Well, I didn't make my goal of ten posts in April, Sorry Crys. In all fairness it has been an eventful month, grandparents in the hospital, babies born, babies in the hospital... the list goes on. Now I'm pretty sure I've got strep throat so I can't really be visiting anyone.

The baby is doing great! She moves all the time and her specialty is hiccups right when I lay down for bed. I can definitely tell she is growing rapidly. My shirts are starting to feel shorter and my pants are starting to feel tighter, not to mention the absolutely lovely stripes that are starting to appear on my belly. I'm measuring 40+ inches around the belly now. But that might just be her position. We are kind of leaning towards the name Addison now but it's still up in the air. Maybe we should just let people bid on the name on ebay and start her college fund.

I've been pretty bad about remembering all the great things about being pregnant and mostly just focusing on the negative. Which, is pretty depressing. I think that our society has kind of made light of child bearing lately and I subconsciously jumped on that. I've been annoyed with all the things I can't do and have been feeling "useless." When really I am sacrificing my time, body, and various other things to bring a very special someone into our family. I am going to spend the next 7 weeks trying to only remember the good things about being pregnant, like the clothes i wont be able to wear in 2 months (hopefully) the kicks and movements I know I'll miss, and how excited Scott is for our baby girl. Scott has been so amazing during my pregnancy. He's always willing to make me anything, and brings me my vitamins, comes with me to doctor's appointments when he can, and not talk back when I'm being super unreasonable. He's the best. Speaking of which, his Birthday is coming up and I could use some cute ideas for a gift... so if you have any ideas, please don't be shy.

This last week

Well, Bekah's shower on Wednesday went really well. And cub scouts was, well what you'd expect it to be with seven 8 year olds running around.
Math was born at 6:56 am on Thursday morning so Scott and I drove out to see him. He's so adorable. Now we're just waiting for Fat Al to pop. Surprisingly Math now being with us has not yet made me more impatient for mine. Though I'm sure it will soon enough. Friday we went to the Angels game. A 10-4 loss against the A's but I felt like we won because we scored 2 in the bottom of the 9th, I got to be with my wonderful husband and my parents, and the firework show after the game was spectacular.(totally beats Disneyland's)
I have decided to pick up crocheting again, and now I remember why I stopped: It's so hard.
:( Well practice makes perfect right? I'm trying to make Bisquit a baby blanket. Well have to see if it ends up looking anything like it should. I've been inspired by my sisters lately to get more arts and craftsy. Scrapbooking hasn't been to appealing lately. So I'm sticking with things that have to do with our almost new arrival. I seem to have more enthusiasm for projects that have to do with the baby. After I make the blanket I want to try to crochet some booties. They are way cute. I went up to 40 inches when I measured my belly last week, but today I was back down to 39 so I guess well say Buscuit is laying the other direction today.
Well, life is moving rather quick lately, I'm just trying to keep up. I can't believe I've only got 10 weeks till I get to hold my baby girl. It's the little things in life that make to big things not so big. And family, of course, is always a supportive foundation. I love my family so much. And I miss the ones that are not nearby. Love you guys, Thanks for all you are!

Busy, Busy

Yesterday I cleaned and rearranged our bedroom in an attempt to make it seem bigger and it worked. It is much more enoyable to be in the room now. Biscuit's stuff is all in the crib for now but Scott and I have fun plans for that soon to come.

Well yesterday was opening day at Angels stadium. Angels had a 6-3 victory over the Minnesota Twins. It was very awesome. And then Erica and I kicked butt at rook over our husbands! Fun times.

And then I woke up this morning. I had so much on my to do list that of course I procrastinated the most important ones. I have to teach cub scouts tonight and Bekah's shower is tomorrow night. I've got to rearrange some furniture to accommodate as many people as we invited. I also should get some cleaning and shopping done for it. But instead I took care of bills and did 6 chapters for my online logistics class. Why is it so hard to do the work that is top priority? Just for the record I fully intended to get one of those things done when I saw Crys' challenge to blog at least ten more times in April. It'll be okay though, I work much better under pressure.

Easter

Easter weekend this year was quite interesting. Saturday I was babysitting Sara and Noah and after Elthon and Sean left for Priesthood Session Cassey, Allison, and I enjoyed chasing 5 toddlers around Carol's backyard or an Easter egg hunt. Good thing Noah was plenty happy to sit in the stroller. Jasher of course went straight for the pool and bent down to touch it. Aaron threw the basketball in the pool and then kept saying "I get the ball." Luckily no one went in. Those toddlers all run a lot faster than two 9 month pregnant women and me at 7 months. It was a lot of fun though. On Sunday we had a nice delicious Easter dinner. We got Biscuit a cute dress for Easter.


I love Easter because it seems that it still represents the resurrection of Jesus Christ to most the world. Whereas Christmas has become more crowded with presents and political correctness. Plus Easter doesn't have the added stress of Christmas shopping. It's nice to just take the time to reflect on Jesus' resurrection and the atonement that was necessary for the resurrection to happen. I'm so grateful to my savior for enduring it all and breaking the bonds of death that all might live again.

39 inches and counting...

I measured my belly today. I'm 39 inches around the belly button, which is unfortunately 50% an outie now. I'm 27 weeks pregnant and loving it. Scott and I haven't picked a name yet so, our baby girl has been nicknamed by family, Biscuit. Biscuit is moving around all the time. When I first started feeling her in January, I sometimes got motion sickness. Now it's gotten so normal that I think I might suffer withdrawals when she's no longer in there. Although there are several things I won't miss. We are so excited for our new arrival. My sister Cassey is 9 months pregnant, due April 16. My sister in law due April 22. So pretty soon I will be surrounded by newborns with 2 months still for mine will come. I think it will be an interesting test on my patience. We had an ultrasound this week. Everything is looking good. The baby is just over 2 1/2 lbs. It's an amazing thing having life growing inside of you. It all became more realistic after I started feeling her move. Now it's a lot easier convincing myself that drinking enough to fill a small swamp a day is necessary.

First posting protocol

So what exactly is the first post of your blog supposed to be like? Is there certain protocol one is supposed to follow? This is my third attempt at a blog and I still have no idea. I decided to start once more and actually remain faithful to it. I've been following my sisters and seeing the easiness with which they discuss their daily lives, thoughts, and feelings makes me envious. And I thought how about instead of being envious of them, why don't I try (again) So here is my attempt. We'll see if it lasts more than a week, cross your fingers.

One of the reasons that my last two attempts at a blog failed is that I simply did not think I had anything worth saying. But as I've gotten older and wiser(I hope) I've been able to realize all the wonderful things that I do have to talk about. And the times that I think I don't have anything special going on are the times that I've failed to recognize them. I am hoping that this blog will help me to grow in many different areas. I'm also hoping that it will fill up the lonely days when my hubby is at work or school and I am procrastinating the things I really ought to be doing. I also hope that I can keep it as a record of my life right now, as it is a novel idea it is more exciting than a traditional journal. Hopefully I can look back on it to help me remember this stage in my life and all the special things that were happening.