New year

Well it is another year. I am another year older, hmmm. I hope 2011 brings good things. I am glad to be through the holiday season. It is always fun but exhausting. I went back for my first weekend in the Er at EIRMC this weekend. It was good to be back working, but hard to be gone from kate. We had a great xmas, although I really missed my sisters. Kate is now 2 months old. That has really gone by fast. She weighs 9lbs 9 ounces and was 22 1/4 inches long. She continues to be smile and laugh at us. She has a very infectious smile. She is either very happy or crying. She is still struggling with colic, worse in the evening. Some days are better than others. She loves her sisters very much. She also loves her mommy, she is a little spoiled. Joe is ready for spring to be here, he is getting bored. He has a few motorbiking trips planned to pass the long winter season. We are getting very excited to go to Disneyland. We fly out in 10 days. The girls are so excited to see the princesses and ride the rides. I am just excited to see the sunshine and get out of the house.

December at the jeppesens

Well December is really flying by! Xmas is here in 4 days. I am having a hard time getting in the spirit this year and I am not sure why. Kate is now up to 7lbs and is 5 weeks old. She has become colicky in the last 2 weeks. It has been a trial of my patients. By the end of the night I am pretty flustered. I keep telling myself this will go away soon (I think to keep my sanity). She is a fun addition to the house. Bailee still loves to hold her and change her diaper, ella likes her but gets tired of her at times. Bailee has lost her 2nd tooth this week. That brings her total to 8 teeth lost! She is very excited about that. Bailee is enjoying school and dance, not so much piano. She did however get a perfect score at festival, so maybe that will make her more excited about the piano. Ella is really enjoying preschool. She has really grown with her vocabulary and knowledge since she started. Thank you Mrs. Doggit! The girls are looking forward to Santa coming, but they are more excited for Disneyland. We are going the end of January. We are all looking forward to a trip. We have never been on a big trip since ella was born (hmm I wonder why :). At least we can get out of the snow and cold for a week. Yes I may be crazy taking a newborn on a trip but I am hoping she will be good. I am trying to adjust to being home. I had a lot of plans and projects to complete on maternity leave and have not got any done. I forget that a new born especially a colicky one, is a full time job! But that is what maternity leave is for I guess. Joe is working for the UPS company helping for the holiday season. I will try to get a picture of him in his uniform to post. It doesn't pay much but it gets him out of my hair. I don't stay too far from the office. I am working saturday and then a day next week for a few hours. I am looking forward to getting out of the house, and maybe it will help me keep my sanity! Otherwise we are very thankful for all of our blessings, friends, and family this year. I hope everyone has a safe and happy holiday season!! Here are some pics of the girls that katie wells took. They turned out very good!!

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Kate pulls some interesting faces
Proud big sisters
Ella was so excited to see becca she would not go to preschool!
Kate all dressed to go to her first appt at the office to see dr joe!!

Okay obviously with all my free time that I am not use to I am taking a lot of pictures. It is funny, most of the time life is so busy and you would give anything for a free moment, until you have one. I get up clean my house, do a load of laundry, feed kate, try to handle ella and then wonder what I am going to do the rest of the day. I am sure after I get use to being home for a week or two I will settle down and enjoy being home especially now that it is the holidays. I also have had some time to realize how truly lucky I am. Between my great husband, kids, family, and friends I am very blessed.

First bath at home

Grandma tammy s here helping us the first couple of days so I don't over do it. (not me :). We gave Kate a bath today and she rather enjoyed it. Maybe she will be the mellow child I have been praying for to balance out her sister.

Welcome to the world KATE!!

