Thanks

I just wanted to say thanks for the all the very thoughtful comments and well wishes. I'm grateful and blessed to have such wonderful friends and family.
I'm thrilled to report that we are happy and healthy here in the Mitchell home.

No sign of the Braxton Hicks since they attached the IV at the hospital. No complaints here. Just an itchy belly. I'll post pictures of it (covered) later. Stretch marks aren't attractive.


I'm giving Obiwan a new brand of dog food hoping that it'll relieve some of his allergies symptoms. He's just so itchy. It's more expensive but if it works we'll try it.

A few days ago Little Brian had a surprise for me after his morning nap. I walked in to see a bare baby's bum and his sheets soaking wet. In a hour and a half he discovered how to take off his diaper. It's been pants or shorts on from then on.

I came across a quote today...

"Pregnancy is the happiest reason for ever feeling like crap" - Author Unknown

So true.

I don't have a weekend wrap up cuz we didn't really do anything. Hopefully this up and coming weekend will be more productive in getting the house ready (cleaned/organized) for Baby. I know we don't have very many of those weekends left. It's time to whip up a Honey Do List and I have a list of things that I'd love my Mom to help me sew when she gets here on the 1st.

Braxton Hicks

Over the past day or two I've discovered that stomach bug equals dehydration equals braxton hicks. Braxton Hicks is awful. I've never had Braxton Hicks before with Little Brian.

Thursday late afternoon I felt lousy so I asked Big Brian to take care of Little Brian for me so I could sleep off what ever it was that was bothering me. As time went on I only felt worse and got B to give me a blessing. I haven't felt that sick in a long time and I didn't know what my body was trying to tell me at first cuz contractions started. I knew that it was going to be a miserable night if Brian left for work.

To make a long story short. I couldn't get hydrated cuz my body rejected everything so we went to the ER. The wonderful Murrays took care of Little Brian overnight. It wasn't long before I am in a hospital gown with an IV in me which made my night cuz it stopped the contractions. We listened to the baby's heart rate all night long. I could never get tired of listening to it. They kept me over night and poor Brian tried to sleep in the uncomfortable hospital chairs. He forgot his PSP game at home so he had nothing to entertain himself with. He must've asked if I needed something like 50 times. He was wonderful.

Our good friend and nurse Karen Brazzelle stopped in and gave me the low down on why the contractions started. They gave me Phen a something for the nausea which makes you really drowsy. Little Brian stayed with the Murrays until 4:30 the next day so we could get some sleep. I'm sure that Little Brian was disappointed to leave his buddies. Mom was useless to play with and Dad was taking care of dinner and Mom. LB gives the dogs lots of attention whether they like it or not.

Brian says that the guys at work were surprised to see him on a Friday night after taking Thursday off. This experience reaffirms my testimony on how miraculous and precious our bodies are. I'm feeling a lot better and we are just taking it easy this weekend.

Baby Blessings and Baby Showers

Sunday we were able to drive over to Enterprise to attend Caleb's baby blessing. That was a treat. The Rasmussen family had a sweet spirit about them. It was fun to visit with them for awhile afterwards. Kate (not pictured) was in Nursery at the time. I'm grateful that we have the sacred priesthood keys restored on earth so we can witness these special blessings in our lives.

Tonight Big Brian watched Little Brian so I could attend Amber's Baby shower. She's having a girl and is due a short 3 days before me. Amber is a trooper and working right up until her due date. She is a teacher and I don't know how she does it. We are both at the unable to sleep/ sleep deprivation stage but I get to take naps while Little Brian naps. She is a good sport for sticking with it. I'm always good for a night out with the ladies. It was fun.

Happy Grandparents Day!!

To Grandma and Grandpa Anderson & Grandma and Grandpa Mitchell

Happy Grandparents Day!!

My smile can't help but grow when I have such wonderful Grandparents who love me so.

Little Brian would call but he's already in bed. We love you and appreciate all you do.

who's driving who?

I stopped by Ashley's house to drop some stuff off and we visited awhile. Brian fell in love with this car. He didn't hesitate to jump in and start turning the wheel. Normandy (seated in Brian's lap) is also quite attached to the car and wasn't about to let him go for a joy ride. She climbed in and tried to push him out. Not pictured was the 2nd attempt to take over the car when Brian saw Normandy coming and he dove out the window of the car. So cute. According to the girls Normandy kissed Brian but I didn't catch it or I would have gotten it caught on camera. Ashley is a sweetheart and is planning the babyshower for Baby Mitchell in September. I'm excited to see what surprises she has in store.

Brian's First Carousel Ride

We finally introduced Brian to the carousel at the mall. Let's just say it wasn't his cup of tea. He wasn't impressed.

We gave him his binky to see if that would help.
Dad Can I get off now?
Okay

We'll try again later.

weekend wrap up

Our weekend started on Friday since Brian had Friday off. I don't think that we did anything exciting cuz it's all a blur so I'll move onto Saturday.

Saturday we went to a One year old's Birthday party. It was Brian's work partner Eric's little girl. It was great to finally meet the man that worked with Brian 5 days a week. Brian says that he feels like he spends more time with Eric than me so they know each other real well.

I tried to get a picture with the Brian's but Little Brian was more interested in watching the Birthday girl.

I accidentally deleted the wrong picture of Little Brian climbing up the rock wall. He played with the balls and didn't care so much for climbing on the animals.

He loved his cupcake.

Sunday the Murray Family came over for dinner and games. Brian did ribs and corn. It was good stuff. It was a good weekend.