Doc Appointment / 38 weeks

So I had my doctors appointment yesterday and it went rather well! I let my Doctor know i was having contractions everyday now and she was really happy! I heard the baby's heart beat and of course nice and strong! Me and the nurse began talking about how my pregnancy was with Braiden and how different the 2 are so far and i told her how small he was when we had him and how he was even late and was that small. She began to measure me and said Houston is still going to be a small baby, but he will be a bit bigger than Braiden was. She is guessing he is about 6-61/2 pounds! and about 19.5 to 20 inches long! I was pretty happy to hear that! Anyway so Dr Browne came in to examine me and I am now dialated to a 2!! I am still long so i will not go into labor in the next couple of days like Mom was worried about, but she said I have a really good chance of going into labor by NEXT WEEKEND!!! I was extremely happy to hear that!!! She said she'd be really shocked if i went another 2 weeks to my due date. So according to her I am going to be a Mommy again very soon! But only Heavenly Father and Houston know when he'll come! I hope he's nice and do what Mommy wants him to do! My goal is March 25th or that weekend! I will go driving in a dump truck again if i have to make him come out! Haha

38 weeks Preggo

Here is what we have ready for Houston!

His little booties and shoes!

His dresser of clothes and diapers Diapers! I forgot how cute and small they are! I'm even more excited to have him because i get to cuddle and love on a tiny baby! Yay! Our Bags are PACKED and ready for the hospital, so we can grab them and go!!! I can't wait!!!

And of course his bed, the same bed Braidewn slept in until he was about 4 months old!

I can't wait to have my sweet baby in this Bassinet! What i really can't wait for is Braiden meeting his baby brother for the first time! And him holding him for the first time! I seriously can't wait to welcome this Sweet Angel into this world! Josh is just as excited as he is! He is such a great Dad and Husband! Josh has been so good on helping me and making sure i am ok when i am having contractions. He will sit and hold my hand or rub my back a bit when i'm having them and of course asks me the wonderful question, "Do I need to take you to the hospital?!" of course the answer is always no because the contractions aren't close enough together and not constant. He is so worried i am going to go into labor and he is going to be at work and not get to me in time to take me to the hospital. He calls me a lot during the day while he's at work to make sure I am ok and if i need anything! It is so cute! He takes really good care of me and Braiden and I am so lucky to have him! Love you babe, you are the best!

Mom and I have the cutest ideas for Houston's Birth announcements! If y'all want one sent to you please email your addresses! jarfam16@aol.com Thank You!

Happy St. Patricks Day!

HAPPY ST. PATRICKS DAY!!!! WEAR GREEN OR GET PINCHED!!!!

Found Puppy

Funny story from working with Josh on saturday! We get to the plant and wait to get loaded. We are out of the truck talking to Grandpa Tom, Mike Eaton, and the owner of the Plant (his name is Reid) and this puppy walks up. She's like trying to get my attention so i bend down and start petting her and Reid looks at me and says "eeewww don't touch her, she's a stray and she smells really bad! You are going to want to wash your hands! She's gross!" She really wasn't that bad, so i kept petting her. She followed us around everywhere, she was my new friend. Reid said she just showed up on monday. We get in the truck because it was our turn to get loaded and Josh says "That poor dog, she is so sweet and she follows me every where every time i come here. i wish I could take her home." and begins to tell me how there are stray dogs every where in that area and literally just lay in the street and get ran over or kill over from starvation! Just as i was going to say "I know she is cute, I wish I could take her home too" I saw her almost get ran over by other dump trucks 3 different times!! She kept laying down in front of the trucks like she was asking them to run her over! Just like Josh was telling me about other dogs and I got this overwelming feeling to bring her home! So i said "We're taking her home! On our last load we are taking her home! Mom and Dad will kill me but we are going to take her home and clean her up, feed her and find her a good home! We don't have to keep her, and if we can't find anyone we'll take her to the humane society and they will find her a good home! She is too cute to not be wanted!" Josh agreed and that's what we did. She is so so sweet! I didn't really mean to name her, I just went to call her Puppy, because that's what everyone else was calling her and I accidently called her Maggie. So that is her name now! She is a puppy, looks about 6 monts old maybe? She looks like a boxer but her fur is thick and has a little bit of the coloring of a shepherd, either a german shepherd or austrailian shepherd. I'm not quite sure. She looks just like our dog Krew (Boxer) but doesn't really have his head shape. She has his coloring, his big paws. Her tail is the only black thing on her and she has a white chest. She's as tall as my knee right now. We ended up having to bathe her with a bottle of Coke to get rid of the asphalt diesel smell. Krew LOVES her, Koda likes her, max doesn't really like playing with her but he tolerates her, Petie does not like her at all, but she doesn't like anyone, so no surprise. I told Mom and Dad i brought home a dog expecting them to freak, well I should say Mom to freak more than dad and it is the opposite! Dad is telling me the dog better be gone by the time he gets back home, and Mom is saying she looks cute and sounds like Krew likes her a lot because he has someone to play with and doesn't want me to take her to the humane society. Colten and Jake both said they claim her now, they like her a lot and said they are keeping her. Josh said let's keep her until Mom and Dad get home and let them meet her then take her to the humane society, but i garauntee if we let mom and dad meet her they will both fold and say let's keep her because they are both softies!! So i guess we will wait and see! Anyway that's my story! If anyone has an idea of what kind of dog she might be let me know!

This is Maggie (yes we bought her a cute pink color for $5)

This is Krew he's a Boxer

and this is Koda he's an Austrailian Shepherd Mix

Hope that helps to compare next to those 2, if anyone has any ideas let me know!

