Christmas!

Hey! I'm getting back on track, I posted last month :)

We went back to Missouri last month and let me tell you, the onset of cabin fever strikes quick and with little warning. But in the two weeks that we were there Darren perfected his crawling, now he can use his knees and not just scoot around on his stomach... although his daddy will be very proud of his army crawl.

He now gets into everything, especially if I'm doing something it's automatically the most interesting thing in the room and he has to invite himself to play with it. Since we got back to Utah he has gotten reattached to Grandma and Grandpa Peterson. But there are times he only wants the mama and that's ok too. If you were playing with him and you put him on the floor he still expects attention, if you go up the stairs he will crawl after you to the bottom step, get up so he's standing but just can't quite lift that little leg onto the first step and yell up after you.

At the apartment he's discovered the joy of his fuzzy pajamas and sliding around on the linoleum... in front of the front door. I have already hit him in the face twice when I've taken the garbage out. He loves going behind any of the doors and playing with the springy door stop, let's see how much of that Daddy puts up with :)

So, it's Darren's first Christmas... Part 1-Utah. He got a car set, a stuffed horse and some snacks from Grandma and Grandpa, some more cars from Great, Great Grandma Levin, a sleeping bag in a dinosaur pillow from Great Grandma Snow, $10 from Great Grandpa Peterson, a Tigger pillow pet from Aunt Sarah, $10 from Grandma and Great Grandma/Grandpa Tracy and a stuffed Simba from Uncle Kennedy. He has a couple more presents in Missouri to open with Daddy.

Really he wasn't feeling the ripping of the paper, we'll see how that is in another couple weeks. Oh! Anthony comes home on the 8th or 9th of January. We're excited... well I'm excited. I just hope Boogie doesn't weird out too much with Daddy around. Anyways, that's enough for this update. I hope you all had a Merry Christmas! Love you!

7 Months...

So, it's November.... and I haven't posted anything since April. I apologize! I seem to have an issue balancing parenting and other aspects of life, it's one or the other it seems.... But that's ok! Because I will be moving back to Missouri and have all the time in the world to learn how to balance it.


A little recap, Darren was born on the 5th of June and he was 7lbs 5oz 19in. I was in labor from about 5 in the morning until 4:28pm, I had an epidural(awesome!), he came out nose up... I forget the word they used but only pushed for 45 minutes and only ripped enough for 4 stitches. Tony was home for the birth and even got an extension for his leave. I ended up getting mastitis about a week after he was born and I dried up around 2 months. He loves his rice cereal with apple juice as the base, he likes Apples, Pears, Sweet Potatoes, Carrots and Squash.  He tolerates Peas, Green Beans and Bananas and everything he can get his hands on goes directly into his mouth for a taste test. Including, but not limited to: Dog noses, straws, glow sticks, the feeding spoon, boogers and hair.

He's my little monster/booger bundle of squeals and I love him. More updates to come.

Why you be kickin'?!

40 days left and I think I'm going into that "uncomfortable" phase. This morning baby decided that my ribs sounded like a nice place to chill out. I thought it was heartburn until it didn't move up my chest. Holy crap Baby moves around so much now pretty much everyone has felt it... ok, everyone at my house has felt it at least once lol. Two weeks ago MIL, Jeremy and I watched my tummy move around for like five minutes. You can't really tell hand from foot or anything like that but it's interesting watching my stomach jump around. Three weeks ago I got the kid all yakked up on pepsi and it would not stop moving, then he got the hiccups for half an hour. Cam and Kennedy were there to feel that lol.

Once in a while I'll get a baby laying upside down on my left side, with feet in the ribs. That's new within the past month and a half or so, and I think it's on purpose now because when baby lays like  that I usually end up rubbing it's back. I think it likes it.

I have now experienced Braxton Hicks several times within the past couple weeks, yesterday being the worst cause I'd get a couple then my stomach would be hard FOREVER then when it'd settle down I'd get some more contractions... All day yesterday and then I was just tired. So it was a stay in bed day, even though I wish I'd been able to go outside cause it looked nice. I'm hoping baby will let me do things today, cause it's Danee's birthday and she's getting her license back and I haven't really been able to hang out with her because of conflicting schedules and her boyfriend is a little girl...

