Make Me Babies

Ok so first of all I want to say Thanks to Brandi for putting this on her blog. I've been dying to know what our little one could look like...now I think I should have waited till he "pops" out!
Thanks for the laugh sis!




What do you think about my little new baby Neacel?
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My little Neacel looks so girly!
And if we had a girl she would look like this....



What do you think about my little new baby Olivia?
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I don't think I want a girl now....
Im really hoping our kids don't look this bad. If so, is there a return policy?

My New Found Obsession

Vacuuming! I vacuum at least 3 times a day sometimes more. I just hate walking around the apartment and then stepping on something. So I vacuum and then a few hours later I will again, if I feel something on my feet. Sometimes I simply do it because I look at the floor and it looks dirty! I can't just vacuum that one room but I have to do all the rooms! I'm turning into my mother, she is obsessed with cleaning and I can feel myself getting there.

I can't stand dishes in the sink, things on the floor, dust drives me insane, just tons of little things. I don't like windows closed either, it's so pretty outside and usually there is a nice breeze, so I open all the windows in the house. I figured I will let everyone look into the apartment while they are driving past!

Enjoying the life of a stay at home mom....to be

I am officially a stay at home mom...(to be)! I was working as a nanny for a while and well, it just didn't work out. I was getting really stressed over little things and was expected to do more housework than usual. Most of my nanny jobs I made about $300 a week and wasn't expected to clean the house unless it was messes that the children and I made (because a nanny is expected to take care of the child not the home). With this past job I was doing my best but I couldn't clean the house for her (plus I was making less then half of what I usually make!). I can barely clean my own how am I going to clean someone else's?

Well, she wasn't to happy with this and basically let me go on Sunday. Which is OK because I was ready to quit anyway. So this week has been interesting for me.... I've never been one to stay at home, I enjoy being out and working; not so much working but being around other people. I like making my own money and feeling like I'm helping out with things.

Well, Monday was interesting. I thought I was going to go insane... I cleaned the house and watched TV and was still totally bored. I kept calling Nick at work but he can't talk long so it didn't help a ton. As soon as he got home I was so happy, plus we were going grocery shopping so I would be able to get out of the house.

Yesterday, was better =). I started organizing and re-decorating a little in our bedroom (the one room I ignore the most). I couldn't do it all but it already looks better. But, other than that the house was clean so I didn't have much to do other than laundry and picking things up. We went to the library because I still needed to find something to do in my free time, I decided reading was the best.(So if you have any suggestions on books to read please let me know). With all this free time, I decided to curl my hair and spend time on the way I look! Yay no more frumpy days!!!

Today has been a ton better, I got up early, because my visiting teachers came over then I ironed Nick's clothes for work and made breakfast since he went in late today. Slacker! But I don't have much to do, finish our room and maybe work on the hall closet which has turned into a junk closet, but we will see. Other than that read, nap and watch TV!

Monday totally sucked being home all day, I hated it and now I'm loving it. I have time to watch "Rachel Ray" and 2 episodes of "What Not to Wear" and still get more than enough done. Nick gets home and I'm in a great mood, which I know he loves seeing that I was a total beast before. My visiting teachers even said this morning that I look better and sound so much happier. Its totally true, I'm so much happier, I look at things in a more positive way, I'm excited to clean and organize things, not because I have to but because I want to and have time to. I have time to sit and play with my hair and makeup which I have always enjoyed doing, but before it was just hurry and get out the door.

I'm happier about this pregnancy, I'm loving every little thing he is doing. Not loving whatever he is doing to my pelvic bones but other than that, I'm loving everything! Reality hit harder this morning while talking to my mom. I was saying that I go to the doc next week and Ill be 34 weeks and if I'm still measuring 2 weeks ahead then... 36 weeks! 34 or 36 both of those numbers are extremely close to 40! Our little boy is going to be here really, really soon!

