Thursday, March 27, 2008
Monday, March 24, 2008
Alright. So, you wanna see more pics of my pretty baby, do ya???
Well, as we speak, or as I type, I have all my pics being imported onto the computer from my camera.
Okay, all pics are imported and both my babies are sleeping. Well, technically my toddler and my baby are both sleeping.
It has been so great having both of them. Scott is such a good big brother. He doesn't really seem to be having a hard time with Aerin being here...yet!!! :)
He is a really good helper, actually.
One day, I was changing her diaper and getting her dressed. All 3 of us were sitting on the bed. Well, I rolled up her diaper and sat it on the bed next to me while I started dressing her. Scott was doing his own thing...playing with something, I am sure. He promptly sets down what he is doing, grabs ahold of the diaper, climbs off the bed and walks over to the diaper pail, opens it and puts it in. Then proceeds to close the diaper pail. I just sat there watching him and, of course, telling him what a great helper he is.
He is so sweet.
Aerin is so good, too. She is really quite good at night, just like Scott was. Scott would only get up once a night, she gets up two. She Also doesn't nurse as long as he would so I think that is why she wakes up more. The average nursing session lasts about 10 mins with her, if even. It's amazing to get past 10 mins. She will be up about 3 hours later. But, just like Scott, she sleeps late, too. Our average wake up time this week has been 8:45ish. Lovin' that :) Even Scott is sleeping that late, too.
Having her join our family has been a great blessing. They say it is hard to imagine how you can love a second child as much as the first, but that you just do...and they are so right. I absolutely adore her, and I absolutely adore Scott and could not imagine my life without either of them. Our Heavenly Father has blessed up so much with them.
I think one funny thing is that Scott is so huge to me now. It's like from the time I dropped him off at my friend's house Monday morning, til the time he came to the hospital that afternoon, it was like he had doubled his weight, his thighs grew and so did his head...lol
He just looks like such a big boy now...and feels like it :)
But how I love that kid.
Well, enough of the babbling. I suppose you are more than ready to see pics.
4 days old.
Scott with Grandma.
5 days old.
6 days old. HAPPY EASTER!!!
1 week old.
Well, as we speak, or as I type, I have all my pics being imported onto the computer from my camera.
Okay, all pics are imported and both my babies are sleeping. Well, technically my toddler and my baby are both sleeping.
It has been so great having both of them. Scott is such a good big brother. He doesn't really seem to be having a hard time with Aerin being here...yet!!! :)
He is a really good helper, actually.
One day, I was changing her diaper and getting her dressed. All 3 of us were sitting on the bed. Well, I rolled up her diaper and sat it on the bed next to me while I started dressing her. Scott was doing his own thing...playing with something, I am sure. He promptly sets down what he is doing, grabs ahold of the diaper, climbs off the bed and walks over to the diaper pail, opens it and puts it in. Then proceeds to close the diaper pail. I just sat there watching him and, of course, telling him what a great helper he is.
He is so sweet.
Aerin is so good, too. She is really quite good at night, just like Scott was. Scott would only get up once a night, she gets up two. She Also doesn't nurse as long as he would so I think that is why she wakes up more. The average nursing session lasts about 10 mins with her, if even. It's amazing to get past 10 mins. She will be up about 3 hours later. But, just like Scott, she sleeps late, too. Our average wake up time this week has been 8:45ish. Lovin' that :) Even Scott is sleeping that late, too.
Having her join our family has been a great blessing. They say it is hard to imagine how you can love a second child as much as the first, but that you just do...and they are so right. I absolutely adore her, and I absolutely adore Scott and could not imagine my life without either of them. Our Heavenly Father has blessed up so much with them.
I think one funny thing is that Scott is so huge to me now. It's like from the time I dropped him off at my friend's house Monday morning, til the time he came to the hospital that afternoon, it was like he had doubled his weight, his thighs grew and so did his head...lol
He just looks like such a big boy now...and feels like it :)
But how I love that kid.
Well, enough of the babbling. I suppose you are more than ready to see pics.
4 days old.
Scott with Grandma.
5 days old.
6 days old. HAPPY EASTER!!!
1 week old.
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Sunday, March 16, 2008
Well, tomorrow is the big day.
Can you believe the time has come already for me to be a mama to another one of our Heavenly Father's children??? I am amazed. I am amazed at this life that I am blessed to be in charge of. I am amazed that our Heavenly Father has such trust in me. Having a family is such a blessing in my life and I am so grateful for the opportunity that I have to be a mother and a wife.
So, it looks like I will get my St. Patty's Day baby after all...YAH!!! :)
I will be taking the laptop with me, and the hospital does have WiFi, so I will get pics up as quick as I can.
I can't wait to see her. I can't wait to see Scott with her. I can't wait to hold her. And give her kisses and hug her and hold her close to me. Tomorrow, I will have an even more beautiful family than I have today.
Wish me luck :)
Can you believe the time has come already for me to be a mama to another one of our Heavenly Father's children??? I am amazed. I am amazed at this life that I am blessed to be in charge of. I am amazed that our Heavenly Father has such trust in me. Having a family is such a blessing in my life and I am so grateful for the opportunity that I have to be a mother and a wife.
So, it looks like I will get my St. Patty's Day baby after all...YAH!!! :)
I will be taking the laptop with me, and the hospital does have WiFi, so I will get pics up as quick as I can.
I can't wait to see her. I can't wait to see Scott with her. I can't wait to hold her. And give her kisses and hug her and hold her close to me. Tomorrow, I will have an even more beautiful family than I have today.
Wish me luck :)
Friday, March 14, 2008
The Best Dang Muffins Ever
aka Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins
1/4c. sour cream
1tsp. baking soda
1/2c. butter (softened)
3/4c. sugar
1 egg
1 1/2c. flour
1/4c. wheat germ (optional)
1c. mashed bananas
1c. semi-sweet chocolate chips
1tsp. vanilla
(I like to add some chopped walnuts, as well. Amount is up to you...I just chop as many as I feel like and add)
Preheat oven to 350f. Stir sour cream and baking soda together. Set aside. Cream butter with sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg, beating well. Beat in sour cream mixture. Stir in remaining ingredinents. Don't over-mix. Spoon into greased muffin pans and bake for about 18 mins. Let cool before removing from pan.
NOTE: To modify and make healthier, use half amount choc. chips and sugar.
The reason I decided to share this recips, is because, honestly, it is so dang good. Plus, Leslie alwas posts recipes that she makes, so I figured I would. Yesterday I made 2.5 dozen of these, so I figured I would share.
I hope that if you try these, that you like them as much as we do.
aka Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins
1/4c. sour cream
1tsp. baking soda
1/2c. butter (softened)
3/4c. sugar
1 egg
1 1/2c. flour
1/4c. wheat germ (optional)
1c. mashed bananas
1c. semi-sweet chocolate chips
1tsp. vanilla
(I like to add some chopped walnuts, as well. Amount is up to you...I just chop as many as I feel like and add)
Preheat oven to 350f. Stir sour cream and baking soda together. Set aside. Cream butter with sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg, beating well. Beat in sour cream mixture. Stir in remaining ingredinents. Don't over-mix. Spoon into greased muffin pans and bake for about 18 mins. Let cool before removing from pan.
NOTE: To modify and make healthier, use half amount choc. chips and sugar.
The reason I decided to share this recips, is because, honestly, it is so dang good. Plus, Leslie alwas posts recipes that she makes, so I figured I would. Yesterday I made 2.5 dozen of these, so I figured I would share.
I hope that if you try these, that you like them as much as we do.
Sunday, March 09, 2008
Baby Shower
Well, that was yesterday. It was so much fun. A friend of mine from church was kind enough to host it at her house.
I would not even begin to tell you all of what I got, but I will tell you some of the stuff :)
I got my stroller...I was so excited about this. I was very suspicious that I was getting it, but still was actually kinda surprised and TOTALLY excited when they rolled it in for me. I think I almost cried. I just yelled, "I knew it. I knew I was getting it."
