37 Weeks!

I AM FULL TERM!!!

Woohoo!!

37 weeks down 3 to go!

Asher is about the size of Swiss Chard

Don't know what that is?

Me either.

But I looked it up and it is some kind of leafy thing.

I went to the docs and it went well we set a date for if I got over.

If I go a day over my due date I will

1- Eat a whole pineapple (debatable if it works)

2- Drive to Park City (supposedly the pressure change can send you into labor)

3- Eat spicy food while in Park City

I'm sure there are some other things but I won't list them all haha.

I'm feeling so done with this pregnancy thing..
I want my little guy to be healthy more than anything but then I'm thinking
"I think he's healthy he can come now" haha

Jared (my hubby) is out of town as of Sunday the 21st until the 27th

He left early early...

So that is a huge reason I've had a hard time sleeping.

I don't usually see him a lot during the day so that's fine but when I go to bed it's a HUGE comfort to hear him breathing beside me,

I even reach over for him sometimes just to feel him near me.

And honestly this week has been the worst week of my pregnancy because he's gone.

But I will say this..

When he leaves for a few days it helps me realize how much I appreciate the little things he does.

It helps me realize how much I love him.

Just his presence makes it easier to sleep.

So I've been up till about 1 every night on average.

It doesn't help that little man has moved his head down lower and has been turning it back and forth..

Weirdest feeling ever!! haha

Well this week has officially been the worst of pregnancy,
Like I said Jared is out of town,
I'm nearing the end of pregnancy,
and I got a lovely cold.
I have gone to bed wishing Jared was here every night to scratch my back or make me soup.
The first night I had my cold he called and had to go and I started crying..
I don't mean to be such a complainer!
But this has been one hard week!
I hope all of this is done soon.
My cold is almost gone now except I can't breathe through my nose, oh so fun!

This week has been a lay down and do nothing kind of week.
Not that I wanted to.
I'm working on a nursing shawl but I couldn't sit straight up for about 3 days.
So it hasn't progressed very much.

Asher has picked a favorite side on my stomach.
He cuddles up on my right side and I try and push him to the other side but he won't budge!

So luckily I haven't contracted much this week,
Last week I was contracting like crazy but as soon as Jared left I stopped contracting Such a blessing!
I didn't think he'd (Asher) would come this week.
But it was a worry in the back of my mind.
All I can say is Priesthood blessings are an amazing thing!

Oh how I love this little boy!
I can't wait to hold him in my arms and see his little hands and feet!
I absolutely cannot wait to see Jared hold him!
I know how much he wants to meet him!
I'm Soooo close!!
Well that is all I have for this week!
Thanks for reading all!

Week 36

4 weeks to go!(as of a week ago! I am 37 1/2 weeks right now(the 24th) haha Happy Pioneer Day!! )

(ps, this is like a journal, I don't do everything all "english paper" style so if my grammer is super annoying sorry!!! Bear with me..)


He is about the size of a head of romain lettuce.
my hubs did the chalk board this week.

Sooo I've gained a whopping total of..... drum roll.. haha 40!!!

stretch marks appeared out of NO where, mostly on my upper thighs so no big deal not like anybody will be looking up there!

Does bio oil work...? Nope maybe if I used it twice a day but it's so oily that I only used it right after a shower. 

I'm kind of hoping this baby comes two weeks early.

I know some people think I'm nuts

Some think it's wrong of me to want that.

But I know no matter when this lil boy is born he will be fine.

If he's two weeks earlier than the due date I will for sure have Jared around for a full week to help but if it's any other week he has Medical school things he needs to get done.
Of course if I'm in labor he will be there even if it's during other important stuff.
Chances are He will come closer to his due date,

But God has a plan and Jared and I have faith that whatever happens is in his plan and if he's born at an inconvenient time that's fine.
Such is life.

(which I'm sure mothers can say babies don't always come at convenient times...haha)
I'm just hoping and praying for the best!

