4 months!!

Okay okay I am a couple weeks shy of posting on here for her 4 months. I don't get very much time to actually get on my computer! I say this every month though 4MONTHS??? Wow time is flying by like crazy and will fly buy even faster within the next couple months! Ryann is getting so big I can't even believe it! Well my arms can believe it that's for sure! Toting around an almost 20lb chunker can get very tiring especially since she LOVES to be held. I can set her down for maybe 10 mins max in her bouncer, floor or couch and when that 10 mins is up she wants to be in my arms again. She loves seeing the world from up high and interested in everything!
Within the last few weeks she has started to grab at everything in sight and LOVES her toys. You can't have anything in your hand and not have her grab it. I'm not talking these sweet little touches, I'm talking full on grab. Food is the biggest thing she will go for! The other day I had my plate of food and the next thing I knew she had a handful of it and headed for her mouth. Literally like the next day Aaron was eating a cookie and she decided she wanted it so she leaned right over and it went straight in her mouth! At that point I gave in went and got my baby food maker, made her up some peas, gone within mins!! My little 4 month old was officially ready for food:(  Rylee was ready at 5, but 4 really!! She will eat 2 meals already that are then followed by her bottle. Can we say chunky monkey!!??
Sitting up is another thing she has discovered. Of course she is still a bit rusty on it, but I think by the end of 5 months this girl will have sitting up down to a T. She will sit up for about 10 mins on the floor and play with her toys until she gets distracted or tries to grab a toy a little further from her, but as soon as she is on her back she gives us a little freak out session till we sit her back up.
Knowing that Rylee was army crawling at 7 months and that possibly Ryann could be doing the same thing freaks me out, but I honestly can't wait till that stage comes cause it is so much fun! She definitely has her Mothers sassy attitude still, but I wont lie, that makes me proud:)

Peas what!!??

Such a big girl!!


Oh my goodness I can't even explain to you how proud I am of Rylee! She comes to me and says, "Mom want to see me write my name?" So I got her a dry erase marker and she went to writing her name! I couldn't believe it! She couldn't remember how to do the letter L, but after I showed her she knew exactly what she was doing. I was so proud and happy for her:)

Wahoo!!!

Seriously my girls are the best!!:)
 


 

HALLOWEEN!!!

I don't know what it is about Halloween that I love so much! Pretty much anything and everything that has to do with it. Seeing my child's face collecting candy is priceless. It's funny how one little piece and make a child's face glow with excitement.
Our family every year always dresses up together which makes it even more fun! It's funny cause the day after Halloween we are seriously thinking about what our next costumes will be. We had our costumes that we wore this year already picked out last year!! For the most part we usually make our costumes cause we aren't big on spending a ton of money on them. I wish I could take credit this year but it was all Aaron! He made every bit of our costume out of fabric and he did an amazing job!! Minus the logo that was me:) Rylee loved all the attention we got! I swear anywhere we went in our costumes we were getting stopped a lot!!! Everyone at boo at the zoo was talking and pointing and Rylee was so cute she would look at me and say, "mom everyone loves us." Made my heart melt everytime! By far this was the best Halloween and I'm grateful I have such a wonderful family to share it with:)

More good karma on our side!

When you drive Aaron's car it tends to want to go over the speed limit. I don't care who you are if you drive his car you WILL have a heavy foot!! (Only Subaru owners will understand)
As we are driving home there were those pretty light behind us so we pull over and a very wonderful cop comes up and asks us if we know what the speed limit is? Aaron says 75 even though we both knew it was 65. The cop replies with nope it's 65 and you were going about 80 *Us thinking* Actually we were going 85....The cop goes back to his car does his thing and comes back WITHOUT a ticket!! Seriously, our minds were blown!! Lesson of the day... When a cop asks you if you know the speed limit ALWAYS say higher than it is!! Ok you know I'm kidding:) Yay for positive Karma on our side!!

Things I have learned.....Yet still am working on day by day

 

Judging someone for the things they do is not okay at all and I feel is something people should really work on! Just because they do not live the life you live or approve of does not make them a bad person. I can't judge someone for the way they have acted because I am sure at some point in my life I have acted that way. I can't judge someone for their habits they have because once again I have my own habits. There is a difference between judging and not agreeing with!!! Which leads me to my next thing......

