being quick to grab whatever it is we think and talk about doing.

After having Tina, John and I talked about whether or not we wanted to have more kids. I decided that I didn't want to take any kind of birth control and do it natural. Yes, we could get pregnant at any time, but I'm not sure if I'm ready. I've been praying and I just expressed to Him that whenever he see's us fit for another child then let it be. I personally want to wait another year or two or I'm satisfied with just having Tina. I just want to make sure that I fulfill my responsiblitly in teaching Tina about the gospel and help her understand that the only way...is God's way. I want to be prepared to do that with all the children our Heavenly Father decides to entrust us with. I see each child as His child. I love Tina so much, but I can't imagine how much our Heavenly Father does. Praying has definitely comforted me and I'm leaving it in His hands and just preparing myself for whatever decision He makes.

Well...mother duties are calling. :) gotta run! CPR. Church. Prayer & Scripture Readying :)

GRATEFUL

Thanksgiving is in two days and I thought I'd write down a few things I'm most GRATEFUL for. I want to start off with the gosepl. I'm grateful to be a member of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. I'm grateful for my Savior Jesus Christ who atoned for my sins and who has made it possible for me and my family to return and live with our Heavenly Father again. I'm grateful for the knowledge that I have about the gospel and most importantly my testimony. Without my testimony I wouldn't be where I am now. Although, I've made mistakes in my life, but through the atonement I've been able to repent and become clean again. My testimoney of His gospel has helped and guide me back to the right path.

I'm most grateful for my FAMiLY. My parents, for raising me to be the woman I am today. Without their teachings and continual guidance and support I would be lost. Even today, being a married woman, they still reach out to guide me and help me to better build up my family. I'm grateful for my other parents aka my husbands parents. I do not refer to them as 'in-laws' because I want to treat them with the same respect I do with my blood parents. Also, it makes me feel comfortable and I know I can always count on them. So I prefer to call them like my own, 'mom and dad'. I'm grateful for the love of my 3 brothers. Even though 2 of them are married and 2 aren't near, I know they will always have my back. I love my brothers! I'm grateful for my sisters! I didn't grow up having any sisters, but I'm grateful to have gained 5. Three of them are my husbands sisters and two of them are married to two of my brothers. I learn from their wonderful examples. They are all truly great mothers. I'm most grateful for my husband. He is my world! Although we butt heads sometimes, but that's what makes us stronger. We learn from our mistakes and try to better ourselves and our relationship. I'm grateful to be his eternal companion and to spend the rest of my life with him. I'm grateful for the hardwork he puts into our family. I love him with all my heart and I'm truly blessed to have him in my life. I'm grateful to have been blessed with such a beautiful and intelligent little baby girl. She brings nothing, but happiness into our family. She is one happy baby that brigthens up my every day. I'm grateful to my Heavenly Father for entrusting me to raise one of his children as my own. My baby has been the greatest blessing our Heavenly Father has bestowed upon our family!

I'm most grateful for....

• the roof over my head
• the clothes on my back
• our vehicles for transportation
• for technology
• for the food in our fridge
• our xbox. LOL.
• the microwave
• the oven and stove
• washer and dryer
• clean water
• life
• toilets
• showers
• beds to lay on

and the list goes on. I'm grateful for EVERYTHiNG in my life! There are many people in this world that don't have some or any of these things and are suffering. It makes me appreciate everything that much more. :)

BLESSED

Just another blog post...

