Week 38 and 1/2

Just kidding!

So I think Jaycee has a sick sense of humor all ready! Wednesday morning I was woken up by contractions at 2 am, but knew I had to go to work, cause I was the only nurse in our admit department! I couldn't sleep through them the rest of the night, so I got no rest. The contractions continued throughout the day and I had to leave work early! I got home and laid down for a while and was able to get a couple more hours of sleep. At about 6:30 pm I started to have regular contractions that were every 5 min apart and increasing in intensity. At about 8:30 they started getting closer and were continuing to increase in intensity. By about 9:00 they were every 3 min and still increasing! They continued at every 3 min and by 3:30 am I was having a lot of pain. Then they started to lessen in both intensity and they weren't as close together! They calmed down so much that I was actually able to get an hour of sleep before they woke me up again! I have continued to have contractions all day, but they are at random times, still increasing in intensity, but not regular at all! I had a MD appt today and I was only dialated to a 1 cm. He was planning on stripping my membranes today, but was unable to cause my cervix was still too closed! So we wait! Jaycee's Daddy and I were getting pretty excited last night thinking that our sweet little girl was for sure going to be joining us by today at least, and so were her grandparents, but the Lord has other plans! I am trying to be SO patient! It's hard, but I think I am doing better! Tom gave me an absolutely AMAZING blessing last night! We were both bawling by the end and there were some pretty amazing promises about our little girl! She is truly loved where she is now, and I can guarantee you she is already loved by us here!! We can't wait to meet her, but we want things to happen the right way! Please pray for us that this can happen soon and we can have our little girl here in our arms!

14 days left!

So when people ask how much longer, I say two weeks, but when I saw the little countdown thing on our blog just barely and it said 14 days, I kinda got butterflies! It seems so close! Jaycee's mommy and daddy are definitely ready for her to join us! I feel very ready, and maybe this is my downfall! I know there are things that I am sure I have forgotten and things that I have not thought about, but I feel like I have done everything I want to do before she is born. My house may not be perfect, but I feel really good about everything! I was talking to Tom today and he is really excited for her to be here too! I love hearing that! Just to think that this little person that we have created because we love each other will be here shortly it so amazing to me! It makes me so grateful to a loving Heavenly Father for allowing life to continue on this way! For us to be able to have our own children is such a great gift, and she's not even here! Now don't get me wrong, I am not going into this blind. I know that being a parent is NOT going to be easy!! There are probably going to be lots of tears on all 3 of our parts along this journey, but I have an amazing partner to share all this with, and I wouldn't want to do it with anyone else!! As I have sat and pondered about this upcoming change in our lives, it absolutely amazes me how much I love her already! I haven't even seen her, and I am in love! I can't imagine the intense things I am going to be feeling when I do finally see her!! I have dreamed about what her personality is going to be like, and I hope she is a lot like her daddy! There are so many reasons I have fallen in love with him and I hope she takes on those good qualities! I have dreamed also of what Tom's face is going to look like when he sees her for the first time and when he holds her for the first time! I know that I can't even fathom how I will feel and how great it will be! I am so excited about the Spirit that will be in the room! I am pretty sure Tom's dad and some other loved ones who have passed on will be close by and I hope Tom can feel his dad so strong! What an amazing time in our lives!! I can't wait for her to be here! I am trying to be patient, and praying for patience every second of every day!!

I had an amazing baby shower today with people from work! It was so much fun and I am so grateful to the people who threw it and all the people who came! Jaycee got so many great things! She is one spoiled little girl!! I am so grateful for how giving people have been toward us! We have been truly blessed!!

37 Weeks = Full Term and Mommy is READY!!

So we are excited that we have made it to 37 weeks and are officially full term! That means Jaycee can come at any time!! I know she won't come until the time is right, so I am praying for patience! All of you out there that think I am horrible for wanting her to come NOW, please don't judge! I am still very sick, and having lots of pain and contractions, that seem to be going nowhere, I am not getting any sleep(which I do realize won't change), feeling lots of pressure, and am working up until she's born! I am tired, exhausted, and sore, and probably a little ornery! I know that all you mom's out there felt the same way, and when you were to this point, you wanted to be done too!! I do realize that the more time she spends in there, the more she gets to grow and the better it could be, but believe me, I have done my homework and she would grow up just as healthy if she came now! I am praying for patience, and the Lord has blessed me! I am better than I was! I have been given many blessings that she will come when she is supposed to and she will be healthy! So, just so you all know, we are looking forward to Jaycee arriving! Mommy and Daddy are both very excited, as are Grandparents and Aunts and Uncles! We'll update all when the big day arrives!!

