Tres

We are happy to FINALLY announce we are expecting BABY #3! 

I say finally because we have basically known since day 1 and it has been killing me to not be able to write about it.  Our families and some people at church already knew, but I had to wait until I was far enough along (10 weeks now...I figured it was close enough to 12, right?) and had my appointment to make sure everything was ok before I told people at work.  I finally had my appointment on Tuesday and got to see our little Sour Patch Kid and my doctor said everything looks great!

So far morning sickness has been far worse than I ever had it with Shelby or Joey.  I am also tired ALL THE TIME.  Girls Camp and our trip to UT were a bit of a challenge, but I was able to make it through ok, so that's all that matters.  Hopefully the morning sickness will taper off soon.  I haven't really had any cravings but I definitely have had some food aversions.  If you know me, you know I have the worst sweet tooth.  However lately I have not wanted anything sweet.  When I drink Ginger Ale to try and help ease the morning sickness, even that is too sweet sometimes.  I also don't really want anything heavy or fried.  Salads and Subway or anything lighter or fresh is what I want (though pasta does sound appealing on occasion).  I guess that's a good thing! 

Just like with Joey, I will be starting daily shots of Lovenox in my belly.  I'm not really looking forward to that, but at least I know what to expect.  Last time I didn't really bruise at all, so I am hoping that is the case this time as well.  The only positive of having Factor V while pregnant is that on top of seeing my regular doctor, I also get to see the high risk doctor, which means monthly ultrasounds.  My first appointment with him is set for July 17.  I am super excited because with Joey, he was able to tell me at my first appointment with him at 12 weeks that she would be a girl.  There is a lot of science behind how they can tell so early, and obviously he knows what he is talking about, so I trust him.  So hopefully he will be able to tell us on the 17th if we are having a boy or girl!  (Shelby told us she wants a boy so that daddy won't feel left out.)

Mr. & Mrs.

A week ago last Friday I got home at 11:30 pm from girls' camp (more on that later).  By 2 am I (we) was back in the car headed for Utah for my youngest brother, Colin's, wedding.  We detoured a bit and stopped off at the Grand Canyon on Saturday.  We didn't stay long (I was too afraid of the girls somehow escaping our grips and falling), but I was glad we saw it and can cross that off the list.  We finally arrived at my parent's house at about 2:30 Sunday afternoon.  All-in-all it wasn't too bad of a drive with the girls.

The week was full of playing with cousins, a bridal shower, a "rehearsal" dinner, my 30th birthday, swimming, and of course, the wedding.  I am too exhausted to even try and write anymore than this, so I will just post pictures from the week.

Favorite pose.

Joey loved mom's stew.

What time is it Mr. Wolf?

Jordan and Roy

Me and Jeremy

Adrienne and Jared

Mom and Dad

Tristan and Ana

Nolan

Beautiful Bridesmaids

Uncle Mark and Carolyn

Dad is a goof.

Salt Lake City Temple

Mr. & Mrs.

Beautiful Bride

Team USA

In honor of the upcoming Olympics, the gym where Shelby takes gymnastics decided to make that the theme of this year's in-house meet.  It was really cute- they had torches and the Olympic rings everywhere, and where playing the Olympic music.  It really got me even more excited for the Olympics!  I love watching them!

Anyway, Shelby did great!  It was a little different than last year in that she was in the smaller class last year, and this year she is in a class with girls 2 and 3 years older than her.  So it was weird to see her with these girls that towered over her, but oh well.  When I asked her the night before if she was ready for her meet she said, "Well, I start off with a cartwheel, and then....hmm...I forgot.  There will be other girls there, I'll just follow their lead".  Haha.  Way to prepare, Shelby!  She really did do great though and we are proud of her!

A Place of Yes

I was raised to come from a place of yes.  You always accept callings, you volunteer to bring people meals, volunteer to help with...whatever.  Well, I will always say yes to callings, and will always volunteer to help when I can, but I am going to have to learn what my limits are and to say no to something every once in a while.  For the past month (and the next three weeks), we have had something to do Every. Single. Day.  I had a slight stress induced panic attack tonight and was telling Jeremy I will probably cancel plans with friends I had on Saturday.  I already will have company in town and Shelby's gymnastics meet that day, I was feeling like it might be too much to try and do something else that day as well.  Well then Jeremy got all mad at me and told me the "plans" were really a decoy so he could surprise me for my birthday.  It's kind of funny because he calls me Nancy Drew and I always figure out birthday/Christmas presents, but I really wasn't even trying to this time!  I was just stressed, and he had no idea just how stressed until tonight. 