Here's just an update of how my week went. I didn't do much this week due to major menstrual cramps and bad weather. I tried going to the gym on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, but I couldn't stand the pain. It felt like I was having contractions and laying down was the only way that ceased the pain. Then came Thursday, Friday and Saturday and the weather was my excuse to stay home from the gym. Lol. Thursday I got ready, but I had an impression to just stay home. I'm unsure of the feeling I had that day, but I know that the spirit knows what's best for me and I'm glad that I recognized it and followed it. Going back to bad weather, 'it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas'....It has been snowing for the past 3-4 days now and we have over a foot of snow today. I've experienced my first two (lol) calamities while driving in the snow, just a day a part from each other. Yesterday, I was driving towards John's work to attend his family day and while driving up this road my vehicle lose traction and slid right into the curb. My mind totally blanked out and all I could remember thinking was...'glad Tina isn't with me'. I think I might've freaked out if she was. Luckily there wasn't any damage, but I was stuck in the snow. A stranger walking by stopped beside my vehicle and started talking, so I rolled my window down and he started speaking Spanish. Lol. I said, 'sorry, but I don't understand'. He then replied in English, 'reverse, then just go'. So, I reversed and then started to drive, but I kept sliding back into the curb. Everytime I stopped, the man yelled, 'goo, gooo'. Haha. So I held my foot down on the gas and kept my wheel turned out into the road and I finally got out. Horrible! I'm grateful for that lil old mico guy that stopped by to help me, also for no damage on my vehicle, and for my safety. I arrived safely to John's work and we all enjoyed his family day along with his sisters and their family's. It was neat to hear how much knowledge John has about his job. :) He sure knows his stuff and I'm grateful for all thta he does to provide for our little family. Today, while driving to church (only 3 blocks away) a vehicle ran the stop sign and our vehicles collided. I had the right of way and I thought he had seen me coming, but he didn't. I didn't see any damage to my vehicle and we both just called it good, but when I got to church I saw an indent on the front right side of the car. Ugh...I was just trying to get to church. :( But then again, I couldn't be more grateful for our safety and that it wasn't any worse. This is why I hate the snow. Both of our vehicles don't have four wheel drive and suck driving in the snow.

We just got back from dinner at grandma Nedra's house with Lota and Tina's family's. We had some delicious food and good conversation. Today in relief society a sister taught a wonderful lesson that I really enjoyed. It was about teaching our children and being an example to them. Everything we do, they do. The most important message was about our duty as parents to teach our children about the gospel of Jesus Christ. When we take upon ourselves to do so, our children will never forget it. They will know right from wrong, they will know about the scriptures, the Savior, tithing, keeping the sabbath day holy...and etc. So when they grow up and they start making decisions, they know the direction they were taught to choose. There was a time in my life where I decided I wanted to experience life. I made some poor choices that I'm not proud of. I made decisions that didn't make my parents or family happy. I became inactive, became distant from my family, and I just remember being miserable. Everyone was surprised of this person I became, my church leaders, friends, and family. In that time of darkness, I still remembered what my parents taught me. I knew that I was making wrong decisions because my parents taught me that. Because they raised me in the gospel I knew the path that I had to return to. I remember from when I was a little girl and growing up my parents always held Family Home Evening, a daily scripture reading, taught us about His church. After I got married, there wasn't a question in my mind on how I wanted to raise my children. I didn't get married in the temple, but I knew the guidelines I needed to follow to get there. I'm grateful and blessed with goodly parents for the wonderful examples they've set for me. I made mistakes, but I'm grateful for the atonement of our Savior Jesus Christ. I know it's because of Him I can repent of my mistakes and become clean again. There's no doubt in my mind or in my heart that His church is true. I know that if we truly convert ourselves, heart, mind and soul to the gospel, we can withstand the adversary and become more like Him.

Baby girl is 8 months

Today my baby girl is 8 months. My oh my...has time gone by too quickly! It amazes my husband and I at what this little girl can do. Tina you are too smart for your own good little girl! Lol. You are a very intelligent little girl. Baby girl has already learned how to say 'mum' and just last week she started to say 'da da'. At 6 months she started to feed herself. About 2 weeks ago she started crawling (no more rolling anymore), and now that she can crawl she thinks she's a big girl. She crawls about everywhere and getting into everything. She learned to shake her head no. Just today I asked her to come to me and she shook her head no. It was the funniest thing. Starting to mimic sounds she hears. Sometimes when I change her diaper I'll hum or make sounds and here and there repeat after me. A couple days ago we were watching TV and this lady started crying on the program we were watching, Tina repeated the same sound and had us cracking up. She is starting to grab and hold onto objects to help her stand up. She can stand, but she can't walk. Tina is one happy child. She loves to smile and laugh. She has the funniest laugh. Tina you make us so happy. I love being your mommy and I thank God everyday for blessing me with such a beautiful, fun, and happy baby!

