12/30/2011

My Little Fam

There's nothing like a newborn around the holidays to really highlight the priorities in life.  There's really nothing more valuable in this world than family.  As I look at my little, tiny, beautiful baby boy, it's hard not to imagine the Savior when he was born.  Like each of us, he was born into this world totally dependent.  Ultimately, he gave us the most precious gift that could ever be given.  The gift of eternal life...

12/07/2011

Thanks.

I missed a Thanksgiving post on account of my life has been a little crazy.  So, I want to recount a few of my blessings for which I am so very grateful this year.  There are many more, but here are a few. 1) My healthy, strong, handsome little son. 2) My wonderful, loving husband and his willingness to work so hard for our family - even though it's really hard sometimes. 3) My supportive family.  Both my side and my in-laws.  I...

12/05/2011

1 month old...already!

So, I know I haven't been much of a blogger as of late.  It's a little hard.  When Will sleeps, I have so many things I want to do.  From cleaning, to laundry, to decorating for the holidays, to showering, to napping, to blogging - it's hard to manage all that I want to get done!  And so here I am, blogging the day after Will celebrated his 1 month birthday.  The last time I blogged it was about his birth. ...

11/14/2011

Best Day - Ever

Well, for those of you are are also my Facebook friend, you know that the little man has arrived.  The past 2 weeks have been a bit of a whirlwind, but I'm glad to report that everyone in the Parker household is doing great.  Let me back up a little bit - back to November 2nd - and let you in on a few of the details surrounding my boy's arrival.  On November second, I was 38 weeks and 2 days along in my pregnancy.  My blood...

10/27/2011

Ultrasound and all is well.

Well, as predicted by grandma, little Ace "aced" his biophysical profile today.  He practiced his breathing, opened and closed his hands, he moved his body, arms and legs, and had plenty of amniotic fluid.  He's measuring a 7 pounds 4 ounces and it about the cutest little blob you could imagine.  I go in for my blood pressure check tomorrow.  Depending on how that goes I may or may not get an induction date set - now that we...

10/26/2011

Documenting the pregnancy...

MY PREGNANCY: Mother Name: Amanda Age: 25 Birthday: October 1st Height: 5'6 Father Name: Geoff Age: 25 (although he'll be 26 by the time baby comes) Birthday: October 31st Height: 5'11 FIRSTS Is this your first pregnancy?: Yes.  Yes it is.  When did you find out you were pregnant?: Saturday, March 12, 2011 How did you find out you were pregnant?: I realized I was almost a week late on my period, so I took a test.  Boy,...

10/25/2011

Update

Well, I'm still in bed.  Resting.    At least I'm at home in my own bed.  Although with all the Dr appointments I've got going on this week, I'm not sure how big a perk that is.  Haha.  I've already been twice this week and have two more appointments before the weekend.  At least they are keeping an eye on me, right? Monday my blood pressure was up.  Higher than Friday.  This was not...

10/22/2011

Rest? What's that?

So, at my regular Dr. appt on Wednesday, my blood pressure had been up a bit.  Thursday I wasn't feeling well - headache, exhausted (I went to bed at 8:30pm, pretty unusual for me, even at 36 weeks pregnant), so Friday during my lunch break I stopped at Geoff's pharmacy and took my blood pressure.  It was 144/97.  Not so great.  So, I called the hospital and asked if they wanted me to come in so they could take it with their cuff....

10/21/2011

Vehicular Slaughter

So, Geoff and I embarked on the adventure of buying [yet another] car recently.  Thanks to a slew of unfortunate happenstances, we found ourselves in need of a cheap, winter car.  So, we started watching Craigslist for a suitable contender.  Craigslist is a scary place to look for cars in our price range, but we eventually found a winner.  So, it's at this point I start counting the number of cars we've owned in our relatively...

10/19/2011

What's in a Name?

When I was a senior in high school, I was a TA for an AP Art History class.  Toward the end of the year, the class got to go on a field trip to San Francisco to see the art at the Palace of Legion of Honor.  My mom came along as a chaperone and, if I'm being honest, the two of us spent the day having way too much fun and not nearly enough time chaperoning.  On the bus ride back from the trip, we spent a good long while considering...

10/12/2011

Home Stretch

Raise your hand if you can believe I've been pregnant for 35 weeks 2 days?  No?  Me, neither.  I can't believe that, quite literally, any day my little boy could be on his way into the world.  He's weighing in at anywhere between 5 and 6 pounds this week.  I was born at 35 weeks.  My little boy is going to keep cooking for a least a few more weeks, I'm sure, but, he's almost full term and if I were to go into labor...

10/11/2011

Baby. Shower.

This past weekend I had a wonderful baby shower that was generously thrown for my by some friends in the ward.  Truthfully (and here's my 'poor pregnant me' moment), I had not expected to have one.  I'm not a terribly social person and although I have some awesome co-workers and church friends, I just didn't anticipate having a baby shower.  Then all in one day, three friends in the ward offered.  It was a wonderful treat. ...

10/07/2011

Did Anyone Else Hear That?

So, Geoff and I are at our Lamaze Childbirth Education Class.  We are discussing infant care - you know the part that comes after the baby is born and the hospital lets you go home with a 2-day old human being.  So, we are talking about all the responsibilities of being a parent.  Our teacher (a nurse named Amy - or possibly Aimee, something I wondered about throughout most of the 4 3-hour sessions) is discussing the importance of...

10/05/2011

Spoiled Rotten

Well, my birthday turned out to be a fantastic day.  Geoff and I started out the day "early" and went out for breakfast at Denny's (you get a free Grand Slam on your birthday!).  Geoff enjoyed a bacon avocado breakfast burrito and I had a grand slam with scrambled eggs (6 weeks 'til I can have over-medium again!), turkey bacon, hash browns, and pancakes.  While there, Geoff surprised me with my first gift of the day.  A beautiful...

9/30/2011

Twenty-five!

Over the last three years of blogging (yes, THREE years), I have had some pretty good birthday posts (here, here, and here).  I feel like this year should be something really special seeing as how I'm hitting the quarter-century mark.  Alas, don't get your hopes up too high.  This has been a big year for me - as I have spent pretty much the entirety of it growing a person and preparing to become a parent.  This has been our...

9/29/2011

Traveling Man

Yesterday I arrived home from work to a delightful surprise on my front stoop. A [very] large box taunted me with it's baby-toting contents. I waited for Geoff to get home to rip into the box - and we were so excited to pull out Baby's travel system: car seat, base and convertible stroller. Grandma and Grandpa Gamblin have already starting spoiling their little grandson and we could not be more appreciative. Grandpa picked the design...