Pictures of Braden

So I realized I've failed to put up pictures of Braden. I have a few that I have taken with my phone camera so they are not great, but they are still pictures. My AWESOME friend Bekah took pictures for me, but I havent gotten them yet because she was in the middle of trying to move and also just had a new baby when she took them! She was SOOO sweet to take his picture in the middle of all that chaos! Thanks Bekah, you're the best.

Savannah is going to school!!!

So excited! I went canning at Sister Hokansons with another lady from the ward. While there Shauna mentioned she and another mom from the ward were thinking about starting a preschool group and asked if I was interested! LOVE THIS IDEA! Today they had a meeting to discuss how things were going to be done. Unfortunately I was not able to make the meeting because Savannah is sick, but she called after to fill me in. There are 6 kids (including Savannah) Three boys and three girls. Each mom will take a turn being a helper and then the following week be the teacher. We are focusing on the ABC's, which is great because Savannah is READY to figure them out. She's picked up on a few of them but I haven't really taken the time to sit down with her and teach them to her.

She's going to be so excited when I tell her! She's been dying to go to school ever since seeing the episode of Caillou where his neighbor invites him to school for sibling day (I think it was sibling day...) anyway! For about a week straight after seeing that episode she would put on a "back pack" head towards the door while calling out to me, "mom, I'm going to school! going to my school bus!"

Savannah's impersonation of Braden

I was getting Savannah ready for bed. She had just finished her bath and we were rubbing lotion on her when she started to make this silly crying noise. I asked her what she was doing. She was crying the way Braden does when he gets out of the bath and I am rubbing lotion on him. I got out my camera and got this video of it:

What a goof! And it was a dang good impersonation too! Although he's gotten bigger since then so he doesn't sound like that anymore...they grow up too fast.

May 4th

Braden Pierce will be here May 4th. He has insisted on being breech and so I have a scheduled c-section Wednesday morning!!! Can't believe he will be here in 4 days :) Guess I better get the bed ready!

Flood of Emotions

So, I was already having an emotional day (these seem to be coming more frequently these days...dang hormones!) And so the following experience only made my emotional day more emotional, however it was all the emotions during the day and more combined into about a 30 second time period.

There is nothing like the panic of seeing your toddler running towards a street...
 Why was she running towards the street you ask? Because we were at the "little park" and she wanted to go to the bigger park across the street, so while I was talking she started to sneak off (she's VERY sneaky, another story for another time)

Its even worse when you are 36 weeks and 3 days into your pregnancy (meaning I am considered full term in 4 days...)

Why does this make it worse? Well let me explain. I felt like an elephant while running...except elephants can actually go fast...I didn't feel like I was getting anywhere!

Emotion #1: Panic
Emotion #2: Fear
Emotion #3: Frustration, because I couldn't move as fast as I knew I needed too, and despite my yelling at her to stop she continued to pick up speed, and in that moment I felt as if she was the fastest 2 year old in the world!
Emotion #4: Relief, because I didn't have to watch her get run over!
Emotion #5: Embarrassment, because I can only imagine what big, fat pregnant me looked like running across the park...

Then I'm not sure what emotion to call it...but because I am pregnant I cried...go figure!
And now...well just PAIN! pulled a muscle and literally can barely move, thankfully Chris has been helping...

Needless to say I don't think Savannah and I will be visiting the park again anytime soon...
I just pray Braden doesn't try to come now because he is still breech and that could get complicated!

"Hiding"

Chris and Savannah were playing "monsters" (Chris chases Savannah around while making growling noises and tickles her when he catches her.) Savannah took off running as fast as her little bitty legs would take her. Chris came around the corner after her to find this:

He hears her giggling and asks, "Where are you?"
*More giggles* Then a little voice from inside the toy cube: "I hiding! In here!"

Update

So a LOT has been happening, ... We just moved back in with my parents. Chris's work situation is less than ideal (can't go into detail about that). And we were a little nervous this munchkin was going to come early when I ended up in the hospital with contractions that were 5 minutes apart (at only 34.5 weeks). HOWEVER! The baby has not come yet, thank goodness! BUT...he is breech. Or at least the Dr is 95% sure. I will have an ultrasound Monday to be 100% sure, then if he is still breech on Wednesday the Dr. will try to flip him around.
Which apparently is a very uncomfortable process. I will go to the hospital into labor and delivery where the Dr will literally push the baby around by pushing on my stomach...then they will monitor the baby for 4 hours to be sure everything is alright. If everything is alright I go home and we proceed as normal. IF my water breaks during this process (or at any point while he is still breech) they will have to do an emergency c-section...and if he doesn't turn around, or stay put after being turned around then I will also have to have a c-section. According to the internet this "flipping" process has a 65% success rate...we'll see what happens. I am praying he will turn on his own before Monday...

Count DOWN!

Out of the hundreds people! 74 days till due date! AND I think he will come early...but we will see, you never know. But still, excited that its less than 100 days AND I can still wear my wedding ring. With Savannah I had problems with swelling and at like 4 months couldn't wear my ring anymore. NOT this time! :)

AND!!! Last night, because my husband is awesome, we bought the cutest little boy crib bedding. Its perfect, powder blue, and brown with touches of orange. Its very simple and if Savannah and Brayden have to share a room their bedding will look ok in the same room together :). Chris laughed at me when I told him about that bonus of the bedding. He said only I would think about that...SO not true, but whatever :P I almost want to set the crib up already :) Maybe I will, if I can get Chris to get the big Christmas box out of the corner of our room. Then I will take cute pictures so you can all see it. 

"Pay wif me!"

Today Chris went into Savannah's room to go play with her when he woke up. I came in a few minutes later to talk to Chris. We were chatting and decided he would go to the grocery store with Savannah so I could get some cleaning down around the house (something that DESPERATELY needs to happen). I asked Savannah if she wanted to go to the grocery store with Daddy, expecting her to be excited. Instead she quickly replied, "No! Daddy pay wif me! Uh shut the door." She then ran to her bedroom door and shut it in an attempt to trap him in the room so he had to play with her.

Potty Training Secrets

Savannah is currently OBSESSED with Dora the Explorer. She especially loves Dora's monkey friend, Boots. Recently, I bought her Dora pull ups because she was complaining that her diapers were hurting her legs. She has kept them on a lot better than the diapers. AND a bonus is she can potty train at her own pace without me cleaning up my carpet every 30 minutes or so. With my crazy schedule due to classes, I decided I didn't have the time to devote to potty training. So the pull-ups allow Savannah to use the potty when she wants, without me having to commit fully to the potty training experience just yet. Today while at Target, Savannah and I ran across Dora panties. We bought them and brought them home. She immediately wanted to put them on and proudly showed them off to Daddy. Then for the next hour before bed she ran to the potty every 5 minutes because she was so worried she was going to pee on Dora. It was hilarious!

These panties may turn out to be my magic tool in potty train :)