My energy levels are dropping pretty fast and I know I need to slow stuff down.  We can't do stuff during the day, obviously, because of work.  That means that we are driving around like crazy people every night trying to get things done.  We've eaten at Subway more times this month than probably in the past year (at least it's not McDonald's!), but the real problem is that after-work time is supposed to be family time.  The girls are couped up in the house all day, we don't need them to be couped up in the car at night.  I just need to learn that I can't do everything and that sometimes it's ok to say no.  It is such a hard lesson to learn, but so important- not just for my health, but the health of our family.  (Not to mention wallets- pretty sure in the last month we have just about covered our sitter's tuition!)  So if I say no to plans, I promise it isn't because we don't like you.  We just need some quiet time!

Goodbye, Pre-K!

We left Destin early so that we could make it back home in time for Shelby's pre-K graduation.  It was so cute.  Of course Shelby and Jorin were standing next to each other.  The kids sang a few songs and then the pre-k classes got ready for their ceremony.  They got to walk in with their caps on (They had pictures made in caps and gowns - sooooo cute.) and then they each walked across the stage as their names were called and received their "diplomas".  I didn't get any good pictures because Joey was climbing on me, but I did order the dvd (couldn't resist), so hopefully they caught it all.

After the graduation we went to dinner at Chuy's. We surprised Shelby with a little gift- some new earrings and a necklace. Just a small little gift to show her we were proud of her and her hard work this year. She was pretty happy.

 To cap off the night we had ice cream at Beth Marie's. It was all pretty great.

Wednesday was Shelby's last day.  All the kids brought in their favorite board games to play and they got Chick-fil-A for lunch.  Since she has a summer birthday I brought in cupcakes and we got to sing to her that day.  Somebody loves attention.  Also, notice Jorin sitting next to Shelby.  All the boys were at one table and the girls at another.  He walked in, saw only one space left at the boy table, so he went to the girl table and saved a spot for Shelby to sit next to him.  So sad that they won't be at the same school next year!

Destin!

We had the best time in Destin!  Our good friends' daughter is turning one, so to celebrate, they rented a beach house and invited a bunch of friends to join in the fun.  We all waited for that special girl for such a long time and were thrilled to get to celebrate her. 

The weather was absolutely perfect on Thursday and Friday.  Seriously, I was amazed that it was only in the 80s.  The water was so pretty and there was hardly any seaweed, and I never once saw a jellyfish.  Shelby was in Heaven.  She definitely has my love for the beach.  She could stay out there for HOURS and HOURS if it were up to her.  Joey had mixed feelings about it.  She hates dry sand, and can tolerate wet sand.  Overall I think she liked it though.  On Friday she was so exhausted from all the fun we had she took about a 2 1/2 hour nap right there on the beach. 

I guess that nap really re-energized her though, because that night at Fudpucker's she danced for at least 45 minutes.  As soon as she heard this girl singing on stage and saw that some older girls were dancing, she jumped right out of my arms and started dancing with them.  And when they invited some girls onstage, Joey jumped right up there with them.  She was having the BEST time.  Everyone kept asking me how old she was, and a few of them were videoing her (which is actually kinda creepy).

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Jenny did a great job with the party on Saturday.  Everything looked so cute, and the kids had a great time!

Seriously...we had so much fun!  Thank you Mike and Jenny for inviting us.  We love you!

Carnival

Today was Shelby's school carnival.  She has been looking forward to it all week.  They had games, tattoos, races, a train ride, and of course, cotton candy.  The kids all seemed to have a great time.  Joey even got to participate (It was that or a tantrum- the teachers took pity on me.). 

Shelby and her best boy friend (but don't make the mistake of calling him her boyfriend, though that's what Jorrin calls himself) Jorrin.  Shelby is really sad they won't be in school together next year.

I just realized Shelby amd Jorrin had matching tattoos :)