He can go ahead and come out now....

So up until this morning I was still not quite ready for our little guy to be born yet. I had a few more things to check off my list before I would feel "ready" (if you are ever really ready!).

Well, this morning I woke up and my hips hurt so bad, I have had heart burn/indigestion/acid reflux all night (and day), my feet are so swollen that I barely fit in to my church shoes, and I can hardly breathe. I decided that he can go ahead and be born now :) I am over this whole being pregnant thing.

Here is the latest prego picture (37 weeks along):

It is comforting to know that the doctor has officially scheduled my inducement, so the latest I would be having him is Tuesday, September 7th !! That's only a week and 2 days away! Its nice to know that the end is in sight. I'm not super thrilled that we have to be there at 6:30am, but oh well, we're going to sleep deprived for the next 6 months anyway!

Nesting

I am definitely in the nesting stage of my pregnancy. I have pulled all of the essentials out of storage (swing, baby bottles, high chair, baby tub, etc). While Keith and Malea were in Oregon for a couple of days, I finished unpacking the last of the boxes, and did the fun part....getting the baby's room all ready. I am excited to announce that it is officially ready!!

Here are some pics :)

I can't believe he is going to be here in like 3 weeks! The doctor is going to induce me at 39 weeks, and we are (tentatively) looking at September 7th. Its not set in stone, but that's what we are looking at! I have been having Braxton-Hicks contractions starting at 35 weeks along, with some crampy ones here and there, so we may not even make it to September 7th. We will just have to see!

Here is a pic of me at about 35 1/2 weeks....I feel humongous! I swear he is bigger at this point than Malea was....case in point, see the next picture down.

The picture below is of me the morning of my inducement with Malea. I was 2 days over my due date. My face is so dang fat in this picture, but I swear my belly is bigger with this pregnancy! We will have to see how big he is when he comes out (Malea was 7 lbs 3 oz).

I can't wait to meet the little guy!

Another Malea Update

Here's another update on Malea! She is just becoming such a big girl!

{Malea being a sassy-pants}

-She calls ants or pretty much any bugs "spider webs" (actually sounds more like "fiber webs") and if an ant gets on her she FREAKS out! She does not like when they are crawling on her!

-She is talking so much, I am just amazed at how much she has progressed! She speaks in full on sentences.

-We have to pick flowers everyday. She absolutely loves flowers. We are trying to teach her the difference between the kind of flowers you can pick (i.e., wildflowers/weed flowers) and the ones you just look at (i.e., flowers in someone's yard). It is hard for her to differentiate sometimes. We tell her that at night time we don't pick flowers because the flowers go to sleep, so she is always saying how "the flowers are asleep" at night time.

-She calls all soda pop "fright" (meaning "Sprite"), it doesn't matter what kind of soda it is

{Malea & Daddy getting ready to go on the airplane (the two of them went to Oregon for a family reunion and mommy stayed home...they had so much fun! I will do a separate post of their trip)}

-The other day she accidentally let go of her balloon and it went flying up in to the sky. Well a couple of days later we were talking about how she gets to go in an airplane soon (for a family reunion), and she says, "I get my balloon back?"

-Any time she is next to a fence or something, she will go up to it and say "I'm stuck in a cage!" We have no idea where she came up with it, she just started doing it one day (and no, we don't lock her in a cage when no one else is around lol)

-"Shrink" means "drink", which sounds really funny when she says "I need a 'shrink'!" lol
-If she gets hurt or upset, she will talk about it later and say "I cried very, very sad"

-She is getting more comfortable with the idea of potty training. We are not quite there yet, but getting there. She has peed in the potty once and pooped twice, but it is inconsistent. Honestly, I am not really ready to potty train her, being 8 months pregnant and so exhausted. But she is so independent that I can't force her anyway.

-There is a picture of me in my wedding dress on our entertainment center and I've explained to her that I wore that when I got married to daddy. Well the other day she asked to put on her Cinderella dress and asked "I get married to a boy, mommy?" It was adorable!

-We were driving in the car and Malea was picking her nose....we said "Malea, don't pick your nose" and she says "NO! I need to get somethin'!"

-We were driving and a guy cut me off, and Malea said, "Mommy, he a jerk" and I said "Oh sweetie, we don't say that word" and she said "Well daddy say it"....lol! He was so busted on that one!

-When we pulled out the infant car seat in preparation for the baby, she said to me "Mommy, last time when I was a baby I sit in the car seat." So cute!

We love you Malea!!!

Busy Busy Busy!

Well, things have been pretty crazy for us, but in a good way. We moved this past weekend to a different place than originally planned, but it is for the better. It is actually bigger, less expensive than the original place, and in a better location (we get to stay in our ward...yay!). So that was kind of a crazy change of plans. We are so excited for the extra square footage, not to mention a dishwasher! Oh how I have missed having a dishwasher.

My house as I was packing....uggh, I was getting claustrophobic!

Here's some pics of the new place:

(My favorite part....the walk-in closet)

We love the new place!

(32 weeks pic)

Baby #2 is doing well. He is right on track at every appointment in his heartbeat and measurements. I am 32 weeks along....where has the time gone? Holy cow, I just can't believe how fast this pregnancy has gone! I am getting a little panicky because I still have so much to do before I will feel ready for him to come. I don't know if I will ever be ready honestly! lol I think once we are settled in to our new place I will feel better.

Malea is just such a joy. She is talking so much! She speaks in full sentences. She is excited for the baby to come, but I wonder if she REALLY understands what it is going to be like when he gets here. I'm guessing there will be some jealousy that will require some adjustment, but it will be good for her. She is so helpful that I think she will just want to be mommy's little assistant with everything. We have had such a fun summer playing outside, going to the pool, going to outdoor movies, family get-togethers, camping, to the zoo, etc. I've tried to do lots of fun activities because I know once the baby comes things will have to slow down a little bit.

Well that's about it for us! Now I need to get off my behind and do some un-packing....

4th of July Goodness

We had a great holiday weekend! I absolutely love the 4th of July and all it entails. We had a family BBQ and then went to a neighbor/friends' annual "Driveway of Fire"....Malea loved it! This is the first year we have really let her stay up to watch the fireworks and she did great! And of course its not the 4th of July without going to the Provo Freedom Festival Grand Parade! We got a sweet spot this year thanks to Keith!

Malea showing my 4th of July cake

BBQ at Grandma's house

Look at that sweet face!

Waiting for the fireworks to start!

(Malea sporting her fake smile...I tell her to smile for the camera and this is what she does lol)

Heading to the parade!

I wish you could see her face better in this picture...this was when a big dalmation dog balloon was going by, she was so excited!

Malea and Daddy :)

HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY!!

Tumbling Tots Graduate

Today was Malea's last day of Tumbling Tots. They had a little "awards" ceremony where all the kids got a medal and a certificate, and got to stand up on a little pedestal. It was so cute! She had a great time in the class and learned a lot.

(I love her face in this picture, it just cracks me up!)

Lazy Saturday

How stinkin' cute is she?!!!

It was such a nice day, so I decided to set up Malea's little pool (key word: "little"). I love how this turtle tube is practically the same size as the pool....maybe we should invest in a little bit of a bigger one?

Picnic lunch of PB&J, string cheese, banana, and Cheetos (mostly Cheetos though)

My "Little Miss" loves to be outside!

(I had a picture of myself on here at first and then I deleted it....my face looks so dang fat, I feel like a whale! And I'm guessing that if my face looks fat, probably the rest of me does too :P Oh well, its worth it.)