October 2011: Halloween

28 week pumpkin:

September 2011: 23 weeks

September 2011: 20 weeks

In September I turned 20 weeks pregnant.


I got a sneak peek at 17 weeks at the gender of the baby.
It's a BOY!


We are thrilled to have this little dude come to our family in January of 2012.

Last Week

Ok 9 days, but who is counting......really....?

Today at church while "everyone" seemed to mention something about my pregnancy - "you're almost there," "hopefully we don't see you next week!" "hangin' in there?" - it hit me that this baby is really going to be here SO SOON! As in, around 9 days-soon. Wow. I know this may be a strange thing for a pregnant woman to say (and Dave may not agree) but this pregnancy really has gone by fast, and given the fact that I am a week away, I feel good. Yes, I feel VERY pregnant, and yes, I feel VERY uncomfortable most of the time (what 8+ month pregnant woman doesn't?) but overall I don't really feel only a week away. Don't get me wrong, I would be fine if this baby was born tomorrow, I guess I'm just saying I'm lucky to feel good and not DYING to be done.

I just can't wait for this little baby to be here! I can't wait to see what she looks like. I can't wait to have another little one to cuddle, especially after so many months of awkward kid-cuddling. Speaking of which, I can't wait to comfortably hold my other girls again and enjoy having them in my lap! I can't wait to give Dave a real hug. I can't wait to be able to put on my pants without being worried about falling over :). I really just can't wait to find out how this new little one is going to change our family forever. I feel like the luckiest person and she's not even here yet! Wow. We are so blessed.

38 Weeks Pregnant

This time in the year...

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I went to the doctor today and he assured me that I will be at my appointment next week. Good chance there will be no baby this week...

That's ok though - due date is still two weeks away and I'm hanging in there :)

Tiny Little Poops

About a week ago my sweet mother sent me a box of See's chocolates to get me through the last few weeks of my pregnancy. There were 24 truffles - one for each day left in my pregnancy (yea right they will even last that long...)

Today, Katie, out of the blue, asks me in a very concerned tone, "Mom, are those really tiny little poops?"
I replied, "What?!" having NO IDEA where this is coming from.
"Are those really tiny little poops?" she repeats as she points to my box of chocolates.
It took me a second to process what she was talking about and then I remember...

Dave, being as clever as he is, told Katie that they were tiny little poops, so that she wouldn't ask for any. Thank you Dave for doing "whatever necessary" to protect my treats and for setting the stage for this priceless (and hilarious) conversation. :)

25 Days

Thanks to the little gadget on my sidebar I just realized there are only 25 days lefts 'til baby gets here.
Wahoo!

Hee Hee Hoooooo

Pretty sure I had one giant contraction all day.
Pretty sure it had to do with the fact I was teaching in Relief Society ;)

Hallelujah

It seems like things are going to be better this week.

Dave's back injury (due to drying off his back after a shower) seems to be getting better. Even though he still has pain, he is able to be take his medication and actually go to work this week. Sad that we don't have him home like we did last week, but good that he is feeling better.

My back pain, however, will probably continue for at least another 5 weeks :). BUT, overall I am definitley feeling better so far this week than I did last week. For some reason I was in a bad mood ALL WEEK last week. Some sort of pregnancy PMS perhaps? Does that even exist??? This morning I woke up definitely feeling better and ready to start a new week fresh.

The TV was actually OFF by 9:30 this morning, which was a huge accomplishment for us! The girls are happy and playing together (alone!) in their room. Hallelujah!

This is going to be a good day. This is going to be a great week. It has been decided. :)

After all...it is a birthday week!

33 weeks

Yes, I do still have 7 more weeks to grow ;)

This One's For Mom

When my brother went home for Thanksgiving, he told my mom that I didn't look pregnant. So, whenever I talk to my mom she brings that up and doesn't seem to believe that I'm getting big, so this one's for you mom. Proof that I am in fact growing! I still can't figure out how my brother could have missed seeing this belly...

