37 weeks tomorrow

I had an appointment today with my midwife. Everything is looking pretty good. It appears that he has dropped just a little bit and I am still dilated to a one and now 50% effaced. I talked to her about my concerns of having a big baby today. Both my sisters have had big babies (over 9 pounds) and even though Tyler was only 7 and change, it is still a concern that I have. So we talked about how long she would let me go before she would induce me, and we have planned for September 23rd to be induced if I haven't had the baby before that. I feel really good about that date and I am happy and relieved that I talked to her about that today. I don't want or expect that she would induce me before my due date -- honestly it bothers me when women are induced before their due date for selfish reasons, health reasons are different. So I now have a for sure end date in site. I do hope that I go into labor on my own this time before that date, but have no problems with being induced.
Tomorrow Tony's grandpa is getting married in the temple to his new bride. He is like 82 and she is 65 and never been married. They are getting sealed in the SLC temple and Elder Hale is going to marry them. I am really excited to be in the same room as one of the apostles and to hear his council to this older couple. It will be way fun and I am really exited that we get to go. My mom is going to watch Tyler while we are at the temple (THANKS MOM) and then we are going to go and check into our hotel. Tony and I are going to stay a couple nights at one of the Hampton Inn's for a little down time before this baby comes. We are going to take Tyler with us at first to go swimming and then we are going to leave him with Tony's mom at the reception that night (THANKS MARGIE). Then she will have Tyler for the next couple nights and we will get him on Sunday. We don't really have plans so it will be nice to just do whatever we want and have it just be Tony and me. I can't wait, what a fun weekend we have a head of our selves.

Doctors and more doctors

This last week I had three different doctors appointments. It all started on Wednesday with my semi-annual dental check up and cleaning. Not too bad, no cavities found, so that is really good. It is always nice to get your teeth cleaned.
Then on Friday I had my 36 week appointment with my midwife. Everything seems to be good there. I gained one pound, all my numbers look good and I have started to dilate, just to a one so far - but it is still early. My next appointment is on Thursday. I am not sure if I will have her check me then or wait for two weeks? I like to find out if I am progressing, but it kind of hurt last time and so I might want to wait. I guess we will see how bad I want to find out if I am progressing.
Then later on Friday I had my annual ear doctor visit. I have to see him at least once a year to make sure that the tube in my ear is still there and doing its job. I also needed a new ear plug. Tyler likes to play with mine and now it doesn't work as well as it should. So I got fitted for a new ear plug and my doc says my ear looks really good. So that is really good that I don't have to worry about getting surgery for at least another year, unless it comes out before that.
We watched our friends from our wards little baby today. She is just a tiny 5 month old baby. So so cute. It was a nice eye opener as to how Tyler might behave once the baby is here. He needs to learn to be softer and more careful with his toys and him self. He didn't do anything to this baby, but he wasn't as precious as I thought that he should be. He made me think, "what was I thinking?" This is going to be harder then I thought, having another baby. I am going to learn a lot. Lucky me. It will be great. I am sure hard at first, but great all together.

35 Weeks and counting

Well I am now 35 weeks a long. So very exciting. Still seems like I have a long time to go, but I know that it will go by quickly and I will wish that I had these days back. In general I feel pretty good, mostly tired. I know that I will be way more tired when the baby comes so I am trying to get as much good sleep as I can. That is just hard to do when you have to pee every hour and then my cute little alarm clock (Tyler) doesn't let me sleep in much. Tony is really good to me and if Tyler does wake in the night, he always checks on him for me so that I can sleep more. I am still having contractions every now and again. Sometimes it is pretty intense, but other times I just feel pressure. Totally weird and crazy. I do feel really big (as shown in the above picture). I am definitely bigger with this baby then I was with Tyler. Once he drops then I am sure that I won't stick out so much. I guess we will see.

Tyler has been so much fun lately -- okay he's always fun. He has been really into fishing and golfing. We bought him a plastic golf set that he really liked, but then ended up breaking two of the clubs. So then Tony found him a used real golf club that is made for kids his size and he really likes that. I was glad he found it for like $6 because a new set of little kid clubs are like $80 - and that is just nuts. It is a little scary at times because it is real, so the end is metal and I worry that he will hurt something, or someone with it. So far he has been really good hitting it the way he should and keeping it low. The picture is of Tyler sitting on our back porch with one of his golf clubs watching Daddy. It is so cute how he wants to be just like his daddy. Tony found some clubs at the DI for him to play with, so him and Tyler have fun hitting the balls in the back yard. I generally sit on the swing and play caddy for the boys, its hard work but someone has to do it.

