Our Thanksgiving

It's been quite a while since I've posted anything on here.  That probably directly reflects how exciting my life is as a pregnant woman.  Really, the only thing I do these days is make sure I'm not hungry, plan meals throughout the day and occasionally do some laundry.  Did I mention I eat a lot?

Joseph and I decided to make the great trip to Iowa for Thanksgiving this year.  It was really fun and I got to see a lot of people I've missed - unfortunately not all of them.  Can I blame my forgetting to visit people on my pregnancy brain?  Well, I will whether or not that's kosher.  You see, I'm growing another person, so I figure that gives me some leeway or something.  

Dear little Vincent is H U G E.  He's got adorable curly red hair and the cutest little teeth.  I enjoyed watching him a lot while we were there and he's such a boy!  He laughed at everything especially when it involved someone looking like a fool.  It's amazing how much personality children have at this age.  By the bye, he looks EXACTLY like his mother, he's got her smile, eyes and dimples.  Very cute.

TWINS.

He has never learned to crawl but he has mastered the technique of scooting.  So he just sits on the ground and uses his legs in a window wiper motion to get himself where he needs to go (it also usually includes butt hopping as well).  When he gets really excited or just happy he starts spinning in circles which is probably one of the more hilarious things I've seen a kid do.  In this video, he was more than ready to eat some supper.

I was also able to hang out with my niece Scarlet, who has grown about a foot since I saw her last.  It was only six months ago that I saw her but she has learned so much in that time!  She can draw lots of things and knows what letters words start with by their sound - and she can even write some letters.  Her memory is crazy to me, she was telling me about all of the things we've ever done together.  It was so cool.  She's like a little adult, but only 4.  And WHAT a 4 year old!  She hops and jumps and spins around just to release her energy.  It's really cute but weird to think she's so old now.  But I've decided we're twins - she's my little mini-me.  Every time I would say something she would repeat it or she would try to move like me.  

Scarlet is too cute.  I don't think I can say that enough.  She would constantly put her hand on my belly, rub it and say hi to the baby.  

My mom and I.  I'm so glad Joseph and I got to stay for a whole week!

Heck yes.  Please ignore my partially closed eye.

While we were there, when Joseph didn't have anything to do he would play this video game called Red Dead Redemption.  It's all about cowboys and the wild west.  It's actually really entertaining to watch.  

I didn't get many pictures of the people we visited but I did get pictures of my adopted family GELDER.  It was so wonderful to see them and they certainly made an already exciting week fantastic.  

Now, I might have been the only one who noticed... but Lara is 8 months pregnant and I was only 20 weeks.  We looked pretty much the same.  That gives me so much hope for how giant I will become by the end of this pregnancy.  

All in all it was a great week we had.  Although I got to see so much of my family (including extended family in Burlington for actual Thanksgiving) I think the best part was being able to be with Joseph all the time!  No school or work to keep us apart for a few hours.  It was the greatest thing!  But, I can't wait to see all of them again soon.  However I think the next time I'll see most of them will be after I have my baby!  Eeek!!  

Our little not-so secret

Ah, a nice Sunday is calming down into a rain storm.  The amount of rain that Utah is getting these days is unheard of.  I'm assuming this is the "rainy season," as in, it rains once about every week or so.  Even the rain seems kind of bored though.  There's no personality, no "oomph."  But heck, I'll take what I can get.

My life right now has suddenly taken a turn!  I may or may not have expected such a turn.  But it's been pretty rough.  I'm starving all the time.  Which is a pleasant change from not wanting food near me or in me.  Apple Chips and I were good friends though for about a week.  They taste like tree-bark but boy they did wonders for the nausea.  I have also noticed that I have immediately aged about 60 years.  I NEED to be in bed by 10 (even though I would prefer about 6ish, but I consider that unnecessary), if that for some reason does not happen the next day is ruined.  AND if I do not succeed in taking a nap in the middle of the day the next day still might be ruined, it's a little less of a surety though.  What could all of this MEAN?!  By golly, if you haven't gotten it yet, you silly, then I MUST RESORT to photographic thing!

This blurry picture is of "Answer."  That's not the name I gave it HOWEVER, it does provide me with the UTMOST helpful answer to the burning question "what the heck is wrong with me?"  Yes, after looking back and forth between this pee stick and the box it turns out that I am PREGNANT!  Hmmm... that didn't take very long.  And heck, it was a LOT easier than I expected it to be.

It's so weird to think that Joseph and I will be parents.  It's still sort of blowing my mind.  The nausea and uncomfortableness is a constant reminder that I am growing a baby inside of me.  It makes me wonder how in the world someone could not want a thing like this.  It's a miracle.  It testifies to me even more the greatness of our Heavenly Father.  What a gift He has given us to bring children into the world.  What a responsibility!  But I'm happy.  I keep looking at Joseph imagining him with our baby who will then be our toddler and so on.  I can see him running around with our kid like a crazy person just trying to get a laugh or a giggle out.  I look forward to our baby pooping on Joseph while I get the bath water ready because he took the baby out of his diaper too soon.  Ha!  That'll be hilarious.  All in all, I look forward to watching our children grow and watching them grow with Joseph and I.