I got a handmade baby blanket from Megan...it is so adorable. I got lots and lots of summer clothes, so we are set for summer :) Actually, I got one or two outfits from 3different people, so, yeah, not so sure I need 3 of the same outfit. No matter how cute it is...lol
I got this neat timer thing that will tell me the last time I did a feeding, changed a diaper, which side I last nursed on, etc. How handy is that??? It's not something I would have bought on my own, but I lost track of that kind of thing all the time with Scott. How cool that now I can just push a button and see that the last time I changed a diaper was a 2pm. Hey, don't laugh at me, I lose track of time real easy. I don't always remember if I last nursed off my right or left side. Well, now I'll know.
I got a ginormous diaper bag. I don't think I have ever seen on as big as this one. Will is not a big fan of it, though. It's very pink and shiny. He's gonna use the red and black one that I bought to match the stroller. :)
We got a couple of other blankets (fleecy), a super soft stuffed dog (from who else other than my mil...the doglover...ha ha), lots of diapers, teether. You know, baby stuff :)
It was a blast.
Things are still going well in the pregnancy. She is very active and moving my insides in ways I did not know possible.
I haven't slept in 2 nights, so, my days have been kinda on the miserable side. I did take a nap with Scott this afternoon. I am glad that he was so tired. He slept from about 12:15 pm til 3:45. I slept from about 2 til 3:45. He has not napped super well the past couple days, so he really needed a long nap today. I am glad that he napped so long, cause it gave me a chance to nap, too...and I really needed that.
He is so sweet. He spent the day with his dad and big brother at my bro-in-law's yesterday for out nephews birthday party, so he had a long fun day. When I showed up after the baby shower, Scott gave running across the room and wrapped his arms around my legs. He did that lots today as well. It makes me feel so special every time he does that. I just feel the love from him when he runs to me, so excited to see me, and wants to hug me, and have me hold him and when he snuggles up to me. I just love my little boy so much. He truly is me bestest little buddy.
Well, I guess that is all for now.
I do have another appt. with the Dr. on Tuesday, so I will be sure to let you know what gets said.
Well, that was yesterday. It was so much fun. A friend of mine from church was kind enough to host it at her house.
I would not even begin to tell you all of what I got, but I will tell you some of the stuff :)
I got my stroller...I was so excited about this. I was very suspicious that I was getting it, but still was actually kinda surprised and TOTALLY excited when they rolled it in for me. I think I almost cried. I just yelled, "I knew it. I knew I was getting it."
I got a handmade baby blanket from Megan...it is so adorable. I got lots and lots of summer clothes, so we are set for summer :) Actually, I got one or two outfits from 3different people, so, yeah, not so sure I need 3 of the same outfit. No matter how cute it is...lol
I got this neat timer thing that will tell me the last time I did a feeding, changed a diaper, which side I last nursed on, etc. How handy is that??? It's not something I would have bought on my own, but I lost track of that kind of thing all the time with Scott. How cool that now I can just push a button and see that the last time I changed a diaper was a 2pm. Hey, don't laugh at me, I lose track of time real easy. I don't always remember if I last nursed off my right or left side. Well, now I'll know.
I got a ginormous diaper bag. I don't think I have ever seen on as big as this one. Will is not a big fan of it, though. It's very pink and shiny. He's gonna use the red and black one that I bought to match the stroller. :)
We got a couple of other blankets (fleecy), a super soft stuffed dog (from who else other than my mil...the doglover...ha ha), lots of diapers, teether. You know, baby stuff :)
It was a blast.
Things are still going well in the pregnancy. She is very active and moving my insides in ways I did not know possible.
I haven't slept in 2 nights, so, my days have been kinda on the miserable side. I did take a nap with Scott this afternoon. I am glad that he was so tired. He slept from about 12:15 pm til 3:45. I slept from about 2 til 3:45. He has not napped super well the past couple days, so he really needed a long nap today. I am glad that he napped so long, cause it gave me a chance to nap, too...and I really needed that.
He is so sweet. He spent the day with his dad and big brother at my bro-in-law's yesterday for out nephews birthday party, so he had a long fun day. When I showed up after the baby shower, Scott gave running across the room and wrapped his arms around my legs. He did that lots today as well. It makes me feel so special every time he does that. I just feel the love from him when he runs to me, so excited to see me, and wants to hug me, and have me hold him and when he snuggles up to me. I just love my little boy so much. He truly is me bestest little buddy.
Well, I guess that is all for now.
I do have another appt. with the Dr. on Tuesday, so I will be sure to let you know what gets said.
Tuesday, March 04, 2008
Pregnancy update.
Well, truth be told, not a whole lot to update on this one.
I did go to the Dr. today and I am now between 2 & 3 cm dilated...so a little bit more than last time. He does not think I will dilate a whole lot more until I start having contractions.
All I ask now is that I can go to my baby shower in Saturday...lol
I have not had any contractions as of yet, the only pain I am experiencing is extreme hip pain. I guess that is just the joints loosening and moving to prepare my body for the birth. I did not feel anything like that at all with Scott, but the Dr. said that each pregnancy gets worse...oh, goody :)
He does have me on the induction list for 5am on March 17th, but only time will tell if I get that far or not.
I have been cleaning lots...basically everyday. Not cause I want to (cause I hate cleaning) but because I have to. Plus, if I go into labour in the middle of the night, I don't want my place to be at all messy when my friend comes over to watch Scott. It's okay for me to see it not perfectly clean, not good to have someone else see it not perfectly clean...so, yeah, I clean lots.
I am happy to report that I am now officially out of my chocolate craving stage of pregnancy. I had it for about 2 weeks with Scott and I had it for about 2 weeks with Aerin. I am even happier to report that I did not gain any weight from my chocolate binge. Not even up a pound from last week. And I ate A LOT of chocolate last week. So, yah!!! I do seem to be drinking a lot of Sobe Pina Colada's lately as well as cheerios.
As long as it keeps my happy.
I have just baked a batch of homemade (From scratch) banana chocolate chip walnut muffins. Second batch is just about ready to com eout of the oven. I could not even tell you the last time I made something from scrath. I always buy mixes. I am so lame.
I am trying to spend as much time having fun with Scott as possible. We went to the park yesterday but it was closed. It looked like they were putting in new sand. Then, of course, being flustered and sad that this uber-cool park was closed, I couldn't even think of another park to go to. So, we bonded in the craft stores buying the rest of the stuff for the baby announcements and the grocery store. Then, of course, upon arriving home, Will told me of another park. Oh, well. There is always another day.
Well, I guess that is all for now.
Well, truth be told, not a whole lot to update on this one.
I did go to the Dr. today and I am now between 2 & 3 cm dilated...so a little bit more than last time. He does not think I will dilate a whole lot more until I start having contractions.
All I ask now is that I can go to my baby shower in Saturday...lol
I have not had any contractions as of yet, the only pain I am experiencing is extreme hip pain. I guess that is just the joints loosening and moving to prepare my body for the birth. I did not feel anything like that at all with Scott, but the Dr. said that each pregnancy gets worse...oh, goody :)
He does have me on the induction list for 5am on March 17th, but only time will tell if I get that far or not.
I have been cleaning lots...basically everyday. Not cause I want to (cause I hate cleaning) but because I have to. Plus, if I go into labour in the middle of the night, I don't want my place to be at all messy when my friend comes over to watch Scott. It's okay for me to see it not perfectly clean, not good to have someone else see it not perfectly clean...so, yeah, I clean lots.
I am happy to report that I am now officially out of my chocolate craving stage of pregnancy. I had it for about 2 weeks with Scott and I had it for about 2 weeks with Aerin. I am even happier to report that I did not gain any weight from my chocolate binge. Not even up a pound from last week. And I ate A LOT of chocolate last week. So, yah!!! I do seem to be drinking a lot of Sobe Pina Colada's lately as well as cheerios.
