On the Sunny Side

I figure it is time for a positive post, so here it goes:


1.As tough as this pregnancy has been I have made it 33 weeks! Only 7 or hopefully less weeks to go and the other positive is this is the last time I will ever be pregnant woo hoo!!!!

2. I love Netflix! I'm totally addicted but what was awesome was I have been feeling very achy all over so I found a yoga for pregnant women instant on Netflix and it has helped me!

3. I have 5 citrus trees! 3 of the best orange trees(seriously the best oranges!) one lemon and one pink grapefruit, I love having citrus trees!

4.I have the best parents, my mom has been coming and helping to get my house organized the problem with moving in and not originally organizing your house is it is a heck of a lot harder to do it later especially being so pregnant. Also my mom and dad came over and helped me to hang pictures and decorate my house! I still have a ways to go but it looks so much more like a home now!

5. I have a huge kitchen! It may have pink laminate counter tops but I know that one day we will put granite in. I admittedly even still have empty cupboards first for me.

6. I love my calling I seriously think playing the piano for primary is the best calling. I get to hear all the fun things the kids say without having to keep them quiet or teach them a lesson, and my preparation is me practicing the piano which I love to do!

7.I love my yoga pants! I wear them practically everyday, Free is really nice and doesn't say anything mainly because I tell him they are the most comfortable and I am just getting too big for anything else. I love that I can get them from Victoria's Secret they will let me choose the length! Any other place and they are just way too short for me.

8. So Kori keeps getting me hooked on these book series and I am loving it. There really is nothing quite like being hooked to a book. Currently I am reading Matched and it is great, I am almost done I just need to get on the wait list for the next one.

9. I have been hanging out with friends a lot more recently and it is been so nice to be social. We even had a girls night last week it was fun to just hang with the girls and no kids! We have also done park days which has been great!

10. I love feeling the baby! It's so fun when I can feel is leg or arm, he is one active little guy, I also get the feeling he will be big!

Summer or Winter

This is a long post and I really do not expect people to read this it is more so I can have this down as my journal and to remember my feelings. Especially if for some reason I become baby hungry again!



Throughout this pregnancy I have been asked on multiple occasions if it is better to be hugely pregnant in the Summer or Winter. Brayden was born in August so I dealt with the heat being 8-9 months pregnant and it was no cake walk. I was dealing with high blood pressure, I retained a lot of water. In July I went to the beach with my family (despite my doctor not really wanting me to go) I did a stupid thing and got sunburned and I am not kidding when I say that my legs swelled up to at least 3 times their normal size. My skin looked like it was ready to rip off!!! That was the hard part about having a baby in August. Now in the winter being 31 weeks pregnant it is nice to not be burning hot or uncomfortable because I am hot all the time. However this has been my hardest pregnancy....
I started to get pregnancy symptoms on my trip to Australia (Freeman loves to tell people that he sends his wife to Australia and she comes back pregnant) obviously I was pregnant before I left and didn't know. When I came back from my amazing trip my sickness started to get worse and I was dealing with major jet lag (not a good combination) so I was sick with migraines and throwing up and constant nausea while it was 110 or higher outside. That was majorly hard. Finally after the sickness lasting longer than it has with my other two pregnancies I start to feel better. Then Freeman gets sick which he passes to all of us. I take care of everyone and then get sick myself, Bronchitis and an ear infection which then causes me to loose my hearing. Side note the great thing about having a husband that is going to be a pharmacist is that he can make sure the medicines I take are pregnancy friendly. After weeks of the sickness and no hearing Brayden gets a nasty flu, which I stay up with him all night next Eliza gets it and of course I get it. I spent a night throwing up and the next day not able to move out of my bed.. Well kids are smart and Eliza saw that I was stuck in bed and she decided to cut her hair, now she has a really cute bob cut that her aunt Melanie gave her. My awesome mom picked up Brayden from school and made me a fruit smoothie, did my dishes and picked up Eliza which was wonderful. While I am still recovering from the flu I get a call from the doctor that I have a UTI (which makes sense why I was feeling so terrible)Taking a second dose of Antibiotics causes other kinds of issues I don't want to go into. Yes I am complaining but this has been a hard pregnancy. Part of the reason I am writing all of this is that I have also been extremely emotional, I have wondered if during all of this I have been dealing with pregnancy depression. I know that I have not been the nicest person and have probably offended many people. I have been more open and blunt with how I feel and If I have offended anyone I am sorry. No one really knows what a hard time I have been having.... Plus it has been hard having Free gone all the time I feel like I never get time with him and we have needed it...