Tina's Baby Blessing

Sunday, June 3rd, 2012, John blessed our precious baby Tina. Tina was 3 months. We decided to hold her blessing then because it was the day after our sealing and all our family would be in town. John did a great job in preparing spiritually to bless Tina. It was sweet and beautiful. He worked hard to be worthy to receive the Melchizedek Priesthood to bless Tina and continues to be worthy to hold it today, so he can bless our family and those in need of it. It's a great blessing to have the priesthood in our home. In sacrament meeting he also bore his testimony. He mentioned that it had been many years since he stood up there and to see him stand up there and bare his testimony, touched my heart and many of our family members. I am grateful and truly blessed to have him in my life and to see him make the effort to change to become better for our family, but more importantly for himself.



Oh mah heck...

So I just reread my last post and my daughter was 3 months. She is now 8 months. Haha. I've decided that I want to try make this a habit on Sundays because this my only journal/blog/whatever I'm keeping up with it. It would be even better if it was a daily thing, but my life as a mother and wife is crazy. Therefore, imma keep up with the posts and updates on a weekly basis.

4 months ago on June 2nd, 2012, our lil family had the opportunity to go through the SLC temple to be sealed 'Together for All Time & All Eternity'. It was the neatest experience of my life and a moment I will cherish forever. I get the goosies just thinking about it now. My all time favorite part and I think I can say this for everyone too, was when they brought Tina in the sealing room. She had the biggest smile and she was very alert. She made everyone smile and laugh. My baby girl just has that affect on people. From decorating our reception, to receiving our endowments Friday, June 1st , and getting sealed on Saturday and celebrating our special occasion...it was crazy, emotional, fun-filled, beautiful, spiritual and overall...just WONDERFUL! Another big blessing in our lives. Now, it's keeping those covenants and enduring to the end.



Our Eternal Family
June 2nd, 2012
Sealed Together For All Time & All Eternity



With our lovely parents



Our Lasitani Family

L to R: Hina's brother Tau holding his daughter Lini, Kimm (Tau's wife), Mom Lasitani, Dad Lasitani, Katrina (Vaea's wife) holding her son Misi.

Missing brother's Vaea and Keni



John's sisters Tina, Lota, and Angela



Grandma Lota on the left and Great Aunt Kalisa on the right



Grandma Nedra



These lovely ladies flew down from Cali to celebrate the special day
On the left is Marji, good high schoo friend, and the right is my cousin Sii, we grew up like sisters



Our Cake that I helped create
Good Friend was able to make it for a very affordable price ;)
Red Velvet with cream cheese frosting

Our beautiful display/guest sign-in table, thanks to Lota

Our Reception Decor
Our Family helped us put this master piece together



 

You can find more pics on fb :) Lol
 

Update

I haven't been on here for a minute and there's several occasions and experiences that have occurred that I wish to share. It's always nice to go back and reread some of these too. I guess writing on my blog is as bad as it was for me when writing in my journal. Lol. I get lazy sometimes to hop on the computer, but this is a nice way to express my feelings and thoughts, most importantly, experiences and exciting happenings in my life as well as for my little family.

My sweet baby will be 3 months next week and it's crazy how much she's grown. I feel like she wasn't even baby and she's growing faster and more mature than her age. Her two month check up she weighed in at 14.5 lbs and her height at 24 inches. Your the size of a 5 month old. Lol. My dearest baby Tina...can you please stay a baby a while, soon you'll be walking and in no time off to college or even married. Eek! The thought of that makes me want to cry. Haha. I love it when your daddy makes you laugh. Yeah, at two months you started talking back to us...baby talk of course...smiling, laughing, trying to sit up on your own, and noticing people and your surroundings even more. You even started to suck your fist and that's usually the first thing you do when you wake up. That's how I know you're awake because you smack on your fist. Haha. You've noticed your feet and I love to find you just gazing at them. You're a smart lil girl and everyone is amazed at how much you've grown and how strong you are. Oh yeah, just last weekend we got your ears pierced and you handled it like a trooper. I love you baby girl. I love being your momma and grateful that our Heavenly Father has entrusted me to raise you. I promise to raise you like He wants me to and be the best mommy to you that I can be.