I never pictured myself as a stay at home mom, I never pictured myself as a mom actually but I'm enjoying my free time. I won't have as much time to myself for much longer but right now I'm totally enjoying every minute of it. I want to organize and clean everything. Read anything and relax which is something I have NEVER done. Plus, now I can get involved with more at church. Before I didn't have time after work I needed to get a million things done now its total freedom. Tonight I have an Enrichment Night and its getting to know everyone, since there are so many new women in the ward; which is perfect for me because I don't know anyone except my visiting teachers. Tomorrow is my water aerobics class, Friday is Nick's company picnic, and Saturday is Women's Conference, with a dinner at the Stake Center.

I do hate not making my own money and kind of stressing over what money we do have, but Nick tells me not to worry. Plus, me being in a better mood and keeping the house clean I know is enough for him. He loves getting home and relaxing and not having to listen to me nag him about me having to clean everything and how he gets to sit there and watch TV! Now we both relax, eat dinner and relax some more!

I'm never going to want to work again, I'm getting use to this "easy" life just a little too quickly!!!

Little Baby Neacel...

Is just about here! I went to the doctor Tuesday and I'm measuring 2 weeks ahead still so the doctor is starting to agree with me that this might be an end of October early November baby! FINALLY =) But he isn't going to change the due date for a few more weeks once he does the internal exam....which sounds really scary because I have no clue what is going to happen!!
So Neacel could very well be here sooner then we thought. He is still head down which scared me a little bit, I asked Dr. Terry if that was OK. Ever since we were able to tell what position he is in he has been head down and I asked if there is a possibility if he has no sense of direction!! I read that at this point and before that the baby is moving a ton and is usually head up because they then know up from down. I was just scared Neacel didn't. Dr. Terry said its fine and that its probably just his way of saying I'm ready to get out. We both got a good laugh out of it. With him being head down I can now tell what is what, and Neacel LOVES sticking his butt out. Unfortunately, it really hurts! He doesn't have any room anymore the poor thing...He is just constantly tossing and turning, oh and we can't forget the hiccups that happen at least 3 times a day. He is still very active and I'm so excited to get him here. This whole pregnancy has been a blink of an eye but now its starting to slow down....still fast but nothing like it has been.

We were going through all the clothes we have for him and I'm amazed. He is absolutely spoiled rotten already and I haven't even had baby showers yet! He has a ton, but every time Nick and I see something really cute for cheap we buy it....Neacel has clothes from newborn to 24 months. More of the newborn and 0-6 months but still, he has more shoes then I do, a pretty fun book collection, and some cute little toys. With tons more coming...I love my little boy, but we are already spoiling him and he isn't even here yet. Nick said a few weeks ago, "Just think he will be here in a few weekends!" and its pretty much true. I mean not exactly a few but not many more if he comes early! Reality is starting to hit more and more and its really scary! I'm going to be a mom, and this little boy needs me for everything and I need to be there. This isn't a kid I can hand over to some one else and leave and return the next day or whatever. He is 100% depending on me! Its amazing and yet the most frightening thing Ive done. I'm responsible (along with Nick) to raise this little boy, teach him right from wrong, take care of his Boo-boo's, keep him happy, make sure he is always healthy, and so much more. The weight of the world is going to be on my shoulders and its starting to get there now. While I'm taking care of him and teaching him I still have to find a way to be a wife and keep Nick happy too and spend time with him! On top of it all keeping the house clean which I have a hard time doing now and keeping myself from turning into a "frumpy" mom.... I'm understanding why moms are called supermoms! I'm so excited yet at the same time I want to just freeze time and wait a little bit longer for all of this, unfortunately, that's not a power that comes with being a supermom!

My Company's New Building

So back in July the company I worked for moved to a brand new building. A month or so ago we had the ribbon cutting ceremony. Here are some of the pictures.

The South Jordan House

So the House Kara, Chris and I spent our whole childhoods in has been torn down, to make room for another house, they are going to build on the same foundation.

I stumbled across the demolished house, on the way to visit our friends Dan and Stacie. There was nothing left but the foundation, sub flooring, and part of the garage. Here are some photos I took with Mandy's phone. Apparently my Mom knew, but didn't want to tell us, because she didn't want us upset... Yeah, nice plan Mom.

View of the house a year ago, after it had fallen into disrepair, because the owner was a jerk.



Arial view of the house, a year ago, not as pretty as it used to be.


A view from the driveway. I spent countless hours playing basketball on the slanted driveway, with big cracks, and an awful hoop. Good times.


