The count down is on! As I start writing this I'm about 36.5 weeks. We have all the essentials so now we just wait!
So uh... i caved. I caved into Jon's constant begging to find out the gender. I know, I'm a terrible person who can't stick to their own guns but it's okay because for those of you who didn't know- WE'RE HAVING A GIRL!!!! A mini Lauren... what a dream haha!
Funny thing is we sort of always knew it was going to be a girl, i guess we didn't KNOW but we we were pretty sure. There are 3 reasons behind that-
1.When Jon and I were engaged, we had a date night where we bought 2 little canvases and some paint and we sat back to back and painted what we thought our future family would look like. (I wish i could find these paintings! they're pretty cute haha) But anyway, after we each finished we would show each other the paintings and compare and see what each of us thought it'd be like. It was a super fun date, and oddly enough we both painted the exact same picture! (not scenery wise- but about how many kids we'd have and the order of their gender- both of us had the oldest child as a girl.
2. I don't remember if we were married yet or not, but Jon told me once that he had a very vivid dream of a little dark haired girl and knew it would be his daughter.
3. One night while I was in bed (early into my pregnancy) I was just kind of pondering about being a mom, and i was having trouble imagining it, it had taken so long to get pregnant I didn't have very many strong feelings about what it would be like, and felt like i needed some comfort about it. so I just laid there thinking and a fairly clear image of a little dark haired baby girl came into my mind. I couldnt really see her face, but I knew she was mine, and felt pretty certain after that that we were having a girl.
So there's that.
Now watch- the baby comes out and it's a boy hahahha I honestly wouldnt be surprised, the girl who did our 31 week ultrasound was terrible. But i'm pretty sure its a girl haha
Anyway- so WHY did I cave?! Let me tell you the long tale of Jonathan and Lauren's great baby gender debuncle of 2018.
SO day one, i was like we aren't finding out the gender. Blah blah blah i'm pretty sure i posted my reasoning in a previous post- but i'll go over it again briefly-
- Big reason- I would get more reasonable items for my baby shower instead of a bunch of froo froo clothes i didn't really need. (Mind you, i am SO glad i didn't know the gender when i sent out the invites to my shower because this was a MASTERFUL idea! i did not get a single useless item for my shower. I got basically everything off my registry and i've only purchased like 2 things myself. so i am VERY happy about that!)
-Mostly I just thought, there's really nothing to prepare for (gender wise, except maybe buying clothes) plus a surprise would be fun!!
-the idea of the Dr. catching the baby and saying "IT'S A.....!" is so exciting to me. haha but oh well.
Pretty sure there were a few other reasons but those were all i could remember.
Okay so Jon was never really on board with this. He really wanted to know! He kept saying how he felt like he couldnt prepare unless he knew the gender, which i would always remind him, there isnt really anything to prepare for!! (even our bishop agreed with me haha!) But either way, he was relentless, always trying to bribe me to find out. He had to work the day of my target ultrasound around 20 weeks so he didn't have the chance to sneak a peak anyway, and I just turned my head when the tech went over that part. Then we moved and my next Dr. only offered one more ultrasound @ 31 weeks for a free 3D pic (which is the apt I caved at... but the tech was terrible)
Anyway, so basically all day everyday Jon begged to find out the gender and I always said no, he would always try to bribe with things like- I'll do this chore- or i'll do this, or this. Finally we are ON OUR WAY to the 31 week ultrasound apt and we finally settled on a deal- Jon would do all the dishes until Valentines Day, AND Make dinner every sunday until the baby was born, for a PEEK at the screen when the ultrasound tech went over that part. She wasn't allowed to say anything, he was just allowed to look and then make his own assumption (even though it's usually pretty obvious) I know, we're ridiculous.
ANYWAY we get to the appointment, we tell the tech our deal, (to which she BARELY even laughed at... she was an odd duck. No personality whatsoever haha) So anyway, we're there, and I start getting antsy,... the time comes when she goes over the body parts, and I LOOKED. I mean, if Jon was going to know, i might as well know too because there is NO WAY he'd ever be able to keep the secret anyway. SO long story short, I looked - and so we're all looking and turns out i'm not super well versed in ultrasound baby body parts so I wasnt 100% sure at this point if it was a boy or a girl.. lol so silly little me was like so.... is it a boy? and she was like nope, those are girl parts! and i looked at jon and yelled "It's a girl!!! we knew it!!" and it was a happy day. hahahha anywayyy... that's the story.
SO when I sent out my baby shower invites i did not know the gender at the time, but by the time i had my shower, i knew, so i did a little reveal at the party :)
So there you have it.
My belly feels pretty big these days😂 even though no one else thinks so
But my doctor finally even said it looks like it's grown haha
I've been trying not to get all my nesting done too fast cuz time is already dragging in this last month but after we found out it was a girl, my friend gave me 2 huge garbage bags full of girl clothes! haha so I obviously had to organize it all out. This is just my NB stuff, everything else is already boxed, waiting for it's turn.
