Leavitt Christmas Party

We got to celebrate Christmas with Jordan's family this last weekend and we had so much fun.  It was so great to see everybody and we enjoyed some FANTASTIC soups, exchanged gifts and just got to be together as a family.  The kids had a lot of fun and Tobi really enjoyed opening his presents.  I think this is the first year in a while where I've truly enjoyed the holiday season.

Coates Family Party

We got to celebrate Christmas with my moms family this weekend and we had so much fun.  The food was great and Santa came to visit with all the kiddos!  Tobi was SO excited and all the kids loved their little treat bags that Santa gave them.  Tobi was being stinker when it came to getting good pics of him with the big guy, but oh well.  I'm glad he had fun and I'm glad we are that much closer to Christmas day, I cannot wait to see Tobi's face when he gets up Christmas morning!

Family Pictures 2012

We got together with Celeste this year for our family pictures and she did such a great job, I am so happy with how they turned out.  I never know what I'm gonna get with my crazy three old ha ha!  And boy was he crazy, he was running around all over and being silly...it was definitely quite the process getting our pictures done and I'm so grateful Celeste had the patience to deal with it.  I'm always nervous that he's gonna be terrible on picture day and luckily the last couple of times we've done pictures he's been pretty good.  Here are a few of my favorites from the shoot...

Two months!

Grayson is TWO months old now and such a little cutie pie!  We just love his cute little personality and he makes us laugh all the time.  He has the cutest little grins and we're starting to hear him laugh now too.  He is still sleeping amazing through the night and is becoming a lot more aware of his surroundings.  Tobi is becoming more curious about him and is interacting with him a little more than usual, I love to see that and I'm so glad we haven't had any jealousy issues.  I have two of the greatest boys ever!

Our Thanksgiving

We had such a wonderful Thanksgiving this year!  We got to spend it with Jordan's family at his mom's house.  The food was so good and it was so much fun spending time with family.  We even got to see Rachel and Charlotte for a little while which was an unexpected surprise.  And of course it was great to see Kelly and Tyler too, we just love their gorgeous little girls!  Grayson was a little fussy but we handled him pretty well and Tobi had a blast playing with Kendra and Abby.  I'm so thankful for so many things this year, my wonderful husband, my two handsome little boys, family, employment, food for our tummies....I could go on and on.  We are so blessed and I'm so happy to have had such a good year so far.

Rachel and Lottie's party

This last weekend we went to Sean and Brynn's house to celebrate Rachel's third birthday, and Charlotte's first birthday.  Tobi was so excited, he LOVES birthday parties, and it was so fun seeing the kids and watching the girls do their gifts.  Kelly let Tobi help Charlotte open hers which was very nice of her, Tobi loved opening her presents for her.  Rachel was cute too and I'm so glad she loved the Minnie Mouse toy we gave her.  Tobi wanted to steal it for himself!  I'm so glad we got to celebrate with them.

Happy Birthday Rachel Roo and Lottie Lou!

Tobi's Curious George Party

We had Tobi's birthday party this last Saturday and he was so excited, it was all he talked about for days.  He kept asking me if all his fun friends were gonna come and eat birthday cake with him, and sing the birthday song, and then he was gonna open presents.  It was so cute to see how excited he was for his party.  We got to the church and quickly set everything up, in typical Stephanie style, we were running quite late....the next time people offer to help me I am saying yes to them all!  We did have a few bratty moments where he threw some fits, but aside from that it went pretty good and he did have a lot of fun with his friends and family.  I decided to do a pinata again because the kids seem to really love it, and again it was a big hit.  It was so cute to watch the really little ones do it, especially my nephew Ben, he is such a riot!  We did cake and ice cream, and of course Tobi opened his presents.  We did a book party so most of his gifts were books, he did still get a few toys from people which made me glad because I was worried he'd be disappointed with all the books.  He loved it though and seemed excited about everything he got.  I am so grateful to have such loving and supportive friends and family.

Thank you to everyone who came to support Tobi on his special day!

Our First Snowfall

As you all know, we had our first snowfall of the season this last weekend.  We bundled Tobi up so he could go out and play while Jordan shoveled the walk way.  He's never really gotten to go out and play in the snow before and he looked so adorable in all his snow gear, I could have gobbled him up!  Okay, not really, but I sure wanted to squeeze him a ton.  He was so excited to play in the snow and he had a blast.  He even swindled Daddy and Grandpa into making him a snowman, he's quite the persuasive little fellow.  I usually hate the snow but watching him enjoy it as much as he did made me hate it a little less this year.  Who knows, maybe this year I'll actually enjoy the holiday season...we'll see.  Once a Grinch, always a Grinch, that's me!  I'm very excited to get some snow gear for myself so that the next time we get a big snowfall we can go out sledding, I haven't done that in years and I'm sure Tobi would love it.