I was able to get the rest of what I need for his first few months of life!

I'm covered on clothes,

Bottles,

diaper rash cream..

almost 2000 wipes! haha

And diapers

But of course I'll need to get meds when he gets sick but other than that I'm all the way as ready as I can be!

I'm really blessed to have the family I have.

My oldest sister has been searching out yard sale deals for me and got me a few of the things that are budget breakers.

Then my other sister did all the prep for my baby shower and her food was amazing!

(those are the adorable cookies she made, and the A stands for Asher.)

My aunt and mom worked really hard on getting my quiet book together.

(Which I'm SO excited about!)

and my loving husband is so supportive even though he's as busy as they come..

He doesn't like to do big events without other big events going on too! haha

(During our wedding week, a day before to be exact, he was running for VP at UVU and that took up A LOT of time, He was trying to get good grades, and also trying to keep up with his position he already had in student gov. and get ready for our wedding! He's a little crazy sometimes haha...)

This time it was take the MCAT(huge test for medical school) take summer school, get his Medical school application done(which it took weeeeeks to finish) and plan for our baby... Luckily this wasn't all in the same week this time, so maybe he's learning his lesson slowly.. haha

well thanks for reading!
Happy reading!

35 weeks

I sure hope my baby is head down!! haha

Well I am getting closer!
(I'm actually 36 1/2 weeks while writing this! haha)
I'm a little behind! but just thought I'd get this out there.
I'm sure I have the time to do this but I just haven't prioritized to make this a priority.
My birthday was this week 1 year older!
Crazy!
The reality of everything has been setting in and so has the stress.
I have been emotional and felt like the world was crushing down on me.
It has been harder than usual but I've been a little over dramatic.
I'm at the point where I want my body back but I'm not sure that I'm ready lol
But like everyone says you're not really ever ready.
It is insane to me that Jared and I will be holding our little boy in the near future!

My baby shower also happened this week.
I was a overwhelmed...
Even though my sister did all the cooking and such.
I felt a lot of pressure on me to make things look nice and all that fun jazz.

I finally was able to get things I needed off of my registry.
I had sooo much I still needed to buy and that was overwhelming
But Jared and I made a quick trip to Babies'R'Us and got a few things to help with that stress!
 I feel physically ready for this baby!
I'm sure a lot of the thoughts that have been going through my mind are due to pregnancy.
I think and feel the same kind of things
but it's like my emotions are heightened and I get overwhelmed and stressed A lot quicker.
I'm gratful pregnancy is almost over,
But scared to death of being a mother! haha.
I know I'll be good at it and I'll do fine it's just a lot of change.
I love this little guy and all the pain, sleepless nights, and stress I'm doing it for him.

My 23rd birthday!

Cute lil football blanket my sister in law made!! Jared and I love it!

The adorable diaper cake my sister made!

Thanks to everyone who came to my shower it was wonderful and I loved all of the gifts!!

Thanks for reading!

34 weeks...

Well Jared made it to the MCAT!!

we drove down to St George on Sunday the 30th of June(also the beginning of my 34th week)

And it seems as if the bambino has moved to my upper stomach because my bladder isn't suffering quite as much!!

Well most of the time! 

He gives it a few swift punches sometimes and I swear I almost pee my pants!

Luckily when he does that I'm usually close to a bathroom!

So at least he's a little considerate!

My goodness I've never felt so hot in my life!

St George is about 110 (at least!!) everyday..

The coldest it has gotten is 85(this is well into the night.. crazy right??)

I was talking to someone at a parade last Saturday and she said once you've done a pregnancy in the summertime you can do anything in pregnancy!!

haha I will see if this is true!

There are some days I feel like my body is overheating and the only thing I can do to fix it is  strip down... haha TMI probably but goodness summer has never been so hard!

Summer is my favorite time of year and this year all I've been hoping for is winter!

(SOOO not like me.. At all.)