Christmas and New Years

I know how late this post seems, but I tried to do it right after Christmas, but blogger was being stupid and I lost patience. So I let it go and figured we just wouldn't have a Christmas post. I can't sleep though, so I thought I might as well try again! We really did have a great Christmas. We got to go to Las Vegas and be with my family! It was Kyle's first Christmas since his mission and Jane's first Christmas in our family! That was a lot of fun! Last year my Grandma Thompson decided that she would go to one child's house every year for Christmas. She is starting with the oldest and working her way to the youngest. She went to Uncle Fenton's last year and my family's turn was this year! It was so much fun to have her there and be all together! On Christmas Eve we had a really fancy steak dinner that my parents made...it was so yummy! We sang songs and read the Christmas story! The Spirit was so strong! We all went to bed and woke up Christmas morning to lots of good presents! It was great and we feel very blessed! Then we spent the rest of the weekend just being together! We got to go shoot Tom and Kyle's new guns on Saturday, which was a lot of fun!! Then we went to Macayo's for my birthday dinner! Yummy!! Sunday morning we got up bright and early cause our flight left at 6:15 am to come back home! I was so grateful we got to go!! Linda picked us up from the airport and we went to her house and slept!! Then we had our Christmas with her and Melinda! That was fun too and we got even more great stuff!

Our New Years was not so great! I ended up in Labor and Delivery with bad contractions, that we attribute to working to much and too long of hours! New Years Eve I was there for 14 hours and I was doing X-ray procedures a lot of the day! I had to wear those lead aprons, but I have to wear double since I am pregnant! New Years Day started in the X-ray room as well, wearing the lead! By the time I got to the ICU at about 8:30 that night to do another procedure, I think my body was saying, absolutely not!! You are done! No more! You need to rest! I started contracting, which was nothing new, but what was new, was I was laying down and drinking lots of water, and the contractions wouldn't quit. I was a little nervous cause I was only 34 weeks, almost 35. So Tom met me, and I had to call another nurse to take my call! My doctor said no more call, so that was the end of that! I calmed down more and more once I got to Labor and Delivery, and was able to go home a few hours later!

All in all though, our holiday's were good! Hope your's were just as good! Once again, sorry about the late post!!

My very sleepy thoughts!!

So, It is 3:45 am and I am still awake! This week I have been having problems sleeping cause I hurt too bad and can't get comfy, but tonight it's the worst! The last two nights I have tossed and turned and got a little sleep, but tonight sleep isn't coming, which is really a bummer cause I am so tired, but I know that this happens to everyone and it's just something that I will have to live with! Thank goodness for facebook and my blog to keep me busy! I really should be doing homework, but I am afraid I am a little too sleepy for that and wouldn't remember what I have learned and that wouldn't do anyone any good at all. So, as soon as I am done with this post, I will try again to sleep and see if it comes!!
While I was looking at backgrounds to update my blog for Christmas, I decided that this was the only one that represented the real meaning, which I have been thinking a lot about lately! Our Christmas is not going to be an expensive one in any way, shape or form. Friends that we usually buy for are going to have to just get a card or something this year cause we could only buy for family and that didn't add up to much! But as I was a little depressed about this, I realized that some of the best Christmas' are the meager ones. You sometimes are allowed to focus on the Savior more than the gifts!! My parents surprised us with the best gift ever of plane tickets so we could go home for Christmas this year. This was our year to be with my family and we screwed that up by getting pregnant. There is no way I should be sitting in a car all the way to Vegas to get home, so we rearranged things a bit and was going to spend Christmas with Tom's family and Thanksgiving with mine. When they got us the tickets though I was so excited cause we could stay on our normal schedule, but more importantly, it's Kyle's first Christmas since he's been home from his mission, Jane's first Christmas as an official part of the family, and my grandma is going to be there too. She is taking a turn at each of her kids houses each year and there are six kids, so this wouldn't happen again for at least six years! Another reason I am so excited is that my parents will get to see me so far along in my pregnancy. I have changed a lot since my mom has seen me last and even more since I have seen my dad! My grandma, Kyle and Jane haven't seen me in quite a while too, and I am excited for that! Probably the next time they see me, my stomach will have deflated some, and our little Jaycee will be in my arms instead of my belly!!
Wow, I am rambling tonight, good thing I am not doing my homework! Back to the true meaning of Christmas! When we told my mother in law that plans had changed and we were going to spend Thanksgiving with her and Christmas with my family, she was so excited for us! Then her and Melinda decided that they would go work at a soup kitchen on Christmas morning! How amazing is that! If that doesn't say the love of Christ, I don't know what does! I am so excited that Jaycee's Nana and Auntie are such amazing people who know their Savior and serve Him every day of their lives!!
He has done so much for me in my life and I love that this time of year, I can take time out to really think about my blessings and what He has done for me!! I am so grateful for the Atonement where I can repent for the things that I have done wrong, and He takes my burdens upon Him! He actually makes me whole again! What greater love!! I hope that I can teach Jaycee to love Him as much as I do and I hope that she will gain an appreciation for what He has done for her!! I have chosen the best Daddy Jaycee could possibly have to help me do this! Tom is a man who has a very deep testimony of the Savior and what He has done in his life! I am so glad that he is mine forever and that we can take this parenthood journey together!
Well, I better close this before it turns into a book of random thoughts! Have a good night all, and wish me luck for getting some sleep!!

