Obituary

Pamela Andrew Moore

1955 - 2009

Pamela Andrew Moore, 54, returned to her Heavenly Father peacefully, at home on Thursday, May 21, 2009 from apparent heart failure.

She was born February 22, 1955 in Washington, D.C., the youngest daughter of Woodrow and Ernestine Faw. Following high school, Pam moved to Arkansas where she married Kenneth Floyd and had her first son, Michael. After they divorced she eventually moved to California where she met and married her eternal companion, Mike Moore. They moved to Utah in 1986 and were soon after sealed in the Ogden LDS Temple. Her favorite activity aside from gardening, quilting and home-schooling the younger children, was to be involved in service to others. She served in the Church in Primary and missionary callings, but her favorite was Compassionate Service Leader. She was also a hospice volunteer for Inspiration Hospice.

Pam is survived by her husband, Michael Moore; her children, Benjamin (Charity) Moore, Beverly (Steven) Sanderson, Jason Moore, Erin (David) Graves, Emily Moore, Stephen Moore; six grandchildren; two sisters, Joan (Jim) Goodman, Judy (Robert) Calhoon; her best friends, Marcia Woods, Alice Miner; and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, a son, Michael, a daughter, Rachael, and a sister, Sandra Reid.

Funeral services will be held Friday, May 29th at 11:00 a.m. at Lindquist’s Roy Mortuary, 3333 West 5600 South. Family and friends may call Thursday from 6 to 8 p.m. and Friday from 9:45 to 10:45 a.m. at the mortuary.

Interment, Clearfield City Cemetery.

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Pictures...

These are just some pictures that I got off my mom's camera. Just thought I would share some of them.

This is my Mom's flower garden that she was working on, it looked so great this year.

This is Johnny last summer, we were visiting my mom for the day and went out to eat at Cafe Rio. Johnny loved hanging out with Nana!

This was also last summer, we went to Wendy's with Mom & Emily and Johnny loved playing in the windows inside Wendys.

This is my brother Stephen going to prom a few weeks ago.

A couple weeks before my mom passed away she & my sister went to Washington D.C. This is my grandpa's name, so my mom got a pic in front of the sign.
This Squirrel peed on my sister Emily, just had to share that, haha Em!

Emily & Mom in front of the White House.

These next few are pics of my mom with her Aunts, Uncle, & cousins in Virginia, she was very close with them.

This is Ben a few weeks ago at his graduation, he got his Masters in Social Work! His kids are so cute!

Dad & Mom with Ben at his graduation. Mom was so proud of Ben, she called me the morning of graduation and talked to me about how happy she was for Ben.

Emily & Stephen at Ben's graduation. Look how cute they are, they are both younger & also taller than me.Ben's kids climbing on Grandpa!

Nathan Andrew Graves!

So, as I said in the last post things have been really crazy. I'm still not going to talk about the stuff with my mom right now, I'm trying to get my life back to normal a bit right now and am not ready to write about that. So I'l share the happy stuff.

On saturday May 23, I went in at about 5 p.m. to be induced. It took a while for things to get started, a couple hours went by and I was starting to feel the contractions, they hurt but were bearable so I waited on an epidural. Davie was with me this time, thank goodness, and he was so helpful. We watched a movie I had picked out earlier for while I was in labor, and we had lots of family come to visit me. Davie's mom came up and was there the whole time, which was really great, I'm glad I have such a supportive mother-in-law. Johnny played in the room for the first couple hours, then Davie's dad and sister Luci came and got him and babysat back at our place.

A couple hours into the induction they decided to go ahead and break my water, after that the contractions got stronger, which I was expecting. I kept debating whether or not to get the epidural, I was getting through the contractions ok, but I was so exhausted from not having slept the last two nights, so after talking with the nurse forever about whether or not I could do it, I decided to get the epidural so I could rest and have the energy I needed later. They did it a little differently than they had with Johnny, I had to sit up this time. Davie was there to help though, and after the dr got it into the right place I started to feel better. ( It took a couple tries....)

Ben and Charity came up to the hospital to help, which was really great too. It was nice just talking to everyone and getting my mind off of things. My dad and brother and sister came up a few hours into the induction, and I was really relieved that Emily was able to come into the delivery room. She had been sick all week but they let her wear a mask so she could be with me. They had been there about ten minutes when things felt different all of a sudden. I told the nurse, who had just checked me 5 min before, and she checked me again and said I was ready to push. I got really nervous then, but I couldn't think about it long, I had to try not to push while we were waiting for the Dr. to come in the room. He came in, put on his gloves, turned around, and 2 pushes later the baby was out. He was born at 1:03 a.m. on Sunday May 24. I couldn't believe how fast it happened, I didn't even feel like I was doing anything.

Davie and I still hadn't picked a name when we went to the hospital, but as soon as I saw our baby I felt like we should name him Nathan, luckily it was a name Davie liked....! Nathan looked so tiny to me when I first saw him, but he was almost 2 lbs smaller than Johnny was, which makes a huge difference with how a baby looks. He was doind really well though, and is a very calm baby.

