He's Here!!

Porter Travis Grover arrived Tuesday morning (3-3-09) at 12:30 am. He was 6 lbs. 11 oz. and 21 inches long.

He feels so little, especially compared to Carson. He is so cute and happy and is such a good eater! My water broke while watching the Bachelor--After the Final Rose on Monday night (if anyone else watched it they can see why it put me into labor... it was so lame) and he came via C-Section. So it all happened really quickly but recovery is a bit different. I can't wait to fill my posts with my 2 adorable little boys. All of the sudden this new little baby comes into your life and you love him so much. Carson has met him but had absolutely no idea what was going on and just tried to play in the bathroom. I do miss Carson. But once we get home and settled I hope to get more pictures up soon!

Minus 2 Days?!

Well, the countdown still continues, only this time I am not sure what I am counting down to. I know I am counting down to when I have the baby but if I am not sure when he might come then that makes a countdown difficult.

Anyway, no sign of this baby making an entrance into this world yet! I am 2 days past my due date. But things are going really well. I think I am at the maximum comfort level for being 2 days overdue and I am not completely sleep deprived yet (at least like I will be soon enough). People keep telling me to go walk... I tried that ALL day Wednesday AND Thursday and I just came home completely exhausted. So enough of that walking stuff for this girl. I am perfectly fine in my sweatpants and Travis' tshirts hanging around the apartment all day.

Last night I did get out. I went out with Travis' sisters and mom (one nephew came along for the ride). We went to the movies to see 'New In Town' and then went to BJ's and split a very tasty salad and BBQ chicken pizza. I had a lot of fun watching a girly movie, eating and spending time with them.

Now today, Travis is totally sick. He slept in and then has been trying to get me to do stuff for him all day. I feel bad for him BUT... I am not in the mood to make him soup. I am a mean wife, I think. I did go get him some medicine from the store this morning, but that was only because I wanted a cinnamon roll really badly. I finally found one after being disappointed at 2 different grocery stores. Wendy's came through for me. Of course, then I came home for half of it to get mooched off of me by 2 special boys that I love.

Well, for the rest of my saturday I am just going to try to not think too much about when Baby Grover wants to come. We will have fun, even if that means cuddling on the couch while watching a movie (it will probably be college basketball instead) and Carson bringing books to us all day to read to him. This is my life and I love it!

1 Day... but who knows

I like how my baby ticker says 0 days left, "It's go time!" That cracks me up. So tomorrow is officially my due date. I have an appointment with my doctor tomorrow afternoon and we will talk about inducing. I am ok with going a couple of more days.
Today I walked around IKEA for 2 1/2 hours with Carson and ran some errands that I decided to get done before the baby comes. Then Carson and I went to Quizno's for our free sub. It was very good and he was such a good boy. After we picked up Travis from school, Carson fell asleep in the car. That is probably the 3rd time that has happened since we took him out of his infant carrier. He just doesn't fall asleep when we are out and about. It was so cute! Tomorrow we are taking Travis to school and then after he is done with his classes, Carson and I are going to meet him to eat lunch at the ASU Institute. They are grilling food tomorrow and Travis wants us to come. That will be fun! I wanted to go to a Spring Training game tomorrow, but Travis has a Career Fair, we have an appointment after that, and then my Dr.'s appt. is in the afternoon. So maybe we will be able to make a game soon!

2 days!

Ok, I only have 2 days left until my due date and I am convinced that this baby is not coming any time soon. It will be fine, what is a couple more days. But it is just getting harder and harder to do things. And now I have a gross vein starting to come on my other leg! I got pretty good sleep last night. That is a plus. Maybe I will be productive today, since I don't need to nap. Productive for me will mean walking to get the mail, picking up after Carson, and eating lunch at a normal time. We will see how it goes, I might change my mind about all of that, it isn't even 9 yet!

4 Days

4 days and sooo ready!

5 days!

The countdown continues. Travis keeps telling me to have the baby this weekend, it would be a lot easier for him. Um, thanks! I am pretty sure if it was up to me I would have had the baby last weekend or even the weekend before.
Well, today Travis and I got to go to The Temple. It was good and I am really glad that we got to go before the baby comes. I am not going to lie, it was kind of hard and uncomfortable. But it was really nice to spend some time together, just Travis and I. Thank you to Trisha for watching Carson (or being here while he slept).
Besides that nothing much happened today. Carson keeps talking more and more and is trying to copy pretty much everything we say. He always says "Amen" right before the prayer is over and every single time it just makes me smile. And he started laying down by himself when we put him down for naps or bed. We used to just either lay him down in his crib or he would stand up and watch us go out and then who knows. But now we put him in and tell him to lay down and he does it all slow and cautiously. And then tries to cover himself with his blanket but that usually means he lays on top of it. He is just so stinking cute. I love him so much. I can't wait to see what he thinks of a baby being here!
I have had some contractions today. They have been pretty random and they feel the same as the other ones I have been having. Nothing really painful, just takes my breath away. I better get some rest, because you never know when the baby will want to come!