I'm looking forward to this weekend. John and I will be receiving our endowments and then getting sealed. My mom and I have been planning this about a month ago and I'm excited for it to just finally happen. After our sealing we're also going to be holding a reception to celebrate our sealing and our marriage. There's no better feeling then to know that I'll be with my family for ETERNiTY! I can't imagine living without them and I'm grateful for the gospel, more fully my Heavenly Father for making that possible. I will definitely be sharing that experience!

Gotta go...baby is calling! :)

Happy Sapate!

My OH MY! Where has time gone?

Happy 1 Month

I can't believe you're already 1 month old baby girl. Time has gone by too fast and soon you'll be up on your feet. Yikes! SLOW DOWN TiME! Lol. You were born a very strong baby! Kicking off of me or the floor. You were only in newborn diapers the 3 days you were in the hospital and when we came home we went straight into size 1 diapers. You never really fit into newborn clothes because of how long you are. You started wearing 0-3 as well as 3-6 month clothes. :) By week 2, you started drinking 3 ounces and when burping you over my shoulder, you'd start trying to stand on my lap. Lol. Yes, you are a very tall baby and might I just add, smart too! Week 3, you started drinking up to 4 ounces. I rather feed you the breast milk I pump because you eat more. By breast, you eat just to fall asleep and then wake up an 1-2 hours to eat again. You love to smile and I noticed you've already started making little noises that almost sound like you're giggling. Haha. It's too cute! You now no longer fit into 3 month clothes. You have more leg space in 6-9 month clothes. Lol. You only wake up 1-2 times during the night to eat and Mommy loves it! Mommy&daddy love you baby girl and enjoy every minute watching you grow!

One month ago....

 I was admitted into Cottonwood hospital at midnight. I was 4 cm when we arrived to the hospital and the nurses advised that I walk around. I walked 1 hour and then returned to my room for a check up. I  repeatedly did that cycle until 4 a.m. By 4:30ish, I was at 6 cm and my contractions came more frequently. I had the best coaches, my sister in-law Tina, my cousins wife Shayla, and my moms sister Latu. I wouldn't say my husband was a coach, but rather more of my supporter and punching bag. Lol. I'd pull and squeeze him whenever my contractions came. My other sister in-law Lota later came about 1-2 hours before baby arrived and was my photographer. She also bought us treats in a cute little bag as well as a boppy pillow. Greatest older sister ever! My mom booked the earliest flight in and she landed right when I gave birth. I was trying to go without the epidural and it wasn't even on my mind, but two hours before giving birth I got the epidural. I remember I stood up and I felt horrible and in my mind this voice was telling me 'Just get the epidural'. The more I avoided it the louder the voice got. I was at 9 cm when I screamed for the epidural. Usually they don't give you the epidural then because the baby would be close to coming. I was lucky enough to get it because my baby girl was still high up. Yes, I was screaming for it when they told me I still had two hours before they think she would arrive. 2 hours later...

Our baby girl Tina Nevaeh Tai arrived at 10:53 a.m. on March 4, 2012

 22 1/2 inches tall and weighing at 8.5 lbs

The happiest day of our lives! Officially parents! :)

Named after her aunty Tina, one of John's 3 sisters. In the Tongan tradition, the first born is always named by the father's side or the fahu. Fahu would be Lota, she being the oldest amongst John's sisters. Since John's oldest niece is already named after his mother Cynthia, oldest sister Lota's name already used by one of John's cousins (Lota is also the name of John's father's mother), and youngest sister Angela whom John named, John decided that he wanted to name her after Tina. I totally left it up to him and his family and John came to the conclusion that our baby girl would be named Tina. So we really didn't stick with the whole Tongan tradition completely.We then decided that Tina should come up with the middle name. Nevaeh is 'heaven' spelt backwards and was John's favorite girl name that he wanted to someday name one of his daughters. We loved it when Tina made it her middle name. Tina Nevaeh Tai it was! She also has the same initials as aunty Tina, T.N.T. :) Baby girl, you are definitely heaven sent and we are blessed to have you in our lives! Mommy&daddy's little angel!

Comforted by daddy's voice.

