We finally saw her!

Baby Girl finally cooperated with us this morning and we were able to get some pictures! :) Apparantly she's flipped over so she was in a much better position to show her little face to us. Also, she appeared to be asleep (or close to it) so that made it a little easier to focus in on her. The past two times she was so active that anytime we could get a good look at her, it was gone before we knew it. Anyways, I am pretty happy that we actually got to see her and got some pictures. I've posted them all in the 'Pictures' section, but here's a couple of them:

Also, since both my sister in law (Tracy) and my aunt (Sandy) have requested to see a picture of the pregnant me, here's a picture of me taken just today at 29 weeks:

And of course, I can't leave out my sweet little boy. I've posted a bunch of new pictures of him in the 'Pictures' section, but this is him proudly showing off his newly colored Easter eggs. He had so much fun coloring them last weekend!

Jamison's all caught up!

One year ago, Jamison's pediatrician suggested that we take Jamison to Early Intervention because he seemed behind with both his language and receptive skills. We took him and at 18 months old, he was evaluated at about a 12 month old level. He then joined the PIP program for the Utah School For the Deaf which is a wonderful program, by the way, and as of yesterday, one year later, he was evaluated at about a 34-36 month level!!! So, he's made almost two years of progress in one year! Way to go Jamison! :)

And I think that the pregnancy is once again affecting my actions. About 3 days ago, I made Jamison some corn for dinner. It was just corn from a can, so I put the remainder of the can into a tupperware container and put it in the fridge. 2 days later, Jamison told me he wanted corn for dinner, so I went to get the corn out of the fridge and couldn't find it anywhere. I realized that Jay must have decided to take it with him for lunch or something although that seemed a little odd for him. So when Jay got home, I asked him if he knew where Jamison's corn was and he said he had no idea. I distinctly remember putting it into the tupperware container so I know I didn't accidently throw it away. We both came to the conclusion that I must have forgotten to put the container into the fridge which means that probably Kody grabbed it and took it outside. Well, this morning I opened up the cupboard to get a new tupperware container for my lunch and I immediately smelled corn. I looked and sure enough, there was Jamison's corn nicely put away in a container in the cupboard with all the rest of the tupperware. I guess I put it in the wrong place.... :)

3rd Time's a Charm...

Well, it looks like we'll be trying a third time to see this little girl. This time she only had one arm and one leg blocking her face, but she also was hiding behind other things so we still could not get a look at her face. She's a very active little baby so anytime she did happen to move into a good position it was literally for less than half a second. She is still in a breech position so I think that's making it easier for her to hide. Hopefully she'll turn around or something so we can actually get a look at her next time (which will be our last attempt). I am so happy that Fetal Fotos is being so great about having us come back and try again. I'll try to post a picture of her hands/feet tomorrow since that's all we have so far, but otherwise, check back next Friday after we try again. Anybody know of anything I can eat or drink that will calm the baby down for her appointment?

In other news, we have officially become a minivan family. We are the proud new owners of a 2004 Toyota Sienna and so far I love it! I never thought I'd be a minivan driver, but they really are very convenient. And Jamison really likes it so that's all that counts, right? Actually Kody got to ride in it today too and he seemed to enjoy himself as well. Speaking of Kody, the vet today told him that he is too fat. Since we've had Jamison, Kody's gained about 16 lbs which is a LOT for a dog. And most of that has been in the last year. So, our goal for Kody is to have him lose a bit of weight this summer. Jay's going to take him running with him to get him some exercise and Jamison's going to have to limit himself to only feeding Kody twice a day. I think Kody will actually appreciate getting out a bit more as he's been a bit neglected lately.

All right, everyone wish us luck for our next attempt at the ultrasound! : )