This is a view of what was once the front door. I wonder how many times I came up these steps? Just think of all the trick-or-treaters that stood on this porch. Sigh. Now just a pile of bricks.


This is the living room vent. I used to grab myself a large mixing bowl full of cereal, and sit on the vent, wrapping a blanket around me, and creating a little heat tent. Yep, a lot of cereal was eaten on that spot there. That hole in the floor is where the coat closet used to be.






These are the stairs that led to the basement. Right on top of them were the stairs that led to to the top floor. 30 years worth of Burt's ran up and down these stairs. The most memorable of which were Christmas mornings, where Grandma Ada would say we couldn't come down until she checked to see if Santa had been stopped by. He never failed to show up. I attribute that to the nice porch light we had, he couldn't miss it.

This is a view from inside the garage. The door is still there, but the roof and attic are gone. I started fires here, rollerbladed, and practice my ninja skills. Also, there were a whole lot of cats born in this garage.

This is a view of part of the backyard. That tree there was planted when I was little. It was small enough to jump over. Not anymore. I must have mowed this grass a million times. And it was the perfect place for tag, Frisbee, and jumping on the tramp.

A view of our old garden, and field. Along the fence is the grapevine that Joey planted. Every year it produced green grapes that were rarely eaten, but fun to throw.

Here is the back of the garage. For years there was a large metal dog cage, covered in chain link fence. It was perfect for climbing, and led easily to the roof. It was also great for jumping off, and landing on the trampoline. Not so good for keeping dogs locked up. Also, that small square under the window was a doggy door.

This is a view of the basement windows in the back. That was Chris's window, and the other led to the storage room. Whenever you were locked out, this was the window that was easiest to break into. Parallel to the foundation was a pathway with white quartz type rock. Very fancy.

Here is a view from the back, of where the kitchen used to be. At the far right would be the family room, the far left, the living room, and bottom left, the laundry room. The den was out of site, on the left.

This is a look from where the backdoor used to be, looking into what we called the breezeway. At the opening of the breezeway was a black rod iron gate. This is the way we typically came in and out of the house. The doorbell to this door rarely worked. But you could touch a couple of the wires together, and sometimes get it to ring.

A view from the east of the house. Totally blocked by the sun. Sorry.

This is a view of the living room wall, crashed onto the side porch. Before the porch was there, there was a sandbox. It was used as much by neighborhood cats as the kids.

This is a view of the family room, and the base of the lava rock fireplace. The old stove was taken out a long time ago, probably because it got so hot that we used to melt crayons on it. To the left is where the couch usually was. I spent many, many, far too many hours of my life in this room.

Another view from the front of the house. Just a pile of bricks, where a front yard used to be.

This is a view of the basement. I am standing in the corner of Chris's old room, facing towards the old "fruit room," where we had all of our food storage. There were eight large, metal, green containers we used to store wheat. It was a favorite past time of Dan and I to play in the wheat, like sand. I think there are still some burried Barbie parts. That toilet is my old bathroom we had finished not too long before we moved, and to the left of that is my old bedroom I had for quite a few years; during most of middle school and high school. My Childhood room was upstairs.

Another view of the basement. This is the old bean bag pit, that was never used for that purpose. At the top of it was where we stored all of our camping equipment and holiday decorations. The room on the other side of the wall is the fruit room.

This is the view from Chris's old room. At the far wall is a fireplace that was never used, meant to warm those chilling in the 70's bean bag pit, eating fondue, and combing their afros. For the longest time, there were two rooms on this side of the basement, with the far room not being finished. Then a couple of years before we moved, the wall was torn down, and this was turned into one long room.

Yep, too many great memories in this house to list on one simple blog. But suffice it to say, this home will be missed, and forever kept in out hearts. We miss you, South Jordan house.

Another Twilight Book?

So, Nick just emailed me a news article about another book in the Twilight series. Here is the link for the news article:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080903/lf_nm_life/books_meyer_dc

Apparently, its on hold...Indefinitely :(

Her exact words are "I feel too sad about what has happened to continue working on "Midnight Sun," and so it is on hold indefinitely."