As long as it keeps my happy.
I have just baked a batch of homemade (From scratch) banana chocolate chip walnut muffins. Second batch is just about ready to com eout of the oven. I could not even tell you the last time I made something from scrath. I always buy mixes. I am so lame.
I am trying to spend as much time having fun with Scott as possible. We went to the park yesterday but it was closed. It looked like they were putting in new sand. Then, of course, being flustered and sad that this uber-cool park was closed, I couldn't even think of another park to go to. So, we bonded in the craft stores buying the rest of the stuff for the baby announcements and the grocery store. Then, of course, upon arriving home, Will told me of another park. Oh, well. There is always another day.
Well, I guess that is all for now.
Saturday, March 01, 2008
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Pregnancy update.
Well, I am now at my weekly visits to the Dr. Last week I was almost 1 cm dilated. This week, I am 2 cm dilated. I am actually dilating on my own. Gotta be honest...that never happened with Scott. Guess my body just knows what to do this time around.
So, the Dr. has said he will call the hospital and put me on the list to be induced on Mar. 17, but does not think I will make it to then. He is guessing I will be there within the next couple of weeks.
So, I guess only time will tell. He is guessing that she will be about 7 1/2 lbs if born within the next two weeks.
So, like I said...only time will tell.
I do have pink flowers and glittery green shamrocks, pink and green paper (okay, they didn't have enough green paper in stock, so I still gotta work on that), pink and green ribbon, pink eyelets (to be ordered very soon) and green eyelets already on order. I am prepared to do the baby announcements either way. But I may just do shamrocks anyways. We shall see.
Have a good night.
I will give you another pregnancy update next week after my appt.
Well, I am now at my weekly visits to the Dr. Last week I was almost 1 cm dilated. This week, I am 2 cm dilated. I am actually dilating on my own. Gotta be honest...that never happened with Scott. Guess my body just knows what to do this time around.
So, the Dr. has said he will call the hospital and put me on the list to be induced on Mar. 17, but does not think I will make it to then. He is guessing I will be there within the next couple of weeks.
So, I guess only time will tell. He is guessing that she will be about 7 1/2 lbs if born within the next two weeks.
So, like I said...only time will tell.
I do have pink flowers and glittery green shamrocks, pink and green paper (okay, they didn't have enough green paper in stock, so I still gotta work on that), pink and green ribbon, pink eyelets (to be ordered very soon) and green eyelets already on order. I am prepared to do the baby announcements either way. But I may just do shamrocks anyways. We shall see.
Have a good night.
I will give you another pregnancy update next week after my appt.
Sunday, February 24, 2008
And the discussion has officially come to a close as the spelling of the name has been chosen and approvd of (by Will).
Our baby girl will be named...
Aerin Sienna Kahle.
I am glad to finally have that over with. Now we know and I don't have to think about it anymore.
The only thought now is that I am almost willing to go into labour today just to get rid of the pain...lol
Good reason, huh???
But you know, that doesn't work out so well since Mum still does have my car seat cover and bassinet cover, both of which are very important to have in one's own possession at the time of birth. So, yeah, in the end, going into labour today would not be a good thing :)
You understand that, Aerin???
I am so excited to get new covers, though. The new car seat cover will match my new double stroller and the bassinet cover will just be so much prettier. So excited. I think Mum is getting annoyed with me always asking about them...what can I say??? I'm a little anxious.
Scott and I had a little picnic on the living room floor last night...it ended up quite messy :) We sat and watched Tom & Jerry (he loves Tom & Jerry) and say on a blanket with my big body pillow with other blankets to snuggle with...eating crackers and apple. I love to sit and watch him laughing at Tom & Jerry. It is so cute. I just discovered this week that he liked them. I just went to the free movie section on cable and found them and thought, "Hey, I liked them, maybe he will." I would prefer them anyday over Barney and The Teletubbies. So, anways, yeah, he's so cute.
He fell asleep in my arms last night while watching another free movie on tv...The Cutting Edge. Just knowing that in 3 weeks, he won't be my only baby anymore made me not want to get up and put him into his bed. I just wanted to hold him all night and never let him go. I just watched him sleep. I said a special prayer for him when I lay him in bed. My little boy is growing up. It was bound to happen. We are always warned by ther parents about how fast time flies, so we expect it, yet it still seems to just be gone. One day I was in the hospital, seems like yesterday, and the next day, my newborn son is in a big boy toddler bed and about to become a big brother...no longer my only baby. And yet, what a blessing it is to welcome another special spirit of our Heavenly Father into our home. I wouldn't trade that for anything.
Being a wife and mother has been, and I know will continue, to be the greatest blessing in my life. I would not be who I am today without my husband and my children. I couldn't be this person without them.
So, to all my friends who are mothers, we've all heard it a million times, treasure it. Treasure every moment with those special spirits. Let them help you become better people. Give and receive every snuggle possible, cause there may come a time they don't want to. Take all the slobbery kisses they want to give, cause you won't always get them when you want them later. And love them like there is no tomorrow...because, sadly, sometimes there isn't.
I love my baby boy who is quickly becoming a big boy and I love this little girl about to join our family.
I am blessed. We, as a family, are blessed.
Our baby girl will be named...
Aerin Sienna Kahle.
I am glad to finally have that over with. Now we know and I don't have to think about it anymore.
The only thought now is that I am almost willing to go into labour today just to get rid of the pain...lol
Good reason, huh???
But you know, that doesn't work out so well since Mum still does have my car seat cover and bassinet cover, both of which are very important to have in one's own possession at the time of birth. So, yeah, in the end, going into labour today would not be a good thing :)
You understand that, Aerin???
I am so excited to get new covers, though. The new car seat cover will match my new double stroller and the bassinet cover will just be so much prettier. So excited. I think Mum is getting annoyed with me always asking about them...what can I say??? I'm a little anxious.
Scott and I had a little picnic on the living room floor last night...it ended up quite messy :) We sat and watched Tom & Jerry (he loves Tom & Jerry) and say on a blanket with my big body pillow with other blankets to snuggle with...eating crackers and apple. I love to sit and watch him laughing at Tom & Jerry. It is so cute. I just discovered this week that he liked them. I just went to the free movie section on cable and found them and thought, "Hey, I liked them, maybe he will." I would prefer them anyday over Barney and The Teletubbies. So, anways, yeah, he's so cute.
He fell asleep in my arms last night while watching another free movie on tv...The Cutting Edge. Just knowing that in 3 weeks, he won't be my only baby anymore made me not want to get up and put him into his bed. I just wanted to hold him all night and never let him go. I just watched him sleep. I said a special prayer for him when I lay him in bed. My little boy is growing up. It was bound to happen. We are always warned by ther parents about how fast time flies, so we expect it, yet it still seems to just be gone. One day I was in the hospital, seems like yesterday, and the next day, my newborn son is in a big boy toddler bed and about to become a big brother...no longer my only baby. And yet, what a blessing it is to welcome another special spirit of our Heavenly Father into our home. I wouldn't trade that for anything.
Being a wife and mother has been, and I know will continue, to be the greatest blessing in my life. I would not be who I am today without my husband and my children. I couldn't be this person without them.
So, to all my friends who are mothers, we've all heard it a million times, treasure it. Treasure every moment with those special spirits. Let them help you become better people. Give and receive every snuggle possible, cause there may come a time they don't want to. Take all the slobbery kisses they want to give, cause you won't always get them when you want them later. And love them like there is no tomorrow...because, sadly, sometimes there isn't.
I love my baby boy who is quickly becoming a big boy and I love this little girl about to join our family.
I am blessed. We, as a family, are blessed.
Thursday, February 21, 2008
I have come to terms with reality.
