Change of the blog address… AGAIN!

So after trying wordpress for three months, I decided that I like “blogger” way better. I don’t know why everyone says wordpress is just so much better – I think it’s because wordpress is easy to put on a real website – I have been playing around with html and css, and redesigned our blog at

http://buntons.blogspot.com

I just got my old blog address back.

Now, our blog is all customizable and cute, I think. So please change our blog address on your blogrolls!! Thanks!

Love,
Sook

Just a note of gratitude

Dear Sean,

You know, when you are frustrated, you start counting things that you “don’t” have, instead of what you “do” have. I can think of many things that we don’t have -  Ooh, money, that’s right, that’s what we don’t have. But then I am sitting here on our beat-down couch that we bought at Ashley’s just before we got married, listening to your sweet voice, reading Matthew a cute, little bed-time story in his room… I can think of lots and lots more things that we have that I am grateful for.

We have each other. I can’t imagine where I would be, or what I would be doing, if I weren’t with you. I am so thankful for your generosity and kindness. You make me feel like the queen of the world everyday. Your thoughtful complements and occasional love notes that I find in the most random places in our apartment make me feel so loved and important. I wish I were as romantic as you but I am working on it.

We have the cutest little boy – maybe the craziest- that we can claim he’s “ours”. As Hal in Malcolm in the middle would say, “We are the only ones that can call him -our boy-” I know he challenges both of us everyday but also teaches us millions of different things about being parents and also reminds us of the goodness of Heaven. I love when you come home, he crawls towards you so fast that he falls down once or twice. I love when you call me on your way home, Matt grabs my cell phone just so he can hear your voice. You know how it breaks our hearts when Matt starts crying when we put him in his crib so he can go night-night… We make sad faces and pray that he will fall asleep fast? I am going to miss that.

Oh, the memories… I love that we have lots of great stories to share with each other – that many of our nights were sleepless because we talked and talked and talked about our high school drama, missionary experiences, classes, etc. I love how there are still brand new stories that we haven’t heard about each other and those stories just come to us randomly. I love how we can laugh about the corniest jokes, ever. I know lots of people think we are cheesy, but I like being cheesy and I love my cheesy husband.

I am so thankful that you and I are sealed for eternity through the temple marriage. I am so excited to spend the rest of my eternity with you. Some people say it would be boring to be with the same person for eternity, but I say I am so stoked that you will be with me even after this life – with our beloved children. Umm, I really hope that we don’t have to change our kids’ poopy diapers in heaven!

I am writing this to you while we are listening to Matt crying in his bed, waiting for one of us to come and pick him up. I know we both feel bad but Matt’s getting used to it more and more each night. So I am thankful that we have our bed to ourselves. I didn’t realize how big a queen size bed could be for just two people! Now we don’t have to be on the edges of our bed, trying not to fall off the bed. I love you. And this is the end of this note.

Love,

Sook

My Routan Babies!! (A little creepy but still fun!)

I found this on VW website today and thought it was kinda fun to see many options of what our babies might look like. I am not sure how accurate the technology is but it’s always fun to guess what our other future babies would look like. All I had to do was just uploading pictures of me and Sean and just click “make a baby”. You should try it too when you get bored. (Just CLICK HERE if you’re interested.)

So which baby is the cutest? There were some babies that looked nothing like me or Sean but some babies turned out pretty dang cute. But still, to me, my Matty boy is the cutest!

Baby #1. He looks more half-Asian.

Baby #2. Okay, this baby is REALLY cute and love his skin color!! It would be so cool if our babies really did have dark skin like that. But probably not likely… But Matt was pretty dark like that when he was born. And the baby #2 definitely has Matt’s hair color.

Baby #3 has the greatest lips ever!!

Baby #4 looks like he will be very smart when he grows up!

Baby #5 is cute but he doesn’t really look like either of us.

Baby #6 is adorable! I can actually see having a baby that looks like him.