I loved how she was soothed by our voices and quickly stopped crying.

 Proud father!

Day 2 at the hospital

24 hour survival kit from Lota

 Grandma Lini

Great grandma Nedra

39 weeks

I went for my weekly check up today and I'm happy to say that I am finally dilating. My cervix is 2cm dilated! I am so happy that we're making progress! YiPEE! I've been walking a lot this past week and I believe that has helped out a lot. I've also tried other natural methods to help induce labor, such as: moving around more (walking in place at home (due to cold weather), moving my hips side to side, dancing, lunges, etc.), eating pineapple, eating spicy foods, including love making. Yes, sex! Lol. John and I were both kind of hesitant to have sex because first, I'm already uncomfortable as it is, second, John was too nervous after doing his 'research' and afraid it would hurt the baby. Lo and behold, I think it did the trick. Or at least was somewhat of a boost. Haha. I also had two other people suggest sex. Anyways, moving on, there are other tactics I've read on that I've been unsure about, so I decided not to take that risk. Only baby and God knows when the time is right!:) After today's appointment, my ob said that I shouldn't go a week over due. :) We'll see from here on out when baby decides to enter into this world! 

My Baby Shower

The BEST Baby Shower! :)

My chubby self taken with the beautiful decor behind me. The photographer for the day was Tina carrying her two little ones in both arms.

I have to thank these beautiful ladies for throwing it for me! 

This picture was taken at Ang's baby shower, but it's the only one of us all together. Left to Right: Lota, Tina & baby Lilyana, Angela, & Me

The BEST party planner ever!

Mom and dad traveled from Vegas the day before just to be here for my baby shower. Exhausted from a long drive they still managed to help out. Ang, John's youngest sister whom I'm the same age as, has sent so many newborn clothes for baby Tina that her baby Ane out grew quickly, as well as sending baby shower goods with mom. Unable to make it because this momma is a hard worker and had to be at work. Lota and Tina both with four kids all under the age of 8, still were able to pull off a great baby shower and I have pictures to prove it. They are the definition of SUPER MOMMIES!  :) I will forever be grateful for these lovely ladies for EVERYTHiNG they've done for me since the time I married their handsome son/brother! I still remember the bridal shower they threw me in Vegas. :) So thoughtful!

Growing up with 3 brothers and no sisters, I am finally blessed to marry someone with only sisters the GREATEST SiSTERS! Like, REALLY! I've had many people tell me that as well as my own mother. I can't begin to explain how lucky I am. I look back at when I was younger and how I wished I had sisters just to talk to or share things with and now here I am BLESSED with 3! :) All hardworking, loving, kind, understanding, great mothers, and do everything from the heart.

The Beautiful Decor

Mom opened up with a beautiful introduction pouring her heart to me as well as for her excitement for baby Tina. I will cherish this moment forever!

One of the several games we played. Had two teams and every team member on each team had to undress the baby, change it's diaper, and re-dress the baby blindfolded. It was so fun to watch! Prizes were awarded to the winners!

On the left is aunt Kathy and right is my oldest brother's wife Kimm.

After fun games we enjoyed some delicious food&dessert and finished off with gift opening. :)

EVERYTHING we needed and more!

After everyone left we had more family come over and had another round of the changing the baby race and visited for a while. This was a nice way to end my valentine's week and now we wait for baby Tina to make her debut. EXCiTED!

My Sweet Valentine's WEEK

I had an amazing Valentine's week with my hubby John. I was napping with John throughout Monday and woke up around 5pm to cook dinner before he heads off to work. After cooking and waking him up for the millionth time, I was thrilled to hear him tell me he didn't have work and that he'd be returning to work Friday grave yard shift.

Our Valentine's Week

 Monday night we watched 'In Time' and played x box till 4am. :) Not a big fan of singing artists acting in movies especially the artist being Justin Timberlake, but  I would have to say this movie was alright. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't great. 

Valentine's Tuesday

I woke up around 10ish to make brunch.

We had crepes with a variety of fruit and toppings, sausage, bacon, scrambled eggs with diced onions, diced green and red peppers topped with cheese, and a glass of orange juice. Might I add it was delish! :)

Before I woke John up for brunch, I pulled out a card that I made him and set it out.

