when it rains, it POORS!

So the past 2 days have been HELL for me! To keep it short, I will just say that if something will break, or go wrong, then it has happened ALL in the past couple days.  I am just blaming it on bad luck ha...  Yesterday was tough because Kinsey was so off schedule do to the time change.  I tried keeping her up a little later the night of the change and she slept in an extra hour so technically she got up at the same time she does everyday, between 730 and 8am.  Well 1130 rolled around and she was so cranky and ornery and I discovered she was hungry. So I fed her lunch and then she went to her room for a nap like we do everyday.. Well it was only 12!! She doesnt nap until 1 on usual days!! I attempted to keep her up for a half hour but that just backfired on me, she only slept for 1 hour then was up and only in a good mood for about 30 min then she was a tantrum throwing very upset little girl.  Nothing Brandon and I would do made her happy so we just let her cry most of the day... That got to my nerves and I tried so hard to be nice and pleasant but its hard when your pregnant lol
That night Kinsey went to bed very good, probably because she was so worn out from throwing tantrums all day, and I headed to bed earlier as well.  All I could do was sit there and think of all the things I needed to get done and to top it off, my eczema would not stop itching!! I know it just makes it worse but its all over my hands and palms so its SOOO hard not to itch it.  I tossed and turned for about 3 hours then finally was able to fall asleep.  This was the first night in a very long time that my neighbors didnt keep me up (their back deck is close to our bedroom window and they are LOUD smokers that take smoke breaks until 430 in the morning!!) So I was frustrated that I was not getting good sleep when I could be.. Then that morning at 630 Kinsey decides to wake up! I had only been sleeping for a good 3 hours and was at the point of exhaustion.. I went in and tucked her back in and told her she needed to play quietly in her bed until Mommy came to get her. Well that lasted until about 7am when Brandon had to get up to get ready for work.  As soon as she heard someone walking around and in the bathroom, she had to get up.  I knew I wouldnt be pleasant so I let her play and do her thing while Brandon got ready.  He was even nice enough to cook her breakfast while I laid in bed bawling my eyes out for no reason (most likely because I was not ready to get out of bed or be awake!)  Then I decided to eat breakfast and get some energy going.  Well I put my two pieces of toast in the toaster and the dang thing wouldnt work!!!! Our toaster was BROKEN!! WHY?!?!?!  Toast is the only thing my belly can really handle in the morning besides oatmeal (we were out of milk so i couldnt make me any of that ha).  So I buttered some bread and put in the oven to broil.. well that doesnt work as good as a toaster so the crusts were burnt and my toast was not very good...  Then THANKFULLY my mom called me later and asked if her and Rob could come over for lunch.  I couldnt be happier to have them come over and bring Kinsey and I lunch!!!!!  While getting ready, well just presentable because I could care less what I looked like today ha, I dropped my foundation in the sink and it shattered!! I dont buy the cheep stuff cuz that is just not good to my face so I sat there looking at my tiny 30 dollar bottle of foundation running down the sink drain. YEP it was fantastic... I got the idea to get a small container and a piece of card stock and scrape and salvage as much as i could.  Finally my mom and Rob showed up and that was so nice!  I needed to just be able to have adult interaction and have someone help me with Kinsey for a little bit ha  Soon after they left Kinsey was ready for her nap at her usual 1 o'clock! I was THRILLED :) and to even add more positive to my day, she slept for the usual 2 hours!  I was able to get some cleaning done, clip all my coupons and rest! When she woke up we played and waited for Dad to get home.  The day was getting better and better :)  As soon as Brandon got home I left for the grocery store.  I took my time and just enjoyed myself as much as possible and didnt rush.  When I got home Brandon hurried to unload all the groceries and then told he me had to hurry and go!? I was so confused until he told me he had school!! I totally forgot today was Monday.. I got home at 550 and he had to be to school at 6pm.. HORRIBLE wife award!  He left and I was stuck putting all the food away and making dinner and having Kinsey climb all over me.  She thinks its funny to sit and hold onto my legs while I walk around lol It gives me quite the workout.  I had all the ingredients for our chicken tacos in the mixing bowl and reached for the Pam to spray in the baking dish and right when I opened the cabinet, my huge thing of olive oil fell.. I dont know what caused it to fall because there is not much in that cabinet.. well it hit the edge of my mixing bowl and chicken tacos went flying EVERYWHERE!! all over me, all over my freshly moped floor, all over my kitchen rugs, all over my appliances that I had polished that afternoon, and pretty much just everywhere! ha.. I started bawling again (for the millionth time today) and called Brandon begging him to just come back home.  On a positive note to this story, there was enough left in the bowl to make Kinsey a couple tacos.  I put what was left in the oven for her and started cleaning up the mess.. Kinsey was such a sweetheart and handed me all the towels she could find and even went to her room to grab some of her blankets to offer to help clean up the huge mess!  I just looked at her and she gave me the biggest hug and put her hands on my face and kissed me! I needed that so much :)  after she ate dinner we went downstairs to eat flipps (our favorite) and watch Aristocats.  She snuggled with me and was such a perfect little girl all night thank goodness :)  Then we did our normal night routine with reading and then bedtime.  and now im blogging because I am afraid to do anything else because I dont want to end tonight on a bad note lol

