Thanksgiving

This year we went to Thanksgiving at Rob's parents house. It was nice to see everyone and they all helped out so much with Abby. I appreciate all of your help with this pregnancy. It has been a rough ride, but it will be over soon. Anyway back to Thanksgiving, We had delicious food and pies. I have been wanting pumpkin pie for a while now and I have finally had some. It was great too!! Rob took some pictures while we were at his parents house.

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Rob's Father also gave us a tour of Kathleen's store and there shop were he will have his business. It all likes very nice. Kathleen store is beautiful, Rob and I saw a lot of things that we would like to own for our house. Anyways, it was a very nice Thanksgiving.

Pregnancy update

Well they scheduled an induce date for Monday, December 1st.
We had another episode of false labor Thanksgiving morning. I was having contractions 5 minutes apart while at the hospital and measuring pretty intense. They checked me twice and I didn't dilate at all, I was still 1 centimeter. So of course as soon as I heard that I started to cry. These contractions are super painful. I know that labor hurts but it's just frustrating that it starts and nothing happens. At least they stop and go away for a few days. This time they gave me a shot of morphine and sent me home. I was out of it the whole day on Thanksgiving. I felt so week and disoriented. Hopefully I don't have to go through that again with out it being real labor. My mucus plug did fall out. I keep getting chunks of it. I had some Yesterday and today. Well that is all for the update.

What???

So I wasn't going to post a blog about this until we find out what the Doctor has decided to do but I am still shocked about what happened.
So I had another ultrasound on Wednesday, because a Parinatologist has to be the one to say yes induce her (sense I am 2 and a half weeks before my due date). The ultrasound went great other then being in horrible pain because Megan was fighting back, pushing her but up as far as she could. When she finished Rob asked the ultrasound tech how much the baby is weighting. She said, " This is give our take a pound, she weights 9 and a half pounds." my heart sunk. That is a huge baby for being still 2 and a half weeks before my due date.
I thought for sure they will induce me as soon as they can because of how big she is already. We had to wait for the Parinatologist to come in and talk to us. Basically, after asking her what she was going to recomend to my Doctor. She said that she was going to tell him to do a cervix test and basically see if I can go into laber on my own. That is all I know right now. I am a little concerned because babies grow a half a pound a week. So she is only going to get bigger. My dr just said after an email I sent him that we will discuss it on Monday. So we wait again.

SURPRISE!

So some of my friends in my ward had a surprise baby shower for me. They did it while my sister Misty was in town. We had planned to go and walk around the mall on Thursday morning. So Misty offered to do my hair for me. I thought, oh how nice that is that she would be willing to do that. Really what was going on was I was going to be late for a baby shower that I didn't know was happening. I ended up being 20 minutes late to it because I drug my feet getting ready. Well here are some pictures of the shower. I appreciate Haylee Shurter for doing this for me. Also for all those who came. It was a very nice surprise. Thank You!

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Abby and Sarabeth

Abby has been having so much fun with little Sarabeth. Here are some pictures of them playing together. I have also enjoyed having Misty here. I miss her so much and have had a great time seeing her. They will be here for Saturday and then they will be heading home on Sunday. I will miss her very much and so will Abby.

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Pregnancy update

Well, I had my ultrasound today and baby Megan is measuring 2 and a half weeks farther along then my due date says. I will not know what they will do about my due date until next Tuesday because they have to have a radiologist look at it and those results wont be back until Friday. Then my appointment with my Dr is on Tuesday. Well that is about all for the update

Misc. Pictures of Abby

These are just some fun photos that I have taken over the past month of Abby. I am just finally getting the chance to put them up.

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Breakdown of the pictures in the slide show:

• 3 pictures of Abby very pleased with the art work she had created.

• A picture of me reading to Abby.

• A picture of Abby reading a book that I had just put down. She grabbed it and read it inside of a broken piece of furniture.

• 3 pictures of Abby helping me clean the house.

• One of her sleeping under her bed. Rob went and checked on her one night after we had put her to bed and he couldn't find her. So he started looking in our room and other rooms upstairs. He finally found her sleeping under her bed. How that happened, we have no idea.

