March 7, 2012

I decided that today I was going to have a semi self prescribed bed-rest day, but I was going to at least be productive!

I have all these projects that I want to get done before Carson gets here, but I have a bad habit of starting things, and then never finishing them! I guess last nights craft night was a good motivator. :)

I put the last finishing touches on the little "Kiss Me" sign that I started last night. I also finished one of Keric's Pirate signs that I wanted to make for his room, and I got everything for the Activity Day's bookmarks done for this afternoon.

It was actually really fun to just sit down and make a big mess, and FINISH some of these projects. I still have the blankets to finish, but sadly I ran out of time today.

I do however think I am in desperate NEED of a craft room! I wonder if I can talk one of the kids into giving up their room and just sleeping on the couch until college?

March 6, 2012

I probably totally overworked myself today, but I feel like my poor old body is quickly shutting down, and I'm running out of non bed rest time quickly!

I took Keric to school today, and then I came home and "rested" up for the rest of the things I had planned for the day. I am in charge of the craft part of Activity Days tomorrow, so I had some things to do for that, along with a few other errands to run.

Getting up and getting myself and Keric ready for the day, usually wears me out pretty good, so I figured if I came home and rested while Keric was in school, I could get all my errands done.

We went to Jo Ann's after school, and then to Wal-mart, and by the time I got home I had a really nice case of the Cankles!! It was not pretty, and actually sort of hurt! I knew this was NOT a good sign. :(

My sweet friend Melissa brought me a Dr. Pepper and some mini Twix. She was so sweet to think of me, and man did it taste good! It actually made sitting on the couch starring at my cankles, somewhat bare able! :)

My friends Karie and Ann and I got together tonight for one last "girls night" before Carson is born. We all met at Karie's house and had a craft night! Despite how horrible I was feeling, it was so much FUN to get together and just talk, paint, and laugh!

March 5, 2012

Generally I have a little man who is ALL smiles, MOST of the time! He rarely complains about much, even when he is sick! However today was a bit of a different story.

I'm not sure if he is coming down with something, or if he just simply woke up on the wrong side of the bed, or if it was the fact that his Daddy had to go into SLC to work today, but instead of seeing a face like this:



I mostly saw faces like this:



followed by MANY, MANY tantrums! Oh the joys of tantrums!! I sure hope tomorrow is a happier day!! I'm not sure how many more tantrums I can take!

March 4, 2012

There are or I guess I should say WERE 4 women in my ward, including me, all due to have little boys within about 3 weeks of each other. It was kind of fun to be pregnant with others, and to reach different milestones with someone else. It was especially fun when we all found out we were ALL having boys. Oh the years ahead in our ward would be fun with all those little boys in Nursery, Primary, Young Men, and even going on missions! We have nicknamed our little "club" Team Re-populate the Earth.

Of course I am well aware that babies come when they are ready, and/or when their Mommy's Dr.'s say they are ready. So of course the chances of us all having our babies on or around our due dates was slim, BUT the tiny possibility was still there.

This last week two of the women in our ward had their babies within a couple days of each other, which now just leaves me and my friend Andrea left. We joked about it a little in church today and about how unfair it was that they had left us behind, and had their babies without us. Now it's just the two of us hanging on cheering each other on. :) Rah! Rah! Rah! Go team Re-populate the World! LOL

After church I put Keric down for his nap, and decided I was going to lay down for a little while too. I had just fallen asleep and had only been asleep for maybe 10 minutes, when I was woken up by these silly back contractions I keep having! They weren't as severe as the ones I had last week, but they were kind of coming one right after the other. I got up and walked around for awhile, and the more I walked, the more my back hurt.

I guess I started to get my hopes up a little, or maybe a lot. I got my phone out, and started timing these weird contractions/pains in my back and lower abdomen. They were sporadic to say the least, but they were definitely there, and they for SURE hurt.

I really got ahead of myself and packed a little bag to throw in the car, in the hopes that they would start becoming more regular and I would be heading to the hospital today.