Anyways! I'm continuing the post later because today was my second to last Bi-Weekly checkup. After the 4th of May I'll be seeing Dr. Berry every week until I deliver. He says that if the pains I've been getting get worse or if my BH get more frequent or whatever then I have to go to the hospital... oi. But that's ok, he also says that babies after 34 weeks are ok to deliver, mine's just a little doughy in the middle so I have to tell it to bake a little longer lol. He would rather deliver after 37 weeks. Of course I don't want an early delivery anyways, Tony needs to be here. I'm just praying that there aren't any delays when he's scheduled to leave for home (Delays have been known to take up to two weeks....) on the 24th of May. Bah!

Alright, that's enough for this update. I know I promised pictures, but I'm lazy and aside from the ultrasound pictures all the pictures I was going to put on here are on facebook so all ya'll can go look on there.

Love you readers!

Third Trimester!

Ok, little update on stuff. I'm finally officially in my third trimester! 27 weeks today! Woot! Aaaaaand, I'm still sick every other... if not, every day. So I spend my days laying in bed either sleeping or playing DS.(My love for Pokemon has recently resurfaced as it often does when a new game is about to be released.) I really need to start scheduling things with my doc... I don't even have an OB here yet, OI! Next week I'll get on that and I'll make my little hermit Jessie go with me to doctor appointments lol.

But yeah, other than that not a lot is new. I'll post pictures of what hubby did for me on my birthday and valentines, he's a sap... and knows just how to make me boob... ass, I love him though and miss him. Although I'm not in pieces this time around I'm happy to say. But, as for hubby this month has been pretty hard. This is our second valentines/my birthday that he hasn't been here, so he was pretty depressed that week. But he did make me cry so I think that made it kind of ok lol. It was good crying, so don't worry.

Baby update: The baby likes moving. Nuff' said. I haven't really had a problem with it getting up into my ribs (I'm waiting...) but, he likes chillin' in my lower abdomen and stretches it funny and it hurts sometimes. Also the lightening crotch never ceases. Oh! random TMI for anyone who reads this, I started lactating. On my birthday. That's right. I've only had like actual full out leakage once though, out of my right boob cause I was playing Pokemon lol. But yeah, baby kicks/punches a lot more now and if it isn't kicking/punching it's swimming and pushing on random stuff. I do worry though, sometimes I think baby has like seizures? Or something? Or has random spaz outs... Because sometimes when kicking or whatever it'll be like rapid fire in one spot... it's weird.

Anyways, that's all I can think of at the moment. The next update will be pictures! I promise!

Oops, I got lazy...

Just an update, I am home. Everything worked out and I am happy back in Utah... Never thought I'd actually really say that and mean it. Guess I was homesick for my friends and family more than I ever thought I would be. Anyways, 8 days until I turn 20 and 109 days until baby is due... That's weird, never thought I'd be married and pregnant this early lol. But life is life, everything in my past has made me who I am now and everything happens for a reason. If I can always remember that everything will be ok.

Baby update! 24 weeks and baby likes to kick... or punch...  Whatever, it likes to move around lots and jab me in the vag every chance it gets. Meg tells me the technical term for it is "Lightening crotch", at least I know I'm not the only one getting weird muscle contractions. I'm not huge but I can't flex my stomach to save my life so if I'm laying down someone either has to pull me up or I have to roll into a position to stand... also I'm developing what they tell me is a waddle... Great lol. Some days I can control it... most days I just don't care if they call me a penguin.

