Little Diddy on Our Lives Lately

The past few weeks have been pretty uneventful.  Little mister is growing just as he should be and I am finally feeling a little more energy.  Well, until about 6pm and then I have "Lexi Syndrome" and am ready for bed.  For those who might not know, "Lexi Syndrome" is from my little sister.  From the time she was a baby, daylight savings time in the winter killed her!  Six o' clock would roll around and she would be out like a light.  We would have to make her run around the block or do other silly things to keep her up at least until 7:30 or else she would be awake at 4am the next morning.  She still struggles with this to this day.

My next appointment I get to do the dreaded glucose test to see if I have gestational diabetes.  From what I hear, the drink they have you drink in a 5 minute time period is horrid (even my doctor says it is nasty), and then you get to have your blood drawn on top of that.  The things they make pregnant women do!  Drink 32 oz of water an hour before your ultrasound and don't pee...drink this nasty glucose drink on an empty stomach, wait exactly an hour and then get your blood drawn...Oh the joys.

22 weeks.  Note the brightly colored clothes in my attempt to encourage spring to come

Dallin is currently second overall and 1st with muscle gain in a fitness competition that he has been involved in the past 3 months at his work.   If he wins, he gets a $500 cash reward and an all expenses paid trip to Mexico with the company.  He has been chugging protein drinks and hitting the gym, while trying to be on my every-2-hour eating diet with me to bulk up.  All the shoveling he has had to do has probably helped a bit as well.  Apparently, it is working!  He only has about 1 more month until the final weigh-in.  So proud of my little meat head for the quarter hubby!

In our preparation for parenthood, we have been reading some books.  There are SO many out there!  Some that we have been enjoying are:

Dallin laughs every time he picks this up.  Informative and entertaining

Now, before people think we are all hippie with the hypnobirthing, we are not.  If you know me, you know I like to educate myself on all sides of a topic.  Birth and babies are not an exception.   I mean I was a Child Development major.  All babies, all the time.  Honestly, I like a lot of the theories and ideas of hypnobirthing and it has decreased my fear about giving birth dramatically (whenever I would think about it I would think it would not be all that bad to just be knocked out like they did back in the day).  However, I am not going all out hypno.  The way I see it, the more tools one can use in a situation such as giving birth, the more relaxed one can feel about the experience, including epidurals and other procedures that might be used. 

Other than the continued cold weather, work and school, that is our life right about now.  Can't believe it is February already!  Hope everyone is doing well. We love you all!