Waiting

I can hardly control myself. I can't wait. Tomorrow we find out what we are having. It is like waiting for Christmas. I don't sleep at night, that comes along with the fact that I'm pregnant so I really don't sleep at all at night. I just can't wait, I can't believe it is finally here!

I need to put my mind to rest. I keep having nightmares about things being wrong with the baby at the ultrasound and it is killing me. I can't believe I'm half way done. Then again, I can, because it seems like I have been pregnant FOREVER!!!

It wasn't like this with Chloee. I knew Chloee was a girl so it was neat to go see the ultrasound but I KNEW she was a girl. With this one, I have no idea. Of course I want a boy just so I can have one of each but in all reality I will just be happy if it's healthy. I guess I would lean more towards a girl than a boy. I will be SURPRISED if it is a girl and SHOCKED if it is a boy. I really just don't know though! Well, stay tuned to find out tomorrow, I will only be posting it, so if you want to know, you'll have to check back!

Cravings

I LOVE these. I actually ate an entire large bag in about 2 days. With a little help from Chloee. Blah, I feel like crap but I just CAN'T stop!! At least it wasn't the JUMBO bag that I ate in 2 days, only the large. See how I justify it and make myself feel better? It's a talent, really!

I love chilled, red apples. I love to get them out of the fridge, cut it up, skin it and just eat them. So good cold!

Milk. I used to HATE milk before I was pregnant. I only liked it in my cereal. When we were first married, milk would go bad at our house. Josh drinks it by all means, just not enough. It would take like 2 weeks to go through 1 gallon, sometimes longer. We had just decided to buy 1/2 gallons at that point. Now, I drink it so much we go through 2 gallons in 1 week. Whoa! At least this baby will have strong bones, right?

Western Family String Cheese. It CANNOT be any other brand. It HAS to be Western Family. Josh bought me a 24 pack on Wednesday and there are only a few left now. In my defense, Chloee eats lots of them too. Every time I eat one, she eats one. Oh, they are so yummmmmy!!!

This one is quickly dwindling because I have ate so much, it makes me sick. I still can't stop though. I still have a bag in the cupboard so I guess that tells you that it's not on the top of my priority list, seeing as how everything else diminishes in about 2 days.

Other things I LOVE. Old Grist Mill's 3 Cheese Bread. Unfortunately, no Old Grist Mill here in Davis County, so that has to be saved for when I go up for doctors appointments. It is so divine. I bring home a loaf or too! Also, there is this place here called, Philadelphia Sub Shop. IT IS AMAZING, which is an understatement. I usually make everyone that visits, taste it because it is so delicious and everyone that has had one can attest that they are ADDICTING! We always get the Italian one. I have gone so much that my punch pass was finally full to get a FREE one. Yum. This place is unbelievable though. They only take CASH, they are only open 10:30 am - 6 pm and only Monday - Friday. NO SATURDAYS, ARE THEY INSANE??? Obviously, they are doing fine with all their stipulations because that place is ALWAYS packed.

Well, I just wanted to document this. I guess these cravings.... so far, are better than the ones I had with Chloee. Big Macs and Dr. Pepper. Go on and judge all you want but after I lost so much weight with her and being 90 lbs at 4 months along, when I could finally eat, I ate like a horse. That is probably the reason I gained 50 lbs. I remember one day I ate 5 Big Macs in 1 day. Yes, I should be ashamed to say that but I'm not. Weird thing is, I never liked or ate hamburger before I was pregnant with Chloee. One day my brother, Jordan, was at my house and he was eating a Big Mac and it smelled so good, I asked him for a bite. Everyone looked at me like I was crazy. I took one bite and I was in HEAVEN and Josh was on his way to McDonald's. I ended up liking a lot of things when I was pregnant with Chloee that I hated before and I still like all of them. My world of food opened up vastly!

But, of course...

I did a load of whites the other day. I was a little behind on the laundry. I try to do them every Tuesday but somehow last week, I missed the whites. Josh was in desperate need for them so I threw them in and went on my merry way. NORMALLY, Josh is so great about always checking his pants pockets, everything, before he puts anything in the hamper but I always double check to make sure there are no pens, important papers, etc.

