August Happenings

So, the other day, I was making the one food I crave constantly...  french fries!!  I went to flip some of them in the pan, and splashed hot oil on my foot!  I got this big blister on my big toe, and MAN did it hurt!  It reminded me of when Steve Carrel on The Office burned his foot on the George Foreman Grill!  I've never burned my foot before, so I was surprised at how funny it was, and by how much it hurt.  I got out the frozen peas, and put my feet up for about an hour, and then it was all better.  LOL!  Sometimes I surprise myself when I find new and exciting ways to hurt myself.

We've been having a great time spending time with visiting family this month so far.  Hayden came to visit, and we've been able to spend lots of time with him.  I love getting to know my nephews better.  Aunt Janet came to visit, and spent the night at our house.  She was our very first overnight guest!  She fell in love with Princess (who hasn't?), and really loved the futon.  The futon is VERY comfy, and I'm so glad that she enjoyed herself.  

Nicholas has successfully enrolled in school, and will be starting the week of the 25th.  We don't have his class schedule yet, so we're not sure if he'll start on Monday or Tuesday.  He's very excited to start, but also kind of nervous.  I know he's going to do great though!

This weekend, Rachelle, John, Jackson, and Landon will be joining Hayden at Mom's house.  I can't wait to spend time with the rest of the Falls family!  I feel like my best friends are coming!  Hayden is spending the night at our house tomorrow night, and we're going to have lots of fun.  I'm sure there will be lots of swimming this weekend too!  Nick and I are also hoping to drag some people to go see Mirrors with us this weekend.  If not, we'll see it next weekend.  It looks SO scary!!

Hopefully I'll have more photos to post soon.  I need to find my charger for my camera, and then I can post vids too!  But until then, just plain old boring words will have to do!

Baby, oh Baby!

So, I'm sure the whole world knows now, that Nicholas and I are expecting a BOY!!  We are so excited!  We both get the idea that he will be born before Christmas, even though that almost never happens with first babies.  I just hope he's not late!!  Nick was a BIG BOY when he was born, and I'd really like a little one!  LOL.

When the ultrasound first started, our little guy had his legs crossed, and the technician was trying to move him so his legs would uncross.  Well, that just irritated the baby and he started moving his arms around a lot.  He looked like he was dancing!  I started giggling, because it was SO funny, and his legs flew open!  Then it was very obvious that I am carrying a boy.  Seeing him move around like that was the cutest thing I have ever seen.  Toward the end of the ultrasound, when they were checking for things like a nasal bone, and other birth defects that I was born with, the baby was getting irritated, and moved around even more.  It felt like he was trying to punch and kick the ultrasound wand.  He really does not like to be disturbed!  I feel him kick me whenever there is something pressing on where he is.  He kicks me when I get jostled.  And when I laugh really hard, I can feel him doing flips.  I think he likes it when I laugh.  It's so fun getting to know him already!  I really wasn't expecting that.

One thing that is pretty funny, is the dog!  She's become very protective of me.  She doesn't like it when people touch or hug me.  She tries to interrupt unless it's someone she knows, and then she sits and stares them down.  Nick plays this game where he pats me and I say, "OW!" Then Princess jumps in front of his hands and nibbles on his fingers.  She's always done this, but now she gets right in front of my tummy instead of my face.  Before, she would jump all over, and come right back to my face to "protect" me, but now she stays right in front of the baby.  I really don't think she's going to be too jealous of the little guy.  She's super good with kids, especially babies, and already she's being protective.

My morning sickness is back, and I've been throwing up at least once a day.  I was just thinking last night, "Wow!  I made it without throwing up today!" when I got SO SICK!  I had to run to the bathroom.  I wonder if that's normal?

Also, I'm still not showing at all.  When I stand up, my tummy is completely flat!  Someone asked me with sympathy all over their face if I'd miscarried again.  I said, happily, "No, and it's a boy!"  No one can believe that I'm so far along (almost 21 weeks!) and not showing at all.  They either ask if my due date is wrong, or if I'm even still pregnant.  One lady I know was so shocked to hear that after the ultrasound the due date wasn't wrong, she asked me if I was SURE three times!  I was worried that the little guy wasn't growing or developing correctly, but he is.  So, now, it's just really fun to smile and tell people, "I'm 21 weeks!" and watch their jaws drop when they look at my tummy.

So, as far as little Nick's health goes, he doesn't show any signs of birth defects.  I guess he can thank his daddy for having such healthy genes!  Hopefully he will be born as healthy as we think, and he won't have any of the more tricky things to see.  I do have a good feeling about his health though.  I think back to when I was younger, and didn't want to "curse" my kids with my DNA, and had decided that I should adopt or use someone else's eggs.  I'm so grateful for the increase in faith that gave me the courage to have my very own children, faulty DNA and all.  I love being pregnant (even though my body hates it), and I can't imagine not being able to feel so close to my child before he's even born.  The Lord has truly blessed me.  Isn't it amazing how great life can get?  And then when I'm sitting there, marveling at how many wonderful things I have in my life, the Spirit tells me that it's only going to get better!  My next thought is always, "How?  It's so wonderful now!"

The Eye

Hello!  Well, my appointment today went well... mostly.  Everything looks good, and is normal.  That's the good news.  Also, I can now do anything I "feel up to doing."  Very good news, as I am tired of being treated like an invalid.  (I really don't like that word, but it's a good description.)  However, what is normal for this stage of the 4-6 month healing process is pain.  Lots and lots of pain.  I want to rip my eye out.  Also, my right eye has become lazy over the years of blurry fun, so now I have even worse double vision.  Unfortunately, there is nothing that can be done about it because I am an adult, and lazy eyes are only fixable as a child.  I was told that I'm going to have to learn to live with it.  Very annoying.

I feel like I only have one eye instead of two, only the extra is still there making me miserable.  The right eye is pretty much useless to me, and I expect it to be that way forever.  I hope I can eventually get better at ignoring what it sees.  I think the only thing it is good for is depth perception.  I can still drive and function as usual, but now just watching TV is an exercise in patience.

I need to remember that this whole situation is for my benefit.  I know that there are lessons I am to be learning from it, and also character to be built by it.  It was so much easier to keep that in mind as a child.  I think I'm getting tired.  It's not that I have any less faith, in fact I have more faith than I used to.  I think it's getting harder to deal with because there is so much I want to do in my life, and my body is always in the way.  I'm so tired of being in pain, and I'm tired of having to adapt to the crazy obstacles my body throws in my way.  I'm tired.  

Well, what I just learned from myself today, is that I need to be patient!!  Ha!  I'm going to pray for patience.  Hopefully the answer to my prayers won't be more opportunities to learn patience.  Of course, if that's what is meant for me, then I know the patience will come, as "the lord giveth no commandment unto the children of men save he prepare a way for them that they should achieve it."