The End Is Near!

So am now at 37 weeks and it is 4:00 am and can't sleep. oh the joys of pregnancy! It hasn't been too awful, but I think the 2nd trimester is the best. I was oh so very sick during the entire first trimester, but started feeling better around week 14-15. Zofran is an amazing drug-even if everyone thinks it could cause birth defects. Baby didn't mind it one bit! We did find out that we are having ONE (much to the Frenchman's disappointment) baby Boy (much to the Frenchman's surprise- he was convinced it was a girl).
We are on the home stretch now, and my blood pressure has been slowly creeping up and at my appointment today it was REALLY high so off to labor and delivery I was sent to be monitored. All my lab work came back normal which is good, but I am now officially on bed rest- which isn't as much fun but am kinda looking forward to having some time off before the baby shows up. We are secretly hoping that we can convince the doctor to give us a firm induction date at our next appointment- this way I can maximize my time off being with the baby and not just incubating him.

Coming Soon..........

Tap Dance

for the past couple of years I have been taking tap dancing lessons- I have a great time and the most amazing part is I have not yet been injured! here is our latest dance we are working on

Closet Space

When the Frenchman and I were first married he worked very early in the morning- really early as in 3:30 am till noon. In consideration for his poor wife (me) who was still asleep he put his closet in our spare bedroom so he could get up, shower and get ready for work all without disturbing my sleep. 

 

Fast forward five months and he applied and got a new job with the same company only this time he didn't have to be to work until 9:00 am and since I go to work at 6- our roles flip flopped and I was now faced with trying not to wake him up during my morning routine. 

We kept the closets the same, mainly because we didn't think about moving anything. Fast forward to this past weekend when I asked my Frenchman if he would like to take over the other half of the master bedroom closet. He said sure so storage that was in the master closet got moved to the spare closet and the Frenchman moved to the master. So we officially share closet space now. Is it weird that I know feel more married than I did before?  

Surgery Again

So about three years ago I had bunion surgery on my right foot. The surgery went well but in the process of getting the tendons and stuff to stretch back out after surgery I sprained my ankle- really really badly. (remember this?) Anyway so in trying to fix the ankle we forgot about the toe and it never really got all it's movement back-but it wasn't ever too much of a problem. It started to become a problem in the past few months because I started going to the gym more and also started tap dancing- two activities that require movement in your toe surprising. So the pain in my foot started to increase-but was helped by lots of foot rubs from the frenchman. So I went back to my handy dandy foot doctor and found out that because I wasn't walking on my toe (i compensated for the lack of movement by walking one the side of my foot) and this had cause tendonitis in the rest of the foot. Upon taking x-rays we found that two of the three screws placed in my toe during the surgery originally two of them had started to work their way out of my toe. I had also developed two bone spurs around the joint further preventing movement of my toe. So back to surgery I went (i was given some other options but the surgery was the only one that was actually going to work) So on Friday I went in they removed the screws-which i didn't get to keep sadly- and then they cleaned up the bone spurs. Lots of relaxing and am on 'bed-rest' for the weekend. Feeling nice and fuzzy and am doing well so far. Heres hoping that this will fix the problem and I can get back to dancing and the gym.

Stashing

I know! Look at that I am blogging :) I am a reader- I love to read, doesn't matter what it is- for the most part I will give most anything a try. I always take a book with me no matter where I go, that way if I am my usual 15 minutes early to an event or someone else is late I am not bored- cause I have a book :) I also have the habit of stashing books at different places. I am currently reading 3, no wait 4 books and listening to a 5th on my iPod. One book I have in my room on my bed to read at night, one book in my drawer at work to read during lunch, one at my boyfriends house to read while I am there (cause he reads as much as I do) and then I have a book I am reading on my ereader app on my phone in case I happen to be somewhere without a printed book. Hopefully this cumpulsive stashing of books everywhere will help decrease the size of my 'to read' pile- it is pretty bad.

Presents......

Guys are hard to shop for! This is a new experience having to shop for one for Valentines day. I ended up getting him this.....think he will share???

got them here.... www.berries.com

French

Je pense que j'ai un ami! =)=)=)

Yes, Those Are Pigs Flying By...=)

The impossible has happened- I have a boyfriend =)=)=)=)=)

And the Verdict is......

A torn deltoid ligament in my left ankle- discovered by the handy MRI I had to have a week and a half ago. Sigh.... Surgery to repair is on the 18th- so I 'get' to be in a cast I think till the beginning of August. Oh joy!

REALLY??!!???

Really? Ten Years? REALLY? That is just weird.

