first and for most MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love this time a year and now that my kids are at the age they totally get santa it has been awesome getting ready for this morning. My kids obviously forgot santa came last night because here I sit (with a free minute might I add) and my kids are snoozing away. I have tried to be loud but it just hasn't worked. I cant wait for them to get up!!!!!!!

Secondly yes I know im a HORRIBLE blogger. I think about blogging all the time especially if Im out doing something fun with the kids or one of the boys did something hilarious. yet I just cant seem to find the time. This pregnancy I have been first trimester tired the whole time. Im a night owl normally but the last 5 months I have been in bed every night by 9ish which really hurts me getting MY stuff done after the boys go to bed. I hope you haven't all given up on me yet ;)

Thirdly we found out the middle of November we are having a GIRL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I didnt believe it and we tried to keep it a secret till it was confirmed at a later ultrasound that would have been more accurate. well it was Confirmed again on December 11th we are in deed having a little girl. I still look at the "girl" ultrasound pictures and dont believe it really is our daughter but Im definitely getting more and more excited and accepting our dreams are coming true!! :) her name is Judah Jewel! I know alot of you will read that and go say what? isnt Judah a boy name? and all I can say to that is Yes it is a boy name but when I was younger I fell in love with Judah Jewel for a girl and when Bill and I got married I told him if and when we ever have a daughter this will be her name LOL so he basically has had no choice. But I bet if you asked him now it has definitely grown on him and He couldn't picture our daughter with any other name. Im very excited to get started on her nursery right after today and all the holiday excitement goes away! :)

Fourthly my entire family (even bill got to come this time) loaded up in our cars thanksgiving day and headed out to CO, stopping in ST George the first night (sorry Lindsay I totally would have called if it wasn't a holiday and I knew your whole family was in town, oh and I didnt have your number LOL) then right on through to Denver the next day it was ALOT of driving and the Kids did AMAZING they were who I was totally worried about. anyways we made this crazy drive because FINALLY Lindsay was coming home from Iraq and we wanted to be there when her flight touched down on US soil. it was such an AWESOME time and Im so blessed to have been able to be there for it. I sure missed Lindsay and am just glad she is home safe and sound for now. We all stayed a few days and spent some time annoying Lindsay before we headed home this time going through the grand canyon. Lindsay just got home to CA this week for christmas but sadly has to go back to CO right after the first of the year. We are having a Open house party thing on Jan 2nd for anyone who is in the area and wants to come by... just email me for the info.
Well I seriously am getting more and more anxious I think its time to go wake my kids up?! I will HOPEFULLY be back sooner this time with updates and possibly with pictures from today?! lol I pray you all have a BLESSED christmas and a amazing 2010!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Gender Swaying

alot of you have asked what I ment by swaying for a girl so here is my attempt at explaining myself, with hope of not totally sounding freakish or dweeby ;)
let me start this post off by saying I believe there is more science to gender selection then most think. and if there was something I could do to maybe help the chances of getting a girl I wanted to see lol. I don't know if I believe they work still because I believe God ultimately has the say on who He blesses us with. but I figured it couldn't hurt anything right? ;)
I LOVE having my two sons, but I have always wanted a daughter I have wanted the pink clothes, big bows, big puffy dresses and just pretty stuff and the mother in daughter relationship. My mom has always told me she picked the sex of my last two sisters by following this book she had. so early this year I picked up the book read it a few times made bill read it and then started doing online research to see what else I could do to try to help our odds at conceiving a girl. there are ALOT of extreme things people do out there and I wasn't willing to spend thousands of dollars on something like this and I wasn't willing to play dr at home spinning sperm with egg whites, and no I'm not joking there are people who do this, which is fine for them just not for us. so finally in June we started on our plan of swaying, Bill and I both took some supplements cut some things out of our diets. I woke up daily at 6am to take my temp to help track ovulation. I was testing both bills and myself ph levels and once august rolled around we had everything down and were ready to start trying. I was surprised how much about my body I didn't know LOL following my cycle daily was interesting to say the least.
when trying to conceive a girl they say it could take months so we were shocked to find out we were pregnant right away. and a little scared maybe we didn't something wrong lol.
the basic idea behind getting a girl, is girl sperm are slower but heartier then the fast weaker boys, so timing of sex is a key, then you ph level also plays a part as there are optimal ranges for both types of sperm to live in or to kill the other off :)
I have NO idea if our sway worked yet. in sway standards we had a great sway and our odds are something like 80-90% girl, but with our luck were in that 10% boy range LOL there are days Im SURE were having a girl and the next day Im that sure were having a boy. so who knows!!!!
I really am ok with this baby being a boy or a girl, but the Fact is this is our last baby so if we see a penis on that ultrasound screen Im going to be super bummed at first!!!! Ill need a few days or weeks ;) to get over it and then fall deeply in love with the little guy. I wont be bummed its a boy as much as I will be bummed Ill never get the pink dresses and big bows and the mother daughter relationship. the disappointment of the girl dream being over will be what bums me out not the boy, I have two boys I know how to love boys I know how to deal with boys I know how to wipe a boys bottom I love having SONS so I know I will love having THREE sons... the thought of three boys scares me AAHHHHHH but the thought of a girl scares me too, the unknown I guess.... I know who is in my belly is EXACTLY who God picked out for our family and Im blessed to know that boy or girl its the perfect match for us!
our ultrasound date is set and a BIG FAT secret, bill and I are planning on keeping it a secret until its confirmed again later at another ultrasound. we arnt even telling anyone when we are going partly because if they tell me its a girl I wont believe them, ;) and if its a boy I wont be ready to hear from everyone I tell... Three boys wow, or Boys are great!! I know all this but Im sure I wont want to hear it at first lol.

