Update and some thoughts

Had an appointment yesterday and nothing has changed:( I did find out with my ultrasound that my due date had been moved back to February 9th, so that makes me feel a little better. For the most part I feel pretty good and I am waiting on the edge with every little cramp or braxton hicks I get! Aaron and my mom are just waiting for that phone call, so I try to not to be mean and call early in the morning or anything:) Sorry to those that have not won the giveaway. Believe me, I wish I could have announced a winner by now. I guess we can put it in the books that for the first time I have made it to my official due date. Aaron keeps telling me that early morning Sundays are really bad because it is his busiest day, plus this Sunday there is a baby blessing for Aaron's side, so I am guessing she will come then when it is most inconvenient.

Aaron and I did get to go out to dinner last night and my parents took Lillian to spend the night. So we got to enjoy some time together and are able to give Elsie and Anders some much needed attention today. I think Elsie is going to have a hard time when this baby comes. She is such a momma's girl!

I have been trying to keep busy to make the time pass, so the other day me and the kids picked our stash of oranges. It was quite the task since I had to pick up dog poop before hand (which is not fun while pregnant). Unfortunately those oranges have not made it out of the wagon from our back porch. So I need some ideas on what I could do with oranges. I would give them away, but some are kindof dry, then I thought we could juice them and just give the juice away! So maybe we will do that. Any thoughts?

Still Waiting

But tonight, the mia maid class surprised me with a little baby mutual activity! They had four stations in which we raced to change and dress a baby, picked a value and wrote a note to the baby that related to that value (which was placed in a cute decorated jar), embellished onesies with iron on designs and puffy paint, and guessed baby food flavors. Each station had a list of baby facts and in the end we had a game where we were quizzed. My sweet sister in law is the mia maid president and she really planned and prepared by taking a station, making cupcakes and punch, and decorating. Another mia maid, Kaylee, helped plan a lot and made these adorable booties made out of styrofoam cups filled with m&m's. There was also breath mints made into pacifiers which were so cute too! Thank you to my good friend and 1st counselor, Menolly, for surprising me with this and to all the young women who helped plan! I am always overwhelmed with the love and care that the young women and leaders give to me!

I'm just hoping that this baby comes by this weekend because I am starting to get pretty miserable!

A wedding

Aaron's brother, Ammon, married Karen Gibson last Friday night. I was glad I was still prego so we could go! (Sorry the picture is so fuzzy)


And look who I found out trying to trap gophers again.

HA HA, CAUGHT!

Sticking the ol' smoke bomb into the gopher hole.

My Father-in-law planted tons of sweet potatoes which they just harvested. We baked some last night and they were really good.

Riding the tractor with Papa. You can probably tell that Aaron decided to grow a beard. Everyone seems to like it but me. I guess I don't really like facial hair on anyone though, so hopefully he doesn't feel bad. I think the only facial hair I like is a goatee.

No Baby Yet

No baby yet and no real feelings that she will come soon. It's been a good thing though because I was able to attend our YW New Beginnings Program that we have worked so hard on. I have some incredible leaders who really stepped up and took over so that I didn't have to worry or stress. I have some amazing YW who also stepped up and volunteered with whatever we needed. It was such a good night! We did a Wizard of Oz theme with a fun skit, talked about the new, amazing personal progress program, and introduced our sweet little beehives who will be coming in this year. We had a really good turnout with the YW and their parents and hopefully it has encouraged and motivated them to work on and finish their personal progress. Have I mentioned how much I love our Bishop? It's kindof funny because our Bishop now was my Bishop in Safford when I was a Young Woman. He is amazing and so inspired! I am grateful for him and his wife and all of the work they do.

The set

The cast..Dorothy, Tin Man, Cowardly Lion, and Scarecrow
Trying to make it down the path of righteousness.
The wicked witch throwing temptations Dorothy's way!

Now onto a wedding for Aaron's brother! I think she will be ready to come after that!

Giveaway

It's that time again! I am doing a giveaway for whoever can guess the birthday of baby #4. So here is a little birthing history....Lillian- 3 weeks early, Anders- 2 weeks early, Elsie- 4 days early. There are no planned inductions, or a c-section. I am already dilated to a 1or 2 and 70% effaced. She is coming when she wants to so hurry and pick your day before someone else gets it! Only one person per date and this is only open to people I know. The lucky guesser will win one of my handmade purses that I love to make! Reminder: My due date is February 5th.

As an extra giveaway, leave a separate comment guessing how much she will weigh and the winner will get a surprise gift! Same rules- only one person per weight and only people I know can play. (If no one guesses the exact weight then whoever is the closest will win)

Hurry the clock is ticking.....

Late night stinker

Last night I heard Elsie cry at about 3:30am. She has had some diarrhea lately so I thought she was just waking up not feeling good. So I waited it out and she was still awake talking and kind of fussing after an hour, so I decided that something was up and she needed me. I go in and her room wreaks like she went #3, so I took her out and was carrying her to our room to change her and then I feel kind of wet. I could feel her pj's were damp and when I unzipped them I found she was covered in poop! And it is that horrible sick smelling poop. So I'm totally tired giving her a bath at 4 in the morning. All I can smell is poop all over me and her, and she is tired, cold and miserable. Aaron was gone working so I didn't have much help, but I got her warm and dry and stuck her in my bed and put a baby Einstein on. When kids have diarrhea it means they have a bad bacteria in their intestines, so I gave her some acidophilus in water to try and put back the good bacteria. It will take a while and I will probably have to give her an enema with acidophilus, but I think that will really help. Other than being a little tired she acts fine and hasn't had a fever, so it's kind of weird. It was a long morning with her dozing on and off and I'm so tired right now. And their room still stinks. Here is Elsie with her crazy hair.... and no she does not have a unibrow. It just looks that way in pictures. I'm so grateful for my sweet little Elsie poo and I guess it could have been a lot worse this morning!

Happy Birthday Kimber and Kiersten....Just for you!

My sister's wanted some pregnant pics and it was also their birthdays, but they are both in Australia so I thought this would have to do for their presents. I don't really like this picture because I hate how my belly button looks in that shirt. But oh well, it is as good as it gets. Happy Birthday sista's, we love and miss you!