32 Weeks

I am 32 weeks (well yesterday) and so its that time.. belly pic update. In these pics it makes me look like I have a bump in my stomach because of my pants the way they are.. i swear, i dont have a lumpy stomach!






today i finally broke down and bought a heating pad that i can put in the microwave to heat or in the freezer to cool (will be extremely nice when i get headaches again!)My back has been hurting me SOOO Bad lately. I would die for a great prenatal massage but they are pricey! Also, ive been starting to get acid reflux (usually just at night) where ill wake up and can feel it coming up and burning in my throat. I get really tired of waking up to it. And then there is my moodiness. I think it hit really bad this week and tom has definitely noticed. I am just irritated at EVERYTHING and it seems like its ALL the time. I dont know! im ready for that to be over. Ive started to go walking (which is amazing for those who really know me, because i NEVER exercise, what so ever) and so considering this is the first time im actually making an effort to exercise.. in my 8th month, thats pretty sad! I did order a prenatal yoga dvd which will hopefully help my back.

I had a doctors appointment on tuesday and my belly measured well (although when an intern was in there and i said 'oh well , you get to look at my big belly, the nurse said 'haha, you still dont even have that big of a belly') and the heartbeat was good (around 140.. cant remember exactly). I've gained a total of 24 lbs as well which is good. I was thinking about how weird it was for me to step on the scale and be a lot bigger than i usually am and how i wish i wouldnt gain as much weight as some.. but realized, hey as long as its between 25-35, its the norm yeah?! And, i guess it all matters on how fast you lose weight. I was talking to people who gained TONS Of weight and then lost it all within the first week after delivering so at this point, i dont care! I just think ive been thinking about it because ive never had a problem with trying to lose weight before (aka... thats why i never work out and hate it!)

well, 8 more weeks to go, and its kinda freaking me out and im getting more nervous and anxious. Hopefully everything will go smoothly and we will be ready!

PS...

I just thought i would let everyone know that i apologize for the stupid soulja boy song on my slide show down there that happens to play EVERY time you go to this page.... I dont know how to take it off... and i hate him. and that song. So if you know how to take it off, let me know!!

80 degree weather + Slurpee = amazing

I just figured I would write a post about how i made a last minute random day trip to Utah to visit jody and alex (my sis and bro in law) while tom is on his IBC Camping trip.. i thought to myself last night, i should just drive down to utah instead of having absolutely NOTHING to do for the next few days... and then i thought, why the heck didnt i think about this early this morning when tom left? So i stayed the night in the apartment by myself (for the first time.... i mean ive stayed away from him for a week but iw as in my house back home) so it was kinda scary but it was all good, i kept myself pretty busy. He's camping away and so i drove down here this morning and got here at 9am, and i have to leave tomorrow by 1 to get home in time for tom's first baseball game.

i Just wanted to say, it is currently 75-80 degrees, sunny, slight breeze, and i just drank a HUGE slurpee, and it was DELISH! I just feel bad for tom because i looked up the weather where he is camping and it said thunderstorms the whole time. Yikes. Hope he isnt getting too wet!!

A Little present for tom.. well More for baby!

So when we found out we were going to have our little girl, I told tom that we could get maybe one camo piece of clothing for her as long as it looked girly (none of this pink camo stuff though from wal-mart, if you know what im talking about) well today i happened to go to Sportsmans with emily and bekah so emily could try on hiking boots, well i was like OH! i should go look at baby clothes. They had some cute onsies but ugly sayings on them. Then i found a dress, matching booties and diaper cover/bloomer things. I decided i would buy them and surprise tom. I hope he likes them or is at least happy about it!! I think theyre pretty cute the more i look at the outfit! here is a picture to show!

Our Trip to Oregon!

