Vegas

We went to Vegas this weekend with the Clayson Clan for the BYU game. Well, they went for the game, I went for the Vegas trip. Luckily we missed the storm, so the drive down wasn't bad at all. We gambled a little and didn't win, but didn't really lose much either. On Friday night we had a little scare. When I was pregnant with Adrian, we went to Park City with the credit union and I went into labor there at 3 in the morning. We kind of joked around that it might happen that way again this time in Vegas. We got back to our room at about 10 and I started having contractions. I didn't really think anything of it at first because they didn't really hurt much and I wasn't even sure if that's really what they were. By 1 in the morning I really started to worry. They weren't stopping and they were every few minutes but not getting any more painful. Since I'm only 32 weeks along, I called Utah Valley and talked to a nurse who told me that if I had 6-10 within an hour that I should be checked to see if I had dilated at all. I knew I had more than 10 that hour so I started to get ready to leave. The entire time I was up and moving around I didn't have a single contraction so I finally decided it wasn't the real thing. I told Shawn we are never going on vacation while I'm pregnant again! Oh and I will not complain anymore about being pregnant. After that scare I realized I am definitely not ready yet!!

Is it over yet?

The last few weeks being pregnant has been a pain. When I got my blood tested last, they said my iron was low and to start taking supplements. Pretty soon after that, I started to feel really weak and light headed all the time. I was hoping there was something more they could do for me, but becuase my numbers aren't low enough, all I can do is keep taking supplements. We went to Walmart on Saturday to do some grocery shopping and I literally had to sit in the middle of the aisle or I was going to pass out. I'm just glad I hadn't gone shopping by myself that day!

Santa

We were curious as to how Adrian would react to Santa this year. On this first attempt, she was nervous about it but not kicking and screaming. This Santa was really mellow in fact, you wouldn't even know he was there if you weren't paying attention.

The second attempt was not quite as successful. She was really excited when he first came into the house, she basically ran up the stairs when she heard that he was there. When it was her turn to go sit on his lap I tried to take her up to see him and she bee-lined it for my mom who took her up. You can't tell in the picture, but she was throwing a fit. Until she got her present anyway.

Snow!!

We took Adrian out in the snow yesterday after the storm dumped a couple of inches in the yard. She loved it! It's the first time she's ever played in it and she did not want to come back inside, no matter how red her little cheeks got!

"Ah You"

Adrian finally said I love you for the first time! At least that's what she's trying to say anyway. She's been talking really good for a few months now, but she never would say those 3 words, she'd always say kiss every time we'd say it to her. She's so cute when she's ready for bed, she runs to get her doll or bear or whatever else she can cuddle with, jump in her bed and yell KISS. She won't go to sleep until she's had one.

Don't Wake Up the Pregnant Lady!

It's 1:22 AM. Anyone that knows me knows that I should be sound asleep as of 8, maybe 9 at the latest. Shawn woke up in a panic at 11. Apparently we have a mouse in the bathroom. I hate mice. Last year we killed so many. I don't remember the exact amount, but it was close to ten. Anyway, can't sleep now. Shawn snores really loud. He's either got a cold, or I just don't usually notice because I fall asleep 2 hours before him. Just a warning to you in the morning when I'm cranky and tired (not that unusual I guess :).

Potty

Adrian is nowhere near being able to potty train, but we bought her a seat anyway just to get her used to it. I tried putting her on the big one and she was terrified. Usually I'll ask her if she wants to sit on it before she gets in the bath tub, and just let her sit there for as long as she will. The other day we were going through the normal routine and I had to run in the other room to get her a clean towel ready. I came back and found this. Apparently she needed something to do while pretending to go potty.

Lasik

If I had an extra couple grand in my pocket, lasik eye surgery is where it would be going! You people that wake up seeing just don't know how good you have it! Yesterday I missed work because I had been up the night before with a sick stomach. I was planning on going in after I either threw up or the sick feeling went away, but then I went to put my contacts in and it had a tear through the middle. I had ordered more, but they didn't get here in time. Shawn had to work until 9 that night so I pretty much stayed in bed all day. It stunk, I couldn't drive anywhere and I couldn't even clean my house since I couldn't tell what I was doing anyway. Adrian was so excited to see Shawn when he got home! I must have been a real downer.

