Late Father's Day Present

First before I get started, what the heck is up with "planking" it's like the dumbest thing ever! I don't understand what is "cool" about it at all.... you all look stupid. The end.

So I had grand plans of making an adorable onesie for Chris for Father's Day I started it but then it seems like a billion other things came up right around that time and I never finished it. Until yesterday that is. So here are a few pictures of the finished product. I think it turned out pretty darn cute :)

 

I am now 34 weeks and 1 day (if you want to get technical) pregnant! Chris and I were just talking about how it just seems like yesterday we found out we were pregnant! It's crazy how fast it's gone by and I've been so lucky to have such an easy pregnancy. Even with the month and a half of being sick I've had a much easier pregnancy then most. I am looking forward to her dropping though, I know I don't carry super high (which I'm very grateful for) but the bottom of my sternum, xiphoid process doesn't lay down anymore it bows out you can feel the lump from it. But it's not enough that you can see it through my skin. Unless I suck in a bit then you can! That and that the top of my ribs just under my boobs fall asleep and get tingly if I'm not laying down or have my back arched a bit. It's weird and doesn't feel right. So that's why I'm looking forward to her dropping so my ribs have more room.

Here are some pictures of the belly.

Oh and I am all set for nursing! I got 8 pairs of cloth nursing pads and one pair of lily padz. I got the type of undershirts I was wanting to get. And my thought process behind wanting to just get long plain spaghetti strap tanks is so when I use the nursing covers I got as baby shower gifts my sides won't show b/c they cover the front of you but your sides would easily be exposed.




One good kick from the baby and your side would be showing or even just from the behind angle I think you'd able to see my hip/side area 





So with the tank I can just leave it down and and do my business out of the top, leaving my sides covered :) I also have a really nice breast pump that hopefully I can use to store extra milk so Chris can have bonding time by being able to feed her as well. 

almost there

I'm starting to feel more ready for this little one to come live with us. We almost have everything that we need to get before she comes. We still are needing to get: changing pad, nursing pads, nursing pillow, undershirts for nursing (just long length spaghetti strapped tanks), lanolin, car seat cover (mom is sending the material just have to make it) , gas drops, *socks &mittens,a few more hats, and a few more blankets (*not a must) But considering what all you need to have for a baby (a surprising amount of things!) we're almost there! I got our pack n play set up today which makes me feel just that much closer to having everything done that I'd like to.

Here are a few shots of the pack n play all put together

 

 and a belly shot at 33 weeks and 3 days

* I'm not sure why the font is different sized and stuff in random spots
** The ones with the strike through are things that I've checked off the list :)
*** YAY we have all the things that I was wanting to get! 

funny

I was looking at old belly pictures and I had a good laugh. I thought I was showing so much in this picture at 16 weeks.

And here's one of me today in all my pregnant glory at almost 30 weeks (it'll be 30 weeks tomorrow)

So noteworthy pregnancy stuff, Penny moves allllll the time now. Seriously all day long she's moving. You can feel her with your hand and/or see her move a lot now too! Ever since getting home from Cali she's been moving so so much. She's always been a wiggler but it's so fun to have her moving so others (Chris) can actually enjoy it daily too!

It's becoming increasingly harder to sleep at night. Most nights I end up on the couch for a few hours of sleep. I don't know why but it works to get up go on the couch sleep there for a bit then come back to bed.  I'm only uncomfortable when there's pressure on my belly... like when I try to sleep rolled over too much (half on my side half on my belly) or Chris tries to snuggle by leaning up against me while we're sitting stuff like that. My back bothers me sometimes because it gets really tight but I had that before ever getting pregnant. I'm still drinking like a camel and that's pretty much it. Our next appointment is next Thursday so I'll probably do an other update then.

4 years!

This past Sunday was our 4 year anniversary. Mom and dad took us out to dinner to Thai Kitchen the night before to celebrate! It was super yummy. Then our on our anniversary we went to church, I took a nap and then we went to a Christenson extended family get together that the family back home have once a month. It was a nice relaxed day. Then Monday, yesterday, was spent driving back home to SLC. On the drive I was asking Chris different questions about being married and about the baby coming. These were some of my favorites:

What has been your favorite part of being married?