My famous candy gram to my hubba bubba. Lol.

I had a lovely and amazing afternoon pamper thanks to my thoughtful husband.

I had the best manicure and pedicure that I have ever had in my life. The siapani guy that did my mani&pedi took his time. It was heaven! Lol. My swollen hands and feet were indeed grateful! Haha! I don't do this very often. I f I  can do it myself, then why pay for it, is how I always come about with things. That money could be used for something else. :) I only remember getting a mani&pedi like 4-5 times ever in my life. I was spoiled! :)

After that, we headed over to Siu's (John's cousin) basketball game against Kearns, whom they killed, and then came home and had another wonderful night playing x box while enjoying left over crepes and the candy gram candy.

Wednesday, we woke up late in the afternoon because we played x box until 4:30ish in the a.m. We got up and ready for another date night!

We both had different orders of pasta and sides of bread and salad. YUM!

No, we didn't watch The Vow. We're not much of chick flicks and I'm also not impressed with Channing Tatum's acting skills. We watch chick flicks, but action and comedy  we enjoy more. John picked Chronicle and it was LAME! I'm really picky with movies and this one sucked! 

Thursday, we mostly spent time at home. We watched our recorded shows and then we went over to Church because John had an appointment with our bishop. GOOD NEWS! John is  receiving his Melchizedek priesthood. He'll be able to bless me before I have baby and also give baby her blessing. So excited. Our bishop should be setting everything up in about a week. He also mentioned that we're both ready to go through the temple, so once John receives his priesthood we can set a date. YAY! We've talked about it for a little and we want to have our sealing either May or June so baby can be a part of our reception and celebrating, but we'll see. I think that's the most exciting news all week!

We later went to Petsmart with our dog Pixie and got her a bed and some odor spray. We ended the night with x box once again. :)

Friday, didn't do much because my love had to rest for work! I had an appointment with my ob and baby is doing well. I'm not dilating at all, but I am hurting more. My ob says by the looks of things baby should come around her due date. Baby has dropped and I'm feeling more and more uncomfortable each week. After my appt. I went and paid off some bills, got a few groceries and a few of our and baby's needs. Something I should've kept in mind was not to go for so long. Big regret! Not only was I tired from staying up late the night before and having to wake up for my appt, but I was sore and walking around was not helping and then having to wait in line for 15 minutes. That's long for a pregnant woman. Lol. I came home and knocked out. I had my alarm set and all to wake up and make dinner before John headed off to work, but I was exhausted and my achy body was telling me to rest. I ended up picking something up for him to eat.

It's been an awesome and fun week! I would say we have Valentine's Day everyday! I love my husband to pieces and I'm grateful to have him as my Valentine's FOREVER! I should be asleep now, but I just finished up some laundry and organized and cleaned our place up a bit. Tomorrow or I mean later today, I have my baby shower that John's sisters are throwing for me. Nice way to end my eventful week! Forever GRATEFUL and BLESSED with the best sister in-laws! 

Feeling Icky

Idk what better word to express how I've been feeling, but...ICKY!

The weather this past week totally describes the way I've been feeling. I'm down to just 4 weeks and hopefully no longer than that. I know it really just comes down to when she's ready and I guess, if she decides to make her debut later than her expected arrival date then so be it. As long as she's healthy and in no harm. 

I've been asked the question 'How are you feeling?' a lot and I know it's because people care especially it being my last couple weeks of my pregnancy. I answer with a polite 'I'm doing well' or 'Great' with a smile, but deep down inside I'm really feeling unpleasant and I want to cry. I only do so because I don't want people feeling sorry for me and then asking 'What can I do for you?'. I appreciate it, but I honestly like handling things on my own and I don't like having people do stuff for me. Call me a hypocrite! I am so down when people need my help even when I'm not in my greatest shoes.