20-something

22 weeks pregnant with Katie

23 weeks pregnant with McKenna

20 weeks pregnant with Baby #3

and feeling WAY more pregnant than I did with Baby #1 or #2,

but equally happy to be having a girl :)

Peace, Love, and GIRLS!!!

It's a GIRL

Here's our little baby girl giving us the peace sign in our ultrasound this morning. We are so happy and excited for another girl! I have to admit that I thought it was going to be a boy, but I wasn't at all surprised when we found out she was a girl. We're getting so used to this that I could even tell on the ultrasound before the nurse even told us :) Even though I wasn't surprised, I couldn't stop from laughing. "Of course it's a girl," I thought. "That's what we do!"

Everything looked great and the baby looks perfect. I still am amazed that this little baby is inside of me. What a miracle this whole process is! And I also wanted to reassure everyone who might be concerned, Dave will NOT be shooting himself. Luckily we cleared that up with Katie before the ultrasound so she knows that dad is excited for another daughter :)

How could they do that to the pregnant lady...?

Tonight, being Priesthood Session, my husband is going to be gone for the evening. He always goes out with some guys in our ward after Priesthood to play video games for the rest of the night. I already was planning on him being gone for the whole night and made plans with my girlfriend to get together, watch Grey's, and eat food. Perfect night! But then...
My husband's cousins called him this morning inviting him to go out to dinner before Priesthood. And where did they have to invite him to go? TUCANOS! Not only is Tucanos one of my favorite restaurants that we go to very rarely, but pretty much all they serve there is STEAK. AHHHH!!!! Which brings me to my point - How could they do that to the pregnant lady?!!! Now I have been planning and scheming in my mind all day how to arrange my evening to include steak. Not just any steak, really good steak. I almost made a reservation for myself to go to Tucanos with the girls after Priesthood started so I would be sure not to run into my husband and cousins, but then decided that would be a bit extreme. I finally decided on take out (steak of course) which I can now bring to my friends house and resume our evening as planned. My goodness. What's a pregnant girl to do?

My answer was to make sure I get steak, and top the night off with MK's famous double chocolate carmel brownies. YUM! Mary, I still LOVE you for sharing that recipe with me!

(BTW...this is post #100 - wow!)

1/4 Century Celebration

Yesterday was my birthday, and yes I have reached my 1/4 century mark. I have to admit, I feel like I should already be at least 25 by now. I don't know if that's normal...but I definitely feel older than I actually am. But the past 25 years have definitely treated me well and I am very grateful.

My birthday celebrations were perfect. My birthday started off great at midnight with "Happy Birthday" sung to me by some of our great friends. Later that morning, after our night's sleep, Katie had preschool so McKenna and I had some quality time together. I really have been loving McKenna time. She is such a fun little girl and I love being her mom. After we picked Katie up from preschool, we met my brother Brian on BYU campus for lunch. He took us out on his Dining Plus card - to the Skyroom - which was awesome, very thoughtful, and brought back a lot of really great memories. He also got me an awesome shirt from the Kenny Chesney concert he went to. The shirt says "She comes from Boston." I LOVE IT (and am wearing it in the pictures below). That trip to BYU was a little tiring for us all, so me and the girls went home for an afternoon nap.
That night we had THIS:

and only this for dinner. That's all I wanted (gotta love pregnancy cravings). Nothing else sounded good - I just wanted to fill up on steak. Haha. It was great.

I was sporting my lovely Pink Eye for my birthday pictures (gross, I know). Thought it was worth documenting both occasions :)

The girls helping me blow out my candles. Steak and cake = perfect birthday meal :)

This cracked me up. Before we even cut the cake the girls had already stuck the fingers in it and McKenna's face was instantly covered (of course). When I told her to say "cheese" for the camera she looked up at me and said "CAKE!" It was hilarious.

The night ended with some catching up on some of my favorite shows that we had DVR-ed. Perfectly relaxing evening. It was great. I was very excited about my WONDERFUL gifts from hubby, moms, and friends, and birthday wishes from everyone. I felt very loved and remembered. Thank you so much for making my birthday special!