Houston Getting Close

Since my mom and dad took Braiden with them to Arizona, I decided to go to work with Josh. Well it probably wasn't too smart to go if I am trying to NOT have Houston while my parents and Braiden are gone. The road we were on was super bouncy and i was all over the place in that truck! I started having contractions when we got home so I went to go lay down and rest for a bit. Felt a little better later so Josh and I went grocery shopping for the week. That night started REALLY having contractions, but they were too far apart to make me worry too much, so walked around the house, went to the bathroom, got home water, and watch a little bit of TV. I didn't fall asleep until 4am and had to get up for church at 8am so I was super tired. Since I went to work with Josh saturday I have been having contractions everyday but they are too far apart and kind of random so I haven't taken myself in. But I do have to say when i am having contractions they are pretty painful! I just do the awesome breathing techniques and relax. I have my doctors appointment tomorrow at 2:30pm so I hope everything goes well! I was talking to my Mom on the phone last night and told her Houston is getting really close to being here so she needs to hurry and get back home! And i also told her I am starting to have dreams of my water breaking and no one is around to help me and i wake up in a cold sweat!!! She told me to "stop, cross and pray!" and tell Houston Grandma said "NO NO NO!!! Not until grandma comes back!!!" I pray every night to have this baby wait until Mom get's back then to come! Haha, if i can only on until then I would be more than happy to have him!

Doctors Appointment

I had a doctors appointment, and went pretty good! Listened to Houston's heart beat, loud and strong as always, was measured, and Houston is head down in the "READY" position, and i was checked. I am dilated to a 1 right now and my cervix is thinning very well. So now it is just a matter of time until he comes! I already have a diaper bag ready for him, and a hospital bag ready for me, just in case! Mom is going to AZ and taking Braiden with her, and she had threatened my life. "YOU BETTER NOT HAVE HIM WHILE I'M GONE!!!!" she says! I told her he will come when he wants but i will try not too! They are not moving my due date just yet because they haven't gotten my records my previous doctor, so i have to call them and get on them about getting those transferred, because i will be quite upset if i have to do all my labs over again!!! Everyone is doing well, Josh is just working as usual, Braiden being a two year old, and me... well i don't sleep....ever.... oh well! That's all for now!

Baby Shower Pictures

Saturday was the baby shower! It was a blast! We had a ton of great food, lots a presents, and fun fun games! Thank you everyone that came!

Thank you Montgomery Ward Primary Presidency for throwing me the shower! Really means a lot!

Day at the Park

BABY SHOWER!!!

Sweet ladies in my ward are throwing me a shower! I am so excited! I LOVE baby showers! Those of you that don't live here and want to send baby Houston a little something, I am registered at target for things that i absolutely need so just look my name up on http://www.target.com/registry/landing Type my name in "Find a Registry." If anyone needs my mailing address leave me a comment with your email and i will send it to you! Thank you! Anywho the Shower is When: Saturday March 6, 2010 Time: 11am Where: Lori Thornton's House Hosted By: Montgomery Ward Primary Presidency (Shae Troyer, Kristen Aleksick, Denise Eaton, Betty Foster, and Lori Thornton) If anyone has any questions feel free to give me a call! Thanks again! Don't worry i will take pictures for those that won't be able to come!

Braiden Play Date

Braiden had a play date yesterday! A friend of mine in my ward had a dentist appointment and her original babysitter, her kid was sick she couldn't watch him, so i told him i would take him after my doctors appointment. Braiden and Chase had a blast! Mom usually has them in nursery but they never played together. They had so much fun he even came over all today!

Here are some cute pictures of them on day 1

Day 2

Chase came over at 6am because Kristen (his mommy) works at a high school teaching agriculture, anyway that's when she needed a babysitter so I stepped up to the plate. If all don't really know, I sleep in until 1030 or 11 everyday! So waking up this early was huge for me! Anyway I was hoping he'd take a nap later in the afternoon and we could all get some sleep. Well he didn't, it was hard to keep myself awake but it was worth having Braiden have someone to play with and be occupied all day instead of getting into mommy's stuff when he is not suppose to! Here are pictures we took today!

Just adorable!

I am definately going to sleep tonight.... well i am sure Houston will find a way to keep me up, but i get to sleep in!!!

Belly Pics 36 Weeks

Here are some belly pics for my 36 week mark!

I had my doctors appointment with my new doctor on march 1st! She was very nice! The medical center itself kind of had me nervous because i went when they had woman from prison getting well woman checks there. There was a bus outside, and a line of women along one of the walls in green and white striped outfits in handcuffs! Freaked me out a bit! Anyway, i sat there for 1 1/2 hours waiting to be seen, and when i was finally seen, i heard the baby's heart beat, nice and strong! The nurse said "Dang! This little boy has a louder heart beat than you!" She found it right away so that was comforting to know he's healthy! Also he is still measuring 2 weeks bigger, so we will see next week if my due date changes. Houston is head down and ready to come out! Every time he moves i have to stop and take a deep breath because it hurts so bad! I have lost sleep for now 3 weeks! I am so so uncomfortable but i am being very patient! Mom wants me to start running to get him out! She wants to see him now! lol

Anyway i go in on the 9th to get checked to see if i am dialated at all (freakout! it's all happening now!) and to see if my due date has changed! Update will come then!

Snow in Texas?!

Ok so it totally snowed last week it was completely insane! I have never in my life seen such HUGE snowflakes! Not even when we've gone snowboarding! It was crazy! Mom thought it'd be fun when she got home from work to make a snow angel in the little t of snow that stuck to the ground, and build a 12inch tall snowman on top of my car! I will have to get pictures from her!

My car getting covered Braiden totally loving it The house Mommy and Braiden playing in the little bit of snow! It was freakin cold too!

Yeah and believe it or not the snow melted the next day and it rained a little but it was beautiful outside, nice enough to wear a light sweater and jeans! The weather here is hilarious! It is so different everyday!