 

If you can't say nice things then don't say anything at all!! I am all for constructive criticism, but the main thing I am referring to is name calling. You see more and more of it these day and it makes me terrified to send my children out into the world when the time comes. Not only are children mean these days ADULTS are just as bad if not worse! The words that people can say about other people are awful. Calling people stupid, retarded, ghetto and so many more just makes me sick! I know I wouldn't want my child to call another child stupid or retarded for something or have them call someone ghetto for what they are wearing so why would I do or say those things. So many parents bash children for the way they treat people these days. Well guess what they are learning it from somewhere!!! Cough cough* Mommy and Daddy

IT'S REAL!!!!

Golden rule you treat people badly it will eventually come back and bite you in the ass and hard!! Yes this includes judging and name calling! Sometimes people get karma confused with revenge, another thing that will just bring bad karma your way.

Forgiveness is SO important! Forgiveness not just for them, but for you. When you forgive you get rid of all those repressed feelings and put you at ease. Your negative feelings about that person will disappear and you can continue to move forward with those good thoughts which bring good Karma:)

LOVE....I think the quote pretty much summed it up:)

 

 

I believe in these things and will continue to practice these thing no matter how hard it can be at times:)

 

 

 

 

 

2months and Rylee's new activities

Holy cow 2 months!! I can't believe it has already been that long. Honestly though it still feels like yesterday that she arrived. I feel like she gets bigger and bigger everyday as time just continues to fly! I haven't taken her in the doctor for her 2 month check up yet, but soon enough she will go. Can you tell that I am avoiding it for as long as I can? I hate to have to see her go through shots! I told Aaron that I cannot be there when she gets them, It hurts my heart way to much to see her cry in pain.
Ryann weighs about 13 pounds and can pretty much fit in 6 month clothes! She is my little chunker that's for sure. She is such a happy yet sassy child! One min she is all smiles and then the next she is giving you some nasty dirty looks. Aaron and I are so excited for her to start laughing and have bets on who she will laugh for first. She wants to laugh so bad, but hasn't figured out how to just let it out.
Ryann is an amazing sleeper just like her sister! She will go to bed around 10pm, 12 at the latest and sleep till about 7am then go back to sleep for another 3 hours or so. I wish I could say she had a nap schedule, but she doesn't at all. She is only up for a max of 2 hours and then is ready for another nap that will last quite awhile and will do that through out the day. Some days she will be up all day with a nap here and there, but most of the time she is sleeping away. I wont complain though:) Her is my sweet little firecracker at 2 months!

 

 

Other than Ryann turning 2 months my life has gotten crazy busy! OK maybe not way crazy busy but a little bit. I was constantly told I was going to be SO busy with 2 kids and honestly I was a tiny bit freaked out about it. Now that I have 2 kids I still didn't feel busy! It can get a little tough at times, but I wouldn't say bottles, diaper changes and playing with a 3 year old was busy. I was starting to get bored and a little crazy just sitting at home so I decided to make my self a little bit more "busy"

I got Rylee into preschool on Tuesdays and Fridays. Dance on Wednesdays and then Gymnastics on Saturdays. At Rylee's school they send home homework that is due the next day she goes to school, Dance is all the way out in West Jordan and then Gymnastics is all the way out to the University of Utah. Now on top of babies, house work and entertaining a 3 year old I do a lot of running around most of my days during the week and honestly I LOVE IT! I finally don't feel trapped in my house 24/7. I feel like I can finally say I am busy, but still have time for other things or just laying around if that's what I choose to do:)

Rylee loves all her activities too! She gets so antsy to go to Preschool talks about it for an hour before we have to walk out the door and then continues to talk about it the whole walk home from picking her up. Seeing her at dance is so fun! She goes with her best friend Kelsey and they have a blast together! I can't wait for their dance recital to happen:) Gymnastics is by far my favorite to watch her do. I love seeing her on the balance beam and watching all the little girls do their stretches before they hit the floor! I am so glad my MIL talked us into the UofU. Tiny bit on the expensive side and it was so sweet of my MIL to pay for it!

Having kids is way too much fun that's for sure!!!!!!!!

 

 

 



It's just an excuse!

