Sleeping beauty

So in love with this one.

She sleeps. So dreamy.

You know how with your first baby you take a million pictures? I've been enjoying her so much I never even paid attention to the camera.

We made it home. I don't mind the hospital until I want to leave. And it's like they try and keep you hostage and make you read and sign and read and sign. And tell what you are doing wrong.... Anyways.

In love.

2 sleeps

When we count down around here, we count in sleeps. It just makes things easier. 2 sleeps til baby girl, 1 til Grammy comes!

I haven't put anything up for a while, not for lack of post worthiness, but laziness. We've been outside soaking up sunshine and sunburns, and enjoying the time with two kiddos before figuring out how to do three will work.

We had a relaxing weekend watching conference, cuddling, eating out and getting ice cream, and the best was being a little rebellious and getting pedicures during the first session. A 'little' guilt, but not much. It did this momma good, it was much needed. Claire joined Lindsay and me, and she was really shy about the whole thing at first, but ended up loving her gold sparkly fingers by the end.

Joe took work off and actually went to the priesthood session, so Linds and I took the kids out, and after eating ended up spending the next 1 1/2 hours laughing and giggling our way up the canyon. We rolled windows down, they all ran around and rolled in the grass, wore themselves out chasing each other.

Sunday, completely uneventful, but wonderful. Again, I feel a little guilt for missing a few talks while I napped, but it was obviously much needed since I didn't wake up with a headache like usual.

Sigh. A great weekend, leading up to a great week, I'm sure. :) I've been dreaming about meeting this little one coming soon for a long time. I have quite the list to accomplish in the next two days, we'll see how much gets done while the sunshine outside calls to us.

she is the same, yesterday and today

and probably tomorrow.

yesterday was closet switching day. i moved all the kids clothes to their room. while doing so, a gem fell off a hanger, and as i picked it up, i smiled inside, remembering the sweater my mom added to so many years ago. (she saved some of her favorites for each of her kids, and i have a few hanging in the closet waiting for claire to fit into them)

a few hours later, claire and i opened a surprise package from grammy. a new sweater! can you guess what it looked like?

pink crew neck sweatshirt, cut up the middle, and flower appliques along the bottom with buttons in the middle. 

and claire absolutely loves it. and i love it. and i love that my mom's tastes stay exactly the same. makes things really easy :) thanks mom!

New room!

Lindsay and I teamed up yesterday and seriously overhauled the two small bedrooms with some major success. I wish I had a real before picture.... But they were both needing some major attention. We switched the kids room with the guest room, stacked bunk beds, painted an accent wall, and started the de-junking. And the landing got cleared out, stuff went to the dumpster and DI, and so. much. more.

I'm aware that putting bunk beds up with such little kids is kinda risky, but Claire could not have been anymore giddy about the whole thing. She is excited she gets to share with baby, and loves being up in her new perch. Noises I have never heard her make came squealing out when she saw what we did. And I LOVE the results. From the color to the arrangement, I am so pleased.

There is still tons left to do, like clearing out the closets, but I kept thinking we were on an episode of trading spaces, except the only addition was a shelf and some paint. And it looks normal and I like the end result.

I should mention joe helped a lot too. Like those bunk beds are a pain to assemble, but he took them apart and back together anyways. So thank you Lindsay and joe for yesterday! It's almost all ready for baby to come! 16 sleeps, to be exact :)

She doesn't either

But cute.


Baby is here in less than three weeks! Panic is starting to set in. Lots of things i want to do. We are getting a nice blast of spring before some more snow, and i can air out the house which feels fantastic. AND. We bought a chest freezer last night and I feel like I can breathe now that my inside freezer doesn't explode every time I open it. This is huge people, my inside freezer is rather large to begin with, but I don't feel right if it isn't completely full at all times.

Enough freezer talk. I am aware that baby brain is making me want to paint all the walls this weekend.... But the rational brain tucked away in there tells me joe would not appreciate it. I'm learning how to be rational through the whole nesting thing. It's not easy!

Today will be fantastic. Doctor will tell me I have been in pain for naught, as I won't have progressed. That's okay. As long as it doesn't end in a syrup explosion in the back of my car, like last night, I'll call it a success!

Glasses

Doesnt need them, but kinda wish he did. How cute is he???

Joe insisted I spoil myself a little for the birthday last week. I started to resist, and then after seeing these little beauties again, I couldn't resist.

After a few hours in them: still LOVE the crochet. Glad I didn't go a size down, I guess my feet are a little wide. From my view, I think they make my feet look long, but not too bad? Comfy, but they don't give the support that I hear everyone rage about. I have exceptionally high arches..... Like kinda freakish. So I wasn't expecting much there, it's just fine. Overall, I think we'll be very good friends. Did I mention how much I love the crochet?


If we weren't trying to save money right now, I might have grabbed a second pair in coral.... Or light blue.

Wail, whale, and well

Wail: so done with winter..... That should be obvious.

Whale: or "measuring ahead" as doc so nicely put it. This pregnancy is 100% exactly the same as the last 2- don't bother looking preggers for a long time, explode at the end. Makes for awesome stretch marks, waddling, and squishy baby. And her head, it's realllly low. Once again, don't judge a baby's size before she's born.

Well: it's birthday week around here. 24 doesn't sound much older, but those wrinkles are making appearances. Awesome. The kids might be getting better... We'll see.

Less than 5 weeks! Celebrations!

Little besties

They started sitting together to watch their favorite movie- despicable me. Which is a huge bonus for this whale over here, because caleb recently decided he is completely attached to me if I sit down. And i kinda have to sit down throughout the day. Let's remember that currently, the space in my lap is very, very scarce. And bubba chunk is kinda a big, pushy boy. I wish I could physically give him all the snuggles he wants- this is very different for him. But I can't. So, Claire will have to do. Besides, how cute is that?

Help!

I am at a loss. I can't figure out how to fix Claire's lips. She licks, bites, whatever all day long, and I just don't know what to do. It's been since a little before christmas, and the ring around her mouth keeps getting worse. She has also had a runny nose since then, and I'm wondering if it's because she is getting the little dribble? The only time it was better was when we were in Texas and she didn't have much of a runny nose- and she let Grammy put Chapstick on (grammy must have magic powers? Is claire just scared of me?) She absolutely melts down if I try and put anything on her because it's "spicy". And I have tried just about everything- different chapsticks, soft lips, blistex, Vaseline, even m&m flavored Chapstick. I've tried sneaking in and putting it on at night, which helps keep her from bleeding, but she wakes up crying and wipes/licks it off as soon as I do.

Any ideas or suggestions? EVERYTHING I've tried, like letting her pick out the flavor or color has backfired majorly, and seems to make it worse. That girl.... All the bribes don't help either- she is just a little stubborn thing :) really don't know what to do!