I'm excited to know there is another book, sad because its on hold.....Indefinitely. That just sounds so depressing :(

So after Breaking Dawn (I only have about 100 more pages) Ill have to find something else to read.

I enjoy Jane Green books like

Swapping Lives

Babyville

and of course The Other Woman

They are definitely different but I get into them enough to want to finish them. But I think I want to find something new to read, something that isn't smuck. Something that isn't drama. So if you have any suggestions please let me know. I enjoy reading but I will admit that I do judge a book by its cover...literally!

29 weeks!

So as much as I hate the huge preggo tummy, I've decided to make the best out of this whole experience. So I'm going to take pictures, document little memories from the whole pregnancy, and what not; basically, something I can look back on and show Neacel. You may think it's a little late to start now, but luckily I remember the dates of almost everything!

But here are my 29 week pictures, I'm literally all baby!

Taken today, while he was head butting, dancing, playing the drums on my tummy, or whatever he was doing! My little over active child.

Taken Wednesday, it shows how "out there" I really am. Still about 2 months to go and I'm supposed to get even bigger! Are you kidding me?

March 8th: found out I was pregnant; told Nick the same day along with family. I was to excited , I couldn't keep my mouth shut!

April 10th: Confirmed the pregnancy at the doctor's office (Dr. Terry, thanks Dan and Stacie, he is a great doctor!) He said I was due November 14th.

May: I was getting big already, was it t0o many Twinkies, or a baby??? Some people were to0 scared to ask!

June 15th: The first kick, right after eating Greek food, while we were shopping at Big Lots!

June 27th: found out it's a BOY!

July 2nd: Found out that he LOVES chocolate frostys, he didn't stop moving the whole time I was eating and when I would stop, so would he!

End of July: I now not only feel him moving but my stomach is doing the wave.

August: My emotional roller coaster month; also his move around a ton month. He doesn't just kick or stretch but its headbutting, dancing, or whatever. It's not just one movement, it's many for minutes upon minutes!

Aug 15th: Found out he was already head down; maybe he will be here early!

Aug 20th: Congrats you found my ribs! And oh how you LOVE to stretch your foot against them, push really hard and keep that pressure while rubbing against them. Ouch!

I've been swollen, emotional, had a growing tummy for months now and somehow I'm totally loving every minute of it. Maybe it's because I'm close to the end or some other unknown reason. No matter what it is I'm happy and can't wait for him to get here and that's good enough for me right now!

Finally a Good Day

So, lately I haven't been in the best of moods and everything gets me down. I try and try to be in a positive mood but end up being in a horrible mood. Poor Nick everyday tells me to think positive and not to let things get to me so easily, easier said then done. Well, today is one of my good days...how it really happened I really don't know but I'm almost done with work and not wanting to cry. I went shopping today and got my hair cut...finally, its shorter again! (I'll put pictures up soon I promise!) Then I kinda bought a washer and dryer, we have to still pick them up tonight at 6 but it's still really exciting. I have a truck and dolly, Nick and his brother John are magically going to get them up to the third floor!
But here is a picture of our washer and dryer that I'm so proud of! I bought them on ksl for $125! A steal of course...I can't wait to do laundry!!!!
I'm totally bouncing off the walls giggling and everything right now!
Then, Nick and I have wanted to have his brother John, his wife Reelika and baby Max come over for dinner. Usually, things are hard to plan and never work out. I've been excited for them to come over all week not knowing when was good for them yet. John text me and they are coming over tomorrow! I'm so excited to make this dinner! I'm making salmon with a cilantro lime butter sauce, rice and fresh green beans! How yummy does that sound? My mouth is totally watering =) I really don't think this day could get any better...
But then again it's still early in the day kind of and anything is possible!

Only about 2 more months!