To my surprise, as I went to change the load to the dryer, there sat a black pen on top of the white load. What? How? Where did it come from? As I sifted through the "damaged" clothes, I thought, these are all whites, where could that pen have come from? Then a light came on. After the priesthood session, we went straight to the grocery store. I gave him "that" pen to cross off his list and it must have still been in the pocket of his white dress shirt. Ohhh ,the fury! Need you not worry, you know, as Josh pointed out, it is my fault, it was "my" pen! Zero responsibility on his part. My fault, it was probably my fault for doing the whites for him too!** After we had a nice feud over it, we both laughed about how it ruined everything that was NEW. My new shirt, all of his "newest" garments, white shirts, but left the old, dirty, disgusting ones UNTOUCHED. Of course it did!

Anyone know how to get ink out of clothes? I have read hairspray, but I must be doing something wrong, it's not working yet. Blah! If anyone has any secrets, please include me so that I can attempt to salvage some of these clothes!

**He says he was kidding about blaming it on me! I don't believe it though. :)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, AMY!!!

Today is my dear, sweet sister, Amy's, BIRTHDAY!!! Any of you that look at my blog and know Amy too, please send her a message on her blog, email, phone, whatever you have available to you. As you all know, Micheal is in Iraq, which probably doesn't make this day any easier. To top it all off, her mother-in-law, whom she lives with, had to go out of town at the last minute for medical reasons for her own mother. Now, she has no other "girl" to do her birthday stuff with! Please send a message her way and we can all make it a great day for her!!!

We celebrated Amy's birthday at my parents' house on Sunday night. Of course Chloee has to sit on Amy's lap while she's going to blow her candles out, she just can't not be the center of attention!

She looks like she's Amy's kid in all of these pictures.

As we all sing "Happy Birthday To You..."

I wanted to get one of her blowing the candles out but I was not quick enough to change the setting back to flash. Amy "made her wish" which was pretty lengthy, I can probably hit 10 things she wished for, but no one knows! Yes, those are tears of JOY! Maybe...

As you can see from these last 3 pictures, each of the kids had to blow out the candles again and again. My mom kept lighting a few, Kai got to go, then Kennet and Chloee. When my mom pulled out the matches, Kennet (who is a total pyro) said, "Oh, look, we going to see FIRE".

Nice faces Chlo and Kennet!

The happy family after the candle fiasco was done. Yes, Chloee has now been adopted into Amy's family. When Micheal sees these pictures, he'll wonder why Chloee is in all of them! Thanks Mom, for a wonderful dinner and an awesome DESSERT!!!

Happy Birthday to a wonderful sister! I can't believe you're 27, you old fart! I love you to death and I hope that your birthday is great and that you get to talk to Micheal today!!! Know you are always in our prayers and we think of you often. I LOVE YOU and EnJoY yOuRsElF!!!

Motherhood Changes

Josh was cleaning out his emails and sent this to me. I think it originally came from Amy. Either way, it is hilarious, whether you have kids, only one kid, or no kids! I promise you will get a good laugh out of this!!!

Birth Order of Children
1st baby: You begin wearing maternity clothes as soon as your OB/GYN confirms your pregnancy.
2nd baby: You wear your regular clothes for as long as possible.
3rd baby: Your maternity clothes ARE your regular clothes.

Preparing for the Birth:
1st baby: You practice your breathing religiously.
2nd baby: You don't bother because you remember that last time, breathing didn't do a thing.
3rd baby: You ask for an epidural in your eighth month.

The Layette:
1st baby: You pre-wash newborn's clothes, color-coordinate them, and fold them neatly in the baby's little bureau.
2nd baby: You check to make sure that the clothes are clean and discard only the ones with the darkest stains.
3rd baby: Boys can wear pink, can't they?

Worries:
1st baby: At the first sign of distress- a whimper, a frown- you pick up the baby.
2nd baby: You pick the baby up when her wails threatens to wake your firstborn.
3rd baby: You teach your three-year-old how to rewind the mechanical machine.

Pacifier:
1st baby: If the pacifier falls on the floor, you put it away until you can go home and wash and boil it.
2nd baby: When the pacifier falls on the floor, you squirt it off with some juice from the baby's bottle.
3rd baby: You wipe it off on your shirt and pop it back in.

