Still Growing!

So this is my belly at 26-ish weeks! That was 3 weeks ago, and from my perspective, I have doubled in size since then!

I don't really have much to tell right now, other than things are still just goin'! I had my glucose screen about 3 weeks ago. Everything looked good! No gestational diabetes for me! Woo hoo! My iron is a little bit low. She wasn't too concerned about it for the time being, so neither am I. Baby's head is small....a miracle considering Scott and I both have gigantic heads! Again, the doc wasn't really concerned about it. She said I'll be grateful for it when it's time to deliver! As of that appointment, she weighed about 1 pound 15 ounces (amazing to me that they get that from an ultra sound!). And they say that in your 3rd trimester (weird to think I'm in my 3rd trimester!) they start to grow almost a half a pound a week! So I'm gonna be bustin' at the seams before too long! I already feel like I am! I just told Scott tonight that I think I'm going to have to pass on the shaving thing until after the baby is born. It's too uncomfortable! We finally got the nursery all painted and started moving stuff in there. We don't have furniture yet, other than a couple of shelves. I did get all of her clothes put in her closet. So, if nothing else, she has a cute closet! I have another appointment on the 30th, so more to come on this venture, as always!

I really don't have much else to tell for now! Anyone want to hire my husband yet???

Two Months Later!

Yeah, yeah, I know, it's been two months since my last post! Times are crazy! We have a nursery to make! What a nightmare of a project we started! Our house has 3 bedrooms, all on the top level. One of the rooms is the home of our three (that's right, I said THREE!) computers. Well, obviously, we have to turn that room into the nursery. So we have been moving the computer room downstairs into the living room area. The living room area is significantly smaller than the bedroom that orignally housed our computer/geek crap! So we have had to condense. In order to condense, we had to "dejunk" our crawl space to make room for more junk. Step one, project "dejunk", finished! Next step, box up my M&M/Pez dispenser collections to make room for the computers. If you know me, you should know that tears were involved in this process! But, it's all for a greater good, right?!? Step two, done! Next step, moving the computers. Holy hell! The actual "computer moving" process was not too awful. It's the cleaning out the rest of the junk in that room that has been hell! So, two trailer loads to the dump later....step three, done! So today, Scott had to tear out the wood paneling (tacky that it even still existed in our house, I know...but some things I have no control over...yet!) He got the wood paneling off the walls and what do we find behind it??? WALLPAPER!! Not just any wallpaper, but wallpaper with gigantic pink flowers all over it! VOMIT! So, to add another step to this already-taking-too-long process, tomorrow we get to pull down wallpaper! After that, hopefully, we will be able to paint! The worst part of this whole process is that Scott REFUSES to buy any baby stuff until the room is cleaned out and painted! I can understand that, but come on...does he have any idea how hard it is to resist buying anything right now?? End of that story for now!

So here are some pictures of my ridiculously cute baby (I know I haven't met her yet, but I can already tell she's got some spunk!) I love her!

This is a great shot of her little leg!

This is a 3D view of her face (I think this one is a tad creepy!)

This is a 3D of the side of her head, her little hand is covering her face!

This is another 3D profile view, her little arm is covering her face!

This is a 3D view, curled up in the fetal position, her legs tucked into her chest

Another 3D in the fetal position, she moved her legs down and she is resting her head on her hand! Love this one!

This is supposedly the picture that confirms 100% for sure it's a girl! Don't ask me where she sees the girl parts, but I'll trust the woman, seeing how she looks at these things for a living! You can see her cute little toes though! Gotta love that!

So that's really all the interesting goings on of my life these days! Just truckin' along! Crazy to think that 3 months from now I will have a little baby in my hands! It is really going by so fast, and I'm dying to meet this little one!

P.S. Anyone want to hire my husband yet?

I Suck...

At this whole blogging thing! Actually, it's not so much that, as my life is just ridiculously boring! Scott is still job hunting. Anyone hiring yet? The whole job search is just frustrating. He has submitted application after application, been online everyday looking at job postings, and he hasn't heard back from anyone, other than a few rejection letters. It is very stressful and very frustrating. It worries me, with the baby coming and all. We really need the benefits. I know it's still a little ways away, but it still freaks me out! So, in the meantime, we got a new pup!

This is baby Mia! I know...she is the cutest thing you ever saw! She is seriously one of the sweetest puppies ever to grace the face of the Earth! I just love her to pieces!

We celebrated our 2 year anniversary on June 16th. I can't believe it has already been 2 years! It flies by! So for our anniversary, Scott took me to Wendover. Sounds lame, but I have never been there before! We had such a good time! And without even drinking! We left on Tuesday morning. Got there and checked in to our hotel room. Then we went for a drive on the ridiculously HUGE Wendover strip (haha) to try to find us some lunch. Then we went back to the hotel and gambled for a little bit. Scott tried his hand at playing the tables. He loves Texas Hold 'Em and has been dying to try the tables ever since we went to Vegas. So he finally did it, and he LOVED it! Now he is constantly bugging me to go back! Anyway, after gambling we went and at dinner at the buffet in the hotel. Then we went back to the room. We got a mini suite and it had a jetted tub out in the room area, so we sat in the jetted tub and watched TV for about 2 hours! Ha ha, nice anniversary, right?!? Then we gambled a little the next morning and came home to deal with the joys of parenthood (that's another story, another time!). We had a such a good time! It was so nice to get away, just the two of us. It's not something we get to do very often, and I'm positive it won't get any better after the baby comes! Here are a few pictures from the trip...