Staying in the hospital was hard for me this time. I had lots of family and friends that came to visit and help out which was nice, but I couldn't sleep and couldn't stop thinking about things. Our first week out of the hospital was extremely busy and we didn't spend a day of it at home. We had lots of extended family around to help us out though, we appreciate them so much, we couldn't have done it all without them.

On Monday we decided, even though it was hard, it was time to come home. We needed to learn how to take care of two kids in our own place and on our own before Davie had to go back to work. The first couple of days were really hard, Nathan has been great, but Johnny was acting up a bit. He loves the baby, but he thinks he can get into everything when I'm busy feeding or changing the baby. We've done some rearranging to make our house a bit more child proof, and we're making use of the pack-n-play again. Johnny is getting better as we get back into our normal routine, I'm hoping he'll be good for me when Davie goes back to work on Monday, I'm not quite sure how I'll do it on my own during the day.

Nathan had his first Dr. appointment today and he seems to be doing really well. He's now 7.5 lbs, (was 6 lbs 12 oz at birth, 18 in. long) and 20 inches. So he's growing well, but still on the small side, the Dr. says that's fine though, Nathan was a week and a half early.

We've been so busy that we haven't taken a lot of pictures, but here are some we do have.....

Trials & Blessings....

The last couple days have been some of the hardest of my life. On Thurs afternoon my mom and best friend passed away unexpectantly. It's still not completely real and hard to deal with, so i will explain more later. We believe she went peacefully though.

As the side of my blog says, I'm supposed to have a baby in 11 days. Because of the awful circumstaces my doctor and I felt it would be best to go ahead and induce labor rather than run the risk of going into labor on my own and missing my mothers funeral. Yesterday morning we were supposed to go in, but things got very busy and we weren't able to get started until 5 p.m. Things were slowly progressing for hours and I decided on an epidural, I haven't had nearly enough sleep to not have it. At about 12:50 a.m. I was checked and at a 4, about 5 min later I felt extreme pressure and the urge to push, sure enough.....fully dilated. I pushed 3 times and he was out. 6 lbs 12 oz, 18 inches long. We hve had a hard time naming him, but as soon as I saw him and knew we needed to call him Nathan. He has lots of hair and lots of similar features to Johnny. I also see a lot of my mom in him, and I think he kind of looks like one of her baby pictures. I had the strongest feeling while I pushed that my mom was right there with her arms around me, it didn't last long, but it was so comforting and gave me the strength to deliver.

Things will be very crazy for the next little while I'm sure, we'll be staying at my parents for the next couple weeks until things settle down. These pics were emailed to me, not sure who took them, but I'll have more soon.

Nathan Andrew Graves

Another Baby Update...

So, I went to the Dr. again today. They said it was my decision if I wanted to be checked or not, I said no because I haven't really had any contractions since last week so I don't really think anything has changed. He checked the baby's heart, which is good, and talked to Johnny who thought that the Dr. was going to give him fruit snacks. He's such a funny kid, I think he kind of understands why we go there but also wants the Dr. to pay attention to him. Luckily we have a nice Dr. who always makes Johnny feel included in the baby process.

My sister Emily came up a couple days ago to help out and let me get some rest. It's been nice, we got a lot cleaned up yesterday that I couldn't have done on my own, and I got to take a long nap. This morning I slept until 10:00! It was awesome, I don't think that's happened since Johnny was born. I really needed the help and the sleep, and Johnny's really enjoyed playing with his "Aunt Icky". I'm sad she has to go home tomorrow.

The Dr. says that since I'll be 38 weeks next week he's willing to help things along then, he'll strip the membranes and sometimes that can help start labor. They did this when I was pregnant with Johnny and it didn't help at all. But everyone's telling me that since this is my 2nd child it should make a difference and help this time. I hope so, I'd really like to have this baby a little early and not have to be induced. So, next week we'll see if I go into labor, keep your fingers crossed.

(Sorry if all this Dr. and pregnancy talk bothers or grosses anyone out.....)

So Uncomfortable!

No baby yet....this would still be a bit early though I guess. People say I'm not that big but I feel so huge, I can't stand to wear normal maternity pants, I just lounge around in yoga pants half the time. I was pretty uncomfortable with Johnny towards the end, but not like this time. This time I hurt everywhere, and I am exhausted all the time. The Dr. says it's because of the position baby's in, but that his position will help make delivery faster. I'm hoping he's right.

We haven't done too much lately because I'm so uncomfortable, just a lot of sitting around and watching movies. Johnny wants to play outside all the time so I try to get out with him once a day at least. He loves playing with bubbles and chalk in the back yard. Today Davie was home early and we got to have a picnic at the park. Johnny had so much fun playing on all the toys with his Daddy. We have some new pics of Johnny, I just need to upload them, watch for em on the next post......

