Happy Holidays!

It's been awhile since I've uploaded any pictures from our camera. I thought since I have finished my 20+ page research paper, I would take time to do a little update-or maybe a big one.

Halloween was awhile ago, but it was so fun to see the little kiddos dressed up. I did homework all day long, but we had a few visitors. Little monkey Broden came to see us! He was so cute in his costume and his parents didn't look too bad either!

Kayla and Spencer had reserved the community room here and invited a bunch of friends to come hang out. We stopped by for a little bit and ate some yummy food. Here is a picture of Phoebe as a cute ghost! Gabe was already in his PJ's but he was a cute monkey.

November flew by and we cannot believe it's already December! We have been busy with school work. And I do mean "we". Brady has been pretty helpful this semester helping me with anything possible. Being pregnant really drains it out of me. I don't remember the last pregnancy being this tiring! I have been doing 12 hour clinicals the past few weeks and have absolutely LOVED being at the hospital. I am working at the Women's Center in Idaho Falls. This is where any women who have surgery or have a baby come and stay for a little bit. It's so fun to be around amazing women. And I have to brag a little bit! I was up for over 24 hours the other day and even though I was exhausted...I think I did pretty good for being 27 weeks pregnant!

Well, Thanksgiving has come and gone. We spent Thanksgiving day with Brady's family and had a wonderful meal together. We then left for Utah to visit Tara and Derek and their little kids. We absolutely love spending time with them! We don't see them very often so it's always great to hang out with them. Tara just had a baby boy on the 18th! He is soo adorable and we enjoyed snuggling with him while we were there. Eva is getting really big and LOVES to jibber jabber all day!

Baby Baron snuggling with Mommy...

Eva giving me a fake smile...
Eva giving Brady kisses...

While Brady and I were in Utah, we went shopping and bought furniture for the nursery! We almost couldn't fit the rocker in the car, but Brady eventually fit it in our back seat. It was an interesting situation! We also went to see Jake and Rudi who were in American Fork...they were sick with the flu so we didn't see them for too long, but we always look forward to seeing them whenever we can.

As December has approached us we have been extremely busy with school work and trying to get things ready for Cooper! We purchased a crib at Target last night and the box didn't fit in the car! So, Brady had to take it out of the box and stick it in the back seat. We made it home just fine and he put it up right away since it was in pieces everywhere. It's adorable and I am so glad we found a cheap crib that looks good. (no pictures until the room is finished-sorry!)

School ends in 2 weeks and we are SO excited!

For an update on Cooper...check out his blog :)

Stone Update

Well, I am doing okay with this kidney stone! Let me just say how grateful I am for the Priesthood in my home. I know that I would not have been where I am today if it wasn't for the blessings Brady was able to give me.

Since the last post, I spent an entire day at the hospital. It all started at 7:30 am when the pain woke me up. Brady so kindly placed pain medication, the hot pad, and something to drink on my night stand before he left for work just in case I needed them. Of course I called him and told him what was going on. After about 3 hours or intense pain and throwing up uncontrollably I asked Brady to come home. He ended up taking me to the ER because I couldn't stop throwing up and I couldn't get the pain under control. After some Zofran and Morphine in the ER I was still in pain. They did an ultrasound and found that there was fluid in my kidney (meaning the stone was stuck). My actual doctor that I have been seeing through this entire pregnancy was in surgery and once he got out he came to see me. He was able to get me some GREAT pain medication and some better medication to control my nausea. I was then taken to make sure that our baby boy was alright. After hours of being hooked up to the monitors, everything seemed perfect. His heart beat was strong and not one single contraction, which would have terrified me if there was. I was able to get some sleep and then go home in a MUCH better condition than going to the hospital. Since then I have had one attack that lasted a few hours and luckily Brady was here to help me. I have been doing really well and even spent 12 hours at the hospital on Sunday for clinical!

So things are going much better and I am still on antibiotics and other meds to help pass this stone. I'm starting to think that I passed it and didn't even know it since I haven't had a bad attack for a few days!

Cooper is doing great and growing! While we were hooked up to the monitors, there was this weird constant sound for a little while and I asked the nurse what it was. She said that he had the hiccups! It was cute to hear them and comforting to know that he is growing!

Again??

Things have been going pretty smoothly for the last couple of weeks. We are both signed up for classes next winter, our house is warm, cars are running, and food is in the cupboards. However, our health seems to not be in great conditions.

Brady hurt his ankle pretty bad during his last soccer game to the point where we thought it was broken. He went to the doctor and it's just a really bad sprang. A few days later he had this rash all over his foot and around his ankle. It was pretty itchy and so once again, our wonderful doctor gave us some advice and we tried a little benadryl. That didn't work so then the all wonderful athlete's foot medication was purchased (or should I say "jock itch" mediation!-Brady felt silly buying something that said "jock itch" all over it). That didn't work and it was spreading to his other ankle and up his leg. So then he made an appointment to meet with our doctor. He ended up leaving with a sore bum from a steroid shot and some steroid/antifungal ointment. Since then, it has been working great!