OK I want to know where my pregnancy has gone!?! I feel like just yesterday I was scared to pieces to tell Nick that 2 lines showed up on the test and we are going to have a baby! And now I'm getting ready to have my little boy! I signed up for a ton of different pregnancy newsletters and received one the other day and it started with "How exciting! You could have your baby any day now!" WHAT! Any day meaning I could wake up thinking I wet the bed but in fact I could be in labor...little scary. I went to the doctor a little over a week ago and BEGGED him to change my due date, I don't know how much more my body can handle. He said he would change it to November 8Th but that isn't what I want...I'm thinking more along the lines of the last week in October!!! I also found out that I gained 10 lbs in one month! That's 20 total that Ive taken on but I feel like its about 60 more! But I'm so unbelievably swollen that the doc says that after Neacel is here give it a week and Ill be the same weight as I was in the beginning or smaller. My swelling isn't going away at all in fact its getting worse. I'm getting like little bubbles on my toes from them being so swollen. Its pretty bad but the heat isn't helping me at ALL! I'm drinking water and staying as active as I can but the active part is really hard on me. For those of you who don't know I have really bad ankles, they are weak and its amazing I can walk around, being lactose doesn't help at all. Its something I have delt with since I was little, well staying active while being 20lbs heavier is alot of stress on my legs and feet so I can walk around for a while but then I have to sit or I feel like I'm going to fall thanks to my legs giving out.
I have come to the conclusion that I do love being pregnant, I love laying in bed and watch my stomach move around, and just feel how active he is (which is scaring me a little, I think we are going to be in trouble when he gets here!) I love shopping for my little boy, he is so spoiled already though its kinda sad how much he has already! Nick asked me last night if I'm already attached to him, and I think for the longest time I was afraid of messing up as a parent that I wasn't becoming attached. I laid there for a second and thought about it and I totally love this little boy who I know very little to almost nothing about! I of course said yes and then got really excited to myself. I know nothing about Neacel other then he is really active, spoiled rotten, loves chocolate frosty's, and doesn't sleep very often. Other then that he is a stranger to me I don't know what he looks like we guess though that since we both have dark hair that he will too, probably brown eyes, he won't be to tall but average at least, other then that we are clueless but so excited to have him here. We are still shopping and getting things for him...right now all he has it clothes from sizes 0-2T (if they are really cute we don't care what size, plus then we have some already and don't have to worry about when he is growing out of things, plus I can't stop shopping!) shoes of course, his crib and the bedding, car seat and stroller and a few toys. Other then that we need to get everything else! Including a washer and dryer so we don't have to buy a ton of clothes since we do laundry about once every 2 weeks! And with a baby that is going to change dramatically!
I want Neacel here now, I'm getting really impatient. I'm still scared to death about labor and delivery but keep telling myself that millions of women have done it and get the epidural! I think I'm just scared because well its something new and you hear good and bad stories so you really don't know what to expect. Hopefully its quick and easy! I'm hoping to be in labor for a little bit maybe just a few hours and then get him out....I don't know if I could handle being in labor for more then 10 hours! YIKES!!!!

But 2 more months and it won't just be nick and I anymore...I'm excited though and so is Nick.

Nick has been the best husband through this whole pregnancy and has been the best support I could ask for. Saturday we bought a new mattress and while I'm not use to it so it feels like a pile of bricks, so Saturday night I was having a hard time sleeping between the new mattress, RLS(restless leg syndrome) and just being overly tired and couldn't fall asleep I was having a horrible night. I got up a few times to just sleep on the couch but nick wouldn't let me. I took a sleeping pill and I think that made things worse. Well last I looked at the clock it was about 3 something and I had to get up at 8 for church. Well, I got up but couldn't stay up so I went back to bed. Oops....so we didn't go to church. Well hours later I wake up and Nick tells me to go back to bed. I'm half asleep and not happy that he is forcing me to get back into bed its like 10:30 I'm done sleeping. So I fell back asleep then he is waking me up. I'm really mad at this point I felt like I just fell back to sleep because he told me to then he is waking me. Well it was a little while later. So I wake up and look over at him and he had made breakfast and was bringing it to me in bed on this breakfast in bed tray we got for a present from our wedding! It was so cute! And breakfast was really yummy and he even put my little polka dot plant on the tray, since on the box it had flowers and we didn't have those! He made me pancakes with vanilla and cinnamon, a peach , bacon mmmmm and a huge glass of milk! It was just perfect! I love my husband so much, he spoils me but Ill deny it most of the time. But I really am grateful for him and all he does, he has been so patient and loving while I have been this emotional beast. I couldn't ask for anyone better....