One month!

My sweet baby Gray is one month new already!  I can't believe how fast time is going by and we're already getting the cutest grins from him.  He has continued to be such an amazing baby and we are so lucky to have him.  Tobi is starting to interact with him more and more and it's so cute to watch him with his new little brother.  I can't be happier with our life right now.

Tobi's THIRD Birthday!

I cannot believe my baby turned three today!  He is getting so big and each day with him is more fun than the last.  He is such a bright and funny little boy and I am so proud to call myself his mom.  Jordan got off of work early and as soon as he got home, we opened presents.  Grandpa also made it by during his lunch break for presents and we were glad for that.  Tobi was thrilled to have a bigger crowd watching him tear into his gifts!  He got super spoiled with a bunch of cute Curious George stuff and the Fisher Price Serving Surprises table that is also a mini kitchen.  He was so excited and couldn't wait to get it set up to play with.  Yesterday I took him with me to Walmart and let him pick out his cake mix, frosting, and icecream.  So today I baked his cake and we sang him the birthday song, which he was SO excited for, and then he got his cake and icecream.  He picked out the sprinkle party cake mix, with vanilla frosting and sprinkles, and then birthday cake icecream with blue frosting and sprinkles in it.  See a pattern ha ha?  The kid loves his sprinkles!  All in all, he had a very good birthday and he knew it was his special day.  He was so cute and so excited, I was so happy to celebrate his special day with him. 

Happy Birthday my sweet Tobi!  I love you so much!

Trick or Treat!

Halloween was SO much fun this year!  Taking Tobi out was such a treat for both Jordan and myself and he had us cracking up.  All month he kept telling us about Halloween and how excited he was to wear his costume and go get candy.  We took him to the first couple of houses where he politely knocked and said, "trick or treat!"...then after that he would knock and say, "please, I have more candies?"  Jordan and I were laughing so hard.  Then he would say, "thank you, I go get more candies!".  He's such a riot!  Then as we went to the next house he would say, "another house?  I can't believe it!".  We took him around my parents neighborhood first, then we went to visit Grandma and Grandpa Bourne, followed by Grandma and Grandpa Fleming, and finally Grandma and Grandpa Coates.  We also trick or treated my Grandma Coates's neighborhood for a bit, so Tobi got a pretty good haul for a two year old.  By the end of the night he was telling us that he loves Halloween and it's his favorite.  My mom was amazing enough to watch Gray for us so we didn't have to take him out in the cold, and boy that was nice!  Plus, she loves her little Gray bear so it was fun for her too.  We are so glad we got to take Tobi out and have such a good time, the holidays are definitely so much more fun now that we have kids and we are so excited for the years to come!

Leavitt Halloween Party

Sean and Brynn threw the cutest little Halloween party for the kiddos this year, complete with games and cookie decorating.  The kids loved it and Tobi had a blast playing with his cousins.  It was so great to see Rachel and Charlotte, we wish we could see them more often, maybe some day!  We had a lot of fun visiting with Jordan's family and the food was great, Brynn does a pretty fantastic chili.  The kids all looked so cute in their costumes and I'm so glad we got to go and celebrate.

Pumpkinland

Jordan and I took the boys to Pumpkinland, another Halloween event on my list of October fun, and again Grayson slept through the entire thing, but Tobi LOVED it.  He wore his monkey costume and Jordan wore his yellow hat costume, which I finished that morning.  Don't judge me, I find I do my best work when it's last minute ha ha.  We got a discount on admission for Jordan and Tobi being in costume, so that was a plus.  Tobi loved seeing the animals and playing in their little park, this year it was Alice in Wonderland themed which was fun.  They also had a few bouncy house/slides that Tobi got to play on and he had a blast on those.  After that we made our way to the playground where he went down a few slides before heading into the light show.  They had a lot of fun lights set up and even a shadow puppet area where he and Jordan pretended to be scary Halloween monsters, it was great!  He then got another free pumpkin on the way out and also swindled me into buying him not one, but TWO suckers...the little stinker has to have one for each hand and they were cheap...plus it was Halloween and I was in a good mood.  He had so much fun we are definitely doing Pumpkinland again next year!

The Heber Creeper--Halloween Style!