35 weeks and the count down begins!

Well this Friday I am 35 weeks!! I cannot believe it... Where has the time gone?! But on the bright side, we ALMOST have everything done :)  My appointment was yesterday and things went well..  I was a little stumped when we left but at least I know Harper is doing well and loving it in my belly for now ha.  I have only gained 1 lb in the past 6 weeks but somehow Harper now weighs a little over 5 lbs!!!! Someone please explain to me how this happens haha  That means she has gained almost 3 lbs in less then 3 weeks.. So I guess that means all my resting and lack of heavy work has payed off and she is now gaining weight like crazy!  My fluid looks great and I am only dilated to a finger tip!  I sure hope she comes at 38 weeks because I dont think my body can handle a 9 lb baby.. My plan is to go into labor after I do my black friday shopping lol (if only i get so lucky?!)

Some things that I have been experiencing is LOTs and i mean LOTS of Braxton-Hicks contractions.  I get worried sometimes but my Dr says its ok as long as I dont have more than 6 in an hour.  I have gotten to 6 but never more.. I have even had a few very painful ones that knock me on the floor haha but that only happens when I move way to fast or if I havent sat for a long period of time.  I sometimes forget that I am pregnant, as weird as that sounds, because I am not nearly as big as when I was pregnant with Kinsey so I think I can do things like bend over while sitting down, or squeeze between a tight space, then soon get reminded that I have a basket ball under my shirt lol  Harper moves non-stop!  she is always kicking or punching and sometimes my belly just looks like a big jell-o mold that was shook haha And it never fails every night right when I lay down to go to bed she gets the hick-ups.  Its quite funny for the first 5 min then I just want them to stop so I can go to sleep!  I have also been feeling queasy lately.  Its almost like I am back in the first trimester.  Certain smells or even sounds (nose blowing), makes me gag!  I have had to take my Zofran quite a bit lately and I hate when it comes time to cooking because I dont know if the smell will make me sick or not!  Kinsey still doesnt quite understand that there is a baby in my belly.. she just thinks its funny to poke at my belly button (which is herniated by the way ugh!!!) and she LOVES to lay her head on it while watching TV.  For all I know she just thinks I am getting fat but she doesnt judge! haha

My next appointment is in 2 weeks and I am kinda scared to see how much Baby Harper weighs.. Lets hope she has gained weight but not more then a pound or so lol

Halloween 2011

Halloween was SOOOO much fun this year!! It was a weekend full of fun stuff :)  On Saturday I had a Baby "Sprinkle" with close family and got lots of little things that I will need for Harper and a few BIG things as well!  My mom got me a swing (a must have in my opinion when you have 2 kids) and my Grandma and Grandpa Sullivan got me a double stroller!!!! I am so excited to go on a walk with my 2 cute girls and bright green stroller ;)  Then of course I got lots of diapers (main reason for having a "sprinkle") clothes and fun stuff.  My family is the best and spoils me always.  Then that evening we went "trunk-or-treating" at the church by our house.  We got there kinda late so most of the people had left but Kinsey still got to go to a few cars and get candy.  It was also a good practice for what was to come on Monday :)

Then the day of Halloween was fun as well!  Kinsey and I played and did our usual thing, then when Dad got home we ate yummy soup and headed over to the mall to trick-or-treat there.  In my opinion, the mall is the BEST place to go because its warm, you dont have to walk far, and you can browse in the stores lol  Kinsey made out like a bandit!  Then we went home to pass out candy to the kids and waited while Brandon went to school for a little bit LAME! But I cant complain.. at least that shows dedication.  Then as soon as we got home we headed out again for more candy.  We only went to the houses on our street and by that time her bucket was pretty full! (our neighbors dont mess around lol)  Then Brandon took us to this house he saw on his way home that had music and lights and the whole shabang! As soon as we got out of the car and Kinsey heard the music she immediately started dancing lol  She stood in front of that house dancing and watching all the other kids dance for a good 15-20 min!  She was even dancing in the car as we were leaving that street haha

Kinsey had a blast and so did I this Halloween! It was so much fun making her Lady Bug costume and dressing her up :) I am already planning on what my girls are going to be next year!

