First Examination

So I had my first examination today to see if i've dilated and whatnot. A med-student was there to observe the examination and thankfully I was able to decline her presence in the room. You may call me rude, but I do not need anyone else seeing my crotch. No thank you. I am now 38 weeks and dilated to a one and am 70% effaced. I'm not sure if effaced is the right word but it is something like that.  My doc told me that baby boy could be coming this week or maybe not for another three. I'm crossing my fingers that it is no longer than two weeks. I can't wait to see what he looks like. Maybe he will look like this...

or this

or (hopefully) this

Either way I will love him and can't wait for him to get here!

skool

I never thought I would say this...


I miss school.


I miss writing papers, reading articles, listening to the comments of annoying fellow students who believe they have to answer every question so that the professor is impressed, and actually feeling like I am somewhat smart. Without school my brain is withering away. I have a combination of pregnancy brain and school withdrawals--not good. So if I ever seem a little spacey or in another world when your talking to me, that's probably because I am. I apologize.  


In order to somewhat help solve this problem i've decided to learn a new word each week. At first I signed up for a daily email that contained a new and interesting word but that was too overwhelming for me. I can't handle learning one new word a day. One new word per week sounds much better for my diminishing brain. The word for this week is:


Sensational-adj.1.of or relating to the senses. 2.exceedingly great, outstanding. 3.arousing strong feelings, intense interest, often in an exaggerated way.


Your probably thinking that this isn't that cool of a word because it is quite common and easily understood but I decided I want to incorporate it into my vocabulary more. So there you have it, sensational.


Not only am I going to learn a new word each week but my big sis and I have started a book club, it's kind of a big deal. This month we are reading "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin.

I'm only into the first 50 pages so far but I absolutely love it. I highly recommend this book. This book is about a reporters real-life experience with the south in the 1960's. He goes through skin treatments to turn his skin black in order to fully experience the life of a black man in the south. People, this was only fifty years ago--you will be stunned when you read about what he went through. Stunned. 


I am now only down to 23 days until D Day. Yes, delivery day. It doesn't seem that long but I can't imagine my tummy getting any bigger, I feel like I might explode. Baby boy will be here soon though and I can't wait to meet him!


Have a sensational weekend now:)

The Dishonater

This mean, fightin' machine is my awesome little brother Kobe, aka Dish. I have no idea where the nickname Dish came from but it has stuck with him. Last weekend his football team won the championship for their league and I couldn't be more proud of him.

Kobe played tackle this year and had quite a few sacks. It's been fun to watch these boys play this season. They went undefeated. Congrats Dish, you had an awesome season, can't wait to watch you next year!

Baby Boy

Here is what we have seen of our offspring thus far in the 23 weeks that I have been prego.

These pictures were taken about a month ago, but that day it really hit me that I am actually having a baby. It doesn't seem real to me that there is something growing inside of me (besides the fact that I haven't felt like myself in five months)until I actually get to see him or feel him move. I hope I will be prepared to be a mother by the time he gets here. I'm not worried about Bucky at all, I already know he is going to be an awesome dad. 

I made a list of things I want to get done before I have the baby:

      1. Get my wedding scrapbook done

      2. Have all of my preschool lessons put together and       

      organized

      3. Get my house in order somewhat

      4. Catch up in my journal

      5. Have the nursery finished

Before blogging I was looking through photo's I need to order and store in case something happened to our computer and I came across these photos from our wedding video.

These photos get me really excited to see what our little guy is going to look like and act like. Hopefully he is more like Bucky and has a cute little tush like in the picture above;)

119 days to go...

Peace & Love

As I was running errands the other day I drove past one of these...

I couldn't help but smile because the driver had on a tie dye shirt with long messy hair and it took me back to the 60's/70's (if I actually new what it was like then).  

The point of me telling this story is because this vehicle is my absolute dream car. If I had to choose between Shia's Bumblebee corvette and a Volkswagen van, the van would win hands down. 

I tried explaining to Bucky how this would be such a great family vehicle (if it were entirely re-gutted and had a new engine) because it's fun, roomy, and groovy. He wasn't buying it though. I guess I will have to wait until the next life to get this absolutely fabulous van. 

In my opinion, I believe my future children will love this van. I will be the cool mom. Or they may be super embarrassed of me. For the time being I will just have to purchase a toy Volkswagen van like the one above. A girl can only dream.  

What a Wonderful World

     I love picnics. For some reason i've been very fond of them for some time. Yesterday's weather was absolutely perfect for an evening picnic, so I got my picnic gear gathered and told Bucky about our romantic evening that I had planned. He seemed so thrilled about it...

     For our romantic evening I made spaghetti and salads. We also opened up a glass of wine (sparkling cider) that was a wedding gift from nine months ago. We thought we were pretty cool. The evening was so perfect with the mountain breeze from the canyon and the sound of running water from the river. It's moments like this that I realize what a wonderful world it is. 

      My Grandma Elva and I are really good friends. In fact, during my two years at Dixie I probably spent more time with her than I did dating any men. Those of you that know her understand why someone would want to spend so much time with her. She is an amazing lady. I believe my love for picnics came from Elva. She would always tell me about how she and my Grandpa Brant would go on picnics all the time when they were a younger couple. This picture is probably one of my favorites in the whole entire world. It is of Brant and Elva on a picnic.

    This photo makes me want to live in the 1940's, minus the war.

Brant, Aunt Trisha, Aunt Lori, and my mother

   They continued their love for picnics and took their eight children occasionally. I'm going to make sure to take my children often so I hope Bucky is up for it!

Meet Bella & Duchess

These are our precious little bunnies. I've never been a bunny person whatsoever until I married Bucky. They are very low maintenance and I never have to clean up poop. Now that's what i'm talking about.

I bought the bunnies for Bucky on Easter because he and his family had a bunch of them while growing up. He seemed to be quite fond of them so I thought I would find us some. Our neighbor children sure enjoy them.  

We certainly love these bunnies, but unfortunately for them we have something a little more special on the way. Meet Peanut...

He/she will be here in 176 days. Woo woo!