All is well, All is well

So crazy.. I have to sit here and actually think to remember what we did this past weekend. HA HA HA.

It was pretty un-eventful overall. We painted the bed some more... still needs a coat or two over some reddish areas, we worked on the garage door to the shed... and by "WE" I mean "CHRIS" He won't let me paint and I really don't know how to help with the shed.

We relaxed, and cleaned ... Chris worked on Saturday because his work has listed the equipment to sell ... to help not have to lay anyone off and they sold one that they currently need so although OT is off limits! They had to work Friday to get as much work in with that piece of equipment before today when the buyer picked it up.

Sorry this is random and all over the place... I have only a few pics... because I'm a slacker and didn't take my camera. But On Sat. Chris did take an hour or two off to go to New Harmony for Jaylee's birthday party... which was so cute! They had the house decorated like Twilight... which was weird for an 11yr old to be into a movie and book series I like! But anyway, Lisa did a great job the cake had an apple on top and everything it was very cute! They had these masks... like the prom and so Adlanna just loved to look through hers then throw her head back and fake laugh... It cracked us up!


Today I had my OB appointment- which I was excited for because I like seeing how much I gain or lose and I like overall being able to ask questions and feel like someone is checking in on me. However I was a little not excited because I thought I remembered that at the 28week appointment they do .... examination.... for a strep test thing ... anyway... So I wasn't thrilled.
GOOD NEWS! no exam!!! HEE HEE

First I get there and the hospital is on the generator their power is off, so he is only seeing OB appointments LUCKY me... so they said they couldn't weight me, but the bathroom lights were on so go pee in a cup. LOL By the time I got out of the bathroom the lights were back on so they could weigh me... I lost another 1 pound. :) *which I don't mind at all*

Then the Dr. came in and we went over my numbers which I might add are GREAT! I did have two high numbers (yes even one that was 173) in the last two weeks but it was strictly what I ate and on vacation sometimes at places that don't have much choice you do the best you can... good thing that hike was moments later! Anyway he was so proud that I had like AT LEAST half of my days without a single high number! WAHOOOOOOOO go ahead congratulate me, I'm excited!!!!

OK, enough gloating... So then we played 20 questions because I actually made a list of things that have been up in my mind... so I'll just share.

1. Q. Muscle relaxers- I ended up calling in last week because I couldn't take this back labor anymore... seriously my back has NEVER hurt so bad in my life, brings me to tears and pain reliever doesn't help and I have to get into stink bug position and make my legs to numb just to get it to lighten enough to breath normally... :( So they said I could get some muscle relaxers... Which he said may or may not help for contractions anyway... anyway I had to remind him to write me that RX (which I didn't realize among the craziness that I left it there!)
   ***** OFF the subject but since I brought it up- Contractions I have only had like 2 since my last pregnancy update... Very relieved!!!****
2. Q. Back Labor- what is it, why do I have it, and is it going to go away if she shifts... A. it's not likely to go away now that I have it... just do what I can to get through it and try the muscle relaxers, hot pad, stretches, and anything else I can think of
3. Q. I have been SICK more often... e.i. all last week... WHY. *like morning sickness nauseous, not wanting to eat or do anything feeling yucky and sick to my stomach. A. don't know could be hormones, or the diet, something your eating... etc. *thanks Mr. helpful*
4. Q. I am hungry all the time now, in between meals and snacks and it makes it harder to not eat before my 2hrs is up to poke, or to stay on schedule, what do you suggest. A. Talk to Tiffany (the dietitian) she can give you more ideas for bigger snacks and meals that should help,- he said he remembers his wife eating a lot of carrots because she had GD.
5. How big am I measuring- the last two appointments he has gone back to measuring my belly and I wanted to know how big I'm measuring!!! A. 30 weeks... *shrug* I always measured two weeks ahead with Adlanna... so this doesn't worry me*
6. Q. When is "later" for the Ultrasound. * I am thinking like 32-36weeks...* A. 38weeks so we have an accurate weight guestimation for delivery time... WAIT WHAT? Seriously Adlanna came at 39 weeks so if this baby is too big and my body decides she is coming early there ain't no way she is staying in until 38weeks... so that freaks me out that I will be in labor before we get the US and know how big she is... because the BIG baby idea freaks me out!-- of course I didn't tell him that! but I will bug him about doing it earlier if I have more BAD labor...
   