"I don't have time to workout." "How do you have time to workout with 2 kids?" I had that mind set until one day I was sick of my clothes not fitting properly! Now I realize it's just and excuse and there is always time to do even just a small workout. I am about a week in on working out and feeling so much better! I will normally workout when my girls are sleeping in the morning or night and if I am feeling lazy I will skip the morning workout and do it in the afternoon and have Rylee do little workouts with me and little Miss Ryann will sit in her bumbo and watch. Its possible to workout with kids and be able to get everything else done in the day that needs to get done. No more excuses for me, my butt will get some kind of workout everyday even if it's just a few crunches:)
My goal is to get to 120 or 115 pounds. Before I got pregnant I was 108lbs which I felt is too small and would prefer to be at my goal weight. Bonus for me I wont have to lose all my baby weight I gained! As of right now I am down 30lbs and only have about 5 to 10 pounds more to lose. Honestly if I stayed at 125 I would be satisfied as long as these love handles and tummy pundge went away:)

I'm excited about my new life of working out and can't wait to see some big changes in my belly!!:)

Rylee is starting Preschool again on Sept 4th two days a week for 2 hours and we are so excited! I think she will finally be ok with being away from me and meet new friends. The awesome thing about it the preschool is literally walking distance from us:) Not only that she will also be doing dance on Wednesdays and then Gymnastics Saturday mornings! We are going to be one busy family,but it will be good and fun for all of us. 5 days a week of activities is going to be a good time:)
As for Ryann she is getting so big!! About 12lbs of solid chunk! I can't believe how chunky she is, but I love it so much. She has become such a smiley girl and has the sweetest smile ever. Still sleeping through the night, but I'm almost 90% sure she is teething already!! Rylee started this early and had 4 teeth at 4 months so this doesn't surprise me if that is the case with Ryann. You can tell she hurts and it breaks our hearts. I just hope they come through asap and not just hang out under there and give her crap for months:( I'm going to have another Daddy's girl on my hands that's for sure. She loves Aaron and is always watching him. Not only does she love her Dad, but she is crazy about Rylee! Rylee can always get her to smile huge! Rylee is such an amazing big sister:)

So thankful!

I don't even know how to put into words how loved I feel! I have been going through a rocky patch recently and today I have been swarmed with people's love and support. I am so grateful for that and for those of you that messaged or text me just to give me words of encouragement or to check on me I can't even express enough how wonderful that was for me. It definitely helped and I truly appreciated it!

1 month!

As of yesterday my sweet little firecracker hit 1 month! It's such a weird feeling, I can't really say time is flying because it still feels like she just came home yesterday. It does blow me away how big she is getting though! It's like the pounds are just adding on everyday! She has the sweetest double chin ever and a huge sassy attitude. She is just like her Momma, she knows what she wants and if it's not how she wants it then she will let you know!
Aaron and I can get her to smile every once in a while, but Rylee just a touch on Ryann's head will make her all smiles. It is so precious to witness and I can't wait till she starts smiling more. Sleep is better than it was, going from 2 hours to 4 hours is such a difference and I wont complain one bit....Ok I'm sure I will complain every once in a while! She is over all a good baby even though she has that sassy attitude, but I wouldn't trade her for the world:)

 I just have to add, I love peoples reactions when we tell them her name. Everyone is always so confused when you tell them. After about 30 seconds of staring at her wondering why in the world we would name her a 'boy' name they warm up to it really fast. I was a little worried about peoples reactions, but it has actually been very entertaining and fun!Hopefully Ryann feels the same way when she gets older ha ha!! Sorry boys with the name Ryan its much prettier for a girl ;)

Tried to make a shirt done with freezer paper, but I wasn't too happy with it. Maybe for next month i will come up with something different. She is still cute though and thats all that matters:)

