Pregnant.. officially not fun anymore!

Beware!  If you don't want to read about some serious complaining then don't read this post.  It is for my own venting purposes.  

April 28th isn't coming fast enough!  These last few weeks have been dragging and I am grumpy!  I forgot how miserable it is to be pregnant.  I'm lucky that I don't get sick.  My sister told me that she hated people like me (because she gets so sick) although if this next baby is anything like Lucy...  I would rather be sick for 9 months than listen to a baby scream for the first full year of her life, my sister has easy mellow babies and I do not, maybe this next one will be better.  I know I shouldn't complain because I know that there are a lot of women in the world that are unable to have babies and would do anything to feel what I feel...  like heartburn, being constipated, being extremely moody and wanting to cry about everything, not being able to sleep (which I am not fun to be around when I am tired, just ask my poor husband) or rest for that matter not to mention the crazy dreams, eating breakfast at 3am cause I'm starving, having major anxiety about whether she is going to be normal or if she is growing okay, moving as much as she should etc, pure exhaustion (especially after working nights and then going home to take care of a toddler all day, cooking, cleaning, laundry, and everything else a mom and wife are expected to do on top of working... being a mom/wife is a thankless job I have found, therefore no decent sleep for over 24 hrs, won't miss that when I'm done working and... I hate people that have never worked nights and don't understand how hard it really is to go without sleep and then have to function, maybe they should try it and then tell me how tired they are... I have no sympathy, no I'm not bitter!), not being able to exercise like normal, constant back pain, weight gain everywhere, not being able to sit in a normal position for more than 5 minutes without feeling like I'm going to pass out because I can't breathe, having to go to the bathroom every hour (no joke!), and just feeling blah all of the time.  I can't wait to be back to normal and have my energy back and do everything that I used to do without having to rest every 10 minutes.  I feel like my life is on hold until she comes.  I could go on but I feel bad complaining because in the end I know it will all be worth it.  I do have to say that I love feeling her kick inside of me and see her little movements.  So cool!  In a couple of months I will look back at this post and be so thankful that it is all over...  I can't wait to put my running shoes on and just run and feel good about myself again.  

I'm 34 weeks in the above picture and still growing.  I'm 38 weeks now and am not posting any pictures because they aren't cute anymore.

I had to post this picture of Jen (my sis) and Rylee (my niece).  Every fast Sunday my mom has dinner for everyone at her house and she gets a fun cake and we sing to all of the kids that have birthdays that month, Jen and Rylee are both April babies.  I got all excited that next year my baby's name will be on that cake for the month of April (she better not have a May birthday, ha ha).  It is such a fun tradition that my mom has continued to do over the years.  The grandkids love it and will always remember her for always doing something fun for their birthdays.   

So I continue to wonder...  what will her name be?  What will she look like?  What will labor be like?  When will she decide to come see us?  Lucy gives her kisses and pushes on my stomach and says "mobe (move) baby mobe" and "come see us soon", and I love that she calls her sweetheart.  I'm so excited for them to meet!  My Dr won't induce me because I had a C-section with Lucy (risk of uterus rupturing) so I am in it for the long haul if I continue to think that a VBAC is what I really want, I'm really not so sure.  A C-section was so nice and sounds so good about now although I know it is major surgery and a longer recovery.  As of this very moment, nothing is going on so I have a feeling that I won't be delivering 2 weeks early like I did with Lucy, dang it!  I am a little nervous...  I never went into labor with Lucy, never had a contraction, nothing, so this is going to be a whole new experience for me.  I know women give birth every single day and that it is a natural thing (not that I am doing it natural or anything) but it is scary and I am not excited to give birth but I am so excited for what comes after. Another sweet little baby girl to love and take care of.  I love being a mom and although I complain about being pregnant I am very thankful to be.  She better be dang cute!  Pretty sure she will be!  I will post pics as soon as she arrives.  Yay!  I can't wait!  Bring on the contractions already!

Lucy... so BIG!

My little Lucy isn't so little anymore.  I can't believe how big she is getting.  I thought these pictures of her were so cute so I thought that I would post them.

She hates getting her teeth brushed but for some reason this night she was happy to be brushing her teeth.  I love her little face smiling in the mirror.  She loves her mermaid electric toothbrush, except for when it's mommy's turn to help.  Notice the step stool (see below as well) I love that she keeps finding random things to stand on, whatever works I guess.

