Happy October!

Well, it seems as if the pregnancy insomnia and 4:00 am food cravings have started, so I might as well blog while I am awake.

Jay's brother and family moved to VA in August. It is nice to have family so close now :) On Monday I disobeyed bed rest and we took Jack up to see them and his Grandma Holly who is visiting. We decided to go to the pumpkin patch, which I was so bummed we were going to miss this year when Dr. told me to sit for 8 weeks. So, I couldn't miss it :)

Jack had the time of his life. He chased goats.....


Hugged a pig so tightly that it squealed.....


Moon bounced with Jay....



Picked out a pumpkin....


And went down some slides. He loved every minute of it.


Jay helped Jack carve his first pumpkin while I sat on the couch trying to slow my contractions. Guess the Dr. knows what he is doing, eh? Sigh.


I decided to enter Jack into the Gap casting call so he could be a Gap model. Well, I couldn't get the site to work and then I realized some ugly kid already had like 40,000 votes, so maybe next year. Here is his photo shoot anyway, just because he is super cute.






32 weeks down! 2 more weeks of bed rest, 3 more after that of limited activity and then I can do whatever I want!! Wahoo!!

Man Troubles

I have always been glad that I am a girl. There are a lot of things that guys have to deal with that I never thought I would have to worry about. Problem is, I am the mother of nearly two boys and when they are little, their problems are my problems. So, I guess I have to deal with man issues anyway.

This morning while I was getting ready for church, Jack stripped down to his diaper. He then decided that wasn't naked enough so he lost the diaper. Suddenly, I had a little white lightning bolt running through my house giggling with the joys of a free willy :) A few minutes later I heard screaming.....the excruciating pain screaming. I ran out to the living room where I found Jack holding his wiener, doubled over on top of the movies. I put two and two together and realized that he had accidentally clamped the tip of his little man part in a DVD case. I tried to comfort him as best as I could since I have no idea how he feels. Mostly I just tried not to let him see me crack up. I got him dressed for church and he has spent the rest of today covering/protecting his goods. I had no idea it started so young. So much about adolescent boys is starting to make sense.

29 Weeks Down!

Well, 5 more weeks of bed rest. I have to admit that I will probably be a mental person at the end of the 5 weeks, but at least the baby will be a little bigger. Dr. Mike (yes, that is what he likes to be called) says at 34 weeks I can return to limited activity. My first activity? Can't decide....either scrubbing the walls or washing Jack's car seat. I have been dreaming of both, so obviously they are bothering me.

Jack loves Mary Poppins. Mostly he loves Bert. He will bring me the movie and put on his beret and he is pretty much happy as a clam. Thank you Disney for babysitting my child for the next 2 months.


I have been running out of ideas for bed rest activities with Jack. So, we did pedicures. I think red is definitely Jack's color.


Me in all my sweat pant glory. I guess this is my curse for saying how much I love to be at home in sweats. Be careful what you wish for :)

Home Remedies by Jack

Potty training is not going well. Jack really loves his diapers. So, sometimes I have to take his diapers away and just let him run around naked until he has to go. Sometimes he goes in the potty, most times he just brings me a diaper and begs me to put it on him.

During a naked session yesterday I was trying to get Jack to finish his dinner. I said, "Jack, come get some grapes! They will help you poop!". Jack said, "Help poop?!" and I said "Yes!". So he ran over, grabbed a grape off his plate and stuck it between his butt cheeks.

Constipation solved.

Thoughts from the couch

Don't you think this would be a good option for Jay's uniform while he is taking care of me for the next 2.5 months? :) I always wanted a cabana boy :) Clearly, I have too much time sitting around thinking about these things.

So Lucky

For those of you wondering what Jack has been up to while I have been on bed rest, this is about it......

Harry Potter, Corpse Bride and Elf over and over again.

But to mix it up, he puts on cowboy boots and watches movies on the computer.....


And studies with his daddy.


I'm so lucky to have these two. Jack is a homebody like me so he doesn't mind being home all day with me while I lounge around. In fact, when he does go somewhere with Jay he whines to come back home. Jay has been WONDERFUL. I couldn't ask for a better husband. He manages to feed us, go grocery shopping, take Jack to the library and church, clean the house, study, apply for internships, be Elders Quorum president and look hot. He is my Superman.


This is me as of last week. I had a sonogram today to measure the baby so they know about where he is at. He is 2lbs. 11 oz., healthy and super cute. Plus, he is measuring a week ahead, which is fine with me if he is so eager to come out. Not great if he decides to get comfortable and stay in full term :)

Princess for a week

Today my Dr. put me on temporary bed rest. I was having too many contractions for his liking. He put me on medication last week to help with them, but it only helped a little. Quite frankly, 3 contractions an hour is way better than 6. I thought it was an improvement! :) Not so much to him. So for the next week I have to stay very still and get my contractions to slow down. He told me to have Jay baby me and treat me like a princess. I don't think my Dr. remembers I have a 2 year old or that Jay is studying full time:) Anyone want to borrow Jack for a week? He is very cute, very inventive and very fast. Luckily, Jay is home everyday except for Wednesday nights so this really shouldn't be too bad.....for me at least. I think Jay might have another opinion :)

Any good book recommendations?