Adorable!

I couldn't resist a post with these amazing pics of my kids taken by Caralee Case! Please go check out her blog! She did such a wonderful job!

www.caraleephotography.blogspot.com

Lazy!

I'm sorry, but I just can't seem to keep up on the blog. Unfortunately I'm a facebook nerd. Come be my friend and you can see pics of my dear family. So long for now.

Pics now...captions later

Introducing....

Parker Lee Cagle! Arrived 8/23/2009 6 lbs 7 oz 19 inches long. I can't believe the timing this little guy had! My brother Jared got married Saturday 8/22/09. I was on bed rest but snuck myself to the temple for the ceremony. I contracted through the sealing but it wasn't anything big. I went home drank lots of water and took a nap and the contractions stopped. I went to the reception and sat the whole time and felt pretty good. I was so sick of telling everybody when I was due and what's going on. Everybody was like, "Wouldn't it be nice if he came tommorrow?" I honestly thought that was a long shot. Well, at 2:15 a.m. Sunday morning my water broke! I was literally laughing because I couldn't believe the timing! So we called my poor exhausted mother and she willingly came over and slept on the couch so that we could leave Macy in bed. We got to the hospital at about 3:00 a.m. and just waited for things to progress. I was already 90% effaced and 3 cm the week before, so that was really nice. I didn't have much work to do. I actually had to experience real contractions this time though. With Macy I was induced, and got the epidural before I felt anything too uncomfortable. The epidural this time came a lot later because they called the wrong anesthesiologist. He seemed kind of grumpy when he got there which was strange because he's the same guy I had last time and he was way cool. Anyways, the epidural made me numb up to my neck and I still felt every single contraction. The edge was taken away, but I felt them all! And it lowered my blood pressure so much that I got sick and was throwing up the whole time. I was also Group B positive so they had to hurry some penecillin into me through an IV which burned so bad!!!!! That made me throw up just from the pain, but at least it took my mind off of the contractions!?!?! Anyways, I started pushing at 9:40ish and had Parker at exactly 10:00 a.m. Sunday morning! We're so blessed that everything worked out so well! He's so healthy and perfect and beautiful! Macy is doing really well with him too. We'll see how she does starting tommorrow with no Grandma's around. She got pretty darn spoiled this week! Anyways, I'm glad it's all done and I'm glad we are all healthy! Thanks for all your prayers! They were heard and things couldn't have been better.

NEW BABY!!!

Muhahahahahahaha! (Evil laugh!) You totally thought you were going to see new baby Cagle didn't you? Nope, he's still hangin' out in my belly for now! The goat that has been living at our house just gave birth to the cutest little baby girl! She's so soft and sweet! Macy hasn't met her yet, but I'm sure she'll go nuts! It's so much fun living in the country and having horses and goats live at our house! They keep all of our weeds mowed down in the pasture which is very nice!

And as for an update on our baby boy....

I'm now on bedrest because my blood pressure won't stay down when I get up and do anything. At the doc on Wednesday BP was 160/122!!! Ahhhh! That freaked me out, cuz it's never gotten over 95 even when I had Macy. So I got to spend a couple hours at the hospital to be monitored and have blood tests for pre-eclampsia. Blood test came back fine, and BP stabilized after laying down, so we got to come home. I'm 37 weeks now which is two weeks past when we had Macy! And this baby had steroids a month ago, so we're excited to have maybe a chubbier baby this time! Now we're just trying to get through the weekend because my brother Jared is getting married in the morning. I'm sneaking off of bedrest to go to the sealing in the morning! Shhhh! Don't tell! Anyways.... I will post more later, Macy just woke up. Bummer!

EMERGENCY!!! PLEASE HELP!!!

ALBERT KAY NELSON IS MISSING! ALBERT IS MY DAD'S COUSIN. HE HAS DOWN'S SYNDROME AND IS IN HIS 50'S. HE HAS BEEN MISSING FROM ST. ANTHONY SINCE 8/12/2009 AND THE POLICE HAVE CALLED OFF THE SEARCH FOR SOME REASON! PLEASE WATCH FOR THIS MAN AND CONTACT AUTHORITIES OR THE WAYNE CLARK FAMILY ASAP! THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP! PLEASE KEEP HIM IN YOUR PRAYERS!

Success!

I went to the clothing exchange this morning and had great success! I took about 2 1/2 boxes worth of Macy's old clothes and brought home tons of great baby boy clothes, shoes, and accessories. Some things are still in their package or still have tags! I also took a box of diapers which sold as soon as I said they were for sale! Easy 20 bucks! And I got some great designer baby boy crib sheets for $10. I'm so excited and feel so much more prepared for this baby now! And it was great motivation for me to go through ALL my baby boxes and sort out what could be used for the new baby, donated, exchanged, sold etc. Now I just have to clean out, trim out, paint, and re-do the floor in our spare bedroom. I'm thinking baby blue, brown, and orange. Could be fun. Oh, and if anybody wants to get rid of a dresser, that's the only furniture I need.

