~So much going on~

Staying caught up is extremely hard to do when there are so many fun things going on, and not enough time in the day to write it all down:)

Wednesday: My mother-in-law, Lori invited us to go to 7-peaks with her and her friends. We got there around 10:30am and by the time we left it was a little after 2pm. It was the first time I ever out played Maddix. At the end he was asking to go back to the towels and take a nap; that night we watched a movie to stay out of the late afternoon sun, then we went out for a walk on the rivertrail. Then that night once Maddix was in bed Travis and I went for a sugar run: he bought some See's Candy's as a farewell present to the doctor and his staff for letting him work with them, and then he drove me over to the Rocky Mountain Drive Inn for a shake... can't get enough of them:O) 

Thursday: Was to be Travis's last day shadowing... and the day that he and his family had been calling for me to have the baby. You know, a month a go it seemed so easy to say "yes, okay we'll have him on the 27th" however the day came and all I could do was focus on making the baby pop out. Time was moving so slowly since Travis had the car so Lori invited us to go walk around Ikea with her. We had a great time and then without realizing it we spent the rest of the day working on projects we had bought at Ikea and the whole day was gone without any baby.

Friday: I had my doctor's apt so once again Maddix was lucky enough to go play at my grandma's with cousin Bella and even Aunt Brenna was there. So we dropped him off and headed over to the doctor where I disappointingly found out I had not dilated further, and I'd gained 3lbs more in the past week and a half :( Not to mention my legs were super swollen from sitting and doing the project the day before. So at the end the doctor asked when our induction date was, to which we replied we didn't have one yet... so as quick as I knew it a calendar was placed in front of me and after debating, holidays, and the days my doctor worked it came down to Monday or Friday (my due date); we're talking Monday as in the day after tomorrow. We ended up scheduling Monday, but after much fretting over different things for different reasons, I called and ended up moving it to my due date, Friday. My hope is that he will still come earlier (I pray with all my heart), but I want him to just come on his own! Anway that sort of consumed my whole Friday.

Saturday: Today was probably the highlight of the whole week! And we didn't even spend it together! Travis's Grandma, Julene and Aunt Janelle came and picked Maddix up this morning and took him to feed the ducks, go to the dollar store, and play at the splash pads at the riverwoods mall; he ended up being gone from 9am-12:30pm. Meanwhile Travis and Garett took off early this morning for their Spartan 1/2 Marathon!

They were on a team with Larisa and Phil and they all had a blast

Since Travis was gone from early morning until after Maddix's nap, I took my Maddix free time and went walking. I walked, and walked, and walked. I essentially walked from 9am-1pm. I tell you I don't think it did a thing in convincing Aaron to come make his debut:) However I did pick up a nice tan, sweated out so much water I finally had no urge to pee, and made my feet swell and break out in hives; go figure. Once we were all together as a family we shared stories of how great our day was for each of us and then our neighbor girl, Summer came knocking at the door. Next thing we knew Maddix and Keili were across the street playing in the sprinklers with the girls.

View from our door

Once he came back he was so tired and cold he said; virtually he'd been in soaking clothes most the day. So we bundled him up on our bed, turned on a movie and cuddled with him a bit before setting up the crib... YES, I did just say we set up the crib. After much debate on how we could fit everything in our room, we did it, and now I think we're finally prepared if Aaron does come... hint hint little boy... we're waiting now. Maddix loved helping set up and was a little overwhelmed with it all I think. Overall today was so much fun and now I'm just crossing my fingers tomorrow brings us more than just church.... like a BABY! 

View from the closet door. The picture will hang above the crib.

(Probably my last) Pregnancy Post: 39Weeks

Alright, I am excited to say that I made a huge, monumental, riveting, and life altering discovery this past week.......... okay so maybe it's just a little discovery, and it probably matters to no one but me, and maybe everyone else already knew this BUT: I have been wrong about how far along I am! Each time I've updated and said I'm a certain amount of weeks and days a long, but I was off.... by one day:) I have been thinking that each Saturday I move ahead, but I am due the 5th, which I just found out is next Friday... that is ONE WEEK away from TODAY, so I am actually 39 WEEKS along today, not tomorrow:) When I found thats out earlier this week and someone said, "yep she's due next week," I had it in my head that I was two weeks out still... and it REALLY hit me, "oh my, even if I don't come a day early, this baby is going to be here in one week." So as I go through all the last minute worries and doubts and excitements, here is what I'm pretty sure will be my last pregnancy blog!