I love my hubby so much!

Next up, I'm sure everyone is wondering about the babe, since I have only posted one picture of the cute little peanut! So here are some updates.

This was at my appointment on April 29th (or sometime around then). This was at about 8 weeks along.

This was at my appointment on May 27th. You can actually see a fetus in there, instead of just an embryo! So so cute! I put it upside down because I think you can make it out better when it's upside down!

We didn't get a picture of my most recent ultra sound. But this one was the biggie! So the baby was not as cooperative as we would have liked. Legs were crossed for the entire ultra sound! Modest little thing! We did get a fairly good view of "the parts" and it is definitely looking like a little girl! The doc didn't want to say she was positive it's a girl just because of the legs being crossed, but there were definitely no little boy parts sticking out anywhere in there! So she said she is about %80 sure it's a girl. So we will see if she cooperates a little better with my next ultra sound, which is July 22nd. If not, I have a targeted ultra sound, which is a very in depth ultra sound, scheduled for August 5th. She said we will know absolutely for sure by that ultra sound. So in the meantime, my mom better keep all of her receipts just in case! So cross your fingers that she stays a girl! Ha ha!

So that pretty much sums up our lives over the past month or so! Hope everyone is well!

My life....

Has been quite eventful these days! Well, it seems like it to me, but in reality, just 2 major events in my life that I can really think of! This is the order it goes....

#1 - I'm pregnant! Yes, believe it or not, there actually is the beginnings of a baby in this picture!

#2 - Scott got laid off from his job. Impeccable timing, right?!?

So, baby is due December 7th, which makes me nearly 9 weeks. Almost out of the "danger zone", I do believe! Good news for me because I have a 45% chance of miscarriage because of my polycystic ovaries. Awesome, I know! So I have now already had 3, yes you heard right, 3 ultra sounds within the last week! So my baby is already getting ridiculous amounts of attention! I'm totally fine with that!

On the other news, I'm trying not to talk too much about that because I just cry! We kind of knew it was coming, but they didn't give him any notice. They told him, and then he had an hour to turn in his badge and computer and leave the office. So that is making it kind of tough. But, we'll figure things out...we always do! Just kind of scary right now, with a baby on the way and the job market like it is right now. We'll get through it though! So, anyone hiring??

I don't really have much else to tell! These rather large events seem to overshadow the many great small events, such as the March of Dimes walk, and lunch with my mom and lifelong friends...but those small things are not forgotten!

Because....

It has been a few weeks and I don't have anything to even talk about! Life is boring lately! Here is a cake I just made.

I haven't had Gage over in about 4 weeks! I miss him! Last time he was over, we went to the Polaris dealership up the road and let him play around on the 4-wheelers. He had such a good time! We asked him if he like the 4-wheelers and his response was "HELL YEAH!" So, I would say it's a pretty safe assumption to say he had fun!

Did I mention that I love that kid??

Oh and I know it has been weighing on your mind...No, I'm not prego yet!

Ok, night!

Projects

I have been bombarded with cake projects lately, it seems like! I'm totally loving it! There is something very therapeutic about it for me...weird, I know! So I made a cake last week and the week before, then I have 2 this week, plus Scott's birthday on Saturday! AAAHHHHH! Here are the ones I just did....

This one was for one of the nurse's at work. It was her grandpa's 90th birthday and all of the grandkids had to bring a cake. He is a big BYU fan, and for anyone who knows me, you know that I'm NOT! So this one hurt my gut a little...it's like cheating or something!

The other one was for another one of the girls at work. It was her son's birthday, so we did a football field for him. It was a nightmare to make, but it turned out so cute!So that's all!

It's A Sad Day...

When you can't even park your car safely anymore! Tuesday night, while I was at the Winner School teaching, my car got broken into. That's right, window broken, purse gone! I know what you are thinking..."you should never leave your purse in your car", so don't even say it! There wasn't really anything of much value in there. I don't have credit cards, debit cards, or even a checking account. So they aren't really getting away, money-wise, with much more than the $20 cash I had in there. I did have my W-2 from Willow Creek in there, which has my social security number on it. So, new ATM card on the way, fraud monitering on my credit, gotta go get a new license (this will be number 3 in the last year and a half!) and gotta get me a new purse and wallet, and a $250 new window today! I am really just angry! I really have never felt so violated and vulnerable. It just makes me sick to think that someone was so desparate that they would stoop to that level. You hear about other people's experiences like this, but never fully understand until it happens to you! Moral of the story...1. Don't leave your valuables in the car, 2. Don't park on the dark side street at the Winner School!

By the way....what do you do when you have a friend that has a potentially life threatening issue, that you have no control over and apparently, neither does this friend? Just a thought.....