During the week between semesters, we decided to make a trip to Oregon and visit tom's family. It was a lot of fun and great to be with family and away from Rexburg. There was amazing weather the whole time we were there (minus one colder rainy day)but the rest of the time it was up in the 70s and even got into the 80s! the grass was SOO green and fresh and there were tulips and flowers blooming everywhere (which was not good for my allergies!) We left late tuesday night and stayed in boise with tom's aunt and then made the rest of the trip the next day. We got in wednesday afternoon and that night we went to the pool and BOY do i love the smell of chlorine. Luckily my bathingsuit from last summer which was too big pretty much fit my belly. Thursday tom's family threw me a baby shower and iwas so grateful to get a lot of cute clothes and what not from them! gotta love family! Friday it was a little rainy but we went to the coast and went to the tillamook cheese factory (yumm!) and then went to the outlets and got such good deals on such cute baby girl clothes! then we went to Mo's to eat for tom's dads birthday. That was yummy as well! Saturday we had a big breakfast with family and had an easter egg hunt with all the little kids and then Bonnie, betsy and kaylee and I went and got pedicures... now Ive only gotten one pedicure before this and it was kinda crappy, im not going to lie and it was like 3 years ago, so i was pretty excited but not really sure what to expect. THanks betsy for buying me a pedicure! It felt soo good to get my back massaged while my feet were getting pampared. I just looked funny with a huge belly. We also did a girls day pretty much going out to Dragon Gate (finally, some good chinese!! none found in rexburg..) while the boys did other things.

Ohhh yeah sunday was our one year anniversary!! WOO HOO 1 year done! many more to go. This year has been full of different things.. marriage and a baby on the way along with school and work. We've had it pretty good though so if it is going to be the hardest year, we got it easy for the many to come.... but we will see : ) That day we went to stake conf... got home at a nice lunch/dinner, took bonnie and adam to the airport and then tom and i went to the cheesecake factory (which we both have never been to). The food we got was AMAZZZZING and i HAD to get the godiva chocolate cheesecake which was also delish. We left monday morning REALLY early to head back to rexburg. Luckily i was so tired i was passed out for most of the carride so i wasnt too uncomfortable!

Oh did i mention that there is a 7-11 there(unlike here in rexburg) therefor i got at least 2 slurpees a day! IT WAS AMAZING!

ALMOST 28 weeks.

Some people have been asking me for belly updates and since im doing them every four weeks, I figured I would take one today, although Im not 28 weeks till Wed but we'll driving to Oregon then. My stomach is SOOO incredibly tight and i get SO incredibly uncomfortable. Today in church she was SO high like up in my ribs and it hurt to move. We've been feeling her move more (and seeing!) and we try to figure out different body parts... we think we were able to feel her head today as well. We also got this bebesounds monitor thing where you can listen to your baby's heartbeat/hiccups and kicks. Obviously its not as clear as a doppler but i got it to work and heard her kick and if you listen carefully you can hear her heartbeat go SUPER fast! Other than that... i still pee all the time and have had the WORST back pains ever! I figured i would get lower back pains because of the extra weight but its ALL in my upper back, im not sure if its from a growing chest or what but it hurts OH so bad! We did get to go to Green Canyon hot springs last week where they have a regular swimming pool that was amazing to get into because the weight was lifted off my hips. I sat down on the step in the hottub and that felt amazing even though the water only went up to my hips. Also, i dont have any stretch marks yet.. although i think some MAY be starting to come in so i rub on that cocoa butter constantly! Also... the weirdest thing, is my belly button. Its starting to poke out a little and ican make it poke out if i flex my stomach or when i try to sit up when laying down. It makes me laugh and tom cant help but star at it. But yes, I feel like im getting much bigger, and i think it depends on what im wearing, but here is a pic we tok today and it was windy outside so please excuse my whacko face and hair.



did i mention that I am SOO excited to go to OREGON for a few days!?!?! We'll be driving to Boise after work on tuesday and stay the night at tom's aunts house and then drive the rest of the way to OR on wed. we'll stay to either sunday or monday, not sure yet. Next sunday (the 19th) will be our One Year Anniversary! holy cow it has flown by. I wonder how our marriage will continue on since they usually say the first year is the hardest, but i honestly dont think it was that hard so hopefully only easier ones to come!

oh, yes... also... I have a college degree!!! even though it is only an associates degree, it is still something (and an accomplishment, according to tom!) He was a little annoyed that I didnt walk at graduation and i didnt think getting an associates was a very big deal and would only walk for a bachelors but he kept saying that an assicoaites was still a big accomplishment! Im glad to know that he is proud of me :) I also started my new job at the new child care center and its going pretty slow since we've just started and I hope we get more clients soon! Im just glad ill get a good break from school! Well.. this will probably be the last post until we get back from Oregon and hopefully we'll have lots of pictures!

