Randoms

Posting thankfuls died about a week ago. Or maybe before that. LAME! But, I don't care. I tried. Haha.

Anywho, just some things I need to get down.

1st random: I was thinking today how much I love my parents! I swear when I was little I did everything they did. I remember one time sitting on the couch at my grandparents watching my dad bite his nails, and since then I haven't stopped. I know some think it's a bad habit, but think what you want! I quite enjoy biting them. Both my parents can ride a unicycle and naturally I HAD to learn. They told me I was too short (and I was), but I still went out and practiced every day and learned to ride a unicycle that was much too big for me at the time. They are also both AMAZING at sports. I couldn't resist them, and ever since I feel like sports creates some special glue between us. I remember when I was in elementary school and, believe it or not, rough drafts of essays had to be hand written, I would go to my mom and she would type them up in minutes (it would have taken me at least an hour). I wanted to be a fast typer like my momma, and so I practiced every day on Mavis Beacon to be as fast as her. Side note: Does anyone even know what Mavis Beacon is these days? I used to think that EVERYONE can type fast, just because we all practically grew up on computers...but I've begun to notice this isn't necessarily true. So I've made a promise to myself that I am going to have my children practice Mavis Beacon.

2nd random: I have been unemployed now for about a month, month and a half. Good times/bad times. Taylor and I went to Costco the other night and as the nice man was ringing us up I got this weird feeling, for the first time ever, that we were spending TAYLOR'S money. It wasn't mine. He worked for all of it. I didn't like that, and I felt bad. Luckily, I will be starting to work again on Wednesday.

3rd random: People surprise me everyday. Sometimes the people that you feel should be the most supportive of the things going on in your life just disappear. They're like ghosts and you never hear from them, but you're not exactly sure why. And then those people that you haven't talked to in months or years, or what'ere it may be show the most genuine excitement for the good news in your life. I don't get it. But I'm thankful for those that are willing and do show love/excitement/interest in my life and it makes me want to do better at showing the same to others. Life is so much more fun when we can bask in each other's good news together. I absolutely LOVED Elder Holland's talk about swallowing pickle juice every time something good happens to someone we know. I totally took that to heart, and although I'm not perfect, I've definitely gotten better, and what a world of difference it has made in my life!

Whelp, that's all for now. Loves!

Our Little One's debut!

I have an overwhelmingly adorable husband. It's true. Last night he was saying how he was getting excited about going to the Dr.'s office to find out what we were having. And he would smile and was just a little giddy. It was cutsie. Then in the u/s room he kept asking the tech questions and commenting on how cool it all was. "Oh she is moving a lot." And he would smile and laugh. It was so fun to watch him. He loved her little hands and just everything about it. Afterwards he said that if he would have known  that the Ultrasound Tech job existed he would have gone to school for that because he thinks that would be the most fun job ever (is your heart melting?). He's so stinkin cute and he's going to be a most wonderful father! I know he is going to protect his little girl like none other. That's right, GIRL. We knew it all along, seriously, I don't know how, but on 2 separate occasions we woke up and both said, "It's a girl!" Anywho, he's going to be an amazing father. I can't wait to see him in action. But I'm scared! My goodness. I have no idea what to do with a girl! She won't have the cutest hairstyle or even the cutest clothes, but I am going to LOVE her until my dying day and give her all the love and attention I can muster. She probably won't wear a ton of pink...and hopefully I can get her to play in the dirt and get sweaty playing sports. Mostly, I hope she is kind and compassionate to others. And I hope I can be a good example to her. HER. So fun to say that. Weird too. Even though we knew it was a girl...it still takes some getting used to. Also, she is super healthy and the tech kept saying how good everything looked. It made me happy! We are so delighted. I'm finally starting to look into bedding and wanting to go buy an outfit or two (I've had no desire up to this point because it just seemed pointless getting something just to return it if it wasn't for the right gender). Haha. Just seemed like a waste of time to me. Life is fun! I love my little family. Taylor's going to have two of the funnest girls ever to take care of! Haha. :)

Also, we were driving in the car tonight and I could feel her movin around a little, and usually by the time I put my hand down she has stopped, but I told Tay to try his luck anyway and she gave him 1 little light poke. Haha. Loved it!

Last also, the u/s was probably the coolest thing ever. We could see everything in great detail and could see her little heart pumping away. I wish we would've video taped it  because we have the pictures, sure, but the video was AMAZING!!!

Catch up

Ok. So i left my laptop in california and blogging from the ipad proves a bit more difficult.

Tuesday 13th: Im grateful for lazy days and being able to take naps. Sooo good when your are so tired.