My BFF Jocelyn gave us a Heber Creeper trip last year for Christmas and we decided to cash it in for Halloween this year.  We got to go with Jocelyn and Steve of course, and then Amber and Ashtyn joined in as well.  Jordan stayed home with Grayson while I took Tobi.  He was so excited and when we got there, he couldn't wait to board the train!  We took him into the pumpkin patch so he could pick out his free pumpkin and then we let him play in the kids maze while we waited to board the train.  The train itself was awesome and they had people dressed in costumes who told Halloween stories during the ride.  Tobi loved it, especially any time the whistle blew, his little face just lit up with pure joy and excitement.  We also got super yummy pumpkin cookies and after the train ride, Jocelyn and Steve took him through the haunted train car, which was totally appropriate for kids his age so it really wasn't scary, just fun.  Afterwards we all went to Chuck A Rama for dinner, which was fabulous except that all Tobi ate was jello and ice cream....oh well, I'll take what I can get I guess.  We had a lot of fun and I'm so happy that Jocelyn and Steve treated us to such a special event for my little Tobi, he sure loves his trains!

Thank you Jocelyn and Steve!  We sure love you guys!

Cornbelly's

I have been so excited for the month of October because I knew that I would no longer be pregnant and there are so many things I want to do with Tobi for Halloween.  He is loving the holiday so far and is so excited to trick or treat.  Cornbelly's has a corn maze that the kids can trick or treat through on Saturday's, so we decided to take Tobi and go.  We dressed both him and Gray in their cute little monkey costumes and drove out to Thanksgiving point.  The place has really grown since the last time we were there and it was like a great big Halloween carnival, it was so cool!  Tobi was so excited and loved trick or treating through the corn maze.  After that he got to do some rubber duckie racing, some mining for treasures, and he even got to do the big potato sack slide and bounce pillow with Jordan.  We were there for hours of fun and little Grayson slept through the whole thing, waking up just long enough to eat, he's such a good baby!  We had so much fun and we can't wait to go again next year.

Grayson Archer Leavitt

Our newest little boy is finally here!  We went into the hospital early Monday morning, October 8th, for a scheduled c-section and he was born at 6:57am.  He weighed 9lbs 14 oz (I know right?!) and was 21 inches long.  The c-section went great and it wasn't long at all before I was moved down to the mother baby unit and I got to hold him for the first time...and boy was he heavy!  He had the chunkiest legs and arms but he lost that by the time we brought him home, I'm still a little broken hearted about it. 

He did great though and was perfectly healthy.  I got to keep him in the room with me and then at night I sent him to the nursery so I could sleep.  Jordan had to take care of Tobi so I only had his help the first day and night, after that I was on my own.  My c-section didn't seem to hurt as much as it did when I had Tobi and I think it's because the pain I felt while pregnant was so much worse.  I was up and walking without help Monday night and my recovery since then has been great.  We had my parents and Tobi, Jocelyn, and Shannon with us the morning of the delivery.  Jocelyn took pictures for us and I am SO grateful.  She took some really amazing pictures and I'm so glad that I have those.  Shannon brought Tobi the cutest little gift bag full of special little prizes and treats so that he still felt special.  I am so grateful for such amazing friends!

Grayson has been an AMAZING baby so far.  He's very calm and chill and he's easy to quiet when he's upset.  He is easy to burp and he sleeps for half the night, eating every four hours during the day.  Tobi always had to eat every two hours and it was rough at night.  Grayson is usually awake from 2-4am but then goes back to sleep until about 8 or 9am.  It's so nice!  We love him to pieces and we are so happy to have such cute boys!

No baby this week

Well, we went to the hospital Monday morning for our amnio.  I was super excited but also very nervous.  The nurse we got was great and the doctor that did the procedure was fantastic.  They let me have my zune to listen to in order to distract myself, I was so scared, but when it was go time....I didn't feel anything!  I barely even felt the poke they used to numb the surface of my belly, it was fantastic!  I even got brave enough to watch the monitor while they pulled the needle out when they were done.  Jordan thought the whole process was very cool and I'm glad he enjoyed it, even more glad that I survived it!  From there they took me up to labor and delivery for a NST while we waited for the results.

We didn't wait long at all before the nurse came in to tell us he wasn't ready and we'd have to go home without a baby.  I tried not to cry, but I did anyway.  Even though we knew there was a chance that would happen, it didn't make it suck any less.  Jocelyn took us to breakfast at IHOP to help me feel better, and to get some food in my system since I had to fast and I was starving.

