Boys, Boys, Boys....

We are pretty much almost there with the preparations for our little guy. I remember at the beginning of the pregnancy people would ask me what I wanted, a girl or a boy? I really didn't know. I really didn't care which one I guess. Tyler said from the beginning that he knew it was a boy, but I thought he would be wrong just because he seemed so "sure" about it. I remember his mom sent us some OU onesies and I thought, "could I still put a girl in those?" I remember not being sure which I wanted more a girl or a boy. There seemed to be so much more clothes for girls in the stores. When we found out we were having a boy, Tyler's first words were "That's right!" I remember being excited, but over time I have become even more excited and now I just can't wait :)

My mam sent me this picture from Bev's wedding and I just thought it was hilarious.


It's my 4 nephews in deep conversation with the bar tender at the restauraunt following the wedding. I think it's so funny that the four of them are sitting up at the bar, with their little suits on. My mam said "they looked like 4 little old men"...hahaha. These 4 little guys are so adorable! They each have their own individual personality and each of them are hilarious in their own little way. We miss living close to them and can't wait for them to meet our little guy so they can teach him all the tricks of the trade.

Here are the same boys with Tyler at our wedding. They are getting this whole wedding thing down at this stage in the game.



When these boys are older, we will all have nothing but good memories of their younger years. A few that come to mind are:

-Ryan drawing on his newborn sisters head with a sharpie...not good. lol.
-Gavin replacing the word "truck" with a similar swear word when he was learning how to talk.
-Tyrone locking himself in his room and falling into such a deep sleep that his mom thought he was passed out and took a hammer to the door to open it.
-Jacob doing kung fu panda and smashing his face on the edge of a table. Cool scar though ;)

2 weeks!

Yep, that's all I have left. My dr is inducing me on the 18th. I will be a little over 37 weeks. To be honest, I have mixed emotions, but it's ok. I will be full term, but still a little anxious. The baby is measuring big and is very healthy and that's all I really care about. My dr. had me do some labs and there was a trace of protein which I think is pretty normal from what I've read, but he thinks we should induce. It has been a dramatic experience, but I know everything will work out. I am nervous, but more excited to meet our little man. Tyler has been so great! He comes with me to every appointment now and it makes me be able to handle my dr better. He may have even lay the smack down on our dr. a few times.
I had a shower on Sat. It was so much fun! I felt like everyone showed up that was invited. I really feel like I got to know more people in my ward and they are all so great! I got sooooooooo much stuff. It is all so cute! Our crib is in transit as we speak and should be here by tomorrow. We finally buckled down and chose one we wanted. It's so hard to make decisions. haha. We basically have everything now, so I feel a little better than I did last week when my dr. threw this induction at us.
My little sister got married on Sat and as you know, I couldn't be there :( Everyone said it was so great though! We are all so happy for them and I can't wait til Bev gets her pics back from the photographer. Congrats to them :)
In entertainment news, we are sucked in to our annual American Idol. Is it just me, or does everyone suck on the show? That may be a little harsh, but like no one stands out to me. Sure, Casey James is hot, but like nothin to write home about. I am hoping it gets better. It's so funny because my sister Kim and I watch that show and my other sister Mandy and I watch 16 and pregnant. So, you can guarantee there are multiple texts flying back and forward on Tuesday nights as both shows premier haha. Also, Bev and I were texting about The Bachelor on Monday night. I am not even going to go there though....RIDICULOUS! hahaha.
I worked out in Oakley with Tyler for the last week. I was in 4th grade for 4 days and then High School Government for 1 day. I took today off because I seriously needed a break. I can barely walk with the pressure on my hips and pelvis. Tyler laughs at me and says I walk as if I am a bow legged cowboy. haha. I literally wore leggings and furry boots the other day just so I wouldn't have to put on dress pants and real shoes. Sad....oh well!
My mam is coming up when I have the baby! I am so thankful for that! I can't wait for her to meet our little one and I know she'll be a great help. It's so calming to think that she'll be here to help if I have any questions or anything. Tyler's mom will be coming out sometime and his grandma will be stopping by at the end of April. She's done with her mission then....we're are so sad/happy for her :)
Life is good!

End of Season!

Well, we are wrapping up the end of the basketball season! Yay! I decided to take the camera to the last game I went to. Here's a couple of shots of Tyler in action! Now, let me just say that some people have told us that they only come to watch Tyler on the sidelines. Let's just say he gets very involved in the game. I never really heard him scream until I saw him coach and I have never seen someone jump as high as him when the ref makes a bad call. hahaha. He may or may not have gotten a technical at one of his games this season. That's my man!
This is the calm before the storm.



This would be the storm hahaha.



All in all, the game turned out well and they won 72-57. I guess all the screaming was worth it!

I made bread this week and not to toot my own horn, but I'm pretty much awesome. hahaha. It seriously turned out sooooo great! I am going to try to make bread now instead of buying it. Tyler has always called me a bread snob. Hey, I can't help it if I'm a quality kind of girl. Anywho, this bread is as good as the expensive stuff. I put honey in it and you can make it with white or wheat flour. It's the easiest recipe ever and it's super good. Yay!



