He's still a boy!

We had our ultrasound today. This is actually my 4th ultrasound (a perk of working at the hospital I guess!). In fact my one before this was actually last night, and he was a little more cooperative so some of those pictures show his face better but I don't have a scanner and we just printed them. The ultrasound tech on call last night wanted to play with some of the 4d features they don't use very often (they usually just use the 3d) so she asked if she could borrow me and the baby for awhile. I told her she could borrow us anytime she wanted! He's definitely still a boy by the way. He loves to have his hands up around his face so it's hard to get a good look. Last night he had one hand up above his head though so we got some decent pictures.

Josh said he didn't need to go because he can't tell what he's looking at anyway, but I made him go. The boys were so excited to go too. Tracen sat on the floor or Josh's lap and jabbered away about a baby and some cars the entire time. He liked looking at the baby on the screen, although I still don't think he understands it's in my belly. We kept pointing at my belly and telling him baby, so now he walks around lifting up his shirt and saying "baby!"

Tyler has decided he looks like Jade, not sure why he doesn't look like Jase too, but whatever. He also thinks the baby is gold colored now. They thought the 3d/4d thing was cool, they got that machine about the time Tracen was born so we just got a regular ultrasound with him.

So here he is.....


This is probably the best picture we got today. He's got some big lips!He was sucking on his hand, you could see him swallowing in the black and white ultrasound

More hand sucking, it's cute though :)

New Tricks

Ty just taught Tracen a new trick, I'm beside myself with excitement (insert sarcasm here)

Tracen now walks around the house with a white pom pom in his hand. Then he makes a gagging sound, throws the pom pom and yells "hairball!" Then he starts all over again. He's pretty sure he's funny because the boys keep laughing at him.

Do girls do this stuff to or is it just a boy thing?

Here's another good one. Josh has decided that he can potty train Tracen....more power to him....
When they're in the shower and Tracen pees Josh says "look you're making yellow!" Tracen loves to "make yellow" and now drags me into the bathroom where he insists that I take of his diaper so he can stand on the stool and try to make yellow in the toilet. He still has yet to do it.

I'm really not interested in potty training at the moment and dont' think it will be successful. I'm with the pediatrician, boys just don't potty train this early!

Naming the baby

The boys are really concerned about the fact that we aren't concerned yet about what to name the baby. Ty informed me he's going to be here really soon...like in May, somehow May seems really far away to me at the moment!

Here are some of their suggestions....

Jesse likes Henry, Fred and Will. While Will isn't bad we have a cousin named Will. Sorry Jesse but I don't think Henry or Fred is going to win out.

Tyler originally liked Rass (not sure how to spell that exactly or even where it came from) but today he informed me that he didn't think we should name the baby Rass in case he can't prounounce his "r"s. Way to be a thinker Ty.

So what do you all think about the options? Any to add? :)

Yay!

This baby's half way here!

Just in case you thought I was kidding...

Just in case you thought I was kidding about how ginormous I get, it's not a pretty site. I found this picture as I was moving all my photos around, trying to get rid of the ones that are useless and organize them all. This is 4 days before I had Tracen....this is what I have to look forward too. I'm a little depressed at the moment.

Pregnancy FAQ

I thought that I'd post some of the questions I get asked all the time about being pregnant. Some are reasonable, some are funny and some....well you'll see. By the way, most of these comments come from work. There is something about being in the ER that makes people lose all tact. It doesn't hurt my feelings, I just think that people are dumb sometimes! (Not all these comments are dumb by the way) And don't worry if your question shows up here, you're probably not the only one to ask it and I probably still love you :) And I totally intend on blogging more interesting comments as they come available. Someday when I'm skinny again, I will laugh about it :)

Are you pregnant?
Um no, just fat, that diet didn't quite work out for me. Yes, I'm pregnant.

Oh, you happen to know all my in-laws really well huh, guess I can't keep this pregnancy a secret anymore!

When are you due?
June 5th

Do you know what you're having?
A boy

Is this your first baby?
no I have three boys
What you're just a baby yourself!
No, I'm 29

Are you going to try to have a girl?
No we don't seem to make those around here I think I"ll stick with boys. And no, we're done, so no girls are to be had.
Don't you feel bad that your never going to have a girl?
In some ways, but mostly no. I barely have time to do my own hair, now I won't have to learn how to do someone elses as well.
Well you have to try to have a girl!
Um, no I don't. I know lots of people who had 5+ boys/girls trying to get the opposite, I'm not going there.

