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So a couple months ago I decided since we were going to have a new family we needed new blog to go with it. Yesterday our new family began when our precious Daphne Lois was born. So start following the start of our adventure here with "Everyday Love".

Hoping this is the last one of these

Things I'm feeling this week.

1. Big- I cannot believe how big a baby in your belly makes you. I really don't know how its even possible for me to be so big around.
2. Contractions- I have them all day. They are about 30-45 min. apart most the day, but I will have a couple times a day when they are 7-10 min. apart for about an hour and a half. Hey I'm having one as I type. They are not to uncomfortable, but they have started hurting more than they did on Saturday when I was in the hospital.
3. Swollen hands- its painful, 'nough said.
4. Tired- still not sleeping at night.
5. Nesting impulse- now that I said I've been tired I get to tell you that I woke up at 5:30 this morning and had all this energy and the need to organize my already organized supplies for the baby. I got up and put the car seat in the car and made sure I had stuff ready and washed a few things for her that I hadn't gotten to yet. Now I feel I have nothing to do, but am still wanting to do something to get ready.
6. Happy- This morning I went to L&D again, not cause I thought labor was starting, but to make sure that my plans would work out. I have been working with the head L&D nurse to see if we could use skype so Johnny could "be there" for the birth. I headed in for a test run and everything works perfectly. It made my already great week.

I had a little surprise the other day when I heard from my sister that my mom and dad wanted to see if they could come visit me this weekend. So now I have something else to look forward to. The will get here on Sunday and leave Tuesday, so its not a long visit, but I will take what I can get. How perfect would it be if I went into labor while they ate hear. Then I could have both sides of my family here and they could meet the baby. You all should send labor dust my way, please!

Seminary shock

So Monday was a pretty great day. I had gone to the pool, because it seems its the only place I can feel some relief from the heat and the pressure my body is under. I had had a lot of fun there that day and was on a little bit of a high. When I got home there was a car in the drive. I thought it was kind of odd because we rarely have visitors. I went in and saw Mary on one couch and on the other was Bro. Steinagel, my seminary teacher. At first I thought I was hallucinating. I had to stop and think. Its not that I couldn't figure out who was on my couch, it was that my brain couldn't process why he was sitting on it. When the initial shock wore off, I ran and ave him a big hug. I couldn't believe it! It turns out he is the supervisor for all the seminary teachers in the area. Mary was called to be a seminary teacher for the up coming year, so he was there to give her instructions. He was telling Mary a little bit about himself and mentioned he lived in Arizona for awhile, she asked where, and he replied "south of Tucson". She knows the area and asked what city and he said "St. David". She was amazed and asked if he knew who the Davidson's were. Of course he did and she let out, "Tracy is my daughter-in-law". Then she told him I was living with her right now. Now he was amazed. He decided to stay and give me a big shock, an he did. It was great to see him again and catch up on what we've been doing. Like I said, great day!

L&D

Today I went to the hospital for my birth class. It went really well. Even though I knew most of the things they told us (I had read all the material before hand) I did get some great info about breast feeding. Okay so now for the cool part. I was having contractions during the class and the teacher, who is the head L&D nurse for the hospital, decided it would be fun to use me to teach us how to keep track of our contractions. After the class she took us over to L&D to show us what is in the room and how everything works and what to expect. I was still having my contractions so she thought it would be fun to hook me up to the monitors to show us how to read them. This turned into a 4 hour hospital stay for me. My contractions were coming pretty frequently so they decided it would be best to monitor me and call my Doc and see what he wanted to do. So I was admitted and they did an exam on me and watched my contractions. I am 1cm dilated and 50% effaced, but baby is not engaged in my pelvis. The Doc decided it was best to stop the contractions and send me home. I was a little disappointed cause I thought maybe baby was coming, but it still was really cool to see how everything works at the hospital and get some information about if I was progressing or not. Everyone there is so nice and accommodating and I think when the time does come I will be very well taken care of. Now I am home and I took a long nap, cause the meds they gave me to stop the contractions made me feel really weird. Hopefully this little girl is coming soon!

I'm counting days, not months or weeks!

