I am still alive... bearly though

I know it has been forever since my last post. That is because when I am not feeding a baby, changing a baby or referring between two other children, I am sleeping.

MY HATS OFF TO THOSE WHO HAVE THREE OR MORE KIDS!! I truly admire you!! Everyone has always said that going from two to three was the hardest. I believe them!! Yes, one was hard...two was a little harder, but three!! We are outnumbered!! Someone always has a need. Someone always has a compliant. Someone is always hungry or needs a nap. This is my life now. I love it and would not change it, but it is hard and I am tired!!

So, for this reason, I have been bad about posting. Life is returning to normal. Well, as normal as it can be. I am getting the hang of a newborn again. Neil was able to take almost two weeks off of work. He returned yesterday forcing me to get into normal life. Although I was anxious to get life back to normal, I was terrified to do this on my own.

I had to take the kids to two doctors appointments yesterday. Jacob and Paige were in need of getting their shots up to date so they could go to school. Paige only had to have one shot, but poor poor Jacob had to have FIVE!! I was anxious over having to take three kids to the doctors office by MYSELF and wrestle with two kids while they are being poked!! Fortunately Neil was off of work in time to help me hold them down.

I had a Dr. Appointment today. NOT GOOD NEWS!! Last week I was not even to a 1!! NOT EVEN A 1! Well, I did alot off "activities" this week that I thought would help with delivery along... and today I found out that none of it helped. YES, I AM STILL A 1! What is up with this?

Baby #3, my other two were early. I thought for sure, this baby would be early. NOPE!! I am 39 1/2 weeks and this girls is showing no signs of coming out!! I am so frustrated! I can not even be induced because she is still to far up and I have not progressed enough to qualify for induction! In fact, the Dr. told me that he thought I was going to make it to my next weeks appointment. Does he realize that I will be overdue at this point? OVERDUE!!!

ANY SUGGESTIONS? I am open to anything at this point!!

I spent about an hour last night riding on my parents ATV's, I have been on walks, lunges, squats, skipping...now I know that none of these are pretty pictures. Any other suggestions?

SOMEONE PLEASE HELP!!

Yes, I am still here

No, I have not updated my blog because I am in the hospital or recovering. I am still here and still pregnant. TRYING to take all the advice I am given.... "enjoy this last week, you will miss being pregnant once that baby is here", "enjoy all the sleep you can get now", "remember these times for you are going to miss it when it is over." Well, I am sorry, but right now all I can think about is GET THIS BABY OUT!!!

I think I am bruised from the inside from all the kicks and punches I am receiving. I do not remember my other children being this strong.

I sure hope this is the last Sunday I have to go to church being pregnant!!

I really think I am going to be pregnant forever!!

Did you know there was some lady in a third world country who's baby died inside of her and actually fossilized there. She was pregnant for 50 years!! See, it really can happen. I might be pregnant forever!!!

My "Girl's Room"

Rememer this post... http://amyandersen.blogspot.com/2008/05/times-have-changed.html. Well, I finally figured out what to do about my room situation. I was really struggling to know where to put this baby. Should I just give her her own room and let go of my toy room....? Well, the answer is NO. I charish a room where I can send the kids to play and shut the door so I do not have to look at the mess they make. So, I decided to switch rooms and put the toy room in Paiges old room and put her into the old toy room. Anyway, now we are done. Well, I have been done for a few weeks and have been meaning to post a picture of our new "girls room" Neil took some time and got my wall done with white bead boarding and a decorative shelf. I love it!! It turned out really cute. I got my girls matching bedding and painted the walls a nice shade of yellow. Now normally I am NOT a fan of yellow!! I do not like it on the walls, but I think this turned out nice.

Neil even dressed the window with some nice white encasing. I have had additional shelves installed in the closet to make room for all those girls clothes... I have gone overboard on them.

Now, I think I am ready. I have a cute Vinyl saying I still need to put up on the wall and hang a few more accents, but that is just going to have to wait until after this baby gets here... I am just too tired. I am just glad it is done...

NOW I HOPE THE TWO GIRLS WILL SLEEP GOOD TOGETHER!!! FINGERS CROSSED

*yes, that is an outlet cover that still neil needs to adjust to fit

Times have changed

I have not posted much about this latest pregnancy of mine. I do not know why...I think that it could be because when you are on #3, things just are not as exciting anymore. I mean, we are excited and all, but the pregnancy is nothing to focus on...I just want this baby here!!

1. I remember with my first one, I could not wait to wear maternity clothes. I think I was in them by 12 weeks. This time... I am still not wearing maternity pants and I am on week 30.
2. I used to love to stay awake at night feeling the little kicks and pokes...but now.... I wish this kid would stop moving!! I want my sleep!
3. With the first one, I went out and bought the carseat and stroller within the first trimester. This time, since I sold everything after Paige, I still have not bought a new one and have no idea which one to get.
4. I had the nursery all set up months before my first one arrive. Now... I have no idea where this one is even going to sleep. Do I get rid of my cherished "toy room" to make a nursery and leave the other two bedrooms the same. Do I move Jacob and Paige together into one room to leave a "toy room" and nursery? Do I put her in our room and forgo our cherished sleep? These are things I think I should be figuring out.

On top of all of that... I feel as big as a house. I wish I could climb the stairs without being out of breath. I am sick of having to pee 50x a day. I feel like I am squishing this kid every time I bend over and I STILL do not have a name. I do not even have my top three. This poor girl is going to remain nameless. Yes, these are now the things I think about. Man, is having #3 so different then #1!

COME ON PEOPLE.... I NEED YOUR HELP

Ok, so we can not decide on girl names. Please VOTE!! You can vote for more then one.

It is official

IT IS A GIRL!!!

We have known for about a month now that we were having a girl, but I wanted to wait for my "official" Dr. visit to announce. When we were pregnant with Jacob, I was told twice, he was a girl, just to find out after all the pink was bought, otherwise. So, I have held it in just to hear it one more time.

Jacob REALLY REALLY wanted a brother. So much so, that he had a name and would talk about the games they were going to play. He had this all planned out in his mind. I tried to tell him that Heavenly Father does not always send us what we ask for. So, Jacob started praying for a brother. For his sake, I was hoping for a boy. I did not want to deal with his dreams being crushed.

A few weeks back, my sweet sister in law, who is an ultrasound tech, let us all come and see her at work so she could check this baby out. I could tell by the look on her face, the news was not what we were thinking. As Heather would say, "oh look Jacob, the baby is waving at you..." he would reply... "but, is it a boy?" We decided not to talk to him about it right there. We knew that this news was something he was going to have to warm up to.

When we tried to break the news, we got the crying and denial that we expected. However, it was not until his Dad (smart man that he is) told Jacob just how much the two of them have in common. It went something like this....

Dad - "Jacob, you and I are so much alike"
Jacob - "Yea Dad. I know. We both have short hair. "
Dad - "Yea that right. We both like guns."
Jacob - "Yep...And we both like fishing..."
Dad - "That's right. You know what else we have that is the same. We both are going to have two sisters!"
Jacob's eyes get really big and finally that smile starts to spread across his face.
Jacob - "YEA!!"

Leave it to the dad's to know when to say the right things.

Now, things are fine and he has adjusted to the idea. I think he is a little excited about it.