Well on thursday morning 11/11 Kate joined our family the same way her 2 sisters did, via c-section. It was different however, in that I did not throw up through the whole thing. This is a first! Kuddos to my new best friend Todd Gemlich, the nurse anesthetist!! He did a great job in keeping me from vomiting. Also I had the great experience of having my friends/doctors get to deliver this baby. Joe Watson and Jeff Zollinger also did a great job of getting me cut open and put back together again. I'm pretty sure my scar is straight :) Kate has been a great baby so far. She is little but mighty. She was 5 lbs 5 ounces and 19 inches at birth. When we left the hospital saturday she was down to 5 lbs 2 ounces with clothes on. She will have some catching up to do. Ella and Bailee could not be happier big sisters. They love her so much. Here are a few pictures for those of you who have not seen her. There is even a video if I can get it to work of kate joining this world.

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Here are a few more pics. What a good looking family

About time

Well I think it is about time I make a post. Life is getting back to somewhat of a schedule now that school is back in full swing. Bailee is in 2nd grade and loving every minute of it. She is glad to be back in school. She is taking dance, piano, and has decided to play basketball this year. Like we need one more activity. Ella started preschool this year. She is really enjoying it and feeling like a big girl. Ella is also taking dance lessons this year. We are all looking forward to Kate our baby joining our family. 10 weeks and counting down. I am ready to be done!! The office is going good, a little slow but hopefully with school back in it picks up. The ER at EIRMC is great. It is as busy as ever and I am still constantly learning and improving my skills. Joe is in the midst of farming season trying to get the grain harvested so we can dig potatoes!! My family is growing. We had 2 new babies born this summer. Rachel had her first baby, a sweet little girl named molly. Andrea has her second, another little boy named austin both who are doing great. We had family pics done a few weeks ago and they turned out great. I hope everyone is ready for fall it seems to be here. The nights are getting very chilly!! Here are a few of the pics.

News

Well for those of you who don't know I am pregnant. We are expecting another member of our family November 23rd. Everyone pray for a boy. This pregnancy has been very different from my other two. I usually lose weight, um nope that hasn't happened. I still am sick every morning so far but I still can eat. The difference this time has been the fatigue. After a day of work I have to lay on the couch the rest of the night. I sure hope this gets better. I have too much to do!! My girls are very excited. Bailee thinks it's a boy and ella thinks it's a girl. We were surprised that it happened so quickly this time. It was almost 4 years to get ella here. We are hoping to find out next week what this baby is. I am going to phoenix for a week on the 22nd and really need to know so I can start shopping.

I am so lucky to work with such a great group of people! This pic I stole from Mary's blog. It was taken at the chamber dinner a few weeks ago. RMC got the beautification award and Dr. Z got the medical professional of the year award. There is no one that deserves this award more than him. I enjoy going to work everyday. Don't worry my good ER friends I still miss you too! Our family is staying crazy busy as usual. Ella is going to turn 3 next week. Where has the time gone? Joe is getting back to work and that has been good for him. I am very ready for summer! I can't believe in april we are still shoveling snow. I am ready for the sunshine!!!

Catch up

I can't believe it has been so long since I have posted. Life at casa Jeppesen is very crazy and busy. Getting back into a routine after xmas took some time. Now I think we are back to normal for a while. Bailee is busy with her piano and dance. She is really enjoying school this year. She has a wonderful teacher who has pushed bailee and her reading this year. Bailee won 4th place in a local poetry contest and got to recite her poem in front of an audience today. That was fun for her. Ella is full of mischief as usual. She has all sorts of new phrases. The funniest is, " Mom I am going to laugh my beebs out." When asked where her beebs are she states in my armpits or in her belly button. And don't worry if she laughs a beeb out she has more to replace it. That is our ella, full of it. We don't know where she came from. She is also becoming a very independent little girl. She comes out with some really great outfits lately. The girls both started skiing this year. Bailee is onto the chair lift and keeping up with the other kids her age. She is really enjoying it. Ella went with us up to Targhee a few weeks ago and got to ski on the magic carpet. Which is for those of you that don't ski like a moving escalator up the little hill. She was very proud of herself that she could do it herself. She was skiing down the little hill by herself by the end of the day. It was a little out of control, but she could do it. The great thing about little kids is they have no fear! Joe is getting ready for spring work. He is ready to go back to work (and I am ready to have him back to work!) I am staying busy with work and kids. Work is starting to pick up at the Medical Center. I am working a few weekends a month at the ER at EIRMC. IT is so great. I am learning a lot and it is out of control busy, which I love. I feel very grateful for a job this week. I hear of people every week that are getting layed off. Also in light of the terrible earthquakes and tsunamis that are happening all around us I feel grateful for a safe place to live. As much as I complain about the weather here, I guess we are lucky to live in Rexburg Idaho!