Jordan drove me home where I cried some more, probably off and on for most of the day.  Jocelyn came by with some halloween crafts to help cheer me up and it was a great distraction so I was VERY grateful for that.  She's been so great through all of this and so helpful, I'm glad she was there for me.

I also had a visit from Shannon and Adam which was very nice, we haven't seen them in a while and they brought me a new diaper bag with some goodies in it which also cheered me up.  I'm so grateful for such great friends and hopefully I can make it through the week.  At least now we know we will for sure have a baby by next Monday.

October has arrived!

Here is the October desktop, I am so excited to be putting this up because October means it's baby time!  Here's to a fantastic month!

Will it be October 1st?

We have an amnio scheduled for tomorrow morning and I am so excited and so nervous.  I am SOO ready to have this baby and if I get sent home tomorrow with no baby...lets just say it won't be pretty!  I am in so much pain I have no idea how I will survive one more week.  I guess we'll see what happens, but wish me luck, I may need it!

Our park day with Grandpa Leavitt

We got to take Tobi to the playground last week with Grandpa Leavitt and Tobi loved it!  He was so happy to see his Grandpa and to be out of the house.  He's been begging for weeks to go to the park and play.  There's a really cool playground by my parents house that has a pirate ship and Tobi was so excited to play when we got there, I knew he'd love it!  Here's our pics!

Bakin' Cake

Tobi LOVES to help in the kitchen, especially when it comes to doing desserts.  My mom picked up a sprinkle cake mix and some cool blue frosting last week and this weekend, Tobi got to help Grandma mix it up!  I'm so glad that she has the energy to do stuff like that with him right now, because I sure don't ha ha.  He had so much fun baking his cake and boy was he proud!  Plus...it turned out super yummy.

Daddy Tobi Day

Thanksgiving point had their $2 tuesdays in August so Jordan took Tobi for a special outing to the dinosaur museum, just the two of them.  I'm so glad that he got a special day with daddy but I seriously live for those outings with Tobi and it was so hard for me to stay home while they went.  I knew I couldn't walk through the whole museum though so I put on my brave face and tried not to be too jealous ha ha!

When they got home all Tobi could talk about for days was the dinosaurs.  He had so much fun and he is LOVING dinosaurs right now.  His favorite two are the triceratops and the t-rex and he loves to watch his dinosaur movies that we've been saving for him to hit that "right" age.  I told Jordan he HAD to take pictures for me and these are what he came home with...

I'm so glad he got to have his dinosaur fun day with his daddy!

Maternity pictures

Jocelyn did our maternity pictures last weekend and I LOVE how they turned out.  We kept it pretty simple and Tobi was SO cooperative, it was great!  I'm so thrilled to finally have some cute smiley pictures of my Tobi and I can't wait to get them printed.  I'm really hoping that when we go to do Halloween and birthday pictures on October, he will be good for those too.  He's got the cutest little monkey costume and I'm so excited for his pictures.  He's also super comfortable around Jocelyn which makes it great for taking photos, she's definitely my photographer for life.  Hope that works for her ha ha!

Spanish Fork Air Show and a Birthday Party

Last weekend Tobi finally got to get out of the house for some fun.  We started the day off by taking him to the air show in Spanish Fork.  I was able to print some tickets to get us in for free and my mom came with us to help me out with Tobi, which was a life saver!  He got super excited when we got there and he could all the planes flying overhead, but his favorite was definitely the trains.  They had a big one that the kids could climb in and ring the bell and toot the whistle, he LOVED that.  And then they had a little one going around the lot doing rides, which he had to go on twice.  We had some yummy hot dogs for lunch followed by a sugar cookie for his dessert, and after watching a few more planes fly over, we took him home for his nap.

Later that evening, we got to go to Jason's second birthday party.  Tobi was so excited, especially when we got to the park and he could see all the other kids.  The poor kid has been begging to go to the park for weeks and I'm glad he finally got to play for a bit.  Unfortunately, I was too tired to pull out my camera and take pics at the party....I know...fail!  But I'm just super glad we got to go, Tobi LOVES birthday parties and we were glad we got to celebrate with Jason.

So much change

A couple weeks ago we decided to move back in with my parents to save some money and help us get through the holidays with a new baby.  We're staying very upbeat and positive about it and we're very excited about how much money it is saving us.  My parents are seriously the biggest life savers ever and I'm so grateful for them.  The move went well, definitely better than our last one.  The apartment complex was really good about letting us leave our lease because of my medical stuff with this pregnancy so we were lucky there as well.  So far it's going great, Tobi is really happy and the extra help from my mom has been so wonderful.  Jordan is still on night shift and will be until October....lame!  But I'm dealing with it the best that I can.  I'm excited to be on my last four weeks with this pregnancy and being at my parents house is helping me feel better equipped to survive it ha ha!  Other than relocating....again...that's pretty much all we've been up to.