Needless to say I would take a summer pregnancy over this Winter one. Actually the best was having Eliza in November, I did not get all the non pregnancy sicknesses and I didn't suffer high blood pressure. So my advice would be to go for a Nov/Dec baby!
I am very excited to have this little guy because despite everything that has been going on he is totally worth it! A little less than 9 weeks to go!

I really will try to make my next post a positive one, I do not want to be a negative person I try to always be positive!

Caregiver

Last night around midnight Brayden came into my room vomiting. Poor guy and no fun for us having a big mess to clean up. The night proceeded with him throwing up every hour, I stayed on the couch with him to help him (he really didn't want to be alone) So today he has spent the day on the couch, no fun to see your kids so sick. Eliza has been so sweet. She gets him blankets and water. She made herself an egg and was so worried about Brayden trying to get him to eat one. She said she would put his cups away when he was done. She has this sweet Caregiver side to her, whenever I am sick she is always bringing me water and food. What a good Sister and Daughter!!!

I surrender!

Every day I commence in battle against my sweet little Eliza. For a few years now she has been picky about what she wears. At first it was that she would only wear dresses, which was not a problem, I just quit buying pants and shirts for her. Last winter she had no problem wearing leggings with her dresses. This winter I have been fighting another battle. Now if her leggings are not extremely tight in the waist or the right length then she refuses to wear them. So I let her go out without leggings only to have the entire walk consist of her crying because she is too cold. Now many of her dresses that she used to wear she refuses with some strange reason. I took her to Old Navy and had her try on some dresses where she picked the ones out she liked, however now she Refuses to wear them. Along with this is her hair, I try and try to do her hair only to have blood sweat and tears. Her hair has to be extremely tight and her head is super sensitive. Many times when I do her hair within minutes it is taken out. So I am saying that I surrender she can wear what she wants and if you see her most likely her hair will not be done, the fighting is just not worth it. Needless to say I am very glad this next one is a boy.....

Mormon Message - God's Love is Perfect

Grumpy!?!!

Ever feel like the Universe is against you? Well I definitely feel like lately everything has just gone the wrong way for us. I won't go into details but seriously I would be so shocked to have something work out. Yes this is a grumpy post I am just having a hard time. I know I should be counting my blessings but lets me serious sometimes you just need to vent, I am not that perfect do it all mother that handles everything wonderfully. So to go along with my venting I am making a list of things I just don't get or think are ridiculous. In no particular order... (not trying to offend anyone, so if you offend easy maybe you shouldn't read)

1. WWF wrestling, I mean really how can people cheer for total fakeness? They determine who is going to win before the match, wear ridiculous outfits and put fake moves on eachother and this has entertainment value?

2. While were on the subject of TV Jersyshore is another thing I do not get. These people dress like skanks, get drunk attack eachother and they are getting paid millions to do it? What is our society turning into really?

3. People who steal netflix. Yes it is stealing netflix to use someone elses account when they are not with you. My mom my sister and I all have netflix, we could easily split the cost of one account and use it, but that is dishonest it's the people that steal netflix that contribute to the rising cost... so thanks so much....

4.The status's of Facebook. When people post those silly things like if you are against cancer you better repost this. I never repost any of those I find them annoying so let me just say now that apparently I am for cancer, child abuse, the Devil, etc. because I did not repost that I was against them. On the same note those posts where you have to give someone a hug or if you think they are a great women you will post on their page, nope I never do those either....

5. World of warcraft, yes I get that it is addicting but what is sad is how many marriages it ruins. Instead of spending time with family or actually getting a job people just play that computer game, This I find more sad than anything, sad for those that have to deal with someone that is addicted.

6. People who are against books or movies that they have never seen or read. I know people who are against Harry Potter but they have never read or seen any of them. Yes if you have read it or watched the movies and you don't like it then fine you can have your opinion but to be so against something you know nothing about is very immature.

I could go on but I think I have vented enough, my next post should be more positive, it feels good to get this out though :}