Wednesday 14th: Im grateful for Tays job and the side jobs we have to earn money. They help us out a ton. Grateful Taylor works so incredibly hard and has been able to pick up where Ive been lacking.

Thursday and Friday 15 & 16: Im grateful for all my grandparents. I love them to death! Thursday I went to the temple with the Larsons and then they treated me to some lunch. So kind! Friday we stayed the night at the Waters and its always fun to hear grandpa's stories. He LOVES chatting with Taylor.

Saturday 17: I am grateful for my sweet little niece and nephew. We babysat them and theyre just adorable and fun!

Sunday 18: All. I can think of is my entire family. We spent almost the entire day surrounded by family. Im so happy to beliving close to all of them again.

Today 19: the day has just begun but I am grateful for most monday mornings when my phone beeps because I know it's Dallin's email coming through. Im grateful we hear from him weekly and that he loves his mission and has such a strong desire to bring the gospel message to others.

I can't do this everyday!

I am grateful everyday, and I even think about the things I am grateful for, but then I don't have the time to write them down.

Saturday, the 10th: We went to the Redlands temple with Taylor's family as his youngest brother, Andrew, was receiving his endowments. SO FUN! I am grateful for our temples and the work performed there. I LOVE going with family. To me, the temple is so much more fun when you are surrounded by loved ones. Good times there.

Sunday, the 11th: I was grateful for safe travels. We drove home from California and made it back to our home without a hiccup (Besides the beginnings of some terrible nausea). I'm just grateful for God's protection over our everyday activities.

Monday, the 12th: After some seriously terrible issues with throwing up and spending time on the toilet I was truly grateful for modern medicine and nice doctors. Sunday night/Monday morning I found myself by the sink every hour spitting up what little content I had in my stomach. I was not sleeping, and I was in serious pain. My stomach was killing me and my throat was on Fire from all the acid burning me on it's way out. My back and legs were also causing me some problems and beyond that I just felt incredibly weak and was surprised every time I was able to hold myself up while puking. My heavens. I know some are thinking, "she thinks this was bad, wait until labor." Ya ya, I know. I have no idea how bad labor is, obviously. But there is something scary about not being able to help yourself through something like this and feeling like you're not getting any better, worried about all the pain you're feeling, and if your baby is in trouble, and wondering if you need medical assistance. I'm sure labor will be worse, but this was bad! I tried everything I could think of to stop throwing up, but nothing worked! It was insane. Anyway, in the morning I was told to go to the ER by my OBGYNs nurse. My mommy took me. I honestly can't imagine how stressful it would be to work in the ER and how easy it would be to get impatient with annoying patients...but my Dr's were all extremely kind, which made my experience so much better!

I know I have always said humor gets me through things, but I honestly couldn't find the humor in this, that's how horrible I felt. Granted, me and my mom still seemed to be able to enjoy ourselves a little while at the hospital, laughing and making jokes and making fun of ourselves, but there was nothing funny about the situation I was in. Anywho, glad it's over and I'm feeling better. I should add I'm grateful my mommy spent the 4 hours out of her day in the hospital with me while Tay was working. And taylor was such a gem to me through the night, getting up with me every time I was up and rubbing my legs that hurt so much. He even volunteered to run to the store to get me sprite and crackers at 3:30 in the morning. So sweet. Thanks you two!

Don't read this if you're a boy...seriously!

K really boys, if you clicked on this by accident, don't read. Dad, if this e-mail got sent to you...you might not want to read it, I can tell you later. K thanks. BYE!


Grateful day 9:

I swear on my life this is so very, very serious. If there is anything I am grateful for today it is the right sized bra! Ever since pregnancy my chest has done nothing but expand...and at a magnificently fast pace if you ask me! My gosh. It is absolutely disgusting. I repeat, DISGUSTING! I can't handle it. I tried on some cute shirts the other day and I looked like a frumpy, baggy fruitcake. I couldn't look at myself and quickly covered it up with a tshirt, yet again. So finally, last night I was hurting magnificently so I told Taylor on our way home we HAD to stop at the mall to get me fitted for the right sized bra. We stopped in, I told the lady I needed to be measured and we went to the back room. In the past they haven't had me remove my bra and it's totally measured me a cup too small, so I said to her, "Should I take my bra off, it's WAY too small." She looked at me kinda weird and was like uhh? And I was like, "I'm pregnant, it's crazy small..." So she nodded and I took it off, she measured me. It was over and done. I was so grateful to know my size again. I will only reveal my size to explain the funny that presented itself later in the story. I measured out to a size 38C. Gross. As I was putting my bra back on the lady walked back out to the sales floor where Taylor was. Later, when we got in the car Taylor told me that she came out and said, "Now, I just want you to know that she is a size 38C right now, but she is going to be a size D by the time this baby comes." Hahaha. I thought it was so funny she decided to tell Taylor that of all people. Just try picture Taylor receiving this news. lol. Then Taylor told me he just said to her, "Oh, cool." LOL. Makes the story even better. Whelp, I found my new bra (in the clearance section no less), and I'd say things are looking UP. No pun intended ;) Big chests are GROSS (in my humble opinion, or maybe I just don't like it on me). But for pregnancy I can handle it. It just is a bit crazy to me that I started out bigger than most people end their pregnancies. Life is never fair. Lol. I'm so glad God granted me with such a humorous personality. I can find the laughter in almost anything. This will be a wonderful story to share with my children someday.