My baby shower is this weekend. The same day my sister is getting married. SAD! But, I'll make it through. I guess it's good that I have something to keep my mind off the fact that I'm missing her wedding. Here's the invite. SOOOOOO CUTE!


I have been walking a bit lately. I looked outside today and saw this beautiful sky and it looked way nice. So Tyler and I went walking. Obviously, I was deceived! My ears literally almost fell off. Not worth it. So that ended up being a short one. I do feel way better after walking though. My hips and pelvis constantly feel like they are being ripped apart. Good times.

So I had an appointment with my dr. yesterday. All is well. Everything is going according to plan...just as I always knew. I will have to have another ultrasound in two weeks to measure for size again and then he will decide on weather I will be riding this out til the end or weather he will be inducing. Someday, like let's say the day after I deliver...I will dedicate a blog to my doctor. It will be very intense and will be full of everything that he has put me through during this pregnancy. I just can't handle writing it right now, but mark my words I will! Stay Tuned for that one. It will be good.

Word Court!

So I mentioned in my last blog that I am a bit of a grammar snob. I have been thinking about this a lot lately. Sometimes Tyler will try to pull the "I'm smarter than you" tone on me and correct me. It drives me crazy....mostly because I know I'm rarely wrong. I will admit I say things funny, but I come from Ireland and was there through 5th grade, plus the language over there is probably more correct. I would think anyway. More of the traditional English language ya know? Tyler thinks he's so smart and he really is BUT he does say a few words that I'm like "uh, what?" For example: He says wuff rather than wolf. He also says fith rather than fifth. It's weird and he gets mad when I call him out. He usually pulls up this blog and points out all my run on sentences, but I mean that's totally different than bad grammar right? hahaha. Anyway, the point of my title is this: Why do people say "all of the sudden?" It drives me CRAZY! I have always said "all of a sudden," but recently I have heard "all of the sudden." When I hear it, I cringe. Physically cringe. So then I thought to myself that maybe I could be wrong. NO WAY! So, I googled it and I literally rolled on the ground laughing at some of the things it brought up. It turns out there are a lot more grammar snobs out there than I thought and it also turns out that I am right. It is "all of a sudden." YAY!

So there I was blog stalking this morning...and I couldn't help but wonder why everyone was putting Irish backgrounds on their blogs..HELLO?!!? St. Paddy's day is just around the corner, in like a month. WHOOP WHOOP! I will miss being with my family this year. Most years someone usually does a little St. Patricks Day get together. Oh well!
I started my birthing classes last night. It was quite the experience. Tyler's team is in the playoffs so unfortunately he wasn't able to come with me. It took everything in me to go alone, but I did it. The instructor was way nice and totally full of good information. There were two couples, one girl with her grandma and then me. About 5 seconds in, I thought to myself...."ok, this class is 2 hours long and if one of those stupid tool bags (the husbands to the two women) makes another stupid comment, I'm gonna get up and have a freak out!" They were THE MOST ANNOYING PEOPLE EVER! One of the guys in particular was AN IDIOT! Just making border line dirty comments and seriously felt like he had to comment on everything. I looked at his wife with pity because I seriously think I would drop a bow (elbow) if I had to see his face while delivering. I basically felt like he ruined the experience and the other guy didn't help much either. He just laughed his annoying laugh at everything the other dude said. Needless to say, they were probably the most ghetto, most annoying people I have ever met! Anywho, we took a tour of the birthing center and went over some symptoms of pregnancy and did an overview of the breathing which we will go over more in depth next week. Tyler's team is playing again next week, so i will have to go alone. I think the class thinks I am lying about having a birthing partner. Oh well, what can ya do?
We stayed up until about 1am watching American Idol last night. We're dumb, because I seriously felt like I had been kicked in the face when I woke up this morning. Tyler was like, "I wanna turn it off, but I wanna see who goes through." We had it recorded, but of course couldn't wait. I really like Ellen as a judge on there. She is so hilarious and I can't wait until it get's down to crunch time and then the show will really take off. Stand by for awesome posts from me on that :)
I am wondering when I should turn in my two weeks notice for nursery...lol. But seriously, I don't know how much more I have in me. The kids aren't too bad actually. When the new year rolled around, we got rid of all the older ones and got all the younger, quieter kids. It's just the cleaning up of toys and running kids to the bathroom that is killer. I am actually looking forward to going back to Relief Society once I have the baby. I know, shocking!!!!

My Little Man

We had an ultrasound this week to measure for size. My doctor was thinking I was measuring small so he had his nurse call the hospital to schedule an ultrasound since he doesn't do them at his office. We got there and the ultrasound tech was so nice. She was the same lady who told us the gender and made sure to point out everything. Our little guy was moving around and I kinda thought that he looked pretty big, but I haven't had an ultrasound since week 18. Anywho, at the end she said that he was measuring 3 weeks and 4 days ahead of schedule and that he was weighing about 5 pounds 11 ounces already. She did explain that the ultrasound can be off by up to a pound either way. Let's hope he's not measuring 6 pounds 11, or I may be delivering that 20 pound Indonesian babys twin. lol. I had researched online what the average size of a fetus should be this far along and found out that it's usually about 3.7 pounds. Eeeeek! It is always such a relief to see him moving around in there. And even though I am scared that I may be delivering a big boy, I am glad that he is bigger rather than small :) She also told us that he's still a boy. Phew...I have had a couple of nightmares that they might have messed up on that one.