Halloween

It was a fun, but busy day! Adrian went around with my mom during the day to see my grandmas and to my dad's office building where they trick-or-treated. We got home from work and went over to my other grandma's for yummy chicken noodle soup. After that we ran over to Shawn's mom and dad's for a little bit. Adrian has been sick so this week when 7:00 o'clock rolls around and she has been climbing in her bed ready to sleep for the night. Needless to say, she was just a bit cranky by the time I got around to taking pictures.

Big Girl Bed

Last weekend we moved the computer from Adrian's room to the kitchen to make way for my old twin bed that my parents gave us. We wanted to get her used to sleeping in it before the baby comes so she doesn't think the baby is stealing everything from her. She's slept in it since last Saturday and has done really well with it. I thought for sure that she would just get right out of bed and play around rather than going to sleep. We just need to find some bedding to match the wallpaper and the crib, so no pictures yet.

My ABC's

A= Age: 22
B= Bed size: queen
C= Chore(s) you hate- Folding laundry!
D= Dessert you love: Cheesecake.
E= Essential start to your day: Shawn has to wake me up about 3 times, I don't hear the alarm.
F= Favorite actor(s): I used to have a crush on Josh Hartnett (Pearl Harbor) but I don't really have a favorite anymore.
G= Gold or Silver: Silver
H= Height: 5'4 I think...
I= Instruments you play: I'm musically challenged.
J= Job title: Part time mom and full time loan officer...hopefully we'll get those switched soon!
K= Kitchen color(s): Red and black.
L= Living arrangements: Me, Shawn and Adrian.
M= My name is: Whitney
N= Nicknames: Whit, Whitner
O= Overnight hospital stay: Just once.
P= Pets: We had the bunny for a couple of weeks...
Q= Favorite quote: Therapy is expensive, popping bubble wrap is cheap. You choose.
R= Right or left handed: right
S= Siblings: 1 little sister
T= Time you woke up today: 7:30, it was still dark outside and cold in my bedroom, I didn't want to get out of bed.
U= Unique about you: I'm double jointed in my hands.
V= Vegetable you love: Broccoli
W= Worst habit: Starting new projects without finishing.
X= X-Rays you've had: Teeth
Y= Yummy food you make: We almost have the Cafe Rio/Costa Vida salad perfected.
Z= Zodiac Sign: Libra

Now you know my ABC's so let's hear yours!

Back to Scrapbooking

I was really good at digitally scrapbooking Adrian's pictures when she was a little baby, but I have been seriously slacking lately! I had some free time this afternoon so I decided to try to get some done.

Boring Day

This is what I've accomplished at work today...



Very productive you can see. I think we are pretty much set on the name Carly, but the spelling is still up in the air. I really like Madison too, but it's a little too similar to Adrian. Then there's the middle name, which is almost harder than the first. We want it to have meaning and be a relatives name without being to much of a mouth full.

Saving Money on Groceries

So I have been using the Pinching Your Pennies blog for a guide as to what's on sale each week, but I just found an even better one! myfoodstoragedeals.blogspot.com and you can print off the lists at myfoodstoragedeals.com. They do charge a small fee, but it includes a meal planner for the week that corresponds with what's on sale. I just started the free trial, so we'll see if it's worth it. There's also a great article about how to use Walmart's price match policy so you can take advantage of sales all over the county at one store.

Costumes

I'm excited for Halloween this year! Adrian will actually know whats going on more and I know she'll love to dress up in a costume. My aunt gave us a whole bunch of her daughters' clothes after the last one grew out of them and there were a couple of costumes too. She'll either be Marie from the Aristocats or a witch.

This is what I found today online for me. I thought it was pretty cute, it's too bad it won't be a full-size pumpkin!

Birthday Girl!

Adrian is officially 2 years old! We celebrated with family at Canyon View Park. She got lots of fun new toys and books. Thanks everyone for celebrating with us!

The Zoo

We took Adrian to the zoo on Saturday for her birthday. Kim and Jake brought along Kaiden and Corbin, thank goodness. I don't think her attention span would have lasted as long without the boys! She was pretty good until the end, it was past her nap time and if you've ever seen her at that point you know what I'm talking about!

This was the first stop and definitely one of her favorites! She loved the monkeys, good thing because that's about all there was to see.


She thought it was so funny that the bird could talk. She was laughing the whole time.

Kaiden and Corbin were so nice letting Adrian squish in between them!

And this was when it was time to go home! She'd had enough excitement for one day.

