6 months later

I can't believe it's been 6 months since my last post! #2 is getting sooo big! He loves it when I sings to him. I started singing the song from The Princess and the Frog called When We're Human and he just busts up laughing! I'm going to learn more songs for the little guy. #1 really could care less when I sing to her. E2 has such a sense of humor and he's so ticklish. I wish I could spend more time with him. He's started on solids, but is having a hard time adjusting to them. I'll give him a spoonful and he'll keep it on his tongue and sit there with his mouth open refusing to swallow. If the food slides back towards his throat he'll start gagging. It's funny and stressful.

Works are going good. I work 2 jobs, Scheduling for Pinnacle Security and cashiering for WalMart. Last semester was so stressful for Casey and I. I think Casey has to retake a few of his classes, I was working two jobs, Casey was working and going to school and dealing with a new baby. Yeah, it was stressful. So I am working two jobs while he just concentrates on school and kids. It's working well! We're also looking at moving closer to school this month! We have an apartment all ready to go and everything! It'll be a lot closer to school and one of my jobs. We're going to get the kids in the school daycare this semester. It's so stressful having to deal with babysitters and wondering if they can take the kids. I wish I could stay home with the kidlets but, alas, it's not possible. So, we're doing the next best thing, getting them in a regular daycare. :)

Espen is growing like Crazy too! She loves to run around and jabber. Sometimes she'll say things we understand but most of the time even I can't understand her. She loves to watch Wallace and Grommit with us and will sometimes run around begging us to turn it on for her. "Wallace Grommit?" "Wallace Grommit?" So cute! Her hair is starting to get thicker, she got her first haircut shortly before her birthday. Today I put it in a little tiny bun for church, she looked soo stinkin' cute!

Welcome baby #2! He was born on 10/7/10 at 7:28 am. He weighed 7 lbs and was 19 inches long! Welcome little one!!!

two weeks left

*le sigh* I have just over two weeks left of being prego. I'm very happy about that. Now, I know that this baby needs to stay in for as long as possible, but I can't help but pray that he comes early. This pregnancy has been harder than the last one. I think it's been harder because I've been working the two jobs and the second job was cashiering at Wal-Mart. It was hard to stand on my feet for an additional 4-6 hours every evening. My hips, back, legs and feet would be killing me at the end of every night and I wasn't getting very much sleep. I was so exhausted. But, my LOA from Walmart started yesterday, so I am done there for a while. My LOA from Pinnacle starts in 13 days and just a few days after that, I'll be having this baby!

Hey! I got MVP in my department for August! I got a $30 gift card, and apparently I might be getting a jacket too! sweet! This will look good on my resume!

We still can't decide on this baby's middle name. His first name is Ean. We've got a few choices in the air: Conner, Collin, McKay, Christopher....Lots of C's as you can see. I guess we'll figure it out.

Lots of stuff....

So, lots of stuff has happened since February! Well, the reason the doctor's couldn't do much about the gall bladder attacks except prevent them is because I am preggo! So yeah, I'm sure all those who read this blog already know that so I'll dispense with the details. Long story short, due date Oct. 13th, having a boy, name will be Ean (something) Hall.... WHEEEE!!!!

I'm now working two jobs, I'm still working mornings at Pinnacle in scheduling. I applied for a job as a Field Service Coordinator and I hope that at least I get an interview. I think I'd like the job and I'd do really well at it. :) My other job is cashiering at Walmart. Just in the evenings and part time. I'm really tired quite often but, I gotta do what I gotta do.

Today is Casey's 30th birthday and my 27th is just around the corner. This year I am actually looking forward to it. Last year I DID NOT want to turn 26, it was so unwanted. I mean, it was a turning point for me, I was closer to 30 than 20. But, now that I'm past that I'm ready to have fun this year! I actually took the day of this year and I'm only hoping that I get to sleep in, that is ALL that I want this year. Yay! I made Casey a german chocolate/reeses peanut butter cup cake! And I bought us a couple of steaks and we're having baked potatoes, I think I'll steam some broccoli and maybe a salad. Oh, so yummy! :)

I'm back to watching scrubs again. lol. I got scrubbed out, but an 18 month break has made it all funny again. yay!

