Happy New Years!

2010 was an eventful year Kamas re-enlisted, found out we were pregnant,we moved to a different base, I started school, had baby D, survived 2 month long field Mojave Vipers, a 10 week school, and many trips to the field. Celebrated 3 years of marriage a week before baby D arrived. We have lived together for over a year for the first time since we were married (kind of if you don't count all the time Kamas had to be gone for weeks at a time). It was a good year.

In 2011 we are facing another 4 weeks of Mojave Viper, packing up and moving, and another deployment this summer. Me and D will be moving back to Malad when Kam leaves, unless Emily miraculously get the basement finished in her new house :) I will get my associates degree in September and D will turn 1. We can expect Kam to be home sometime in the fall/early winter. Mostly I can't wait till this year is almost over so Kam can be back home with us :) Good thing D will keep me busy till then.

Here are some more pics of D because that is what people really want to see :)

Baby Dixon

So this post is waaaay late. About 3 months late :)I had Dixon on September 22 at 2:03 am. He weighed 7 lbs and 14oz and was 21 inches long. The 21st was my due date. On the morning of the 21st I had a Dr. appointment and was 3 cm and 75% effaced. The Dr. stripped my membranes. After I got home I started having contractions but didn't really pay attention to them because they weren't very strong. I texted Kamas about 1pm to let him know that I was having contarctions but they weren't very strong yet so don't worry about coming home yet. (He was at school at Camp Pendleton during the week and only home on the weekends) My Mom called me around 4 p.m. to see how my Dr. appointment was. I told that I thought I was having contractions. She asked how far apart they were and I said that I hadn't been timing them. So then I started timing them and they were about 10 min apart. My mom wanted me to go the hospitial then but I knew that they would just send me home so I waited. I had plans to go to my friend Heather's house for dinner that night. From about 5pm to 8:30 pm my mom and my sisters kept calling me about every half hour telling me to go to the hospitial. I didn't want to go yet because I didn't want to get sent home. I went to Heather's house around 5 and ate dinner and hung out with our friends. By about 8pm the contractions were about 3 to 5min apart and really uncomfortable. By this time Kamas was on his was home but it is about a 2 and half hour drive. I went back to my house and my friend Breanna was nice enough to stay with me. At 8:30 pm I decided that I should go to the hospital. Breanna drove me to the hospital which is about 20 minutes away. Once I was there they checked me and I was at 4 cm and 80% effaced. I had to wait about 20min before they decided to admit me. Once I was finally admitted I was hanging out in my room and Breanna was staying with me until Kamas go there. By now the contractions were strong enough that I couldn't talk during them. I knew I wanted an epidural but had to wait for the anasteialogists to get there. One of the nurses asked if I wanted fentenol (sp?) through my IV. At first I said no I would just wait for the epidural but about 10 min later I changed my mind. The nurse told me it would feel like I had drank 4 margahritas, I told that I have never drank alcohol and she said that it would make me feel really good then. Kamas finally got to the hospital about 11:30 i think. Things got a little blurry for me then. I finally got the fentenol and that made me feel weird and light headed but didn't really do anything for the pain. around midnight I finally got the epidural and felt so good. I was tired so I asked if I could take a nap now. The nurse checked me and and said I was a at a 9 and 100% effaced almost time to push so no nap :( I only pushed about 30 min and Dixon was born! The Dr. layed him on me right after and he pooped and peed all over me.

Some things about Dixon

• He is a chubby baby and at his 2 month check up he was in the 97th percentile





• Been on 2 plane rides from Palm Springs to Salt lake and back





• Found out that he has acid reflux and now had medacine





• Got us kicked out of the new Harry potter movie because he had hiccups and onry old man complained





• been to a few movies on base and will be good as long as someone is standing up while holding him





• would only take a nap if someone was holding him (just today he is on his 3rd nap with out someone holding him!)





• Sleeps in his carseat in his crib because of his reflux





• rolled over from his belly to back when he was about 2 months old but hasn't done it since





• likes the noise of the shower running and sometimes that is the only way to get him to sleep if he is really fussy.





• has his dads temper :)

The past 3 months have been a blur but we love him and can't imagine life without him:)

Didn't work

So my master plan didn't work. Here is a super attractive pic of me 39 weeks 4 days.