Painting pumpkins

Trunk-or-treating

My Bestest Friend EVER!

Kinsey and Leo

She was so excited to go get more candy!

Dancing the night away..

Kinsey loves her music lol

Attempt #1

Since the day Brandon and I moved into our neighborhood we noticed cars drive pretty fast around our corner and in our neighborhood in general.  We have quite the mixture of ages in our area from retired to young couples like ourselves, and there are a lot of new teen drivers as well.  I would even hear my neighbors across the street complain about how fast people would drive and we even made it a joke that we were going to all sit in our front yard and spray the cars that were going too fast with our hoses haha.  I knew it was just a matter of time before something happened... and it did early Saturday afternoon.

Kinsey and I were upstairs.  She was playing with her baby dolls and I was preparing dinner to put in the crock pot for that night when I heard a very weird noise.  It sounded like a soda can was crushed but 10x louder..  I ran over to look out my front windows and saw something that NO ONE should ever have to see in their life!  A boy was laying in the road right in front of a truck... I ran to put my safety gate on my stairs so Kinsey would be safe and dialed 9-1-1 as a ran out my front door.  When I got there the boy was crying (I was soooo relieved to hear him cry!) and I continued to ask him questions like his name, age, thing like that too tell the dispatcher.  It seemed like forever before anyone else came to the scene and once there were a couple people there I handed my cell phone to one of them and went back in my house to keep Kinsey safe and I didnt want her to see that poor boy laying in the road.  Soon the paramedics arrived and the scene was cleared up and I went to get my cell phone back from the nice man!  I was so shook up from the whole thing because this is the second time I have been in the front row seat of a automobile and bike accident.  The first time was when I was driving to high school and a man was hit and it actually took his life.  I was affected by this for a very very long time and I still get clammy hands and nervous when driving near cyclists.  Brandon thinks I am phyco when I yell at him when I think he gets to close to someone on their bike.  I am just so so THANKFUL that the little boy was responding and will be ok.  I have had nightmares since Saturday evening and it plays in my mind all the time.. and now that I am a mom I am more scared to see it happen to one of my kids.  I just cant even imagine!!!!

So Saturday after I laid Kinsey down for her nap I got on my phone and made multiple phone calls.  My plan is to get our yield signs changed to stop signs, and those signs that say "slow, children at play" or something to get more people aware that there are LOTS and LOTS of little kids in this area and to slow down!! I called UDOT and spoke to a really nice guy who gave me a ton of information on what I needed to do.  He directed me to call Layton City and talk to them.  Well, they were closed since it was the weekend so I had to wait until today to get ahold of anyone.  When I called, I got the administrator who then transferred me to her boss, who then transferred me to the police department, who then transferred me to the sheriff, who then transferred me to the traffic engineer and thats where I left a message.  I will NOT stop until something is done!! I am so frustrated that something hasnt been done sooner... So today is attempt #1 of getting something done and I will keep you all updated to how many more attempts it takes me!  I WILL NOT GIVE UP!

32 Weeks!

is it just me or is time on super fast mode lately!?!?  I feel like I have only been pregnant for a couple months, and in reality I could have this baby in as little as 6 WEEKS! Im stressing out trying to get everything done on time and so far I am on a good pace to be done by Thanksgiving :) I will be done with finals at the end of this month and Harper's room should be done in the next week or so, then I just have to worry about getting the carpets cleaned, finishing up her crib bedding and a few other little things.

My appointment was yesterday and everything went pretty good.  I have not gained 1 oz in the past 4 weeks and that worries my Dr a little bit, but Harper has def grown and is right on track so I think my body is giving its "extra" weight to her and I am TOTALLY fine with that lol.  I eat at least 3 times a day, usually 4 but I have a very active toddler and a big house to keep clean all day so I burn lots of calories!  Everything else looks perfect and I have lots of fluid so I know she is happy :)

