Day 97

This morning we woke up bright and early for our drive to the annual Discount Tire family picnic, for all of the Arizona stores. We haven't been since the year before last. Its always right around fair time and last year we wanted to go to the fair with our cuzzies instead.

Its so fun! Castles N Coasters is closed to the public and everything is 100% FREE. Tons of rides, mini golf, a zip line, go-karts, a bunch of raffles and each person gets a card worth $10 of arcade games. Plus hamburgers, hotdogs, nachos, potato salad, ice cream, popsicles and drinks. All we have to do is pay for a tank of gas that gets us there and back (way cheaper and way more fun than the county fair!) The part we both like most about the fair is the photo booth pictures, which we were excited to get anyway! They had a booth with the arcade games. It stunk though because inside the booth, we all fit perfectly in the shot, but when it printed, Rian was cut out.

 



The look on the kids' faces on the rides was priceless. Aiden especially. He had so much joy, it made me want to cry. He was having the time of his life! They both went on their first roller coaster ride (Aiden's been talking about going on one for months!) Each ride goes through the track twice, so poor Steven had to ride it a total of 8 times. He couldn't handle much more, old man! I wasn't allowed to do anything. Even the carousal had "No pregnant women" in its rules. I snuck on anyway. AJ also loved the golf, "Golfing is the best thing ever!"

Such a fun day. :)

Day 96

Last night Steven fell asleep in the living room (happens pretty often!) Throughout the night the kids ended up in bed with me, so I woke up to this:

:)

We spent the day grocery shopping, cleaning and getting ready for our day out of town tomorrow.

That night I made quick and easy muffins so we could have breakfast on the road. I think I have a recipe pinned, but I didn't feel like searching so I just winged it. The batter from however you typically make pancakes (mix or homemade) plus any fruit, I used blue berries. Sprinkled the tops with cinnamon sugar and popped them in the oven for about 12 minutes, my oven runs hot. They were really good, them being so easy was a huge plus.

Day 95

I kind of over did it today.

I had Sean for a few hours this morning, while he napped, I painted.

One door down, a bunch to go!

It was too breezy out, so I had to bring my project in.

(PS: Ignore that ugly carpet.)

 

After he left, we headed to the store to get a few things. I pinned a recipe for homemade fruit snacks a few weeks ago, I couldn't wait to try them! The kids love fruit snacks, but I hate buying them- so much gross junk in them! The recipe was so easy.



Ingredients:

(Berries, fresh squeezed orange juice, gelatin, honey)

 

It was a pretty big fail. Boo. I made two batches, blue berry and blackberry. The sauces both tasted really good before I added the gelatin. The recipe called for gelatin made from grass-fed cows, I bought regular. I'm not sure that would've made a difference anyway. As I was stirring it in, it had a really distinct smell and it didn't smell good. At all. That's exactly how the fruit snacks (with the weirdest texture!) smell and even taste. Gag. After you chew for a few seconds, that taste goes away, but its definitely not worth enduring. I looked up a few recipes and a lot of other people used way less gelatin. But I don't think I want to try again. (I'm back-dating this. On our trip yesterday, we passed by an area of cows. The smell in the air was a mixture of manure and the gelatin smell- disgusting!!!) Aiden ate a few and said he liked them, Rian was unsure. Steven spit it out haha! I was pretty bummed. But before I bought the gelatin, I was talking to my mom and she said I could use her dehydrator, so maybe I'll try a recipe that way instead.

 

After that big waste of time, I made a homemade potato salad. Has anybody ever had the red skin potato salad from Walmart? Its my faaavorite! But I never go to that annoying store anymore, (unless I absolutely have to, I've yet to find another store that sells what I need to make laundry detergent) so I found a recipe online. Yum! After dinner, I finished painting the other side of the door. Then did a few loads of laundry.

 

I was exhausted that night. My feet were so swollen and my back was aching. I was in bed reading and my book bumped up. I pressed on my belly and felt Baby Three from the outside! So exciting! Can't wait til Daddy can feel. :)

Day 94

Saturday night, these two were begging for a bath in the kitchen. Where they got the idea, I don't know! Rian was about two months old the last time I bathed her in a sink. Tonight I gave into the idea.

