Chill-axin'

It really does suck

Each day as I get closer to having a newborn, I remember some of things that as a new mom with Mc, I was terrified to do.


1) the first fingernail trim- you all remember. Those little, pale, over the tip, nails that have been growing for nine long months and undoubtedly will leave a huge scratch somewhere



2) The first bath- are they too cold? too wet? what do I do if they poop in the tub (and she did)?



3) The booger sucker...using the bulb syringe to rid your child up the built up gunk in their teensie nostrils



NEVER FEAR...problem number threee has been solved! A product that's tag line is "looks weird, works wonderfully" is definitely a product for me! For $14.95, I can now SUCK (literally) the minuscule bowgies from your sweet child's nose.

Really- I pity the man that had to test this contraption prior to putting it on the market. A clean nostril is a happy nostril but this is insane.

We are down to 11 days before my due date. I had my last appointment on Friday. I am almost dilated to a 2 and still 25% effaced. What that means is I have not changed in a week. I am a little worried that I will go over with this one too (6 days with Mc) but as I have mentioned, we still have plenty to do before he gets here.

Still unsure of the name. Mc has decided that she wants to be carried everywhere. I ate 3 creamies in a row yesterday. Time. for. a. baby.

Would you care to know?

JOYS :
1-The love of my life. Mr Williamson. He emits patience, manliness and I am so glad to have him
2-Seeing Mc so excited about new things- the way her eyes lit up when she first saw a rainbow tonight ("Mckinley's rainbow")
3-Our baby boy. Nothing is more fun than thinking of what he will look like (4 more weeks people!!!)

FEARS:
1-Waking up one day and feeling like I haven't accomplished what I want to
2-Dying in the shower- weird,I know.
3-Scary movies. I just don't get why you would pay money to have nightmares. Not my cup of tea.

GOALS:
1-To be a better, more patient and playful mom
2-Learn to sew.
3-To own either a MASSIVE music selection or a salt water fish tank (the big expensive ones with fish that cost more than a small car)

OBSESSIONS:
1- A good deal. Whether that be at a yard sale, on KSL or a coupon it lures me in.
2-Office Supplies- pens, markers, post its, notebooks.
3- Cardigans. Gray cardigans, yellow cardigans, I am no respecter. I think I have a real problem when summer comes.

RANDOM THINGS ABOUT ME:
1- I have a fake tooth that I can remove. SHOCKING!
2-I was once on an episode of "Touched by an Angel". That is my epitome of fame. I sacrificed my UEA to catch a glimpse of Roma Downey and the ever ornery Della Reese.
3- I own every season of the Golden Girls on DVD (a yard sale find) "thank you for being a friend"

And for making it through those facts that may or may not help you sleep easier, me @ 36 weeks. FYI, at this point I was still taking pictures of my belly au natural- for your sake, it will remain covered now, and forever. I had my Dr's appointment today and I am 25% effaced and a "fingertip" dilated. This is huge considering neither of these things happened with Mc until I was in the hospital for 24 hours. I feel big, and tired and am starting to swell (yep, blame ALL the roundness of my face on the pregnancy!). Still plenty to be done before he gets here but I also want to sit back and enjoy it.

Sandy Eggo and the Happs

I didn't want to rush to post something because you could miss Mark's guest post about his recent proposition at the 7-11. If you missed it, worth the read. Anyway...it has almost been three weeks since we took our little getaway. It was awesome! The weather was wonderful, the food divine and the time with just Mark and I was much needed. We filled everyday with plenty to do and as a 9 month pregnant lady, I was grateful to come back to the hotel to get a nap. We did get to stay in a hotel with a celebrity- Brian Setzer (from the one and only Brian Setzer Orchestra). He may be "B" list but, we rode in the elevator with him and exchanged niceties. We also had our usual luck of being sandwiched in between TWO bachelorette parties on Friday night- we are ALWAYS those people.

Mark and I quite enjoy asking the locals about where to eat-they know what is good and cheap. We scored pretty much every night for dinner (had my first sampling of Lobster mashed potatoes).We also found a tasty little breakfast place called Brian's that we hit twice it was so good.

We saw the San Diego Temple (never mind how large I am in the picture) and chatted with the sister missionaries, the aquarium (they had this sweet room that was right off the ocean like they had build around it), two contemporary art museums (both weird and filled with crap that may or may not be construed as art depending on who you ask), La Jolla Cove (watched the lazy sea lions), saw an excellent play called "Mix Tape" (about the 80's in all it's glory), shopped, slept, toured old Town San Diego, the Mormon Battalion museum (another picture where my grandeur in status is hard not to notice) and just relaxed.

It was interesting being pregnant and walking around. I didn't see many other women in my "condition" and it seemed to be a good conversation starter at most places. I was given free candy pretty much everywhere and let me just tell you about how awkward it was walking around the Gas Lamp Quarter on Cinco De Mayo- my guess, lots of people assumed I was drinking for two.