Some of you may be surprised by what I am about to type (at least you should be if you read 2 posts ago). I have come to terms with the fact that my baby may not be born on her due date. Likely, but not guaranteed. So, to mentally prepare myself for this, I now have the birth annoncements designed in flowers and pink if not born of St. Patty's day and shamrocks and green if she is born then. I won't tell you, though, that I have yet to buy pink ribbon and flowers even though I have already bought shamrocks and green ribbon. Oops...did I just type that??? lol
I should also mention that when I did the practice run of the birth announcement, I realized that I do not actually need 16 eyelets for each one, but only 12...happy day :)
Well, a lot is going on right now. Life is busy, as I seem to enjoy making plans almost everyday. Why, I don't know.
The carpet cleaners were here this morning...so nice. I love having clean carpets...so much nicer.
I had a dr. appt. this week. I am almost 1 cm dilated and my cervix is soft. So, yeah, all is well. Baby's head is nice and low (which is a huge contributing factor to all my pain in my back and hips). I have only gained 21 lbs so far in this pregnancy. A far cry from the approx. 36 lbs. already gained by this time in my last pregnancy...and to think that last time I was trying much harder not to gain weight. Hmmmmmm...
I am glad I am not gaining as much this time around. It will hopefully be a lot easier and faster to get off and get back to below pre-prego weight.
We are now deciding how we want to spell her name. I know I have said it would be Erin, but that was before Will came home with the suggestion of Aerin. Now he is trying to decide if he likes it enough...even though he suggested it. To me, that should mean he likes it enough...but I tell ya, that guy changes his mind more than he changes his underwear...lol
At least when it comes to baby names, anyways. :)
Scott is such a little delight. He loves helping me around the house. Yesterday, I was vacuuming, and using the hand held extension to clean in the tracks of the closet doors and he grabbed ahold of it and was helping me. He likes to pass me clothes out of the dryer as I am folding htem...unfortunately, he grabs faster than I fold, so, yeah. He helps pick up his messes off the floor all the time, too. When he pulls plastic bags out of the drawer, if I ask him to pick them up and put them back, he walks around picking up one at a time, opening and closing the drawer each time to put another bag away. He is such a good helper.
I gotta be honest, my life would not be the same without him.
He has now slept through the night in his own bed 2 times now. On Friday night, and last night. He will usually wake up at 5am and come toddling into my room and then I pull him into bed with me, but today he didn't come in til 7. He is just so gosh darn cute...I love him so much.
He loves rubbing my belly. If I ask him where the baby is, he will point to my belly.
Which reminds me, awhile back, Kari-Lynn mentioned in the comment section that I should take a pic of her "home from the hospital dress" next to one of Scott's shirts to we could see really appreciate how tiny it is...so, here's a pic.
I apologize for the blurriness, but my camera is starting to be really fussy, so if I don't hold it perfectly still, it's blurry.
I imagine you still want to see belly pics too, huh???
Well, according to Michelle, she agrees with me that she is now officially bigger than me...lol
I look a lot bigger with the shirt up compared to down. I think I must have just eaten before taking this pic, cause I am sure I don't look this big today...lol
But here are pics of both.
Now let me go see if I have a pic from my last pregnancy at this time.
Well, good news and bad news. Good news is that I found a pic within days of the right day, bad news is that I would have to import every pic from that disc onto the computer in order to post the one picture on here. So, I'm sorry.
I will try to post on Scott's blog tonight or tomorrow as well.
Some of you may be surprised by what I am about to type (at least you should be if you read 2 posts ago). I have come to terms with the fact that my baby may not be born on her due date. Likely, but not guaranteed. So, to mentally prepare myself for this, I now have the birth annoncements designed in flowers and pink if not born of St. Patty's day and shamrocks and green if she is born then. I won't tell you, though, that I have yet to buy pink ribbon and flowers even though I have already bought shamrocks and green ribbon. Oops...did I just type that??? lol
I should also mention that when I did the practice run of the birth announcement, I realized that I do not actually need 16 eyelets for each one, but only 12...happy day :)
Well, a lot is going on right now. Life is busy, as I seem to enjoy making plans almost everyday. Why, I don't know.
The carpet cleaners were here this morning...so nice. I love having clean carpets...so much nicer.
I had a dr. appt. this week. I am almost 1 cm dilated and my cervix is soft. So, yeah, all is well. Baby's head is nice and low (which is a huge contributing factor to all my pain in my back and hips). I have only gained 21 lbs so far in this pregnancy. A far cry from the approx. 36 lbs. already gained by this time in my last pregnancy...and to think that last time I was trying much harder not to gain weight. Hmmmmmm...
I am glad I am not gaining as much this time around. It will hopefully be a lot easier and faster to get off and get back to below pre-prego weight.
We are now deciding how we want to spell her name. I know I have said it would be Erin, but that was before Will came home with the suggestion of Aerin. Now he is trying to decide if he likes it enough...even though he suggested it. To me, that should mean he likes it enough...but I tell ya, that guy changes his mind more than he changes his underwear...lol
At least when it comes to baby names, anyways. :)
Scott is such a little delight. He loves helping me around the house. Yesterday, I was vacuuming, and using the hand held extension to clean in the tracks of the closet doors and he grabbed ahold of it and was helping me. He likes to pass me clothes out of the dryer as I am folding htem...unfortunately, he grabs faster than I fold, so, yeah. He helps pick up his messes off the floor all the time, too. When he pulls plastic bags out of the drawer, if I ask him to pick them up and put them back, he walks around picking up one at a time, opening and closing the drawer each time to put another bag away. He is such a good helper.
I gotta be honest, my life would not be the same without him.
He has now slept through the night in his own bed 2 times now. On Friday night, and last night. He will usually wake up at 5am and come toddling into my room and then I pull him into bed with me, but today he didn't come in til 7. He is just so gosh darn cute...I love him so much.
He loves rubbing my belly. If I ask him where the baby is, he will point to my belly.
Which reminds me, awhile back, Kari-Lynn mentioned in the comment section that I should take a pic of her "home from the hospital dress" next to one of Scott's shirts to we could see really appreciate how tiny it is...so, here's a pic.
I apologize for the blurriness, but my camera is starting to be really fussy, so if I don't hold it perfectly still, it's blurry.
I imagine you still want to see belly pics too, huh???
Well, according to Michelle, she agrees with me that she is now officially bigger than me...lol
I look a lot bigger with the shirt up compared to down. I think I must have just eaten before taking this pic, cause I am sure I don't look this big today...lol
But here are pics of both.
Now let me go see if I have a pic from my last pregnancy at this time.
Well, good news and bad news. Good news is that I found a pic within days of the right day, bad news is that I would have to import every pic from that disc onto the computer in order to post the one picture on here. So, I'm sorry.
I will try to post on Scott's blog tonight or tomorrow as well.
Sunday, February 17, 2008
MIA
So, you may not have really noticed my absence from the lack of blog postings on my blog, but you may have noticed from my lack of comments on your blogs...at least I would like to think you noticed my lack of comments.
Did any of you even notice I was gone???
Well, let me tell you where I have been.
This is how the story goes.
We have been trying to figure out some money-saving techniques, so we decided that one thing we would do, is cancel our home phone and internet and switch to a bundle with our cable company...it would save us aprox. $100/month...seems worth it to me.
Anyhoo, the new internet and house phone got connected on Tuesday. Tuesday was a fine day...internet just as normal.
Well, Wednesday comes along and guess what does not work??? Internet.
So, I call them up and the tech guy does a reset of the modem. Well, I wait the allotted amount of time to turn the comuter back on and the internet still does not work...so I call back. Well, we try resetting it again...Still does not work. Well, the technicial calls me back and ends up that her computer is calling for a technician to come to us...but of course, the tech can't get out til Thursday.
So, we wait til Thursday. Thursday comes along, and he tries to fix it...doesn't work. Says it could be a problem with the computer, but doesn't know for sure since he doesn't ahve his laptop to test it on there. So, Will and I decide to go look at computers, just in case we have to get a new one.
Well, we get home, and find a note on the door from the technician who said he tested it on his laptop and it worked just fine.