Christmas time

I have not been very good at blogging the last 2 months. Life just never slows down for me. Joe finished up farming and now has been doing a lot of playing. He left today for mesquite motorbiking. I guess he has to stay busy somehow. Ha Ha! The girls are getting very big. Bailee had a BD on the 29th. She is 7. I can't believe in one year she will be getting baptized. She makes me feel old. Bailee has lost both front teeth. She looks funny. Ella is a handful as always. She really has an attitude lately. We added a new addition to our family about 10 days ago. We got a maltese. He is about 12 weeks old and we love him. The girls named him ozzy and they call him oz. He has brought a lot of joy to our lives. It gives me someone to hangout with while joe is gone playing. Work is starting to get busier which is nice. I have also started picking up some shifts at EIRMC in the ER as a NP. That has been fun. I can't believe xmas is almost here. The weather sure reminds us it is winter. It is funny, even thought I have spent almost every winter of my life but 2 in rexburg I am still amazed how cold it is here! I hope everybody is staying warm and also enjoying the holiday season!!

We went boating last saturday to end our boating days for the summer. We had a great time. The girls played in the water and tubed. Grandma and Grandpa ferney bought a surf board to try out. It is fun that my parents are not scared to try new things. They are still young at heart!! The weather was nice and there were not as many boats as I thought there would be. Joe is in the midst of grain harvest and that has been all consuming for him. We get to see him in the mornings for a few minutes and that's about it. Bailee did the MHS cheer clinic last week and had a great time. The big news in our house this week is that ELLA IS FINALLY POTTY TRAINED!!! HALLELUJAH!! That was a much more difficult task than I had anticipated. But we finally got it done. Otherwise we are trying to get a schedule now that school has started. We have both dance and piano to work into our schedule for bailee this year. It looks to be a busy year!! The shoes in the pic are bailees new "twinkle toes" she had to have them.

Here are some pics from the zoo that I stole from Tiff's blog!

Summer almost over

Well I have not been a very good blogger this summer. We have been busy but I'm not sure what we have been doing. I have worked too much I know that. I am anxious for school to start. It will be nice to have some structure back into our lives. Bailee is so excited for school to start so she can go to all day school. I can't believe I have a first grader. We went school shopping last weekend to SLC. We stayed with Rachel in alpine. We had great trip. We went to park city and hit the outlets. I think sometimes we think we are getting a better deal than we really are. Then on monday I met some friends from HS at the Zoo. Tiffany, Kelli, Natalie, and I and all of our kids hit the zoo then to lunch. What a great day! It was so fun to see you ladies and your cute kids. It felt like we were back in HS but with a bunch of noisy kids!! I also ran into another friend from HS at the mall. Jill has a beautiful baby girl and is living midwest area I think missouri? Her husband is just beginning his ENT residency. Anyway great weekend lots of fun and friends. School starts wednesday then I guess summer is really over. It went way too fast!!

new website

Well our office finally got our web site up and going. (Rexburgmedicalcenter.com) The future of medicine is online. We will eventually have it so if you are our patient you can log in and get your labs on the computer. Who would have ever thought. My picture is even on it! We also have some good links to reliable to helpful medical web sites. Anyway we went to rigby lake yesterday and had a ball. I got fried, but we had fun. My queen contest is this weekend. I will be so glad to have it done! It has been a lot more work than I thought it would be!!

Race Day!