Jon out roping new calves to doctor
I'm 38 weeks now... and i'm feeling it! there is basically no room in my belly except baby so i feel every little move and she is strong!
Still trying to get outside still and not spend all day on the couch-
On sunday i helped Jon feed, here's a pic of a cow waiting for hay to come off the back of the truck- you can see the ranch house up on the hill.
one of my favorite things to do right now is go out to the calving barn and snuggle with the new babies. Right now this is our only one- he was born on the 5th so he's not a super newborn anymore but he still lets me snuggle him. He's so fuzzy! We're expecting another any day now!
So funny story- we have some chickens, that we used to always keep in a chicken run and feed and water everyday, well around September i decided we should just let them free range.. mostly cuz i'm lazy and didn't want to keep feeding and watering them.. haha anyway so basically they have just been free range for the last few months, havent fed or watered them once, they never go back to their coop and who knows where they sleep, but they are literally like double the size they used to be, they are so plump and healthy! haha Its really funny to see them out and about. Idk what they're eating in the snow, but they must be enjoying the freedom.
I still go outside but some days you just gotta chill out on the couch, watch some netflix, and snuggle with a little yorkie who is due 1 week before me haha. two pregnant ladies living the dream.
Speaking of these 2 pregnant ladies- the cute furry one had her puppies the very next day! Two little boys :) and they're so dang cute!! These are AKC registered Yorkie pups, and if you, or someone you know is interested in getting a puppy, you can check out our website Sandhill Ranch Pups we also have some Maltese puppies due at the end of the month! AND it's spring calving season, so basically babies are everywhere!
39 weeks!
Well I turned 27this week! And we had a little shindig with family on Sunday which was fun. Then on my actual birthday my sweet husband made me breakfast in bed- blueberry pancakes in shape of the number 27😂 then we got my driver's license renewed and celebrated with frostys. Hailey made me a cake that night and the boys sang Happy birthday but "who can do it more awkward" competition style. It was all fantastic. My gift from Jon was some new fish for my fish tank! I think I've mentioned before my fascination with fish haha idk why. But I love them!
. I had my 39 week appointment and was still at a 0 so I really don't think she's coming early. (Also don't mind me switching back and forth between past and present tense, I add bits and pieces here and there periodically so whatever haha)
My sister in law Cheyenne had her baby on the 23rd! he was due 10 days after my baby but she has been very sick her entire pregnancy and she lives far away from her hospital, she was also progressing faster than i was and on the 22nd, she got her membranes stripped, and the next morning her water broke! They rushed to the hospital (about an hour away, praise the LORD my hospital is only about 10 min away... and Jon can make it in about 6 min if necessary haha) and the baby came so fast she didnt even have time for an epidural!! She is freaking wonder woman!! Thank goodness she went 2 weeks early though so the baby was small, but still, i could not imagine!! Anyway, he's the most perfect adorable tiny little boy, i can't wait to meet him and have our babies be best friend cousins!
So ya, she's officially my idol.
Well, here i am at 40 weeks pregnant. Part of me assumed I wouldnt go early, mostly because i'm not extremely active, this is my first baby, and i am very low risk. Plus i had a midwife tell me most 1st time moms go over their due date. But i had ONE lady say to me, "oh you're so petite, i'm sure you'll go early." so obviously that got stuck in my head for a while haha but you can't listen to everything you hear. My Dr. said he doesn't like to induce 1st time moms unless they hit 42 weeks. Which seems like a lot, i know most say around 41 weeks. BUT i get it, i mean i know things go best with less interference, so letting the baby come when theyre ready is usually the best idea (unless of course you are absolutely miserable!) Which i'm not miserable, so i feel like i can't complain. Plus my baby has been measuring a little bit small, so they aren't afraid of me having a huge baby. I feel that being impatient at this point, after having literally the easiest pregnancy in the history of the world, would be extremely ungrateful, that being said though, i might wake up tomorrow DONE. you never know haha. So we'll see. I can obviously schedule an induction any time i want, but i usually try to stick to my doctors advice. We will see what happens! I'm mostly only impatient because this baby is going to be so adorable i just can't wait to meet her haha but she seems pretty comfy in there, so might as well let her keep baking!
I have still been staying busy though, i helped out most of the day on saturday outside, so to be able to say i worked cows at 40 weeks pregnant is pretty impressive if you ask me!!
I FINALLY got some quotes from Jon! I know he's been funny lately, i just always forget to write his quotes down, pregnancy brain- its a real thing.
"Do you smell differently today?" (this was because of a new lotion i put on after my shower)
lol ive noticed a trend... jon talks a lot about my scent, i promise guys, i do shower.
"A gynecologist is a butt doctor right?" i literally cried laughing for 5 min after that one
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