84 days and counting!!!!!!

So, my due date is in 84 days.... Sometimes it seems close and other times it seems so far away!!!! The dr finally gave me something (besides a gallon of milk and 7 tums a day) for my heartburn, which has been heavenly! It's made it a little bit easier to sleep at night. Now if he could just give me something for my "elephant feet/cankles/sausage toe" syndrome.

Bean is moving around like crazy. She really enjoys keeping me up all night long. She especially likes to put her little feet-sies under my rib cage. (My right bottom rib is pretty much completely numb.) She jumps when Matt's alarm goes off in the morning and even when the dog barks. Matt and I like to put Skittles on my tummy when she's really active and watch her kick them off!

Matt's still trying to paint the nursery in his "spare time" and he's starting to get used to my crazy mood swings. He's even gotten to be quite the cook. (As long as I'm in the living room giving him step-by-step instructions.)

We bought Bean her first stuffed animal!!!!! We call her Pei-Pei. She a piggie ballerina!!!! I decided I wanted to do Bean's room in a ballerina theme. So when I saw the pig at Target, I couldn't resist! Anyway, I've been reluctant to post a belly picture 'cause I feel HUGE lately! But since it's getting so close to the end, I figure I might want the memory someday! I also had to post a picture of Pei-Pei and Bean's "Homecoming" outfit. (I found the outfit at Carter's in Park City. It's been one of my baby clothes store so far! Alissa gave us the blanket and than I found the accessories at Target.)

Matt and I have been taking mid-terms the last couple of weeks! I took my last one today! I have no idea how it happened, but I had three in one week. It was a little bit stressful and Matt had a very unhappy pregnant wife for a few days. I'm so glad this week is over! I've also arranged to take all my finals early so that nothing can get in the way if Bean makes an early appearance. (But not too early Bean!)

I've Been Tagged!

Nicole tagged me! Here it goes!

I've Been Tagged
10 Favorites.
color: pink!
food: Pre-Pregnancy: Chips and Salsa, Pregnancy: Brownies and Raisin Bran
song: Lately....? I Think I'm Paranoid by Garbage
movie: Back to the Future Trilogy
sport: Basketball
season: SUMMER!
day of the week: Probably Friday... No School on Fridays!
ice cream flavor: Just plain chocolate.
time of day: Lunchtime

9 Currents.

mood: Tired. (I need to keep taking my iron so I'm not exhausted.)
taste: Raisin Bran!
clothes: U of U sweats and t-shirt
desktop picture: Me and Matt at the temple on our wedding day... Awww!
toenail color: I can't reach my toes anymore. Matt would have to paint them and I'll spare him that task.
time: 11.52
surroundings: My living room
annoyance: When the dog barks at the people mowing the lawns.
thoughts: I need to study for Econometrics, but I'd rather be lazy.

8 firsts.
best friend: Malory King
kiss: My husband... DUH!
nickname: Shelly-Belly
pet: I know I had cats when I was really little... But our first family pet was Chin-Chin the Dog!
crush: Brad Pitt
music you remember hearing: Probably "Achy Breaky Heart" by Billy Ray
car: Honda Civic... "The Civi!"
ticket: Speeding

lasts.

cigarette: Gross!
drink: Water, from my Super-Cool Hospital Mug that they gave me on my Labor & Delivery visit.
ride: I drove to Smith's yesterday for stuff for dinner.
kiss: Matt!
movie seen: Probably, The Women with Nicole and Brie
call: My mom for our daily "The View" chat.
played: No clue!

have you evers.
dated one of your best friends: Matt
broken the law: No Comment
been arrested: Nope
skinny dipped: Nope
been on tv: I don't think so.

5 things (5 for each).
you're wearing: SWEATS! It's Fall Break!
you've done today: Laundry, dishes, put Beef Stew in the Crockpot for dinner, Macroeconomics and Econometics.
you can hear right now: TV, Heckles playing, the people outside mowing the lawns
you can't live without: Bean!, Family, Friends, Heckles and School.
you do when you're bored: Get on Babyfit.com, Study, Watch TV or Friends DVDs, Take Heckles on a walk and Yoga.
4 places you've been today: Just Home.
3 people you can tell anything to: Nicole, My mom and my sisters.
2 choices. What's for Lunch and Do I Need Sonic Happy Hour Today?
1 thing you want to do before you die: See Holynd grow up.

I Tag... Aubz, Alissa, Jacs and Britany!

Sunshine Daisies!

So my sister Tevyn has turned 16! She went to Homecoming last month (Yeah, I'm a little behind!) and she looked so gorgeous I had to post some pictures!

