Turkey time or no turkey time

More updates! We are now 31weeks and 6 days. Wednesday is our 32nd week!Mati is so strong now that he almost hurts me each time he kicks or rolls around. I keep expecting to see a full foot impression when I look at my belly. I am so used to this mountain I am carrying in front of me I sometimes wonder if I will ever have a tummy smaller than this. I can't really remember much different now. I popped out so soon that now I barely notice just how awkward I look trying to get up off the couch. Today John and I went to the dentist and as I got out of the chair in my shuffle-slide-forward-thrust routine the dentist and the dental assistant started to move forward with their arms out in case I fell or needed help. It was funny actually. Some ppl make coments like "oh my gosh your so hug" and then they try to back track and say they were just kidding. Honestly I am huge but it's all good folks. My baby is healthy and happy in his spacious home. I try to help them feel less stupid by reassuring them I am huge but in a good way. People need a break sometimes. And then again some people need a slap in the face. But I guess it really depends on if I'm super hormonal that day.

This year John and I decided to try our hand at doing our own thanksgiving. We probably won't do a turkey since neither one of us like it: usually I do but right now any meat on a bone especially Poultry makes me gag. I'm excited though to try something else low key.

We are moving things around this week with moving JT my younger bribed back in with our mom. And moving Ina out of the living room and into the second bedroom with an actual bed and moving my office into the living room and then fixing our room so baby has space. I felt so clostrophibic not having space but I see good things in our future.

We did acquire a dresser for Mati and are now in the process of washing all his clothes and putting it all away! When I'm stressed I find it helps me relax. John keeps playing with Mati's stuffed animals and it's super cute. He can't wait to be a dad.

I need to start finishing up my crafts because in a few weeks I will not even attempt to be crafty. I'm slowly turning into a couch potatoe. No that I mind so much. So that's the scoop with us!

Lessons Learned from Roommates

I was thinking this morning about lessons I learned from my roommates in college. This was while I was refilling our soap dispenser and toilet paper basket. I had quite the medley of roommates. From those that became my family to those that I prefer not to remember and honestly cannot remember their names.

But I did learn several lessons:

• Pick your battles: Example- putting toilet paper on backwards isn't the end of the world. Or even not putting the new toilet paper roll on when you use the last piece. 
• Just because you bought something doesn't mean you will actually get to use it. I remember buying myself snacks in college and putting them in the fridge or in the closet and when I would get home from school they would be half gone already. 
• Shared space is SHARED. This means that it is not just one person's stuff that belongs there and its not just one person's rules. 
• Courteousness goes a long way. 
• Hiding things in your room is not always the best idea. My best apartment times were those that our things were shared. 
• Family dinners are very important. I have such great memories of my roommates and I sharing a meal together. Seriously felt like a family and felt so loved. 

I loved my shopping sprees with Emma where we would just go drive to IF and then spend money at the mall. Not completely proactive and didn't help me build good money management but oh we had so much fun. 

Sarah would make the best cookies of all time. She was always so much fun with her dinosaur loves and crazy singing rendisions in the bathroom

Erin using a dryer on her tacos! Sarah and Emma came to almost every Friday night Ballroom dance thing I was in charge of and would T-A-N-G-O with me.

Nikki and I laughing for no reason until we were dilerious and on the floor. I think we had skittle fights or maybe it was another kind of candy. 

Oh and I can't forget the chocolate factory. I got so fat off their chocolates and I would do it all over again.

Katie and her little mo-ped bike. Our crazy halloween.

Kaitlyn and her love of life and our music video! I seriously still cannot believe we made a video.

Marcy letting me watch all her FRIENDS DVD's and getting hooked. I still have the sweater you and Emma gave me for my birthday. 

My last apartment girls were the best way to finish off college and I learned so much from them. We had our Thursday Night Pizza night with Smallville. And sunday dinners. Alicia letting me drive her car since my little car died in Utah two days into school. So not legit. I loved having all our English Majors in one house. Katelyn and her positive outlook on life. Becky with her little skirts that could knock your socks off. Sandra and her bruised lips! Good times you guys. 

I loved college and all the memories I made. Now everyone is off doing their own thing but I still have those memories to hold onto. And the relationships that I made that will last are so special to me. Love you all!

The Count Down Begins!

I realized I have yet to update our blog in quite some time. So I am going to attempt to do it in a speedy manner to keep me from going without sleep. Sleep is something that I very much need a lot of these days. Now its the long stretch where I get to count down the weeks until our Due Date. Tomorrow we are 29 weeks which means that we only have 11 more weeks to go!!! That is so exciting to have less weeks to go than weeks that have passed. If that makes any sense at all then maybe you too are pregnant! haha or at least have been pregnant or know someone who is in the pregnancy-brain mode. I swear half the time now adays I dont make any sense. 

I get emotional now but mostly i am just super sensitive and irritated at people. Poor John has to deal with all my moods and is very patient. My back and hips hurt oh so bad now. It got so bad the other night that I actually started to cry. John was super sweet and rubbed my back to keep me from hurting so bad. Sleeping is another issue that I keep having. No position is comfortable and even using a pillow to keep my hips even doesn't work always. It does help if I lay on my left side and use a long body pillow to prop up my legs and then have john behind me to keep me from rolling too far forward or backward. 

Mati moves so much now adays and sometimes kicks so hard that I actually hurt. He likes to especially kick me hard in my right ribs. He moves around to the point that it looks like i have an alien in me. John likes to watch Mati kick me and see my belly move all around. It is quite exciting to say the least. John told me the other night while i was sleeping he came in and snuggled me and Mati kicked his hand so hard. He started to talk to Mati and told him to stop kicking mommy so I could stay asleep. Apparently Mati didn't want to listen and John got distracted and told Mati to give him High Five. So John would move his hand and then Mati would kick his hand. He is such a good dad. He seriously cannot wait for Mati to be here. At our last appointment he told me to go lay on the medical table and give birth to Mati because he didn't want to wait any longer. I actually had a dream the other night that I gave birth to a raisin.... so we will be keeping him in there to let him get a little fatter and cuter. 

Right now our house is quite full and with Mati coming in 2.5 months we are getting even more tight on space. John's sister Ina lives with us and now my brother JT lives with us. My oldest brother moved in with my mom and JT and him are best if they dont live in the same house. So JT is here as long as he needs. Honestly even though we are very crowded it doesn't feel as overwhelming as I once thought it would be. JT is very helpful and him and Ina get along great. 

Ina is still looking for a job and we are hoping that something will come through for her soon. She is startin school at Highline in January which will be so awesome for her. The bakery that John was working for is shutting down so he now is out of a job for the past 3 weeks and counting. We are really hoping for something for him to come through as well. We prayed about it a lot and decided that it will be best for John to go back to DI and finish up getting certified as a forklift operator and then go for his Welding Certificate. So now we are moving forward for a serious career instead of just a job. Its a blessing in disguise for John not  to be working at the bakery right now. It was very hard on him to work nights all the time and have no time for our family. He wasn't able to go to church with me because he would have to be sleeping and our scripture and prayer time was non-existant. It is so nice to have those things back.

John has been keeping busy helping with so much around the house. I dont know what I would do without him. Basically go crazy. 

I love my little family and all those that are adopted into it. So very grateful for all we have and all the support we have received from our family and friends.