Things I'm feeling

1. HUGE- I feel like this girl grew over night. One day I was fine, the next I wanted her out because I have NO MORE ROOM. She is everywhere.
2. Tired- I'm probably averaging 5 hours a night. I toss and turn and have to pee every hour it seems.
3. Hiccups- I thought I was going to miss out on this experience, but she finally started having the hiccups and it is so cute, and it also reassured me that her head in in the down position.
4. She is getting ready to drop- The last few days my hips have been hurting real bad, I think they are spreading in prep for her to descend.
5. Swollen hands and feet- My feet don't bother me, I just looked down one day and noticed they were a little swollen. My hands though are killing me, they look like big sausages, and if they are really swollen they hurt.
6. Weepy- I can not go a full 24 hours without bursting into tears. It is pretty pathetic. Sometimes its for nothing, but I think most the time its cause I miss Johnny and wish he could be here for the birth. Its official that he is not coming and it makes me so sad, but he is coming out during his break, Aug. 20th!!!!
7. So ready- I want this little munchkin so bad. I feel like I am all ready. I have all the stuff I need for her and I am done being pregnant, but most of all I just want to see her sweet face and give her all the love in the world.

The days have started to feel really long. It may be because I have run out of projects to do or it could be that I know she could come at any time, but time is starting to drag. I'm starting to get anxious. I don't like not knowing when things are going to happen. I'm a planner and I can't plan this. I have had a few scares. I even called labor and delivery the other day. I will start having contractions and then as soon as I start thinking I will go in and see if IT is happening they will stop. I think this girl is being a tease.

I had a doctor appointment today and everything is right on track. I thought he was going to start with internal exams today, but didn't. I was kinda disappointed cause I wanted to see if any of these contractions have been doing their job or if they are just teasing me too. My doc is really chill and if nothing is going wrong he doesn't see the point of being invasive, but I am curious. Oh well, I guess I just have to wait 'til next week. If he doesn't check on his own I will ask him to.

KKK a.k.a. Krispy Kreme Kult

So today I finally got to fulfill my craving for K.K.!!! I have been craving these my whole pregnancy and today we were in Denver and saw a K.K. Store and HAD to stop. I was even so happy/excited I splurged and got two dozen so I could share my joy with the whole family!!! Oh it was worth the wait and the 4 hour drive to get them!

After almost 24 years of life.....

I got my ears pierced. I never wanted to do it before because I'm not big on jewelry, but the last couple months I have been wearing clip-ons almost everyday. I figured if I'm going to do that I might as well do the real thing. It gives me a lot more cute options for earrings (so hard to find cute clip-ons), and its less painful (after a couple hours clip-ons start to hurt real bad). When I was sitting in the chair waiting for them to be done I was really nervous because I thought it was going to hurt really bad. I didn't think it was that bad though. I felt like it was comparable to getting your blood drawn. I love them and happy I finally did it!

Okay now to the real reason I'm posting....

Things I'm feeling this week!

1. Tired- I think you probably figure, but this is for posterity people.
2. Heartburn- Okay this has come with a vengeance. I get it all the time for different reasons, like if I sing or drink water, and of course after I eat.
3. Like I never stop going to the bathroom- Enough said.
4. Leg pain- I think it must be sciatic pain, because my butt will hurt and then my leg will start to hurt. I'm also still getting random charlie horses in m leg.
5. Contractions- I have been having them for a while now, but they are definitely coming more often.
6. Its getting close- I had to go get all of the necessities for baby, because she can come at any time now. I have an internet moms group of women that are all due the same week as me and one baby has been born every day for the last five days. It also hit me today at my doctor appointment when he told me he wants to see me once a week from now on. It is making me so excited! I can't wait until this little girl decides to come.

Like I said we have been busy the last couple days. Monday we went to Denver to take Molly to the airport. We spent the day shopping, mostly for baby stuff. We headed up to Estes park as well. We ended up staying the night in Denver because we wanted to go to more stores. Its hard to fit in all we want to do in one day. It is always nice to get out of Lamar and do something, but I am excited to be home for awhile. I plan on spending some quality time at the pool and getting some sewing projects done. I'm a little sad because our vacation to Chicago got cancelled. John and Mary are having some heath issues and we decided it would be better to stay here and get them sorted out. Life continues to fly by and before I know it my time here in Lamar will be over. NO offense to my in-laws, but I can't wait to get back home and be a little family of three!

