Yuck!

I never throw up. Well hardly ever. And with this pregnancy I never have until today. It was horrible!

For some reason I don't like eating eggs during this pregnancy. Today some scrambled eggs were made and I thought, 'if I eat these really fast I will be fine.'

Not so! My second bite felt like there was possibly a little shell in there. My third bite a hair... what are the odd? Well, I just couldn't handle it. My small breakfast was lost and some of dinner too.

However, I am so grateful that I am not one that throws up easily. That was just horrible. I am also grateful that I am 35 weeks pregnant and this is the first time I have thrown up. I will now steer clear of all eggs.

More updates:

For the last 3 days I have been having steady contractions. Steady meaning for an hour or two I will have contractions every few minutes. Then they will go away for 1 to 2 hours. The contractions are not real painful; they hurt, but I can still stand. I remember when I was pregnant with Jacob, I think I was in labor for a good month before I went to the hospital. When I arrived at the hospital the hard contractions stopped. So, I thought I might as well go home, but I was admitted and they said, "nope you're in labor, let's get you into a room." But it was really hard to keep the contractions going.

This baby is a good kicker but I can tell that he is almost out of room. Some of his stretches really hurt my ribs though I am so glad that he is moving.

I am getting really excited to meet him, yet really worried about all that comes with bringing a new baby home. It has been 3 1/2 years since Jacob was born, I worry about not getting any sleep, I worry about postpartum depression. I think I had that a little when Emma was born. I kind of worry about the gap between kids and my hormones.

However I do have faith that everything will work out. I think that with every baby born my family has been blessed with one thing or another. I like the quote, I'm not sure where it came from, "With every baby that is born, another loaf of bread is on the table."

I think that with the trials we have had in life lately, unemployment, uncertainty of how long we will be in our house. I feel like this baby needs to be born before we can move on to better things. It has been so nice having Pa home. We have become a closer family and I really like that.

BIG!!

It's happened, I woke up this morning feeling BIG!

I want to pick things up off the floor and it hurts. I am at the point where I need to be on my hands and knees just to pick something up.

I can tell that he feels squished too, I was able to feel his knee to his foot move across my belly and then he would streeeeetch and push up into my ribs.

I am so thankful that he is moving, it makes me happy to know that he is okay. It does hurt sometimes. But it is a good hurt.

Tomorrow I am 34 weeks pregnant.

34 weeks!!

Time really does fly by.

I am starting to feel like I need to get a lot done around here.

We need more room for this little guy.

I need a place for his clothes, I need a place for his bed.

I need to wash his clothes, I need to figure out what his first outfit home will be.

All my other kids have had new clothes, should I continue this tradition?

Do I even remember what each of them wore?

I remember what Emma wore, but I don't think I remember the others.

He can just wear something that we have.

He will be fine.

Diapers... oh boy, I don't have any of those yet.

Got the car seat out, need to wash is up a bit,

then figure out the best spot for him to go in the van.

Maybe I should make some freezer meals.

A nap would be nice somewhere in there.

I have been noticing when he is awake and when he is asleep.

It scares me.

He of course is awake when I am most tired.

Without fail.

I don't know if I am ready for that part of having a new baby.

But, I am very excited to be blessed with a new little one.

Gotta go

Laundry calls...

as it does every day. :)

Emma's Half Birthday

At school Emma's teacher is giving Emma a half birthday. The teacher has asked me to write a little something about Emma that she will be able to read in front of the class. Talk about nerve wracking, I don't want to write anything that might be embarrassing. I wrote this up and had Emma read over it, I got her approval so I am happy and so is she.

Emma was born June 11, 2002. She was born 12 days early and weighed 7 pounds 2 ounces.

Emma has always been a very nice and outgoing person. When she was only 3 months old she leaned over to a lady and said, “Hi”.

She loves her independence. If she doesn’t like something or doesn’t agree with something she is not afraid to say so. Her great Aunt said that one day Emma will be a leader one day.

Emma is always quick to help she doesn’t even have to be asked.