High School Musical 3 anyone?

HAHAHA so my sister and bro in law made this and told us to watch it, ive seen them done before and figured it was of them. I watched and i laughed so hard i almost peed my pants!!!

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One Two Three... One Two Three

Someone back home put this one their facebook status and I thought it was HILARIOUS. whenever Tom and I need a good laugh, we will turn to this video. I couldnt help but watch it this morning and laugh some more and thought I would share. Poor soldiers. Just take a look at them trying to do their jumping jacks... hahaha.

Baby Room Improvements!

So today we FINALLY set up the crib (after about 3 days of me bugging tom to do it). We were able to rearrange some things and for the most part (minus a HUGE cluttered closet that we need to clear out) its done minus the accessories. We have all the big furniture set up and I know that at least my sister wanted to see pictures so i figured I would put them up. The only thing thats a little annoying is that its black (although i do LOVE black) and I wanted to get a brown/pink combo crib set. Oh well. There are many other cute things out there that we can find. So here are the pictures. I still can't believe we got all three of these pieces for only $200!! Good thing we live in Rexburg where people try to sell their stuff when theyre moving. We got such a great deal! I can't wait to get accessories to put up in the room and when we have diapers and more clothes and all the little things to make it seem more real.


This is what it looks like as you enter the room.



The crib with her name, no mattress or cribset yet, those are to come!



The Armoir with some of the clothes we've bought and gotten from family. It will DEFINITELY come in handy since our extra closet is already cluttered.



The Changing table with matching baskets... we need to get a cover for that nasty changing pad though.. haha.

24 weeks

So I reached my 24th week this week and boy... somehow first trimester hit me again or something. I was SOO incredibly tired all time and on occasion i would start to feel sick and start to throw up but it never came out of my mouth (The worst! yuck!) but that only lasted a few days.

I finally have begun to get VERY uncomfortable when sleeping. Not like getting up to pee at least 3 times a night is enough but i cant manage to lay on my side with out cramping or some limb falling asleep and end up on my back (which my doctor says isnt as bad as everyone says, and ill know if my uterus is cutting off my blood supply) but then my back starts to hurt. Haha tom probably gets really annoyed with all my complaining when trying to get to sleep. I was saying this morning to tom, i dont even WANT to know how uncomfortable its gonna be when imHUGE and ready to deliver.. and well i might as well get used to not getting as much sleep!

I have also started (i think at least) getting shin splints.. ive never had them before but when im walking to the car after class up the LITTLE hill, my shins are KILLING me and i noticed that i cannot walk as fast as i used to, especially when walking next to tom, i have to tell him to wait up and not walk so fast. Today I could feel the weight on my hips and it was HURTING as i was walking down hill to my car from class. Yikes.

On a good note, she's been moving around like CRAZY. I finally felt her move around our ultrasound apointment last month and since then she has moments where I wonder exactly what she is doing in there! Tom finally felt her move and Kick really hard, which is a miracle because she seemed to only move when he wasnt around. It almost freaks me out because i can actually feel that there is a human in me! Itll be even more weird when i can tell which limb she's moving and what not. and as i type this she is kicking, and i can see parts of my stomach jumping.. craaaazy!

also, i have yet to get any stretch marks. Maybe its good skin or cocoa butter (although i rarely put it on and tom keeps reminding me that i need to... i dont think he's a fan of stretch marks. haha) I have been contemplating whether to put up a belly pic of my bare belly.. i have a lot of friends who are due around the same time who put them up and i think, i dont know if i coudl do that, but im thinking that maybe i will while i dont have stretch marks! ANywho, we go in for another appt on Monday and we will see what will happen then, i have no idea what theyre gonna do.


Oh, ps. can i mention that its supposed to be 60 degrees today!? YAAAY I have never been in 60 degree weather in march while living in rexburg. Can't wait to open the windows and do some spring cleaning!

