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!