Baby Shower

Wow I'm getting this up late, but we have been kinda busy the last few days. Saturday I had my baby shower. It was really nice. A few women from church came out. We had a great lunch and some good laughs. I got some cute stuff too! I really wish I could have had some of my family and friends there, but I still had a good time.

We played this game I have never seen at a baby shower before and it was a lot of fun. You had to pass a pacifier from person to person using a pencil, if you drop it your out, last two standing win! We all got a kick out of it. It was kinda hard because we had such a height difference in the group.

(the food)

Beautiful Belly

Monday evening I went out with a friend and did a little maternity shoot. These are just some of my favorites, enjoy!!!!

Friday Night Fun Night

Last night I took Bekah, her friends and Tanner out for a night on the town. We went out to Pizza Hut for dinner and let me tell you it was AMAZING!!! I haven't had good pizza for awhile. After stuffing our faces we went bowling. I had a blast and I think the kids had fun too. Bekah was pretty upset because she didn't win either of the games. She is just a little competitive. We had some good laughs, one big one because of my throwing a ball backwards. I have a tendency to do this at least once while bowling even when its on the Kinect. If you ever get to go bowling with me, you have been warned. We are definitely going to have to go again while I'm here and can still move.

32 Weeks

What I'm feeling this week!

1. Gurglies- They seem to not want to go away. I'm getting quite sick of them seeing as they make me feel sick when I have them.
2. Big- I had my first experience with some asking if I am having twins. NO, I'M JUST 5'3" AND CAN"T HELP IT IF I DON'T HAVE ROOM FOR A BABY TO GROW UP SO IT GROWS OUT!!!!! Sorry, but people need to think about what they are saying to a hormonal pregnant lady that just wants her drink without being judged.
3. Excited- I can't believe I'm down in the single digits for my week count down, only 8 more to go!
4. Anxious- I really can't wait to meet this little girl. She is so real to me and I just want to be able to see her and hold her already.
5. Like I'm going to be a parent soon- I have decided to fully take advantage of the next 8 weeks and sleep as much as I want to and do things I want to do. Don't mean to be selfish, but I'm going to be giving for the rest of my life.

I had doctors appointment today, and it was very uneventful which is a good thing. It is always nice to get to hear the heartbeat though. Its so reassuring to hear the little "thump, thump, thump". One of the mamas in my online pregnancy group lost her little boy at 31 weeks. It made me so scared to think one day everything can be fine and the next it can all be gone. Everything with me and baby girl are just fine so HAPPY 32 WEEKS DAY TO ME!!!

Evening Swim

Bekah, Molly, Tanner and I went to the pool today after dinner. It was nice and relaxing to go and float for awhile, but once the sun went down it started getting pretty cold. I spent the last hour we were there checking the bathroom for a free shower so I could sit in the warm water. I also felt kinda lonely even though I was surrounded by a ton of people. I'm so used to Dominica where you almost always have some one to talk to. I wanted to leave Bekah and her friends to themselves and Tanner just wanted to go down the slide which I couldn't do because I'm pregnant. We are planning on going again on Thursday if its not to windy, I so hope its not windy!

Picking up Molly

Rebekah has been so excited because her friend Molly from Idaho is coming for two weeks. Yesterday we went to Denver to pick her up. We got a late start so we didn't get to do much of the shopping we wanted to, but we got the things we needed. After picking Molly up we went out to one of my favorite places, Chili's!!!! It was really nice to go to a sit down place and get some good food. To bad I couldn't finish half of it. Oh well left overs for lunch! We got back really late and for the first time I didn't get to talk to Johnny for a whole day. Sad I know, but I was crushed when I got home at midnight and he wasn't on. It was really nice to get out of Lamar for a little while though. I guess I have to take what I can get.

Sewing, my new obsession!

I was over at Aubrey's again sewing. I wanted to do some work on my quilt, but Walmart didn't have fabric spray adhesive, so I couldn't do anymore with it. I decided to start on doing on of the dresses for baby girl. Can you believe I finished it!?! I haven't made a dress since 8th grade. I was so impressed with myself. It is so cute! This picture doesn't do it justice.

