My friend Ashli was nice enough to take some maternity pictures for me. I love them!! Thanks so much Ashli.
Last night we went and did a session in the Provo Temple with Brandon's parents and grandparents. Brandon says it's the last time I can go to the temple before the baby comes. He was so worried I would go into labor or throw up during the session. Yes, I've been throwing up again. It's my own fault though. I tried one last time to go off the medicine. I've actually been off for almost a whole week and I'm not doing too bad, so we'll see how it goes.
Anyway, I survived the session. When we were walking up the stairs from the dressing room this temple worker looked at us and said "is this 4 generations?" I was a little confused because I was with Brandon's mom and his grandma. There were just three of us. Then I remembered I'm pregnant and I actually look like it now, so I realized she was counting baby Mckinley. And then I thought oh yeah, that is kind of cool. There are 4 generations of us in here together.
After the temple we went and ate at the Pizza Factory. The food was much better going down than coming up later that night. :)
Brandon and me.
Ross and Karen (Brandon's parents).
Holy Crapoly here I am at 36 weeks. I can't believe it. I know I've said that a million times since I got pregnant, but it's true. It is so unbelievable to me that this is really happening. I am so happy to be here and so grateful for this blessing. We are so excited to meet this little girl in just 4 short weeks (give or take).
I wish I had something exciting to say about this pregnancy, but it has just been so normal, which of course I am incredibly grateful for.
I don't think I've had a single craving this whole pregnancy. Lots of stuff doesn't sound that great, and some things when I eat them taste better than I expected, but mostly I just eat what I've always eaten.
Never did get off the zofran. Every time I tried I threw up the next day 5 or 6 times. So I still take it at dinner time and still take the Unisom/B6 combo before bed. Can't WAIT to stop taking all of it!
No heartburn. Yet.
No swelling. Yet.
No stretch marks. Yet.
I really am pretty comfortable and can't complain about my belly. Sometimes I honestly forget I'm pregnant. Other times it's obvious, like when I walk up 3 flights of stairs and pant like I just ran a marathon.
As small as some people think my belly is, the baby has been measuring right on the whole time. Sometimes a little ahead, sometimes a little behind, but this week in an ultrasound she measured at 5 lbs 13 oz so she will definitely be a good size when she comes out.
It is really weird having no stomach muscles to help me sit up from laying down, stand up from sitting down, or to roll over in bed at night. When I'm sitting in the passenger seat in the car if I want to change the radio station or adjust the heat, I have to hold on to the door handle to pull myself forward to do it. It's a really weird feeling.
I sleep pretty well at night, I have a little back pain sometimes but nothing like what I expected to have.
Even at 8 months pregnant, I pee way less than I used to with all my bladder infections and haven't had one bladder problem this entire pregnancy, which shocks the pants right off of me, and makes me extremely grateful.
This little girl kicks and moves all the time and I absolutely love it.
I've only had a few braxton hicks so far. Like maybe 3. They are usually in the middle of the night.
I feel pretty prepared and completely unprepared all at the same time.
I am a little sad that I only have 4 weeks left, but at the same time, I'm so excited to meet this sweet little baby!
Well, if there's one thing our baby girl WON'T be lacking when she's born, it will be clothes!!! My sisters and sisters-in-law threw me a family baby shower on Saturday and I got so many cute little outfits for baby McKinley. I am so excited to put her in them!
The shower was a blast. My little sister Amy drove down from Rexburg for it and it was so fun to hang out with her while she was here.
After 2 and a half years of Shellee being an "unofficial" part of our family, it is finally official. I have a new sister-in-law! Dallin and Shellee got married on Friday in the Draper Temple. It was such a fun day and a fun weekend since all the family was in town.
Coming out of the temple. Man, Dallin was laying on the kisses! It was so cute.
Just because I haven't posted on here in a while, doesn't mean fun stuff isn't happening. Life has been good and fairly busy. I haven't been as good lately at taking pictures and I don't usually blog without pictures.
Last Saturday a bunch of girls from work went to Brick Oven for lunch and a combined baby shower for me and Susan. It was so much fun. Thanks everyone for coming and for the cute cute gifts! I just love looking at these little outfits and trying to get myself to believe that one day I'll have a little baby who I can put in them!
Speaking of that little baby, she has now been cooking for 30 WEEKS. So hard to believe. Here are some 30 week belly shots.
I'm actually getting a little sad thinking she will only be in my belly for 10 more weeks. I love feeling and watching her kick around in there.
This last weekend was super crazy. Brandon and I stayed at his brother Jason's house and watched their 2 little girls Haley and Brynlee while Jason and Shannon were out of town. It was some good practice for us. They are good girls but like all kids, require constant attention. I think we will take better advantage of these next 2 months before our baby girl arrives. :)
On Saturday my friend Jessica threw me a baby shower. It was seriously such a fun shower. I had so much fun seeing everyone and only wish I could have talked to each person individually a lot longer.
Here's Jessica hard at work. She (and Lisa) made some amazing food and organized some really fun games and had super cute decorations. Jess, thanks so much for EVERYTHING!!!
Last night after we got home Brandon went out for a jog. When he came home we saw a car parking in our extra parking spot. I looked out and it looked like it was the Beehives. (I'm no longer in Young Womens.) I didn't really think much of it. So we sat down and watched some TV. Well a little while later someone rang the door bell a couple times. I answered the door to find this:
I got heart attacked! It was so cute. I've never had anyone do this to me before.
It totally made my day! Thanks Cyleste and all the Beehives. That was so sweet.
After it was all said and done and we realized who it was pulling up in our parking spot, we realized that they all probably saw Brandon standing outside the door with his shirt off (he had just come back from jogging, remember?) waiting for me to let him back inside. Our apologies for his immodesty. :) He doesn't jog with his shirt off, he just took it off at the end because he was really hot.
It's funny the things kids can get you to do. On Saturday Brandon and I went over to his parents' house and our niece Haley was there. She really wanted us to play outside with her in the snow. I hate playing in the snow and I told her that but she asked so nicely that I couldn't refuse. Either that or I felt stupid for being such a party pooper.
Brandon thought it was summer that day so he broke out his shorts.
I guess the blue skies could fool you.
Me and Haley.
Brandon went in after a while and Haley and I built a little mini snowman. There wasn't a lot of snow to work with and I also haven't done this for probably about 15 years or more. We actually had a lot of fun. The poor little guy didn't last long though.