1 year! That's right... One whole year!

So, Matt and I celebrated our anniversary this weekend! Yep! We've been married for a whole year.... And I've been pregnant for half of it! It was a blast! We spent Saturday night in Park City and got to do some serious shopping for Bean! When we got to our hotel room, we had Sparking Cider and Chocolate-Dipped Strawberries waiting for us! Bean loved the Sparking Cider and I was pretty much drinking it right out of the bottle by the end of the night. (Which gave me heartburn so bad, Matt had to go to Albertson's and get me some milk.... I am now totally capable of drinking a half-gallon of milk is under 6 hours.... Jealous?)

So, we know that not a lot of couples celebrate their 1st anniversaries by shopping for baby clothes... But we had fun. We found ton of stuff at Old Navy and Carter's. Matt joked that our baby had enough clothes to wear something different everyday for her entire first year. (Which isn't true... And I'm thinking it doesn't sound like such a bad idea) We also learned that buying baby gear is harder than it seems. After going to seven different stores looking for an infant car seat, we have no car seat. I've decided that shopping at home from my couch with Matt's debit card is my shopping method of choice from now on. (Note to new parents: Most of the baby gear in the stores is only a fourth of the baby gear stores carry.... Most baby gear sale items are only available online. I'm ordering our car seat from target.com for HALF of what we would've paid shopping at Target in person. Plus, shopping in your living room, while watching Friends and wearing jammies... pretty much rocks!)

Matt started painting the baby's room! YAY! With Matt's schedule, the baby's room is pretty slow going, but it's going to be cute once it's finished! We're planning on keeping her in a bassinet in our room for the first few months, so we're ok with taking our time with her room.

Fall break is this week!!!! We're so excited to get a break! We're also close to half way done with this semester and despite a few incidents... (Labor and Delivery visit, fainting on trax, etc.) it's been a fun semester. (And yes, I really did faint on trax one morning.... See below)

So pregnancy is fun, but I am thrilled to say that there's 96 days left until my due date! We've reached double digits... Finally! Morning sickness has started to show up again.... I get really really light-headed in the morning and have found that's it's just easier to eat after class, than trying to eat breakfast and loosing it before class. The first time my morning sickness showed up I was headed to an early class. I got on trax just like any other morning but had a little bit of a stomach ache. As the train headed toward Salt Lake, I started to feel really sick. I knew I COULD NOT throw up on trax so I figured I would just get off on the next stop and rest for a bit and catch the next train. As the train stopped, I went to stand up.... and immediately came back down.... I blacked completely out and was lucky enough to be caught by a Senior Missionary before I hit the train floor. It was more embarassing than anything! I called Matt afterward and he came and got me from the trax station and talked me into going home for the day. I spent the rest of the day hiding my face, worried that someone would reconize me from that morning.

Our crazy day....

So Matt and I made our first trip to Labor and Delivery yesterday. It was really scary for a little while, but I'm home and resting (and still pregnant, thank goodness!).

I had been feeling sick and exhausted for a couple of days. Yesterday, when I woke up, I could barely move, I was so uncomfortable. I could barely pull myself into our truck to go to school. About half way through my first class, I started getting waves of nausea and even more pain, so I decided I need to call and let my dr know.

I called Matt and told him I needed to call the dr. Matt said he'd take a quick lunch and drive up to campus to make sure everything was ok. Well, when I called the dr, they told me I would need to come in right away. I told them I could make it down in about an hour or so. Knowing that I may get sent to Labor and Delivery if they wanted to monitor me I got something to eat. (Labor and Delivery will not let you eat while they're monitoring you, just in case you start to go into labor... So if anyone makes a similar trip, try and grab something to eat so you don't starve!)

When we got to the dr I was so scared and in so much pain that I could barely wait for the dr. I was in tears and really upset. My dr sent me right over to the hospital. When I got to the hospital, they immediately got me in to a Labor and Delivery room... Which was a little scary. I was expecting to be in more of an examination room, rather than the real thing. They got me into bed and strapped a whole bunch of monitors on me and I immediately became a human science experiment. They took blood and ran a whole bunch of different tests..... It was awful. On the upside, it was amazing to sit there and just listen to our baby's heartbeat on a monitor the whole time. It made me want to take that machine home with me.

They finally came in (after almost four hours!) and said that I wasn't going into active labor, but I needed to stay down and pay close attention to my baby for a couple of days. I was fine with that! We left, went home and laid around our living room for the rest of the night. I'm definately excited to have my baby, but I hope she stays put for a few more months!