7. Q. IF I go into early labor again and have to come in to get it to stop where do I go, ER, your office, Labor and delivery... who can help me??? A. labor and delivery, call him first IF it's during business hours, but Labor and delivery can stop it the fastest... (he thought this was a GREAT question!!)
   
8. Q. When is the normal time to bump me to weekly appointments **Gee guys I just forgot and was curious.. I'm not anxious* A. 36 weeks... if I last that long and keep good numbers that will be the plan, if the GD gets crazy then we will switch much sooner!
9. Q. cannot stop drinking...seriously I am so THIRSTY all day long no matter what or how much I drink... which makes me have to pee like 20-30mins all day long it's annoying... what is making me so darn thirsty... A. maybe the GD- another question for Tiffany.
   

So aren't you glad you weren't him, because I just had question over question over question... HEE HEE ... but he was really sweet, didn't rush me sat and talked and talked and talked and just didn't mind at all. IT was good!


I have put in a call to Tiffany already to ask her some questions because I have to figure out how to get the thirst to stop no one can live each day needing a potty every 30min. its impossible! And I need some food ideas because I get sick if I am starving and I wait to eat because of my schedule... maybe this will help the Nauseaousness go away... *Shrug*

I know, boring update... but what can you do. This week is Chris' b-day so I am trying to plan some stuff for that, and this weekend my fav. holiday my entire family is suppose to be coming down but the original plan hasn't worked out where we were going etc... so who knows really what the plan is.. my place is to at least eat a smore and watch fireworks... I really don't care where!

p.s. Sherie told me that Grandpa Jensen would take 1 little bite size piece of a candy bar each night and that wouldn't spike his glucose and the dr. and dietician ok-ed that I could try a little bite of something here or there... and good news I have tried potatoes and they don't seem to really bother me, as long at it is 1 serv. or less... and I had a handful of m&m's the other night. *WHEW I have ben craving* and I was like 93 when I poked.. YEAH!!! So I think I will get to eat 1 smore... for the 4th.

Another randomness the baby wedged her foot or arm or who knows what up under my ribs the other day twice and AH! it hurt... she shouldn't be big enough to do that yet!


Adlannas update: this is short . She talks and babbles all day, she says

• "there you go"
• "your welcome"- sounds hylerious!
• tired? (when I yawn)
• ou-whoa= ou-wee...
• Better - sound like BARE

and lots more but i'm scatterbrained and can't think... even though she is sleeping, and I have peace and quiet.

Ok, and I have a burp cloth giveaway going on at the buzz, so head over now and enter to win! :)

Adlanna's big girl quilt and other fun stuff

Adlanna... Did you forget that Yogurt goes in your mouth and not on your head?




Yesterday I filled up the swimming pool because it was the first day in like a month that didn't look windy and the sun was out to heat up the water. By the time we went out to feel the water temp. (after her nap) it was overcast and windy.. GRRRRRRR so she stepped in but wouldn't get wet, which is good because she would have been cold. We played a little anyway then came in. This is the newest Swimming suit that her Aunt Josie made her. ETSY










I got Adlanna's big girl quilt done.. I just need to sew around the edges and wash it. :)

Loden family photos

Seriously Joane you look amazing for just having a baby!! This is one of my fav. pics!!! Also I hope that I can look that good after baby#2... maybe it was the short 5hr labor!
aren't they tender?
seriously handsome, and I see both of you in this one!!!
what a good big brother...
Very handsome boys!!!
Again one of my favorites!!! Can't wait to see the 3 of you. Good luck to JJ in airforce bootcamp or training camp or whatever it really is... *i'm clueless*


Ok, So I really wasn't going to post this today since I have been posting like a mad women for the last few days, but I just got an update from Joane on stuff and I am just so excited I had to post these!!!!

Adlanna Adlanna Adlanna

So She is growing too fast and learning all sorts of new things I wanted to write down so here goes:

• Adlanna said "here you go" yesterday while handing me stuff
• She is more often saying Thank you without being asked or reminded
• She loves to sit on the potty *most of the time* just to pee her pants a few min. after getting off
• she copies you if you let her, put your hand on your cheek and her hand in on her cheek.
  
• She always wants shoes on her feet and on yours... she will mismatch pairs to accomplish this or put your shoes on her and try to put her shoes on you... it's comical! She even put on a new pair of Jennalee's shoes that didn't fit her, but she got them on anyway!
  