7 days... no wait 6 days!

I missed yesterday's very exciting post for 7 days. And when I say exciting I mean NOT exciting.
I really do feel like I am being more productive while playing the waiting game.
Our dishwasher hasn't been washing our dishes and yesterday after 2x of running it with the same dishes, I gave in. I called to have the guy come fix it, and that right there was faster than I would ever do it normally. Usually, I complain that it isn't working for a good 2 or 3 weeks before calling to have it fixed. So the guy came and now it works much better. But in the meantime, I had to wash all of our dishes by hand, which was out of control. The sink was full of dirty dishes and the stove was full of pots and pans (I don't really know how one meal makes 42 dirty dishes, but it does around here) and then I had to empty the dishwasher to wash all of those. Then last night I decided to make a new roasted pepper, chicken mac & cheese. It sounded soooo good, it had poblano peppers, chicken, pepperjack and white chedder cheeses. So I started that at 4:40... It came out of the oven about 5 minutes before The Office started at 8! And then it didn't even look good, so I couldn't eat any. I had a bowl of cereal instead. Travis ate a little bit and I tried his. It tasted just like the Complete Meals that they sell for $2.50 at the grocery store. I was so annoyed, but mostly tired from standing up all day. I will never make that gross stuff again. Even if it was delicious. That took way too long for me. It did help me have a really good nights sleep, though!
I also went to my 39 week checkup yesterday and was pretty much dilated and effaced the same as I have been for the last 2 weeks. I made an appointment for my due date and then we schedule inducing from there. So hopefully I just won't have to go to my appointment next week. Carson came 2 days early and Dr. Beck said typically, that is pretty much what to expect this time. See I figured Carson came 2 days early lets have this one come 1 week early. But that is ok. I was measuring a little bit small but he said everything looks good and the baby keeps getting lower. While he was measuring me the baby kept kicking his hand. If this baby is feisty like Carson was, or even half as feisty as Carson was, we are in for a treat!
In other news, I put Carson down for a nap yesterday at 10:30 and he played and laughed and talked to himself in the dark until about 1:15 (that was the last time I heard him talking) and then finally fell asleep until about 3. That kid just cracks me up so much. He didn't put up a fight, he wanted to lay down. He loves his room and he loves his crib. I think we will let him sleep in his crib forever!
So for today, with 6 days left I got my hair some much needed highlights and a little trim. I had a little girls night out with Trisha and we went to Streets of New York and shared an appetizer that was very tasty. Then we went to see Confessions of a Shopaholic. It was so much fun. I can't believe how uncomfortable I was in the movie, though. I think I just get more uncomfortable as the day goes on, with all the food and swelling and everything, it all builds up. I had a good day and felt spoiled with all of the stuff I got to do. Thanks, Trisha, for going out with me.
How I prepared for baby today: I just tried to keep things clean so baby can come home to a clean apartment(like he will care... or know).

8 Days!

8 days left and so ready. Every single night I get less and less sleep. I think this is my body's way of just preparing me for what is to come. At least today I didn't sleep all day, like I did the first three days of this week. Thanks to Trisha for inviting Carson and me to the park for some much needed vitamin D. Carson was so incredibly happy to go outside today. I was even a cool mom and didn't make him take a nap. By the time I got home this afternoon I couldn't handle my jeans anymore. So the lovely sweatpants have taken over once again.
I am looking forward to being able to sleep on my belly again. And I am ready to meet our little baby boy. We still have no clue what to name him!?
What I did today to prepare for baby: I fed the little guy a lot of pizza for dinner!

9 Days!

Well, today has been about as productive as yesterday. Carson and I both took naps from about 11 to 2. Then we ate lunch. I am still in my sweatpants and big baggy tshirt. My goal for today is to make the bed, shower, and make dinner. And I plan on getting Carson ready for bed before his Daddy gets home, so they can play together before Travis has to go to church for a meeting. Those are my goals... I set my sights high!
What I did to prepare for baby today: ate many of those little white donuts that I bought yesterday!

