Flammer 3

Well, here we are 12 1/2 weeks along. Because I had preclempsia with the other 2 and some family history, my OB sent me to see a specialist. So, unless there is some surprise in the blood work, everything looks good! Here is tiny "Flammer 3" at 12 1/2 weeks. Look at that cute profile! This little one wouldn't stop moving the whole time. I guess I'm in for it!! We're just so happy that everything looks good and the baby is growing and active!

Ahhhh, Jocelyn

One day, as we were eating lunch, Jocelyn showed me a cool trick. When I said, "Wow! Where did you learn how to do that?" She replied, "I know everything."

Here are some cute conversations with the girl who knows everything:

She is starting to tell jokes. Her first one:
Knock, knock.
Who's there?
Squash.
Squash, who?
Aren't you glad I didn't say tree?!
(You can tell she's heard the classic "orange you glad I didn't say banana" joke)

Me: I need some help finding my phone.
Joc: I have some help.
Me: You'll give me some help?
Joc: Yah, Kal.
Me: Kal will help me find it?
Joc: Yah. I will look at your phone for you when you find it.

Joc: Sometimes Jesus comes to Canton, Ohio.
Me: What does He do when He comes?
Joc: Well, sometimes He knocks on our door and we open it.
Me: What does He do when we open it?
Joc: He just comes in.
Me: What does He do when He comes in?
Joc: Well, He usually plays puzzles with me, and sometimes we play with toys then do puzzles upstairs . . .(trailing off)
Me: What else?
Joc: Play puzzles, read books, play puzzles upstairs, play with toys, and helps you, me, and Dad put my baby brother back to sleep.
(do you think she wanted to do puzzles?)

The last two are my favorites. She is a very sweet girl and very observant.

Just before we moved to Ohio, there was a full length mirror in our hallway. Jocelyn was all ready for church and she caught a glimpse of herself in the mirror and had to stop to admire her darling self. I said, "You are beautiful, Jocelyn." She had the best response ever. With a smile she replied, "I am a child of God."

When we read scriptures one evening, she asked what the words on the top of the page were. I told her it said First Nephi. Then I showed her Chapter 8 and verse 1. After we read our verses for the night, she told me she wanted to read to me. She took the Book of Mormon and flipped through the pages, then said, "I am going to read my favorite part. First Jesus Six One: And behold, the Lord was dead for three days and He was resurrected and no bad people came again."

I am sure we will come up with more for a later post. Jocelyn is constantly talking and saying the funniest stuff. I wish I just had a tape recorder on her!

Five Years!!

Here is where it all began. I had a crush on a cute boy in my 7th grade Spanish class.

His name was Brandon Mark Flammer.

For the next few years we had some classes together and were just acquaintances.
Then we met again our junior year of high school. We flirted a lot and became friends. One day I was trying to decide who to ask to the Halloween dance. In class that afternoon, Brandon told me I "brighten" his day. So, I asked him!

Here we are on November 1st, 1997
(This is actually our second date. He invited me to see "Dracula" on Halloween at Roger's Memorial Theater. My parents liked him from then on.)

Here we are the next year at Homecoming.

I quickly fell for Batman.

We were married on December 4, 2003 in the Bountiful Temple.
Everything was perfect. The weather was even good!

And we are still living our "Happily Ever After"

I am more in love with him every day.

Santa Clause is Coming . . .

We had a very fun Thanksgiving. The Carroll family in our ward invited us over. We ate yummy food and played games. It was a very nice, relaxing Thanksgiving. Brandon even got to try out the Batman Lego Wii game (which he LOVED). I got to play Clue Mysteries with the girls. Jocelyn had fun with Kami and Kal just had fun!

On Friday we drove up to Grand Blanc, MI, to visit our good friends, the Fransons. Jocelyn was so excited to see Adalin that she couldn't stop talking in the car. It was pretty funny!

Below are a few photos we took at Bronners (the World's largest Christmas store). The kiddos got to sit on Santa's lap. It was a really cool store.

Frosty Zoolander

Crazy the Snowman

And . . . the beautiful Adalin

Kal was curious about Santa, but not too impressed. He came, he saw, he got down. No tears or drama, just curiousity.

Jocelyn LOVES Santa. She gave him lots of hugs!

