so grateful....

i just got a laptop today thanks to my good friend jaynann. and man... can i say how thankful i am for it. i can kill so many hours in this dang hospital bed by surfing blogs, window shopping, and just having something else to do other than crochet, watch movies, and read.

i have to say though, i am so grateful for all my family and friends at this time. thank you to everyone for all your prayers and visits and treats and movies and everything. no one could get through hospital bed rest with out good support around them! so thank you.

just to update everyone. i am still in the hospital... just about 2 weeks here now. well.. let me tell you it's not very much fun. this friday i will be 32 weeks and they are saying most likely i can home on strict bed rest and on meds. yeah... i am trying to get to my my goal of 34 or 35 weeks. thinking about being here in the hospital for 3 or 4 more weeks makes me crazy. at home i think the time will go faster. i hope. for some mysterious reason my body doesn't like being pregnant past 29 weeks. so we are reaching for goals and taking it one day at time. jeff and i would really like to not go through the NICU rollercoaster again.

and i would like to say thank you to jeff's sis jenny (she has to be the prettiest, smartest, funniest and did i mention prettiest of the willardson sisters!) for flying here to pick bentley up and flying her back to arizona. jenny you really have been treating her royally. i love it! i am sure it is fun to have a little girl in the mix of 3 boys. just don't send her home with too many habits to break! like drinking from the milk carton and drinking the sick nasty gutter water...
keep taking good care of my bents. i miss her more than she will ever know!

thanks jen! keep up the great blogging!

"Princess B is brilliant."
She knows that Gilbert water tastes the same
wether it comes out of the tap or out of the gutter.
We are thinking of doing away with the royal sippy cup.

Lucky for Aunt Jenny that she found the puddle after church ended.

While Queen Di spends her days laying in bed (with her very own blankie) and eating bon bons Princess B is busy getting pretty for the day and eating a royal breakfast high upon the counter with her prince. I have since been told that being on top of counters is forbidden in the land Queen Di reigns over.

Princess B has found her Prince. She really enjoys sharing her bed with sir kasey. She finds that he will fight off all the monsters of the night and he only snores a little
(it's like her own human sound machine)

milk tastes best from the bottle

Princess B has learned that milk tastes the best straight out of the fridge
...no need to dirty a cup. Being around all these boys is rubbing off!

Things we have learned about Princess B!

After spending a few days with "Princess B" we have learned that she sure HATES BATHS!
She'll sleep a full 12 hours in a BIG GIRL bed.
She loves Lean Pocket Pizza Sticks.
Orange Tic Tacs will keep her quiet through church...but she swallows them WHOLE.
She'll actually sit through an entire sacrament meeting (sorry Jeff, No more excuses)
She treats all dogs like her dad does - notice the treatment in the above photo.
She loves to try on shoes...all shoe stores should be on notice because she will pull each pair out of the box.
She DOES NOT like getting KISSES from the stinky stott boys.
and finally, don't dare try and share her blanket, she'll turn a fierce color of purple.
I'm sure there will be many more enlighting experiences to come:)

Princess B's Saturday

For those friends and family of Jeff And Di who don't already know... Diana is on bed rest. So lucky little Bentley (who shall know be called...Princess B) is staying with her cousins in Arizona. {Jenny got ahold of dianas password and is now in control of what you are viewing.}
She'll be keeping Jeff and Di up on the days of Princess B while she is visiting sunny Az. As you can tell the days are sunny and filled with plenty to do. Most of Princess B's days are seen from the hip of her Aunt. Hopefully you'll all enjoy these little pics.

I know that Jeff loves dogs so much, that he might really appreciate this on your blog

Diana, We went a little crazy on the bows. She's such a good sport letting me play dress-up with her. I'll add more when I get some good photos. We love you...stay on your side and take care of yourself. Jenny

bentley in az

Naughty Naughty Girl

This little monkey climbs on EVERYTHING! Finally she figured out how to climb out of her crib. The first try was a big crash landing followed by some tears. We thought since she got a little hurt that she wouldn't attempt it again but oh no, she is determined. She kept trying every time my mom would stick her back in bed. So now she has to be caged. The crib tent is the best invention ever! She hated it the first day but now knows she lost this battle.


First off, I love when she gets into my uggs. She loves them and they drowned her. But what I don't love is that she has discovered that if she pulls all the slats out of the blinds she can watch people out front. She makes the biggest mess and it is not very fun putting them all back in. She does it pretty much every day.

I sure do love that little face!

Christmas Pics

Bentley's Christmas dress. She wouldn't hold still for a good pretty picture.

Jeff's sister Jenny sent Bentley and I matching pj's. I looked a little goofy in mine, but they were very cozy. Thanks Jenn.

I was happy that she liked her presents. I thought she wouldn't really care. She actually liked this box better than the doll inside.

All the kids in their pj's on Christmas Eve.

The set up. Thanks Jeff for making the Christmas Eve set up fun!

I don't remember why she was crying but I love this picture!

New Year.

We had a fabulous holiday this year. Spending time with family and friends made the season fun. Christmas Eve we of course had a big Bob's dinner at Tami's. Then we did our little family exchanges and pajama presents, then it off to bed so Santa (Jeff) could arrange all the presents and display them so perfectly. He made big name tags and all. We love how much he gets into the set up, it is a big deal to him. Most all of the Weeks clan slept over at the Morgan's. It is a little chaotic but so much fun. Christmas day of course Jeff and Dave took off to the slopes, while the rest of us rested. It was a fun Christmas for all of us.

New Years crept up fast. Jeff and I invited my my parents, Jo and Ryan and Matt over for New Year's Eve. We also had the delight to have Jeff's mom Sandy come into town for the New Year. She is so much fun to have. We just played and shopped.
For New Year's Eve we had huge king crap legs, and one of my dad's soups, and of course the typical cheeses and bread that all my dad's meals include. We really had the extravagant meal. It was great, I had been craving crab legs for so long. It was the perfect occasion. It was pretty low key, we just talked, played some games, and watched a weird movie. We all had a great time.

Happy New Year to everyone. May this year bring happiness and success to everyone. We are excited for a fresh new year. We will be adding another little girl to family, building some new buisnesses, and making fun memories.

For some reason I forgot I had a camera through the holidays and pretty much got no pictures of anything. I will post some of the ones my family got as soon as they send them to me.

Hang'n Out

Bentley LOVES to eat her snacks at her own little table. It is so fun watching the two cousins play together.

Mel and I kept asking Alex and Bentley to hug each other. They wouldn't do it very long so it was hard to get it on camera, but how cute is that!


As you can see my child would rather be monkey'n around than smile for the camera.

Story time with Auntie Mel.
This is Bent's buddy Hugh. Just hanging out!