The Story of the Gall Bladder

So, I started having pain in my abdomen about a year ago. I went to the ER but they couldn't diagnose it. I think it's because I was having a hard time breathing and they were more concerned about that. After a CT scan and a few lortab later, I was walked out the door. Well, since then I have had probably anywhere between 10-15 more of these attacks. Ugh, they were awful! The worst one before yesterdays was the day I did Heather's engagement pictures. I was soooooo stinkin' sick. I was throwing up, and just hunched over in pain, but when it came time to do the pictures, I was feeling better and everything went off without a hitch and we got some great shots. At this point, I thought I had a peptic ulcer because I was taking advil regularly because my back was hurting me. Anyways, I was treating it with acid reducers and trying to eat a healthier diet. It seemed to work quite well! I hadn't had an attack for a couple of months! Well, a couple of weeks ago, two weeks exactly actually, I ended up having another one of these attacks. Due to some other incidences w/in the family and discussions with my mom we figured that I was havin gall bladder attacks. Casey took me to the ER and I started describing the pain and the first thing the ER tech asked me was "Do you still have your gall bladder?" I said that I did. Well, they did an ultra sound and lo and behold, I had gall stones. Well, there wasn't much we could do for them right now....so, we decided to try and prevent gall bladder attacks from happening. Now that we knew what I had, it should be that much easier, right? WRONG! Well, Wednesday night, I went home from my mom's in pain and I knew I was having a gall bladder attack, so I just kept waiting for it to subside, as they usually did after a few hours. But, it never did. I called my parents, we went to the ER, they gave me pain killers, which didn't help, and refered me to a surgeon. So the next day, first thing in the morning, we got a surgical consult and the Doc knew, from the first minute he pressed down on my stomach that I had a sick gall bladder. I was getting the surgery the same day. Keep in mind that the pain was still going on, it was not going away. I had been in intense pain, from 8pm wednesday night clear until 2:45pm thursday afternoon. I was in so much pain and so nauseated that I had been throwing up, and I couldn't eat anything. It was awful! So, I had my gall bladder removed. I guess you could say I'm a mutant, I'm one organ short! lol. The Doc told my parents that my gall bladder was sick and it wasn't going to get better, so doing this surgery was the best thing that could have happened.

I feel 110% better. I'm in no pain because of it, aside from pain of surgery. I do need to watch my diet for the next couple of weeks, no jumping back into hamburgers and french fries tomorrow! But, I should feel great! Yay! My parents and family and husband have been so helpful through everything. They have provided me with so much support and comfort and help. I love them all so much! C has been a wonderful husband through it all, not freaking out and he's still been able to go to work, with all the help from my mom. I was really worried that C would just be freaking out and so worried that he would be beyong functioning, but he's been really awesome and supportive. My sis in law, B, took our baby for the night, the first night. Oh my gosh, that was so helpful. I was in a lot of pain from the surgery. My sis in law, J, brought our family dinner tonight, which was awesome. Everyone has just been super helpful and I am really grateful to have them in my life. Thank you so much to everyone.

Happy Birthday E!!

Yep, it's that time of year again! E joined our family one year ago! She has grown so much! Sometimes, it's still hard for me to believe we have a baby! She is sooooo much fun and always so cheerful and funny. She has a sense of humor and I don't think she knows it. She is starting to talk, well make sounds. She started with mama then progressed to dada and baba and more. She's now expanded her repertoire with tete. I remember the first thing she started imitating was Casey blowing raspberries. That was fun at first, then we had to help her UN-learn it. Every once in a while she still does it and it's cute, but I have to remind her that it's not polite. She's walking now! Of course, she still prefers to move by crawling but, she will walk. She likes it when we tickle her sides. She loves to snuggle when she sleeps and she loves when we read to her at bedtime. She is so patient we we read the scriptures to her.

Her birthday was a lot of fun. We took her to California Pizza Kitchen and we had a Shrimp Scampi pizza, she didn't eat any shrimp though. (I'm going to try and imitate that pizza because it was really good.) We told them it was her birthday and they made her a hot fudge sundae, complete with a cherry and birthday candle on top! we sang her happy birthday and gave her her first taste of ice cream and fudge. She loved it, of course! I even gave her bits of cherry and found those bits in her diaper the next day! lol. Then we took her to Build a Bear and we made her a bunny dressed in pink and named it Princess Penelope. Then, because the pizza was so small, we went to walmart and got ingredients for french bread pizza and had more pizza at home. We also bought these little frozen molten lava cakes and man, I really would compare them to molten lava! I accidentally dumped mine off my plate and into my lap and it BURNED like crazy! OUCH! I survived and am no worse for wear. Overall, it was a lot of fun and I'm excited to see what the next year brings!!!!

Bipedal

Yay! It's true! E is now bipedal! It has been fun! I love that she's starting to tottle around!