This my life!

I’ve been feeling guilty for my lack of real posting the last couple of weeks, you would think that while I’m on bed rest I’d have plenty of time to do so and even have interesting stories to tell. But not really! I feel my life has gotten boring and I spend a lot of time sleeping these days. The most excitement I’ve had was I went to stay with my parents over the weekend with the kids while my Hubby was at a very long drill. I needed the help with my kids, so it seemed like a logical thing to do. I got to attend a local Bridal Show with my Mom & sister. I got to be silly and help my sister win prizes for her wedding, by going through as a bride myself! I wish in some ways I could really afford to do a big wedding get together to make up for not having a anything fancy when we first got married, but we can’t afford it. So, I won my sister a free tossing bouquet! I did have lots of fun pretending to be a bride and when I’d get asked when we were getting married I’d say ‘Oh sometime after my baby is born.’ I had lots of fun with my sister talking wedding stuff and seeing what kinds of things she wanted or liked or didn’t like while we were there.

Not too terribly exciting beyond that. I bought some sweet munchies that I was craving at this great bakery while I was in town. I’ve been craving donuts for weeks now and they tasted fabulous. And I let my son eat a cupcake for breakfast that last morning there. Aren’t I so nice? That’s been my life as of late!

MilSpouse Friday Fill-In #11 & 12

Sorry that it took me so long to post this, I was without internet all weekend! So here it is, belated and all! ;)

What is a weird/funny superstition that you have? (from A{muse}ing Mommy on a Pink Park Bench)

What are your hopes and dreams for the years AFTER the military? After all, we aren’t in it forever! (from Stetsons, Spurs and Stilettos)
I want to move somewhere beautiful and far away from Utah! Live in a big beautiful house, travel to all kinds of places with my hubby!

Since [this] month is National Apple Month (no really!), I’d probably ask: What is your yummiest apple recipe? (from NH Girl Displaced)
I honestly have never cooked or done and foods that have apples. I guess I'm weird. I do love apples!

How long have you gone as a military spouse without talking to your husband/wife during service? (from A Navy Princess and Her Little Sailors)
Three weeks while he was deployed in Iraq, which surprised me that I got to talk to him as often as I did.

I occasionally watch When I was 17… on MTV. So, what was something that was significant about your 17th year of life? (from Ashley Amazing)
I started dating my husband when we were 17. ;)

 Do you set goals for yourself during deployment?  What are some of them? (from Military Mommy)
The goal was to survive the deployment and all that it comes with!

What would you say to someone dating a military guy or gal? (from Mothering Off the Cuff)
Its not always easy, but if they are important to you or if you love them than its worth it!

If you have children, how do you prepare them to move to a new place? (from The Random Ramblings of A Household 6)
There still little enough I don't have to worry about that yet!
 Soon though!

Name one hobby that gets you through alone time.  (from My Sailor’s Mistress)
Scrapbooking & reading!

What’s the one food you don’t ever get tired of? (from That Army Wife Life)
mashed potatoes & gravy!

Pregnancy Humor

It seems everybody's worried about finding ways to have a specific gender, but what happens when it goes too extreme? This comic made me laugh and I just had to share! Have a Fabulous Night!

I Feel....

I honestly do know what to say about how I feel these days. I know that my pregnancy is talking when I say I'm tired beyond belief and the all-day sickness is getting old. I really don't remember feeling this awful with either of my other pregnancies, but I'm sure I thought this way with each of them and I didn't have two toddlers last time. Bed rest has been quite the experience and I can't really say I'm enjoying it. Because I'm not allowed to carry anything heavier than a gallon of milk I can't exactly pick up my kids and I think its hitting all of us a little hard. I miss picking up and cuddling my babies! We've had so much help from the members of our LDS Ward and I can't even begin to give enough thanks for everything they've done. And they always want to do more for us. I hate asking for help and so I've just kept it to helping with my kids. Like I said they've offered to bring in meals and even help with our housework (I just can't bring myself to ask that much) I guess I have a lot of pride still.