It's that time again

I guess I am due for a blog update:)
Well after almost 4 weeks of Aaron not working it looks like he will be going back sometime this week. It's going to be very weird thats for sure! It has been a fun having him around for this long and we will sure miss him during the day while he is gone. As for Ryann she is doing really good! We for sure has a chunker on our hands. To me she has these skinny legs and arms, but has a good sized milk belly, double chin and chunky cheeks! By the time she was a week old she was back to her birth weight and just recently Aaron and I weighed her and the scale said 9lb 8oz. The girl knows how to eat also! Normally she eats 3 to 4 ounces every 2 to 3 hours, but will do a couple cluster feedings at night and will eat 6 or 7 ounces. Sometimes I feel like my production of milk wont be able to keep up with her! She is sleeping pretty good, nothing amazing but nothing bad either. Aaron and I normally go to bed at midnight after she eats and then she will get up at 4am, 6am, 9am and then will finally fully wake up at 12pm. I can't complain about that cause we all know Rylee loves to sleep in and that way this gives me a chance to sleep a little more if I want. Not only that Aaron is amazing and gets up with Ryann at times and lets me sleep through a feeding. Overall Ryann is a good baby:) I wish I could say she had Aarons personality, but it is looking like she has my sassy attitude!
Rylee has done so good with this new change minus she has gotten a little sassy herself. She loves her sister to death and wakes up every morning asking where HER baby is. She might have gotten a little more sassy, but she has become this extreme cuddle bug. This morning at about 5 she came in my room and said "Mom we need to go cuddle on the couch." who could resist that? I sure couldn't and anytime she asks to cuddle all I know is everything else will have to wait until she is done wanting to cuddle:) I love my baby girls so much!!!
As for me I am dying to workout!! My goal since right when I got pregnant was to only lose some of the weight I gained and tone up. I have always had a hard time gaining weight and always been skinny/too skinny. So my goal is to be 120lbs and tone. Normally I am 108 and skinny with zero shape. Well I didn't know I was going to lose this pregnancy weight so fast!! It has been a little bit hard to try and keep some of this weight on, but I am trying and hope to be able to start working out in a couple of weeks. Thats if these abs are ready for it, Im a little nervous to start working out too soon because I would be very sad if I ruined my ab muscles! Keeping my fingers crossed thats for sure. As for now I am just enjoying this new journey Aaron and I have decided to take:)

My sweet little kitty! Sh literally wouldn't wash this off for 2 days!

I think Ryann has found her special blanket. Her holding on to it melts my heart!

Hardest parts of having a newborn..

1. Nursing!!! At least for me. With my over abundance of milk and my body not regulating itself it can get pretty stressful and discouraging, but I won't give up!!
2. Having 2 kids and pretty much missing your first born. Yes she has been with me this entire time, but I feel like if I'm not nursing I'm holding Ryann or taking a nap to catch up on sleep. I feel like I have put her on the back burner:( I know I'm weird and I'm sure she doesn't feel like that, but I still miss me and Rylee time. It will for sure take some time to get into a routine and I am probably just overreacting.
Other than those 2 things everything is going perfect! She seems to finally be one a good night schedule sleeping from 10pm to about 9am and eating every 3 hours. Which is pretty dang good for a 5 day old!! Now I just hope it stays like that. She is a total cuddle bug and ALWAYS wants to be held.! Thank goodness for blow dryers so I can at least put her down while I get ready.
I love my 2 girls and can't believe I was blessed with such amazing gifts. I can't get enough of them:)

Birth story

I would have never have thought I would have this baby the way I did, but it all ended up working out perfect!
On July 3rd I thought my water had broke ended up in L&D so they could check me. Turns out I was still at 2cm, 50% effaced and at a station -2 with my water not broken. I was told pretty much don't hold your breath cause this baby isn't ready and won't be ready for another week. We came home went to bed and I woke up around 3:30ish with annoying hip pain! As I was dosing back off I heard what sounded like a balloon pop in my belly! I jumped up and this time it was 100% my water! Woke Aaron and Rylee up cause I knew it was time. I have heard after your water breaks you can hang out at home for a bit and there isn't usually a rush. Not for me!! As soon as it broke I was having contractions 3 mins apart..
I knew this baby was coming fast! I got to the hospital and before we could park I jumped out of the car and walked straight in. I just kept telling people "how can someone do this without drugs and why do women choose to do this to themselves?"by the time I got to my room and her the anesthesiologist talk about risks and what not I looked at the nurse and said "it's time to push get this epi in me." she checked me and all she saw was head and said to me "sorry but you have to do this natural" Couple pushes and this sweet little angel arrived. 7lb 13oz 20.5 inches. A total of 1hr and 8 mins since my water broke! It was an amazing yet very unexpected delivery!
All the nurses and staff were amazing and made me feel so comfortable that this whole process was happening without drugs.
We are so in love with this sweet baby girl and Rylee so far has been a perfect big sister!

My heart is melting right now!

As I am folding and putting away some of the baby stuff Rylee is pulling out the blankets, boppy, bibs, wipes and diapers. As she is doing this I am trying to get pictures of her playing Mommy without her noticing I'm taking them. She tells me "They have poopy diapers so she has to change them." or when she is burping them with the burp cloths she says, "oops she threw up better wash it." and then puts it in her fake washer! My favorite though is watching her lay them down for nap time, turn off the lights and before she shuts the door she will blow them a kiss. My heart is so huge yet melting watching her play Mommy! She is so gentle and loving. I can't wait till our little one makes her big entrance into this world to meet her amazing big sister!!:)

Worst possible time!!