I talked to Jorelle this morning at the exchange and I'm excited to get to work with her on an exchange set for sometime in August in Idaho Falls. So start going through your stuff now and be prepared for a GREAT event! There will also be a consignment area for things you want to sell. Please start spreading the word and please feel free to ask questions or make suggestions!

Pictures and updates to come....

So, I can't find any of my 3 USB cords to upload ALL of my pictures from the last 3 months! But I HAD to post this great event that will take place this weekend. Please come and take advantage of a great opportunity!

Clothing Exchange & SwapMay 15-16, 20093928 E. 100 N. Rigby, ID 83442Call 206-725-7453 For more infoWe are having a children’s clothing swap! Bring your nice, gently used, children’s items, free of tears, stains, holes to swap for clothing that you need! Anyone can come you just need to bring clothes to swap with. You will get to take home as much as you bring! You can also bring any items you would like to sell. We will have a consignment section! Tell everyone you know! Directions from Hwy. 20: Take the County Line Rd. Exit #318, turn right onto County Line Rd. if you are coming from the south and left if you are coming from the North. Head 1 mile east on County line Road and take a left at 3900E. Go 1 mile then turn right onto 100 N. end at 3928 E.

It's finally official!!!

Payte, Macy and I are finally officially announcing baby #2!!! Due September 13th, 2009. I finally got in to the doctor today and got a due date and first ultra sound. Baby is healthy and we find out what we're having in 7 weeks! Macy doesn't understand what's happening yet, but I'm sure she'll catch on soon. They will be 2 1/2 years apart, which will be perfect I hope. We weren't exactly planning on them being that close, but we'll count this as a very special blessing as it took us so long to get Macy! The doctor has given helpful tips on trying to prevent the pre-eclampsia this time, but the risk is at about 25% this time rather than 5-10% last time. So hopefully things go well and we can welcome another healthy baby into the Cagle home.

Crazy 8's

I've been tagged by Jess. Here are some of my favorite things.

My 8 Favorite Restaurants:

1-Bajio's

2-Applebee's

3-Jonny Carino's

4-Craigo's

5-Red Lobster

6-Perkin's

7-Anything Mexican

8-Elephant Bar

My 8 Favorite T.V. shows:

1-So You Think You Can Dance

2-The Hills

3-The City

4-Grey's Anatomy

5-Private Practice

6-Rachel Ray

7-The View

8-Ellen Degeneras

8 Things I did yesterday:

1-Showered

2-Cleaned the kitchen

3-laundry

4-Played with Macy

5-Watched Sesame Street

6-Made a yummy dinner

7-Went and saw my parents

8-Played online

8 Things I'm Looking Forward to:

1-Motorcycle races this summer

2-Jared coming home

3-Tyson calling on Mother's Day

4-Pictures from Tyson

5-Valentine's Day

6-4th of July

7-Macy's birthday

8-Payte's parents moving to Idaho

8 Wishes

1-I wish I had a maid

2-I wish I had a personal trainer

3-I wish I could meet Rachel Ray

4-I wish I could be like Rachel Ray

5-I wish I wasn't so anxious about everything

6-I wish I could travel more

7-I wish money wasn't an issue

8-I wish I had a bigger house with a grand piano and dance studio

I tag: Brook, Ally, Mom, and Jenny!

I love you Betty Crocker!

As sort of a New Year's resolution, I am trying to be better about keeping a budget. I have definately found that food costs our family way too much money each month, so I am trying to find affordable, yet tasty meals. Luckily I ran in to bettycrocker.com. They had 5 meals all planned out that cost less than $50. Many of the items are already in my pantry, so it ends of being even less. The recipes look simple and yummy so I am excited to try them out next week. It even has a grocery list completely organized and ready for you to use. I printed the recipes and the grocer list out and put them on my fridge. My husbad took a look at them and got pretty excited, so that might be a nice way to get him home in time for a warm dinner! I will let you know how it goes! Here are some pictures of a few of the yummy looking meals.

