1, 2, 3

I feel that I should preface my story with 2 other stories first.
When I do laundry I like to put all of the clean clothes in a big pile in the living room so I can slowly work it down, and Thomas has unfolded clothes he can throw around, hopefully preventing him from messing with the folded clothes. It doesn't actually work, but I like to think my efforts are worthwhile.
Second, Thomas loves to play on James and my bed, especially when we are throwing him on the bed.  We will count to 3, and throw him on the bed.  He laughs and giggles and just loves it.
So, here's the story:  As I had all of the clothes in the floor, Thomas climbed on top of them, and said "One, two, threeeeee" and then fell over backwards and laughed histerically at himself.  I thought it was the most adorable thing ever, I laughed with him, and he did it over and over again.  He is learning so much! He picks up on things I don't realize he notices, and he is taking it in and getting smarter and smarter.  I just love him.  So, short story, a lot of back story, and a little bit of me bragging about my son :) Enjoy your day!

Oh baby...

Thomas has become obsessed with babies.  We have watched my niece a few times and he loves her, he just kisses her and tries to give her a pacifier or bottle.  It's cute :) So I pulled out his baby pictures so he could look at them, and he loved them.  He kept saying "baby!" and trying to talk to the pictures, it was adorable.  It makes me feel really good about the fact that Lorelai is getting close :)  And looking at his baby pictures makes me really excited too!  I have around 2 1/2 months left and I am so excited!  For multiple reasons, the first being I can't wait to meet her, I am glad to not be pregnant anymore because it's been so hard, and it also signals the end of college, FOREVER.   Can't tell you how much I am looking forward to May getting here.  I have been getting all of the newborn baby stuff back out and organizing it, we are so excited, and almost ready.  I still have some things I want to buy, mostly frilly stuff we probably don't need, but i can't hardly stand not owning.  But either way, we can't wait!

Lazy Hazy Crazy Days of Summer

So maybe it's not actually summer, but today was for sure a lazy day around these parts.  We made it to church this morning EARLY.  That hasn't happened in months, we always seems to end up saying "Oh, we have tons of time, we can sit for a minute, the church is a block away"  and then we leave at 10 till and end up late and barely finding a seat.  We got there today and there were only 2 other families.  It was amazing, we got to choose where we sat!  Of course halfway through Thomas had a tantrum, so we took him out (because there are way more comfortable seats in the foyer)  and then after that he was okay for a bit, but seeing outside made him even more restless, so we left after sacrament.  Since I am totally useless these days I can't really sit through Sunday School and RS on the folding chairs, because this baby is beating me up.  So we just kind of make an appearance at church theses days.  Plus at my doctor's appointment on Friday my doctor warned me about Whooping Cough, which is apparently going around, and she said that church is the worst place for that, which makes sense.  So she said to avoid children at church, as if that's possible.  I live in a family ward, no matter where you are, there are children.
We came home, and I took a nice long nap, James took Thomas, and then he made dinner.  Unfortunatly by the time dinner was done, and I was awake, none of us was hungry.  So James carved the bird, and put everything away, and we made muffins, and ate them for dinner.  Very healthy.  Also at my last dr appt I found out, still no weight gain, I was down 2lbs from the last time they weighed me, my weight has been doing a little yo yo with those 2 lbs, that's the only change they see, up a little, down a little, but no real change.  I now get to go do the diabetes test, and if I haven't gained any at my next appointment in a few weeks, I'll get to go to a nutrionist, and they'll probably make me drink ensure or some nasty something, can't I just let my body do it's own thing?  Who knows.  I'm tired,and it's only 8:30, maybe I'll go to bed early (again) :)

Nesting

For the past week or so I have been slowly going through each room in our apartment and regorganizing and cleaning, I wasn't really sure why, I just felt like it.  Then, today, I realized: I'm nesting!  Getting ready for baby girl to make her grand debut in a few months.  So far the nursery is looking great, I reogranized our food storage yesterday, and got all of the laundry done and made 2 blankets for Lorelai (one little swaddling blanket, and one cute minky blanket)  And I have been making bows and flowers like crazy.  I made her bow holder, it's almost done, I have to figure out what to write on it, but it's ready for bows either way.  I went a little pinterest crazy and made about 10 different kinds of felt flowers, and my amazing sister in law has a ton of ribbon, so we made a million bows in every color possible.   I also made a decorative letter L to hang on the wall, and repainted a shelf that I had for Thomas (it used to be blue, so I painted it dark brown to match the crib and make it more gender neutral)  We have also gotten pink bins, a pink changing pad cover, and pink and green sheets.  So now we have a nursery ready for a boy and a girl :) I made James scrub the toilet this weekend (cause that's gross) and I cleaned the whole bathroom.  We have reorganized mine and James closet about 3 times now, it seems to be acceptable now....We'll see how long it lasts.  Today has been the living room, its lookimg good.  I feel like I should clarify, a lot of the big stuff James has done, I just kind of organize and supervise... Gotta love partial bedrest, which I suck at by the way.

