happenings lately....

the boy's just got over being sick for a little over a week.

we are talking major puking and diarrhea.

it was super fun!

then right when we were done with all that, griff somehow caught a cold!

i ended up only getting the cold but it is a bad one, and i am still battling it.

i even took myself to labor and delivery this past sunday because i felt like i was dying and got a little worried about baby.

who knew?

deathly ill in the summertime..pretty random.

been busy getting ready for the new little critter now that the stress of sickness is behind us.

had a nice trip to panguitch for the balloon festival, although i was sick the whole time and totally miserable.

didn't realize i was so sick til we got there. ugh.

beaver is officially canceled and i can't say i am too sad about it because i would be 37 weeks and two and a half hours away from home. yikes.

been finding way's to entertain the boy's in this heat: library, every splash pad in town, griff started preschool 2 day's a week, playing with the hose, playing with water guns, building indoor forts, you name it!

here are some fun pics from today: (trying to be creative!)

and here are some pics of the baby stuff in progress:

have to have a few girl things ready (honestly can't even wrap my mind around girl stuff)

diapers, wipes and baby food (long story about the baby food but it was all free!!)

dilation check is this thursday and i am praying that i am crazy dilated! ha. not that it will matter much though. oh and also praying that this little one is finally head down. oh please, oh please be head down!

just so you know...

this is the best thing that has ever happened to my hair!

camping galore

{may 20-21} father's and son's camp out with daddy + pepa and klint.

the boy's had some fun bonding time! no pics though.

{may 27-29} bryce and kanab with uncle klint + jeremy, kim and avree




{may 26-28} jacob's lake/grand canyon area with mema and pepa


up next...panguitch balloon festival and beaver mountain!

baby at 32 weeks

heartbeat in the 150's.

totally not head down, completely sideways or "transverse" as they say.

measuring 33 weeks.

my weight gain got miscalculated somehow (yeeehaw!) so i haven't gained nearly as much as i thought i had. it was about 7 lbs off!

so feeling pretty happy about that.

although doc wants to see some serious weight gain in the coming weeks.

don't worry, in the end i tend to gain ton's. like 7 lbs in a week.

feeling pretty good still but i have my moments!

4 more weeks til i get checked! wooo!

finally....

as of today i am officially a stay at home mom!

i wasn't as sad as i thought i would be leaving my job today for the last time.

it felt SO good.

i practically ran out of there and hardly said goodbye to anyone.

goodbye's drive me crazy anyway. so dramatic.

plus the people i worked with are some of my best buddies, people who know me inside and out.

so of course i plan on seeing them often.

i will miss my "break" from being a mom for 15 hours a week but i am so excited to not have to play catch up all the time.

my boy's need me. my house needs me.

i am so ready to get on a good schedule and get organized!

i know being a stay at home mom will take some getting used to and i know it will be hard but i am so ready! and so so happy :) and SO glad my poor mother in law can catch a break! she has been tending since griff was a few months old.

on another note:

i have received several texts about my baby names. i may as well put them out there!

our girl will be maggie (not POSITIVE about the middle name) kate

and our boy will be simon sheppard

now time for me to enjoy these cute, wild, loud, crazy little boy's!

...pregnancy ramblings...

ate raw sushi this week and now i feel guilty.

i am hating myself for having another summer pregnancy, agh.

my body just won't get pregnant when i want it to! i have to stop nursing first and let things normalize, if ya know what i mean? believe me though, i am thankful to be pregnant regardless. even if it means summer pregnancies every time.

kason say's this is the last one, no matter what. i disagree. ha. next one might need to be an "oop's" baby. wink wink.

totally kidding.

he just can't handle my incessant beasty-ness. i can barely handle myself. lol.

i have gained quite a bit of weight, eeek. i am pretty sure i will go over what i gained with the boy's. oh well :)

convinced that i will be having another big baby, regardless of the sex.

part of me wants to be done at three kids but four just sounds so good to me.

plus, i haven't let myself think for even a moment that this will be my last pregnancy.

would love to have a girl for a change (and to see what it's like) but i would love another boy because boy's just suit me and i am used to them.

i am in love with my boy name so i am hoping for another boy either this time or the "next".

i love my girl name too and i have it as a ring tone on my phone! yes, my girl name is the title of a great song. from 1971. lol.

hope this post isn't too grumpy sounding. i really am happy to be pregnant even though i am big and it's hot. i am really excited and happy and looking forward to the "It's a BOY/GIRL!" moment. whatever it may be. awwww my poor baby is an "it".

P.S. I don't mind sharing my names :) most of you already know them. it's just hard for me to put them out there-out there. ya know? i want to be 100% sure and i literally just decided on both.

mother's day

today was an interesting day but a nice day!

had a yummy blueberry pancake breakfast

went to church at 9am

it was SO hot in our old school vintage chapel, i thought i was going to die

my hands and feet were swelling and hurting and i was sweating like a pig

griff wouldn't go up and sing mother's day songs with the primary kids :(

then nolan had a blowout

SO we called it a day and went home after sacrament, phew

came home and relaxed/napped

headed to veyo and had homemade pound cake with strawberries and whip cream (oh my, it was so good)

great great day!

asked kason to take a picture to mark the beginning of my THIRD trimester!! ye haw!

instructed him to take a belly and up pic and this is what i got:

so i took one myself! large and in charge!

SO happy to be a mom to my cute boy's and so excited about the third little surprise who is on his or her way

happy mother's day to all my mommy friends! and to my amazing mommy and superb mother in law.