Things are getting a little bit more difficult for me now with my bigger belly.. Sleeping is a JOKE! I move so much and can hardly get comfortable.  And when I finally do get comfortable I have to get up to go to the bathroom, take care of a crying puppy, help Kinsey get tucked back into bed, or take some tums because my heartburn is killing me haha.  Its a never ending cycle and I know I wont get much more sleep when I have a newborn so I am just thankful for what I do get :) Simple tasks are no longer simple... I struggle with scrubbing the bathroom (especially the tub), picking things up off the floor is 10x harder then what it used to be, and chasing after Kinsey is quite funny because she can usually out run me now lol  I also have a very hard time rocking with Kinsey :(  Sometimes she needs to just have a few min of my undivided attention so we rock in a rocking chair and since my belly is in the way she has to snuggle up with it instead of me! Another thing I have realized it my energy level is not as good as it normally is. I painted 95 percent of my house all on my own and in about 2 months plus had Kinsey to watch.  I got it done and felt fine.  Then when it came around to me painting the nursery that was a different story!  I would do one wall and have to take a break and not get back to it until the next day usually lol.  Lets just say it has taken me 2 weeks to paint that one room!  Its almost done though!!!!!  I am feeling great and enjoying every second I can with just Kinsey and I because I know when Harper arrives, my life will be 3x as busy :)

tin tins!

I LOVE family traditions and wanted to start a bunch once I had my own family! So one of them we started this year was going to a pumpkin patch, ridding on a hay ride and picking out our own pumpkins. This totally beats going to the grocery store to pick out pumpkins that have been picked over a million times haha. We went to Black Island Farms this year in Syracuse. They have the largest corn maze in Utah and have a huge field full of perfect pumpkins, and a ton of stuff for kids to do. I cant wait to take Kinsey back there when she is a little older so she can play the games but she def had fun this year. While we were standing in line, Beatleguise came over to talk to us and Kinsey wanted to keep a nice 10ft distance from him haha She was totally fine if she could see him and he wasnt too close, but as soon as he would get closer she would hold onto Brandon tighter and tighter. We managed to get a pic with him though haha! On the hay ride Kinsey had a BLAST! She saw cows and just enjoyed everything about it, then when we got off to pick out pumpkins she was even more thrilled. She was right along side her dad while I was trying not to fall haha. Being pregnant and walking on very unstable ground that sinks in certain areas just isnt a good mix! we got her a smaller pumpkin and she was very proud! She even helped me carry it to the car and she wouldnt let us forget about them when we got home. Now every time we go out our front door she grabs her pumpkin and says "tin tin!" I LOVE it! :)

she was just a little unsure about him..

happy girl with her tin tin :)

Drum Roll!!!

Well folks we have decided on a name for our little girl!!! 

Harper Lucille Kunz

Let me just say this has been one of the HARDEST things Brandon and I have had to do.. I have no idea how we agreed on Kinsey's name so fast lol.  I have liked the name Harper from day one.  (I got the name from the Beckham's)  But Brandon would always say it sounded like "hopper" and wasnt a very girly name.  Anyways, we went back and forth from name to name and the only name we could agree on was Aspen.  Well we soon remembered and found out that there is a little girl on Brandon's side of the family named Aspen and she just turned 1 a couple months ago.  They would be too close in age and that just wouldnt work out having them with the same name lol So it was back to the drawing board!  We came up with Elizabeth and a few others but I just wasnt crazy about them so I guess you could say I was the picky one.. We would also come up with other names like Lucy, and a couple other names ending in "y", but I didnt want to have my girls have similar names and since Kinsey was already a "y" name we couldnt have another lol 

Then one night I finally told Brandon we had to agree on a name before we went to bed!!  We spent a couple hours talking about names and to be honest I just didnt like ANY of them.  (girl names are hard!) Then Brandon told me he didnt mind the name Harper, but still wanted to see what else there was. (this was the first time he actually had something positive to say about that name lol) So after a long time later he came up with the idea to flip a coin!  We did best out of 3 and I called heads and WON! The deal was if he won he had to name her but the name had to go with the middle name Lucille, and if I won her name would be Harper.  After I won Brandon seemed just fine with it :) and I am SOOOO happy! 

Her middle name is our Great-Grandma's name on Brandon's side and she passed away not too long ago from pneumonia.  She was truly an amazing woman and I felt like I knew her my whole life!  We never saw her out of her nice dresses and her hair and make-up was ALWAYS flawless.  She was very conscious about her health and had the best body I have ever seen an elderly lady have.  When you would ask her what her secret was, she would tell you she exercises everyday (thats the truth!) and eats all low-fat ;).  I love her and miss her everyday and wish I got to spend more then the short 5 years knowing her.  I am so excited that our little girl is going to carry on her beautiful name :)

Well there you have it! Thats one less thing on my "to-do" list and now i have much more stuff to do!  I started to paint the nursery and her quilt is almost done.  So I hope I can stay at a good pace and have everything done by Thanksgiving!!!