so many pictures

Ok. I know it has been awhile, and I have tons of pictures to upload, so we will make this as painless as possible and make my updates into mini chapters that will be easier to digest. Ready, set GO! :)

Baby Blues

I thought I would update a bit about Spencer.

In his Handsome like daddy shirt. He is so cute, absolutely adorable.
Ah, his first tummy yime, in which he crawled 4 inches in that little army crawl scoot thing that they do at first. Little snot...

Ah, his little bouncer that he so loves

I love this picture of him.

Little Frog boy...so sweet

His Biliruben tests came back too high so he had to have this light bed. Needless to say, he didn't like it.

Oy. I can't believe Spencer will be 4 weeks old tomorrow, and technically a month old on Sunday. He is growing so fast! He's already almost too tall to wear 0-3 month clothes. I can't believe it. Before I know it, he's going to be a year old!

I have been a tad depressed lately, too. It's a normal bit of fluctuating hormones. I mainly take care of the baby so Brian can get the rest he needs for work, because if he misses or shows up late 3 times in a month, he will be fired, which is really lame considering the fact that he is a temporary employee. He's already up to 12 of 12 points because he had to take the time off to take baby in for biliruben testing and the day off when he got circumcised. Anyway, staying up with screaming, squalling baby takes its toll. I'm exhausted. I cry at lame things that are not sad or distressting. I feel very inadequate as a mother because I can't get my baby to not fuss sometimes. My mom will actually take him overnight for a few nights a week so I can get some rest, but it makes me feel like I can't take care of my baby.

For the most part, he really only fusses at night. He really is quite a good baby. He eats a lot though. He is already taking 4 oz a feeding, every 2-3 hours. I think he weighs a good 10 pounds now.

baby

The little guy was born on July 21 at 3:00 p.m. He was 6lb and 14oz and 19.5 inches long. He sure is a cute little guy. we named him Spencer Tyler. I can't believe how tiny he is. :)

When it Rains it Pours

I finally have almost everything ready for the baby. We have a few last minute things we need to take care of, and we should be good. I took a tour of the hospitals labor and delivery and pre registered for my admittance so all I have to do is sign consent forms. I about near passed out when they gave us the self pay (aka no insurance) price for having said baby...10,000. Yes, you read right, $10,000. We'll be paying him off til he's 5.

Brian still hasn't found a job, so if you know of one, let us know. We could really use insurance and full time hours right about now. I'm starting to worry about what we're going to do when I'm on leave with no income for a month...sigh. I think I may ask my visiting teachers to bring me meals for the first few days when I get back, just so I dont have to worry about it, but they may think that's strange where I live with my parents. I don't know...sigh...I'll figure something out I suppose.

I"ll have to make the few things that I can make into freezer meals into freezer meals this week. I'm hoping I will have the time to squeeze it in. I'm only planning on taking 3 weeks for maternity leave, I can't really afford anything longer than that, so please pray that everything will go fine for both of us and I won't need a c section or anytihng like that.

I am stressed to the max so the next few weeks ought to be fun. My mother is after me for everything and anything lately. I get frustrated with life's crap, and my sister irritates me sometimes. All I can do is hope and pray that everything is going to be ok.

I wonder about this trial in life sometimes and what its preparing us for...No job, no insurance, and a new baby is just about as bad as it can be. I think it will be interesting to see what happens next.

Thanks for letting me vent. It soes me good to let things out everyonce in a while. :)

These pictures are from our first ever couples Family Home Evening that we did this past Monday. It was actually really fun and I think the other couples liked it too. Brian and I just set up a potluck at the park and we did a game where each couple acted out a famous couple and the rest of us had to guess who it was.

This is Jared and his wife, Makenzie, doing Brokeback mountain.
This is Josh and his wife Miley.

Matt and his wife Candace doing Mickey and Minnie mouse

Brian

And this was us doing Superman and Lois Lane

Hello There

Sunday was my mom's birthday. We all went in and got her a George Foreman grill. She's been dying to get one for awhile. Brian and I had gotten one for our wedding, and I love mine, so hopefully she will like hers.

I had to work yesterday and thought I was going to die (literally die) of boredom. It has never been that slow in my life in that store. I was doing pizza and would you believe I couldn't even get people to try it? Ridiculous...

I have been having a lot of pain in my pelvic area and I have had Cramps like when I'm on my cycle (in the front and in my back) for the last few days, and today I felt something pop where the baby is and I thought for sure my water had broken. I waited and waited for a gush of liquid or a trickle...and nothing. But the cramps sure got worse after that. I hope Spencer will be a good little boy and wait a week or two to come. 5 and 1/2 weeks is too early for my liking. I've had a few braxton hicks contractions too, but they don't hurt. They jusy make my whole belly tighten up. When the baby moves, my whole belly moves. It entertains me a lot. He sure is running out of room and I can tell. My belly is starting to grow out on the sides now.

Christy's kids are here today and they are driving me freaking up the wall. My kids will not be like that. They meltdown if you tell them no, and if you don't give them what they want. Its ridiculous. All the older one has done is scream and whine and boob all day. Holy attitude problems...

Summer

So at my last Dr's appt, he said the baby has dropped and that he could come any day. That is pretty exciting for me. Everybody says he is coming soon...he's hardly moving at all now and i can tell he is really cramped for space. All I can really feel is his feet and elbows. i just hope he will hold out a few more weeks. Right now he would be 5 1/2 weeks early. So wish us luck and we"ll let you know when it happens! :)