It was hard for her to get a good picture of his face because he likes to keep both hands up by his chubby little cheeks all the time. haha. This is the best she got. It's my favorite one. He's so cute!!!!



I have to include this one of his foot. It looks like our little man might have his dad's feet. Tyler wears a size 13 and his toes look like my fingers. hahaha.



I don't know when I will be having him. There has been talk of inducing early because of size and I also found out my doctor is headed to Peru in mid March so who knows. We are just excited to meet him!!!!

P.S. If one more person says "Happy Valentimes," I am going to freak out! It's Valentines people! I have heard not only little kids say it, but also grown adults. I am a bit of a grammar snob, but seriously??? VALENTIMES??!?!?!?!?!? But..really Happy Valentines Day!!!

The Final Countdown!

I am back into the blogging world. I know, I know...I have been slacking. I won't lie, I just wasn't feeling it. I have been so tired and then I got a huge cold on top of it so I have basically been laying low. Aren't we all glad that Tyler stepped up to the plate to take over the blog?!?!?!? hahahaha. He's crazy.

Well, where do I begin?

1) Yesterday was Tyler's birthday. I really meant to write a post yesterday, but was in bed sick by 9. We celebrated Tyler's birthday over the weekend, because we were both working yesterday. He reminded me about every 5 seconds that I had to be nice to him on this his birthday weekend...and I WAS :) I asked him what he wanted to do for dinner yesterday and he said he wanted me to cook something. So I decided to make sweet n sour chicken and cream cheese wontons. I know, right???



Happy Birthday Tyler! I LOVE YOU!!!!
2) My blog says I have 58 days left, but if my calculations are correct, I have less than that! YEAH BOI! Here's a couple of pics! Enjoy. P.S. I look like a Geisha in the seconds one. hahaha.


3) Basketball is almost over.....Do I sound excited??? I am. Tyler's team has done so well and will go to the playoffs next week and then we'll see about state.

4) My birthing class starts on the same day as the playoffs. So, basically it will be me with my pillow on the first night. lol. I AM SCARED! I keep going back and forth, like should I even take them? Is it worth it? Better more information, than less I guess. We'll see. The baby had the hiccups last night. It was so funny. We counted like 60 hiccups in a row. It. was. awesome.

5) I had two friends have babies today. They were both born perfect and healthy! So cute. When I got the text, my heart stopped for a minute because I realized I AM NEXT! I am so anxious and nervous, yet I am ready to get this party started....I think :) We are almost 99.9% set on a name. I am still going back and forth about going public with it. There are babies being born left and right and I will cut someone if they steal our name so I think I'll keep it private for now. It's CUTE though :)

Well that's about it to be honest. I will try to be better at posting, but really I just want to sleep all the time, so I guess we'll see.

FML

Ok, so I made the executive man decision to commandeer the blog since Trudi has commandeered the couch. She's not feeling well. Anyway, I was strolling around the interwebs earlier this evening when I stumbled on what at first appeared to be my journal until I remembered that I don't keep a journal and that I didn't post it on a manly pregnancy informational website. The site mentions some of the emotional things that women go through during pregnancy including "nesting". "Nesting" is when expectant mothers feel an insatiable need to prepare the nest or home for the baby's arrival. This is the "hypothetical" conversation that the site has:

Her: "Did you wash your hands before you started cooking?"
Him: "Yes."
Her: "With soap?"
Him: "Yes."
Her: "Which soap?"
Him: "The soap that is on the sink."
Her: "Which soap that is on the sink, the one that smells good, or the one with bleach?"
Him: "The one that smells good."
Her: "Don't you know I'm pregnant(?)! Your baby is inside me. Do you want the baby to get germs from me eating the food you touch with your dirty hands! Wash your hands with the soap that has bleach!"

That is a glimpse into my life right now! This actual conversation hasn't happened yet but I'm sure it will and we've had many conversations that follow these lines. Like the habit I broke of eating so much at dinner time.....now I'm told that I'm too skinny and need to eat more. WHAT!? For those of you who know me, you know I eat alot. I'm used to being told to eat less. Now I'm being told to eat more? WTF, mate?

I rag on Truddi alot (I know there's not two D's in Trudi, that's because I'm spelling it how I say it these days, it rhymes will silly putty) but she's a trooper! We did Sealings at the Temple in Twin Falls saturday and the sealer said they worry about having pregnant women doing sealings because of kneeling and stuff but I told him she was as tough as they come. She had no problems and we were able to get alot of work done! She's amazing and awesome and while pregnant she still manages to cook for me most every night, she still manages to get to most of my basketball games, she still subs almost everyday with crazy kids, she has gone home teaching with me the past two weeks, she also lets me watch sportscenter sometimes too! Life is good, way good!