I wanna go too....

I can't believe that it is already August. July went by pretty quick. I am about 6 weeks away from my due date. It seems like it is really far away, but I know that it is not. We don't have any plans or vacations coming up, so I think that is why I think that September seem so far away. Having the baby is the next big thing that we are looking forward to. Tony and I have talked about maybe getting a hotel for a couple days at the end of the month and having a little us time before this baby comes. So that would be fun. Tony's mom said that she would watch Tyler for the weekend so that we could do that. She is so good to us.
My family leaves to go to Oregon this weekend for the annual family reunion that they have there every year. We haven't been able to go since Tony and I have been married because between the two of us we either always had school or we could afford to go. This year we were totally planning on going, but then we Tony went to get the time off of work, other people had already requested the time off. So this year we aren't going because Tony couldn't get the time off (and it is cutting it close with the whole baby thing)...bummer. THEN, Tony's family is all going to California the week after that to go to Disneyland and since it is within a month of my due date, we can't go to that either. And I didn't think that would be such a good idea to be 8 months pregnant and walk around hot Disneyland for a couple of days. So sad, I could use a vacation.
I am a little bummed that everyone else is going on vacation and we aren't going any where. Tony's mom is going to take us to Disneyland in March, so we are really looking forward to that. It will be lots of fun. We will really need some time off by then.
So I have been having some pretty intense braxton hicks contractions lately. I never felt any contractions at all when I had Tyler until I was induced. So this is very different for me. I am mainly getting them in the evenings and it is just so different. I guess it is a good reason to slow down and rest. Yesterday I though my tummy was going to burst it was so tight. It is a pretty weird feeling. This baby is getting anxious to come out, but aren't we all.

Family, family, family

We just got back from Tony's annual family camp out. We went on Friday to Palisades State Park and camped out there until this afternoon. But before that Wendy and her family came for a visit on Tuesday. So Tyler and I got to spend some fun times with them and the rest of my family earlier in the week.
Tony had to work the night shift this week and he spent his mornings putting a new roof on our garage. He had a couple of the ward boys who came and helped him and we helped pay their way to football camp. In the end, I am sure that we got the better end of the deal. It was a really hot week and it took a little longer then we thought it would. But by Friday, they got most of it done and it looks really good.

Tuesday, after work, I went to my mom's and met up with the rest of my family. All the kids played nice together and all of us siblings and our parents were all there chatting. It was really nice being all together in one room. We ate some dinner and hung out, it was really fun. Most of them then went up to the cabin to spend a couple days, while Tyler and I went home. On Wednesday afternoon Tyler and I headed up there for dinner and four wheeling with the family. It was really nice up there and we had a good time. I wish that Tony could have come, but a man's gotta work.

Thursday I had my Midwife's appointment in the morning. She had to rush the appointment because she had a lady in labor, but everything looks good so far. I am starting my every two week appointments now and that is really exciting, scary, but exciting. Later that day Tyler and I went back to my parents and we went swimming and ate dinner. All the kids seem to really play well together, so it works nice.
Since we were leaving Friday for the camp out, I decided to have my family over to my house for breakfast. It was nice having them here and doing some fireworks together. It went by way too quickly and I can't wait to see them all again.

THEN...we backed up the car and headed to Palisades. We got there and set up our tent and got our things settled and then just hung out. Tyler LOVED the water and wanted to "fish" all the time. We couldn't keep him away from the water. He mostly just loved to throw rooks in the water and take a stick and pretend to fish. We did end up buying him a kids fishing pole and he seemed to like that. He didn't really get casting or any real fishing techniques, but he liked to pretend. Tony and I went on a fun four wheeling ride with his uncle and we went on some fun trails. Tyler played with the kids and with all the sporting things, he had a good time.

Saturday evening they played Horse Shoes and Tyler loved being just like them and playing with the play shoes. He played during three games of adult horse shoes and had a great time. I wish that I would have taken pictures, but I didn't think about it at the time.

Sunday we got up and went to church, where the power went out after the first 10 minutes. But they still went on and it got so hot in the chapel. I ended up sitting out side and Tyler thought with the lights out that it was play time. Silly kid. So Tony and I didn't get much out of church today, but we did get the sacrament, which is most important. I was not feeling very good so I went back a laid in the tent for a while, and then we packed up the tent and our stuff and headed home. All in all it was lots of fun and I think that we all had a good time.