A couple of hours passed, and even though my pains didn't go away completely, instead of being maybe 10 and 15 minutes apart, they were more like 45 and 60 minutes apart, and they weren't as painful as they were in the beginning. *sigh*

I guess I'll leave my little bag packed anyways and hope that one of these next few days SOON, I will need it. Sadly however, I wont be needing it today. ;) I guess maybe that's still a good thing...I would hate to leave Andrea all alone! HAHA

March 3, 2012

A couple of days ago, winter decided to show up after all! I can't say that I'm totally surprised, I mean I knew that having NO WINTER was too good to be true, but I guess a girl can always dream right?

Yes...I know that I live in Utah, and yes I know that Utah gets a lot of snow, but that does NOT mean that I have to like it.

We got about 6 inches of snow a couple of days ago, and it has actually stayed around. Usually when it snows like that, it seems like it's gone with in a day or two, but not this time.

Wal mart also happened to be having all of their winter stuff on major clearance yesterday, so Keric lucked out! We got him some snow pants for $1.50, some gloves for .50 cents, snow boots for $5.00 and a hat for .25 cents.

Chris had planned to work down in the basement today, but being the good Daddy he is, he went outside to play with Keric for awhile before getting to work. Keric LOVES the snow, and loves being outside, so he was in 7th Heaven out there in all his winter gear playing till his little heart was content! They played for almost two hours! They were throwing snowballs, chasing each other around the yard, jumping on the snow filled trampoline, and of course building a snowman.

Sitting outside watching them play and taking pictures and video's ALMOST made the 6 inches of snow worth having! :)

March 2, 2012

Today was kind of a go, go, go day, with LOTS of things happening, so I apologize for the long post, but this blog is more for me to remember the details of this year, so I guess no one is MAKING you read it all! :)

I knew that today was going to be a busy and hectic day, but I'm not sure my poor big pregnant body was as aware and prepared as my mind was! :)

I got up and got myself ready and Keric ready for school . After a few tears and tantrums he got his show and tell ready, coat and backpack on and we even got there ON TIME. However by the time I got home I was hurting so badly, I was in tears.

When I had my hip replaced, almost 2 years ago, one of the things we talked to Dr. Bertin about extensively was my ability to have more children once my hip had been replaced. We talked to him about the type of hardware I should have put in, which kind was safest, when I could start trying to have another baby, and whether or not the strain of pregnancy and childbirth would have an effect on my new hip.

He assured us that he would put the best hardware in my hip so as not to have too many ion metals in my body that could possibly affect the baby. He told me that I could start trying to have a baby as soon as six months after my surgery, although he personally would probably wait at least a year. He also assured us that the pregnancy and childbirth itself would not hurt my new hip.

Up until a couple days ago, I wasn't really worried about my hip at all, but I think Carson has dropped pretty low into my pelvis, and every time I walk I literally feel like my hip is going to fall out of its socket. It hurts so bad, and I am so uncomfortable that I guess I just finally broke down into tears!

I kind of had to take it easy the rest of the day, and over time it seemed to feel a little better. In fact by the time we drove into SLC for my 3:30 p.m. appointment with Dr. Holmes my hip felt 100 times better. I still feel like I'm walking with a bowling ball in between my legs, but at least I wasn't crying about it!

My blood pressure is still good, so I have avoided bed rest yet again (YEA!) and all those contractions that I have been having this week are actually doing something. I am now 3cm dilated and 60% effaced! So that made me feel a little better. Nothing like being in horrible pain for nothing!

As far as my hips go...well not much anyone can really do about that. It's just kind of the joys of the last few weeks of pregnancy, and also probably has more to do with where Carson is positioned right now.

I actually found a whole message board on line with women who have had total hip replacement surgery and had children after their surgeries. A lot of them complained about how the last few weeks or pregnancy they were hardly able to walk because of the spreading of the hips and ligaments, and many of them went on to have regular births, those who had C-sections had them because that's the way their other children were born, and ALL of them said that the pain went away a few weeks after giving birth and their hips were just fine. So that made me feel MUCH better. Not that I don't trust Dr. Bertin completely...but you know, you always second guess something when your in the middle of it I guess. :)

My appointment went well. Sadly I gained a pound, but I'm hoping it was because of the shoes I had on! ;) Dr. Holmes said that when I come in for my next weeks appointment on the 9th she would strip my membranes and see if we could get my labor to progress. Carson is about 7 1/2 - 8lbs right now, and anything after 37 weeks is considered full term, so his lungs would be developed and he wouldn't have to be in the NICU or anything.