September

Here is the September desktop, super cute as always and I'm lucky that I had some new pictures to put in it!

32 Weeks

I am down to my last seven weeks.  I had an appointment today and we scheduled my c-section for Monday, October 8th.  Of course, I could still go into labor on my own before then but it's a comfort knowing I won't have to go longer than that date...so the countdown is on!  I've got his crib finished, finally, and we've also managed to get his dresser and changing table done.  I've been washing baby clothes and putting them away, along with blankets and burp clothes, etc.  Jocelyn is throwing a shower for me and that will be coming up in a few weeks so that will be fun.

I feel like my belly is HUGE, and well....it is.  It's starting to be painful for me to walk and stand up and down.  We picked up a support band today and hopefully that will help.  I've also been given the go ahead to go back on my depression meds, which was much needed.  I've really been having a hard time the last few weeks and it's only been getting worse.  Jordan is still on night shifts and it looks like it's going to stay that way until October.  To say that I'm hating it is a huge understatement.  I'm trying my best to hang in there.

Grayson moves a ton, he's constantly active which makes my non stress tests quick and easy.  So far my fluid checks have been normal so hopefully they'll continue to be that way.  I have an ultrasound next Friday and I'm excited to see what they say and to see how Grayson is doing now that my sugars are under control.  I think Tobi is getting excited too, he likes helping me in the nursery and shows me all of baby Gray's things.  I think he's going to be a wonderful big brother.

And here I am at 32 weeks!

What happens at Grandma's house?

The dinosaurs play "don't spew the beans"!

Germs

Tobi got sick this last weekend and it's the first time he's really been sick with something that has lasted more than 24 hours.  He is seriously NEVER sick.  I couldn't remember the last time he was sick, so I thought I'd blog about it this time so that next time I can look back and remember the last time he was sick.  The poor kid started out congested with a sore throat, and now his nose is really runny and he has a cough.  He's doing pretty good considering, he's sleeping good as long as we remember his medicine right before he goes to sleep, and aside from a little bit of whiny-ness, he's pretty happy.  He went through a couple days where he almost lost his voice, you could hear that he was sick and it broke my heart.  He told me the other night that he was sick because he got a germ in his belly, it was SO cute...apparently he learned it from the Magic School Bus, which he's only watched once so I was pretty impressed.  He's such a smartie!  We're going on day six now and he's feeling much better.  He only coughs when he's asleep and even that is very little, and occasionally his nose still gets a little runny, but I think we're at the end of it!

So let the record show that on Friday, August 10th 2012, Tobi caught a cold.

Ready to scream...or cry

I am so miserable!!!!

I have eight weeks left and that might as well be eight months.  I am so uncomfortable, my belly is so huge I really don't think it can stretch anymore...seriously.  I am really sore and this baby is so heavy, it's painful to walk.  Occasionally when I get up in the night, I can really feel it in my back and I wonder if my spine is gonna give, it really feels like it could just break.  It hurts so bad!

I have a bad feeling that I'm gonna be put on bed rest pretty soon and that makes me very unhappy.  I don't even want to talk about our apartment...but I will anyway.  It's a mess.  A horrible mess.  I don't have the energy to pick up after Tobi, and frankly I just can't bend over anymore either so if it's on the floor it's staying there.  I am bored out of my mind with my meals.  The only variety I get is with dinner so I really look forward to that, but breakfast and lunch seriously sucks.  I have a hard time finding low-carb choices that I like so I pretty much eat the same things every day for breakfast and lunch.  I hate checking my blood sugar so often and I hate my insulin shots.  I've had to stop taking Tobi out on our play dates and I don't leave the apartment anymore unless I absolutely have to.  It's difficult for me to herd Tobi around, and it's getting hard for me to even drive.

And did I mention I have eight weeks left?  Eight.  Long.  Miserable.  Weeks.

Buttons

Anytime Tobi gets his own drink from the gas station, or Sonic, he LOVES to push all the buttons down.  He got a slushie the other day during happy hour, my favorite, and I could hear him in the back seat pushing the buttons down.  When we got home I grabbed his cup to help him out and this is what it looked like....

...I couldn't stop laughing, he's such a funny kid!