So, in hopes to not have to spend a bunch of moolah on a new comp, we backed up all files, and did a system restore (where comp settings are set back to as if the comp is brand new). It's not like we've never done this before.
Yeah, that didn't go over so well. The computer would not restart up...it killed the computer...or something did, anyways.
So, Friday we go out and get the new computer we picked out. We get it home and try to hook up the internet and guess what doesn't work...the internet.
So, now we gotta wait til Sunday (today) for the technician guy to come back and try to figure it out for us. Well, he showed up today, and he finally got it working...YAH!!!
So, yeah, we now have the internet hooked up on a brand new computer that should not die anytime soon.
As for what new is going on in life...you know what, maybe I will leave that for tomorrow. It is quite a bit past my bedtime and I need to get as much sleep as possible.
So, I promise to you right now, that I will try to darndest to post again tomorrow, but if I dont get to it for a couple of das, please don't hate me...I have a nasty habit of filling up my schedule and being busy, but I do promise to put forth an honest effort.
P.S. Check your bog postings...I tried to leave comments on everyone's tonight.
So, you may not have really noticed my absence from the lack of blog postings on my blog, but you may have noticed from my lack of comments on your blogs...at least I would like to think you noticed my lack of comments.
Did any of you even notice I was gone???
Well, let me tell you where I have been.
This is how the story goes.
We have been trying to figure out some money-saving techniques, so we decided that one thing we would do, is cancel our home phone and internet and switch to a bundle with our cable company...it would save us aprox. $100/month...seems worth it to me.
Anyhoo, the new internet and house phone got connected on Tuesday. Tuesday was a fine day...internet just as normal.
Well, Wednesday comes along and guess what does not work??? Internet.
So, I call them up and the tech guy does a reset of the modem. Well, I wait the allotted amount of time to turn the comuter back on and the internet still does not work...so I call back. Well, we try resetting it again...Still does not work. Well, the technicial calls me back and ends up that her computer is calling for a technician to come to us...but of course, the tech can't get out til Thursday.
So, we wait til Thursday. Thursday comes along, and he tries to fix it...doesn't work. Says it could be a problem with the computer, but doesn't know for sure since he doesn't ahve his laptop to test it on there. So, Will and I decide to go look at computers, just in case we have to get a new one.
Well, we get home, and find a note on the door from the technician who said he tested it on his laptop and it worked just fine.
So, in hopes to not have to spend a bunch of moolah on a new comp, we backed up all files, and did a system restore (where comp settings are set back to as if the comp is brand new). It's not like we've never done this before.
Yeah, that didn't go over so well. The computer would not restart up...it killed the computer...or something did, anyways.
So, Friday we go out and get the new computer we picked out. We get it home and try to hook up the internet and guess what doesn't work...the internet.
So, now we gotta wait til Sunday (today) for the technician guy to come back and try to figure it out for us. Well, he showed up today, and he finally got it working...YAH!!!
So, yeah, we now have the internet hooked up on a brand new computer that should not die anytime soon.
As for what new is going on in life...you know what, maybe I will leave that for tomorrow. It is quite a bit past my bedtime and I need to get as much sleep as possible.
So, I promise to you right now, that I will try to darndest to post again tomorrow, but if I dont get to it for a couple of das, please don't hate me...I have a nasty habit of filling up my schedule and being busy, but I do promise to put forth an honest effort.
P.S. Check your bog postings...I tried to leave comments on everyone's tonight.
Friday, February 08, 2008
Am I obsessed???
So, you remember my post after New Years??? You know, the one where I said my one goal (not resolution) of the year was to have my baby on her due date. Well, I have a confession to make.
Are you ready for this???
I am obsessed with this goal, I have realized.
And when I say obsessed, I mean obsessed.
I am planning my birth announcements around it. They are gonna be green and white and have little shamrocks on them. And I am gonna have to find the shamrocks...trust me, I have been goggle's biggest customer...and I am gonna get green glitter to make them glittery. And I actually designed the announcements last night on paper. I know exactly how many eyelets I need for each announcement (16). All I have to do is a practice run to make sure that number is right.
So, I'm talking to Kari-Lynn today. She is my sister who is wicked crazy talented at using photoshop and she will be doing the picture/writing part of the announcement. And she asks me something.
She asks me a question that addmitedly, I have thought of before, but dread the answer.
"Krystin, what are you going to do if she is not born on St. Patrick's Day?"
Oh, how I hate this question. (My sil asked me the same thing a couple nights ago.)
You want my answer.
I'm gonna cry.
I will be upset.
I will (and if you are LDS, you will understand what I am about to say) weep and wail and gnash my teeth.
I will likely be upset for a lot of years.
And you know, the funny thing is, that I'm not kidding.
I'm not kidding one little bit.
It will be a little regret that will hang over me for probably countless years.
I mean, I am planning this as well as I can. You know, as well as a person can plan a non-planned non-c-section birth. The best I can hope for is this...
1) hope this birth is just like Scott's.
2) hope that, like Scott, I will need to be induced.
3) hope that my body reacts to the induction the same way it did for Scott.
4) hope that my body does not go into labour early.
5) cause if it does, I will not push until 12:01am Mar. 17/08.
WISH ME LUCK!!! :)
The only thing I really got going for me, is that my Dr. will not let me go over my due date before inducing me. This is why I must get him to start the induction the night before..not the day of. I can't risk a Mar. 18th delivery.
Because, heaven forbid, that I should have to do birth announcements in *gasp* pink or *be still my beating heart* spring colours.
Because, don't even think that I can use a shamrock if she ain't born on St. Patty's Day. In my mind, that just don't work...lol.
Like I said, obsessed with a St. Patrick's Day baby.
So, you remember my post after New Years??? You know, the one where I said my one goal (not resolution) of the year was to have my baby on her due date. Well, I have a confession to make.
Are you ready for this???
I am obsessed with this goal, I have realized.
And when I say obsessed, I mean obsessed.
I am planning my birth announcements around it. They are gonna be green and white and have little shamrocks on them. And I am gonna have to find the shamrocks...trust me, I have been goggle's biggest customer...and I am gonna get green glitter to make them glittery. And I actually designed the announcements last night on paper. I know exactly how many eyelets I need for each announcement (16). All I have to do is a practice run to make sure that number is right.
So, I'm talking to Kari-Lynn today. She is my sister who is wicked crazy talented at using photoshop and she will be doing the picture/writing part of the announcement. And she asks me something.
She asks me a question that addmitedly, I have thought of before, but dread the answer.
"Krystin, what are you going to do if she is not born on St. Patrick's Day?"
Oh, how I hate this question. (My sil asked me the same thing a couple nights ago.)
You want my answer.
I'm gonna cry.
I will be upset.
I will (and if you are LDS, you will understand what I am about to say) weep and wail and gnash my teeth.
I will likely be upset for a lot of years.
And you know, the funny thing is, that I'm not kidding.
I'm not kidding one little bit.
It will be a little regret that will hang over me for probably countless years.
I mean, I am planning this as well as I can. You know, as well as a person can plan a non-planned non-c-section birth. The best I can hope for is this...
1) hope this birth is just like Scott's.
2) hope that, like Scott, I will need to be induced.
3) hope that my body reacts to the induction the same way it did for Scott.
4) hope that my body does not go into labour early.
5) cause if it does, I will not push until 12:01am Mar. 17/08.
WISH ME LUCK!!! :)
The only thing I really got going for me, is that my Dr. will not let me go over my due date before inducing me. This is why I must get him to start the induction the night before..not the day of. I can't risk a Mar. 18th delivery.
Because, heaven forbid, that I should have to do birth announcements in *gasp* pink or *be still my beating heart* spring colours.
Because, don't even think that I can use a shamrock if she ain't born on St. Patty's Day. In my mind, that just don't work...lol.
Like I said, obsessed with a St. Patrick's Day baby.
Friday, February 01, 2008
Okay, so I really guess I should do a blog update.