Baby Update

Well I went to the Dr today. Things are looking good, they did one last ultrasound, the baby's measuring great, they estimate that he is 6-6.5 pounds right now, so he may be a big baby like Johnny was depending on when he comes. This one also has hair! They could see quite a bit in the ultrasound, so that's fun, Johnny's could be seen in his last ultrasound also. They said this baby is sitting a lot lower than they were expecting at this point, which is good for me, less pushing when I deliver! The contractions I had the other night didn't do much unfortunately, only dilated 1 cm and 50% effaced. But, I'm not going to worry about it and stress myself out, I did that with Johnny and it made the last month drag on forever. I'm just going to be happy with what they say and know that this baby will come when he's ready. I'm hoping to go naturally this time and not get an epidural. I was induced with Johnny and broke down pretty early, but I hear if your not induced it's a bit easier to go without the epidural. Anyways, next week I'm officially considered full term, so hopefully sometime soon after that baby will make his appearance, Johnny keeps asking for baby to come out, so I'm hoping that he really is excited and happy when he comes.

3 Years & Labor? Warning...long post....

Yesterday was our 3 year anniversary. Sometimes I can't believe it's been that long, other times it seems longer.....I'm so glad I've got such a great husband though. He is such a hard worker and is always putting his family first, I really appreciate him.

A lot's happened in the last 3 years for us. We've lived in Chicago, Salt Lake, Stockton, Burbank, and Logan. We've moved 7 times! Crazy! 5 of those times I've been pregnant. Davie's worked for 5 different companies. We had our first baby, and our second is on the way. We bought a condo. We went from being able to fit almost everything we owned into my little chevy cavalier to actually having furniture. We've paid off all debt! Yay! (hoping to keep it that way) It just seems like a lot for 3 years, and we've had our really hard times too, but it's exciting to see how far we've come since we were first married.

We couldn't really do much for our anniversary since I'm so pregnant now, but we wanted to at least go on a date alone. Some friends babysat Johnny for us. We went to a movie, that's about all you can do when you're this big.....we saw Wolverine, it was really good. I know a movie sounds boring to some, but we don't see movie's too often now that we have a kid, so it was fun for us to get out and see something on the big theater screen. During the movie I started having really strong contractions. I kept thinking they'd go away, but they kept getting closer and stronger. When the movie was over we went out to eat, but I told Davie we may have to call it short and go to the hospital because the contractions were not going away and kept getting even worse. We ended up getting our food to go and calling the hospital. The lady I spoke to wasn't very nice and told me it was too early to have my baby. Well, I know that 4 weeks early isn't great, but there's nothing I could do if he was coming. She basically said if I wanted to come in I could, but I probably was making myself have the contractions from too much activity earlier in the day. Well, I sat on my couch and folded laundry all day, then went to a movie with my husband, so I guess that's too much activity? Anyways, I decided that even though the contractions hurt, I didn't want to have to deal with that lady if I did have to go to the hospital. So we picked up Johnny and came home, my mom called the hospital down by her and they actually had some good suggestions. So, I took their advice and took a warm bath, drank thirty-something ounces of water within an hour, and took 2 extra strength tylenol, and then laid down. About an hour and a half later, when I was about to give in and go to the hospital, the contractions finally slowed down and eventually stopped. So, I went through about 5 hours or so of false labor last night. I'm glad our baby didn't come this early, although in a couple weeks I don't think I'd mind so much. It's just really frustrating when it feels like you're in labor and the people at the hospital are really rude to you.

So, our anniversary didn't turn out quite as planned, but we still had fun hanging out together and getting out of the house. We ate our "take out" dinner at about 11 because of all the drama, and finally gave eachother our gifts. Davie got me a great gift, I get to go have a pedicure at a spa here in town. That's perfect for me because I can't even reach my toes right now! I can't wait to go in!

We have a Dr. appointment thurs where we'll find out if the contractions have done anything and if he thinks we'll have the baby early or not, so we'll keep people posted, but as for now, a whole lot of pain last night and no baby.

Vinyl Open House!

I'm having an open house at my place this sat from 4-9. My friend is bringing her vinyl machine and can custom make vinyl for you on the spot. Feel free to bring friends and family. It's going to be later because she has work that morning, but please drop by. She recently started her own vinyl business and needs help spreading the word, she has great prices and does a great job. If you need directions leave a comment or give me a call. Hope to see everyone there!

Fun at the park.

Johnny and I went to the park with some friends yesterday and he had a blast! I love the park we went to. It has an area just for toddlers and it was the perfect size for Johnny, he could climb all the toys in that area himself without me having to follow him or worry about him falling off. He loved the swings and slide especially. He was having too much fun to look at me in the pics.

New Bed!

With the new baby coming in about 6 weeks we decided it was about time to get a bed for Johnny. Since we're having another boy and our place isn't too big we decided to go ahead and get a bunk bed for when they're in the same room someday. I still need to decorate Johnny's "big boy" room, and also finish decorating the baby's room, but Johnny picked out a bedspread for his bed. It's so cute! Here are some pics.

I still need to find a bedspread for the top bunk, we're just putting some plain sheets and a blanket on for now, maybe we'll let the baby choose what bedspread he'd like when he's older.

Johnny fell asleep so fast for his nap today. I'm really suprised, he's actually sleeping in the bed, I thought that since he could actually get out of it that he would play with his toys and fall asleep on the floor, or come bang on the door and try to get out. Last night he cried a few times but never got out of bed, he just called to us and after we'd come give him hugs he went back to sleep. I hope the adjustment stays this easy, I was really dreading it.