Baby blankets

I LOVE baby blankets and I love them even more when they are homemade.  Jordan brought home a set of blankets that Grandma Bourne made for Gray and they are SOOO cute.  On two of them she found the cutest vintage fabric, which I LOVE, and the third one is a safari animal one which Tobi stole.  I let him snuggle it for now but when Gray gets here he's going to have to share ha ha.  He seriously went nuts over this blanket, shouted "animals!" and then took off with it and has been attached to it ever since.  Then Aunt Cindi sent the cutest Poky Little Puppy book that matches the blankets.....CUTE!!!!!  I love them and I was so surprised to get them when Jordan came home.

Thanks Grandma Bourne and Aunt Cindi...you're the best!  And big thanks to Grandpa Bourne too!

Tobi's Buzz

I was at my parents house this weekend working on the crib, and decided to see if Chace would buzz Tobi's head.  His hair grows SO fast and we just got him a hair cut about four weeks ago.  It's so hot outside I figured he'd feel better if we just buzzed it.  So we stripped him down and had Uncle Chace go to work.  Tobi was SO well behaved for Chace, aside from a few shivers from the tickles in certain spots, and I feel better now that it's done.  I was also really nervous he'd look goofy, but I think he looks adorable and I love it.  And at the rate his hair grows, I might just do a buzz from now on through the summer, we'll see.

Happy Five Years!

Jordan and I celebrated our FIVE year anniversary yesterday.  Holy smokes!  I'm so excited to be celebrating five fabulous years with Jordan and thanks to my super uncomfortable pregnancy right now, we kept our celebrating pretty low key this year.  My mom took Tobi so Jordan and I went to see Spiderman and grabbed lunch.  The movie was great and it was nice for us to get out, just the two of us.

I can't believe it's already been five years!

August Desktop

I got my August desktop and the picture might look familiar, but I LOVE this picture of Tobi, so I'm using it!  He's such a silly little boy and I love to see that cute face when I open up my laptop.  I'm glad we've finally hit August because it means I'm that much closer to having this baby and being comfortable in my body again.  We also have some fun August birthdays and it's our last chance to live it up for summer activities before September gets here, woot!

Diabetes update

I started my insulin shots about a week ago and yesterday I met with my dietician to go over my numbers.  Aside from an adjustment made for breakfast, my numbers looked great and they said I'm doing a wonderful job.  It's so good to hear that and I do feel like I'm handling this better than I did with Tobi's pregnancy.  At least for now ha ha.  I also had my first ultrasound with Maternal Fetal Medicine, they'll be watching me pretty closely for the rest of my pregnancy because of the diabetes.  The doctor I saw was so great and while I was overwhelmed and disappointed when I left, I felt like she did a great job keeping me calm and comfortable.

She told me that Grayson is already a little on the chubby side, so definitely very healthy but...I will definitely be having another c-section.  Having already done that, I know what to expect and I'm okay with that, part of me though is still a little sad that I will not get to experience "natural" childbirth.  They also told me that they're wondering if this time around it's not gestational, but type 2 diabetes.  They said after I have the baby, they'll test me and if that's the case I can control it with diet and pills.  That was a huge relief for me because while I'm handling the insulin shots now, I don't know if I could do it for the rest of my life.  Jordan and I both want to continue dieting anyway after Grayson arrives, so we're not bummed at all about that.  She also told me that even if my weight were under control and I were healthier, I could still be a diabetic.  It's just in my genes.

She also told me that we can pretty much count on having the gestational diabetes with insulin for all future pregnancies.

Yikes.

So Jordan and I definitely have a lot to talk about.  I'm feeling like I really don't want to have any more babies, I'm really okay having two awesome boys.  I'm not one of those women that breezes through my pregnancies and it's only going to get harder as I get older.

They set me up for my NST's through the month of August and said that they would schedule a c-section for me at 39 weeks and just do their best to get me there.  Oh...and they took MORE blood from me...I swear if I have to do another blood test........

Tobi's Potty Prizes

My mom and dad took Tobi for us this last weekend so we could go to the Spanish Fork Rodeo (so fun!) and then we saw Batman, which was AMAZING...seriously, such a good movie!  Anyway, my mom has a potty seat for Tobi at her house and I guess he wanted to use it while he was there. She took him out to the store and bought a bunch of cute little prizes to put in a bucket so that he could pick one every time he goes potty.  She even got enough for me to have our own prize bucket at home.  She also got him a cute little potty chart that he gets to put a sticker on every time he's successful.  He loves it and he gets so excited to pick a prize!  I don't know why I didn't think of this myself....durr!  But I LOVE my mom to pieces for doing this for him, I've been getting so discouraged with the potty training lately and I think this is a nice boost for both me and Tobi.  We'll see how it goes!

