Pregnancy update

Me at 28 weeks pregnant

Bevan aka Batman saves the day again!

I'm now almost 30 weeks pregnant. Yes, the worst 10 weeks of a woman's life! :) I am feeling every bit of those 30 weeks. But, this has been one of my better pregnancies (which isn't saying a whole lot). I've been fighting a lot of headaches this pregnancy, but at the risk of jinxing it, I haven't had one for a week. Hooray!


I went to the Dr. on Thurs. My blood pressure is still slightly high, but as long as the protein stays out of my urine we'll be ok. I am measuring 4 weeks bigger than I should be. I remember with Bevan when I was 38 weeks I was measuring 48 weeks so it seems I'm measuring right on schedule for my big babies. I was holding out hope for a smaller baby but I guess I don't make that kind. Can't fight genetics and Doug and I were both about 10 lbs. I think I was slightly under (right mom?) and he was slightly over.


I had to take that lovely glucose test. Yesterday I got a call saying my levels were slightly elevated. This doesn't really surprise me because I've been getting shaky if I haven't eaten for a while which isn't really normal for me. I guess being over 35 makes the chances of getting gestational diabetes go way up. I have to go on Friday or Saturday (depending on which day Doug is home) and take the 3 hour test. I'm more upset about having to take the test than I am about the possibility that I may have to watch what I eat. Hopefully it was all a fluke and the numbers will all be normal!


I made a list of all that I would like done before this baby comes. But, because of the holidays it needs to be done before Nov. 20th. Hmm, not sure how we're going to make that happen, but we'll try our hardest. Any volunteers to help? :) Actually I'm really hoping that because of the holidays these next 10 weeks will fly!

Quilts & Green Jello

Notice the quilt in this picture with Bevan? It is a beautiful, soft, perfectly sized quilt. And I love it! Those reasons are all good reasons to love it but the real reason I love it is because it was given to me just a day after we got home from Primary Children's Hospital with Bevan and it was given to me by a lady in our ward who was fighting a battle with cancer. She was young- only 39 and had young children, but still she thought of us. My heart was touched and still is everytime I look at or cuddle under this blanket (and I probably cuddle under it as much as B does).

This morning Doug was listening to Elder Holland's talk from General Conference. I was totally touched by it. Take some time and listen to it or read it.

He talked about "Green jello and quilts" and how often those acts of service are made fun of, but they are the acts of service so quitely given. I used to think that the way the Relief Society always rushed in with food was silly- what good is it really. My husband can cook when I can't (and does most the cooking anyway)and there is always fast food or frozen food if needed. BUT, then came the day my heart was changed. We had come home from delivering our little Steven in the middle of the night. The next day was Monday. We were sad and over whelmed and lost. We knew we had 3 other children who needed us and we wanted to be there for them, but we weren't sure how to take care of ourselves, let alone them. Slowly throughout that day we received 3 different dinners. Food that we didn't really need- we would have figured something out. But, it was so nice not to have to figure it out. But the most important thing of all was as I answered the door and took the food from one sister (who had not been assigned or asked to bring it, she just showed up, as did all the sisters) I was taught the truth of food. Those kind people were not really trying to feed our bodies, they were trying to feed our souls. They couldn't feed our souls but they could feed our bodies and by feeding our bodies our souls were fed with love and comfort. We once had a Bishop who would say "Let us take care of your physical needs, we can do that. We can't take care of your spiritual needs but you can and when your physical needs are taken care of your spiritual needs are easier to fix." My heart still gets soft whenever I think of these experiences. I too am grateful for "quilts and green jello"!

Elder Holland said it perfectly:
As Jesus said to the Nephites, so say I today;
"Because of your faith; my joy is full."
"And when He said these words, he wept."

Katie's Parent Teacher

Katie on the 1st day of school

Today was Katie's (aka Kathryn at school) parent teacher conference. I was anxious to go to this conference. Katie started 6th grade this year and 6th grade is in Middle School. I was so nervous about her starting school, I knew that it was the end of the "innocence". (I guess I remember my own 6th grade too well!) On the first day of school I was seriously wishing I would have held her back all those years ago when I made the choice to put her in kindergarten. But I didn't need to worry!

I actually think Katie has done better in 6th grade than she did in elementary school. She is learning she has to be responsible for herself, but that is good!

She had great grades and everyone of her teachers said she is a joy to have in class and is very attentive and participates well. Just what I love to hear! The only times her grades weren't A's were because she forgot to hand something in or forgot to put a name of something. She is working on this! She is going to work a little harder on her spelling and writing - things she has always had to work on. Katie is really lucky because she gets to have her Grandma Meikle as her teacher for three hours, reading, English and math. She calls her Mrs. Meikle and Mrs. Meikle calls Katie, Kathryn. :) I love it! I sometimes feel like a fly on the wall because I will hear some of the "inside" stuff that Katie would never tell me. I'm so proud of you Katie! Keep up the good work!

Grateful For

1- General Conference
2- A clean cold storage room
3- Figuring out how to do a new project

grateful for

1- Sleeping in
2- White chicken chili
3- Our van passed inspection!

Grateful For

1- Katie and the concern she shows to her siblings
2- Maddie and her positive attitude
3- Grandma A and her willingness to support my kids fundraisers, even making special trips to bring the $$ to us.

Maddie's rough day

This morning just as I turned the water of the shower off I heard the phone ring. I ran and grabbed it because my phone hardly ever rings at that time of the morning. It was a lady who lived down the hill from the golf course. She said "You don't know me but your daughter has crashed on her bike right outside my house. My husband is helping her and there is a man who stopped but I think you need to come down. She is crying really hard."
I quickly got dressed and left with my hair still dripping wet. Unfortunately I got stuck behind the bus. By the time I got down there I couldn't see Maddie but two men were standing there talking. So I got out to see if Maddie was there. The dump truck driver said "She decided to walk her bike down to school. It was a pretty bad crash, I saw it, she flew over her handle bars and landed on her face. Don't get too worried because her face is really dirty." (Only men would let her walk to school. A woman would have insisted that she wait for me to get there.) Bevan and I quickly got into the van and by the time we found Maddie she was right in front of the school. I honked at her and pulled into the parking lot. She came over with big tears and said "Mom, it hurts."
My heart broke! Her face was a mess and I couldn't tell what was blood and what was dirt. I brought her home and cleaned her up. The left side of her face was scratched from forehead to chin. And full of stickers. Luckily, she landed in the bushes and not the road. The boy who was with her later told us that she flew over 5 feet in the air over her handle bars and her bike flew too. She was very blessed!

Today I am very grateful!
1- Heavenly Father is watching over my children even when I can't be with them.
2- Strange men in dump trucks who are willing to stop and sit with my daughter and check out her face and make sure it wasn't broken. (Even if he didn't stop her from walking her bike to school. He just thought she was tough!) :)
3-Bike Helmets