quick update

I went to the doctor yesterday for another ultrasound and to find out what day i will be induced. The ultrasound looked good, they guessed he is at 8 pounds 2 ounces (which i thought he would be a lot more by now) and everything else looked good. they called to schedule me at the hospital but the hospital cant fit me in until thursday may 22 (my due date)! the whole reason to be induced was to insure dan will be there, but now if i go a single day early chances are he might not make it. im also a little worried about more than a week left for him to grow, but im sure whatever happens it will all work out. im on a waiting list at the hospital for tuesday and wednesday so im really keeping my fingers crossed that a bunch of people who are scheduled to be induced next week go into labor on their own this weekend!

i was really upset yesterday about the still waiting stuff so dan went to home depot and picked up a few box planters. i have really been wanting to do a little garden but i dont really have a space for it and they are in the middle of laying sod in our yard so i cant plant anything on the ground right now. he set it all up at the kitchen counter so i can plant what i want then he can carry it out and put it on our patio. im really excited! im going to plant yellow and red tiny tomatoes, beens, radishes, and red bell peppers. ive never really done any planting before so hopefully they dont all end up dead! i will post pictures when im done!

Big Boy

So I think we should quit calling the baby "little guy" (as my sisters have named him... did we wait to long to pick out a name?). We went to the doctors on tuesday and I told the doctor (like I do every time) that Im nervous he is going to be huge. Dan weighed in at almost 10 pounds and I was like 7 pounds but a few weeks early. Every time I tell him he says he feels pretty normal, except this time! The Dr. said he is feeling a little big so we had an ultrasound done on Wednesday to check the size. I am 36 weeks right now and his body is measuring 37 weeks 1 day (not bad, just a little big) and already weighs 6 pounds 11 ounces. The only thing that measured really big was his head, measuring in at 39 weeks!!! We see the doctor next Wednesday so I am anxiously waiting to hear what the Dr. says about the ultrasound and we should also get a date of when he will induce me (he is inducing me mainly because then we know Dan will be there and not flying around the country somewhere). I will keep you updated!

MS Walk 2008

On April 12th Dan and I went to the MS walk in downtown Salt Lake. Our family goes every year to honor my brother in law Tyson who has MS. This year I didnt make the 3 mile walk (I waited at gateway with my mother in law who couldnt walk because she was having surgery on her knee the next week) but Dan took nellie on the walk. this Dans sister Katie with her husband TysonDans family who came, including nellie!

for Aunt Debbie

I noticed you wrote on my moms blog that I look hardly pregnant. I dont think I look ginormous, but I feel like I have gotten even bigger in the last week!!! Here is a picture to show how I really look!taken at 34 weeks on my 25th birthday

Baby Shower and Family Visiting

Sorry I havent updated in so long! I quit working last week, so I really have no excuse not to blog. I had my baby shower last weekend, it was great. I had my mom, Aunt Marcia, and Whitney come from California. Cortney drove down with Kyle from Idaho. It was so nice to have everyone here! I got lots of great stuff at my shower, now I just need to organize it all and get it put away. I didnt take any pictures, but maybe I will have my mom put some on from her camera.

I also turned the big 25 today... doesnt that sound so grown up? I dont feel like a grown up! Ive been married 5+ years and I will have my first baby this year, I guess that sounds grown up... even if I dont feel it! I was thinking today if you had asked me what i would be doing on my 25th birthday on my 24th, I would not have said about to have a baby and not working! My life has taken such an unexpected turn this last year, but such a great one! I cant wait for all the exciting firsts I will have between now and my 26th birthday! This year will be full of growing my family and doing what I have always wanted to do, be a mom. I also think it will be a year where I do a lot of learning and growing myself, and a year where Dan and I will grow together as we start this new adventure.

Last bit of big news... I have had 2 engagments in our family since I last blogged!!! Dans brother Steven and his girlfriend Tara got engaged in March. Dan and I love Tara and we are so excited for her to be part of our crazy family. They are planning a wedding for June 14th (3 weeks after our little baby is due).
My sister Lindsey and her Boyfriend Matthew got engaged on April 4th. We are also really excited for Matthew to join our family... but we wonder if he knows what hes getting into!
Lindsey and Matthew (he goes by Matthew, not Matt) are planning their wedding for 6 days after Steves on June 20th (only 4 weeks after our baby is due!)... it is going to be a crazy month but atleast both weddings are here in Utah and we wont need to travel.

We are now just looking forward to our little boy making his entrance... especially me! We are planning to be induced about a week early, but wont know an exact date until the end of this month. We will have one more ultrasound at 37 weeks to check his size, Im really nervous he will be huge! Dan was almost 10 pounds! Im glad we will have him a little early, especially because that will give me an extra week to adjust before the weddings!

I hope everyone else is doing well, even though I havent blogged I have been reading everyones! Hugs and Kisses!

Lots of New Stuff!

I havent had a chance to update my blog lately, time has been flying by! I got really sick a few weeks ago with a kidney infection and ended up in the ER. I have been recovering since then, but Im finally feeling better! We had a doctors appointment a few weeks ago where we talked about our options to ensure Dans presence in the delivery room. Our doctor agreed that I should be induced the week before my due date, Im guessing (with really nothing to back it up) we will have the baby between May 15th and the 19th! This means that I only have 11 weeks left! We are moving this weekend to a townhome in Saratoga Springs (west of Lehi). Im excited we will be a little closer to my sisters, but hard that we wont be just down the street from the Andersons! Now that we have somewhere to bring the baby home to I feel we are almost ready (Im really ready to be done)... besides THE NAME! We are having a really difficult time deciding on something that fits. We really want to use the middle name Joseph (Dans middle name) but its hard to find something we like that flows well, any suggestions!?!?! Lastly, here is a picture of me from this week, so right before 28 weeks. Im feeling really big even though Ive only gained 8 pounds! Hopefully I can blog a little sooner this next time so its not a big jumble of info thrown at all of you!
p.s. We are planning a baby shower for April 4th so keep an eye out for an invitation

2nd Ultrasound

We had our second ultrasound about 2 weeks ago, and Im finally getting around to putting a picture of our little guy on! For those of you who cant figure it out (like my Mother who looked at the picture really confused!) his head is in the middle, tummy toward the left side, and his hand is up on his nose. He is a total wiggle worm and is constantly moving around... this doesnt bother me, YET! He had the hiccups while we were in the ultrasound, I cant feel them but they were really cute to watch.
p.s. Liz- I wrote down the questions and plan to do that next!