This is my favorite comment, really I love this person...I work with her....
Well I knew you had to be pregnant because people as skinny as you just don't get fat like that.
Really I love you, that's the nicest thing anyone's ever said to me!

This one is from Dr. Bleazard, he's a peach, see other Dr Bleazard comments below....
Blaz-Hey if you don't pop a baby out in about 8 months we're going to know you're just eating too many twinkies.
Me-Blaz if I don't pop out a baby in about 4.5 months we're going to have a problem!

These next comments are comments from being pregnant with Tracen. I fully expect them to happen again. By the way, I'm not a cute petite pregnant person I get freaking ginormous. Unless otherwise noted these ALL come from patients....loss of tact....

Me-Hi I'm SheriDawn, how are you doing today?
Patient-Ohhhh, how are you doing?
Me-I'm fine
Patient-Ohhhh, how much longer do you have left?
Me-Like 6 weeks, what are we seeing YOU for today?

Pt-When are you due?
Me-in ___ weeks.
Pt-are you having twins?
Me-nope.

Do you know what you're having?
Yep I HAD a boy..... 8 months ago.

Wow there must be something in the water around here because both of you are pregnant...
Actually, she is, I'm not anymore.

When are you due?
I'm not. I was, but I'm not.

In fact, one day I wrote NO in tape on my shirt for a minute at the nurses station. I'd only been asked like 3 times that day.

Josh-Wow you're getting big.
Me-Thanks, bye
Josh-no like, you're bigger than Kaylynn and she's about to have her baby.
Me-Yes, thanks I know that, you can go now.

Blaz-Did you know we had to widen the door jambs around here for her?

I was drinking my glucose tolerance test at work one day. It looks alot like Mag citrate, which is a laxative we give out...
Blaz-(he thinks he's funny) You mean your not really pregnant, you just need to..........(I'll leave the rest up to your imagination)

And then, since I got this one so often I better use it again....

Do you know what you're having?
Yep, I HAD a boy.

So I'm totally guilty of open mouth insert foot from time to time, so I get over these easily, but I just want to remember them for my future enjoyment. Hope you enjoyed them too....

December

So this is for my own purpose here. December is over and I didn't post hardly anything about it. But it was so busy I didn't have time. I didn't want it to go unrecorded though so I've spent all morning catching up. It seems like we worked, went to training, worked, had a wedding, worked, had Christmas and worked. I didn't even make treats for anyone this year.

Tracen and I went with Josh to Orem for 2 days while he had training we finished our Christmas shopping. The best part was when Tracen decided he'd had enough of his stroller in Victoria Secret and I was trying to catch him as he ran squealing between rows of panties. Ya, that was the best.

Josh and I are both working nights/swings so at least 5 days a week we were at work so that put a dent in our plans a bit. New years eve we both ended up at work. The boys had way more fun than the rest of us staying the night at Grandma Neilsons. I was there as an extra person for 9 hours. We had screamers, yellers, people going to jail, people who were truly sick and everything in between. The place was completely full the whole time I was there. When I finally went home, they were still half full.

The best part of the month was telling the boys that we're having one more baby! We were pretty sure that it was a boy when we told them. But one semi-boring night at work and a waiting ultrasound tech at 2 a.m. confirmed it. We are definitely having a boy!

So with all that going on I didn't get around to posting anything so here it all is.........

The day we had to leave was of course the nicest day there. The boys played outside all day long. They all rode bikes for a while. We had to talk the boys into riding their new bikes because they're quite a bit bigger than their old ones (They actually fit them). In fact I had Jake get on Ty's bike and ride it just to prove that it was doable. Ty tried to argue that Jake was taller than him, so we had to prove that wrong as well and then Ty finally got on his bike. Thanks Jake! David kept jumping his bike which Josh thought was awesome. So he had him do it over and over and Josh took lots of pictures. There was a little mishap with the bike the last time...see the next pic down...guess it needs some welding!
Jesse went and brought the bike back up...without the handlebars. David didn't get to jump that bike anymore!