We are all kind of hoping that stripping my membranes will lead to my water breaking, and him coming a little early so that he hopefully doesn't get much bigger. She said that she had done this procedure to 4 other women that week, and everyone of them had their water break with in four or five hours, and had their babies that night! I SOOOOOOO hope that is what will happen for me, but I know there really is no guarantee either way.

So fingers crossed that he either comes on his own this week, or he will come very quickly after my next appointment. March 9th or 10th sounds like a great day for a birthday! :)

After my appointment we had a couple errands to run in SLC. I was feeling good enough that I was able to do most of them. A couple I stayed in the car for, but for the most part I was OK.

We went to Costco to pick up a few things, and while we were there Chris decided that I had waited long enough for a new camera and bought me the camera I have been wanting for months now. I've always admired the SLR camera's from afar, and thought how fun it would be to actually have one, but they really aren't camera's that you just run out and buy. They are much more of a commitment than a point and shoot camera, and cost a lot more too!

I kept telling him that I didn't need one, and that it really wasn't necessary, I could continue to save my birthday and Christmas money, but he said I had waited long enough, and I shouldn't argue. The only "condition" he had was that I couldn't put it all over facebook! ;) Well...I didn't say anything about it on facebook, but he never said I couldn't put it on the blog! :)

I haven't had a lot of time to really dive into it and play with it, but I am SO EXCITED to sit down with it and just play with it for a few hours!

You all thought I had a lot of pictures of Keric...well you haven't seen anything yet! Poor Carson is going to be LIVING in a 24/7 photo shoot I'm a afraid! :)

A girl has to have a hobby right?? :)

March 1, 2012

Today marks 36 weeks! This is a week I have never been to in pregnancy, so it's kind of exciting to hit a new milestone! I'm anxious to see what Dr. Holmes has to say tomorrow! :)

Today is also the first day of March! YEA!!! I've been quietly doing the happy dance all day as I change the calendars and see all the other little reminders that it is in fact March! Carson's birth month is FINALLY here! Assuming I don't go over my due date, Carson will be here with in the next 31 days!!! I'm getting so excited to meet this little boy!

This week we have been dog sitting Jon's dog Spacey while he has been in St. George at some meetings for work. This is the first time we have ever watched Spacey. In fact it's the first time I have ever met her! She is a fairly new addition to Jon's house though. He rescued her from the pound and from being put down a few months ago. Actually maybe it's been longer than that...time kind of slips away from me.

I never grew up with dogs or really even around dogs. In fact the first dog I really ever had anything to do with was my little Tiara. I think in all honesty I grew up basically scared of dogs, especially big dogs! Even as an adult, I was always sort of scared of big dogs.

Spacey is by no means a "big dog", I guess she would more be classified as a medium sized dog, but she is much bigger than Chompie, and so it's taken a little while to get used to having her around...for me at least. :)

She is such a sweet dog, and so loving! She has been with us since Sunday afternoon, and I have YET to hear her even bark! She is very obedient, and honestly just kind of hangs out in her crate most of the day and sleeps. She likes to follow Chris down to the basement while he works, and she just lays on the blanket he put down there for her all day long. She actually reminds me a lot of a much bigger version of Tiara.

Keric LOVES doggies, big, medium, small, whatever, he loves them. He's never been scared or intimidated by them. I'm not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing. He gets a little flustered if they try to jump on him, but for the most part, he is quick to walk right up to them and give them a love.

He has really loved having Spacey around. He tells me quite often through out the day that he loves Mommy, Daddy, Baby Carson, Chompie and Spacey. He even prays for her at night. I think he's gonna be kind of sad when Jon comes to pick Spacey up tomorrow. I guess it's a good thing we will still have Chompie around for him to play with.