Baby Update

Well, I'd hoped to have some pictures of Baby Girl to post up here, but it looks like I'll have to wait. We went to Fetal Fotos Saturday afternoon and she refused to cooperate. She had every possible limb covering her face so we didn't really get to see it at all. We did, however, get a nice look at her hands and feet. We poked her and rolled me all over the place but she refused to budge. Fortunately, the people at Fetal Fotos are wonderful and gave me a return voucher to come back this Friday so we'll try it again. I asked if she could see any hair (baby was fine with showing us the back of her head), and she said that she rarely sees hair on a baby earlier than 30 weeks so she'd be surprised since I'm only 27 weeks. But she looked anyways, and sure enough, there was hair already. So that explains the massive amount of heartburn I've been experiencing (if the old wives tail is true). I can't say I'm surprised since we saw hair on Jamison at 28 weeks and he had more hair than any baby EVER! But I am a little excited that it looks like this little girl might be born with some hair too if it doesn't fall out or something before she's born. Anyways, check back Friday night and there might be some updated pictures of her. :) Jamison still thinks that he's carrying his little sister in his belly and he tried insisting on laying down on the table and getting an ultrasound done for his baby.... and yesterday he pointed out that his daddy in fact also has a baby in his belly... We have some issues to work out still apparently. :)

Can I blame pregnancy?

I realize that normally I do a lot of stupid things, but since I am pregnant right now, do you think I can blame these things on pregnancy? Yesterday, we had about 10 visitors from our customer come into town for training and I have been elected the lucky person to do this training. So, I was doing my hair yesterday before work and I somehow managed to clamp my ear with my hot flat iron. Like I completely missed my hair and got my ear instead. It hurt. I really have no idea how I did this... Anyways, I don't exactly leave myself with a lot of extra time in the morning so I used the time I drive to work to hold an ice pack on my ear. Well, as soon as I got to work, I had to take it off so I could start training. And you know when you burn something as long as you have something cold on it, it feels fine, but as soon as you take away the cold, it hurts worse than before... This is how I spent the first hour of my training. I'm not quite sure what I said during this time but I'm hoping it was at least coherent. :) Luckily, nobody's mentioned anything so far...

Being sick sucks.

As much as I'd love to update with a bunch of fun information, I'm afraid that the only thing going on for us lateley is that we are sick. All of us. And being pregnant and sick isn't as much fun as you might think it is. It started with Jamison getting strep. Then he dropped a train on my foot which sadly demobilized me for a couple days. And then I got sick with horrible cold and Jay is now sick with the same cold. Fortunately, I got smart and called my doctor which resulted in medicine and life has become much better. Jamison has been so sweet though and he's been in such a cooperative mood for the last week which really helps. He's perfectly capable of either getting me everything I ask for (juice, etc) or finding daddy and having daddy get me everything I ask for. Although Jay usually gets me whatever I ask for anyways, I find that it seems to be very effective to have Jamison ask instead. That little 'please?' is really hard to resist. Anyways, I am happy to say that with the exception of Jay who is just starting his journey of sickness, the rest of us seem to be getting over it.

Not much new going on with the Baby Girl. I feel her moving all the time now which is a lot of fun. Still no name yet... We have, however, made plans to travel to South Dakota to meet up with Jay's family at the end of July. That should make for an interesting road trip with Jamison and an infant and of course Kody. AND, it looks like Jamison and Baby Girl are getting another new cousin! Tracy, Jay's sister, is expecting in October! :)

I've been tagged...

By my friend Natalie. : )

HUSBAND TAG:
What is his name? Technically Jason, but I call him Jay
How long have you been married? Just over 5 years (since Jan. 11th)
How long did you date? A long time... I think just over 3 years.
How old is he? 29!!
Who eats more? Well, I'm pregnant right now so that's not really a fair question... but I'm going to still say Jay.
Who said "I love you" first? Jay
Who is taller? Jay
Who sings better? Jay... Has anybody heard me sing??? : )
Who is smarter? Oh definitely me!
Whose temper is worse? Mine
Who does the laundry? Mostly Jay (and Jamison)
Who does the dishes? Both of us, but I think Jamison does it the most.
Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? Depends on which way you're looking at the bed... Kody pretty much takes up all sides, but facing the bed, the right side's technically Jay's.
Who pays the bills? Jay
Who mows the lawn? Jay (with Jamison following closely behind with his own mower)... Jay finds it therapeutic and will mow several times per week.
Who cooks dinner? Both of us.
Who drives when you are together? Jay.
Who is more stubborn? I'm not sure... probably me?
Who is the first to admit when they are wrong? Me, Jay NEVER admits that he's wrong... of course I'm never wrong so...
Whose parents do you see the most? Mine, Jay's parents are pretty far away.
Who proposed? Jay.
Who has more friends? Me.
Who has more siblings? Jay.
Who wears the pants? Me... but Jay's good competition. : )

I now tag Mickele!!!