I on the other hand had my glucose test on Friday-which turned out great! So no worries about gestational diabetes. Then over the weekend I haven't felt the greatest with some back discomfort and things that lead me to think I had a UTI of some sort. Then on Monday I was in some serious pain...EXACTLY like I was with my last kidney stone. So I drank lots and lots of water to try and flush whatever it was out. I was scheduled for a 12 hour night shift at EIRMC Monday night. I was there for 2 hours and about passed out and felt like my dinner was going to come up. Of course I ended up going home after that. I cried all the way home and once I got home, my dinner came up and I was in serious pain. Called my doctor, he sent in a prescription for pain meds and Brady went and picked them up for me. Thank goodness for late night pharmacy's! Brady and Reed gave me a blessing and I felt great the rest of the night. Unfortunately, I was prepared to be up until 7 am so I stayed up doing homework until about 4:30. Today I scheduled an appointment with my doctor to run some tests...and everything points to KIDNEY STONE (or possibly an infection). Now I am on some antibiotics to treat for an infection and hopefully if it's a kidney stone...hopefully I will pass it soon and not 3 weeks from now! I am also still battling a head cold. It's unfortunate that all things things happen right before the end of the semester when it gets rough and my schedule consists of late nights and early mornings. Oh well, we'll make it somehow!

So that's what's going on in our lives! Baby Cooper is active and kicks constantly! I have finally gained weight and can now say that I weigh more than my pre-pregnancy weight. Thanksgiving break is coming up and I can't wait to be able to relax a little bit before the end of the semester. We are planning on going down to Utah to see some friends and our new little nephew that will be delivered TOMORROW!

Life is exciting, fast paced, and great!

Happy Birthday to me!

Yesterday was my 22nd birthday! It wasn't anything special to me-just another day but Brady made it special and all about me. Unfortunately, I spent most of my day on campus studying, going to class, and trying to figure things out for next semester. However, last night Brady took me to Olive Garden - where I had a yummy salad, bread sticks, and fettucini alfredo - and we had our good friends Brandon and Cristina with us! We then went to the mall (to find out it was closing) and Target just for the fun of it. I also opened presents from Brady and he did so good! He got me some cute clothes that I can wear while being pregnant! I REALLY needed some and he has great taste is clothes :) I also got some pajama pants (which are AMAZING), the movie The Proposal, and some cute slippers! Overall, it was a great birthday and I can't believe that I am one year older.

Lately

I have been such a grump lately! I haven't wanted to do anything related to school work at all and all I want to do is sit in my PJ's and do nothing. Of course I talked to Brady about how I have been feeling and we thought that I should do something fun for myself. And we couldn't think of anything since this whole last year has consisted of me working ridiculously hard to get straight A's in the nursing program. However, I do have this LOVE for crocheting and we thought that I should make our little guy a blanket. I haven't made anything in so long but I have enjoyed sitting in the same room with Brady and relaxing while I crochet my little heart out for our little guy :) It's simple but for a little boy, I think it needs to be. Here are some pictures of the blanket so far:

So aside from studying, crocheting, eating, and sleeping things have been pretty laid back in our home. The semester is halfway done and the cold weather has hit us pretty hard. We are not excited for the snow to come. The leaves have fallen and it seems like we completely missed the transition into fall :( I do not like fall here in Idaho-there are not enough trees to see the beauty of this time of year. Everything is just brown and looks dead. However, that does mean that our little guy will be here in a few months!

My belly keeps getting bigger and bigger! I feel him moving just about all day long now-I'm starting to wonder if he ever sleeps. Some of my favorite foods have been anything with tomato sauce. Spaghetti, spaghetti O's, lasagna, tacos, tomato soup, beef stew...they all taste so delicious! But still no cravings so that's been great! We know we're going to name him Cooper-we just can't think of a middle name. Oh well, it'll come to us someday. 

Brady had one of his last soccer games for one (of three) teams the other night and it happened to be their first loss of the season. He still has two teams he's playing for and they will be ending shortly because of the cold weather this time of the year. I also must continue to brag about my husband! He got ANOTHER raise! And this may not be surprising to some of you but his first raise this year was a few months ago and with some company changes we didn't think that he was going to get one, but then they surprised us and rewarded him for his excellent work. And this one we didn't think he would get because he just had one a few months ago-but they still surprised us! Now, this job of his isn't anything spectacular but it gets us by until I graduate and we move on from Rexburg, Idaho. It has given him some great experiences and patience with other people. We are very grateful for his job and how well they have treated him. Keep up the good work huni!

Halloween is coming and that means my birthday is coming up as well. We don't have anything planned except for dinner with another couple. We plan on going to Olive Garden and then just hanging out afterwards. It should be a fun weekend-full of studying and little children in costumes!

Boys Clothes

Ever since we found out we are having a boy, I have been trying my hardest to find great deals on boys clothes. It is soo difficult to find anything cute in the stores for little boys. They all have cheesy pictures and sayings on them that I am not a fan of. My friend in the nursing program - who is a mother of three - suggested going to The Children's Place online sale items and find a coupon online to use for the website. This is seriously the BEST idea anyone has ever told me! There are things on the website that I am finding for less than $5 for cute polo shirts and cargo shorts (for next summer of course). Along with the coupons I am finding...it's a GREAT deal!

Where do you find cheap clothes and good deals for children?? I NEED HELP!

A little baby update

We had a doctor's appointment today for just a check up. We really wanted another ultrasound so our very nice doctor did another one for us (even though we had one 1 month ago). It's a good thing he did because we are now having a BOY! It's no mistaking it this time! We are shocked but so excited! He is healthy and growing perfectly. We were able to see little sucking motions and he gave us a great big yawn! He's so handsome and already looks just like his daddy (seriously has his nose)! We're going to have so much fun with a little boy...but I have to admit I'm sad to give up the pink, bows, and dresses :( We also weren't able to get a very good picture of his profile or anything cute except for his little boy part that proves he is a boy! He just wiggles WAY too much for a good picture-that little stinker-the whole point of the ultrasound today was to get me a good picture! 

So I wasn't going to post a picture but I felt the need to show everyone that it's for sure a boy!