Tracen loved being outside too. He'd go out and play in the snow with just a diaper on if I'd let him so he was in heaven being outside in Logandale.

Christmas day we got to see what Santa had in store for us. Jesse and Tracen woke up and we went to see what the other peoples were up too. They were asleep. David promptly got up excited about life but Tyler and Jake weren't quite ready to leave bed yet. Jake told me that even if the house was on fire he wouldn't get up :) Really it was only 7:30! Funny kids. We opened presents together with Grandpa and Grandma and David and Jacob, had breakfast and played all day long. I don't know what was with the light on the camera.

Ty and Jesse got Legos and bikes

Tracen LOVED his cars and he got a few of them. He's still playing with them every chance he gets
Doesn't Tracen look so dang cute in his jammies!
Stockings...
Grandpa and Grandma Whitney gave everyone a trip to Disneyland for Christmas. We're going in March. It should be lots of fun!

We went to my mom's for Christmas. We did the Whitney Christmas thing and it was fun. First we went to Don and Raegans (by the way I love your house!) and had yummy appetizers. My dad thought I wasn't being forth coming enough about being pregnant so he devised a way to make sure everyone found out. Jill and Emily are also having babies and we're all due within like a month and a half...should be fun! Then we had some super yummy soup at Scott and Jessica's and dessert at my mom's. We were in charge of some kind of an activity so we had sugar cookies for the kids and they got to decorate them. I think they had fun!

Jesse was super concerned about santa getting his cookies so he set them all out and wrote him a note. It was super cute!

The boys were so excited to spend some time with David and Jacob as well. They ran around all over the place together for 4 days.

We had a wedding! Crystal and Kurt got married Dec. 18th. It was beautiful and Crystal looked amazing! We're so happy for them. Josh took most of the pictures and there's not one of Ty so I'll blame him :) Here's Jesse in front of the tree.Doesn't Josh look nice holding Crystals flowers? He'd make a pretty bride :)
Aubree and Kole made the cutest flower girls. They loved throwing the petals
Tracen holding Rand. He liked the baby. We were very glad that he was soft, it gave us high hopes he won't injure ours when he shows up.
Crystal and Kurt taking a break during pictures...I love this picture. (by the way I took it :) )

Congratulations Kurt and Crystal!

We went and got a Christmas tree. We were a little late doing this. Really we should never go get trees we should just go buy one. I always end up frustrated by the time it's over. Josh's eye's are bigger than our family room, even now that we have vaulted ceilings.

Our adventure goes something like this........... Aren't you going to start the chainsaw before we leave to make sure it works?.......apparently not. How bout this one....no it's too small, how bout this one.....no it's too ugly, how bout this one....no it's too small. Then we nearly get stuck in the snow and fall off a cliff. (ok maybe not quite that bad, but I did think we were walking.) Josh finally picks one and guess what the chainsaw doesn't start.........

So I go and get in the truck and sarcastically say to the boys, you better start praying for dad that that chainsaw starts.........So Jesse does. Three prayers later the chainsaw starts. At that point I have to laugh and quit being onery about it. So I get out and tell Josh that he better thank Jesse for the chainsaw starting because he's the only reason it did! So he cuts down the tree and we head for home. Josh puts the stand on and we haul the tree in the house....um it's too tall, guess those other trees weren't too little, maybe next year he'll listen :) So I tell him I'm not hauling the tree back thru the door so he brings the chainsaw in the house (my idea) the whole house stinks like 2 stroke. Then we chop some off the top...The star still touches the ceiling. I had to get a ladder to decorate the top, the boys decorate the bottom. Tracen takes off decorations and says "uh oh" Really maybe next year we should go to home depot. They have them all cut and sized and everything!

Tracen learned how to "shoot" a rubber band this month thanks to a few rubber band fights we had at our house. The rubber band never actually leaves his hands but it's hilarious to see the mean look on his face as he chases someone around the house intent on getting them!

Conversations

This was our spiritual conversation for the day. I'm not sure we're going too far :)

Jesse: When I think of heaven I think it looks brownish tanish....
Josh: Really you don' think of blue with white clouds?
Tyler: The streets in heaven are paved with gold...that's what the bible says anyway
SheriDawn: Well I guess gold is kind of a brownish tanish color.

Maybe we ought to step up the FHE a little bit........