Well I finished my first 5K in just under 30 minutes. I find it comical that when you think you are in good shape you get set straight when you run a race with a bunch of other people. I was feeling pretty good until I saw a 6 year old that was ahead of me for most of the race! Where do they get their energy. I ended up 7th in my age division out of 17 runners. My age division was 24-29. I was the old lady in my division. But it was fun and I felt a sense of accomplishment especially since I am not a runner. I did feel kind of dumb when the half marathon and full marathon runners started coming in. But I guess you have to start somewhere! Way to go to Clay Prince who ran the half and Dr. Packer who ran the full! I guess I better set my goals higher for the next one! Bailee is in St. George with my mom visiting my sister andrea. That is a good vacation for her to have a trip without her sister (and her mother). Joe has been home a lot because of the rain, and ella is as challenging as ever! But life would be boring without ella bossing me around and keeping me running in every direction!

Summer

No we did not fall of the face of the earth. For some reason my life is not slowing down at all! Well any day now summer will begin. The rain has been kind of nice. I have been getting ready for the dam marathon. I am running the 5K with some friends. Yesterday I ended up running 8 miles. That is more than 3 I realize. But for the first time in my life I actually felt good. I think all the stress in my life is adding up lately and running helps me clear my head. I was volunteered to be in charge of the Madison county Whoopee days rodeo queen contest. This has been a large undertaking. I still have no idea what I am doing. I hope it all comes together. So if you know anyone interested let me know! The girls are crazy! With school being out our schedule is blown. They are not going to bed until 10 or 11 and it is very hard to wake them up when I have to go to work! June is shaping up to be a busy month. I just wish there was more time to play! Soon I hope. I am frustrated lastely with the mom always being the mean one. My girls think the sun revolves around their dad. Anyone else feel this way? I feel like the wicked witch of my house. But someone has to make them go to bed, clean their room, and take a bath. The Dam Marathon is Saturday and I am looking forward to that!

We went to Utah to stay with rachel and ty this last weekend. We had a great time. We got to see their house for the first time. It is very cute. We went to the zoo, went shopping, and just enjoyed each others company. Kim and peyton went down with us. It is much easier to travel with another adult. The girls were better on the trip than they usually are. Maybe they are actually getting old enough to travel. The weather was okay, but not as warm as I would like it to be. I am ready for summer!! The monkey background for those of you that don't know ella very well if for her. She is obsessed with monkeys and when I was looking at new backgrounds she saw this. She loves it!!

Ella's BD

Bailee getting ready for her dance pictures that her mother forgot. Thanks auntie Kim for saving the day!! We love you!!

I can't believe my baby is 2! I am a little late with the post. Her bd was on the 13th. Ella came into this world on Friday the 13th and we like to joke that she is the way she is due to that. She came about 2 and a half weeks early. I had just finished my clinical hours for the semester but still had a paper and a final to take. Dr. Prince told me that I could have her now that my hours were done. Well ella must have listened to Dr. Prince that day because that very night I went into labor with her. She is a very strong willed and entertaining little girls. She brings much laughter and excitement to our lives. My life would be very boring without her. We love you Ella!!

PICTURES AT LAST!!

Okay so at long last here is a virtual tour of my house.

The girls thought it was spring, or at least ella did this weekend. She broke out her new suit!!

Ellas monkey room

Bailee is pretty in pink and green.

This is the entry way and dining room. I realize there is no table, we are waiting on the hand me down table from my mom and dad.

This is the family room, very empty walls. Except for that big TV joe had to have. Heaven forbid we go without a big screen TV for a few days.

Here is my bedroom, again still needs a lot of work.

Here is the master bath.

Here is the bathroom, with a wall that still needs to be painted, the toilet room, and of course my closet that is much bigger than Joes:

Here is the kitchen.

This is still the kitchen just a better view.

Here is the stair to the bonus room, the lockers, and the bannister.

Here is the bonus room. My favorite room in the house.The kids have a table, TV, 1/2 bathroom... what else could you need? Also it hides all the toys! That's why I love it.

Well that is it. The basement is unfinishsed for now. My treamill and all my unpacked boxes are down there.

I almost forgot my laundry room. It is the best room. IT is yellow and makes me very happy.