Of Shoes and Ships and Sealing Wax

Note: this post has nothing to do with shoes, ships, or sealing wax- just in case you are reading in breathless anticipation for mention of those things.

My life is pretty boring. Not much happens, hence the long span of time inbetween my posts. If anything REALLY exciting-like me dating- ever happens then all of you who read this will be some of the first to know, don't you feel special.

Until then an update on my foot- it is still pretty swollen and does not have full range of motion yet. I go back to the doc in a week and in theory if it is not doing well I will be evaluated for ankle reconstruction surgery. Now doesn't that sound like fun!

Well That Was Fun

Earlier this week I was rock climbing. This was a good thing because I am required to climb once a week in addition to class to get full credit for participation. My friend Karen hooked me up with a buddy of hers named Matt who loves to climb, and we had tried for weeks to mesh schedules so that we could go together. Well on Tuesday, everything meshed and we met up to go climb.

Matt had the brilliant idea that we should try bouldering. This is rock climbing without a rope in case you didn't know. It was my first time trying this, but The Quarry where I climb has a nice bouncy floor so when you fall, you don't get hurt, or at least that is the goal. I showed up with all of my non-athleticism and fell my first time up the wall. I only fell about 2.5 feet, but Matt thought I hit my foot on one of the foot holds as I fell and as I landed, I rolled my ankle. This was the result.

Amazingly enough the foot it not broken, much to the surprise of the doctor. I do however have a level three sprain, which means I tore one ligament, possibly two, and might need surgery. I go see the doctor again in three weeks to see if everything is healing the way it is supposed to. I should stay away from sports. I really should!

Questions........

If you have noticed on my side bar I am taking an Anthropology class this semester. The great thing about this class is there is no final! The bad thing is, the majority of our grade is a research paper due at the end of the semester. So as not to be completly stressed out, I am thinking up subjects now. The paper can be on anything, and I am toying with the idea of writing a paper on courting rituals in different societies. The only problem with that is I havn't the foggiest notion of where to look for books to read on the subject. So this is a call for help- PLEASE let me know if you know of a book that will help me out, or if you have a brilliant idea for a paper that has something to do with anthropology.

In other news, for my rock climbing class I have made it to the top of the climbing wall several times in one class. I am still scared out of my mind that I will fall and plumit to my death (yes I know that is why I have a belay person, but my entire class is made up of cute little nursing studants all of whom I probably out way by about 20 lbs) but I am getting better.

Life in Prison Again

Prison has been most entertaining this week. We had one inmate die, end stage cancer. Another inmate is in the process of dieing from cancer. Then the fun story of the week happened yesterday. One of the inmates picked up his breakfast try, walked to the second tier of the unit, which was odd cause he lives on the first tier, then proceeded to dive head first of the second tier to the floor below. Yup that has been our week.

What I am Thankful For

YUM!!!!

YUM! That is all I have to say

Change

My trip to San Diego was delightful- despite my flight home being delayed an hour and a half because of the snow that was supposedly falling in Salt Lake. One of the best things I took away from my trip was a new way to read the Book of Mormon. Now I know I am not the only one who has struggled with regular scripture study. I do really well until I get to the Isaiah chapters and then I put down my trusty quad and the bookmark will remain in the same place for months on end. I am getting better, and my new effort has lots to do with my dear friend Nikole. While I was visiting her flooded apartment we were discussing reading our scriptures. Nikole is much better at it than I am, and she got to hear the mission president in her area give a talk about the Book of Mormon, and how to read it with better meaning. He has all his missionaries read the Book of Mormon this way, and Nikole took good notes and started to read it the same way, and she has in turn passed it along to me. So for all of you who are interested here you go.

1. Get a new copy of the Book of Mormon- and I mean the cheap $2 one from the distribution center.

2. Get 4 different colors of colored pencils.

3. As you start to read, mark your scriptures in the following way:

Color #1- Anytime Christ's name is mentioned (nikole and i also mark any form of Christs name, ie: God, Lord, etc.)

Color #2-Principles or Doctrine of the gospel

Color #3- Attributes of Christ

Color #4- Any time that Christ is speaking or being quoted.

It has been very interesting to read this way, and I have found myself paying more attention as I read.

Also everyone should check out Jeffery R. Holland's talk from conference this past Sunday. WOW!

Off I Go

Am off to San Diego, will think about coming back......

I Want One!!!

My best friend had baby #2 a few weeks ago, and she is beautiful, and I want one! (yes i realize i need a husband for this to happen, and to have a husband i need a boyfriend first, and to have a boyfriend i would actually need to, ya know, date-not that i am not trying)

This is her a few days after she was born

and here she is at 3 weeks- isn't she beautiful!