Sicky

After Jensen had her throw up night, she totally crashed on the couch in this position. Knocked out. Poor baby. She slept that way for a good 2 hours. I would have moved her into her bed, but Randy was on duty (I was asleep) and he didn't want to move her. :)

29-32 Weeks

29 Weeks- Still moving stuff around so my back is really stiff. I am taking showers at night to relax and be able to sleep. Feeling over all good. On iron pills and they are not being my friend. I do feel a little more energy I guess.
30 Weeks- I am sleeping through the night and it is crazy. Pepcid, how did I ever live with out you? Sleeping better at night sure makes for a better day. I feel this little boy more then ever. I feel like he is like clothes in the dryer spinning around constantly. I love to feel his little fanny right under my rib cage.
31 Weeks- I am huge. I waddle. I can't walk for to long because all of me ligaments hurt afterwards. I haven't been to spin class because the thought of getting on a bike seat just doesn't sound comfortable. It is the final countdown. Once I hit 32 weeks I feel like I will have this baby so fast. I am surprisingly sleeping very well at night. (Besides Jensen keeping me up from teething with her 2 year molars.) My skin is also feeling really soft and smooth, which is not normally the case. I did wake up in the middle of the night screaming because I had a SUPER bad leg cramp. Randy jumped out of bed thinking I was dying or something and grabbed my legged and straitened it for me. If he wasn't there it would have been so much more painful because I was in so much pain I couldn't figure out what to do. I have been drinking gallons of water to insure that it never happens again. I limped for like 3 days my calf muscle hurt so bad.
32 Weeks- Feeling pretty good, just big and fat. Went to the Dr. today and everything looks good. I gained 6 pounds, but Dr. Parker was nice to me and told me it was probably that I was retaining water...yeah..water and ice cream. My iron was even lower than before I started the supplements, but that is always the case for me. Prob why I have the strength to to nothing these days. The Dr. also said that as of today the baby is breach. He has got at least another month to flip before I really start freaking out. After having to "v" births, the thought of having a c-section sucks. I just wanted a quicker recovery time. I am crossing my fingers in hopes that he spins his little self around. 8 more weeks really.....ugh.

Easter Kids

Randy took these pics as I was frantically getting ready for church. Love it. The best is Jensen's Harry and the Henderson's smile. Easter was low key this year. The Easter Bunny didn't bring a ton of candy because he didn't want Mom and Dad to eat it all. Jamison decided he wanted to right him a note:

It says:
Dear Easter Bunny, I just wanted to write you a letter to show you how much I love Easter Bunnies, from Jamison

He left this. Along with a little note. ( The bowls worked excellent as baskets and luckily I had 2 of the same ones to set out.)

Randy wouldn't let me take any pics of him cuz he is a stick in the mud, so I snapped this from behind...oh cute. After church we went over to the Jamison's house for dinner and visited for a while. It was a great Easter.

Family Visit

 Ash and Owen

 Me and Jane

 Holland and Jents

 Jane

 Chelsey

Owen (Couldn't you just eat him.)

We got together for a little family visit because my cousins Ashley and Chelsey were in town. We had some yummy taco soup made by Tiff ( All I EVER talk about is food...good night.) And, Jessie's yummy cornbread recipe with salad. Kelly made a scrumptious strawberry dessert. We just hung out and the kids went crazy all fun being together. I SO wish we all lived near each other. We definitely don't do it enough.