Fun times at the cabin

We decided to go up to the cabin on Friday morning. We stopped at the Outlets in Park City to see if the Crocs store had any good sales. I got some flip flops for $15, so that was good. We also found a couple things for Tyler and the baby on the way. Then we picked up some lunch and headed up to the cabin. Tyler wanted to play once we got there, but we wanted him to take his nap. We finally won that battle, but it took a while. While he was napping I decided to play me a little Dr. Mario. I am not really into video games, but that one is my favorite. I got to level 19 and then died. So sad.
Julie and her two kids came up after Tyler's nap and that made it lots of fun. Tony made some yummy steak and potatoes for dinner and then after Tony, Tyler, Averee and I went on a nice long four-wheeler ride. Averee started falling asleep on the ride, so we decided we had to head back to the cabin. They went back home soon after that.
It took a while, but we finally got Tyler to settle down in the bed room, but he didn't actually go to sleep until after 10:30. Something about sleeping some where else, Tyler just didn't sleep very well. The next morning we made some breakfast and then went for another long ride before we headed home. All and all it was a really nice trip. We love going four wheeling and I love seeing and hearing Tyler's excitement when we go. He likes it the most when we go fast, typical boy.
Then we have been just hanging around the house and doing stuff here. It is nice to all be home and spending time with each other. Good times.

Happy Independence Day

I love the 4th of July! It is just such a fun time a year. My family always gets together and celebrates in style. This year was no different. Since a lot of us went to the Stadium of Fire at BYU on Saturday, we decided to get together and do fire works at my parents house on Friday night. My sisters and I went and get pedicures on Friday afternoon and then after Tony, Tyler, and I got to go to dinner with Tony's grandparents. They live in St. George and wanted to come up and take all of their grandchildren out to dinner. It was really nice spending time with them and enjoying a yummy meal. They have always been so sweet and welcoming to me, they are the bestest.

After dinner and spending some time with Nana and Papa, we went back to my parents for the fire works. I always like to do the "Snakes" and then I handed out the "Poppers" to all the kids. They enjoyed popping them on everything. Then we got out the real fire works and chairs and got the party started. Tyler really loves fire works and did really good watching them. He even asked for more when it was all done.

The next morning we got up early and went to my parents to walk over to the Murray Parade. My dad goes early and sets up the chairs for all of us and then he also takes his PA system and announces the parade. It makes it that much more fun. They had a lot of entries this year. Tyler really loved it until about entry #75 out of #100. Then he was ready to go. They throw lots of candy and that was fun for all the kids to collect the treats.

After the parade, we went back to my parents and hung out for a while before we started the BBQ. We had a lot of family in town, so that made the BBQ lot of fun. It is always nice to see family that you haven't seen in a while. After a long morning and afternoon, we took Tyler home and put him to bed. Then later that day, we got ready and headed down to BYU for the Stadium of Fire. It was lots of fun. Tyler had a really good time dancing to the music and watching the fire works display. I was concerned that it would be too loud and he might not like it, but he did really great. He let me cover his ears through the really loud stuff, so I was really glad about that. It was a fun, but late night. Thanks to Sherri for giving us the tickets and for sitting by us. We really did have a good time.

My extended family was in town as well this weekend because my cousin Vikki blessed her baby today. Brandy, Ryan, and her four boys stayed at our house again. It is always fun to have them stay with us. Brandy and I could talk forever. I went to the blessing with my sister Julie, and my cousin Robin. It was nice. The church was hot and the kids were all crazy, but it was a good time. After we went and had a nice lunch in, it was hot there too. Really I am always hot, so no big shocker there.

I am so grateful to live in this country. We are so lucky to have our freedoms and privileged that we have. I love that I get to go to church and stand and sing the Nation Anthem. I always get emotional when I sing it, and it is awesome. I just hope that we can keep some of these freedoms that we enjoy so much. It is a little scary what might happen in the future and scary to think where our government might take us. Lets just pray that Heavenly Father will continue to bless us.

Back from camp...