My bed rest consists of lots of sleeping, watching TV & movies, internet browsing and reading books. Though I will admit, I'd love to have some companionship! I miss talking to other women! Or just talking to someone at all. I'd even go for having a girl's day at my house and doing some scrapbooking, but I don't know who to ask. Most of my friends are my blogger buddies and none of you live close to me! Hopefully, the bleed will go away on its own soon and I can start being more active again! Thanks for listening to my little vent, I just needed to get it off my chest! If any of you have suggestions on things to do while in bed, I'm all ears!

Pregnancy Survey 10 Weeks

How far along? 10 weeks and 1 days (9/8)
Total weight gain/loss:I weighed in at my first appt at 168, so at that point I'd gained five lbs, but this last week I lost 3 lbs.


Maternity clothes? Definitely and I need to buy some more Maternity clothes

Stretch marks? Just the ones from previous pregnancies


Sleep: Still tossing and turning, get more sleep during the day while my kids are with members of our Church than I do at night, but its still pretty interrupted

Best moment this week: Last week I got to see every inch of my baby and it was amazing.

Movement: I felt the baby move for the first time on Saturday, the little tiny flutterings! I'm so excited

Food cravings:Spaghetti (not that I can actually eat it), ice cream, swiss rolls, sugar!


Gender: Not until November

Labor Signs:Thank heavens no


Belly Button in or out? A much smaller innie, but still an innie


Wedding rings on or off?I had to take them off on Monday, they were cutting off my circulation


What I miss: Eating, without fear of vomiting

What I am looking forward to: Finding out what we're having. I feel strongly its going to be a boy! I guess we'll see.

Weekly Wisdom: Eat lots of little snacks and it will help keep nutrients of some kind in you and your baby

Milestones:Feeling first movements!

I'll post up a pic of my belly tomorrow after I get my Hubby to take one for me!

Wordless Wednesday

I Have Returned

Hey Everybody, I'm back. We got back from a family vacation on Sunday and boy, am I exhausted from vacation. I did have tons of fun. We went camping and explored at the Fort Bridger, Wyoming Mountain Men Rendevouz. Its a tradition every year that we go with Christopher's family and we all get dressed up in pre-1840 attire. This year proved to be somewhat of a let down, though and that makes me sad. My Brother-in-law did the planning this year and we all chipped in to pay for the campsite & meals. I think after this experience we ALL will be helping to plan, it was just insane. We didn't get a say in what was cooked (although he asked for suggestions, he was a little crazy about everything being pre-1840), they refused to help with the cooking & clean up when everybody actually showed up 'saying that they had done all the cooking & cleaning before' (which was like three meals, while it was two extra people outside of them & their kids) and I hated all the arguing that went on due to that. Next year more say!

I could hardly eat any of the food due to all-day sickness, luckily we came prepared with yogurt & instant mashed potatoes (which is about all I could eat.) The other thing that made this trip not as fun, was it was incredibly hot during the day and reached freezing at night. We spent two nights dealing with screaming kids all night long and with all that we decided to go home early. My body wasn't handling any of it very well and I'm supposed to be on bedrest.

That's right *smacking hand to forehead* I haven't told you about my ER visit last Monday. I was having some crazy bad pain in my left side and I thought I was passing a kidney stone (I have a history of them during pregnancy). So, Christopher left work early and we headed the hour & a half into town to go the hospital. I got meds, which was a so amazingly helpful! What they found wasn't so helpful! They think there might have been a stone that caused a slight back up of fluid in my kidney, but their was no sign of the stone. And here's the kicker, I have a bleed under my placenta. Its kind of stressful, since I learned it can cause a miscarriage and can cause me to die if it becomes placenta abrupto. Now, I'm on bedrest and I'm still relying on the generosity of the members of my Church to take care of my kids, while I can't.

So that's what new at the Southworth Household!