So much has been going on I just don't even know where to start.
I received my green card in the mail late last week. So I am now officially a resident alien of the USA. Yes, lovin' the term alien.
I am so glad that it is all over and done with and I don't have to do anything else for a long time for it.
My camera is sick. Well, it's not so sick that it doesn't work, but it sure sounds sick. It sounds like the motor for the lens keeps trying to bring the lens out, even though it is already out. So, yeah. It just sounds very sick whenever I turn it on. At least it still works. I mean, seriously, what would I do without a camera??? I think I could quite possibly die...or maybe just be very sick and close to death. Kinda like my camera.
Scott is sleeping in a toddler bed now. We got a crib a few months back..my mil bought it for him, andhe hated it from the start. But, really, that is kinda out fault...lol.
Shhhhh, don't tell anyone I said that. I loved having him sleep with me at night. It was nice to have someone to cuddle up to every night since Will works nights. And I just love that kid so much that everything made up for the fact that he woke me up a few times a night.
Well, my mil was garagesaling a couple of weeks ago...yes, in January, and found a toddler bed for $10. It is so cool. It has glow in the dark stars and moon on the headboard and she bought it for him.
Well, he loves it. He had no problems at all with me sitting him in it for the first time or laying him down in it. With the crib, I could not even stand him in it without him screaming. So, now he takes his naps and sleeps in it at night. Everynight he gets better and better at sleeping through the night. Well, guess who just wandered out of his room??? Alright. I am back. He has a nasty little habit of waking up halfway through his nap and can only go back to sleep if I lay him back down and sit with him a few mins. So, anyways, like I said, he is getting better at sleeping longer in the bed without waking up. The first couple nights he was up every hour for 3 or 4 hours. Last night, I think his 3rd night in the bed, I never even heard him til 3:15...that's 5 hours of straight sleeping.
Anyways, of course, I have to show you a pic of my kid in all his cuteness sleeping in his bed for the first time.
Oh, what else is new???
I dunno. Oh, baby stuff.
We do have a name picked. Did I tell you that already??? Erin Sienna Kahle. At my last appt. (32 wk.) the dr. said I was measuring around 31 weeks. And his guess at weight was about 3.5 lbs.
She is laying quite low and is quite good at giving me extreme back and hip pain...still. But, she will be worth all that pain.
I am so excited to be having a little girl. Scott is so cute about it, too. He loves to lift up my shirt and smack my belly (that makes Erin nice and mad) and he even now waves at my belly. I ask him if he wants to say hi to the baby and he waves at my belly. But the waving thing, he just did out of the blue one day. Just lifted my shirt and waved at my belly. It was so gosh-darn cute.
A few days ago, I was sitting over at my bro-in-law's house and asked Scott where the baby was and he pointed to my tummy.
I love that kid so much.
He is so gosh-darn cute.
I finally found an outfit to bring her home from the hospital in. I have been looking for about a month now and just couldn't find something I wanted. Well, Scott and I picked something out today. And I do mean, Scott and I. I held up two cute dresses and I let him choose. This is it.
Well, I am gonna go work on updating Scott's blog now. I have tons of pictures of him to post and it is about time that he has an update, too.
So much has been going on I just don't even know where to start.
I received my green card in the mail late last week. So I am now officially a resident alien of the USA. Yes, lovin' the term alien.
I am so glad that it is all over and done with and I don't have to do anything else for a long time for it.
My camera is sick. Well, it's not so sick that it doesn't work, but it sure sounds sick. It sounds like the motor for the lens keeps trying to bring the lens out, even though it is already out. So, yeah. It just sounds very sick whenever I turn it on. At least it still works. I mean, seriously, what would I do without a camera??? I think I could quite possibly die...or maybe just be very sick and close to death. Kinda like my camera.
Scott is sleeping in a toddler bed now. We got a crib a few months back..my mil bought it for him, andhe hated it from the start. But, really, that is kinda out fault...lol.
Shhhhh, don't tell anyone I said that. I loved having him sleep with me at night. It was nice to have someone to cuddle up to every night since Will works nights. And I just love that kid so much that everything made up for the fact that he woke me up a few times a night.
Well, my mil was garagesaling a couple of weeks ago...yes, in January, and found a toddler bed for $10. It is so cool. It has glow in the dark stars and moon on the headboard and she bought it for him.
Well, he loves it. He had no problems at all with me sitting him in it for the first time or laying him down in it. With the crib, I could not even stand him in it without him screaming. So, now he takes his naps and sleeps in it at night. Everynight he gets better and better at sleeping through the night. Well, guess who just wandered out of his room??? Alright. I am back. He has a nasty little habit of waking up halfway through his nap and can only go back to sleep if I lay him back down and sit with him a few mins. So, anyways, like I said, he is getting better at sleeping longer in the bed without waking up. The first couple nights he was up every hour for 3 or 4 hours. Last night, I think his 3rd night in the bed, I never even heard him til 3:15...that's 5 hours of straight sleeping.
Anyways, of course, I have to show you a pic of my kid in all his cuteness sleeping in his bed for the first time.
Oh, what else is new???
I dunno. Oh, baby stuff.
We do have a name picked. Did I tell you that already??? Erin Sienna Kahle. At my last appt. (32 wk.) the dr. said I was measuring around 31 weeks. And his guess at weight was about 3.5 lbs.
She is laying quite low and is quite good at giving me extreme back and hip pain...still. But, she will be worth all that pain.
I am so excited to be having a little girl. Scott is so cute about it, too. He loves to lift up my shirt and smack my belly (that makes Erin nice and mad) and he even now waves at my belly. I ask him if he wants to say hi to the baby and he waves at my belly. But the waving thing, he just did out of the blue one day. Just lifted my shirt and waved at my belly. It was so gosh-darn cute.
A few days ago, I was sitting over at my bro-in-law's house and asked Scott where the baby was and he pointed to my tummy.
I love that kid so much.
He is so gosh-darn cute.
I finally found an outfit to bring her home from the hospital in. I have been looking for about a month now and just couldn't find something I wanted. Well, Scott and I picked something out today. And I do mean, Scott and I. I held up two cute dresses and I let him choose. This is it.
Well, I am gonna go work on updating Scott's blog now. I have tons of pictures of him to post and it is about time that he has an update, too.
Monday, January 28, 2008
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
My intentions were good, I promise.
Leslie, I would not lie to you. I started to do the "My year in review 2007" but I gotta be honest, it sucked. I could only remember something if I had pictures for it, and although I have LOTS of pictures, most of them were not pictures of a special event.
So, I have finally decided, I cannot pull it off. It would have been a boring and non-fascinating read (the complete opposite of yours) and I just decided it was not gonna happen. I am sorry.
I can barely remember yesterday let alone last year. Maybe this year I will make a point of writing special events down so I can remember them next year.
Now as to something else I want to tell you all. Scott is so cute. Well, okay, you already knew that, but let me tell you why he is so cute today :)
For the past month or two, I have been telling Scott about the baby in mama's belly. I point and pat my belly and tell him his baby sister is in my belly. Well, if we are laying on the bed, he likes to lift up my shirt and smack my belly or blow raspberries on it. I love it when he blows raspberries...so cute :) But, anyways, as for his other cuteness...yesterday, he lifted up my shirt to reveal my belly and started waving hi. He waved hi to my belly. Isn't he so dang cute???
Anyways, the little rugrat just woke up, so I better go get him and feed him. He likes it when I do that :)
Leslie, I would not lie to you. I started to do the "My year in review 2007" but I gotta be honest, it sucked. I could only remember something if I had pictures for it, and although I have LOTS of pictures, most of them were not pictures of a special event.
So, I have finally decided, I cannot pull it off. It would have been a boring and non-fascinating read (the complete opposite of yours) and I just decided it was not gonna happen. I am sorry.
I can barely remember yesterday let alone last year. Maybe this year I will make a point of writing special events down so I can remember them next year.