I was on my way to the pool and realized I needed to snap a quick photo for this post,
so sorry about the swimsuit photo!

Weekly Pregnancy Questions

How far along?  39 Weeks!

How big is baby? Not sure, but probably sitting between 6-8lbs, and 18-21inch
Names?  Aaron Falco Johnson
Maternity clothes?  I'm pretty much too big for my maternity clothes!
Weights gain?  138lbs :( I think mostly in water weight most recently! 

 Feeling the baby move?  I can feel his individual body parts now. The other night Trav and I watched him continually rolling his arm or leg back and forth, then his feet would push, and I can feel his hands flick open and shut down my by pelvic area. However, he's not moving too much this past week, he's sort of settling in I think.
Food cravings:  I have eaten two Rock Mountain Drive Inn Cookie dough shakes in the past 7 days. I don't think I've had a shake up until this point.
Happy or moody?  I'm all over the place. It really depends on the sleep I got the night before
Sleeping?  Not. At. All. Get used to it, you're probably thinking.
Best moment(s) of the week? None. Just ready to be done!

Anything making you queasy?   Yesterday Maddix threw up and while I cleaned it I ended up leaving in dry heaves because it grossed me out so much
How is the bump?  About to explode, really, if I run into a sharp corner it might just pop.
Missing anything?  Sleep, energy, being skinny, real exercise, my back not hurting, ankles (as of yesterday they are kankles), cooler weather and not feeling like I'm on fire all the time!
Belly button?  Oh it popped awhile ago, but I'm not bad enough to need a band aid over it or anything like many women who show right through their clothing.

Looking forward to? Not being pregnant, helping Maddix adjust, getting out of this baby limbo, feeling normal, starting the next chapter.

Dad?  Disappointed in me that I didn't have the baby yesterday, the 27th, like everyone has been calling for this past month; says I let him down ;) For real he's fine, just tired of waiting and would rather be moving on.

So Behind... Again

Okay, Okay, I'm starting to notice a pattern from last summer's posts to now. Last summer I was constantly posting in weekly blocks and skipping details just to remember what is was we actually did... sound familiar? Well, after today I am vowing (not a promise though) to be better about updating more frequently so I can actually look back and remember everything cute and fun... and even the not fun things. So for today, I am desperately going to try and remember what's been going on this past week, and then hopefully you'll be hearing from me sooner next time.
Okay:
We had some super fun play time with with friends

Swinging at Pioneer Park

He was LOVING the splash pad

Snow cone treats after the park with Mattix

Then we had some really
            fun quiet play time with just us at the house

Building a cars track out of pencils
and crayons after coloring

He was most proud of his tunnel

We had several outings to the backyard where we played on the swings
               and through the ball to Nala, and teased her by taking her toys
                             and also I had to work a lot so he was daddy's #1 helper
                                     when it came to fixing the sprinklers, working on
                                               the garage, yard, etc, and of course, playing
                                                        some Mario Nintendo:)
Maddix even has our cute Neighbor girl, Summer coming over to read to him (partly to help her reading skills increase, and partly because he just loves her) and one night she came right before he was going to sleep so he got some bed time stories from Summer and her friend; what a stud he must have felt like.

We had a doctor's appointment, so Maddix once again went and played at my grandparent's house and when I came to pick him up he and my Grandpa were out on the balcony playing with trucks and little army men; it was adorable.
           Travis has continued his hours up at the doctor's office, but will be finishing this Thursday...so he is SOLD that the baby is coming in two days (here's hoping;).
           We've gone and bought some baby supplies and even picked up the car seat! Now we just need the crib!
            We attended my co-worker's wedding in a cute little backyard that had a gorgeous garden/play area so Maddix thought he was just at the park and loved it. Cutest thing was when someone there said hello to him he removed his hat and said hello before replacing it on his head!
Yesterday my dear co-workers through me a baby shower at Nelson's park. I was so appreciative... I loved all the presents they got me, and the food was such a bitter/sweet, mainly because I ate too much and it was too good.