Baby # 7 is really cute and the hair style and the color are like Matt’s Really, really cute! Personally, I don’t think any of our babies would have bright blue eyes like these babies do. I think the reason why all these babies do is because Sean has gorgeous, bright, blue eyes. But Matthew has light brown eyes – sometimes they turn green in the Sun or when he is wearing a green shirt – but I personally think all of our babies will have light brown eyes like Matthew -maybe Green. But you never know, we will see!

These babies all look like boys, though. I wanted to see what our girls would look like. Maybe some of these babies are supposed to be girls.

MY BABY

Here you go mommies – a different kind of survey for a change – it’s all about your first born! Just copy and paste it in a new note for yourself!

Let’s see how much you remember!

1. WAS YOUR FIRST PREGNANCY PLANNED?
Well, define “planned”….

2. WERE YOU MARRIED AT THE TIME?
Yes, we had been married for about 8 months.

3. WHAT WERE YOUR REACTIONS?
I was SO excited. I literally jumped up and down.. Well, Sean’s reaction was more interesting. The first thing he said to me when I told him the result of the pregnancy test was, “Let’s go buy another test, just to be sure”

4. WAS ABORTION AN OPTION FOR YOU?
NOPE, I don’t believe in that crap.

5. HOW OLD WERE YOU?
26.

6. HOW DID YOU FIND OUT YOU WERE PREGNANT?
Suddenly, I was always tired. Plus I was like three weeks late. So I took the test

7. WHO DID YOU TELL FIRST?
Sean, my parents, Sean’s parents

8. DUE DATE?
Feb 17, 2008

9. DID YOU HAVE MORNING SICKNESS?
Oh yes, I lost like 15 lbs during my first trimester.

10. WHAT DID YOU CRAVE?
Unfortunately soda…. and hamburgers… No wonder why I gained so much weight with Matthew!

11. WHO/WHAT IRRITATED YOU THE MOST?
Um…Waiting in line.. bad service at restaurants, and bad drivers.

12. WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST CHILD’S SEX?
A boy!

13. DID YOU WISH YOU HAD THE OPPOSITE SEX OF WHAT YOU WERE GETTING?
I knew I was going to have a boy.

14. HOW MANY POUNDS DID YOU GAIN THROUGHOUT THE PREGNANCY?
I think about 32 lbs.

15. DID YOU HAVE A BABY SHOWER?
I had two.

16. WAS IT A SURPRISE OR DID YOU KNOW?
All were planned

17. DID YOU HAVE ANY COMPLICATIONS DURING YOUR PREGNANCY?
Braxton hicks were pretty bad during third trimester due to stress but nothing serious. Matt was two weeks late so I was induced. But Matt still didn’t want to drop so I had a C-section.

18. WHERE DID YOU GIVE BIRTH?
Sutter Roseville Hospital

19. HOW MANY HOURS WERE YOU IN LABOR?
I arrived at the hospital for induction at 6 pm on Feb 26, 2008 and I was induced at 6 am on Feb 27. I was in labor all day and then I finally got a c-section at 1 am on Feb 28. Gosh, that was a nightmare!!

20. WHO DROVE YOU TO THE HOSPITAL?
Sean

21. WHO WATCHED YOU GIVE BIRTH?
Sean, Sean’s mom, the doctor, and a few nurses.

22. WAS IT NATURAL OR C-SECTION?
C-section

23. DID YOU TAKE MEDICINE TO EASE THE PAIN?
Heck yes!!

24. HOW MUCH DID YOUR CHILD WEIGH?
9 lbs 4 oz (He lost about a pound while we were in the hospital though)

25. WHEN WAS YOUR CHILD ACTUALLY BORN ?
February 28, 2008 at 1:10 AM

26. WHAT DID YOU NAME HIM/HER?
Matthew Jun Bunton

27. HOW OLD IS YOUR FIRST BORN TODAY
11 months

My lovely Matthew… I love him SO MUCH!