Diapering:
1st baby: You change your baby's diapers every hour, whether they need it or not.
2nd baby: You change their diaper every two to three hours, if needed.
3rd baby: You try to change their diaper before others start to complain about the smell or you see sagging to their knees.

Activities:
1st baby: You take your infant to Baby Gymnastics, Baby Swing, Baby Zoo, Baby Movies and Baby Story Hour.
2nd baby: You take your infant to Baby Gymnastics.
3rd baby: You take your infant to the supermarket and the dry cleaners.

Going Out:
1st baby: the first time you leave your baby with a sitter, you call home five times.
2nd baby: Just before you walk out the door, you remember to leave a number where you can be reached.
3rd baby: You leave instructions for the sitter to call ONLY if she sees blood.

At Home:
1st baby: You spend a good bit of everyday just gazing at the baby.
2nd baby: You spend a bit of everyday watching to be sure your older child isn't squeezing, poking, or hitting the baby.
3rd baby: You spend a little bit of every day hiding from the children.

Swallowing Coins (a favorite):
1st child: When first child swallows a coin, you rush the child to the hospital and demand x-rays.
2nd child: When second child swallows a coin, you carefully watch for the coin to pass.
3rd child: When third child swallows a coin, you deduct it from his allowance.

GRANDCHILDREN: God's reward for allowing your children to live!

BYU COEDS

Recently, on my friend Mandy's blog, she made comment about going to the USU / BYU football game on Friday night. The post was quite funny to read as she quoted a sign that someone was holding that read, "BYU-keeping ugly girls out of Utah State since 1888!" We laughed about this around the dinner table yesterday while we were at my parents' house. Then on came the BYU coed jokes from my dad. We had a good laugh and as I'm sure you have heard all of these sometime before, I still thought I'd jot down the ones he shared, as we all laughed.

What is the difference between a BYU Co-ed heading to the cafeteria and a speeding bullet?
Superman can stop the speeding bullet.

What is the difference between a BYU coed and garbage?
The garbage gets taken out at least once a week.

How does a BYU coed take a bath?
Fills the tub, then puts in some water.

Riddle: In a room with four corners, there are four mammals. One corner has the Easter bunny, another has Santa Claus, one has a beautiful BYU coed, one has an ugly BYU coed. If a treasure was placed in the middle, which of the above would claim the prize?

Answer: The ugly BYU coed, because none of the others exist.

What's the difference between an elephant and a BYU coed? About 40 pounds. How do you make up the difference? Shave the BYU coed's legs.

What's the difference between the BYU stadium and a porcupine? The porcupine has 50,000 pricks on the outside.

Story Time

Every night when Chloee is getting ready to go to bed, Josh reads to her. She sits on his lap in the rocking chair in her room, with the lamp on as he reads. An every night favorite is The 3 Little Pigs. My mom gave Chloee a book called, The Big Book of Fairy and Folk Tales. She loves it. Like I said before, she especially loves The 3 Little Pigs and you would too if you could hear Josh's version of it. When I'm downstairs, I can hear him in her room voicing the part of the "big bad wolf", or his high pitched voice that comes along with the "not by the hair of my chinny-chin-chin" retorted by the pigs. Now that is entertainment, actually it is quite comical. Some of the other favorites (for now) are The Berenstain Bears and The Sitter, or as she calls the book, Ms. Grizzle and The Berenstain Bears and The Messy Room, which is referred to as just "Messy Room".

Once Josh has read her about 3 stories, she gets in her crib and Josh reads her The Hobbit. She falls asleep to his voice. Josh wanted to read it again anyway so he figured this was a great opportunity for him. Sometimes she cries about it and doesn't want to go to sleep but for the most part she will lay down and fall asleep as he reads. She would go around telling people, "My Daddy read me Hobbit". Well, they just finished The Hobbit tonight and on comes something new. She can't decide between Star Wars XXVI... I don't know, some number that no one else has ever heard of or The Wizard of Oz.

I am so grateful for a husband who wants to be involved in his kids' lives and very much is. I am grateful for him not being afraid to act weird around her and do cute, fun voices that make her laugh. Most of all, I'm grateful that he takes the time every night to sit down and read with her, just the two of them. She loves it and LIVES for her time with Daddy at night.