Now as to something else I want to tell you all. Scott is so cute. Well, okay, you already knew that, but let me tell you why he is so cute today :)
For the past month or two, I have been telling Scott about the baby in mama's belly. I point and pat my belly and tell him his baby sister is in my belly. Well, if we are laying on the bed, he likes to lift up my shirt and smack my belly or blow raspberries on it. I love it when he blows raspberries...so cute :) But, anyways, as for his other cuteness...yesterday, he lifted up my shirt to reveal my belly and started waving hi. He waved hi to my belly. Isn't he so dang cute???
Anyways, the little rugrat just woke up, so I better go get him and feed him. He likes it when I do that :)
Wednesday, January 09, 2008
Ahhhhhhhhh, heck!!!
So, we have just been invited to a surprise birthday party for a friend of Will's and guess how we are to dress???
80's.
Dude, I was barely a kid yet in the 80's...lol
The only consolation is that his friend's wife, is younger than me, so she was even more barely even a kid than me.
Should be fun.
So, we have just been invited to a surprise birthday party for a friend of Will's and guess how we are to dress???
80's.
Dude, I was barely a kid yet in the 80's...lol
The only consolation is that his friend's wife, is younger than me, so she was even more barely even a kid than me.
Should be fun.
Tuesday, January 08, 2008
MY KID IS SO DANG CUTE!!!
Okay, so this morning we are eating breakfast and Scott is sitting in high chair. He has started throwing his food on the floor (his typical indication that he is done).
SO, I look at him and say,
Me: "Scott, are you done?"
Scott: "Ya."
Me: "Yeah, you are all done?"
Scott: "Da."
Me: "All done?"
Scott: "Ya."
He is getting so grown up and big.
He says "Da" for 'that' and 'done'. He says "Ya" for 'Yeah or yes'. If he is eating and wants his juice or water, he will point to it and say "Da."
So, yeah, I just had to tell you all how cute my kid is.
Okay, so this morning we are eating breakfast and Scott is sitting in high chair. He has started throwing his food on the floor (his typical indication that he is done).
SO, I look at him and say,
Me: "Scott, are you done?"
Scott: "Ya."
Me: "Yeah, you are all done?"
Scott: "Da."
Me: "All done?"
Scott: "Ya."
He is getting so grown up and big.
He says "Da" for 'that' and 'done'. He says "Ya" for 'Yeah or yes'. If he is eating and wants his juice or water, he will point to it and say "Da."
So, yeah, I just had to tell you all how cute my kid is.
Tuesday, January 01, 2008
Well, Happy New Year to all my faithful blog readers.
I am not one for resolutions (although, I never fault someone else for making them). So, I will not tell you any resolutions that I have cause, well, I have none. I figure if I will not make the change at another time of year, what makes the beginning of the year so special that I would do it then?!? Know what I mean???
Anyways, I wish a Happy and Prosperous New Year to you all and wish you all the best of luck at accomplishing any goals that may be made at this time or any time in this New Year.
Well, I figure it is time that I should show you a belly picture. Michelle, my sister who is also pregnant posted a pic of her belly a couple of weeks ago and I laughed at the fact that despite her being 10 weeks less pregnant that I, we are the same size. So, I guess now would be as good a time as any to show you that.
But before I do, it's not only me who thinks we are the same size. Even my mum said that when she was down here last week.
So, to do the comparison, look at my pic, then go to her blog (linked under 'family and friends blogs') scroll down a couple of posts and compare. Tell me what you think :)
Please pardon my hideousness in the following photographs. I had already showered, but then decided to clean and do laundry and such and really didn't feel like dressing up for the occasion. So, consequently, you get to see me all hideous and well, hideous. So, forgive me.
This is me at 29 weeks and 2 days pregnant.
This pregnancy has been a lot different than the pregnancy with Scott. They are both gentle in their movements (ie. no swift kicks to the gut) and both have been uber-geneous at not using my bladder as a squeeze toy, BUT...gotta love the 'but'...I am in a lot more pain during this pregnancy. My back and my hips are so sore that at time I can barely walk after getting out of bed. It's almost to the point of being crippling to a point. I am seeing the chiropractor regularly again and am hoping that it will really help. I could be in worse shape because my body got used to being adjusted properly through frequent chiropractic visits and then the pregnany loosened my limbs and I became unadjusted properly (for lack of a better term). So, to say the least, hopefully, seeing the chiropractor again will help.
I am due on Mar. 17 and I am currenly praying that I will deliver on Mar. 17...no earlier, no later. I want to go be induced (going on the assumption I will need the meds to help her arrive, like Scott) on Sunday Mar. 16, so I will deliver sometime on the 17th. And if I happen to go into labour on my own, I hope it's not til really close to midnight on the 16th, so I can have her on the 17th. As you can see, I really want her on the 17th and am attempting to plan it. SO, if you feel the desire to pray for my wish, I would greatly appreciate it.
Now, to answer all your questions which is "Why, the 17th?".
Well, her name is going to be Erin. Erin means 'Of Irealand'. Would it not then be appropriate to be born on Saint Patty's Day??? Oh, yeah, and I bought a shamrock Christmas ornament that I want to engrave her name and birthday on for her for next year. Once agin, shamrock ornament, with Mar. 17 engraved on it...it just makes sense.
Now that you all think I am legally insane and can be commited, I will end the post with my one goal of the New Year to give birth on Mar. 17, 2008. Wish me luck. :)
I am not one for resolutions (although, I never fault someone else for making them). So, I will not tell you any resolutions that I have cause, well, I have none. I figure if I will not make the change at another time of year, what makes the beginning of the year so special that I would do it then?!? Know what I mean???
Anyways, I wish a Happy and Prosperous New Year to you all and wish you all the best of luck at accomplishing any goals that may be made at this time or any time in this New Year.
Well, I figure it is time that I should show you a belly picture. Michelle, my sister who is also pregnant posted a pic of her belly a couple of weeks ago and I laughed at the fact that despite her being 10 weeks less pregnant that I, we are the same size. So, I guess now would be as good a time as any to show you that.
But before I do, it's not only me who thinks we are the same size. Even my mum said that when she was down here last week.
So, to do the comparison, look at my pic, then go to her blog (linked under 'family and friends blogs') scroll down a couple of posts and compare. Tell me what you think :)
Please pardon my hideousness in the following photographs. I had already showered, but then decided to clean and do laundry and such and really didn't feel like dressing up for the occasion. So, consequently, you get to see me all hideous and well, hideous. So, forgive me.
This is me at 29 weeks and 2 days pregnant.
This pregnancy has been a lot different than the pregnancy with Scott. They are both gentle in their movements (ie. no swift kicks to the gut) and both have been uber-geneous at not using my bladder as a squeeze toy, BUT...gotta love the 'but'...I am in a lot more pain during this pregnancy. My back and my hips are so sore that at time I can barely walk after getting out of bed. It's almost to the point of being crippling to a point. I am seeing the chiropractor regularly again and am hoping that it will really help. I could be in worse shape because my body got used to being adjusted properly through frequent chiropractic visits and then the pregnany loosened my limbs and I became unadjusted properly (for lack of a better term). So, to say the least, hopefully, seeing the chiropractor again will help.
I am due on Mar. 17 and I am currenly praying that I will deliver on Mar. 17...no earlier, no later. I want to go be induced (going on the assumption I will need the meds to help her arrive, like Scott) on Sunday Mar. 16, so I will deliver sometime on the 17th. And if I happen to go into labour on my own, I hope it's not til really close to midnight on the 16th, so I can have her on the 17th. As you can see, I really want her on the 17th and am attempting to plan it. SO, if you feel the desire to pray for my wish, I would greatly appreciate it.
Now, to answer all your questions which is "Why, the 17th?".