6,7, & 8

I got behind. Apologies.

Tuesday, the 6th, I was grateful I wasn't around any crazies on election day. I just was with my sweet husband and parents.

Wednesday, the 7th. I was grateful for good visits with friends, and friends that are family, even though not blood. I can't wait for Melissa to be Aunt Missy to my baby. Haha.

Thursday, the 8th. Today. I am grateful for a healthy child growing inside me despite no apparent change outwardly manifesting this. I'm grateful I have insurance that allows me to see a wonderful Dr. on a monthly basis to check up on my growing and fragile child. Not everyone has such a privilege. I know since I am Mormon, a lot of my friends don't agree with Obamacare, but can I just say this one positive thing? It has allowed me to stay on my parents insurance (which is AWESOME insurance) and has allowed me and Taylor to stay financially stable (Does that make us freeloaders?). I am neither Democrat nor Republican, so hopefully you can see I am not biased either way...I'm just grateful I have insurance because I know there are so many people that don't have such a privilege. Did I earn that? NO. My parents? Yes, I was just one lucky enough to be born into a family that could afford such a luxury. But I am grateful both my baby and I have been graced with such a great thing at this time.

5sies

On day 5 I am grateful for my mommy and all her wisdom and understanding. She is never quick to judge others and always listens to both sides of a story. She is fair and honest and always goes to the Lord with questions or concerns she has both in temporal and spiritual things. Who's on the Lord side Who? My mommy! And I love that about her. She stands by her convictions no matter who may disagree. She thinks for herself but also gives other people's opinions consideration. She just gets it, and I wish other people in this world could be more like her...it would be a much MUCH better place! If there's one person always striving to be more Christ like, it is her. 

Everybody should give her a high 5 and a hug. :)

Day 4 :)

Ok. By now, you should know these are in no particular order. They're not magnificent things, just things that I think of during the day...every day sort of things. Anywho, OBVIOUSLY I am super deee duper grateful for my better half, Tay tay (I figure that goes without saying, but I will state it now, I am SUPER DEE DUPER grateful for Taylor), but more specifically I am grateful that he is such a humble person and the furthest thing from a poor loser. If I had to rate him, he'd be at a 0% on the sour loser scale. I LOVE THAT! Because I suck at it. I get so mad if I lose. Haha. So I'm grateful for my shining example every day of all the things I need to be. LOVE YOU BOY! Thanks for being everything I need.

Almost forgotted, DAY 3!

I have to be thankful for Dairy products today. Ever since about a week and a half ago I discovered that dairy was making me extremely sick. As in, if I had it, I would throw up...without fail. Uh terrible. So I have cut it from my diet. This morning I was eating some Great Harvest pumpkin bread...and I was just craving dairy. I put about an inch in my little cup and sipped it...it just wasn't the same! And I still got nauseous. Haha. LAME! But I do LOVE dairy and I'm thankful for when I can have it and be healthy! 3 cheers for milk, ice cream, yogurt, cheese, etc...someday we will be reunited!

Grateful Day 2

If I had been paying attention yesterday I would have said I am grateful for working electronics because my computer charger crapped out on me a few hours prior to me submitting my essays online which naturally led to my computer dying about 2 seconds before I was going to submit them. :)

Right this second, I am grateful for LOTION! No joke. I have such terribly dry dry skin...and I think it is only exacerbated by the fact that I am pregnant (who knew itchiness increased while pregnant?) and it's starting to get cold. I used to have soft water when my parents took care of me :) LOVE THEM! But now I don't because that is a luxury we can't afford right now. Thankful for affordable lotion that keeps me from seriously going insane. Sometimes I cry because it hurts. That is all.

Tomorrow I shall be grateful for something new. And they will probably only get deeper from here. I know these may seem lame to some, but lotion is of real value in my life. So there. :)

BYE LOVES. Happy November! We find out our baby's gender in 18 days. And I can't wait for yum yum meals with family in 20 days.