My Birthday

Randy and Jay made this awesome cake for me. It kinda looks circa 1970's but it tasted delicious. Chocolate with chocolate frosting...oh yeah.
My Birthday started off nothing more then awful. I woke up in the middle of the night to Jensen crying and then as soon as I picked her up she threw up all over me. So, there I was...trying to stop her from puking/crying, trying to aim for some cleanable surface for it all to land on while having to pee really bad. Finally I got  it all situated while I sat Jenny down with a throw up bowl...nightmare. I laid Jents down in bed with me for the first time in her life. It was like sleeping with a monkey. I already can't sleep at night, but add being kicked in the baby makes for not a fun night. I think I slept about 3 hours. So, when Randy got home he was more then happy to let me go back to bed for a few hours. After I recouped, we went out to lunch at this little cafe type place called, Flower Girls and Dough Boys...mmm... After that we just kinda hung out, played in the yard a little and spent time together. Jamison got me a heart necklace that says MOM and Randy got me a church book. We said no gifts this year because we bought ourselves a house, but Randy can't help himself. It was a great birthday and I was feeling loved with all of the Birthday wishes. It wasn't a rock the house mind blowing day, but I got to be with the people I love most and that was what really mattered to me.

Why I am me. Thirty or not here I come....

I'm thirty ya'll...It's my birthday. I'm not scared of it. It seems I have been thirty ever since I turned 27. I think I just rounded up. But as I sit and think about my life I realize I have some pretty weird things that make me, me. And, the even weirder thing is that I am perfectly OK with that. Here are just a few by example:

-I can't stand it when people throw gum in the trash with out first wrapping it in something. Hello, it sticks to the side of the trash can and I don't want to have to touch your gum to get it out.
-I hate when the sponge is left wet in the sink. Just squeeze the water out. Boom done. All of about 3 seconds. To reach in the sink hours later to find the sponge soaking wet and cold completely grosses me out.
-Don't come over unannounced to my house past 7:00pm. I am already in my PJ's folks. On Monday night we had a family ring our door bell at 9:00pm...NINE O'CLOCK!!!! Sure they had a plate full of chocolate covered strawberries in hand and were welcoming us to the neighborhood, but still I couldn't get over the fact that they came so late. Is this just a Utah bad habit?
-I love the smell of gasoline and I think a little too much. Randy spilled some on the driveway (filling up the lawn mower) and I just sat there and couldn't stop smelling it. I could have sat there all day if I didn't have the thought that it probably wasn't in the best interest of the baby...Mom of the year.
-I honestly, in all reality, think my body is made up of half sugar. I think I have to meet a certain quota per day of sugar intake or I will die.
-I think I am addicted to my heating pad. (I never thought so until I saw a TV show where a girl was addicted to sleeping with her hair dryer.) I HATE being cold so I turn my heating pad on every night before I get into bed to warm up my spot and then I sleep with it down by my feet. Randy says that I have lost all ability to regulate my own body temperature and I think he is right. (Don't tell him that.) Lately, it has started to smell like burnt plastic because of over use so I haven't been using it. (Just what I need, Randy to go on a fire to his own house because I have burned the house down with my precious heating pad.) I miss it, I need it...I'm addicted.
I guess the good news is that despite all of these crazy things, people still love me. Because, turns out, everyone is just as weird as me in a different way. I am embracing life. I am  realizing that I probably won't change in my quirks, I will just be more comfortable with them. So cheers, here is to thirty more years of crazy me.

Sunday

Eggies

 Jay made this for Dad

 Jay's cool Soccer egg

 Jents was all about the scribbling

Perfection

We had the chance to dye some Easter eggs with Aunt Kelly. She is always good about taking on the task of all the dye at her house. I think we have been there the past 3 years dying eggs and of course I forgot my camera. This was Jenny's first time and she loved it! She tried to snack on the yellow dye several times. It was pretty hilarious because she would just take an egg and chuck it into the closest dye she could find as hard as she could. Amazingly she didn't break any. Her favorite color was purple. Jay was a little slower taking his time this year really trying to decorate. I think all of them turned out cute.

Spring Break

This year this really could have been called Spring Ache. We stayed busy for sure and had a lot on our plate but I have so many complaints I can't even think strait. I think it was because it didn't feel at all like a break.