As I am getting ready to walk in to the hospital for my 37 week check up, I roll my stinking ankle! I literally slipped off an 8inch or so curb right on my ankle. Rylee went flying along with my phone. I was so worried about Rylee and Rylee was so worried about me. Not to mention this was my first time going to an appointment by myself. After realizing Rylee was ok the pain hit! I honestly thought it was broken. This poor lady was trying to help me but my hormonal attitude kicked in when she told me to stand up. I pretty much freaked out at her and said "who tells a pregnant woman that just possibly broke her ankle to stand up." Yes I feel bad but seriously who asks that?! I suck it up walk all the way to my appointment, they check baby to make sure she is good. I refused to go in about my ankle, it hadn't even started swelling yet so I just went home. Then the swelling hit along with even more pain. Ended up getting it checked and a sprain is all it is. Thank God!!!! I won't lie sprains hurt SO bad!!! So this is what I'll be doing for the next couple of days till in heals....hopefully in time for the baby to come. Sprained ankle plus labor not a good mix:/

36 weeks!!

Ahhh last time I said this whole pregnancy was going by really fast, but recently it has been going by so slow!! I still have 4 weeks to go, which really isn't too far away. By 37 weeks this baby is in the clear to come at anytime and as much as I say I am done I keep reminding myself that really if she isn't ready and fully healthy at 37 she better stay in and keep cooking! I would rather go a week later than 40 weeks than her coming and being put in the NICU. The only think I want to try and avoid is being induced so everyone keep your fingers crossed for me:)

I have been so so tired this trimester and I think it's because the insomnia has finally kicked in. I never thought that my body could go on about 3 days with only 8 hours of sleep! I'm not much of a pill taker and never have been, even when a headache comes on it has to be so bad that I can't function for me to even consider taking a pill. I'm more of a water girl and think water will cure anything:) So Aaron suggested to me to try Tylenol PM to help me catch up with sleep, I caved and was so glad I did! For 3 days I probably slept until 10am, woke up to eat and then went right back to sleep till about 1. It was amazing and glad I was able to do that. Finally caught up and after those couple of days taking them it was like it gave my sleep a jump start and now I have been able to sleep like my normal self again without it. Other than that and my normal rib pain and pressure this pregnancy has been pretty easy, even if I have done some complaining:) I have been told the last couple days that I have dropped, but honestly if I hear that all I say is "if you say so." I don't feel like I have nor do I look like it to me in my eyes. My weight will definitly be more this time around, but not by much and honestly you would never think that I have gained as much as I have so thats a bonus! Ok enough about pregnancy:)


We have done a lot of swimming lately and has been so nice to be able to get in a pool with this hot weather! I was really worried about getting the pass of all passes only because I knew it would be crazy busy! It has been busy, but honestly it hasn't been so bad. Aaron and I love our passes and from the looks of it Rylee does too!! You can already tell Rylee has been enjoying the summer so far because of her skin color. That girl tans so good!! I will literally put 2 different kinds of sunscreen on her and keep reapplying it and she still gets a killer tan. I guess that is what happens when you end up with Aarons skin tone.

The last for awhile..

Well I think it's time to call it quits for a while on my big craft projects around the house. I can't seem to get myself into nesting mode this pregnancy and my guess would be because of all my crafting ideas that I seem to keep coming up with. Seeing as I only have 7 weeks left (give or take) I better force myself into nesting mode so I don't feel too crazy unorganized when the baby comes. I still have so many little odds and ends to get! I decided against a baby shower this time around so its up to Aaron and I to get all of what is left to get.
I had my doctors appointment today and it probably was one of the most annoying appointments I have ever had! We literally waited in the room for the doctor (not my original doctor) for an hour and then the appointment lasted about 5 mins. Not to mention this guy doctor was such a goober!! He was so awkward and weird it made me grateful that I have always stuck to girl doctors. I think the longest my appointments have ever been are 30 mins max. On a good note though I am on track with weight gain. I have only gained 2 pounds since my last visit and I am measuring EXACTLY 33 weeks. I guess that means Aaron and I were right on with the day I thought I was ovulating ;) I wont lie I am ready for this little one to get her!!