So random but I think my mother instinct has kicked in and I've started to take care of my dog like she is my child.. Kinds weird..

I've never babied her.

But since we were leaving for St. George and we didn't plan on anyone taking care of zio I got all mother protective of her and I wanted only the best of care for her and I realllly struggled with the fact that she'd be home alone at night...

And we leave her home alone a lot! 

She is fine. 

But I guess the mommy in me is making me feel bad for leaving her alone like that..

And I guess she hasn't been eating. =(

she is a dog for goodness sake not a baby!

But I can't wait to go home and give her lots of treats and take her on a walk!

haha I'm weird...

Oh for my friends who are also pregnancy during this lovely time of year

I got this thing from Bed Bath and Beyond called Chilly Pad..

It is awesome!

You get it a little wet and it stays cool for a couple hours.

(I put it on my stomach when I was at the pool in St. G)

So wonderful!

Well A lot has been going through my mind lately!!
I'm worried this baby is going to come a month early right when Jared is leaving for army training!

I'm going through all the scenarioes in my head and I've decided if he must come early he can come on the 4th... ( Jared will be here until the 11th? or the 13th...idk he confused me with when he is gone...

what it sounds like is that while they are getting ready to go to Colorado they will be able to go home every night which would make it a very nice thing if I go into early labor!

Then The day I prefer most for the baby to come is July 28th..

Then he'd be exactly 2 weeks early.

 Well we have started to really get ready for him this week!

For y'all that read this normally you know that Jared is leaving for a few weeks

and I figured that it would be easiest to get every thing done before he leaves.

We received our first gifts from Grandma Roberts in Canada.

I absolutely love everything she made!

She made a blanket, a hat and 2 burp cloths.

Well now that his bed is up and ready I'm ready haha well as ready as you can be!
I'm hoping for July 29th! Jared would be home and it would be almost a full month before Jared starts another semester!
A girl can dream right?
Well thanks for reading!

32/33 weeks!

I am combining my 32nd and 33rd week because I haven't had any time to write in my blog!

Life has been very very busy!!

So on my 32 week I Started to feel him a lot more

He likes to push really hard and sometimes it isn't the most comfortable thing in the world.

I started to get acid reflux a lot more

and it has been waking me up late at night

I was up for about 2 hours from lovely acid reflux...

I even had a dream where I was burping and it tasted really gross, then I woke up and realized, Oh that wasn't a dream.

So Gaviscon has become my best friend!

Other then that nothing else happened this week so pretty uneventful!

Onto my 33rd week...

The count down is getting real! only 7 weeks!

The closer I get the more I'm thinking for one I want to be done

and that there is no way i'm ready for an actual baby.

Yeah I'm good at taking care of kids for a while and all that

but being the babies provider and comfort and being the most important thing for them.

Kind of puts a lot of pressure on you

This week I have been realizing how real all of this is and how I have no idea how I'm going to do it!

I've started to have to take it a lot easier.

and it is lame!

I want to go run and go to Lagoon and go on rides!
but nope baby won't let me!
Dumb I know..

When I sit down for long periods of time It is hard to get back up and my butt hurts!

So 3 hours of church can be a little bit uncomfortable!!!

Oh and my fingers are swollen so much that I can't even put my ring on at all anymore.

Pregnancy for the most part has been easy for me and I am so grateful.

I feel REALLY blessed.

And these little things are nothing compared to what it could be

So I got Really lucky!

Anyways....

I went to the docs and the babes heart beat is stong,

My blood sugar is great,

My Blood pressure is perfect.
And little guy is good size!

I couldn't ask for anything more then for my little guy to be healthy and strong!!!

Thanks for taking the time to read my blog!

It feels like a journal(which It kind of is!)

I hope to print this off and keep it a binder or scrap book it!

anywho have a nice day!

Well this is a little shorter and the pictures will be up once I can use my desktop!(I'm in St. george for a few days...)