We can't handle any more catastophies!!

So, I just thought I would let ya'll know about our weekend! Well, actually it started Thursday night! At about 7:00 pm ish I got a phone call from my mother-in-law, Linda! She sounded happy enough as she said, "Guess where I am?" When I asked where, she said Jordan Valley Medical Center. I asked why, thinking she was there visiting someone she knew, cause she is always doing things for other people. She told me she was in a car accident. She didn't exactly know how bad it was, but they brought her by ambulance on a back board and wouldn't let her get off. She drove a 1991 Honda Civic Hatchback, and was hit by a 3/4 ton Chevy. He rearended her going 45 miles per hour as she was coming to a stop. She said that she was going to get someone to give her a blessing, and I told her if she would wait we would be there in like 15 min. Tom was asleep and he woke right up when I said that and was asking me who it was and what was going on. I told him and of course he was kinda freaking out!! Linda had a spinal fusion when she was 14 years old as a result of polio and would be in a lot of trouble if one of those cracked! I told her to call Melinda and let her know what was going on and we would swing by and pick her up on the way to the hospital. Well, we got to Melinda's and she didn't answer her door or phone, so I just kept calling and when she finally answered I asked if she was ready to go to the hospital with us. She had no idea what I was talking about and I had to tell her what had happened. That was horrible, but as soon as she got out to the car, we got a hold of Linda and she was able to talk to her. She happened to be in the shower when Linda tried to call her and when she had seen that she missed so many calls, she tried calling Linda and couldn't get a hold of her. Anyways, we made it to the hospital and she was off the back board, but still had a neck brace on. Tom gave her a beautiful blessing and blessed her that she would be able to get well! After a while they took her for x-ray and ultrasound. While she was gone, some other friends came and helped give Tom and Melinda blessings to help them feel at peace! They are just a bit uneasy about anything happening to anyone in their family since they lost their dad, which I think is pretty understandable! Well, she got back from radiology and we waited for the results. Everything looked great!! We were so relieved! We were able to take her home and Tom and I ran to get her perscription. It was about 1:00 am by the time we made it home and we were all exhausted! We said a few prayers of gratitude and all tried to go to bed. Tom and I stayed up for at least a half hour more trying to decide if it would be better for me to go to work or stay home at 7:00 am. I really wanted to stay and take care of Linda, but she had Melinda and Tom there and I wasn't sure how much she needed me, when we were so short staffed at work! I decided I was too tired to decide then and set my alarm for 5:00 am and decided I would figure it out then! I kept waking up because I was having acid reflux that was really hurting me, and at 3:00 am I woke up with the worst acid reflux I had ever felt! I decided I needed to go throw up. I got up and threw up quite a bit and it burned SO bad! I needed to go to the bathroom so I yelled for Tom to get me a bowl I could throw up in. That's when I started throwing up blood! Lots of it! We decided that we better go to the hospital. I got to IMC ER and they, of course, sent me over to Labor and Delivery. They put me on the monitors and while they were getting my history I threw up more blood! This time at least it was less! They brought me in something for nausea and something to help reduce the acid in my belly. They took some blood and of course my blood count was low, but not dangerous yet, so if they could reduce the acid and stop me from throwing up, I would probably be okay and they wouldn't need to scope me! I did not want to be scoped! I didn't want to be sedated while I was pregnant, and I wasn't about to do it unsedated! We were able to go home about 9:30 with a perscription for acid medication! We went and picked up Linda and went to see the car. It was TOTALLED!! The truck had hit the back, where she had her massage table, which rammed into her seat bending her seat back over the massage table, and the bent part jammed into her back. This gave us the reason for the big bruise and cut on her back, and let us know how truly blessed she was to not have any of those fusions separate! Then we took her to the doctor to have a follow up and decide what to do to get her better and working again! We got home and made dinner and ate and all of us crashed! We were all so tired, especially where Tom and I had only gotten an hour and a half of sleep! We do feel very blessed however that even know all these things had to happen, neither one of us were injured beyond repair!