Being with you

What do you mean by that? Does it matter what we’re doing or just doing whatever as long as we’re together?

Just as long as we’re together, just being with you (How cute is he?!?)

What are you looking forward to the most? (about the baby coming)

Holding her

What are you most afraid of?

Her making wrong choices

What are you most afraid of when she’s a baby?

Not being able to get her to stop crying

What do you think you’ll be a best at?

Leaving her be (I will definitely think I need to do something when I should just leave her alone)

What do you hope to be best at?

Being daddy (I thought that was funny and told him that he will be best because he is going to be her only daddy and so by default he’ll be the best. He was all alright! Lol)

We did the me asking questions and him answering thing for a while but those were my favorites.

I'm so happy to be married to my best friend! He is such an amazing husband and I love being his wife. We're so excited to have our little girl join our family!

27 weeks

So Mom and Dad, Mike and Maren, Sarah and Chris and their families are all in town and with the rest of us living in the surrounding areas we’ve been able to have the whole family together! It’s been lots of fun. Monday night we had sandwiches with most of the siblings (mom and dad weren’t here yet and Josh had class that night and was in the process of moving) it was lots of fun to chat and everything. Last night we had the whole gang together had pizza, chatted and played with all the kiddos. Tonight we’re having a girl’s night to celebrate Maren and me being pregnant. (We’re both having girls!! So fun)

Today we had a doctor check up and everything looks great! Blood pressure looks good. I’ve only gain 6 pounds so far which our doctor said that’s not a lot of weight gain but she’s not concerned about it at all. The baby is getting everything she needs and is doing great. I had to do the glucose test. Where you drink this sugar filled drink then have your blood drawn an hour later to see how your body reacted to all the sugar. It’s to check to see if you have gestational diabetes. I think 1 in 4 pregnant women develop it. I’ll get the results back in about a week. I got the RhoGam shot done today as well… my bum is sore. I needed the RhoGam shot because I’m O- blood type. Our doctor said that I shouldn’t have to get my blood drawn, have any shots or be poked again until labor so that’s nice. That’s pretty much it!

Activity Days

I had my second activity days activity!! I think it went really well! We made journals. I should have taken a before picture. We got these notebook type things from DI and they were just really ugly but then we turned them in to these.

I think they turned out really cute! I made this one for Lexie because she’s out of town and Monte made hers. She seemed to have fun. So hopefully the activities will continue to go well! 

Pregnancy Update: I'm still doing great. Some nights I don't sleep as well but I think that's just to do with the sudden weather change so I get hot then cold all night long. I also have to use the little girls room sometimes up to 5 or 6 times a night. But besides not sleep well some nights there's really not a whole lot to report. My belly is getting bigger of course and I feel her move more. Chris has been able to feel her move more and see her move a lot too! That's pretty much it. 

  This is what my belly looked like today :)

Busy day

So today was a pretty busy and fun day. I went to a baby shower for Chris’s cousin’s wife, Shanna Mae in the morning. It was a lot of fun and I got to see Mark’s (Chris’s uncle) family! I haven’t seen them in about a year. Mark works for the FBI so they have lived all over, Chile, Africa, Utah (not so exciting) and now they’ll be moving to Israel. So it was lots of fun to see them. And then I had my first activity days activity today at 3 pm we made bread for the primary kids to give to their dad’s for Father’s Day! We only had one of the three girls there but she said that it was one of the funnest activity days she’s ever been to! So yay, I’m so glad she had fun!! Then I had a nap which was fabulous!

Oh my goodness do normal people get so excited over what they are going to make for dinner?!? I'm so excited for dinner tomorrow night!! We’re having my cousin Court and his wife Lisa over for dinner. I’ve not met her yet and I’ve only seen Court once since he’s been home from his mission (he got home about 2 years ago) So it’ll be lots of fun to visit with them. Also I’m planning on inviting her to my baby shower and felt weird inviting her without ever meeting her. But I’m way excited for what I’m making! Grilled chicken, grilled zucchini, apple slices with caramel sauce, and Court and Lisa are bringing a salad. And for dessert we have 3 different types of ice cream to choose from: mint chocolate chip, good ol’ chocolate, and cookies and cream OR they can have otter pops OR both. :) I am really excited for it!