Happy St. Patty's Day!

Okay, I admit I am not even wearing green right now. I pretty much forgot because I had to get up early to go do a GD (gestational diabetes) and iron test. I passed with flying colors (even if I wasn't wearing the right colors). Woot-woot! On our way to go eat at O-(the Original Pancake House which is SO GOOD, I recommend it) we passed a school yard and it was so cute to see all the kids in their green. Remember those people in grade school and beyond that would hide their green just so when you pinched them, they could get you back ten times? I feel like one of those today because the tag "Motherhood Maternity" on this shirt my mom bought me is written in green. Ha, I guess I am just a bully. I know what my son would be wearing if he weren't in my belly today thanks to family in Florida for sending us a bunch of 0-3 month CA-UTE baby clothes :)! There is a lime-green onesie :)
I feel my belly is getting larger these days. I am now in my third trimester and beginning my seventh month.

It also depends on what I am wearing. I admit I hope I don't end up pushing out a big baby...
Also, the last post is for my beautiful niece. She was born with spina bifada about a year ago and as much as she may struggle physically, she is so angelic and BEAUTIFUL! I bet all 4 of my nieces have on their green for sure (not to mention the 5 nieces and 4 nephews on the other side of the family). If I was with you 13, I would make you all a green sugar cookie because you are all sweeties!
PS. Do you know who Saint Patrick really is? I challenge everyone to look him up if you don't. He was a bishop/ minister in Ireland. He said he prayed 100 times a day! If only I could do that, I may actually be able to say enough thank yous for all the things I have...

Study brings hope for babies with spina bifida - ksl.com

Study brings hope for babies with spina bifida - ksl.com

Milk and Cereal, Milk and Cereal, Cereal and Milk

Tonight for dinner, I just wanted milk and cereal. It's pretty cool to be all grown up so mom can't tell you no especially when you want that second bowl :).

I helped with decorations for our last Stake Relief Society conference. We made 280 little notes that we attached to little chocolates for all the ladies in the stake. The note said, "Neglect Not the Gift that is in Thee" taken from a scripture in Timothy. The take-home message I learned is that sometimes we make such a big deal out of the little things in our day when that is not what matters in the eternities. One thing my mom is very good at is focusing on relationships even if that means neglecting house chores :). I've been good at cleaning the house lately, but maybe should focus on those eternal relationships...

I also got to hang out with my sister Emily in Twin Falls this last week. She was extra busy for a few days trying to get her voice students ready for being judged at Festival. She went to a funeral the first day I was there and I just couldn't figure out how she got anything else besides watch the girls done in a day. After I fed them, Ellie had therapy, then Emma had to catch a bus for preschool, and they just kept me running. At one point Ellie really needed a nap and fell asleep on my big belly right next to her cousin. I tried to move her when Kaitlin came to visit, and she woke up cranky! It was so good to see my adopted little sister again. She kept saying, "I just can't get over you with a belly!" Ya, it's still weird for me too Katlebug. I had a lot of fun with Emma and when I came home I realized she had taken all kinds of pictures of random things at their house on my phone. Haha, love her ;).

Marshall's show in Provo was AWESOME! The crowd made it fun and the arrangement of songs was great. I wish I had pics to post of these good times, but I haven't been able to find my camera charger for a while, so enjoy the cereal and milk video!

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You Know You're Pregnant When

Here is my own little list of 11 ways to know you are pregnant:

1. You don't care if you're right in the middle of that huge bite of food when you're returning phone calls.

2. Putting on socks and painting toe nails become chores.

3. You wake up every morning and try on 5 outfits from your own closet before deciding to throw on some clothes from your husband's closet.

4. Something you smell makes you vomit.

5. Something your husband says makes you vomit.

6. Shopping at the grocery store becomes worse than clothes shopping because of ALL THAT STUFF YOU WANT that you just can't buy right now!

7. No matter why you went to the store in the first place, you find yourself in the baby aisle.

8. You have a whole room in your house reserved for someone you haven't even met yet.

9. Someone you don't even know is allowed to use your bladder as a punching bag and you find yourself running to pee every 15 minutes.

10. You cry when a bug in a Disney movie gets smashed! (Princess and the Frog people!!)

11. While others are mashing and jumping up and down at the last rock concert you went to, you find yourself looking up the question, "Is it okay to go to a rock concert while pregnant?" on your i-phone.

OH-OH, We're half way there (OH-OH Living on a prayer)!!!

Today was busy baby-wise. Though he has been quite the busy boy the last few days, kicking around. It's fun to be able to say, "He is moving!" and know exactly when that is. We had the 20- week ultrasound followed by a tour through the labor and delivery room (YES, they have a tub with a jacuzzi! I best be getting one of those rooms) followed by a check-up with the midwife.

I was pretty concerned he'd have a huge dent in his head the shape of a basketball from a blow I got right to the belly in our ward ball game on Tuesday. Haha, but luckily there wasn't :). Our little boy is still a boy, and does not like to be woken up at 9 in the morning. I usually feel him moving around at night. Since the ultrasound was at 9 am, I drank some orange juice. When the tech started out, he was laying on his belly (he learned that from mom yesterday during my massage). Then he flip-flopped to his back. When the Dr. came in he was laying on his side, so the boy is active! Everything looks wonderful, he has a four chamber heart, cranial measurements are good, spine is complete and strong, bladder, kidneys, everything is there. He spread out his hand to show off his long fingers, and he doesn't have quite the pot-belly he had 3 weeks ago. It is amazing how much you can see in an ultrasound these days. He looks more like a little man than a cute, pudgy baby to me. Maybe if I think of him that way it won't be so hard to watch him grow up. I think he will look more like his father. His nose, hands, toes, lack of bum, etc. seem to look more like him, but I don't know. Good thing I married one handsome man =].

I asked my husband at our brunch (he took me to the same place where he took his mom to tell her he was going to ask me to marry him- way fun place called the Park I think) what he was most looking forward to in the next year. He said, "seeing him walk". I laughed, "you really think he will be walking by 6 months!" Then I realized he might have been thinking the baby's first year. I told him I can't wait until he sees his dad play and sing instead of just hearing it from the womb. Looks like this guy has a pretty good little diaphragm, though that may mean more screaming for the first year than anything else.

The three things that bother me about the labor and delivery room are:
a: the fetal heart rate monitor that I will be required to wear. I know it's a good thing to monitor the heart rate, and I felt a little better about it when my midwife told me I don't have to keep it on the whole time and I can move around with it on.
b: I only get ice chips and Popsicles in my delivery room. What if I get hungry?
c: They do take the baby away for the first bath. I'm hoping I will feel well enough to go with, but if not Marshall goes and I don't feel too awful about it since I'm sure there will be plenty of baths for me and the little guy down the road.

I love it when little things happen that seem to point out that you are on the right path in your life. For example, today when we arrived at the hospital, the odometer switched right as we parked to 111300. Same day Marshall and I met and were married a year later. Guess this little guy is just meant to be in our lives :).