10 Days!

Last night I got about a total of 5 hours of sleep and that was broken up into half an hour and hour increments. It was horrible. I didn't go to bed until midnight, and that was my fault because I drank cherry coke with dinner and took a nap yesterday afternoon. Then I woke up a bunch of times, half from being uncomfortable and half from our annoying neighbors. All morning I felt like I couldn't ever just get a deep breath. I feel like the baby is taking up so much room... obviously. I did eat a really big breakfast so maybe that has something to do with it too.
Things that I did today to get ready for baby: did laundry, changed about 5 poopy diapers and took a nap! I also went to Wal-Mart and got Oreos, Nutty Bars and the little white powdered donuts! YES!!

...All my bags are packed, I'm ready to go...

11 days until Baby Grover is due (not counting today and counting the due date, the 26th). I have been having random contractions for about two weeks, but they aren't painful. And they seem to come when I have been busy/doing stuff all day. It is officially really hard to sleep at night and all day I am soooo tired. I think I have 2 shirts that still fit and spend most of my time in sweatpants and big tshirts. I am always hungry but get full really quickly so then I eat again pretty much every hour all day. I have this horrible vein on my leg that wakes me up at night because it hurts. In the morning it is always the worst and when I am making breakfast it feels like it is going to pop right out of my leg.
What I did today to prepare for baby: I got a couple of things out of my newborn bin to wash and put in my hospital bag. I put newborn diapers and a changing pad in the places where we keep Carson's diapers (living room and our bedroom). That is pretty much it.
I feel like I have done most of the stuff that I feel like I needed to do. Mine and the baby's hospital bag are packed and so is Carson's for wherever we take him. The pack n' play is in the car and ready for Carson, too. Both cameras are charged and have plenty of space for pictures and videos. The car seat has been in the car for awhile because I went to a car seat safety check about a month ago and had them do it there. I already washed the infant carrier and the Baby Bjorn, so they are ready. Newborn and 0-3 month clothes are washed and in the dresser. (Carson empties the drawer that is full of socks and onesies at least 2x a day. I don't know why he likes that specific drawer so much, but he does. It's a little bit annoying.) Blankets and sheets are all washed and so are the bouncy seat and swing. My breast pump is ready to go, I washed and sterilized it before I put it away last year and the same with any bottles. I got the paperwork from the Dr. for the baby, so I don't have to go in early and fill it out. I can do it at home before we go for the babies first check up. I am rereading Babywise to freshen up on the things that I did with Carson. Oh and I rearranged our room so the baby will fit in there. Travis keeps trying to make a deal with me that if we just put the baby in Carson's room then I can name him. I don't think I can handle the baby not being in our room. The plan is for him to be in there for at least 2 months. We will see how that goes. So I feel like we are ready, the baby will be clothed and fed and those are the necessities right now! And we will figure everything else out when we come home!
I am pretty sure I am nesting so some other things that I got done before the baby comes are: I have February's menu done (through the 4th of March)and everything needed to make all of those meals. So we won't eat out everyday for 2 months like we did when we had Carson. And I should probably at least make March's menu/grocery list soon. I went through Carson's dresser and took out the clothes that don't fit him anymore (which was most of them) and put them in a box to send back to my sister (I think 90% of his 12-18 month clothes are hers). And then I went through his box and put the clothes that will fit him now in his dresser. He is burning through shoes so I have the next couple of sizes up. I had the bug guy come and spray last week, just in case. I am trying to just keep the place clean (keep caught up on laundry and dishes) so we can just leave and go to the hospital and not come back and have it be absolutely disgusting. Travis will probably be home with Carson while the baby and I are still in the hospital. But it can't be part of the plan for him to do dishes and laundry. That is just setting myself up for disappoinment. I am trying to be realistic! I cleaned the kitchen cabinets and the oven, dishwasher, fridge and microwave. The oven and dishwasher always have Carson's fingerprints and slobber because he can see his reflection in them and he apparently thinks he is cute and hilarious! That is ok, I do too!
I don't really know what else, but the countdown begins. If we could just agree on a name then we are ready!

We're Getting So Close!