3 Years!

I am very late actually posting this, but we've been married for 3 whole years now! I tried to find a wedding picture, but our computer crashed a while back and we lost a bunch of things that were saved on it. I can't believe how fast it has gone by. I could not be any happier that I married the most caring, sweet man who makes a great daddy to boot!

Bored at Home

Shawn's working late, so I decided to play with Adrian's hair. She's actually pretty good to sit still if she has something to distract her. If I get something too tight she lets me know immediately (Ouchie, ouchie!). I love her curly hair. I need to be better about doing it all the time. Oh, and you can just ignore her messy bedroom.

Ultrasound Pictures

Here are the pictures to prove that Shawn is still son-less. Lucky for me, I have one more chance before he leaves me with all the girls ;)

Our appointment was yesterday at 3:30. They have you drink 4-5 glasses of water 45 minutes before the appointment so they can check..your bladder I guess? Lucky for me, he was running way behind and we didn't get in until almost 4:30. I have never been so sure that I was going to pee my pants. That sphincter muscle or whatever it is definitely got a workout!!

She was a wiggly little thing in there. Just what we need, another one with energy! Everything was completely normal, and according to the measurements, my due date would be February 10th. The same thing happened with Adrian and since it was so close Dr. Nance just kept the original due date. Of course I'm hoping for January since Adrian also came 2 1/2 weeks early. She's been impatient from the get-go.

The Zoo

Adrian's 2nd birthday is coming up quick. We are going to take her to the zoo this Saturday. I think she'll have a blast. She loves animals right now, especially monkeys. Tarzan is her favorite movie, she'll actually sit through the whole thing. Hopefully the weather cooperates!

Which Will It Be?

I'm getting pretty excited, we go in for our ultrasound appointment next Wednesday to find out what the baby is! This pregnancy feels like it's going by so fast. Probably because I don't feel ready for it yet!

This time I would honestly be equally happy with either a boy or a girl. Shawn, of course, wants a boy to even the playing field. I'm hoping for a boy just so we don't have to play the naming game again. We can't agree on any girl names, it's amazing that we came up with one the first time. It would be better for us to get a girl because right now we only have one spare bedroom, so they will have to share for quite some time.

While I was pregnant with Adrian, I didn't have any dreams about her until after we knew what we were having. I did have one interesting dream where I gave birth to a Shih Tzu puppy. I remember thinking "oh, I was hoping for a girl, but I guess a dog is fine!". A few weeks ago, about the same time I first started feeling the baby move, I had a dream that I had a girl. We'll find out soon for sure!!

2 by 2

Adrian has been singing her own little song "2 by 2" for a few weeks now. Nobody knew where it came from. I finally figured it out! She watches the disney channel in the morning while I get ready and there's a music video of Dan Zanes singing a song called Down in the Valley. The whole chorus repeats the 2 by 2 line (there's at the bottom if you're curious).

Bella Bands!

First of all, I better make it clear that this is not my stomach. Mine is much more pale and full of stretch marks.

I was searching ebay over the weekend looking for deals on maternity clothes and I found this! It's going to be a lifesaver for me this time around. It covers up the top of your pants so that you can wear your pre-pregnancy pants with the button undone. Then when you get the point where those ones don't fit anymore, you wear it with maternity pants so they don't fall down (I remember always hiking up my maternity pants). They're kind of pricey, but if I don't have to buy new pants until I'm huge it will save me a ton!

MEEK!

Adrian is growing up so quick! Every day she says something I didn't know she knew, or does something I haven't seen her do before. Now that she can tell us what she wants, she's a bossy little stinker. Her favorite commands are MEEK! (milk) BED! UP! T! (tv). Now if we could just teach her "thank you".

Shawn has tried explaining to her that there's a baby in my tummy. He'll point to it and say baby. Adrian disagrees. She points to herself almost every time and says baby. I think she'll have a lot of fun with a new brother or sister, though. She loves to see her little cousins.

12 Weeks

I had my 12 week check-up yesterday. It took a little while to find the heartbeat, but I got to hear it so the little dude (or dudette) is doing fine. I'm showing much quicker this time, I've already gained 4 lbs. Shawn thinks this baby is going to take after him and be an 8 pounder. I hope not! The doctor also said that the due date is probably accurate since we heard the heartbeat.