I bought her a little make-up set because she kept getting into mine.  She just wants to be big like mommy and I found this cute little girl make-up that she loved so I got it for her.  It was so cute watching her in the mirror as she put it on.  She smiled and kept making the cutest faces like she was all big and grown up.  Of course I made a big deal about her getting so big hoping that someday it will click that big girls don't suck on binkies...  yes, she still has her binkie. Ugh! It makes the world a better place for the both of us so whatever, although she only has it at night and sometimes at home when she is sad or sleepy.  I refuse to let her take it outside of the house so that is a step I guess. 

I was in the kitchen one night and kept hearing plastic being stepped on and wondered what it was so I went into to see what she was up to and she had pulled the package of diapers up to the light switch so that she could turn on the lights all by herself.  It was so cute.  How does she come up with some of her ideas?  

Some of her latest things are "I do it!" or if she doesn't want to it's mommy do it or daddy do it, or Lucy's turn, mommy's turn etc.  She comes up with random games like throwing her number/color cups across the room to you while you build a tower for her then she knocks it down (she could play it all day).  She loves to sing...  I have this disney cd with all kinds of songs on it and she loves the mermaid songs and the mulan song.  Every time we get in the car she demands that she listens to it..  she doesn't always get her way, but when she does she sings her little heart out and if you sing along with her she screams at you.  She loves to dress herself, take her own diaper off and throw it away, and mostly everything she does she wants to do by herself, it must be the age.  Her favorite color is orange atleast that is the color she always picks, which is so random.  I love when she says "of course" (we never say that so I don't know where she heard it), "I'm coming" and "wook" (look).  She gets cuter and cuter everyday.  It melts my heart when she says "I la lu mommy" (I love you mommy).  She is going to be such a good big sister.  I'm assuming this is normal but I worry that she will feel left out or feel like we don't love her as much when the baby comes because it has only been the 3 of us for the last 2+ years.  I am going to try and give her as much attention as I normally do but I never want her to feel less important.  I'm going to be a busy mom trying to take care of 2 little ones.  I know it will be fine but I have to admit, I am a little nervous about it.  I also have to admit that I am very excited! Luce, I will always love you and you will always be my baby.  I don't know what I would do without my little Luly!  

Official Match Day

Yay!  March 19th was the official day of the Match.  Since Dave decided to do urology it was an early match for him so we knew back in January where he would be doing residency but this day was when all of the festivities happen and the day that the rest of the class finds out where they match.  The school had a brunch in the morning for the students and their families and that is when they handed out all of the official letters.  I was so glad that we already knew where we were going because that room got really intense for a couple minutes while everyone opened their letters.  I got a little teary eyed mostly because I remember how anxious I was finding out where we were going and we were at home, I can't imagine how everyone must of felt finding out in front of everyone.  I imagine it feels like getting a mission call, you really don't know what that letter is going to say until you open it.  

Dave decided to join in on all of the fun and open his letter and pretend to be really suprised that he matched in Ohio.  

It is all official now that he has his letter...  It was so cool to see where everyone matched.  There were alot of happy tears as well as some not so happy tears.  Mine were happy tears and I was a very proud wife that day.  What an accomplishment!

They had everyone come up one by one to announce where they matched and mark their destinations on the map.  Columbus, Ohio here we come.  I've heard nothing but good things about where we will be for the next 5 years.  I'm really excited but a little nervous at the same time.  Our lives are going to be very different and it will be weird to not be close to home but it is going to be so good for us so I couldn't be happier.

That night there was a Match Day party so we got a sitter for Lucy and went.  I'm going to miss a lot of our friends that we have met even though I didn't hang out with them a ton.  Best of luck to everyone.  What a good day!  I can't believe it has already come and gone.

Hoops

Anyone who knows my husband knows that he is obsessed with sports!  He was a champ 2 times in one week and he was so excited about it... especially about the awesome T-shirts that they give to the winners after the game is over.  This pic is from the regional (ward ball) tournament.  It was the ugliest game I have ever seen.  I thought for sure someone was going to start a fight.  Dave managed to get a bloody nose but survived.  Intense game.

