My 28th Birthday

Although I have no pictures of my Birthday I wanted to write about how great my day was. Jesse doesn't know this but this year I definitely put my foot in my mouth. At Young Woman's the night before all the leaders were asking what I was going to do...i had told them oh Jesse's probably forgotten about it so it will be like any other day and I'm sure we'll just end up hanging out(sorry Jes but since i have been giving you crap for quite sometime now that you have slacked on the romance department I just figured it would go that way). But as i said I put my foot in my mouth and to my surprise Jesse had planned out a really sweet day. It started off by him and Mylee making me breakfast in bed, and through out the rest of the day I had clues that lead me to the next surprise so Jesse came home early from work and sent me off with my first clue which was to go and get a pedicure and a manicure, from there he had arranged for Mylee to go play at her friends house while we went to the movie, went to dinner, and then topped it off by coming home to my favorite lemon cake that him and Mylee had made for me. Just knowing that Jesse had put that effort into that for meant the most, I'm definitely realizing it doesn't have to be anything grand some of my favorite things that he has done for me have been small and simple, it really is just the thought and a little effort that counts. Jes I love you and you made my birthday as well as Mylee by what you did. Thanks!

Busy...Busy...Busy

So the last couple of months we have been really busy trying to get our basement done, getting Mylee in her room, and trying to get the baby's room together. I think we are pretty close to having everything done and its a good feeling. Between trying to organize everything, painting, and cleaning it finally feels good to feel like there's not much left to do. Mylee was so excited to help paint her room and move into it with a new big bed just for her. She had so much fun helping us paint her room as well as the baby's room.
With the baby now coming soon we have been talking to her a little more about it. She seems to get excited with the idea of being able to help me take care of him. I know that it will definitely be an adjustment but we are hoping that it goes fairly smooth. She likes babies and she is at the age where she does like to be my little helper. She will be such a great Big Sister...although out of the blue the other day we had been talking about her birthday that is coming up and she told me I don't want my little brother to have any of my birthday cake. I had to laugh...the fact that she was worried about that was so funny. I told her he wont even be here yet on your birthday and plus he only drinks milk for awhile after he is here. And after that of course she hasn't probably even thought of it sense. She is so funny and some of the things that she thinks about and says just crack us up.
With only about 6 weeks left and definitely counting we are getting anxious to get the little guy here. A huge part of that may be that I am getting very tired of being pregnant. So the count down is on!!

Our Little Guy...

So I definitely have a lot of catching up to do...I have been a slacker when it comes to blogging. I am now 8 months pregnant about seven weeks left and starting to count down. They say that every pregnancy is completely different and I would for sure say that this one has been compared to Mylee. First trimester I was really sick, very tired, and started showing a lot faster. I quickly realized that because I had Mylee plus working at nights and on weekends my energy was shoot. After about 17 weeks definitely started feeling better and had more energy. We were really excited to find out what we were having from the beginning I would say both Jesse and I kept thinking a boy and Mylee always told me it was going to be a boy, the morning we went to find out I asked Mylee what if the Doctor tells us its a girl? She said no she will tell you its a boy, and she was right. We are really excited to have a little boy although its a little weird to think about because i am so used to everything being all girl. Jesse was super excited and couldn't wait to start texting and calling everyone to let them know.

From our twenty week ultrasound appointment we got some worrying news, they had told us they found a hole in the baby's heart which could mean a couple of things if it was small enough it would possibly be able to mend on its own or if it was big enough the baby would have to have open heart surgery as soon as he was born to fix it. So needless to say it was very stressful, we had to go about 5 weeks later to primary children to have a fetal echo done to determine exactly how big the hole was. Very nervous we went in and left with a extremely grateful hearts because everything came back normal, there was no hole and everything looked great. With that under our wing we then found out that the baby only has one kidney and I have only a two vessel umbilical cord instead of a three. Which the vessels are what provides nutrition to the baby. So I have and have had to go in to a specialist every four weeks for an ultrasound where they do all his measurements to make sure he is growing and getting what he needs as well as they monitor the one kidney that he has. Many people live with just one kidney as long as the one they have is healthy and normal so they have been keeping track of the one he has. Once he is born we will have to see a urologist to do ultrasounds on the baby to make sure the one he has is good. So far the baby as been measuring right on track which is been great news meaning that hopefully he is getting what he needs. Although this has been very stressful, it has definitely made me realize the importance of prayer and priesthood blessings and that i need to rely more on these things.

We are anxious to meet our little guy and pray he is healthy and have faith that things will all be okay.

Super Bowl

We went up to Logan Super Bowl weekend to hang out with the family. We took it pretty easy just hung out, played games, watched the game. Mylee of course loved being around her cousins, the only down side was that Sunday morning she started getting sick with the flu bug, of course that didn't stop her from wanting to play. After the game we headed home and didn't have quit the best night because Mylee was up with the flu. As always though we had a lot of fun being with everyone and hanging out.

Jungle Gyms/Lexi Bday

We went to Jungle Gyms for Lexi's Birthday party and the kids had a blast. They have lots of fun little rides and games to play, they couldn't get enough!

Snow fun

While Jesse was working in California for most of December, i got to shovel are driveway which made it fun for Mylee because she would come out with me and play in the snow. She loves to play in it but most of all loves to eat it. We decided to make a snowman which I don't think I will ever hear the end of how deprived Mylee was this year because she didn't get to build a real snowman but hey i thought it was cute and it was the perfect size for her.

Broncos Game

Jesse and his brothers took a weekend in October and went to Denver to go to a Broncos game. While at the game Jesse ran into an old mission buddy that plays for the Denver Broncos and went and hung out at his house after the game, all the guys thought that was really cool. They had a really fun weekend.