28 weeks

I am 28 weeks pregnant and boy is time flying by!  Which is fantastic!  The longer I go the more convinced I am that I really don't cope well with being pregnant.  There may or may not be a third baby in our future, Jordan and I definitely have a lot to think about but thankfully we don't have to decide for quite a while yet.  Once Gray is here, I just want to enjoy him and enjoy having my body to myself again.  I'm glad that I try to be fairly honest when I blog about this stuff, that way when I start to forget how awful my pregnancies are, I can come back and read these and be reminded ha ha!  Now that I've been started on insulin, I am feeling much better and I've also started taking unisom to help me sleep.  My mornings are still slow going but at least I don't feel horrible right from the get go.  Things seem to be a bit more manageable.  My energy is still pretty non-existent though and getting worse.  There is still so much I want to do with Tobi I only hope I can make it through the rest of this pregnancy!  I start my non-stress tests next week and I'm relieved that they will be watching my amniotic fluid, I ran out with Tobi and I've been worried about it with Gray.

I also have another appointment with my doctor next week and I'm excited to see what they say about how the rest of my time will go.  Grayson is moving a TON and is in my ribs all the time now.  I'm uncomfortable no matter what I'm doing.  I'm mostly just really excited to be in my third trimester and almost done.  Not too much longer and we'll have another little boy to spoil!!

Rand's FIRST birthday!

This last Saturday Tobi and I got to go to Rand's FIRST birthday party and we had a blast!  Jocelyn did the cutest Super Mario 1-Up Mushroom theme and it turned out AMAZING.  She did such a fabulous job!  Rand was so cute in his little Luigi overalls that we made and it was so fun watching him do his cake and presents.  As you all know, first birthdays are my favorite and I'm so glad we got to share his special day with him.

 These are her cute decorations that she busted her butt on, SOOO cute!!!

And here we have the adorable birthday boy along with my favorite little guy :)

Happy Birthday Rand!!!

Tobi Lately

Tobi has been so funny lately.  He has got one of the goofiest personalities and I am loving it!  He knows all of his colors and shapes and he is doing so great with Kids on the Move, we are so proud of him!  He says the funniest things, here is a little list of his words that make me giggle...

pockstick -- chapstick
ben -- band aid
got found -- look what I found
tafe a bath-- take a bath
minumins-- vitamins

He is SO attached to his daddy right now, the graveyard shifts have been really hard on us, especially lately.  Tobi won't go to bed anymore unless he can lay in Jordan's spot on our bed, and then I have to move him once he's asleep.  He's also starting to have some separation anxiety problems and we're hoping when Jordan starts his new shift, that will get better.

I've been watching season 2 of Love in the Wild, and Tobi likes to watch it with me, it cracks me up.  He gets all excited about their adventures in the jungle and he watches the entire episode with me every time.  He LOVES going swimming and asks me to go on a daily basis.  Most days he gets his way simply because it wears him it out, which means he takes great naps afterwards.

He loves to help in the kitchen, whether it's mixing things together, cleaning up or preparing different foods.  If there is a way for him to help, I pull out the chair and encourage him to do so.  He also loves to take the garbage out with Jordan when it's full, he tells me about how fun it is whenever Jordan is at work.

He has two best buddies right now, Cody and Kayson, and he loves to play with them.  He's always telling me how fun they are and how he likes to play cars and trains with them.  The potty training isn't going as well and has been put on hold for the most part.  My pregnancy has been difficult, especially lately, and I don't like to stress myself out more than is necessary.

He's been such a joy lately and I am so so grateful I get to stay home with him again.  Some days are hard and my patience runs thin, but for the most part it's wonderful.  It's going to be so great when Jordan is back on a normal shift and off the weekends.  I'd really like to start doing more as a family and I know that Tobi would be thrilled if Jordan could come to parks and swimming with us.  We go often and Tobi loves it, so even when I'm tired I try to muster the energy to go.  We've been to a lot of great parks in the area and a lot of great pools too!  We joined a play group that gets together every Wednesday morning and we love all the fun stuff we get to do with these other moms and their toddlers.

And that's what Tobi's been up to!