NO more snow!

well at least in our front lawn!!! The past couple of days have been GORGEOUS ..well in the 40's which is very warm. A lot of the snow has melted and the only bad thing is the wind. if there wasnt wind, it would be a LOT warmer. The past winters that I have been here have been a lot worse with snow until april and not getting summer weather till july. Hopefully with it being warm, itll mean spring and summer will hit sooner than usual! Winters in rexburg are just depressing!

the only depressing thing about spring here is when all the snow melts.... the grass looks like this..
It makes me wish i was back in GA at the beach (although it was only 65 degrees and not really beach weather.. but wow i would so rather have that beach than this brown mush idahoans like to call grass.... Here is a vid of Alex , my bro running into the ocean when we were in GA in January

Just Waisting time..

ok, so i stole this from Michelles blog because i am SO incredibly bored in the library!

Give one word answers with no explanation, then tag five bloggers

1. Where is you cell phone...left

2. Where is your significant other...work

3. Your hair color... dark

4. Your mother...East

5. Your father...Home

6. Your favorite thing...SLURPEES

7. Your dream last night...Craazzzy

8. Your dream goal...mom

9. Room you're in...library...

10. Your hobby...crafting?

11. Your fear...Loss

12. Where do you want to be in 6 years...Oregon

13. Where were you last night...Movies

14. What you're not...depressed

15. One of your wish-list items...KitchenAid

16. Where you grew up... NoVA

17. The last thing you ate...Fruitsnacks

18. What are you wearing...shirt

19. Your tv...Off

20. Your pet...TOM haha

21. Your computer...home

22. Your mood...BORED

23. Missing someone...Family!

24. Your car...Street

25. Something you're not wearing...makeup, (yikes!)

26. Favorite store...baby

27. Your summer...DULANY

28. Love someone... TOM

29. Your favorite color...Green

30. Last time you laughed...yesterday

31. Last time you cried...recently

and i tag whoever is as bored as i am and wants to do this!

I Love Good Deals!!

Yesterday, Tom and I went to a used Baby store called 'Once Upon a Child' in Idaho Falls and found a GREAT deal on little newborn onsies! We only got 3 because we had 10 bucks in cash we could spend, but we got all 3 for only 7bucks! they were 2.50 each! what a great deal. I realized that when we got to the counter, that tom picked out all the outfits! He either actually has an opinion or he just wanted to get out of there! Heres a pic of them! Im pretty sure we're gonna have to make another trip there soon. Also to everyone who is either buying us clothes or giving away their old clothes to us... THANK YOU!! you guys are awesome!

Not Set in stone, but in wood.

So I suppose we're stuck with the name we picked. We always said we were going to use it so today for a new project for the baby room i went and bought wooden letters to spell out her name, which is Dulany Kay Roberts. (most people spell it Delaney, but its a family name) I was looking at wall decor online and people sell these wooden blocks (costumized/personalized) for like $10 a letter!! I decided since I've done it before, I could easily do it by buying the letters for $2 a piece at wal-mart. I already had paint and so all i needed was $1 ribbon! sweet deal huh?? Well I figured I would post a picture of my new project of her name. Tom came home and saw it and said 'um, i never liked that name' and i freaked!! this whole time we decided on using it and NOW he is going to tell me. Well, being as gullible as i am, i fell for it, even though he was joking. Here is a close up of one of the letters to see detail (although there isnt much detail!)

Baby Projects

So yesterday I went to porters (my weakness) where they have SOOO many crafts you can do and stuff to decorate your house. I think half the stuff on my living room walls are from that place. But anywho, I saw this cute shadowbox on display and tried to make my own version for the baby room. We can't paint it or anything so I figured I could make some cute things to go on the wall or something. I told myself I wouldn't go all pink.. but I couldn't help myself. Besides, I figured that while we're here in rexburg, we'll only be having one kid so I can put girly stuff on the walls. As for the furniture I def. want to go neutral so they can be reused.

So yesterday I bought some stuff to make some things, only 2 so far.. but i figured I would post them up because I kinda like them = ) haha. Also, We'll have to wait awhile till we can show the actual room, because its kinda the spare/storage room for now. Im excited to get the crib up along with our changing table and armoir (We got the whole set for $200!!) yay for used furniture found on the BYUi bulletin board!

ps. people have been asking about names and we're pretty set on the name Dulany Kay. Both family names.

Here are the pictures, ps. if anyone has any good ideas for cute things ... let me know!!