Well, her name is going to be Erin. Erin means 'Of Irealand'. Would it not then be appropriate to be born on Saint Patty's Day??? Oh, yeah, and I bought a shamrock Christmas ornament that I want to engrave her name and birthday on for her for next year. Once agin, shamrock ornament, with Mar. 17 engraved on it...it just makes sense.
Now that you all think I am legally insane and can be commited, I will end the post with my one goal of the New Year to give birth on Mar. 17, 2008. Wish me luck. :)
Saturday, December 29, 2007
Well, a whole lot has been going on in the past while for our family.
There were, of course, Christmas parties galore to go to...so many, in fact, we even skipped one.
Scott got to see Santa and Mrs. Claus at our ward (church) Christmas party. It was not a pleasant experience for him...as I very well suspected. He is, after all, at that age.
Apparently, he was not scarred from the whole incident as here he is moments later sucking on the candy cane Santa gave him.
The next night was the Christmas party that my sil, Christine, hosted. So, up to Sacramento we drove for what would be the first of three trips in 1.5 weeks.
We had a great time. We did a yankee trade (similar in concept to a white elephant gift exchange). I came out of there with an electric griddle, a king size blanket and a clock that isngs Christmas music. Well, I kinda came out of there with it. That's what I got from the gift exchange. Uncle Mike took it home...stealy thief :) I am waiting for it to arrive in the mail.
This is Scott at the party.
And, of course, I have to show you a picture of him just being his cute self. The shirt he is wearing is actually one of the gifts he got at the party. he got lots and lots of clothes and toys.
Okay, I guess we will fast forward a few days to when we went back to Sacramento to pick up Mum and Laurenne at the airport. It was a crazy day. I was a ARF in the morning and I called the Dr. to get Scott an appt. for the next day. He had discharge from his eye. Well, they couldn't get him in the next day, just that day. So, after some scrambling, we got him to the Dr. Turns out he had pink eye. Poor kid. Gets over one thing just to get another. So, quick pharmacy run, before we leave and off we go. On the road to see mum and LJ. Well, of course, we hit traffic in two places, so we ended up being a little over an hour late picking them up. Welcome to California. Hope you enjoy your stay at the Sacramento Airport...lol
After picking them up, ew headed straight back home. So, Thursday we didn't do anything, to say the least.
Friday, we went shopping. Saturday, we went shopping. Sunday, we went to church. Monday, we went shopping. Tuesday was Christmas. Wednesday, we went shopping. Thursday we headed back to Sacramento to take them home. That would be the short version of what we did while they were here. Mum was kinda disgusted that all we did was shop while they were here, but I gotta admit it was kinda nice. I never get to go shopping like that. I can't think of all the specific places we went each day, but the stores included Michael's, Target, Lowe's, Joann's, Dollar Tree, Food 4 Less. Basically, the majority of our time was spent preparing for the holidays.
We would have loved to go somewhere, but Will didn't have any time off except Christmas Day and I don't know how to get to any places...like Yosemite or Disneyland. Plus, it seemed kinda lame to spend almost $100 to get me into Disneyland to not be able to ride any rides.
Christmas day was great. We just stayed home. We had panettone french toast. It was so yummy. It is going to be our traditional Christmas Day breakfast. It was so dang filling.
Here is a picture of our tree on Christmas Eve.
And this is just my lame attempt at copying kari-Lynn to show you Christmas at our house.
The things we do to our poor dog just to amuse ourselves.
And now, of course, Christmas morning. We got all kinds of good stuff. I won't even begin to try to list stuff, but some items included...Nentendo DS and games for Solomon, mini amp and other electric guitar accessories for Camille, Jewellery and Canada blankets for Krystin, air compressor/jump starter and Cabela's gift card for WIll, and clothes and toys for Scott. We gave mum a cd and a movie and Laurenne got a skirt and Audrey Hepburn movies from us.
Those are, of course, just some of the stuff we got. Just too much for me to not only list, but actually think of :)
Scott pulling stuff out of his stocking.
You know what, I was about to post a few more pics of Scott opening presents and playing with stuff, but I will post those on his blog. This post is getting quite long, after all.
So, I guess for now, I will end my post, but I will say...
We really enjoyed having mum and Laurenne here and wish they could have stayed longer. It was a very nice visit and we hope to do it again soon. I cannot wait to get up to Canada in June to visit everyone.
There were, of course, Christmas parties galore to go to...so many, in fact, we even skipped one.
Scott got to see Santa and Mrs. Claus at our ward (church) Christmas party. It was not a pleasant experience for him...as I very well suspected. He is, after all, at that age.
Apparently, he was not scarred from the whole incident as here he is moments later sucking on the candy cane Santa gave him.
The next night was the Christmas party that my sil, Christine, hosted. So, up to Sacramento we drove for what would be the first of three trips in 1.5 weeks.
We had a great time. We did a yankee trade (similar in concept to a white elephant gift exchange). I came out of there with an electric griddle, a king size blanket and a clock that isngs Christmas music. Well, I kinda came out of there with it. That's what I got from the gift exchange. Uncle Mike took it home...stealy thief :) I am waiting for it to arrive in the mail.
This is Scott at the party.
And, of course, I have to show you a picture of him just being his cute self. The shirt he is wearing is actually one of the gifts he got at the party. he got lots and lots of clothes and toys.
Okay, I guess we will fast forward a few days to when we went back to Sacramento to pick up Mum and Laurenne at the airport. It was a crazy day. I was a ARF in the morning and I called the Dr. to get Scott an appt. for the next day. He had discharge from his eye. Well, they couldn't get him in the next day, just that day. So, after some scrambling, we got him to the Dr. Turns out he had pink eye. Poor kid. Gets over one thing just to get another. So, quick pharmacy run, before we leave and off we go. On the road to see mum and LJ. Well, of course, we hit traffic in two places, so we ended up being a little over an hour late picking them up. Welcome to California. Hope you enjoy your stay at the Sacramento Airport...lol
After picking them up, ew headed straight back home. So, Thursday we didn't do anything, to say the least.
Friday, we went shopping. Saturday, we went shopping. Sunday, we went to church. Monday, we went shopping. Tuesday was Christmas. Wednesday, we went shopping. Thursday we headed back to Sacramento to take them home. That would be the short version of what we did while they were here. Mum was kinda disgusted that all we did was shop while they were here, but I gotta admit it was kinda nice. I never get to go shopping like that. I can't think of all the specific places we went each day, but the stores included Michael's, Target, Lowe's, Joann's, Dollar Tree, Food 4 Less. Basically, the majority of our time was spent preparing for the holidays.
We would have loved to go somewhere, but Will didn't have any time off except Christmas Day and I don't know how to get to any places...like Yosemite or Disneyland. Plus, it seemed kinda lame to spend almost $100 to get me into Disneyland to not be able to ride any rides.
Christmas day was great. We just stayed home. We had panettone french toast. It was so yummy. It is going to be our traditional Christmas Day breakfast. It was so dang filling.
Here is a picture of our tree on Christmas Eve.
And this is just my lame attempt at copying kari-Lynn to show you Christmas at our house.
The things we do to our poor dog just to amuse ourselves.
And now, of course, Christmas morning. We got all kinds of good stuff. I won't even begin to try to list stuff, but some items included...Nentendo DS and games for Solomon, mini amp and other electric guitar accessories for Camille, Jewellery and Canada blankets for Krystin, air compressor/jump starter and Cabela's gift card for WIll, and clothes and toys for Scott. We gave mum a cd and a movie and Laurenne got a skirt and Audrey Hepburn movies from us.
Those are, of course, just some of the stuff we got. Just too much for me to not only list, but actually think of :)
Scott pulling stuff out of his stocking.
You know what, I was about to post a few more pics of Scott opening presents and playing with stuff, but I will post those on his blog. This post is getting quite long, after all.
So, I guess for now, I will end my post, but I will say...
We really enjoyed having mum and Laurenne here and wish they could have stayed longer. It was a very nice visit and we hope to do it again soon. I cannot wait to get up to Canada in June to visit everyone.
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