Emma favorite animal is a cheetah, her favorite color is all (rainbow), she loves music and dance.

She is excited to move to a colder climate, hopefully soon.

Halloween 2010

We had a lot of fun this year for halloween. First being, costumes were thought out and finished about 2 to 3 weeks before halloween. Grandma found Davids skeleton costume at a used store and boy was he HAPPY!! I made Emma's mermaid costume for under $10.00, and I didn't even use a pattern, I was boasting about that all night. I was very happy about how it turned out. Abby wanted to be a unicorn pegasus and Aunt Tami found that for her, she loves Aunt Tami forever now. Grandma also found Jacob a skeleton costume, but he chose to be a make shift Batman. He has to wear his cape backwards. I think that is interesting. And the mask, well, we found it at Target for $1.00 and he has said that it was batman ever since.

Saturday night October 30th we went to my Dad's ward party... they REALLY know how to throw a party! Pa made this shot!! Good job!

I saw this photo of me and my first response was, "WOW, I am BIG! No wonder my back hurts! Look at that belly!" Grandma Maggie who is right next to me dressed up as a Hip Pee.

The kids were able to ride all together on this really cool barrel ride. They wanted the youngest in front, but poor Jacob got grass kicked up in his face. When he got off he said, "I don't like that one." His legs were a little shaky too.

Then we went to our ward party and had some chili and hot dogs. Then we did trunk or treat. One lady even made balloon animals. Boy did she have a line! The kids loved it.

Right before the festivities we carved pumpkins. The kids drew their faces that they wanted and Pa carved them. They turned out fun. From left to right are the owners of the pumpkins, Abby, Emma, David, Pa, and Jacob.

When we went to buy pumpkins and Walmart and they were out! Then we went to our local farmers market and they were out, however Pa out smarted them. He found pumpkins that were all around the store as decoration. We were able to get these 5 we were all very happy!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!

Poop

So, I've got the last load of laundry going. My 3 year old informs me that he just pooped in his underwear. I cleaned him up. Then my 8 year old comes in and says, "Mom, I just pooped in my panties." I say, "Oh, that is nice. You need to clean it up." So, she does. She has had diarrhea today.

Now, the laundry is a very exciting thing to almost accomplish!! Yeah, 3 cheers for me! But, now I am contemplating, the gross pooped on cloths are rinsed off really well, but they are gross... I should probably wash them too.

I am thankful that my 8 year old is fully capable of cleaning herself up.

I am very sad that my 3 year old is still pooping in his underwear EVERY SINGLE DAY!! I went to the dollar store this weekend and bought about 10 different really cool toys, and Jacob knows that he will be getting a really cool toy IF he goes poopy in the toilet. BUT HE JUST WONT DO IT!!!

This is what I have tried... In the beginning he would have an accident and I would say, "it's okay we will try to do better next time." My other children when they would have an accident it was like all h*** broke loose, I was so mad and I think they just had fear in them that if they had an accident they better do better next time.

So, I went from... "it's okay we will try to do better next time."

to,

"aw, Jacob this is sooo sad, where should your poop go? Ya, you're right it should go in the toilet. Next time will you go poopy in the toilet? Thank you Jacob, you are awesome!!"

then,

I tried crying.

then,

I tried dry heaving.

then,

I tried having a very sad face.

I've tried m and m's

I've tried stickers

I've tried reading books to him while he sits on the toilet.

I've tried making him clean himself up. He did it twice... then he just would stand in the bathroom and cry.

Now I am trying the toys.

HE JUST DOESN'T CARE!!

He goes potty just fine. He rarely has any accidents at night. And when he does it is because we forgot to have him go before bedtime.

I need to get the potty chair that I have in storage and see if pooping in something that won't splash on him would be more appealing.

Or... maybe I need to send him to Grandmas for a week???

Suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Even constructive criticism would be nice. We will be having a baby in about 2 months and I was really excited that I would only be changing that sweet newborn smelling diapers. I am getting really discouraged that I will be changing underwear also.

On a brighter note, at least he isn't doing this in public and at least it is usually just one time a day, I guess it could be worse.