For a few weeks I did not feel the baby move at all. It's interesting how much I felt her move when she was teeny tiny...11 and 12 weeks old. So you'd think I'd feel her now that she's so much bigger. But I don't feel her move that often.
So recently I went a few weeks without feeling her move. Then last night she started moving and kicking. I am 19 weeks along, this Saturday.
So Athena (which is what we'll most likely name her) started moving and kicking that night and the next morning too. It's been really fun. I've also started feeling contractions that same night and almost all day today. That's not as fun. But I was still able to do my normal routine. Working out was a little difficult with the contractions.
My normal routine now...wake up to Ty getting up too early (6am). Telling Ty to go back to sleep. 6:30a get up and feed the kids breakfast. Eat breakfast, workout, shower, get us ready for the day. Teach my children...Tiberias' lessons first then Luke's time.
Feed the kids lunch. Let them play in their swimming pool to help ware Ty out so he will nap. Try to nap Ty (he usually stays in bed up to 40 minutes but doesn't sleep. Sometimes he gets up every five minutes trying to come downstairs).
Get some down time/relax time if Ty stays in his room...I put on a show for Luke.
Clean around my mom's house. And the rest of the day is free to take care of the kids and try to get little things done.
I text Sterling throughout the day. We text when I wake up...he's already gone to military school. We text at his lunch time...9 or 10am for me. We text whenever he gets a break or finishes class. And we text throughout the rest of the day. We often call or skype once in the evening. Sterling goes to bed before the little boys because of the time difference. So I text goodnights with Ster before I have to get the boys ready for bed.
Yesterday was a special day. We had a playdate. Met two moms with kids at the park. One was Tara from mom's ward, we planned the meet the day before, and the other woman was Tara's sister. So all the kids played at the park but it was way too hot at 9:30 in the morning. Then Tara came over with her son Andon and all three boys played in the pool. Tara and I are friends now...that's nice.
We went to the Inside Scoop restaurant after swimming. Well, Tara went home to shower and relax. But I took the boys and Mom to the Inside Scoop to meet a bunch of women mom had set up for Back to School celebration. The boys got to sit at their own table with another boy and play while they ate. They kept getting pretty loud but they were mostly fine through the lunch. Then as we were cleaning up to leave Ty said he needed to use the bathroom. It was right by us so I sent him in to go potty. A few seconds later I tried to go in as well. It's one of those single bathrooms like in a house. Ty had locked the door. I knew he couldn't get it open again because he had tried earlier when I was with him. It only took him a few seconds to figure out he was trapped and without mommy. He freaked out! It took maybe 4 minutes to get restaurant workers to break him out. But when I got into the bathroom his shorts were somehow in the toilet. How he did that and why? I don't know! So we had to bag his shorts and I had to carry him in wet underwear. Then mom bought the boys chocolate ice cream cones on the way out. So Ty, in the heat, got covered in chocolate ice cream! It melted fast. He then fell asleep on the car ride back to my mom's house. So I carried him in, covered in chocolate, to the house to clean him up and put him in bed. Then I was covered in all sorts of stuff and Ty didn't end up sleeping. So I finally changed my clothes....along with washing the car seat and floor mats in the car.
Tomorrow we are going to Zion's National Park to camp for a few days. Kids have school and adults have work so we're hoping to leave at 4pm tomorrow. It takes two hours to get there...I hear. And we'll need to stop at Walmart for any groceries needed for the camp menu.
We'll get there and set up camp then it will be dark so we'll just chill and go to bed. Saturday we'll play and hike all day. There's a creek of water to play in. And I have planned things for my kids and for the adults for fun. Then Sunday we'll relax and have a peaceful day. Then Monday we'll probably come home once we decide we're board of being there.
I am hoping the little boys will love it...even though it's hot and it's in the desert. They are excited to go camping.
Sterling and I have been spending too much money since we got to America. Taking everyone out to eat "on us" and buying things that are so readily available here. We're tight on money now. Need to cut back.
Tuesday next week I am having an ultrasound. I thought my ultrasound was going to be at my 16-20 wk appointment I had this week. But somehow they didn't order the ultrasound. Since I am suppose to have that by 20 weeks they had to order the ultrasound and ask me to come back. The only problem is I have to drive 45 from Logandale to Las Vegas to attend these visits. It's frustrating that they were not more together for this. Mom and my boys came with me for the ultrasound but it didn't happen. So now I have to go back on Tuesday for the ultrasound. I am not taking the boys this time! But hopefully mom will come. She's never been to one of my ultrasounds.
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