Less than 100

Days that is, until baby girl's due date!  Which means we are getting tantalizingly close!  I am guessing we'll meet her somewhere between 2 and 3 months from now. James and I actually have a little bet going, I am betting April, and James is betting May. So I told him if she comes in May I would buy him his new gun :)  He wants a glock 1911 26 (he would be so proud of me for remembering that)  So if baby girl comes in May, not only will we avoid the dreaded NICU, but we will have another gun to add to the collection :)  My doctor has actually changed my appointments to every 3 weeks, and probably after my appointment next week I'll go to every 2 weeks.... And I am about to take the diabetes test, yuck.  I'll have to go on a Saturday so I can have James watch Thomas, since last time I spent most of the hour in the  bathroom trying to keep that nasty orange stuff in my stomach.
Thomas is eating so well these days, it warms my heart.  I love that he eats now, it was a fight for a while.  Every morning he eats 2 blueberry Eggo waffles.  I should probably add butter or something to them, but then I can't let him eat them by himself without having massive cleanup... So he eats them dry.  But, he eats them, every single bite.  I've tried giving him more, and it doesn't ever end up eaten, so we stick with just 2.  He also is starting to show signs of being ready to potty train.This morning he came to me and grabbed his diaper, and said "poop" and then started to poop.  I know to anyone else in the world that would be a little gross, but I was so proud!  I clapped and cheered and he got really excited...  Anyhow, he at least knows what the word poop means....

So, new topic, I'm trying to upload a video of Thomas playing fruit ninja, he watched James play it, and then he decided he wanted to.  He's pretty good (he won't break any records anytime soon, but it's fun) Fingers crossed it works!

James has his interview tomorrow, I'll keep you updated!

Changes are a'comin!

James has a job interview next Thursday.  Its still at Nuskin (which would be nice, no transition) it is in the something or other department... I really don't remember, quality control maybe?  Either way he would work from 7am-3pm.  Which would be awesome since we've decided he is going to the Police Academy in the fall which is M-F 5:30pm-9:30pm (gross, right?).  Then we could stay with our same health insurance plan and he could do the classes he needs, and I would actually have him home for a little while in between :)  So, fingers crossed and lots of prayers that he gets it.
He also got a little bonus at work too, just a year end type thing. We decided since everything else has been to save, or pay bills, or put aside for when the van dies (we think it's coming, she has been struggling lately) we would spend a little of this on fun stuff.  Well, James wants a shot gun, a rifle scope, a glock 26 (don't ask, I have no idea) and a few other guns, I have decided I want to buy Lorelai I blessing gown. They are so expensive I was thinking I may just have to make one (which was such a success when I made Thomas's blessing outfit, not) and I almost cried thinking that my baby wouldn't have a blessing dress (not a big deal, I know, but I'm pregnant, I cry all the time for no reason)  So I went online shopping. And let me tell you, it's insane!! Who knew blessing gowns could cost $400, not me!  I found the perfect one, only $90 (still a lot, I know) and I am stoked, James really likes it too, so now I just have to order it! Here's the link:

http://www.onesmallchild.com/products/Lucy-Christening-Gown.html

It is techincally a christening gown, but who cares (that I am not even sure what Christening is, so what does it matter?)  It brings me a lot of joy!

And Thomas just woke up from his nap... Gotta go!

309 times in a row, that's got to be a record!

If you can tell me what that quote is from I will buy you ice cream. I'm serious.  I totally copied the movie quote title idea from Brittany, thanks for the inspiration :) I never know what to title my blogs because all I ever do is ramble on and there is never really a theme to name it by... Maybe I should use a theme tonight....

I got nothing.

Thomas has been asleep for the past 2 1/2 hours, and this is his second nap, the first one I had to wake him after 2 1/2 hours because I had a dr appt.  I'm a little worried, not gonna lie.  He hasn't been eating great lately, so much so that I just texted James and said "Maybe we should get him a cheeseburger, he loves those"  I have tried everything.  He even refuses ice cream. He ate 3 bites and was done.  Apples, no.  Chicken, no.  Bread, no. Waffles, no. Pedia sure, no. Oranges, no.  Toaster struddle, no. Eggs, no.  Toast, no.  PBJ, no.  Mac and cheese, no.  Hot dogs, no.  French Fries, no.  Chicken wings, no.  Cookies, no.  Goldfish, no.  Mashed potatoes, no.  Lemon Cake, no. Fruit smoothie, no.  Candy cane (thanks Grandma), no.  Pasta, no.  He did eat a few bites of my mom's salad at olive garden, and then gave up on that too.  I'm out of ideas.  The doctor says to make sure he's hydrated, and keep offering food, but it's been days now...  Its not like he's a big kid to start with.  We were excited to even be in the growth percentiles at his most recent visit.  Now, he's stopped eating.  I am seriously about to get in the car and get him a cheese burger.  If he stops drinking apple juice, I don't know what I'll do. 
I feel like I complain a lot in this blog... sorry bout that.  
Last night we watched ground hogs day, and it makes me smile everytime.  Partially cause it's funny, and partially cause James' family could mute the movie and still quote the entire thing.  It's really fun :)   I have only been part of the groundhog day party for 4 years (that's actually the first time I meet the Harris's, was 4 years ago yesterday)  so I can't quite stand in with the big boys, as they say, but I try :)  James feeds me quotes and I act like I knew them myself :) He's a great husband!