"Limited Activity" Day 5!!

I should probably insert my foot in my mouth about having contractions....

I know in every post I have done about being pregnant and the doctor explaining about going into labor and feeling contractions that it has been a crazy concept....weeeeellllll I have been feeling contractions. I went in for a check up on the 6th of January (this was a Wednesday) and things were going very well. Friday evening we spent it at my parents house eating and playing games, as I was standing there talking with my mom, I felt my stomach get tight and had my mom feel and she's all, "Ivy, you're having a contraction."

I had no idea that that is what a contraction was, because I have never felt anything like a contraction before and this is my third pregnancy. So, Saturday came and I was still feeling this tightening of my tummy, then Sunday and still feeling the same, then Monday and the same with some of them being regular and some feeling a bit more stronger or more tighter than some. Tuesday came and it was the same thing, feeling all this tightening from the moment I woke up. Long story short I ended up at the hospital to monitor everything and sure enough I was contracting, WHO KNEW!!!! After a very long 7 hours at the hospital they finally got the contractions to quiet down enough they weren't concerned and I was sent home. Mind you I was only 36 wks and they would like to see me at least make it to 37 wks. Met with the doctor Wednesday morning and I was feeling some contractions..good thing about all this is that I wasn't dilating, just contracting. So, I've been put on some medicine and been told to limit my activity, which basically means don't do a whole lot and after these 5 days I know why.

It has been the hardest 5 days EVER!! I have been so bored and all I do is think about everything I COULD be doing...

BUT I have obeyed the doctors orders and my parents have been awesome with helping with the kids and members of church have been great to help with dinners, it really takes a load off the mind when others help.

Bart has been really good to help too, doing laundry and the dishes and just keeping things up.

Now about being bored..it really is one of the worst things to be. One can only do so much sitting and so much thinking and so much crocheting...

So, I became a Farmer on Facebook, which I do a lot of.

Then I have been doing a lot of browsing around on the internet finding sites with craft ideas and organization ideas...really any sort of idea you could find out there.....I found a bunch!!! I've decided to list them along with other sites I like here on my blog, they should be on the left side. Then any others I find I will add...and I'm sure if there is anything else I find to add I will, Thats how bored I am :)

More to follow about the pregnancy, but for at least another 3 days I am going to be sitting here like a bump on a log :)

Can you tell there's a baby in there..??

This is the "baby bump" as we have all called it....

35 wks and STILL counting.

I must say the Anticipation is growing and even though I know we have everything for the baby to come I can't help but think that I am forgetting something.

I Just had a Drs appt and things are still looking good and still on track for the Baby to come on Feb. 1st..unless by some miracle I start contracting. I believe the doctor finally got the point that I have never really been in labor and have never felt contractions. I think he was shocked, but concerned at the same time. Only time will tell.

I am measuring 39 cm with 4 wks still to go...I am sure this is the biggest I have ever gotten with the 3 pregnancies and I sure am feeling it.

This picture was just taken tonight by Bart..Both kids aren't feeling the greatest and so they wanted mommy to cuddle a little bit.. As you can tell the "baby bump" doesn't seem to get in the way and the kids have learned not lay right on top of the belly.

I did have all 3 kids around me at the same time though.. in a round about way.

Christmas and New Years

Christmas Eve at Grandma and Grandpa Carrolls..

I may have said this once before with the Christmas of 2008, but Grandma Carroll makes PJ pants for all the grandkids every christmas. The kids are always excited to get them and put them on. This year they are a frog pattern and very cute.

The whole Carroll gang....meaning Aunts Uncles, and Cousins come and exchange gifts, visit, play games. It really is fun and I know Tage and Savanna have so much fun with their cousins.

It is also nice to be with every one and talk about what has been going on, a real good catch up session sometimes.

Tage absolutely LOVES transformes...can you tell??

(Christmas Morning)

Santa knew this and got him the Bumblebee toys. He was super excited and couldn't hardly wait to get to put on his new toys.

Here is Miss Banna (Christmas Morning) in all here Princess glory...it really is a Fairy Dress up outfit but she says its Princess dress up. She is the Princess and she knows it!! We love her and her Sparkling personality, what would we do without her...???

Life would certainly be dull if she wasn't around.

On New Years we were invited to go to Centerville to Ann's house (barts oldest sister)

We went and stayed up waaay to late, and got up too early. We had fun though.

On Friday the 1st Ann took us to the Davis County Rec Center for some swimming fun.

They have the coolest playground for young kids to play on.

It took the kids a bit to warm up to the idea of swimming but eventually they came around and had a blast!!

Bart was awesome and went in with them, I'm sure nobody would have wanted to see me in a swimsuit :)

The kids had fun with Daddy, as you can tell.

Savanna jumping off the side into Barts arms.

You wouldn't catch Tage doing this at all!!

Banna is fearless!!

Tage being content to play on the playground :)

The Holidays were soo busy and went by very fast, but we did have tons of fun!!

Thanks to all the family that made it fun.

Making chocolates

We spent the evening at the Carrolls house...making chocolates.

We recruited the kids to sit and roll the balls to dip. We rolled cherry, chocolate, cherry, orange, and then also some caramel. I think the kids had fun, fun dipping their fingers in the chocolate and eating it. I think Grandma had a few too many helpers, but she was very patient (as grandmas usually are).

It was a little messy, as you can see, but it cleaned up pretty good. The kids even did a good job not to get a bunch of middle candy stuff all over the floor, I should know, I cleaned up the floor :)

No matter the mess and the hard work it seems to be, they sure are yummy to eat and Grandma is pretty awesome to do this every year for the family.