• There are some of her playing with her friend Ellie.

• A picture of Abby's new snow hat. Now that it is actually cold enough for her to need one she will let me put one on her.

Trick or Treat

I was having trouble just posting these pictures so I put them on Rob's website.

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I took Abby around on Halloween to go trick or treating. It was fun! For the most part she just stared in confusion as people would hand her candy. Then I friend of mine started to trick or treat with her kids so Abby did a few doors with one of her friends Ellie. Abby now wants to be a princess every day. she says "Abby princess?" It is very cute.

Pregnancy update

Well I had my first weekly appointment yesterday and he is measuring me almost three weeks farther along. So next Tuesday they are doing an ultrasound to see if I am farther along. If so they will be moving my due date up. I was super excited when he told me that. This same thing happened at the end of my pregnancy with Abby. When I was 38 weeks she was measuring 41 weeks. They did an ultrasound and it actually said that she was not as far along and that she weighed around 6 pounds. I delivered Abby ab
out 5 days later and she was 8 pounds 6 ounces. She also didn't have any of the white stuff, I can't remember what it is called, that babies have on them when they are first born. My doctor told me that it was a sign of being overdue for her to not have that anymore. So it will be interesting to see what happens this time. I am just hoping they move my due date up. I am so tired of being pregnant right now. But I only want to have if she will be fine coming out sooner then later.

Another video

Yes they smacked right into me almost knocked me over.




If you watch Abby at the end she just jumps right up headed to the slide again.

More photos of Thanksgiving Point

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Here are the rest of the photos from Thanksgiving Point. It was a lot of fun!

Thanksgiving point

Abby and I went to Thanksgiving Point last Saturday. It was a lot of fun.
First of all I must thank my sister Tahnee for helping me out so much. Abby had a lot of fun because Tahnee helped me with her. The video above is Abby going down this big slide with Tahnee. She went down that slide at least 15 or so times. She loves slides so very much.

Pictures

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Wow it's been a while!!!

Sorry to all of those who are faithful readers of this blog. I have had a tough time lately being 33 weeks pregnant and sore all over. Here is an update on our lives as of September 25th.
Abby is still cute as can be and is a chatter box. She can put up to 4 words together in a row now. She speaks generally pretty clearly as well. She is definitely turning two soon, as we are experiencing more and more tantrums. She still is my little helper, though. All I have to do is say the words "can Abby help mommy" and off she goes doing what ever I need her to. It's fun having girls!
Abby and I painted pumpkins for Halloween. Rob took the pictures so I will have him put them up on the internet so you all can see. We used finger paints because that's all we have right now. So if it rains again we will be able to do another fun craft with the pumpkins. Abby is going to be a princess for Halloween. I will take pictures of her in her lovely Walmart costume. I wanted to sew her one but things just got tough with this pregnancy so I said no way.
Abby's new favorite movies are: Disney's Spirit (she loves horses, takes after her mother in so many ways) and Polar Express (She loves trains) and yes we have started watching a Christmas movie only because I am tired of watching the same 3 movies over and over again. She still likes Cinderella , Nemo , 101 Dalmatians and Little Mermaid. Yes we watch a lot of movies.
As for me and this pregnancy I am having lots of braxton Hick contractions. I counted and I had 10 in a two hour period. I had my doctors appointment today and he just told me if it comes to the point that they don't calm down or become less frequent when you sit down go to the hospital. So I am ok, I just have lot of uncomfortable and out of breath moments.
As for Rob, he is now working at Lumenas Animation Studios in Salt Lake City. He likes it so much more then his previous job. They actually appreciate his talent. He still hates the drive but it makes it a tiny bit better when you like your job. That's about all for out little family.