For FHE last night, we sang Christmas Carols and wrote letters to Santa. Here are their letters:
(if you are interested in reading them, you can click on them to make them larger)

(More photos of our trip later)

A conversation with Jocelyn

On Wednesday, I was driving home from playgroup when Jocelyn and I had this conversation:
J: Mom, your tummy is big.
M: What?
J: You are going to have a baby soon.
M: What makes you think that?
J: Jesus told me.
M: Well, He's right, but the baby won't come until this summer.

She really wants another brother, but she is sure this one is a sister. Either way, she is sure it is HER baby. She has some great insights, I will be sure to post some of our conversations later. I have them written down.

Deciding to have this baby was hard because it took some convincing. Brandon and I were ready to wait until Kal was 2 before we tried again. Then I got persistent promptings about the matter. After 2 weeks of these promptings, I approached Brandon about it. So we prayed, fasted, and felt right about it. So, here we are! This is the first time we got pregnant when we actually planned. We tried for a year for Jocelyn, got pregnant while we were deciding whether to try or not for Kal, but I know Heavenly Father has his hand in all of it and always sends them at the right time. I have definitely seen that with Jocelyn as the opportunities here in Canton are perfect for her age and abilities, and Kal just brings the comic relief and pleasant attitude we need right now. I know the timing with this one is right, even if we feel a little overwhelmed thinking about another child right now. The Lord knows what we are capable of and will prepare us. am sure that, once again, we will see that the timing was perfect and we will better understand His plan for us. He knows us all so well. We are so grateful to be parents!

So, here is Baby's first photo:

It was pretty amazing to actually see a heartbeat at 6 weeks. And, no, I am not showing yet (as far as I can tell, but maybe Jocelyn can see something I can't). Little One's due date is June 29, 2009, and we are so excited!

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The Hospi-WHAT??

Hey, Jocelyn, where does Dad work?

It looks like Dad agrees.

(Yes, he is really asleep in this picture with 2 kids mauling him. He is that exhausted when he gets home! I can't wait for him to be done with his surgery rotation!)

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We had a Happy Halloween!

Jocelyn helped me get the party all ready. We started off with chicken fingers, children's bones, eyeballs, and ghost juice.

Then we carved the jack-o-lantern.

The finished product:

Then we read a Halloween book (Kal was already wiped, so he was off to bed right after the book)
We finished off the night with "Dora's Halloween Adventure" and popcorn.
We had a happy Halloween!

Trunk or Treat!!

Our ward had a fun Trunk or Treat on the 29th. We had a great time!

Sylar and Batman

The Good Witches

Jocelyn "bowling" a pumpkin into squash pins

"What should I get into next?"

Our Spooky Rat-infested Trunk

The Parade

Kal's Award--he was quite proud.
(Jocelyn won "Prettiest Costume" but was very mad about getting any kind of paper award--where's the candy??)

The "Incredible" Frye Family was in charge of the activities. (She made these costumes!)

Here is Sister Watkins, Bishop Watkins (Bugga's childhood friend), Jocelyn, and Addie

Ghosts of Halloweens Past

For your enjoyment and pleasure, we present: The Ghosts of Halloweens Past

Jocelyn, Halloween 2005

Kal, Halloween 2007

Halloween 2005:

Jocelyn and Grandma Campbell

Sweet Pea

Jocelyn and "Uncle" Kristen (this is a clever disguise--don't let it fool you ;)

Jocelyn and Cohen

Kirksville 2006:

The Greasy Cricket (we won first prize at the school trunk or treat)

Halloween 2007

Painting gourds with Grannie Tannie and Bugga Mark

These are Kal's "Texas Teeth" (He got his teeth from Grandpa Bruce ;)--good find, Grandma!)

Here are the kiddos with Grandpa Bruce and Grandma Mary (good thing it's not Halloween yet; Grandpa has a habit of turning into Dracula)

"Sweet" pea nothin'!
(What finger is that?)

Trick or Treat!!

Jocelyn and Adalin

The Trick or Treat Gang

So precious.
(When Kal saw this picture, he said, "Ohhhhhhhh" in such a sweet little voice)

The last photos are in honor of Grannie Tannie and her haunted houses in "Halloween Town" (aka Kirksville)