First off we had to finish moving, ugh. And, along with that was cleaning the old house, double ugh. Which apparently was not up to standard. I am so over it. With Randy working and me being pregnant we just kinda had to say whatever, who cares. Have fun doing a better job. (Did you ever think you could meet someone more anal with cleaning then me? I guess I met my match.) Second off, we sold our truck. Which, was awesome, but such a hassle. The guy lived like 2 hours away which was not convenient and I had to take my kids to the bank to finish up the paperwork. Meaning I pretty much shoved suckers in their mouth so I could get a few things done. We also found out our bath tub drain had a leak and was causing water to pour down to the basement roof. Luckily we caught it soon and I am so blessed to have Randy who fixed it right up. The rest of the week was followed by mundane tasks I had to get done, bills, paperwork, grocery shopping, laundry, cleaning etc.

I think the hard part was is that for most of the week the weather was pretty crappy leaving most days with Jay asking me every five minutes, "What are we going to do today..." "I'm getting a little bit bored.." Add that to the screaming of Jensen and the constant fighting. Someone always ends up crying and I'm like, "I turned my back for 5 seconds WHAT IS GOING ON!!!!!" (I do feel a little better now that I can yell without offending my neighbors since we no longer share a wall.)
Anyway...if this is any glimpse into how Summer is going to be, I am not going to make it.

Don't get me wrong we had fun moments: Playing with cousins, visits from friends and family, Rans and Jay playing soccer and running around the track, dying Easter eggs, Birthdays, Jensen making us laugh, yard work and attempting to build our first fire in our fire pit. But, too windy and wet....

I have vowed that even though we will have a small child, that will have something fun planned. A trip, swimming lessons, I don't care. It doesn't matter what it is. I hate the felling of wishing Spring Break be over so Jay can go back to school, that is just awful.

For now, I am looking forward to not being busy, things not breaking and kids not screaming at each other. And, a nap...I could really use a nap.

Happy Birthday Randy!

Randy now is another year older. I keep telling him that I married an old man, but now that I am going to be in the 30's with him he doesn't seem so old. Jay LOVES to decorate for birthdays so we made Dad some signs and Jay made him a card. He even picked out the wallet that him and Jenny got Randy. The day was beautiful so Randy went disc golfing with Jarrod and later that night Rans and I got to have a date night while Kev and Jess watched the kiddos. We went to dinner then walked around Linden Nursery imagining all the possibilities for our yard. Sounds romantic right? But, honestly it was. We had a great time and just having time to talk, alone together was such a treat.

Visit from Grammie

Randy's Mom, Jeanna, drove here for the weekend to give us a hand with the last minute cleaning and unpacking of things. She was a great help and it was so nice to have her. She got in Friday night and left Tues morning so it was a quick trip. We were able to visit our new ward on Sunday and everyone was very friendly and great. Were also able to have a family dinner with Kevin and Jessie and The Jamison's who we had seen since before the beginning of time. Here are a few snapshots.

The fam

Grammie and kids

Cousins (Lexy, Jay and Jen)

Randy's Birthday present. A brand new jacket that he has wanted since elementary school. Fits like a glove.... literally the size of a glove.

Loves

28 weeks Dr. Appt.

Had my Dr. appt. Friday and everything went great. I only gained 4 pounds which I was more then thrilled with. My glucose test was negative so we are all good. I had my worries, but realized when the drink gave me a super bad head ache that maybe I haven't been eating that much sugar.(Yeah right.) They did tell me that my iron was super low (whats new) so I have to take an additional supplement. I have been really tired lately, but mainly from the move and lack of sleep. I discovered the magic little pill Pepcid AC and since then my heart burn has been low key. I can sleep through the night with out chocking on the acid in my throat...it's amazing. The baby is moving a lot and I am experiencing Braxton Hicks a few times a day which is quite uncomfortable. I think it is the baby's way of telling me to slow down. I had a bad back ache ache/nerve pain for a few days but that is mostly gone. I think again from over doing it. It is really hard to work at snails pace when normally I am in permanent fast mode. I am SO grateful for family and friends who have made things so much easier on me these past 2 weeks.