I'm at 39 weeks!!!! It's been a while since I last posted,
that's typical though!! So baby
Brost is due on Saturday the 16t
h of July, we have 6 more days...or so I think! Who really knows when he will come! I am 80%
effaced and 2 cm
dilated, he has dropped and working his way out! I feel pretty great, no complications I suffer with a little swelling here and there but other than that I dont have a lot to complain about! I really enjoy being pregnant, I think it is such a wonderful miracle and am so grateful that I have been able to experience this change. I love feeling him move even when it feels like he is going to jump right out of my skin! I love to watch my belly shift from one side to the other, and feel little body parts poke me and stick out as far as they can, it really is an incredible blessing to do something so selfless and and selfish at the same time. I do have to admit I went through some emotional struggles watching my body change and step on the scale and see numbers that should never accompany me but I know that I am healthy and its okay to see those numbers at this time. It's also been hard not running I really want to run!! Kyle and I have gone for a few drives out in the country and as our car makes its way up a large hill I cannot help but think how gratifying it would feel to run up that same hill! Speaking of running I signed up for the Kansas City Marathon in October so after baby arrives I will only have a few short weeks to try and get ready for it! I may be crazy but I've read about others doing it and I feel confident that I can too, plus my little sister is running it for the first time and I told her I would run it with her and I really want to, I've never ran a marathon with someone and have always really wanted too. I can say that I am nervous for the task at hand after baby comes but I am also really excited to see how strong I can be (not that childbirth wont test that enough)! On that note I am planning on doing a natural child birth - one with no meds! I am really excited once again to see how strong I can be, I am really excited to push this little guy out of me and finally hold him, finally be able to sit down and breath or get out of bed without assistance!
Kyle and I have done a lot since the last time I posted and heres just a quick catch up...I stopped working about a week ago so that I can be a mom! I am really excited to use some of this new time to be able to use my massage therapy skills more. I had 2 amazing baby showers one in Liberty and one here in Lawrence-thank you Micah, Kindra, Mommie, Tyre, Lisa, and Kylee they were both so much fun!!! I also ran the Kansas City Temple 5k April 30th so that put me at about 29 weeks- I ran it in 36 minutes I think, which I think is a decent time for being pregnant! I also ran the whole way I didnt walk once, now however thats all I do-well its more of a waddle! Dalin, my little bro came home from his mission June 24th and it was so much fun to see him step off the plane and enter the real world again. I got my crib in the mail and am still painting it green, this has taken a little longer than I expected but it is looking good. Kyle and I volunteered to be chaperon's for our church's youth conference in June. It was awesome! They held it in Nauvoo, Ill which is also where Kyle and I met, got engaged, and married so it has a lot of meaning to us. The youth had a lot of fun, we played games, went to the temple, walked around Nauvoo, felt the spirit many times, and went on a 3 mile handcart trek!! I loved the temple and the trek!!! The trek was so muddy, messy, and hard but so much fun!!
Well I am tired of typing so I'll probably be back in another 4 months!!! See ya! Hopefully by then my little peanut will be out!!
Yesterday I went over to Micah's house and we had fun!!!! I was given a rocker/glider from a friend and I wanted to make it mine, so I sanded it with some help from Kyle and my fam and then Kyle painted it and Micah recovered the cushions and now I have my very own rocker/glider!!!! It is so cool!!! I love it!! thank you so much to everyone that helped- Micah, Kyle, family and Erin!!!
I'm at 39 weeks!!!! It's been a while since I last posted, that's typical though!! So baby Brost is due on Saturday the 16th of July, we have 6 more days...or so I think! Who really knows when he will come! I am 80% effaced and 2 cm dilated, he has dropped and working his way out! I feel pretty great, no complications I suffer with a little swelling here and there but other than that I dont have a lot to complain about! I really enjoy being pregnant, I think it is such a wonderful miracle and am so grateful that I have been able to experience this change. I love feeling him move even when it feels like he is going to jump right out of my skin! I love to watch my belly shift from one side to the other, and feel little body parts poke me and stick out as far as they can, it really is an incredible blessing to do something so selfless and and selfish at the same time. I do have to admit I went through some emotional struggles watching my body change and step on the scale and see numbers that should never accompany me but I know that I am healthy and its okay to see those numbers at this time. It's also been hard not running I really want to run!! Kyle and I have gone for a few drives out in the country and as our car makes its way up a large hill I cannot help but think how gratifying it would feel to run up that same hill! Speaking of running I signed up for the Kansas City Marathon in October so after baby arrives I will only have a few short weeks to try and get ready for it! I may be crazy but I've read about others doing it and I feel confident that I can too, plus my little sister is running it for the first time and I told her I would run it with her and I really want to, I've never ran a marathon with someone and have always really wanted too. I can say that I am nervous for the task at hand after baby comes but I am also really excited to see how strong I can be (not that childbirth wont test that enough)! On that note I am planning on doing a natural child birth - one with no meds! I am really excited once again to see how strong I can be, I am really excited to push this little guy out of me and finally hold him, finally be able to sit down and breath or get out of bed without assistance! 