So my latest craft project was a headboard. We only decided to do a headboard because we got a cal.king bed and our headboard that we had was for a queen. It was so much work, but it turned out even better than I hoped! I got the idea off of pinterest and I was looking all over KSL for weathered wood, but everytime someone had weathered wood it was awful looking! So Aaron came up with a brilliant idea of taking down a section of our own fence and replacing it with new wood. The new wood was about $23 dollars so of course I was all for that as long as my mother was ok with it also seeing as it is her fence:) The plan was to have only the weathered wood, but after deciding a realizing that slivers could cause us to have a very unpleasant nights rest we went ahead and upholstered the bottom half and just sealed the top so it would help with the slivers. I am so happy with how it turned out! It was a lot of work, but well worth it! Of course if you get a new bed and headboard you have to get a new bedspread:) If you know me you know I love new bedspreads and I buy them often! This time I went out of my comfort zone and got a white bedspread. I was a little worried about it getting really dirty but its nothing bleach cant fix. Not only am I crazy about bedspreads, I am crazy and picky about my sheets!! 300 thread count is not allowed on my bed!!! I hate scratchy sheets and after I discovered 1500 thread count egyptian cotton I will never never never go back! I love these sheets and had to get more to fit my bed. So pretty much my bed is solid white and I LOVE it! I also made some extra decorative pillows to go with it that I put saying on them along with the date Aaron and I got married. It turned out perfect in my eyes and I love getting into it every night:)

The insparation

The finishing product of mine:)

And the pillows:)

8 weeks to go!!

Oh my goodness, 8 weeks seems so soon! Not mention that is all the way to 40 weeks. Who knows if I will go early or not. As excited as I am to meet this little girl and how not excited I am to keep getting bigger or more uncomfortable, I think this little one needs to stay in until she is fully cooked!! I need me a 7 plus pound baby and if she isn't by 37-38 weeks she needs to stay in a cook more. Its funny how your second pregnancy is so different than your first. Not just symptoms and what not, but your feelings towards things. For me with Rylee I was more just excited to know the sex at 20 weeks, but your second you could almost careless what the sex was and you are more worried and concerned that they have all their fingers and toes. With Rylee I was so into getting induced and wanted nothing more to have her come earlier than 40 weeks and then this one letting her come when she is ready without having to be induced is so important to me. That's at least how it has been for me:)
The past month or so I have felt very uncomfortable with my pregnant self! Was feeling fat, bloated, and was just very critical of how I looked. I definitely shed a tear or two, but for some reason the last week or so I have felt wonderful about it! I have the confidence back that I lost even though I am still gaining weight like crazy! I would hate to go to the doctor and step on that scale,but then I came to realize I was for sure under weight when I started this pregnancy journey so that meaning I am going to gain a little more weight than I expected. I started out at about 108lbs and as of last week I am at about 140lbs! Crazy difference but I am also excited that I have gained that only because if you know me I have always had a problem gaining weight and it is something I have struggled with for years. Yes just as over weight people have a problem with losing weight there are skinny girls that have had a problem with gaining. Its just as mean for a skinny person to call an over weight person fat or chubby just as it is for a someone to call a skinny girl too skinny. I have always hated being too skinny and as funny as this is I am scared to lose ALL of this weight. I gained 35 pounds with Rylee and by the time she was about 3 or 4 months old I had lost all the 35 pounds by literally doing nothing and I was right back to where I started,being too skinny. This time I have a different plan, i want to only go down to about 120lbs and no longer have that "Ethiopian" look. I want the tone and the shape that I have never had before. Its going to be hard, but I know I can do it! So that is my goal and I really hope to accomplish it:)
As for my pregnancy symptoms this month I have gone back to feeling very tired and will lay down with Rylee everyday and nap for about 3 hours. My back kills me at times, but not because I have a basketball in front of me but because I have bigger boobs than I can handle and to think they will go up another cup size when my milk comes in! I go through these sleepless nights and then all of a sudden I sleep like a baby. My cravings are changing a little bit from veggies to junk food. I have discovered mounds ice cream bars and they are the most  delicious things ever!! I still love my healthy food though, but junk food is definitely making its way back into my life. I get awful gallbladder attacks with this pregnancy, She kicks me like she is trying to get out and loves to hang out under my ribs. As awful as those can feel at times I LOVE them and wouldn't trade that feeling for the world!

Zzzz!!!

