Christmas 2015

We were pretty happy to have my parents living in Utah for Christmas this year. We headed up a couple days early to spend time with family. We had a ton of snow, so the girls convinced Uncle Brandon and Aunt Judy to play with them outside. 

More buffalo plaid on Christmas Eve. 

Acting out the nativity with cousins. Eleanor insisted that she be "Married" meaning Mary. 😂

Grandma Brenda got all the grandkids a stuffed animal to sleep with Christmas Eve. 

Christmas Eve pajamas!

Grandpa reading The Night Before Christmas. 

Eleanor's loot from Santa.

And Scarlett's 

The doll house was actually made by Kevin's grandfather many years ago. I updated it a bit and thankfully Eleanor loved it. Kevin built the doll bunk bed for Scarlett and I made the mattresses and bedding. It took them both a while to even notice the big gifts. Scarlett noticed the candy cane in her stocking first and went straight for it. 

Matching pj bottoms for everyone.

I surprised Kevin with tickets to see Brian Regan in March. I am really excited! He bought me a weight lifting bar and weights and some other great stuff. My parents and Kevin's parents spoiled us as well. 

After all the gift opening we headed to the movies and saw The Good Dinosaur. Scarlett did pretty well and even slept through part of it. 

We also got some great gifts from Kevin's brother's family. The girls received beautiful doll quilts and cute little dolls. They absolutely love them!

Baby # 3 Pregnancy

My third pregnancy was a little more difficult than the first two. I got pregnant right off of a missed miscarrage and so I was monitored a little more closely. I had an ultrasound at 6.5 weeks and we saw a strong heartbeat. I was on progesterone pills for the entire first trimester, which made me more nauseous and tired than usual. 

At our 12 week appointment we also got a quick peak of our little bean with the ultrasound and saw everything was still well. The nausea stayed with me until about 15 weeks, but second trimester I was feeling a lot better. We went in for a gender check at 17 weeks and were elated to see we were having a boy! Pretty sure Kevin shed a couple tears of joy. 

We then had our 20 week ultrasound that confirmed we were having a boy and he was growing and healthy. My placenta was laying low, so I had a follow up ultrasound at 30 weeks. Baby boy was still doing great, but my placenta was still marginally low. I began to have itching all over my body, which eventually moved to my palms and bottom of my feet. I was tested for cholestasis, but tests came back and I was in the clear. 

At 36 weeks I had another ultrasound to check on my placenta and was thrilled to see that it had moved up and wouldn't have to worry about it during the delivery. A few days later at my doctor's appointment my blood pressure was fairly high. I went back the next day to have it checked again and it was still high, so I went in for a Non Stress Test the following Monday. We were there for 3 hours (with the girls 😬) and had three different techs measure my amniotic fluid and they all came up with different numbers. They were all low though, so they had a doctor come in and measure. She got a higher number and decided to send us home instead of inducing right away. I got a call from my doctor that afternoon saying I needed to be induced in the next couple of days. I chose Wednesday and started preparing the house and my hospital bag. 

December 2015

I am so far behind on blogging, oops! This is going to be a dump post of the fun stuff we did leading up to Christmas. 

Decorating the Christmas Tree after we returned home from Thanksgiving break.

Only about 5 ornaments broke while they were putting them on. 

Santa driving through Eagle Mountain throwing taffy. 

Visiting the Live Nativity in Alpine. What a special experience.

Eleanor had gotten sick earlier in the week and Scarlett finally got it, followed by Kevin. Luckily I stayed healthy!

A first for us, Scarlett stuck a bead up her nose. I freaked out and took her straight to urgent care. Probably could have tried to get it out myself, but I was terrified I would make it worse. Luckily the doctor was able to get it out fairly easily. 

Building Christmas trains at Lowes. The girls love these workshops. 

Decorating Christmas cookies/rice crispy treats with cousins!

I've been a little obsessed with buffalo plaid lately.

The power went out for about half a day, so we cuddled up to stay warm and read books. 

Christmas craft: Gingerbread girl puppets

Snow day! We have gotten a lot of snow this winter. 

The Christmas season isn't complete without a trip to Temple Square in Salt Lake City. Grateful it wasn't too cold and not crowded at all when we went.

More Christmas crafting. This time making ornaments for the tree. 

Visiting the reindeer at Thanksgiving Point. 

Beautiful girls in their Christmas dresses. 

My sister and I rehearsed every Sunday evening for months to sing The Messiah as part of a community choir. It was such an awesome experience. 

Kevin and I finally got to see Star Wars!