I am really enjoying sewing. I have actually considered making it a job/hobby of it and sell stuff on Etsy or something. It would be cool if I could do that. maybe when we are done in Dominica and we are back in the states and I can have my sewing machine with me.

Girls days

So I have been spending a lot of time over at Aubrey's house. Mary told me at dinner that Tanner was missing me all day. How sweet is that? I've been going over there to try to help her out. She is making a wedding dress and a bridesmaid dress for a lady in the ward, so I go over and distract the girls as well as I can. I'm always wiped out at the end of the day, but I have a ton of fun with them.

On Saturday she took a day off from the sewing and took a trip over to Pueblo with me she brought her kids an her friend Julia. I have been wanting to go for awhile to get stuff for the quilt I want to make for my baby girl and to get stuff for the baby shower. We had a really great time and I got the cutest fabrics for my quilt. I also couldn't resist a couple of fabrics so I decided I would make baby a couple dresses for church since I haven't found any dresses I like in the stores.

Today Aubrey, Julia and I had a sewing party. We all brought our sewing machines and we went to town on our projects. I was so happy to have Julia to help me pick out fabrics and to help me figure out some of the quilt stuff today. She is a semi experienced quilter and this is the first real one I've attempted. (I made one from my high school t-shirts and it turned out horribly.) I am doing really well on this one though. It came together really nicely and very quickly. I finished the whole front of it today. Now I have to do the hard part, the actual quilting part. AAAHHHH! I am so intimidated by machine quilting, but don't think I would ever finish it if I did it by hand. I have been watching videos of people doing it and it looks so easy when they do it, but I know its going to be a challenge for me.

Since it is Memorial Day today some of the people in the ward invited s to come to the park for a BBQ. It was fun and the food was good, but I didn't stay very long because my back was KILLING me and the wind was so strong it was draining my strength or sanity, I don't know which,. Mary suggested getting in the big jetted tub when I got home and it did the trick. I feel much better and my back feels relaxed. Hurray for jets and warm water!

Now I'm just waiting.

What I'm feeling this week!

1. Happy- I made it to the 30 week mark, only 10 more weeks! I'm 3/4 of the way done!!!
2. Movement- and lots of it. I can tell she is running out of room and getting stronger though cause now instead of tickling some of her movements hurt.
3. Tired- I still have trouble sleeping, some days its because I can't get comfy others its because I can't keep my mind clear.
4. Like I can't breathe or move- Things like bending down to pick something up or putting my tennis shoes on are defiantly getting harder. After I eat there is no room to breathe.
5. Weepy- I don't know if my hormones have taken another dip or hike up or something, but almost anything can bring me to tears. I really have not been very moody during this pregnancy,(my mother-in-love actually thinks I'm less moody pregnant) but this last week I feel like I'm on the verge of a mental breakdown.
6. Impatient- but patients has never been one of my strongest virtues. I can't wait anymore, for anything: the baby, going back to Dominica, to get my stuff for a quilt I want to make for the baby, for our trip to Chicago, for my baby shower, for lunch..........not for anything.

Like I said we haven't been doing much. I'm just home on my computer most of the time. I am excited for this next month, because I feel like it is full of fun things to do. Hopefully I'll have more wonderful things to blog about in the near future.

Not much going on, but I promised I would.

So I've settled into life here in Lamar. My days go pretty much the same everyday. I try to sleep in, but am waken-up when Mary gets the kids up for school. I lay in bed trying to fall back to sleep until about 9-9:30. I get up an make myself breakfast, and get ready for the day of nothing ahead of me. Sometimes Mary and I have errands to run, but most the time we just hang out at home. The kids get back home around 4 and then its time to make dinner. Then the day is over. I go to bed after dinner to talk to Johnny, than I go to sleep and start it all over again.

I am looking forward to some things that are coming up this next month. The kids are done with school on Thursday, and I'm hoping to help the kids find things to do. I think we will be spending a lot of time at the pool. In a couple weeks I will be singing in Ward Conference. I'm excited but really nervous. My rapidly expanding belly is giving my lungs less room, so hopefully I can breathe while I'm singing. I have another doctors appointment on the 8th. You can tell your getting closer to delivery when your appointments start getting closer together. My baby shower is going to be on the 18th! Then the last week of June we are heading to Chicago for a family reunion. I'm nervous for this too. At my next doctors appointment I'm going to make sure its okay for me to make such a long journey in a car when I'm 8 months pregnant. If not I don't know what I'll do for a week while the family is gone. I really hope I can go!