Master Plan

The goal of my master plan is to go into labor tomorrow. Here is how this is going to work:

1. Get up in the morning and clean my apartment (except the floors, I am leaving those for Kam because Sweeping and Swiffering should not be done when 9 months pregnant)
2. Do Laundry
3. Start taking Primrose oil pills that Heather gave me, they are suppose to help induce labor
4. Find the energy to go to the commissary so I will finally have food in this place
5. Maybe take Zulu on a walk depending on how hot it is outside

I have been telling baby that he had to wait till Friday (tomorrow) because Kam has been in the field since Wednesday and if I went into labor while he was in the field then he wouldn't be able to come.

If for some reason my master plan doesn't work Kamas and I will be going out to dinner because our anniversary was on the 15th (3 years!). We have yet to spend one together, good thing we are married for eternity :) I'm sure we can manage to spend one together eventually.

I did finally finish my 10 page paper. It was due Monday at midnight and I turned it in around 5 pm, plenty of time to spare.

What I Should Be Doing

I should be

• working on my 10 page paper that is due Monday, I only have 6 pages left
• cleaning
• doing laundry
• packing my hospital bag
• putting dishes away
• brushing Zulu
• going grocery shopping so I don't have to when baby comes
• returning my library books

Instead I am very good at ignoring all of these things while I play on the computer.

Side note: I realize that I am 9 months pregnant but I am always surprised to see how big my my belly is from a side view.

Home Alone

What does an 8 month pregnant woman do when she is home alone during the week? She (I) watches TV, reads, plays on the computer, and thinks about going to the dollar movie on base but can't quite do it alone. You would think that I would use all my spare time to do my homework so I wouldn't have to worry about it when I go into labor. It sounds like a good idea in theory but I like to make life interesting and wait till the last minute.

Some of you may be wondering why I am home alone during the week. It's because Kamas is finally at school for his "new" job. He has been doing on the job training since March and now he gets to go to school for 10 weeks to "learn" about his job. He is able to come home on the weekends, and by weekends I mean he gets home about 8 pm on Friday and leaves about 2pm on Sunday.

Kamas will be able to come home once I am in labor but he will only be able to stay for a day or two. So I am going to be really sure that it is baby time before I tell him to come home :) So we are really hoping that baby decides to have a birthday party on a weekend. But if I do go into labor during the week then I get to call one of the 3 people I put on baby alert.

My "I think the baby is coming" alert list

1. Heather, because she lives the closest.
2. Brianna, because she lives the next closest
3. Tyler, He lives the farthest away and is at work during the day. He is probably the least excited to be on this list :) He did however give me his work phone number so I could get a hold of him during work hours.

This week however it would be all up to Tyler because Heather and Brianna are both on Vacation. They obviously thought that spending time with their families is more important than waiting for a phone call from me j/k :) I still have 5 weeks till my due date.

Being 8 months pregnant makes me a little emotional (that's a shocker). I usually don't cry because I hate it and it doesn't solve anything. But Sunday night I had a minor break down. 8 months pregnant+home alone+feeling sorry for my self+thinking about a 10 page research paper+a naughty dog that wouldn't go to the bathroom= a pity party for me and a confused and helpless husband on the phone. Don't worry now I am over it :)

Here is one thing that I have learned about being pregnant, going to baby classes by yourself can be super awkward. Especially when you are learning about pain management and how your husband can help you. Kind of hard for Kamas to learn those things when he can't make it the class. Super awkward for me because I had no one to practice with in class. Luckily this week we are learning about epidurals, so hopefully there will be no practicing because it would really be hard to drive home if I couldn't feel my legs.

Update

A little update on what we have been up to since I last posted. We went to Malad for the 4th of July. It was the first one the Kam and I have spent together since being married. Kam could only stay for a week and then he had to be back in California for a month long training. I stayed in Malad and hung out with family and friends. I also had 2 baby showers while I was in Malad and baby got a lot of cute stuff. I can't wait till he is here and I get to use it all. I only have about 7 weeks left but it seems like forever :)
My mom, Beth, and Brenna drove me back to California the end of July. We went to a huge outlet mall, went to the beach, and went to sea world. It was a lot of fun to have a girl trip.
That is about all of the fun stuff happening with us.