So cute!

 

It got me excited to give the new baby baths. Even though they scream during them the first month or so, I love having fresh clean babies.

 

Plus I LOVE my sink, so it'll be even better! ;) In the last couple of weeks, I learned how to get stains out of it (Comet) and all of the scratches. I was super bummed about the scratches, but I was cleaning behind the jars on my counter and came across this little packet of cleaner that came with the sink. It worked wonders! Every scratch is gone. Perfect again.

Day 93 (18 weeks pregnant)

It was definitely different getting ready, heading to the doctor's office and waiting for this ultrasound. Every second didn't feel like a minute. I didn't feel like I was about to burst with anticipation. But I was still excited to see the baby! It was especially nice not having to deal with all of those feelings and hold in an insane amount of pee. :)

She walked in and said after she got her measurements, she'd be able to tell us the sex. I instantly shook my head no, said we don't want to know and she started laughing, apparently Steven was shaking his head just as fast. We didn't really see a whole lot of the baby, just at the very beginning and end, mainly body parts here and there.

She counted all of the fingers and toes, don't remember that with the other two. S/he was trying to suck its thumb- cutest thing ever! She had us look away a few times so she could get what she needed without us accidently seeing anything. The second time we looked back, the baby had totally flipped, its back was now facing us. It was pretty cool, I wish we could've watched it happen though!

Perfect.

For some reason, this is my favorite ultrasound picture that I've ever gotten. We have a profile picture of AJ, I was about 28 weeks, so its not that... I don't know what it is. I feel like the baby's so cute already! Love.

When I was pregnant with Aiden, you could bring in a blank dvd or buy one there for them to record. We stopped at Walgreens on the way to Rian's ultrasound, but they didn't have the right kind so we figured we'd buy one at the office, but they no longer sold them there. So we don't have hers recorded. For this one, they offer a free dvd. Changes every time! I can already hear her, "How come you don't have a recording of mine?" :) I thought it'd be neat to show the kids, but I don't know if we'd be able to see something that we don't want to... so we'll wait!

18 weeks!

Day 92

Tomorrow's our ultrasound! I wonder if it'll be weird leaving without knowing if the baby's a girl or a boy. I don't feel overly anxious like I did with Aiden's and Rian's, I'll probably sleep tonight, unlike the nights before theirs! And we still most definitely don't want to know. Steven is all for not finding out, it's cute. :)

I saw a picture on Pinterest awhile back, of a bunch of baby names on a belly. Loved the idea! The belly was way bigger than mine, but I thought it'd be good to do around ultrasound time.

 

 

Boy Names:

-Asher

-Max

-Pickle

 

Girl Names:

-Ellie

-Haddie (I forgot the "e" in the picture- oops! Pregnancy brain.)

-Pink

Obviously Pink and Pickle aren't really in the running, but I thought it'd be cute to add the kids' current choices into the picture. Aiden's been picking out name's since the beginning, I wish I'd written them down!

I'm really excited to see Baby Three, even though we're not finding out.

Day 91

AJ finally has his allergy appointment this morning, yesterday was horrible for him. His eyes were swollen and watering nonstop and his nose was soo stuffed. When I called to make his appointment, the nurse had me start giving him a different OTC medicine. He had it for a few days and it was working well, but I had to take him off of it 5-7 days before his appointment for testing.

The poor guy was suffering big time without his meds. Steven took him since I had Sean, it kind of ended up being a big waste of money (we'll definitely be meeting our deductible this year!) The doctor said its not a good time to test him since its the peak of the allergy season.. um okay. Would've been good to know! You'd think they'd already know that at the office. He did give us a new prescription, but he also said we could just keep using the same med the nurse suggested, but up his dose to twice a day. Like really? I could've been told that over the phone and saved us $150!

They want him to go back in a month for testing, but I think we're going to wait until next year. We just have too many medical bills right now (got my bills for lab work and ultrasound- eek!) and with Steven about to change jobs, I'd rather hold off since he's doing so well with that one medicine.

Waiting to see the doctor with Dad!