Mommy Woes

So. . . I always promised myself that my kids would not be allowed to have their binky passed age 2 and it seems that Hayden's 2nd birthday has come and gone and the binks has still been with us:(  I tried to only let him have it at nap and bed time but he would always end up crying for it during the day and being in the first trimester and sooo tired and sick i just caved and let him have it to give myself a break.  I decided maybe it was best to just wait till he was a few months older so he would understand the binky fairy and being a big boy but lately he just seems to be getting more and more attached to it so I decided that it was probably best to just cut the cord now. . . for real this time.  I actually threw the only binky we had left away so I couldn't fall back on it. Well. . .just as always Hayden is proving to be a very strong willed child.  The first day was wretched (He whined for it all day and then finally went to bed at 12:30 in the morning and only slept until 7:00)  Day 2 wasn't so bad so I thought the worst was over. We even got him to bed at 10:00  (progress right!)  WRONG. He woke up at 2 in the morning and cried for about an hour without wavering.  When he finally fell asleep on the couch I tried to take him to bed and any time I would get him near his crib he would hold his arm up and say "couch" and cry if i tried to put him down.  I'm fine with letting him cry for a little bit to learn to sleep without it but our neighbor is soooo rude and not understanding!  She makes sure to let us know if he peeps too loud even once so I really don't know what to do.  He won't go to sleep in his crib without crying but I don't want to let him make a habit out of sleeping on the couch obviously.  What am I supposed to do!!!

So excited!

I can't believe I finally get to say we're going to have a house!!!  I feel like we've been searching FOREVER. (really it's only been like a month but we're pressed for time with our new little man coming)  We looked at bunches of houses and have actually put offers on a few only to find that the ones we wanted had multiple offers already.  Finally one night we decided that if we didn't like any of the houses we looked at that night we would make the decision to have one built.  We went out confident that we weren't going to like anything we looked at. . .  wrongo!  We looked at a home in our friends neighborhood and there were quite a few things that we really liked about the house. It had a little over 3,000 sq feet, 3 bedrooms upstairs with the option of a 4th and also a great loft area (this is why I really loved the house. I would love a loft area!) It also had a really good sized backyard that was already finished and fenced in. (perfect for an energetic 2 year old!)  There were a few things that I really didn't like about it.  I wasn't in love with the kitchen and the layout of the first couple rooms in the entrance were really weird and there was no basement which is something I decided that I really really would like. I also thought the outside was pretty unattractive.  We left the house torn.  Our decision was supposed to be made for us but now we didn't know what to do because we were finally the first ones to have the option of putting an offer on a house that we might actually want to live in.  After much deliberation and (some tears on my part) we decided to put an offer in on the house. Well. . . long story short the people decided that they didn't want to sell their house (dear owners please explain why there is still a for sale sign in your yard and your house is still listed online???) So I guess that was our answer on what to do!  We are now getting everything signed and ready to go so they can start our house!!!  Our lot is in Spanish Fork (I would love to stay in Oren but unfortunately it is ALOT more expensive up here)  We actually are in the same neighborhood as 3 of our really good friends and I'm so excited for our kiddies to be best friends and have tons of play dates and summer bbq's!  We will be meeting with a design team on Wednesday to pick out all the fun stuff (cabinets, counter tops, paint and flooring colors, appliances, colors of the outside and all that jazz) I'm so excited!  I've been pinning my eyeballs out for how to decorate the boys rooms (I'm thinking of doing a nautical theme for the baby's room with bright white, dark blue and some red and Hayden's room I have no idea what I want to do right now!) but I'm so excited for both my sweet little boys to have their own little rooms and a real place to call home and room to stretch their legs.  I'm also super excited for the extra bedroom that I have called for my very own craft room until our basement is finished! No more kitchen craft room!  Just a few of the many things that I am excited to have!  Our official latest date we will be able to move in is June 7th (seems like forever but I know I'm just being impatient) I'm really crossing my fingers we will be able to move in the end of May.  We decided that I will have to take my lawn chair and hang out down there to make sure no one is taking any breaks (who needs lunch!!!)

Explanations. . .

I seem to have a little bit of explaining to do. . . I've pretty much just been really lazy in a LOT of areas for the past few months.  My blog has been a poor excuse for telling about our "exciting" lives lately, and I'm sure most have come over to our apartment to see it in a massive blunder or my child just running around like he owns the place and has no mother, and I'm sure I've forgotten (probably multiple times) something I was supposed to be doing for someone but I promise I have a legit excuse! (It feels legit anyway:) I'm going to blame my massive amount of laziness on this little gem right here!  We call him Carter (for now anyway:)  He is due to be here on July 22nd (or a week earlier:) we'll see how I feel when I'm large and in charge in the middle of summer!) 

It took me about 5 seconds after he put the ultrasound thing on my belly to see this little man's goods!  (what is it with my boys that they are just hangin out spread eagle!  I'd say we have no question what this baby is!

We found out we were expecting a couple weeks before our cruise.  We'll say it was a little bit of a surprise.  We were not very smart and assumed i would ovulate on schedule so we weren't exactly extra cautious until we were closer to that time.  Well we never factored in that maybe i would just randomly ovulate early.  Ha ha oh well!  What's a couple months???  We were planning to try around December or January anyway so we just got a little early surprise!  This did complicate things on the cruise a little bit unfortunately.  Every time I would get in any kind of moving vehicle I was pretty much asleep instantly but what really kicked my butt was when the nausea set in after about day 1 on the cruise.  If you've ever been on a cruise you're aware that you are confronted with food at just about every corner!  Sometimes i really thought i was going to die!  I'm probably like 1 of 10 people who have lost weight on a cruise ha ha!  I also usually took at least a two hour nap every day that we were at sea.  Poor Matt was probably ready to kill me!  Luckily he was fed very well for that week. (he still says he misses the windjammer buffet)  Things have been looking up for the past few weeks though and I'm only really sick at night and I'm hoping that will disappear soon also!  But luckily we all survived the first trimester (barely).  I never imagined how hard it was going to be being pregnant with an active toddler but we're all alive and kicking still so hopefully it will be smooth sailing for the next few months!

Here i am at 16 weeks!  Just kidding (can you imagine what i would look like at full term!)   but isn't this dress cute!  We had to take the opportunity to try on some maternity clothes with the motherhood strap on belly since they were having an awesome sale!

Anywho. . . we are very excited for this little man to be here and I'm especially excited to have a real room to prepare for him when we get our house!