New Recipe

I absolutely love finding new recipes to try. I guess you could call my looking for recipes a hobby. The internet is the best place to find great new things and it's free! My favorite site is kraftfoods.com, and I tried a new chicken recipe that the whole family absolutely loved! It's also fairly healthy. Only 340 calories per serving. So here it is:

What You Need:

2 tsp. oil
3 cups sliced fresh mushrooms
1 medium onion, chopped
1 can (15 oz.) stewed tomatoes, undrained (I used italian style)
1/4 cup KRAFT Zesty Italian Dressing (I used fat free, and it still tasted great)
3 Tbsp. tomato paste (if you can, buy this in a tube and keep it in the fridge)
4 small boneless skinless chicken breast halves (1 lb.)
1 cup KRAFT Low-Moisture Part-Skim Mozzarella Cheese
2 slices OSCAR MAYER Fully Cooked Bacon, crumbled

Make It:

HEAT oil in large nonstick skillet on medium-high heat. Add mushrooms and onions; cook 5 min., stirring occasionally. Stir in tomatoes, dressing and tomato paste.
ADD chicken; cover. Reduce heat to medium-low. Simmer 12 min. or until chicken is cooked through.

(at this point I (Sherie) transferred the meal to a baking dish and then added the cheese and bacon. I baked at 475 for about 10 minutes or until it's bubbly and brown) or you can do the following:

SPRINKLE with cheese and bacon; simmer, uncovered, 5 min. or until cheese is melted.

First time Playdough!

Last week I found out the company I work for was laying off a few people and elimating many jobs. My job was one that got cut. I was only working from home 1 to 2 hrs a day though, so that wasn't a big deal to me. They did offer me another position, but I would basically be working full time, and that just wasn't an option for our family right now. So now I have a little extra time in the day, especially while Macy is napping. The other day I decided to try making some playdough. It was so easy and turned out great. Macy loves it and it keeps her busy for a while. All it took was equal parts of salt, flour, and water. I added food coloring for fun. So here are a few pictures of Macy's playdough time. The one picture looks like she's eating it, but she figured out quickly that it does not taste very good!

Simple Pleasures

I enjoy watching Macy getting so much pleasure out of the most simple things in life! Right now she especially loves playing in the snow. Payte had the day off on Monday so we decided to go sledding in our back yard. Our porch is over our daylight basement, so the stairs are quite tall. They were already mostly covered with snow, so Payte just leveled them out and made a great big sledding hill for Macy. Macy would lay clear down in the sled and we would send her off all by herself! We got such a kick out of watching her! Once she stopped clear across the yard, she would yell, "Again!!!" So I would take her up the hill and pass her off to Payte over and over again. When Payte and I got too tired to play that game, we just plopped down in the snow for a few minutes and watched Macy play. We built her a chair and a very small and sad snow man. We had so much fun that day! We also had a great Christmas, but me being the bad mom I am forgot to bring my camera to my parent's house. So they have all the pics. I'll post them one of these days I guess! But for now, enjoy the Macy snow pics!

Cagle Christmas

The Christmas season has been so much fun this year thanks to little Macy! She is so excited about everything! She quickly learned who Santa is, and really enjoys watching him from a distance. The sitting on the lap thing doesn't go so well though. We have tried it twice and decided that was enough torture for the poor thing. We did get a picture of the second time though. It isn't a happy one!!! I'll have to scan it in later. She LOVES the snow that we have recently received and wants to go play in it all day everyday, but as soon as I tell her how cold it is, she decides to stay inside. Our Christmas tree is on a table this year in order to stay safe from the toddler and the puppy. I can't put any presents out because they would immediately be unwrapped! My nativity scene gets rearranged about 10 times a day and I often find myself looking for baby Jesus, just hoping he isn't in Abby or Macy's mouth! Macy also enjoys snowmen or "nomenenen." She is finally tall enough to see out the car window and enjoys looking at all the Christmas lights! or dights as she says. As for the Cagles there aren't any lights due to Payte's scrooge attitude towards all Christmas decor. I don't blame him on the lights though! (not a fun job!) And I know he isn't the only man who despises all the Christmas "clutter."

We are also happy with our freshly painted red Kitchen! It has brought a lot more warmth to that area, so we spend a little more time in there. (which isn't a good thing! we don't need ANY more food!)

We are all missing uncle "Ty" and uncle "Jew Jew" (Jared). We get to talk to Jared on the phone on Christmas eve, but since Tyson is in the CTM (brazil MTC) we won't be hearing from him this year. Jared comes home on February 24th! My parents have received the flight plans and everything, so that is very exciting! Jared is not wanting to come home though. He is so in love with Taiiwan, the people, and the work! He has been such a great missionary and touched many lives. Tyson is doing great as well. In the Brazil MTC they are able to go out and practice the language and hand out Books of Mormon. That has helped him a lot I think. He says he had stopped a young man on the street the other day, and as soon as Tyson started to bear his testimony the man started listening very intently. The spirit is so strong with those missionaries! I am so proud of my two brothers and the service they are doing right now. We sure do miss them, but wouldn't want them anywhere else at this time in their lives.

I hope everyone is having a wonderful Christmas season! We surely feel blessed in these troubled times to have a home, health, faith, and family. Our knowledge of Christ is what gets us though the hard days, and I pray we can all celebrate His life not just this time of the year, but every day. Merry Christmas!

