6 months

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I do feel kinda silly for posting pics of just myself... but I figured I should document what my belly looked like a few times. At 6 months I am feeling pretty good. Well, maybe I'm just having a good day and so I think I'm feeling good. Tomorrow could be be a whole nother story! I feel like I'm in a good place though, I'm not sick anymore, and the baby isn't quite big enough to kick my ribs yet.....which I am dreading more than anything. My poor ribs take quite a beating! And she isn't big enough to be giving me constant heart burn yet. I feel her move all day and all night long, which kind of worries me, she is an active little one! Which again makes me grateful she is clear of my ribs for now. My pelvis has its good days and bad days. It depends on how much I am on my feet. If I am standing for to long I literally cannot walk. But I am grateful that it doesn't hurt all the time, yet. I am happy with my weight gain so far, I won't reveal how much I have gained but I am happy with it. I am still waiting to get the results from my heart monitor and find out what the plan of action is. I have an apt next week with the cardiologist. I am sleeping okay for now, thanks to the sleeping pills I have to take, which are absolute heaven! I'm not proud that I have to take sleeping aids, but if I don't take them I literally will not sleep, and I have to sleep to be able to function with my other two kids. So I take them, and they make me happy. So I feel relatively good for now. And I am grateful for everyday that I feel this way because I know it doesn't last!

Faces

Davis loves to make different faces for the different moods he has. We play this game all the time. So I wanted to take pictures of some of the faces he makes. (I noticed how unclean his nose was after I took the pics. Oh well)

This one is his sleepy face... or as he calls it, his "good night time eyes"

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This one is his sweet boy face...

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This one is his surprised face...

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This one is his happy face...

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This one is his shy face...

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This one is suppose to be his sad face but he doesn't know how to intentionally stick his bottom lip out so instead he sticks his tongue out

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Why do people do this???

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I don't know why I thought going shopping on black Friday would be any sort of a good idea. I have never gone before...for good reason. We planned in going to the Super Target in Orem so we had to be there by like 4:30 am. So we get there and the line is already wrapped around the outer parking lot...we're talking hundreds and hundreds of people. They must have gotten there at like 2 in the morning. If anyone reading this was one of those people in the front of that line, I think you are absolutely insane. So we wait for the doors to open and go straight to the toys. I have never in my life seen madness like this. People were literally jammed packed together so we couldn't even move. People were fighting over toys and yelling... I couldn't wipe the look of amusement mixed with irritation off my face. People were eyeing our carts and seeing what we had, several people asked us where we got stuff and if we were keeping it so they could have it. It was insane. Like a scene from a movie. So it took about an hour for us to even be able to move around. We had to ditch our carts because it was to hard to maneuver them around. I was really confused because I felt like there weren't even any spectacular sales. Things were on sale, but nothing really to impressive. I didn't get it. And the things I really wanted, were not on sale. So I was kinda disappointed. I didn't sleep AT ALL the night before, between having to get up to pee several times and then having to get up at 4 to go, I was pretty tired. So once we felt like we got some good things we got in line. Ohhhhh the line. It was clear to the back of the store and wrapped around the building. Every single line was this long. So it took us literally an hour and a half to get through the line. We finally finished everything around 9:30 and headed home. We brought everything back to my house and sorted through it. There were 3 of us together and we spent collectively over $1000. I'm included in 1/10th of that total. :) My friends went a little crazy. And our total savings was over $500. The things you see in the above picture is what we got. And that is not including a few bikes, a luggage set, and some scooters they got. So we (they) scored. I just got the rest of the toys I wanted for the kids and the Glee soundtrack for me. :) (I absolutely love it!!!) So that was my nightmare, I mean morning. I don't know if I'll ever do this again. It was definitely an experience. Some people love this kind of stuff.....I would rather just buy it all online.

Thanksgiving Day

Here are some pics of our Thanksgiving. It was an exhausting day, but we had fun with our friends.

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Our spread of snacks

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Kids table

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Eric and Corinn

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We made gingerbread houses with the kids to try and keep them entertained. It was a big mess!

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Corinn was really good at the Wii fit

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Grateful

Today I am grateful for so many things. I am feeling overwhelmed with love for my friends and family. I am grateful for my husband and children and that they are all so healthy, for my home and my oven that is cooking my turkey right now, for my parents who are helping us out so tremendously, for my baby girl growing so well and making me feel so lucky to be able to get pregnant, for my brother on a mission, for my hair straightener, for real wreaths made out of Christmas tree branches that make my house smell so awesome, for Clorox disinfecting wipes, for diapers I can throw away, for a dishwasher, for my jetted bathtub, for Mr. Clean magic erasers, for my laptop, for dvd players that work, for my neighbors that we are sharing Thanksgiving with today, for the excuse to eat so much pumpkin pie today and hopefully gain 10 pounds (of baby weight of course) So happy Thanksgiving to everyone I love!

I got my heart monitor put on today. It is rather odd. I have about 7 wires connected to my chest with a little pager looking device that straps around my waist with a button that I push to record heart palpitations. I have to write down everything I do and eat. Its sorta awkward with all the wires coming off my body but I only have to do it for 24 hours. I had an echo cardiogram yesterday and that was kinda cool. They just do an ultrasound of my heart and look for abnormalities. The nurse said if they find anything structurally wrong they would have to do surgery......I'm really hoping I don't have to do that. That would be scary. But we are staying positive and hoping for normal results. I am suppose to continue life as normal but its really hard when I'm constantly thinking about what I'm doing and needing to write it down. I also can't be around microwaves...so I have to push start and then run out if the room. Its fun.

is there something in the water?

I am thoroughly amused. I currently have 13 friends that are expecting babies right now. Not including myself! I think that is hilarious. I'm glad we are all fulfilling our "multiply and replenish" commandment. Go baby making!