Catch up

Several things have happened over the last several months and I have been a slacker at posting, so here ya go. Lucy Jane Scanlan was born on Feb 7, 2009. She is the cutest little girl. She was in the NICU for about 10 days and then I had a cold so it was awhile before I could see her.

Addie holding Lucy. She loves babies. Kami is due at the beginning of May and she will be a great big sister to her 3 little sister, lots of girls in their family!

In March we went to Luke Days. We went with Zack and Kami and we had no idea that we would have to wait almost an hour and a half to get in. The line was sooooo long it was ridiculous and it was hot outside. Zack's kids were amazing. They did so good. The airshow was good and my favorite part was the F-22's, really cool. I didnt get any pictures of the planes or of Zac and I...it was too hot!!

Addie stricking a pose!

Here is Bailey wiping her mouth with a napkin.

Ellie loves the camera and smiles everytime you point one at her. That week I got the flu and that was killer. At first I thought it was pregnancy sickness but after throwing up like 5 times in 6 hours, turns out it was the flu. I had 3 days off in a row and I am sooo glad cuz otherwise I would have had to call in sick those 3 days. Im so glad the flu is over. Pregnancy and flu = no fun.

" border=0> Zac's older brother got married the last week of March.We drove to California for the wedding. It was a quick trip but Im glad we were able to go.

Lauren and Jeremy got married in her aunt's backyard and her dad is a bishop so he married them. It was a really nice wedding ceremony, her dad said great things and he did a great job!

Zac and I thought it would be funny to stick out our big belly's. Im already showing, more than I thought I would be. I was thinking there may be 2 in there but there is only one. Its cool to see our family grow. My sister in law Kami is due in May. Jeremy and Lauren are due in July, we were hoping to have the 1st Hoover grandbabybut Jeremy beat us to it by 2 months, so we will be having the 2nd Hoover grandbaby 2 months after they do. I find out what I am having this Thursday!!! Time flies, in 2 weeks I'll be 1/2 way through my pregnancy. I havent thrown up in a little over a week...wahoo!!!

Fetus Fund

This is mine and Zac's piggy bank...aka fetus fund...why do we call it the fetus fund??? Well a little over 3 months ago I took 4 of these...

We thought it was too good to be true so I took 4 of these lovely things and they all said the same thing...POSITIVE...VERY EXCITING!!!!

And this is our little one. I am officially 14 weeks. We went to the doctor at 9 weeks and got this picture of our little peanut aka Baby Eureka or Baby Bissell as some have said...lol!! We got to hear the baby's heart beat last week and that was really cool. It sounded like a galluping horse:) This is one of the main reasons I was sooo sad that I lost my job. Im due Sept 14th, (which is also Zac's bday) and if I still had my job I would have had 12 weeks paid maternity leave and in addition I would have been paid my same salary with the short term disability I had, oh well. We now save every piece of change and put it into the fetus fund! Ive been able to work more hours at the hospital which is good. Loosing my job has been really frustrating but we also feel extremely blessed to be able to have this baby and for me to be able to work more hours at the hospital. We dont have extra money to save like before but we will work it out!! We cant wait until Sept...and I cant wait until I stop throwing up!!

Life happens

Its been forever since I have posted...I just havent been feeling like it but now I have lots of time to post...why do I have lots of time you may ask....I got laid off :( :(.
I got my Masters in May and was totally unhappy with my job and wanted out. 2 months later I transfered departments and found my dream job. For the past 7 months I have loved my job, loved my schedule, loved the staff, everything. I was so happy that I switched departments. Well we got an email on Friday the 13th letting us know that due to the lovely state budget our program had lost 75% of its funding as of March 1st. I was with the agency for 7 years so I was hoping that I would be saved...but I wasnt. They counted my time with the program.....7 months...and did not count my time with the agency. The thing I am most sick about is I lost all my sick time which was 350 hours. I was soooo sad and still am. So today was my first day of officially not having a job. We are officially poor so we cut the cable etc. I attempted to watch some TV today, with all my many choices of TV channels (ya right), and there was nothing but crap on!! I guess that is a good thing because I actually did the dishes and some laundry and went out to lunch with my parents. We shall see how this jobless things goes...fun times!!

