34 weeks with a Princess

Finally got some things checked off my list including, setting up our new pack and play, washing the carseat and washing all the baby girl clothes. One night I even made a special trip into town because it was bugging me that we had no newborn diapers. Still need to pack the hospital bag and sew the baby blanket. My last appointment to the midwife was disappointing. First thing my nurse and midwife said when they saw me was "Whoa....baby dropped didn't it? you look really low" whaaaaa? I am also retaining water at an alarming rate so we are watching for preeclamsia. We chalked it up to stress from my husband being gone and trying to deal with having another baby so soon. I measured 3 weeks ahead!!!!!! So I measured 37 weeks! I know it was probably just baby's position but I have never measured 3 weeks ahead before even with my three 8-9 lb babies I have had. So we will be trying to not let this baby come too early and try and get my swelling under control because I still have at least another month. Bring on the walks and water and no stress! I knew this little girl would be a drama queen :) I have started calling her "your highness" lol

New Year 2015

New years, had a bit of snow that melted off of course. Emmett didn't make it again and fell asleep in his highchair poor little man.  And I went back to blond :) It feels good to be back to how I usually am besides all the pregnancy weight ha ha. Now that it is January I can officially say we are having a baby next month. So I got my list out and I am going to have to start really buckling down and get things done. I got my pantry cleaned out today and that was a major project so that felt really good to get done. It was bugging me all the clutter! We all have nasty colds,  especially the kids right now. I am very antsy and try to get out and walk or go feed the cows with Jonathan whenever I can or I just end up walking in circles in my house. He has to go to sacramento for a week starting tomorrow and I am so nervous about him being gone. I hope we can all survive the week and it will go fast. I have a feeling a lot of tears will be shed from both me and the kids lol. At least we have cell phones and Skype.

Christmas 2014

Here is my Christmas photo dump. Christmas eve we went sledding. The kids cried the whole time and it was hard to get them to go out in the snow at all. But they enjoyed chili and hot chocolate in the van while we watched frosty the snowman. Then we went home and did our christmas eve traditions. We took a car ride and looked at christmas lights in town, picked up pizza and had our eggnog and dinner. Then we sang happy birthday to Jesus and had a piece of cake. Finally we read the christmas story and put the kids to bed. Jonathan had to set up Emmett's present, a John deere tractor toy, who knew there were so many parts!? It took like 2 hours to put together. But it was worth it, they all love the tractor. We all got spoiled. We had a nice dinner at Jonathan's parents and then came home to play some games with the kids. Emmett didn't make it past 6 though and fell asleep in his highchair. He tried so hard to stay awake and was eating his cookie with his eyes closed ha ha! It was so cute.

Entertainment Center to Kitchen

For Christmas this year Jonathan and I tried to save some money and do something special for the kids. We took our old entertainment center and made it into a kitchen set for the kids. We did some cutting, drilling and painting. We tried to make it heavy duty so it will last years and years and we were very pleased with how it turned out. We bought wood food sets and heavy felt food sets and metal pots and pans to go with their kitchen too.

Christmas Season. Busy busy busy

We have been busy people even since my last blog entry. Christmas partys, shopping trips and house preparation. The first picture of Jonathan and Hunter I just had to document since they both zone out whenever they watch a movie. Emmett is busy trying to get on Santa's naughty list. He is into everything! But he is cute and he knows it. Autumn and I went to a girls party at Grandma Bush's. It was fun and got spoiled! Foot baths and sparkling drinks! But my favorite part of this month so far has been our temple trip last saturday. The temple was packed with people from the valley. It took some work getting into my temple clothes but we did some sealings and it was wonderful! It was very relaxing and stress free. After temple and some lunch we were able to find a blessing dress for baby girl! After doing sealings for children in the temple and getting the dress for our baby girl, I am getting very excited for our new addition and can't wait to add to our eternal family.

30 Weeks

Here we go 30 week belly shot. I am so tired and nervous. I am so sick of traveling! It makes me swell so much and the stress of being away from my kids makes me very emotional. I took Autumn to the doctors for a check up the other day and the nurse asked me when I was due. I said February and she said "Oh thats soon!".....I had a panic attack and I have been a wreck because it IS soon! And I am not prepared! I am nesting like crazy but I am so tired and sore I haven't had much time to think about labor or birth or anything! I still can't even believe we will have four. I can tell my body never got the rest and break it needed from having Emmett. My left leg had torn muscles and nerves from the last pregnancy and I am pretty gimpy and limpy most days. I am grateful this baby is a winter baby, it keeps the swelling at bay but with all my traveling and stress I am retaining water like I did with Hunter. But I have faith that this little girl is meant to be in our family. It is my biggest comfort that she was and has always been meant to be. Emmett is still a baby but this little girl just couldn't wait to come be a part of this crazy household. I have to have faith that I can handle this and be the best I can be for these sweet spirits.

November and December pictures

Loads of pictures. I know. So here we go, updates on november and december. We got a van! I can't believe I have gone without one for so long! It is so easy to put my kids in and the power doors and hatch are amazing! We got a Christmas tree and finally got some presents under it. I would have to say its been tough getting into the christmas spirit. No snow. Too much traveling. And over all exhaustion. Jonathan, Rachael and I went to Las Vegas. It was really good but I missed the kids so much, and the walking was killer. We probably walked 4 to 5 miles every day. Jonathan is into his basketball season. I finally went to a game and took Hunter. He loved it! I can tell he wants to be like his dad and his favorite part of the night was when Jonathan helped him dribble the ball and score some hoops. Emmett is 14 months old and does whatever his brother and sister do. He is getting some back teeth now so he can get cranky. Autumn had her 5 year doctor check up. She did well and is way over the 100th percentile for height.