At the end as we were polishing off
the food! Or at least trying

Maddix was helping me with the gifts

Always up for a photo and he's just too
cute to NOT take a photo of;)

Gifts we've received

Believe it or not, we even fit in a walk or two over to the river trail where Maddix likes to throw rocks in the water, and I try as hard as I can to convince Nala that she doesn't need to be in the water as well. However she did yank free and make it into the water one day so Maddix and I ended up bathing her when we came home and made her look nice and pretty... then she started her puppy period. So she's outside and dirty again, but I don't have the energy, or desire, to bath her.

I guess besides that we've just been enjoying the sun when it's out, and absolutely loving the wind when it blows. I'd be up for a good thunder/rain storm, but I'll take what I can get:) Today we went to the park and had lunch over there with Maverick, Hadley, Mattix, and the Camille's. When they were done eating the sprinklers had just turned off and their were giant puddles EVERYWHERE so the kids at a BLAST running, stomping, splashing, kicking, and falling down in the water before coming home and having nap time:) I don't know what we'll do when he gets up but I know the best part will be when we go pick Travis up! As soon as we dropped Travis at work today Maddix instantly started asking for his daddy back as we ran all of our errands. He can't wait to pick him up:)

38w 3d

I also worked my last shift at Chuck-a-rama until after the baby comes and let me just say my body screams for joy knowing that I'm done, but my brain says, "Please go back and work some more while the money is extra good!!" You'd be shocked how much people pity you and overly tip you when you're so pregnant. I am so sad to start back after the baby comes and switch back to normal tips :( I am so grateful for every opportunity I had to be there this past month.
I am also eternally grateful, relieved, thankful, happy, and overwhelming excited to announce that our insurance FINALLY went through, became activated, and is now set up so that if baby Aaron does decide to make his debut anytime soon, we will be completely covered!

FaMiLy TiMe

There was some morning tickling/torturing

Weekends... we just LOVE them, especially now that Travis is gone during the whole week. Unfortunately, I am back to working weekends so we still have limited time together; however, I think we thoroughly made the most o this weekend.

7 peaks trip!

Maddix wasn't a big fan of the slides

In the morning we enjoyed going to 7 Peaks. After work Friday I was planning on coming right home and going to bed but I found Travis and his parents watching For Love of the Game and it was at the beginning... so we ended up in bed around 1:30am.


The next morning I woke up at 5:30am and Tayla and I headed to the Timp temple to be there by 6:30am so we could prepare Tay for the 8am session where she was going to take out her endowments! I constantly reminded her of the items she needed to have, and even checked my bag multiple times so we were prepared. The one thing I forgot to check... well that would be the recommend I handed them at the front desk and they kept because it expired in May :( Seeing as I was supposed to be Tayla's escort I would say we were very blessed that my Grandmother only lived a mile down the road and was already awake and ready, so she came as quick as she could and took my spot. I ended up walking back to her house to find my Grandfather and dad already gone, with all the doors locked. Well I'm 37weeks pregnant and I had to go to the bathroom really bad so I did what I had too... and I got inside:) After that I took a nap and then walked back to the temple to meet everyone outside for pictures. Travis was there to greet me with a hug of a apology that I couldn't go, and as sad I was I am just so happy that Tayla was able to go through. Honestly, I couldn't be mad at anyone but myself because it was my line of choices that kept me from going in; the lesson I learned is to always be prepared!

That night while I went to work Travis and Maddix enjoyed a Father-Son night. First they started by going to a Carnival where Maddix played in a pretty ROUGH bounce house, then they went up to Larisa's where her home sits on the Orem Fest's parade route. They had a wonderful time catching candy and watching all cars/trucks drive by. To my surprise Travis and Maddix stopped by my work on their way home and Maddix was SO excited to see me in my work environment; he completely won everyone over before they left me the car and Maddix got to ride home in Garett's jeep:)

Wrestling

So then when I came home from work I didn't feel real well. After trying to go to bed around midnight I was back up just before 4am and was sick all Father's Day :( Poor Travis, the moment Maddix woke up it was all I could do to get him and bring him into Travis to take care of. I spent the whole day in bed. I missed breakfast for Vaughn and Travis, and slept on and off until it was time to go out to my grandma's. While we were there it was so nice to have Maddix roaming around with all the cousins there while Travis and I just laid up on the swing on the balcony and enjoyed the evening breeze. Then that night we came home and Travis, Garett, and I climbed up on my bed to watch a movie before bed. After two nights of no sleep I was exhausted but unfortunately Maddix is now afraid of the trains rolling past our house and every time their STUPID horns went of he woke up crying! Then he woke up needing to use the bathroom, and then it was morning.....