• She is now scared of stuff... if she hears a noise she doesn't recognize like a toilet flushing or the cats meowing REALLY loud she runs over and grabs your leg and wants to be picked up while making a "uh" noise showing you she is scared. It is sad but cute.
• She throws her head back to fake laugh... sometimes this is the only way we can get a smile for a picture
• She still loves to give hugs and kisses
• She saw a bald mad at walmart and screamed "PA" and gave me a dirty look when I told her it wasn't grandpa.
• She loves hats...
• She is a big helper, she helped me clean when we got back from vacation by picking up her toys and taking them to her room, she wiped down the TV and dusted the cabinets for me. She hates it when I vacuum but she loves to help in any way that she can!
• She could eat us out of house and home if we fed her breakfast items for every meal...
  
• She is still very picky about reg food and wont even try half the stuff we give her... she often eats breakfast and nothing else the rest of the day, because she wont try it!
  
• She says baby and I think is even closer to understanding she has a sissy coming which is another new word she says sissy
• She loves to make friends where ever we go, any kids get her attention right away and she can't be distracted... She loves babies too!
• She babbles more and more
  
• She still hates the shopping carts at the store
  
• She gets very excited if we talk about Grandma or Grandpa or Grammy or Grampy...
  
• IF mommy and Addie are in the car and mom is singing to the radio she will start singing too
• She always wants to kiss Mommy's poked finger better after I test because she can see the blood.
• She will close all doors behind her even if that means she locked herself in that room, which also brings up that she will lock the handle of that door locks which could be scary...
  

On a separate note Danika has learned to open doors and we are just glad Adlanna hasn't done that yet!

• She is learning to like to talk on the phone, she used to freak out and run away if she couldn't hold the phone to push buttons *didn't ever want to talk* now she will talk to Daddy every day on the phone and let mommy hold the phone.
• If Adlanna is in a bad mood a few things cheer her up 1. snacks, 2. daddy= talking on the phone or going to visit him at work, 3. kitty cats

I might just keep adding stuff as I think of it!

Hope it was a fun update for you all, Hope everyone had a great weekend and week so far, I can't believe it's Wednesday! I have errands to run today and a house to get clean... the kitchen counter has disappeared again... *sigh* but LAUNDRY IS DONE!!!!

p.s. we have been trying Adlanna on the potty more and more and are even bribing her with chocolate, Grammy Sherie mentioned taking a doll to the potty that pee's and I think one of her cabbage patches does this, so we are going to try that. Also we have been using some waterproof training pants that my SIL Josie made and they are very helpful! I don't think she has any trainers up for sale on her Etsy site, but here is the link in case you want to talk to her about making you some. *pictures to come* Thanks Josie for making these!!
Ohbabyboutique

Fathers day weekend Day 3 Sunday

Sunday morning we woke up and went to the breakfast buffet... it was sad because there was only two things I could eat... but o'well! Adlanna ate wonderfully so that was nice. We then ended up at the gift shop and got hats, Addie got this Powell princess hat, which I was excited to shade her face... Chris and I got visors. Actually Adlanna loved the hat until we got in the car... then she stopped wearing it...

she didn't want me to take her pic, as you can see she is avoiding the camera, then learned the hat could cover her face... **she was actually VERY difficult all weekend to photograph, we had to do some crazy stuff to get the smiles we did**




Doesn't she look like such a big girl in this pic!!!



The view from our room

Horseshoe bend: was our first stop, we were going to do it the day before because we had to backtrack 15miles to get back to it on Sunday, but we were pooped and I was afraid I already did too much. and from the car the hike starts out VERY steep... more so than the first steep hike I told you about, so we decided to wait until we were refreshed in the morning and it was cooler *yeah right*

We got to the top and over the top of the mountain *I only stopped twice on the way up to catch my breath... * Once at the top you could see nearly straight down to the end of the trail, it was madness I knew that If I had that hard of a time on the way up that If I went down I don't know that I could make it back... it was 3/4 a mile long... but it was steep and the people huffing and puffing on the way back scared me... I didn't want to do too much and have contractions... I really wanted to go but thought I better not.

So I planted myself on the top of the hill where the wind hit me and kept me cool, and Chris, Adlanna and the two cameras carried on alone... *tear*

below I drew a line to mark the path, click to enlarge the next picture.