Were back!!! :)

did you miss us?! I never ment for our absence to be quite this long, but I have reasons ;) LOTS has happened in the Voong household over the past few months. All great of course :)
Frist we moved!! :) at last!! we found a great house in Chino Hills that is perfect for us 4 bedrooms 3 baths with a back yard for the kids to run around and be boys. it has a big hill that the boys hike and go hunting for lizzards and bugs.. eww ;) we are so happy to finally be here really Good things come to those who wait.
We moved in the end of Aug. and that same week we found out I was pregnant with #3 we couldnt be more thrilled, and Yes this baby was planned! We are due the first part of May. We werent planning on telling anyone untill later on in the pregnancy, but my body had diffrent plans, it was almost INSTANT my belly pooped out and I couldnt hide that I was pregnant.

I tried wearing spanxs and even still I couldnt fit into my regular jeans. At Titus birthday party (sep 13th) we had all our family here and they all came up to me at diffrent times with comments like wow we didnt know you were pregnant I tried to play dumb but seriously there was no hidding it. So Bill annouced it before everyone left. the secret was out.

(this is my belly earlier this week at 9wks 1dy)
Im 10 weeks now, and so far this pregnacy I still havent thrown up. I wish for it daily because I just always feel this horrible feeling of needing to but nothing comes up. I feel 1000000X diffrent then I did with both of the boys pregnancy's. so far I have had NO hip pain which is a BIG one for me, I keep praying it will stay away, dr said its unlikely I wont have any problems but we will see in time....I wish I could rely on the fact this pregnancy has been so diffrent and believe its a girl but I have seen to many people say boy I feel so diffrent this time and it end up being the same sex as before. We would LOVE a little girl and even did some swaying for a girl, but ultimately we know whos in my belly is exactly who God has for us and we will be excited with either gender. Bradyn since before he knew I was pregnant has told me I had two babies in my belly, that he quickly named Peanut butter and Jelly (the boy) and Ice Cream (the girl) I was kind of freaked out my 3 year old knew I was pregnant before I did and was saying there was two. but we did go for our ultrasound a few weeks ago and there is one baby!

Bradyn still insist there is two and gets upset if we tell him otherwise. he always says but I want two babies and I prayed and asked God for two babies there is two babies!! LOL
both the boys are CRAZY about this baby already they both hug thier baby and tell s/he they love it ALLL day long they both like to talk to my belly and ask me at least 10x's a day if their baby is feeling ok or what their baby is doing right now. Bradyn has started to change his voice and respond as the baby when Ty talks to her its hilarious!!! I love my boys and am so excited they both are this excited about another addition to our family!!
Well thats it for now, Im actully feeling quiet well right now so I think its time to go play at the park for awhile!! :)

Were alive

We are still off enjoying our summer Vacation but a few quick updates

#1 we gave up on the hopes of buying a house, well not gave up just put in on hold. it is clearly not our time to buy. we have been trying since Febuary of this year put in TONS of offers and God has closed all the doors!! We are actully ok with it we found this amazing house in Chino Hills to rent, we move into on Septmeber 1st and are SUPER excited about it!!

#2 We have decided to do exactly what I have ALWAYS sworn I would never do, Co-op Preschool with Bradyn and his two closest buddies. yep that means he isnt going back to his traditional school but Im seriously pumped about how great this school year is going to be. and NOOOOOOOOOOOO I do not ever plan on homeschool in the future LOL

# 3 we got new family pictures taken I LOVE them so I wanted to share a few with you!!! :) they are done by Rochelle Ax with www.byfaithphotography.com (I know Im lame and dont know how to make that a link













Pray you are all having a BLESSED summer be back soon!

Bad Bad Blogger

I know I have been a Horrible Blogger, and to be honest I dont care!!! :) I have been so busy enjoying Summer with my beautiful Boys, that I dont have the time nor energy to keep this updated :) We are making great FUN memories in the California HEAT ;) so Please forgive my long break, we will be back to our regular lifes as soon as, As bradyn says "summer day" is over :) Im sure I will be back before then... but for now, for your enjoyment here are a few random pictures from the past month

Rocket Rylan Welsh

I have a BIG annoucment to make that is most likely OLD News to you all but...
I have a new ADORABLE nephew Rocket Rylan Welsh. He was born July 3 (just missing his big sister Londyns Birthday by 4 hours)

Happy Fathers Day Bill!!

so this post is to thank my amazing Husband for being such an amazing Daddy!!! Our boys are so lucky to have such a great, involved daddy! They love you so much and it shows just how great you are!!! :) I love to sit back and watch you play with our boys, the play I try to do but fall so short on. I just dont get the world of make believe cars ;)
Thank you for being who you are!! Thank you for providing for us! Thank you for loving us! and Thank you for wanting to spend time with us! but most of all today, Thank you for being such a AMAZING daddy!!! :)
We love you!!!
Bradyn, Titus and jess :)



Bradyn



Titus :)

Bradyns last day of school

Today was Bradyn boys last day of school :( he woke up SUPER hyper I dont know if he got he wasnt going back or not but time will tell. Im praying whatever house we end up in, it will be local so he can go back next fall. either way he Learned so much and GREW leaps and bounds this year. He made some new friends and even liked his first girl ;) Miss Riley who my whole family asked about daily. and his reply was always she is good she had a pretty ____ (insert color) bow in her hair today. for some reason he loved her bows :) I totally forgot to get a picture with her today :( but I will scan in his class picture and point her out later.. :)

On our way to school


Look at how much he has grown just since September (this was on his way to his first day of school)



In front of his Class room being just oh so cute!!




With Ms Linda



With Ms Kristen


This is Bradyns Buddy Christian with the teachers


Silly Faces

ok serious