Update

I know that I say this every time that I blog...but seriously I suck at blogging. I don't know why it is so hard for me! But here I am so I will give you a little update on our family.

On March 16th Brooklyn turned 2. I really can't believe that we have a two year old. Sometimes she is a little stinker but most of the time she is so sweet. I know she is going to be such a good big sister because she cares so much about everyone else and loves to help out. One of our biggest problems is she is too dang smart. She has figured out of our child locks she can either open then and if she can't she has learned how to break them off. And she is already trying to reason with us. The other night she was watching woody (toy story 3) and I told her it was time to get in the bath and she said "no mom, its okay I all clean I watchin woody." And she constantly tells us "dis a minute mom" or when I tell her to clean up her toys she will either tell me she is too little and mom do it or "no I clean up later." She is also quite the master at stalling bedtime. She has every excuse and some of them are so smart I wonder if she is really only two. My mom said to me today if they tested her intelligence on her vocabulary alone she would be so far ahead. It is so funny to hear all the things she says come out of someone so little. One of the many things we love about our little monkey is that she is such a good little sharer! She loves to share everything. We are kind of nervous for when the baby gets here because she loves to share food. If she is eating anything she wants you to have some. Brooklyn is also very sensitive and does not like getting in trouble. All I have to do is talk to her sternly and she will cry and say "I sorry mommy". But we do have the occasional times where she does not want to say sorry and will cry in timeout for like 15 minutes because she doesn't want to say it. She is always trying to take care of everyone and help with anything and everything that is being done. She loves to help me clean especially the mirrors. Every night Casey and I sing her primary songs before bed and the other night she was playing with some of her toys and started to sing some of the songs. Casey and I were in shock. She knew every word to I love to see the temple, I have a family here on Earth, Give said the little stream, and Twinkle twinkle little star (I know there are more but I can't think of them right now). After she finished singing the first song we were blown away! So we kept asking her to sing another song. That is how we discovered that she knew all the words. We told my family about this so when my mom was babysitting the yesterday my mom would start singing one of the songs only a couple of words and Brooklyn would finish them. It is the cutest thing! We tried to get it on video but she just ended up being silly. Brooklyn is also OBSESSED with baths and showers. Anytime either of us are going to take a shower Brooklyn is naked within seconds saying "I shower too!" Last week she wasn't feeling good and all she wanted to do was take a bath (just like her momma) and she would take a 45 minute bath and took 2-3 of them a day.

As for me I am now 27 weeks pregnant and I feel like this pregnancy has gone by super fast but slow at the same time. March was really weird because I felt like I was supposed to be having the baby because I had Brooklyn in March. So that month went by super slow. But now it is starting to go a little faster. I feel really good! I am starting to notice that I am getting a little bit more tired but other than that I feel good. I am definitely a TON bigger than I was with Brooklyn and that has been hard for me. I know every pregnancy is different but it has been hard not to compare. I also wish I was still feeling nauseated at night because now I can't stop eating!! Casey is trying to help me because it really is bad. Every single night I have to have a bowl of captain crunch before bed, sometimes that is 11:00 and sometimes that is 2:00 a.m. Definitely something that needs to stop! But I can't sleep if I don't have it. I just lay there and think about it. This little guy is so active! And he is so so high. He is constantly in my ribs. Brooklyn pretty much lived in my back and on top of my bladder but this baby is all out front and up top. I would say that 90% of the day he is moving. They aren't little movements either. You can see and feel every single one. He rolls so much aslo it is so funny to watch my stomach. But almost 2 weeks ago now we had a little scare. It was the night of the Preisthood session of conference and I went into labor. (This also happened with Brooklyn at 30 weeks so I was grateful that I knew what to do this time) My contractions started right after the afternoon session on saturday and I noticed I was having them but just passed them off as braxton hicks. Well about 20 minutes before Casey was leaving I was not feeling good at all. I was really nauseated and the contractions were more noticeable and there was sooo much pressure in my "pelvic floor." I went to try and lay down but no matter how I layed it was hurting so much. So Casey came in to get dressed and said what is wrong and I told him what was going on and he asked me if I had timed my contractions and I had and they were really random so I told him that it couldn't be preterm labor. He asked if he needed to stay home and I told him to just go and I would just try and relax to see if that helped (I had seriously done nothing all day so I didn't know if it was really going to help) but I knew he had his phone if I needed him. Well at about 7:30 it was really bad and I knew I needed him. So I texted him and told him it wasn't getting better and I didn't know what to do. He asked me what my symptoms were and so I told him still the same. Well our doctor happens to be in Casey's parents stake and so when he told me to call the doctor I said he is probably at the Priesthood session. His dad then asked why he was texting and so he told him and his dad said that is so crazy because when he had first come in he had originally sat next to our O.B. So he knew exactly where to find him when it was over. So right as it ended Casey was able to talk to our doctor and tell him what was up and he said that we needed to go to the hospital and he would meet us there. I felt so bad because now Case wouldn't get to go out to dinner with his dad and brothers and now the doctor was going to have to leave his family for me! So we got to Davis hospital and got all checked in. They had me change, hooked me up to the moniters and checked me. Well I was starting to dialate. She said she could get through most of the cervix but that the top was still tight so that was really good. But the time the doctor got there he kept telling us how he was so grateful we came in. I was 25 weeks and that is waay too early for this little one to come. They checked everything with the baby to see if there was anything wrong with him to make my body think it was time. But he looked great. So we have no idea why but they gave me a shot to stop the contractions. And watched me for a couple hours and sent us home. I was on bed rest for a week and then he wanted me to slowly try and get back into things and see how it went. Well sunday night right after the last session ended the contractions started again (mind you I had done absolutely nothing all day but lay on the couch). I started to cry because I did not want to have to go back to the hospital and possibly stay there on bed rest. So I asked Casey to give me a blessing and he did and it was so amazing! It was a very strong blessing and within minutes the contractions and pressure were gone. The rest of the week I stayed on bed rest and then slowly started doing stuff. And it has been almost two weeks and no contractions! I am so grateful! The priesthood is seriously an amazing thing! I am so grateful to have it in my life and that I can call on Case whenever I need him.

Casey is still super busy with work and now he and his little brother are starting a graphic design company so that is taking up a lot of time at home. But he has been really good not to work on stuff until after Brooklyn goes to bed. Brooklyn loves her daddy and if he is home and not paying attention to her she has a melt down. We love him so much and are so proud of the success he is having at work and are so grateful for the dad and husband he is! Sunday is our 3rd anniversary!! I can't believe that we have been married for 3 years! It has flown by. I feel so lucky to be married to him and don't know how I got such a great catch. Every other year we switch of who plans our anniversary and this year it is his turn. I have no idea what we are doing and don't get to find out until may because we are going somewhere and combining it with my birthday. I am really anxious to see where it is we are going! So for this weekend to celebrate we are going to the temple on saturday and then to lunch.

I know I said this was a little update on our family but it ended up being really long! So if you got through it good job! And sorry if it is a little scatter brained, I blame it on the pregnancy! Also we just got a new imac and case hasn't put iphoto on it yet and I have no idea how else to upload pictures so as for now no pictures sorry! But when he puts it on I will put pictures up from the last few months!