CLICK TO ENLARGE I DREW A LINE TO SHOW YOU THE PATH THAT WAS STRAIGHT DOWN NEARLY THE WHOLE WAY...

These next pictures are the view that Chris got to enjoy and I sadly missed out, glad he could at least take photos and share it with me... I haven't seen what he got on the camcorder yet.



Too bad because it looks beautiful, and as people kept coming up the hill to meet me on the top they kept saying things like "so worth it" etc... one nice guy carrying a sleeping toddler told me it wasn't as hard as he thought... which sounded like he was trying to talk me into going, and I already wanted to go really bad, I had to bite my lip because it made me sad :(

After Chris got back we got in the car to head home, we stopped on the dam to get a pic or two and then headed out... The drive was fine, it was like a million years to kanab maybe because I was so hungry... but once we arrived in Kanab we ate lunch at a little cafe and I had a sandwich (which I usually pull off close to half the bun to keep the carbs lower) and some fruit... well two hours later in the car I tested and was in 150's so I guess don't mix a bun with fruit.

Daddy filled up Adlanna sippy cup and handed it back to her after lunch and she said "thank you daddy thank you" it was ADORABLE and more clear and understandable!

Speaking of numbers I actually hit 173 after breakfast one morning when I had to guess on carbs, at the Cliff Dwellers in because they didn't have much selection and so that was scary, but that was just minutes before the Lee's Ferry hike so I am sure I got it down real fast!!! *hopefully the OB understands on Monday*

Overall it was a great trip, we got home unpacked and I cleaned the house... don't know why just in the cleaning mood... Next up... an update on Adlanna.

Fathers Day Weekend day 2 Saturday

a big skull... doesn't it look like it?

s

k
n
o
b





the hill was steep so Addie went to grab this plant to help her, and fell... it wasn't stable... :(

she was always worried about her dirty hands

throwing her head back to fake laugh


dang too bad they weren't in focus!











bonk
daddy kissed it better


A few miles down the road from the Cliff Dwellers inn, we pulled over at these enourmous rocks to take photos, some of these are my favorites!!!



Then off the main highway to Lee's Ferry... through Marble Canyon.

rafters!!!










she loves the "wadder"




before the River tail began there were these old houses we checked out, and took more of my fav. pics!



she was grunting pushing the wheel



silly girl

peek a boo dad!
copy catter

Let the lee's ferry hike begin!
she must get this from her MA- nancy, because she had to carry rocks with her and brought some home with her.
part of the boat


fat one!
the sunken steam boat...


this hike almost killed me... it wasn't steep but LONG and it was getting HOT... I forgot my water bottle and my belly started aching.. I made Chris stop to rest with me...



headed back... daddy had the camera... HA HA HA



more balancing rocks... very cool I didn't get to see them because I was still exausted from the hike moments before...




Navajo bridge view: we were told that we could maybe see the Condors flying at the Navajo bridge so we sat on the bridge for a while until mommy smelled Addie stink up her diaper then we headed out and gave up.

seconds before an exploding diaper, that got on all her clothes, a new diaper, Chris' shirt... It was GROSS!!!! You should have seen us discover it when we got her out of the stroller cause I could smell her, and she ended up COMPLETELY NAKED IN PUBLIC until we could get her whole back cleaned up and clean clothes out of the luggage packed in the car. Chris had to drive to the nearest gas station so I could wash my hands and he could change his poopie shirt.... he came out of the gas station with a DARK blue shirt from washing it off in the sink and it made me laugh, why he didn't just take off the shirt and switch beats me... he did that in the parking lot which I found funny because I think the ONLY time in 4 years I have seen Chris shirtless in public is swimming or lakes... I was hysterical it was so gross!



crows while we were watching for condors

Lake powell begins
this you can see the resort we stayed at WAHWEAP marina at lake powell it was right on the lake, we even had a lake view from our room...




more silly fake laughing


the left building is the restraunt overlooking the lake, we didn't eat there it was too expensive, we went for pizza instead.

caught in the act

she climbed on the table at the pizza joint to get to the drinks


So we ended at lake powell, we were too exausted from the whole days trip that we didn't have energy to swim in the lake or pools, but I wish we could have. Also adlanna fell asleep immediatly in the room after taking a bath with mom! :)

It was a great day!!!