We were happy to come home. We missed Mc a lot. I think she enjoyed spending time @ Mimi and Grandma Mary Ann's (thanks a million) but she was ready to go home when we got there. She talked non-stop in the car on the way home, telling us about her adventures and fun times while we were gone.

35 weeks pregnant! Can you believe that?!?! I started my two week appointments this week and will have my first exam next week. We did the hospital tour this week too. I can already tell it is going to be a WAY different experience delivering a baby in Utah. We are excited for him to come but still have SO much to do. I am just getting anxious to see his little face and can't wait to snuggle him.

My name is Mark and I like to PARTY

OK so I had a crazy experience yesterday that I would like to share with all of you in the blog world. I was home sick from work and I went to the doctor to get some drugs. I got my prescription and then had to go to the local Walgreen's to get it filled where they told me it would be like 20 minutes or so. I decided to head to the local 7-11 and get a drink and a doughnut. While I was in the 7-11 I noticed three of the skankiest girls I had ever seen wandering about the store filling their arms with random junk. Now when I say skanky I mean the super nasty get a disease just looking at them types here. I am at the doughnut display when one of them, wearing super short shorts and a belly shirt, comes over and says,
"Hey"
I look at her and say in my stuffed up gravelly voice,
"Hello"
Not thinking much of the encounter I go up to pay and see the skank pack in front of me buying like $45.00 of crap, of coarse paying with some nasty wadded up cash. They leave and I go and pay and walk out to the parking lot. I see these harlots in some beat up Chrysler and one of them says to me,
"Hey can you help me with something?"
I say "Sure" and walk over to the car. When I arrive at the car the girl says to me,
"Do you like to party?"
I say to her "what?" sort of confused and she says again,
"Do you like to party, cause we like to party and we could party with you."
It took me a minute to process this request when I realized just what she was saying to me. Now bear in mind that it was 10am on a Monday so getting an offer to party with three what I can only assume are street walking ladies of the night was not exactly the way I thought my week would start. Classy though they were I said to them,
"No I'm good, Thanks"
and walked back to my car. You never know who you will meet and what shenanigans you will get into at the 7-11, good times.

Eas-ther eggs & my personal Valentino Rossi

The Easter Bunny found our house this year and Mc actually (kind of) knew what was going on. She had a blast @ Grandma Mary Ann's Easter egg hunt and made out like a bandit with $7 in change and bills and candy. Easter morning, the Easter bunny left eggs leading to her basket and she promptly began singing, "clean up, clean up, everybody, everywhere" as she made her way to her loot. She got "Tangled", wind up dinosaurs, new crayons, a chocolate bunny, bubbles, a kitty and various other goodies. Mark and I get each other baskets as well- this year, we are on the same wavelength and got the newest addition of Entertainment News (side note, that black blur in the lower right corner of the picture...um, that's my belly. 32 weeks on Friday!). We are suckers for the latest movie gossip. Mimi and Papa also got her a little basket full of candies and goodies.

Mc and her cheese" face. Getting this kid to smile on queue is no easy task. And yes, my child can rock the side pony!

Here she is in all her Easter Sunday glory. Darling and wardrobe appropriate complete with dress & leggings. I also had to snap a back shot to showcase my child's movie star quality hair. I am convinced this is not from me as I was bald until I was her age.

The Saturday before Easter, Mark got to go with his best friend Tony to race his bike @ Miller Motor Sports. Now if you know Mark, motorcycles or anything that goes are his passion. For him to tell it, it ranked up there with "going to Europe".He also shared out of our wedding day and having a child, this was "the best day ever". I do have to give him props for his passion and the dedication he gives to what he loves and let's be honest, he does look rather sexy on his bike. He made some new friends and experienced the thrill of driving really fast where it is allowed...I think I may be seeing less of him on the weekends.

It's been a hard day's night

Lately, Mc has decided that she might be done taking naps. We are getting a good 4/7 naps a week if I am lucky. I am not too happy about not having the two hours to do laundry, work extra hours or catch an episode of "Judge Judy" but they are bound to end right? She is still sleeping...just while she is trying to finish her lunch or @ 6:00 at night while at Mimi's. She is also entering the "feast or famine" stage where she will eat nothing but a strawberry and then the next day, two whole grilled cheese sandwiches. She MUST wear leggings and a dress on a daily basis and has also decided that maybe no pants at all is a better idea.

Today, she came up to me, looked at my stomach and said, "I want to punch my bruhdder" and then proceeded to pound me in the stomach. And so it begins. She did come up later and say she wanted to give him a kiss so I think she really does love him but inevitably, he will be her punching bag.

I am entering 31 weeks of pregnancy tomorrow. That is truly insane. He is going to be here before we know it and then, we have TWO kids. It is going to turn all of us upside down but I can't wait to see him. We think we have a name picked out---if you think I was going to put it here _____________ ,you are mistaken. I think we are going to keep it on the DL until he makes his entrance into the world.