I don't get it! I can't sleep past 9 even if I tried, but Rylee sure can. Its 11:50 and still passed out! I'm not sure if I should feel blessed or not that I have a child that REALLY loves her sleep. The funny thing is she actually went to bed last night at a decent time and still sleeps in till noon. She has been like this since she was 2 weeks old and my guess would be she gets it from her Dad. I have heard some pretty funny stories from his Mom about how he  hated mornings and all he wanted to do was sleep. Even with her naps they aren't these little hour naps they are normally about 3 or more hours. I almost hope it stays like this especially for when the new baby comes to get me in the flow of things. Who knows though I could end up with 2 kids that love their sleep, but I wont count on it:)

Facts.....

Here are just some interesting facts that I wanted to share :)

Based on several statistical sources these are your odds of dying from accidental occurrences over the course of your lifetime -

The odds of:

    * dying on a roller coaster: 1 in 300,000,000

    * dying from a shark attack: 1 in 300,000,000

    * dying from a dog bite: 1 in 20,000,000

    * dying in an airplane crash: 1 in 9,200,000

    * dying from food poisoning: 1 in 3,000,000

    * dying skydiving roughly: 1 in 100,000

    * dying in a tornado: 1 in 60,000

    * dying in a drowning: 1 in 1,100

Your odds of dying in a car crash, over the span of your entire life at any age 

     are somewhere between 1 and 50 and 1 and 100. 

 Why put your children at a higher risk to become one of these statistics, follow not only the recommendations and guidelines, but the law as well. Keep your children safe and properly buckled in the proper restraints. It kills me to see babies forward facing when under 2 years old and at the minimum weight to be forward facing, When I see a toddler in a booster seat even at the minimum weight and when I see a child without a booster seat when they are under the age of 8. 

 You hear excuse after excuse why parents don't follow or only follow to the minimum....

*My child gets car sick facing backwards

*My child's legs are too long to rear face

*I can't see my child

*My car is just too small to rear face

*My baby is chunky so they can forward face

and those are just a few excuses I have heard! The key word though EXCUSES!!

This is something I am so passionate about and something I will continue to share with everyone whether some hate it, appreciate it or think I am annoying for preaching it. I wont say I am perfect because I had no idea about this stuff when Rylee was a baby. I was told all of this and couldn't believe I had turned my child forward facing at 10 months because I had a chubby baby and she had hit the minimum weight to be forward facing. There is no reason to make those odds higher for your child all because of stupid excuses! Parents, myself included, are so worried about a fall and are quick to jump to their rescue or always telling their kids "That can hurt you, don't do that." Why with something we have such control over that we don't do EVERYTHING we can to prevent those odds from raising when in a car?

Sad to see the weekend go..

This weekend just seemed perfect! Going into the weekend was great and the ending was great. Friday I was given the chance to be able to literally have the whole house to myself. Aaron went to work and Rylee's grandma wanted a play date, so I was left to my bed ALL day! I got out to relax in the tub and to make food, then I was right back in bed with my movies and Zzz till about 8pm when everyone got home. I still need to learn how to fully enjoy my "me" time. If I was given the option to get Rylee back earlier I probably would have taken it. I missed her like crazy! I am so meant to be a Mom and be surrounded with kids cause that is when I'm the happiest and content. I'm used to having a house full and I truly enjoy the wild and crazy drama filled kids around me.
Saturday my Mom wanted a sleepover with Rylee so we went out to her house played around for a bit and then Aaron and I went on a movie date and saw The Lucky One. Movie was ok and the book was 100 times better. I do love me some Zac Efron though:)
Sunday we woke up early and headed back out to my moms. We decided since Rylee had been begging to go fishing we would stay out there and fish. Rylee was hilarious catching these perch! My little Tom boy wanted to hold every fish she caught. Her face and reaction was priceless every time her bobber went under the water. We will for sure be doing more fishing trips this summer! So pretty much overall this weekend was perfect! I'm excited for this week to come and go cause my mom, Rylee and I are heading to St George for Mothers Day Weekend. Now time to end it cuddled up with my family on the couch:)

Just some ramble:)

I officially feel like I am in the 3rd trimester.... Its pretty funny how the 1st trimester you feel tired, sick and just plain lazy to the 2nd trimester feeling amazing and then back to feeling exhausted the 3rd trimester.
I finally got my sleep back and have been sleeping amazing at night for the last few nights and I wake up feeling so rested. By the time I am done getting ready for the day I want to go back to bed! I have had all these plans to deep clean my house yet I can't seem to get the energy to do so. Its actually pretty funny! If I didn't have Aaron around to clean the house it would look like 10 tornado's hit it!! This man has seriously helped me so much during this pregnancy! He came home with lavender bubble bath for me to use at night to help me sleep, gives me foot massages EVERY night and has been more than willing to help with whatever he can around the house. Not to mention I got a week off of cooking dinner because he decided he wanted to cook. He is a good good man!