Every woman that has been pregnant or is pregnant would understand what these last few weeks feels like. When you're laying in bed on one side and you have to think 'Do I really want to switch over to my other side?' , when you need to use the restroom every 30 minutes (maybe less), even worse is when you're finally in a good sleep but you need to get up and use the restroom or when you're sleeping and you need to use the restroom and it takes you forever to get there. Lol. The list goes on, well for me it does. The toughest part now is when you're sitting down or laying down for a while and you get up and it feels like a ton of weights just dropped on your pubic bone. It even pains me to walk. :/ The joys of being pregnant! :) I wouldn't trade it for anything. As unpleasant as I feel now, I know when my baby girl enters into this world, those feeling's of pain and worries will clear up and nothing will matter but having and holding her. 

BLESSED&LUCKY to even experience pregnancy because I know some women don't get too!

LOVE MY LiFE

I had such a great weekend with my husband. John worked all week last week working 12 hour graveyard shifts and finally got his long change this past weekend. His last shift was Thursday and he got off Friday morning, so I picked him up and we headed over to the recreation center. John met up with some of his co-workers to play ball while I went to work out...or tried to. Lol. I speed walked for a mile and attempted to jog, but I decided to keep it under control because baby was aching my bum and my lower back and I didn't want to add more stress onto my body. After that I did some light weight lifting and headed over to watch John play ball. I could tell that he hasn't been playing for a while because he was out of breath so quick and his playing was a little bit rusty. He has some heart issues as well. I know he loves the sport, so he's going to continue to play to get back into shape and hopefully get into a league. I love watching him play and seeing him enjoy himself. We ended our Friday night with dinner and what we do best, playing x-box. :)

Our Saturday consisted of long hours watching t.v. in the morning (How the lottery changed my life Lol) and playing some more x-box. Lota, John's oldest sister, stopped by for a quick visit. :) Always enjoy having company over. We did our Saturday deep cleaning, showered and ended the night with dinner at Applebee's and some more x-box when we returned home. Haha. We love playing video games together. A lot of it some weeks more then others, but we do get other things done too. John also got a phone call from his boss confirming John's new position as Lead Supervisor. With that being said, instead of working 12 hour shifts, he'll only be working 8 hour shifts and only day shifts with weekends off. We have been truly blessed. I know John does a great job at what he does. He not only works hard, but works smart. I know that everything comes to pass through God and he did hear and answer our prayers. With our goal to be sealed in the temple this summer and John striving to receive his Melchizedek priesthood, his new position couldn't come at a better time. John is able to attend church with me and continue to when baby comes as well as being home earlier to spend time with us. We both also plan on going back to school. :) Through sincere prayer, attending church, paying our tithing, and reading scriptures, just doing our part, the Lord did his part and blessed us. I know as we continue to live according to His will, He will bless us. I know that temptations will still come and the devil will continue to try steer us a way from the straight and narrow path, but as we stand firm with what we believe, it'll be harder for temptations to interfere with our lives and the devil won't have power over us. STAY HUMBLE! :) GOD 1st in EVERYTHiNG&FAMiLY NEXT!

Sunday couldn't have been better! My favorite part of church is going to our temple preparation class. Growing up I always loved seeing the temple and as a youth doing baptisms for the dead. My favorite primary song is, I Love to See the Temple. I love it so much because there's no other feeling that can compare to the feeling when you're inside the temple. It's His House and being there I feel His presence more. Nothing but a feeling of peace and true and everlasting happiness! Our teacher said to us it won't just be the two of you when you go through the temple. When you go there you'll be holding your baby together across the altar. As he said that, I pictured kneeling across from John as we hold our baby together and I started to tear up. Mei mei tangi. Lol. We're so excited! Can't wait! There's no better feeling then knowing that I'll be with John and our baby/children FOR TiME & ALL ETERNiTY!!!! We also attended another sacrament meeting for my cousin blessing his baby. John and I are so excited for that time to come when we have baby, especially since John will be blessing her. He says he's nervous, but I know he'll do great and there's no one better to bless her then her own father. :)

