this past week

So this past week Rick started working!!!!!!! Hooray! It's been just less than 6 months that he's been technically unemployed and we have been so blessed with surviving two months without me getting paid at all! Yikes! The only way we were able to do it was careful budgeting AND paying our tithing.

Rick works for a company called 2Wire doing technical support. His first two weeks of training (this past week and this upcoming week) he works Monday through Friday, 3:00 PM to 12:00 AM. Totally lame, I know. Especially since I get off of work at 2:30, so basically we've just been calling and talking on the phone and he wakes me up when he gets home and we talk a little bit then also. Thankfully, this isn't his regular shift. Starting on Tuesday, the 8th, he will be working Tuesday through Saturday, 11:15 AM to 7:45 PM, which is much better! We are so blessed to have Rick's shift not on Sunday. We've been holding out on this job, hoping to get him a Sunday free shift, and I've been wondering if it would work out for us. Well, it sure did and I feel very blessed for that!

Baby is doing good--- no results from my ultrasound because they couldn't see everything so they want me to get another one, in two weeks. Sorry, but if it's that big of an emergency, why the heck am I not in the hospital???? It's totally lame, and I am going to talk to my doctor about it on Tuesday (next doctor's appointment).

So excited for September to come-- on the 16th I am going out to California to see my family. My sister Sarah is flying in from Virginia and we'll all be able to spend time together (minus Rick of course :( ) Oh well. So excited for the baby! I'm 30 weeks now and I am absolutely stoked. Hopefully he'll come a little bit sooner than November 7th (I am hoping he's actually going to come on Halloween) but not too soon because we want him to be healthy!!! One more week of the crazy job shift of Rick's and then I'll be able to see him during the week again. Hooray!

Baby Stuff

Here are the pictures of our baby Evan's crib:

Hooray for our free mattress that really wasn't free! (we had to pay about $90 on shipping and handling) We are so excited to have this big ticket item!
Here is Rick, the proud man, for putting together the crib in less than an hour. Good for him!

Other baby news: I had my 28 week appointment on Wednesday. Apparently my glucose screening test I passed; My iron levels are some of the best that my doctor's seen in a long time (12 in first trimester; 11.9 in July); and my fundal height is measuring 33 cm when it's supposed to be 28 cm... uh oh.

That was interesting. She took the measuring tape, measured my stomach, and then went back to my file, and measured me again. She repeated this process about 3 times. For all those that don't know, the fundal height is the measurement from my pubic bone to the top of my uterus. The measurement is in centimeters, and it is supposed to be the same as how many weeks you are. For example, I was supposed to measure 28 because I was 28 weeks at this appointment. Then I am measuring 33.

So, being the great doctor she is, she gave us a referral for an ultrasound since the ultrasound tech is on vacation this week and she wanted to know as soon as possible what was going on. We were able to get in Friday afternoon for an appointment for the ultrasound. It was not a fun experience. The technician didn't talk very much, I was laying flat on my back the entire time, while she asked me random questions that worried me to no end, like "Where was your placenta positioned before?" and "Do you have Diabetes?" When I told her that I didn't have Diabetes, I asked her, "Why, is he big for his age?". She said that she wasn't able to disclose that information to us (which I was kind of expecting). Now I am waiting for Monday to come in case I have a phone call from my doctor's office saying I need to come in earlier than my September 1st appointment. Or just an appointment to tell me if there's anything wrong with the baby or me.

I take a lot of comfort in the fact that he is a little worm, squirming around all over the place. He's going to be a great soccer player, with all the hard kick's he's been landing. :)

In other baby stuff, Rick and I have been debating on whether to use cloth diapers OR disposable diapers. Now, we are not what you would call "green" or "organic", but I do like more natural things. However, the main reason why we've been looking into cloth diapers is because they are less expensive than disposables, something that Rick and I are concerned with. Of course, we won't be using completely cloth diapers. Maybe to just start out with during the day, and then when I am out and about, using the disposables.

Anyways, here is a great website that we stumbled across given from our friend Adree:

http://yournaturalbabyandmore.com/

And this the place where we'll probably be buying our cloth diapers from:

http://www.cottonbabies.com/

Some of the fancy cloth we'll eventually get into (Bumgenuis or Fuzzi Bunz), but they're too expensive right now for us. So, we're going with the prefold diapers, and maybe buying one or two of the more expensive cloth diapers per paycheck!

24 years old!

So, school started this week. I had a great weekend with my parents before the first week of school. It was a great time to relax. They came out for my birthday--- we hung out, went swimming, my parents took me grocery shopping, clothes shopping and then crib shopping. We ended up buying a beautiful crib. We went into the store and attempted to order it from Babies'r'us. Needless to say we had a terrible customer service experience there. We left, and my parents and I bought it online from our apartment. The deal was buy a crib, get a mattress for free. The mattress was free but the shipping of it cost almost as much as a mattress, so that was pretty much the lamest thing ever. The nice thing though was that we didn't have to deal with the idiots at Babies'r'Us and we got our crib this past Thursday! We hung out some more, and tried going to the Bookman's in Mesa because it's supposed to be a bigger store and have more selection. My dad loves Bookman's because of the records they have there. Well, he wasn't able to find any good selection there. We went to Kohl's and Ross and I got some cute blouses and shirts for going back to school on Monday. Then my mom and I went to Baskin Robbins for an ice cream cake, and then we all went to Red Robin. Rick's parents and sister Renee joined us at Red Robin since it was her birthday also! My parents ended up leaving on Sunday morning. I was so happy to have them out visiting us! I miss my family and it was really nice to seem them for a few days. Okay... enough talking, here are the pictures!

First picture my mom wanted to take was my pregnant picture. So this was me last week at 27 weeks.

Rick and I waiting to order at Red Robin.
My dad and I. He spoils me so much!
My parents. I am so happy that they were able to visit this weekend. This is a really good pictures of the two of them.

They sang happy birthday to Renee and I when we got the sundaes. It was totally embarrassing though!
The birthday cake. We love ice cream cakes in my family. This one was really yummy.
My mom and I Sunday before we left. This is definitely not the best picture of me since it's totally obvious that I just woke up and I have no makeup on!!!

Thanks for the wonderful birthday weekend! I enjoyed turning 24 with my parents there! Rick and I are so grateful for everything that they do for us and we love them so much!