Day at the park

My sister Rachel and her 3 kids are in town from Oregon!! I took a day off of work so I could go to the park with them, the triplets and Buddy's kids. My camera battery went dead and I was sooo sad :(:( I didnt get as many pictures as I wanted. Im bummed I didnt get any of the twins. We went to the best park I've been to. Its on McQueen & Germane (sp). The park was huge and had tons of stuff for the kids. Well worth the extra drive time. We had tons of fun!!!!!!

Holidays

I havent posted in forever so I thought I should post about the holidays...better late than never! Last year I was sooo crazy busy but I did get the Christmas tree up and decorated. This year...hmmm....I put the tree up and put one ornament on the tree. I've realized you accomplish so much more when life is busy and I owe this naked tree to just not feeling like doing much of anything since graduation. I know its sad and my new year resolution is to not enjoy the couch as much as I have been :)

We spend Christmas Eve with my family and Christmas day with Zac's and it works out really well. All the nieces and newphews get to open thier presents and it is so much fun to watch them. They also do the nativity scene....although this year it didnt work out so well. I didnt manage to get one picture of all of them :)

Here is Zac and I watching the kids do the nativity scene.

Bailey pulling on her pig tails

Addie showing off one of her gifts

Gavin was sooo excited to get this gift from Grandma. Grandma tried to take a picture of him and the gift but he only wanted a picture of the gift because it was sooo cool. I managed to get a picture of both. The next morning Zac and I woke up early had our Christmas then went off to the annual Hoover Breakfast.

Every year we have a family challenge at the Hoover house. Its a lot of fun. Each year is a different challenge. Zac and Ifound these guns that had planes that you can shoot off the end several months ago and we knew we had to get them for the challenge...and they were 88 cents each so you cant beat that either.

It was windy outside but we managed to make the planes fly. The Hoovers love a competition and I think this year Jeremy won! We will see who wins next year. Here I am showing off my skills....lol. I was the worst of them all!!

Boys will be boys. As you can see the boys loved shooting these planes and had lots of fun. You can only imagine what they did with those guns. I took pictures but decided not to post due to the content...but they were hilarious!

Hope everyone had a great holiday and thanks to everyone who sent us Christmas cards. They were all so cute and greatly appreciated! Once we have kids we too will send them out but for now just know that we love you all!!

31 & 3

31 & 3- I turned 31 last month and Addie turned 3. Time flies. I can't believe I am 31!!! Ten years ago if you asked me what I would be doing at 31 I would have told you that I would have been married for several years and staying at home taking care of my children. Well as you know life didnt turn out for me that way and Im ok with that. My amazing husband was sooo worth the wait I was able to finish my batchelor's and Masters degree. I bought my own home when I was 25 and have had the opportunity to travel. Ive been very blessed. Heres some pics of the bday celebrations!


Addie had an Ariel cake that Kami made and Zack (my bro not hubby)decorated it...He did a great job!

She loves Ariel!

Me and my hubby on my bday :)

As promised before...pics of the triplets. They will be 7 in February!!! Isa doesnt like to smile so this is the facial expression she gives ya.

Gavin striking a pose!

Gabriel smiling andmissing a few teeth..too cute

Tagged

My sis in law Emily tagged me so I thought I would fill it out. Im not much of a blogger these days so I dont get tagged that often..Here ya go. I have pics etc to post and hopefully will this weekend!

FAVORITE SHOWS:
1. Intervention
2. The Hills
3. The Office

Favorite Restaurants:
1. Texas Roadhouse
2. Carolina's
3. Paradise Bakery

Least Favorite Restaurant:
1. Chevy's
2. Red Lobster
3. Applebee's

Things that happened Yesterday:
1. I took Quinn to the store and got to hang out with him
2. Went to work early
3. Ate cereal for dinner

Things I'm Looking Forward to:
1. Zac being done with school
2. Thanksgiving
3. Seeing my sister Rachel & her kids in January

Things I am NOT Looking Forward to:
1. Working the next 2 Saturdays
2. Laundry
3. Dishes

Things I Love about Fall:
1. Um we dont have Fall here

Wish List:
1. To be a mother
2. To buy a new house
3. To take away the worries of my family members

Things I do NOT wish for:
1. The economy to get worse
2. To lose my job
3. To be crazy busy again