We are alive!

This poor blog, I have completely ignored it. Part of the problem is that I am not able to post pictures right now on my computer. I think because I am such a visual person I feel like I need to have something to post to make up for my lack of writing ability (see what I mean).

It really is time for a new computer now, but first things first, we had to get a new recliner for Bryan for his birthday...why...well because we have been talking about it for about 2 years and never seem to just do it. Plus if we bought it now he would have about 3-4 wks to enjoy it before the baby is born and than I take over....kidding.

Speaking of baby, we only have about 3wks left until this little one is here...man it has started to go fast. I'm not sure if I'm ready to start over and care for another little newborn, but I am excited to meet this new little Collins. We have picked out the names, bought diapers, washed clothes, and set up the bassinet, so we are ready right???

~~So I was finally able to upload some pictures onto the computer so I'm going to highlight our month of Feb.

This picture is for you Ang, I finally made a shade for our backdoor...no more sun beating us down in the afternoon. Thanks for the shower curtain!

This picture is proof that I am officially 9 months pregnant for the last time, and really I think my muscles are a little stretched out and tired...can you tell? Things are coming along fine, just the normal aches and slowness that come from being 9 months pregnant. I had to recently switch Dr.s because my original decided to move...how could she? My new Dr. does not agree with some of the things my other Dr. said, so now we are revaluating where the placenta is, and whether or not it would be safe to have a vaginal delivery. I'm not too thrilled about this, I was perfectly content with the others Drs. decision. Because I still have anitphospholipid antibodies floating around in my body (these are what cause clotting). I have to start going for non-stress tests twice a week. This new Dr. also says that I should continue blood thinners until 6 wks after the baby is born, this is different that the other Dr. as-well. So here I am in the end, confused, and hoping the little one will just come with no complications, so we can put an end to all this confusion.

We also celebrated Bryan's birthday last week. Isn't this a cute picture...everyone wants to be pictured blowing as hard as they can...and yes he did make a wish!

For some people, at the end of a pregnancy they start to nest, well I'm way past that now, mostly because my body doesn't enjoy chores at this point. But for me right now I feel like it's a time to go and do some things that we may not be able to do so easily when a new baby arrives. So we took a trip to the snow this past Saturday. It was a lot of fun, after we drove for almost 3 hrs to find a location, I will spare those details. The snow was deep and the kids fell A LOT! But they all loved it, even Cambree who is not always ok with outside elements, being cold, falling down, etc. Eventually the kids ditched all the sleds and just started sliding down the hills on their bellies and bottoms. Brody thought it was great to throw the snow and even falling down didn't seem to bother him much. I fell a couple of times, and that didn't feel so good, so most of the time I just stood there and Bryan had to do all the work of getting kids up and down the hill.





At the beginning of the month we took a trip to the Sacramento Zoo with my sister Stacey and my nieces. This was probably Brody's first time at the zoo and he was amazed by the animals of course. For Cambree it has been awhile since she went and she wasn't in the best of moods. I couldn't figure out what was wrong, until finally half way through the zoo, she told me she was afraid the animals were going to get her. I should have figured this out, because the day before we were at the pet store and she was acting the same way. Afterwards we had a nice picnic in the park and than headed back to Yuba City to hang out, and the girls wanted to show off the new hamsters they got for valentines day.



Here are the girls with their new hamsters, Sage and Sugar.