I'm starting to have a lot more dreams about having the baby and being a mother. I'm also dreaming a lot about the baby shower and how much we need to do to get ready for it. Its fun to be having these dreams, but it keeps me up at night cause I wake-up thinking its all real. It is making me really anxious and excited!

Baby is doing GREAT!

I had a doctors appointment this morning and everything is looking great. I have gained 12 lbs. so far, my blood pressure remains low and I passed my glucose test! Baby is doing well too. Her heart beat was in the 140's, my belly is measuring right on target, and she moves all the time! I have always been nervous about how my pregnancies would go, but apparently they are pretty much the norm. YAY for 29 weeks!

One week down, who knows how many more to go.

Last week was uneventful. I was home alone everyday because Mary was subbing at school. Life improved as soon as people were back in the house. I've never liked being in an empty house, its to quiet.

The weekend was nice. Lamar was celebrating its 125th Birthday so they had a carnival and parade and stuff. It was so nice to get out of the house and have something to do. Rebekah also had a garage sale she was helping with to raise money to go to girls camp so I spent time there with her and Mary. There were lots of baby clothes and I picked up some sleepers and the cutes baby shoes that have never been worn. I also spent a lot of time over at my new friends Aubrey's house. She has two little girls and a new baby boy. It was fun to go play with them and give her somewhat of a break from her kids.

Today was eventful. It is nice to have Mary in the house and not be by myself all day. We kinda just lazed around the house and watched tv and talked during the morning. Mary decided she wanted to go out for lunch so we got ready and headed to a little Mexican place. It was so yummy. We talked about our first dates with our husbands. She knew a lot about mine and Johnny's, but I knew nothing about her and John's. It was fun to hear about him and his wonderful dorkyness. Living here and watching Johnny's dad has given me new perspective on why Johnny is how he is. They are so much alike. John will do something and I will think for a second that he is Johnny, its so weird. After our wonderful lunch we headed to a little consignment shop and looked around. Of course we ended up at the baby clothes and couldn't walk away without getting some stuff. I HAD to get this little pig outfit for her. I remember having a little pig dress as a girl that I loved and rarely took off. Had to get it for her!

(Sorry this one turned out crummy, I promise its super cute!)

We came home and I spent the rest of the afternoon with Mary planning stuff for my upcoming baby shower. I think it is going to be super cute and super fun. After I ate dinner I talked with Johnny as usual, but we stayed on for way to long. I may have deprived him of precious sleep, but I think we both thought it was worth it!

28 weeks

What am I feeling this week?

1. Excited- I can't believe I only have 12 weeks left! It sounds so short. I can't wait to meet this little girl!!!
2. Lonely- I miss Johnny so bad.
3. Sick- I got a very nasty chest cold a week after we got here to America and gave it to everyone in the house so we are all suffering.
4. The gurgles- well thats what I call them. I have never been able to burp, but I have gas constantly coming up my throat and it makes my tummy feel gross.
5. Tired- even though I'm sleeping through the night I'm exhausted by noon. I can't keep my eyes open. I think this girl is telling me she's kicked the growing factor into overdrive.
6. Movement- I put my hand on my belly the other day and it felt like waves going across my belly. She also likes to "get up" at 6am and have a party in my belly. She moves a whole lot when she is "awake" and I love every minute of it!
7. Heartburn- I've never had this before so it was new for me and I didn't even know what it was when it happened the first time. I thought it would burn in my chest but it burns in the back of my throat, but taking one Tum does the trick.

Yesterday I did my glucose test and got my RH- shot. I was dreading the glucose drink. I thought it would be thick and taste like Tang, but nope. It was fine. It tasted like a flat orange soda. Not my favorite drink, but something I could get down. They had it super cold and I think that helped a lot. Not being able to eat or drink two hours prior and the hour it took to take the test was worse that the actual drink. My shot went well to. The nurse said I would be really sore from it and it would hurt, but I barely felt when she poked me and no soreness! It hurt a lot more getting my blood drawn for the glucose test.