Insulin

I started my insulin today and as difficult as it is for me to be doing those shots again, I'm so relieved to have my blood sugar under control!  I'm already seeing better numbers and I'm feeling much better.  I start doing non-stress tests twice a week, next week and I will also start doing ultrasounds once a month.  Which isn't bad since I really only have two months left.  I'm so excited to be coming up on the end of this pregnancy and I am so ready to have this new little boy in our home.  Anytime I see other people with little babies I get so excited.  I think Tobi is going to do so great having a baby brother and I'm really looking forward to this fall season with two little boys.  Tobi is so amazing I can't wait to see what Grayson is like.  Hopefully these extra appointments will help the time go by even faster and before I know it, October will be here!

Jayson's 30th

Last night we got to go out to Sean and Brynn's house for Jay's 30th birthday party.  They made some really yummy sloppy joes which Tobi chowed on (I was so glad!  Everytime we make them at home, we can't even get him to try them so maybe next time he'll finally eat it!) and then Jayson made some really yummy chocolate chip cookies with oreos in the middle.  They were super rich but really tasty.  After dinner we all gathered around the table to play Quelf.  It's one of their favorite games and we'd never played it before.  They all dressed up as game characters which was really fun, I kind of felt like a party pooper for not dressing up either but I just don't have the energy ha ha!  Maybe next time.  The game was really fun and I think it was a good ice breaker after some of the rough patches we've had this year.  Tobi had a lot of fun playing with Noah, Ellie and Ben.  All day he kept telling me how excited he was to go play with Noah, he's always looked up to Noah.  And Noah is such a patient little sweetie with the younger kiddos.

Jordan did still have to work his night shift so we had to duck out a little early but we're really glad we got to go.  Jordan's new boss is really good about letting Jordan work later or earlier as long as he puts in his twelve hours.  I'm really looking forward to his new schedule, hopefully happening soon, so that I don't have to go to family stuff by myself anymore.  Especially now that Grayson is almost here, I don't know if I can do it by myself with TWO kids!

Jayson seemed to really have a good time which was most important as it was HIS party after all.  We're really glad that we got invited and we had a great time.

Happy 30th Jay!!

Moxtek Lagoon Day!

We got to go to Lagoon on Friday for the Moxtek summer party and we had so much fun!  Since I couldn't do any rides, we decided it would be a Tobi day, plus we prefer to go in October for Frightmares anyway so we're really crossing our fingers we'll still be able to do that.  We got there just a little after noon which was perfect and lucky us, it was cloudy but warm all day!  Tobi was SO cute that morning too.  When he woke up, I told him it was gonna be a fun day and he asked me if I was excited and if it was a surprise.  Then after that all he could talk about was riding the big choo-choo, which surprised me because I wasn't sure if he would remember that from last year.

We took him right into kiddieland and we let him pick the rides he wanted to go on.  He went on almost everything that was in there, and there were several that he insisted he go on again...and again ha ha.  He had two favorite rides, the first one was the bumper cars...which really had me and Jordan cracking up because he wouldn't steer the car!  He just sat and let it go in circles until other kids bumped into him, we couldn't stop laughing it was so funny.  And the operator kept telling him to turn the wheel, it was too funny.  I figured it was the little kid bumper cars and he's two....if he wants to just sit and go in circles until he gets hit, that's his choice!

Moxtek served us dinner and did their prize drawing at 4:00, so we made sure to catch that and re-fuel.  We didn't win any prizes...again, but Andrew and Bronwyn both won stuff which was exciting for them and we all had a good laugh, because Andrew won a prize last year too.  It was nice to sit and visit with friends and meet the people that Jordan works with, along with their families.  I'm so glad that Moxtek does stuff like this for their employees, we've really been looking forward to this all summer.  They have a really cool Icee station when you first walk in, it has TONS of flavors and cool twistie slurpee cups.  We got one for Tobi that we ended up filling twice while we were there and Tobi loved picking the flavors and Jordan liked helping him drink it.  Tobi is CRAZY about slurpees so I knew before we got there that would be a big hit for him.

Tobi's second favorite ride was the last one we went on that day, it was the OdySea and I was surprised that he loved it so much.  It went really high and it also got you wet, but he went on it with Jordan and he LOVED it.  Jordan said he kept doing his crazy laugh and squealing, and he cried when he had to get off so Jordan took him on it a second time which left them both pretty soaked.  At that point it really got cloudy and started to get windy so we decided that was a good time to go, which again had Tobi in tears but he was wiped out and I was satisfied that he had a fun packed day.  We loaded up our wagon and got Tobi in his seat and about fifteen minutes down the road he was passed out!  Jordan and I both were pretty wiped out too but I had so much fun watching him go on rides, especially the ones that Jordan rode with him.

Thank you Moxtek!!