Just a Random

Oh hey.

I haven't posted over here in a while.

Life is good.

We found out we're having a baby BOY.
We had an awesome time in California.
We had a good Thanksgiving and Christmas.
We visited Utah and got things for baby boy.

And I'm 29 weeks along which basically seems surreal to me. Baby is big enough that is when he stretches or jabs or pokes, I can feel it stretching me and it hurts. In a week or two he'll probably have grown big enough that I won't be feeling the rolling movements anymore, and will just feel more and more kicks and punches instead. The last few days he's like to hang out on the left side, right up under my ribs. So... That's been fun. But at least he hasn't been kicking my ribs yet.

I can't believe that in 11 or so short weeks I am going to be a  mother. I've wanted to be a mother my whole life and it's practically here. HO. LY. CRAP.

I have been feeling really blessed that I am going to be able to stay home with this little guy once he gets here. I know it might not always be that way, and that we would be doing a little better if I could work for a while longer, but we will make it work right now. I am so grateful that I have such an awesome husband who is such a hard worker and makes it possible for me to do this. He is seriously the best.

I am so excited and a little nervous and know I don't really know what I'm in for, especially the first few days/weeks/months but I know whatever happens, it will all be worth it. I can't wait to look my little guy in the eyes and snuggle and love him.

I still am paranoid all the time that something is going to go wrong. But I know whatever happens it will be ok. But I am still praying for a healthy little guy to make his appearance. I won't even be angry if he comes a little early. Whenever he comes I hope he's ok.



In other news, we are still teaching the CTR 5 class in Primary and it's hilarious. I love the things these kids come up with each week. Kyle just got a new calling (but hasn't been sustained yet) which will take him away from our Primary calling. I am kind of hoping that they will release me, since I don't think I can keep up with our crazy little boys in that class by myself. But I guess we'll see!


So yeah. That's what's happening right now. Lots of thoughts about our little guy. Still haven't decided 100% on a name, but we will probably just wait until he's born for that final decision.
I'll tell you a little secret though.
We'll probably name him Abraham. And call him Abe.
But. We'll see.


And hopefully I can remember to start blogging my randoms over here more.
Because sometimes I have funny thoughts.

Currently

I'm sitting here on our loveseat, while Kyle is in the kitchen attempting to make homemade tomato soup. I say attempting, because neither of us knows how it's going to turn out, and also he's making it from watching a video recipe. I am not sure if he's even using measurements. But so far it smells good, so there's that. Also, yesterday, I attempted to be a homemaker by making chocolate chip zucchini bread. It tastes good, but took a lot longer in the oven than it was supposed to, resulting in a hard crust. And I also put in a lot of chocolate chips (Kyle said it was too many) and most of them sunk to the bottom, become part of that crust. So... That was kind of a fail. The recipe itself is really good though, and I've made it in muffins before, so I think I'll stick with muffins. My breads (pumpkin, zucchini) always turn out soggy and undercooked in the middle no matter what I do. So. Muffins it is!



I'm currently 18 weeks along, and we find out the gender of our baby next week. I'm hoping it's still alive in there. I know that sounds weird, but I legitimately worry that it' snot going to make it. I'm paranoid, I guess you could say. Although I have been feeling what I think is the baby move. And also my belly is growing, so all signs point to a living baby. During the anatomy scan is when they check baby out and make sure it is growing properly and healthily so I hope everything looks good. Of course, even if our baby is not 100% healthy, we will love it and care for it and raise it. Don't you worry about that.


I'm really happy to be able to do stuff again instead of sitting  on the couch feeling sick to my stomach 24/7. Thanks, first trimester for ending.


In NON BABY  news, we go to California in 3 weeks. I'm am mainly so excited to see my freaking cute niece and my twin baby boys! Obviously they are nephews, not mine, and they are two, so not babies, but whatever. I love them so much. Oh. And see Blaine and Brooke, too. And eat at Chick-Fil-A. AND THEN we get to go to Anaheim, and Disneyland, and Ayisha is coming to meet us and it will be SO FUN. As you can tell by my excessively use of caps.


So. There's an update for this companion blog of mine that no one reads. But I am really glad I have it. Except sometimes I forget that it exists, so sorry, blog.