Nausea is starting up again *sigh* I thought moving back to Utah helped... ok well, it has. I'm not nearly as nauseous here as I was in Missouri. I just get more heartburn here... when I haven't eaten anything... bah. After my birthday I have to set up an appointment with my doc and get a referral to an OB and hopefully a closer place to give birth than Sandy.... Oi. My sleeping schedule was completely wonked out but I'm closer to having a normal one again. There's just nothing to do at night! I get so bored! But really until the 15th I can't do much, trying to budget things without money to budget is kind of hard lol. In advance! If I make plans with you and then don't end up messaging or calling you back if I don't show up... It just means that I died. When I get nauseous I get sleepy... actually I get sleepy from just getting out of bed and going to the bathroom... anyways, I'm NOT avoiding you and I still love you... Baby just makes me tired.

Oh! I got my first pair of preggo pants from the amazing Paige as well as an amazing haircut(That when I actually feel like doing my hair I feel awesome!), everyone get Paige to cut your hair. I loves her!

Tony update, he has made it to his final destination... finally. Anyone that has talked to me in person will know where that is. I'm not allowed to disclose that info over the interwebs though, so if you don't know... then come find me and I'll tell you... unless you're a terrorist.

Ok, I think it's about time to wrap this up for another month(hopefully my faithful readers don't have to wait that long... HOW CAN YOU STAND THE SUSPENSE?!), love you guys!

An update for the New Year!

So as everyone knows, Tony and I went home for Christmas. We left around 6:30pm on Friday the 17th and got to Orem around 1:30pm the next day. It was awesome, the 18th was the Snow family Christmas party and we had planned to be a surprise for his mom. Again, it was awesome. The only people that knew we were coming was his aunt and uncle, grandma and grandpa snow and four of his cousins. Well, and one of his brothers... That was my bad. I accidentally spilled the beans while he was up here visiting us. Anyways! Mom cried, grandma cried and his other little brother cried. Priceless.

Someone who doesn't know me might be wondering about my family. Oh they knew we were coming, you can't surprise my family. Well, I mean you could. I guess it was a surprise when I told them I was pregnant. But that was reacted to the same way as any other news, "Oh that's good." Not exactly in those words. But surprises go one of two ways in my family, either "Meh" or "Volcano" You really don't want to be around for the volcano. So it's not that you "can't" surprise them, it's that you "don't" want to and it's "not worth" trying. In the slightest.

Back onto the subject, we were home until the 7th. We left around 5:30pm and got back to "Misery" on Saturday night. That was an adventure that neither of us want to take again. We decided not to take the I-70 route or I-80. We went through New Mexico and Oklahoma. Never again. I would have rather driven up the snow covered summit without chains than driven on the freaking turnpike. That was ridiculous and some of the directions we had, from google mind you, we completely bypassed. No clue how. I couldn't tell you if I tried lol.

About three days before we left Tony got orders saying that he was going to be deployed in January instead of late February early March. It wasn't a huge surprise, but still we learned that we would have about two months less time with each other that what we originally thought. A week before we came back to Missouri he was informed that he would be delayed three days but would still be leaving in January. Then a couple days it was moved back the three days they gave them. Oi. Never trust the military not to pull something out of their asses at the last minute. So as of now he is gone and I am left with the apartment to pack and clean and move back home. It's really not that big of a deal. Especially since I thought I would be able to move everything the day we got paid. Unfortunately this weekend is a holiday and I won't be able to move until Tuesday. So I'm bored, alone and have nothing to do lol. Meh. Hopefully I will be home next week.

Also, I apologize to my friends. I really wanted to hang out with all of you. But, I was super nauseous and trying to get a grasp on the crap I had to do once I got back here. Of course, I think the fact that I was leaving and coming back in the same month made me relax on the "I have to hang out with people! I won't see them in forever!" thoughts I was having before we found out I would be moving home sooner. But meh. I will be back soon my lovelies! I can't wait to see everyone's babies and see my babies! I'm so excited to be finally moving back home!

Oh! I had my 20 week Ultrasound. I have better pictures and I didn't find out what the baby is. So no asking! Lol. I will have everyone know that I love babies in green and purple. I do believe those are the bestest neutral colors ever. I'm not a fan of yellow... I'll even take white over yellow. But yeah. Random baby bit.

Well, I think that's about it for now. See you guys next week!