Crash

We were on our way down to the parade yesterday morning, I was pushing Adrian in the stroller and Shawn was carrying all of our stuff in front of us. We got to an intersection where there were cars waiting for us to cross, and the stroller's wheel got caught up on uneven asphalt. I was in such a hurry to cross that the stroller kept going forward even though the wheel was stuck. It landed on top of Adrian and then I followed on top of it. She was banged up pretty bad, her lip is still really swollen and she has a scrape across her nose. I have never been so scared!! I am so glad it wasn't more serious than it turned out to be.

"Poop"

Shawn decided that Adrian needed a pet the other day. We picked up a mini lop ( I think?) bunny for Adrian to play with on Wednesday. It's really cute, but all it does is poop. Every time Adrian walks by it's cage she says bunny poop, so since it doesn't have a name, that's what we've been calling it too. She loves chasing it around and scaring it half to death.

Jibber Jabber

Adrian is starting to say real words pretty clearly lately. She's recently discovered the "k" sound so she loves saying "duck" and "quack" with all the emphasis on the k. She's getting a little bit better at telling us what she wants instead of just grunting, that is if she doesn't get too frustrated first, then she just throws a tantrum.

Every Sunday we try to get her to go to Nursery to play with the other kids. She doesn't let us leave her there alone, however. Shawn and I usually just take turns staying with her, hopefully she'll get used to it eventually. We have tried leaving her crying before, but she ends up traumatized and won't let go of us for the rest of the day. Last Sunday was Shawn's turn to stay with her. When we got home I was asking her about it and she immediately screamed BUBBLES! I asked her if she played with the toys and she nodded and said toys. Then I asked her if she played with the other kids and she said "no way!" I was laughing so hard. It looks like she's just as social as Shawn and I :)

Shawn turns 25!

Alert our car insurance company, Shawn is 25! I get a kick out of calling him an old man now. His birthday was on Monday and we celebrated by having Kim and Jake come over to help fix our broken garage door, thanks guys! Thankfully his mom brought over a yummy birthday cake, she must know I don't bake :)

We waited til the next day to go out to eat since my dad's birthday is the 8th. We went to the Pizza Factory. They gave Shawn and my dad pizzas cut out in the shape of the number they turned. I wish I had a camera for the big 40 they put in front of my dad.

Adrian had lots of fun pretending the long sticks the breadtwists come on were swords with Cassidy. You can tell she plays with boys all the time!

We're growing!

This Fourth of July weekend we had a great time surprising our families. We went to the parade and out to lunch for my mom's birthday (41? Who would have guessed it?!). We spent the rest of the weekend at the cabin with Shawn's family. Adrian got a brand new shirt just for the occasion. It was a lot of fun waiting for them to react to the news. Some caught on quicker than others, but it was a fun way to tell about our little secret. The baby's due date is the 12th of February. Shawn of course is hoping for a boy this time around. It would be easier in the naming department since we have actually agreed on a name for a boy since I was pregnant with Adrian. We will have to see! I think we will find out in October if I remember right.

Fun New Words

I thought it would be fun to have a post all about cute new words that Adrian's started saying.

Some of her very first words:
Pretty (especially when she would see a necklace)
Dad
Mom
Duck
Hi
Buh-Bye
What's That
Teeth (tee)
Jojo -- Disney Channel
Thanks (day)

Some new additions:
Soap
Cassidy (ca-i-dy)
Paisley (pais)
Where is she/he (ishe?)
Bubbles! (bubbows)
Outside (ous-i)
Bees!
Call -- When she has the cell phone
Hello (hewo)
Two -- When she counts she says two, two, two...
Cold -- accompanied with burr
Hot
Milk (me)
Eyes
Toes
Nose (no)
Choo-choo -- with the hand motion
Purse (puws)
Cheese (chee) --when there's a camera/camera phone
Shoes
Fishy

Animals she impersonates:
Tiger/Bear (growls)
Monkey (ooh-ooh-ahh-ahh)
Kitty (meow)



That's all I can think of off the top of my head, but I'll add some when I think of more!

Following the Trend : )

I love reading about our friends and family on their blogs, so I thought it was about time we should start our own. I can tell you one thing, reading this blog will be the absolute most exciting thing you've ever done :) We live pretty exciting lives!! Just don't tell Shawn it's all pink, he wouldn't be too happy about that. This is my favorite picture from our Engagements. You can tell we are in dire need of family pictures!

This is Adrian around Valentine's Day. Yes, she's holding a can of beans, she wouldn't put them down.