I was looking through the pictures from when Carson was born and his first couple of days home, and it brings back such sweet memories. I know this picture is of myself, but I really love it. Travis was taking pictures of everything at the hospital. I remember that exact moment. I had literally, JUST had Carson and he was getting cleaned off. Obviously, the pain was gone (thank you Mr. Epidural) and he had come out safely and he was healthy. He was a little bit skinny and I remember the doctor saying, "You need to feed this kid some meat and potatoes." It took about 1 hour and our family had just grown! So in this picture I am just waiting for him to be handed back to me all bundled up. We took our first family picture right after this. I just can't explain all of the feelings and emotions but just seeing this picture brings them all back.
When we first got home from the hospital we let Carson sleep in his bouncer. He was just so little, the strap takes up his whole body. And the pacifier looks so big. That same bouncer is ready for the baby right now and I just can't believe how little they are at first.

This was a shirt(onesie) that I borrowed from my sister. I remember when I was packing my hospital bag, I had no clue what to put in there because I just didn't know what would fit him. This was, by far, the smallest thing we had and it was so baggy on him. Amazingly the normal size newborn sock things were too small! He had to curl his toes for them to fit. He still has big feet.
And he was so sweet just falling asleep all of the time. He fell asleep while his Daddy was burping him. The newborn diaper goes halfway up his back.

I just can't believe how little he was. He was so cute and sweet from day 1. Now he is becoming more and more cuddly, in his own way. And he just makes me smile. I love him so much. There is no doubt in my mind that there will be more room in my heart to love this next baby just as much. I know that Heavenly Father plans for that. We are getting so excited to see Carson's little brother. We hope and pray that things go well. I hope that this baby is bigger than Carson was. And if he looks just like his dad too, I will be perfectly happy! I can't believe we only have 16 more days!

Holy hormones!

For me, there are a couple of ways to tell that I am pregnant. 1. The belly, obviously. 2. I eat a lot more, bigger helpings, and more often. 3. I cry about everything. It is a little bit ridiculous. Usually in the middle of my crying I am laughing at myself and thinking what a loser I am to be crying about these silly things.

Well, yesterday afternoon, Travis sold his truck. Having no income with your husband in school, living off of loans and goverment assistance isn't exactly fun or easy. So we have been trying to sell his truck for about a year and a half. And since we got back from Illinois, he has had to fix two different things on it. So who knows what was going to be next. Anyway, the guy that bought it came from New Mexico and didn't even care about any of the problems with it. It is sold, and we are officially a one car family... oh my! I hardly ever leave the apartment, so that isn't a big deal. It just means that we have to plan better.

As Travis was outside with the title in his hand getting ready to go to the bank and sign everything, I started crying. Sad? Maybe. Pregnant? Definitely. It was one of those times that I was telling myself that I am an idiot, this is stupid.But then I started thinking of the fun times in that truck. It was Travis' first truck. He had that truck when we started dating. How many times did we go out on dates in that truck? How many times did he open my door for me? How many times did we throw a bunch of crap in the back to go somewhere? (And when you are having your first baby and buying things like a crib and a swing and high chair or when you are painting your dining room table, trucks really come in handy!) How many times did Travis not renew his registration and then switch vehicles with me so I could get pulled over and have to go to court? How many times did he get it stuck in a ditch while trying to impress me? Okay, the last two were only once. There were a lot of memories and it will be remembered. Today, Travis assured me that someday we will have a better one to make more memories with! Seriously... it is just a car. I'm over it!

IT'S A ...

Next step... names??

15 Weeks

Now that I am 15 weeks along, Babycenter says Baby Grover is about the size of an apple. Seriously, don't those shiny green apples look so yummy?? And just because Baby Grover is the size of an apple does not mean that my belly can't be the size of a small pumpkin... so there! The first trimester is officially over and so far this pregnancy has been pretty similar to when I was pregnant with Carson. I feel so much better now and feel like I can actually get some things done. I don't see the couch quite as often throughout the day! I am still pretty tired and I do occasionally get sick after I eat too much! My next doctor's visit is next week and I am hoping and praying for things to go well and for the baby to continue to be healthy!

Baby Grover is the size of a lime right now (according to Babycenter, which I read religiously). Is it a coincidence that my favorite drink while I have been pregnant this time has been the cherry limeades from Sonic??? Ha, I love how Babycenter and pregnancy books compare the growing baby to different things. A couple of weeks ago Baby Grover was the size of a kumquat. Ok, I know that is a food, but I couldn't tell you what it looks or tastes like and it just sounds like a bad word. That is actually what one of Travis' friends calls people that make him mad. I know you shouldn't call people names, but that makes me laugh. Anyway, I can't wait to keep comparing my baby to random foods and toys. I am almost done with my first trimester and I actually felt good today!!!