I got back from girls camp yesterday. It was okay. I usually really like girls camp and it always is a such a fun and spiritual experience. I didn't really feel like that this time. I went up a day later then everyone else, and I just felt kind of left out after that. It rained a lot and that made a lot of the scheduled activities change to "down time" aka do nothing. They didn't sing much and that is a part that I really enjoy. I am sure that it is just my attitude, but it was kind of a disappointment. I think that the girls had fun and that is what is really important.
I haven't been my normal happy, perky self lately. Something about this pregnancy - I have just been more down. It is kind of weird. I am a little worried that it will only get worse as it gets hotter. The hotter that it is the worse that I feel. Today was a rough day at church. It was so hot and stuffy and I just felt yucky. I fear that is how it is going to be this summer in the heat. I will just have to try and stay cool.
Tony is so awesome and such a great husband and dad. While I was at camp Tony winged Tyler from his binky and has him sleeping in is own bed all night long. I am such a sucker when it comes to hearing Tyler cry and not making him happy, so Tony was good to take on that task. I have been doing a good job at keeping up with what he has started, so I feel good about it all. We really wanted to get Tyler off the binky and staying in his bed at night before we have this next baby, so it is good. Now it is just getting him potty trained. He really doesn't show any interest in it and I don't think that he knows really when he needs to go. I am not sure if we will try and tackle that before the baby or wait until the baby comes and the newness of it has set in. Any ideas?

Updates

Nothing too crazy or exciting has happened lately, but it has been a long time since I have posted, so I thought that I would give an update on our lives:

* It has been raining here tons for the past couple of weeks. I have loved it. I thought that it was getting so hot before and it was only in the 80's. Also, we haven't needed to water our lawn in a while, so that has been awesome. Our water bill should be nice for this month. The only problem is that I haven't been able to go walking as much or been able to let Tyler play outside. Because of that I am starting to get really tired of Curious George. Tyler loves that show and we bought some episodes on DVD, so we can watch hours of George - lucky me.

* I have gotten the opportunity to watch my sisters kids a couple times these past couple of weeks. Tyler loves playing with them, and for the most part they get along really well. Tyler does have a hard time going down for a nap while they are here because he wants to just play, but besides that a good time is generally had by all.

* Girls camp is next week. I don't have a huge role this year, but I am excited to go. I am in charge of the thoughts for each day and that has been fun putting them all together. I have always like girls camp. I am not going the whole time. I am leaving after Tony gets home from work on Thursday and then I get back on Saturday. Since I am 6 months pregnant and I don't have a specific role, I am just going to go and sit and be silly. I am good at that. I am a little worried about having to get up and go to the bathroom in the middle of the night. That is the worst. Wish me luck with that.

* I have to do my Glucose test sometime this week. My appointment in next Wednesday so I need to do it before then. I just hope that all is well. That is the last thing that I need to deal with right now, or ever. I need to be careful because I do like the sweet things.

* Tyler is great. He tests my patience often, but that is what a two year old is suppose to do. He also can be a great helper and listener. He is so much fun and I am so excited to see him with his little brother. He will be great!

Fun weekend with family

My cousin Brandy and her husband and four boys came down and stayed with us over the weekend. It was nice to see them and spend time with family. On Saturday we went to the zoo and had a good time. Tyler really likes to see animals and enjoyed the train ride. It was pretty hot by the time we left, so I was glad that we didn't stay any longer then we did. We did buy some yummy kettle corn, it was delicious!
After that Brandy and her family went to see her sister, Vikki, who just had a baby and we went home to put Tyler down for a nap. Then we went to Hoppers and ate dinner that night. It was pretty good food, but I didn't really like their home made root beer or cream soda.
Then on Sunday after church we all went up to the cabin and spent the afternoon. We had some yummy food and enjoyed the great mountains and the cool breeze. We did a little four wheeling and Tyler just loved that. We didn't stay up there too late because Tony had to come back and get to bed because he had to be at work at 3:00 am the next day.
Then Monday we went to the Oquirre Temple open house. It was really nice to see the temple and enjoy it with family. I did notice that even though it was nice and peaceful in the temple, it was a totally different feeling being in the temple open house verses being in a dedicated temple. It makes me want to go to the temple more often, we really need to go more often. It will only get harder when this next baby comes.
Speaking of the baby. I had my 24 week appointment on Friday. I am measuring at 26, so I am a little bigger then my weeks. I guess that is fun. I finally gain a couple pounds verses loosing weight, not so fun. I have to do my glucose test on my next appointment, good times. I hope that the test is all good and that I don't need to worry. Good times.