U of U med school champs.  Syd, Porter, Trace, Brady, and Mark.  Dave is going to miss his med school buddies next year.  I love that everyday he reminds me that I am married to a champion, and just when I thought basketball was over, March Madness starts.  Yipee!!!  

Disney on Ice

I debated whether Lucy to take Lucy to Disney on Ice this year because her attention span is about 10 minutes.  I found a killer deal on some tickets the night before and since we didn't have anything going on that night, it was on a Saturday and I didn't have to work for once, I bought them.  I was so excited to take her!

At first she didn't really know what was going on but by the end she was up dancing and singing and demanded that it start over again.  Again, Again!  At intermission they were selling these cute Scuttle hats with cotton candy and I couldn't resist.  She wanted the hat and I wanted the cotton candy so we were both happy.  After we were walking back to the car and she had the hat on backwards but was walking forward..  it looked pretty funny so I snapped a couple of pics.

She loves Mickey Mouse etc and we are still hearing about how Goofy fell on his skates onto the ice, she thought it was the funniest thing.  Whenever we talk about going to Disney on Ice she reminds us about how Goofy fell.. and then she laughs and laughs about it, it really wasn't that funny but she thought so.  They also had Peter Pan, another random movie that she has recently been obsessed with.

Our little family of 3...  soon to be 4.  I wonder what it will be like.  I'm so excited!

Mermaid...  she was singing so loud to the music.  It was so cute!  I have this Disney CD in the car and every time we get in she says Mommy, sing Mermaid...  Argh!  I have to admit it is pretty cute that she knows every word to Part of this World (she even acts out the end of the song from the movie), Kiss the Girl, and the random Mulan song.  She also loves the Snow White and Cinderella song, especially when the mice sing.  

It was a very fun night!  I am so glad I got tickets.  Dave was glad too...  just what he wanted to do on a Saturday night.  Thanks for coming with us babe.  It wouldn't have been the same without you.

Arizona!

My mom, my sister, Jen, Lucy and I decided to take a little trip to Phoenix to see my sister and her little family.  This is baby Sadie.  What a big sweetheart she is and such a good baby!  Lucy absolutely adored her, which makes me happy because soon enough she will have her own little baby sister to adore.  Hopefully she will adore her.  I love this pic.  It is so cute with them both smiling. Lucy on the carousel at the zoo.  We rode this thing a thousand times.  Okay, maybe 5 or 6 times but it seemed like a thousand.  Kade and Lucy loved it!
We went swimming a day.  The weather was high 70's, low 80's...  perfect!  The water was a little chilly but the kids didn't care.
It doesn't get any better than this.  Cereal, sippy cup of milk, and Mickey Mouse Clubhouse!
Kade and Luly in the tub.  They are best buds!  I love it.  I wished we lived closer.  We miss them way too much!
Eating at the Old Country Buffet where the 100 year old man pooped on the floor right behind our table.  Disgusting!  Poor old man and everyone eating in the entire restaurant.  The gummi bears were sure good though, huh Kade and Lucy?  Little stinkers.
Riding on the train together at the zoo in Phoenix.  It was a toasty day!
Lucy looking at the elephant.  She is lately so obsessed with Dumbo.  She loved it.  Her other favorite animal was the zebra.  So random!

Kade and Luly chillin' in the double stroller together, of course.  
We took the kids to Chuck N Cheese a night, went shopping at the outlets, ate out alot, sat out in the warm sunshine, slept, and played together down there.  I was sad to leave but so happy to get home to see Dave.  I missed him while I was gone.  

Lucy's daily hair-do

I love being a mommy!  I love giving Lucy a bath and making sure that she is nice and clean.  I love that after I do her hair (she requests "hogtails" (pigtails) everyday) she demands a spray of perfume (and she has to smell it) and sparkles (glitter gel) on her nose and cheeks.  Then we get in the car to do errands, get lunch or whatever and without fail the next thing I know...  she has grease in her hair from fries or chips, whatever it may be...  that cute hair is dirty and not really in place anymore.  It's all messy!  Sometimes I wonder...

What the point is in even doing her hair!

I'm sure I am not the only mom in the world that feels this way.  You have some lovely hair Luce and I love you!  Maybe someday you will understand why you don't twist your hair with food covering your little hands.  It's all good.  Atleast you have a cute little face!