How could I forget my Angel?

I can't believe I almost forgot to post my cute Halloween pictures! Macy dressed up as an Angel for Halloween this year. The costume was made by my mother-in-law and has been passed down from 3 different cousins. It fits her perfectly! The first party we went to was for the ward on Tuesday night. She acted the opposite of an angel though! She wasn't too happy that night because she only wanted to play with the ducks in the pond! The primary had a tub of water with tons of ducks in it. All the kids Macy's age wanted to play in the water! So I would take Macy clear to the other side of the building and she would find her way right back to the ducks! Oh well! On Halloween evening Payte and I took Macy to my parent's neighborhood to just a few of the homes that I knew. She actually acted like an angel that night, which was very nice! After people gave her candy she would say, "Thank you! Bye-bye!" and then blow a great big kiss! What a doll! She had to wear a different halo that night though, because Abby got a hold of the original and chewed it up! Luckily my mom happened to have an extra on hand! So here are the pics of my angel plus some other fun ones.

New member of the Family

We have added another member to our family. We got a little Dachsund puppy names Abby. She is adorable, and snuggle, and sweet, but a PUPPY! I can't believe how much work puppies are, especially when you have a toddler too. Macy and Abby are two little trouble makers. We have had Abby for about a month now, and it is definately getting better. We are crate training her which is nice. She sleeps in her crate at night and we put her in it when we leave, so we don't worry about her going potty in it because they won't pee in their own bed. She of course likes to chew on everything, but hasn't ruine anything important yet. Macy lets her know when she shouldn't be doing something. If Abby takes Macy's blanket, Macy says, "No! Abby! Go!" Macy does like the water dish though. She puts her feet in it and tries to bring it to Abby, but ends up spilling the water everywhere. My patience has been tested, but I think I've become a better person for it. So good news of the week: Macy has finally started falling asleep by herself in her crib, which is so nice! Before, we would have to hold her until she fell asleep, but now we just turn a CD on in her room and she puts herself to sleep! I think Daylight Savings time helped out too. She goes to bed earlier now that it's darker sooner.

Other news: My baby brother Tyson left for Brazil on Tuesday morning. He will serve a mission for the LDS church for two years in the Brazil, Florianopolis mission. My other brother Jared is in Taiiwan right now and gets back February 24th. So my parents are officially empty nesters now. They're handling it pretty well though. Macy is able to keep them pretty happy. They go crazy over that girl! I'm glad she is loves so much. She will miss her uncle "Ty." She never got to meet Jared since she was born just 10 days after he left. They will have plenty of time to get to know eachother though. Well, I think I've gone on enough for today, so here are some pictures for your enjoyment!

No way to catch up!

It's been way too long since i've posted and there is just no way I can post all the pictures and tell all the stories that should be told. I haven't been slacking on journaling my life though because I found the wonderful website: LDSJOURNAL.COM! You must try it out! It lets you keep a personal daily journal online and is completely private. It also asks important and thought provoking questions that help keep an accurate and interesting history of your life. Another great thing about it, is that they send you e-mail reminders about once a week to tell you to write. Fun Stuff!

Anyways, I guess the biggest story of my life is my sweet daughter Macy. She will be 18 months old this month and is just full of entertainment! I'll just have to go through my pictures and tell the stories that go with them.

This summer we discovered the Rexburg Splash Park! It was so nice for those really hot days in the summer, and I had so much fun watching Macy and all the other kids out there. The first time we went Macy met a cute little boy and played with him most of the time.

Macy continues to love dressing up and is obsessed with shoes. I think mostly because she knows shoes mean "go."

Macy is quite the talker too. I'll have to post some of the cute words she says later because the list is getting pretty long. But one of my favorites is when she says "happy!" I think "baby" is thrown in this video too. She thinks any little person is a baby.

For Labor Day weekend we decided to take Macy camping for the first time. She thought she was in heaven because she got to be outside all day long! She played in the dirt, rode the 4-wheeler and had a great time! The first night (well, the only night) we woke up to Macy screaming! We couldn't figure out what was wrong until I noticed she was touching her neck. There had been tons of hornets around and one had gotten in the tent and bit her. So we got her calmed down but I didn't sleep well because I was worried about her getting bitten again. The next day we went for a ride on the 4-wheeler to find huckelberries and she fell asleep on the way there. When we got back we were eating snacks and playing when a hornet bit her right on her bottom lip! It instantly started to swell and she broke into a rash. We gave her some benadryl and that took the rash away, but the swelling didn't go away for a while. I felt bad at the time, but we got some great pictures out of it! Poor thing! Just don't mind the boogers and dirt all over her face!

Before hornet bite......

AND AFTER!