So last summer Aaron started a big project in the backyard, he decided he wanted to build a gym. One of the main reasons is he is so tall that when he would do P90x or Insanity the poor kid would hit the ceiling.(no vaulted ceilings here) Pretty much he worked on it a little bit then ended up starting the police academy and had zero time to do anything, but focus on that. He has finally decided to try and get some more of it done and has started on it this week. All we need is the roof and floor done with a few odds and ends then of course put the stuff in it. We have all the workout stuff just need to get it finished to put it all in there. I can't explain to you how excited I am to get it all finished and have a place to workout in when this baby comes!

Where the gym has been at for almost a year. ha ha

Another thing I am really looking forward to is SWIMMING!! We bought a Seven Peaks season pass this year for all of us and I can't wait for it to open. I told Aaron I will be there every weekend up until this baby is born and then after 2 weeks of baby being born I will be up there every weekend until it closes! That's one thing I love about the sun, I can get zero sleep and go outside, soak up some rays and feel so rejuvenated! I guess for me that is a bonus for having a baby in the summer. I am taking full advantage of summer this year!

Rylee is loving my lipstick these days! If she sees me wearing it she has to put it on too and then she has to make sure she kisses everything in the house! Poor Aaron got attacked by her red lips the other day and had kiss marks all over him. The funny part was he forgot he had them all over by the time we were going out and he was so confused by why he was getting all these funny looks:) It was pretty hilarious! Last night I hear Rylee in the bathroom and she comes walking out with red lips. I was terrified to walk into the bathroom, but when I did I found my lipstick neatly put back in place without a mess at all!! Not only that for a 3 year old she had it put on her lips pretty dang well!

It's official....

Well I am finally at that point where I can no longer sleep! I wish it had to do with my body not wanting to sleep, but its not. First pregnancy I broke my rib and it seems to be causing me issues again!! Not because it is broken, but honestly I think it is because I am carrying so high, plus have these ginormous boobs right on them! I seriously wish lipo was available for pregnant women that have boobs that are out of control ;) I feel like I have tried everything. We even moved my side of the bed up against the wall just so I could lean up against it and surround my self with pillows. It worked for the first night, but that was obviously short lived. Pretty much all I can do is sleep on my back. Which I honestly love, but all night that turns into a major back problem. I just want my ribs to be back to normal. If anyone has a temper pedic that they want to let me borrow please don't hesitate to offer it! Haha!!

I know I know I should't complain because I get this amazing gift with only a couple more months of this lame thing, but still I think its my given right to have some complaints during pregnancy! There is a lot about pregnancy I LOVE,but as any woman there is going to be something or at least one thing they wish they didn't have during pregnancy. In my case its my size E boobs, ribs, and morning sickness:) If someone says there is nothing they hate while being pregnant they lie!!:)

On a lighter note Rylee was having issues sleeping last night and Aaron was gone so she came in my bed and      we literally stayed up till 1:15 just cuddled up watching cartoons. I loved every min of it!! Most kids when they get older they hate to cuddle, but not Rylee. If she had it her way she would allow us to still rock her to sleep. I love it when she comes in my room and says, "You wanna cuddle." How could you say no to that? I don't ever want that to change, but my guess when she gets older it wont happen anymore, so I will take advantage of it now:)

Heart melting!!

I have to blog about mine and Rylees conversation today.... Rylee comes out of her room and says, "Mom my sister comes out today?"
Me: No not yet about 2 1/2 more months
Rylee: This sure is taking long!
Me: I know, but she has to grow big and strong in mommy's belly so she will be healthy when she is ready to come out.
Rylee: I'm just so happy I have a little sister Mom!
Me: I'm happy you are going to have a sister.
Rylee: I'm going to cry
Me: Why baby girl?
Rylee: Because I am so happy I will cry!

Seriously love hearing how happy Rylee is about a sister. Half of our conversations during the day are about how excited she is. After our conversation I got on baby center and showed her the picture of a baby in my belly at 29 weeks and she literally believes that is a picture of her sister in my belly. Took my phone into her room and was talking to this picture showing her sister her new bed. My heart was melting the whole time! It was one of those happy tear jerking moments. I am crazy about my sweet Rylee and she makes the excitement of adding another family member even better!