Showing posts with label homesick. Show all posts
Showing posts with label homesick. Show all posts

Monday, March 2, 2015

19 weeks and the cutest church babe

Yesterday marked 19 weeks pregnant! Hallelujah. I am so grateful for the opportunity to have children easily, but being pregnant is not my favorite. I am grouchy and exhausted 24/7. Most days I barely get ready, have crazy Albert Einstein hair, no makeup, I'm lucky if I brush my teeth before noon!! So Sunday's give me a reason to actually get up and ready at a decent hour. 
There isn't much now that I can wear that doesn't fully show my belly. I'm wearing only maternity pants, but not really any tops or dresses yet. With Thomas I got so huge by the end. I'll have to dig up some old pictures because I die when I see them now! I'm so excited to be almost halfway there. 

Yesterday we were so on time for church which never happens when we go at 9. We were ready with time to spare, and Thomas even got his hair styled all handsome. Usually we are flying out the door trying to make it on time. 
We even got there to sit on a bench and not in the back, which was awesome for keeping Thomas contained in sacrament meeting. The nursery leaders gave us his welcome to nursery sheet yesterday so it's coming fast. Hopefully he adjusts to it okay. Every time I go to relief society in our new ward, I am bombarded with people being so nice and welcoming. I usually end up getting all teary eyed and emotional, because one I am pregnant, two it's nice to feel so welcome, and three it just makes me so homesick for our friends and family in Utah! We like it just fine here but we often talk about moving back in a heartbeat if given the opportunity. I never thought I would become so attached to Utah in just a few short years. 

The rest of the day was full of laziness and making lasagna for dinner, which Thomas devoured. He has been much better at eating most things again which makes me happy. 
He loved it. And that chunk just stayed on his face for a good 5 or so minutes. 

Saturday, February 7, 2015

Today.

I can't believe that it's February already. Time seems to flying by this pregnancy, I will be 16 weeks tomorrow! Days seem long but looking back its gone by so fast. It scares me and makes me excited all at once. Having kids 21 months apart will definitely keep my hands full!

Today we went up to the Adidas employee store. Thomas has needed some new shoes and they had such awesome cute ones there for way cheap. We got two pairs for $30! One for now and one in a bigger size. I really love them. Nothing is cuter then little baby shoes. 
 JT bought a golf glove and I didn't get anything, I have a hard time buying clothes when I know I will be huge very soon.
Behind these monster shoes a bunch of people were playing soccer. Thomas wanted in on that game and would have gone right on the field if I hadn't dragged him away. 
Afterwards we went to Beaverton to a place called Papas Pizza Parlor, or something like that. It had a huge kids play area so we let Thomas get some energy out. It was packed with like a million birthday parties so he was a little hesitant, but it wore him out! A lot of parties were huge family groups, and JT and I talked about how alone we really are out here. Seeing all the families made us both realize that. It made us a little homesick! We've both always lived by all of our families, it's hard but we are slowly getting used to it. 
Thomas also ate SO much pizza. Like almost three pieces. 
We all came home and took long long naps, it rained most of the day, we went to Target for some random things, and we are for the most part finally over all the sickness in our house! 
JT can't resist putting any hat he sees in a store on Thomas. 
And some random pictures from our week:
His favorite tickle spots. Bottom of his legs and his face. He goes completely still and just lays there. It's hilarious 
Helping clean the floor is a new favorite thing. 
We bought this on sale at toys r us. He LOVES it. 
Rainy walk before bed 
Also. This is my proud moment of the week. All of this from Carter's for less then $50! We've reached the point of no more hand me downs sadly so I've been searching for good deals. He's just about in 2T shirts because he is so tall!

This is so fitting (literally) for my life right now. It's been one hundred million times harder moving here then I ever expected. The constant rain and getting dark at 4:00 makes me lazy and grumpy, and it's especially hard trying to adjust to life knowing you have to make all new friends. I'm so grateful we moved to a great area with a wonderful ward. I know it will take time to feel comfortable, but for now I just need to remember all of the good things we have been blessed with.