~BLESSED~

No Sleep

I woke up around 2 this morning because I felt so uncomfortable. 8 hours prior, I was feeling GRRREEEAAAT! I had dinner with my hubby John before he headed off to work (6-ish), cleaned up, showered, did my scripture reading, said my evening prayer, did laundry up until 11 pm and then finally hit the sack. I was exhausted and knocked out. 3 hours later: I woke up so uncomfortable feeling soreness in my lower back, major pain in my pubic bone area (aka symphysis pubis dysfunction), and baby was moving so much in every direction! I went from laying on my right to my left, to slightly laying on my back, and finally just sitting up. I got a sleep here in there, but decided just to get up. I can't wait for Monday to come, so I can go for my check up and see what's up. I do feel though that baby has dropped. I feel movement in my pelvic area and I know she's head down.  I sense that baby will be coming sooner than her expected date. I hope not too soon. Just a lot of excitement built up and I can't wait to hold her AND because I feel like I'm ready to POP. :) We'll see how my check up appointment goes and what my ob thinks. Time for a nap! :D

We're so excited to hold you baby girl! Mommy & daddy LOVE YOU!

34 weeks along...

Yesterday I had my check up appointment and our lil sunshine is growing healthy & strong. Our last visit, two weeks ago, my ob said that our baby girl was breech. I am pleased to say that our baby girl is no longer breech and she is in the 'ready' position. :) She continues to actively move around in my belly day & night. When I say day & night, I really mean it. I feel like she's ready to come out because of that. Our lil baby giant probably has no room. Poor thing. Lol. She's so gonna take after her daddy.
Today, I just felt awfully tired so,I took many naps throughout the day and I'm still ready to go to bed. Lol. While I was napping, I had two minor contractions that lasted for only about a minute to two, thank goodness. I know that as my pregnancy progresses the pain will only get worse. Yikes! I think I'm prepared. Well, I know I'll be more excited and hoping that excitement will help me overcome the pain. :)

Two weeks until my next appt and then it's down to weekly check ups. Yay!

Lovely Monday emails :)

I just received a lovely email from my little brother Elder Lasitani who is serving a full time mission in Orlando, Florida. (Spanish speaking) I love when he shares some of his spiritual experiences or writes about a lesson that he taught that always ends up really helping me out and something that I needed to hear, like today's email. John (my husband) and I plan on getting sealed in the temple sometime this summer. We're both trying to prepare ourselves spiritually and mentally so we have a better understanding of what being sealed as a family for time and all eternity really means. Elder Lasitani just reminded me of some of the basic guidelines that any member, active or inactive, of the church needs to do to build a firm foundation, which we then can build on. The basics are CPR, abbreviation for CHURCH, PRAYER, and READiNG. I love that...CPR! :) Like cardiopulmonary resuscitation (a procedure to support and maintain a persons breathing and circulation for a person who has stopped breathing), Church, prayer and reading are guidelines to support and maintain a members spirit and foundation for members who are inactive, as well as  those who are active or non-members. I hope that makes sense. Lol. That is exactly what John and I are doing. I love that Elder Lasitani gives us a reminder. At times we lack some of those guidelines, but the great thing about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is that we can repent and do better. We attend church (John when he isn't working Sunday's), taking temple prep, saying morning and evening prayers, and reading and pondering the scriptures. John has visits with our amazing bishop every couple weeks and we get weekly visits from the missionaries. :) We're getting there! I'm grateful for Elder Lasitani's spiritual emails! Also, love that we can still have normal conversations over emails and laugh.

Love&Miss you little brother! RTW!

New kid on the blog...

I don't know where to begin, but here I go....

I've heard about blogging for years now, but I've never had any interest in it until now. My sister in-law Lota brought it up a few nights ago, while watching our husbands play church ball, and I thought, what the heck?...it'll be something to do and maybe in some way or another my life will inspire someone. Lol. I don't know, but it's a lot better than WRiTiNG in a journal. After a while, my fingers start to cramp up and my writing starts to get sloppy. I do wonder though if people blog about the bad&ugly or do they just blog about the good&happy things.We'll see where this takes me and what mood I might be in to blog about things. Bare with me. :) Honestly though, we do have bad&ugly days, but we definitely are HAPPiLY MARRiED and we have more good days then bad.

Short.Simple&Sweet. This summarizes our marriage.

This is our life&story and I'm pleased to inform you that this is...'OUR LiFE' :) and we're happy to share it with YOU! Enjoy :) Other than that, I've enjoyed customizing my page (I'm starting to get the hang of things) since I can't sleep and my husband is working graves.