Such a cutie

.... moral of the story is the reason this blog is one big run on sentence, and probably boring, and makes no sense is because I'm falling asleep typing it up. So sorry. But I think I will post this anyway since someday I'll look back and probably enjoy the details that came in my ranting.
The End .

A BELATED Pregnancy Post 36w 5d

34w. 2d.

36w. 5d.

First off I want to start by saying can you see how much he has dropped? I tried wearing the same shirt so it would be easier to see but I think it made it harder; nonetheless, this guy is on his way down!


Weekly Pregnancy Questions

How far along?  36w 5d

How big is baby?  At this point baby could be avg 6bls and around 17 to 19in. but it's all individual at this point.
Names?  Still Aaron Falco Johnson
Maternity clothes?  Yes, except I misplaced my maternity shorts so all my normal shorts are being shoved on and held together with a blue ribbon (as you can see in the above photo); not comfy at all.
Weights gain?  A steady 22lbs; I hadn't even gained an ounce from last week to this week's apt.

 Feeling the baby move? It never ends and it's very uncomfortable now. I can seriously watch my belly button pop in and out when the baby pushes his little bum up against it:) It really feels like he is trying to break out through my belly button! 
Food cravings:  When there is watermellon in front of me, I can't stop. I'm back into the nausea stage so if I eat too much it makes me sick.
Happy or moody?  Mostly happy I think; however I find that if I'm not staying busy every minute my mind gets to be a depressive or worrisome place. 
Sleeping?  Not well... not really at all. That being said, last night was the first night in ages I only got up one time and slept like a rock the rest of the night, so that was nice.
Best moment(s) of the week? I'll name a few since it's been awhile: 

• My doctor praising me for how well I've done this pregnancy and saying I was dialated to a 2 (for me I didn't dialate at all before I had Maddix, so it was just nice to hear)
• Went to the pool and Aaron felt like he was froggy kicking in my stomach. It hurt but is was different from any movement I've felt from him before so it was neat to experience. 
• Maddix tickling little brother and saying "he likes me to tickle him!" 
• Every time Travis compliments me on how well I've done this pregnancy, or tells me just how pretty I am (With Maddix I never had the glow and I struggled with acne and swelling, so It just makes me feel happy when I hear this). 
• Seeing my weight on the scale hadn't moved even an ounce, then hearing my levels were ever ideal.  

Anything making you queasy? If I eat too big of a meal. Granola bars are giving me heart burn 
How is the bump?  He has dropped! Other people have even pointed it out so I know it's significant enough to note. But really I feel him MUCH lower now.
Missing anything? Exercise...All forms of it! Sleeping on my back. Feeling comfy. Bending. Keeping up with Maddix. Having strength for anything:) Feeling normal.
Belly button?  It sits even until Aaron pushes against it and you can watch it pop in and out over and over:)

Looking forward to? Getting the boy out of me so I can breath, not pee so much, sleep on my back, feel lighter! Seeing Maddix's reaction. And as crazy as it sounds,  I'm actually quite excited for the deliver, and going to the hospital; it's a moment that's been built up to for months so I am happy it's almost here. AND this Saturday when I turn 37weeks that is considered full term so anytime after that really REALLY just fine.

Dad?  Travis told me the most ideal time for him for me to birth the baby would be June 27th :) He's constantly telling me how proud of me he is for how much I'm still pushing like mowing the lawns, going to work, chasing the boy, and staying positive. He also tells me how pretty he thinks I am, and really he makes me feel so good. The only thing I wish I could get him to do is rub my feet and legs, or tickle my back ;) But I guess we can't have everything!