Abby loves books

So this morning I woke up to Abby saying, "Mommy up" over and over again. She does that every time now. I am ok with that, I would rather have her come and get me instead of wondering around the house getting into things that I don't want her to get into.
When I got up to get her I noticed that she had something in her hands. She was carrying her blanket in one hand and the other had a book in it. That is all she has been wanting to do lately is read read read. Fine with me. I think it's really cute. I was worried for a while because I couldn't get her to read a book for a while. Now she wont stop. Fun times.

just some fun stuff

This is a video of Abby attempting to put a shirt on all by herself. She is such a cutie

The story behind this picture is that yesterday after church Rob was sitting on the floor in front of the TV and Abby walked up to him, put her hand on his head then started to give him head rubs. That wasn't good enough so she walked around the table climbed up onto it and scooted close to Rob and started giving him more head rubs. I started to laugh and ran to get the camera. I was able to get a cute photo before she realized I was taking a picture. Apparently she notices that Daddy likes head rubs. She has been very happy to have Daddy home all day.



Today was Rob's first day at his new job. So she has been asking for Daddy today. When ever we go down stairs and Rob is upstairs she always says "bye Dada". Today, every time we go down stairs she says "bye Dada" over and over again. She says it until Rob responds bye Abby. But today he did because he wasn't here. So I had to remind her that Daddy is at work.

I have also been taking Abby to Mother Goose time at the library. It is on Monday's at 11:00 am. She mostly likes it, she gets a little bored and starts to run around. She really likes it when they sing. I keep taking her because it has helped her want to read more. She started to not allow me to read books to her. She loves it now and I am constantly being asked to read to her. I am grateful that she enjoys reading so much.
Some other new things about Abby she is sleeping very good in her new bed. She also is starting to ask to go potty more and actually goes now. She has asked me 9 times now to go potty and she actually does. So tomorrow I am going to spend the whole day potty training Abby. I bought her big girl underwear and some yummy sugary drinks to help her need to go more often. I read in a book that it helps to give them a lot to drink when you are potty training because it gives them more opportunity to learn.
She also has just taken off with words. She can put 3 to 4 words together now. She says thank you and please when she needs something and gets it from us. Wow there a lot of new things that I haven't written about. I will have to right the rest another day. I am running out of time. Well hope you all enjoy. Thanks for reading

Just want to brag!

I have the best child in the world, I swear.
So I finally found a toddler bed for Abby and we put it in her room today. When it came time to go to bed she just went right to bed. She didn't try to climb out or anything. She is the easiest kid to raise. I feel very blessed to have such a good little girl. I have been worried about this time for a while now and yet again Abby always surprises me. I always worry that something is going to take a while or be hard to get Abby to do and nope she just does it.
I made a slide show of some pictures of her sleeping in her bed. I put some other random photos on the slide show too. The brake down of the pictures are as follows. 1-2 are pictures of Abby's attempt to put make up on. 3-4, Rob lost his hat a while ago so for his birthday we bought him a new one. We let Abby put it on in those two photos. There is also a photo with Abby in the bathtub with her diaper on and white stuff on her hands. I let Abby help me paint this bench that I have had for about a year. Abby and I had fun , messy fun, but hey why not. When she started wanting to explore other things that could be painted white, I had Rob come and give her a bath. The last pictures are of her sleeping in her cute new bed.

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PINK!

So I think Abby's favorite color is pink. She as asks to wear something pink a lot. She will also tell me when something is pink. She doesn't usually do that with any other color. She can tell me what some colors are. Rob thinks its interesting that most girls like pink. Abby is definitely a girl.

Mindy's Family Reunion

Well this past weekend we drove down to Mayfield, Utah. We didn't end up leaving our house until 8:00pm. We arrived at the camping spot for the family reunion at 11:30 pm. Yes we drove for 3 and a half hours because I missed the sign that pointed us in the direction of the camp. It was a frustrating night for both Rob and I. We almost just turned around and drove all the way home and didn't even go. But, finally we found it and we had a lot of fun.
Abby loves to camp. She wants to explore everything and Rob and I being first time parents are nervous about everything. So we spent the whole time telling Abby no don't pick up that or no don't touch that or stay her don't run off. All in all it was fun and we got to get away from home for a few days.
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We've decided on a name

Well after talking it over Rob and I have decided to name our new addition when she is born; Megan.