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*37 WEEKS*

The time has come to update pictures. I have been so busy lately that we haven't even taken any since we've been back from Hawaii. Since Hawaii we have finished Cooper's room (for the most part), put together our room, and I have grown out of many many clothes! We have 2 weeks from tomorrow morning until Cooper will be here and I am getting a little nervous/stressed. I am SO excited to be a mother and have our family grow but I am super nervous of having to be a mother, wife, student, and nurse all at the same time. I am trying really hard to get a lot of my school work finished before he arrives but I can't seem to get caught up with everything. Oh well! I do what I can.

The bookshelf Brady made a few years ago...

Changing table...

Rocker...

Crib...

There are still a few things that I would like to get done in his room...like a shelf over the crib and organize a few things but it is done for the most part! Now we just need a crying, peeing and pooping baby to use it all :)

Ready for Cooper!

3 weeks from today is the day that Cooper is planned to make his grand appearance! It has been an amazing pregnancy with some of the usual ups and downs. However, I think I have finally hit rock bottom. I am super, super busy right now with school and clinical. 4 hours of sleep at night is not enough to get me through the day. I am constantly on my feet and running around the halls of the hospital. This week I have put in 26 1/2 hours at the hospital alone and I still have 24 hours this weekend. In between those days/hours I have put in class time and homework time. My nursing instructor this semester has us doing pointless, busy work that just takes up time.

On the upside of things...we get to hold our little boy in just a few weeks! I look forward to that moment where nothing else in the world matters except for our little family.

I now go to the doctor's twice a week. I have a non stress test done on Monday's and I meet with my physician later on in the week. So far, the non stress tests have been perfect. So it seems as though everything is going to be great!

Less than 5 weeks!

Picture taken at Baldwin Beach, Maui-34 weeks

I had a doctor's appointment yesterday...I am measuring at 33 weeks (so a week behind) and Cooper's heart rate is strong and steady! I just got confirmation this morning that our C-section has been scheduled for February 12th at 7:30 am. I was hoping for around noon but there is a higher chance that the surgery would be bumped to a different time if there are several emergency surgeries that come in. So to be safe my doctor scheduled it for the morning. We enjoyed our vacation to Hawaii and have been EXTREMELY busy since then so I am not sure when pictures will be posted. Cooper's room is still in the works...school has taken priority over all the fun stuff that I want to do :( I am feeling the aches and pains of being 34 weeks pregnant and I am not looking forward to them for the next 4 weeks. My ankles have started to swell as well as my face! Yuck! Oh well, our little man is worth it all...I just hope my body can make it through 6 12 hour shifts at the hospital before he comes! YIKES!

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!