washington trip

I'm warning you all. this post is going to be long. 

because it was too fun. 

after being here in moscow for about a week,

we took off and headed over to washington.

we met my family in mt vernon for a few days.

it was the perfect little getaway before cameron starts school.

the drive there.. was not so perfect. 

long story short =

what was supposed to be a 5.5 hour drive turned into a 12 hour drive

courtesy of some lovely traffic (3 hours worth!) 

and some car troubles (getting locked IN our car - don't ask)

but we finally arrived around 11:30 pm. and boy did it feel good.

it was such a relaxing few days.

we just lounged around.

went canoeing.

and kayaking.

and tubing.

and wakeboarding.

and to some really cool lookout points.

ate delicious ice cream.

eating every meal on the deck overlooking the lake.

walked around cute little towns.

ate as many things huckleberry as we could because they are that good.

and played games.

and cheated.

because whats a game without cheating? not fun.

i wish we could have stayed longer.

oh, and not getting ready.

yep, you heard it here first folks.

not getting ready. including showering. 

cameron and i didn't even shower.

and I'm not even embarrassed about it.

now for an endless supply of pictures.

saturday farmers market

the saturday farmers market will probably be the highlight of my week from now until october.

we went for the first time today and it was perfect. 

so many fresh fruits and veggies. homemade jams. beef jerky's. beautiful flowers. and live music.

we loved it.

since we are going out of town tomorrow, we didn't buy anything

(except the peaches i made us buy, because they looked too good not to)

but next week i'm excited to see what yummy veggies i can incorporate into our meals.

and when you see a sign that says tacos al pastor,

you have to buy some.

(especially when your husband served his mission in mexico- 

he has some comparing to do)

he said they were pretty good if anyone was wondering.

and little miss sleepy head was just exhausted and slept the whole time.

she must have been tired from sleeping all morning.

and all day yesterday. and the day before that.

she's a cute sleepy head.

moscow, idaho

we made it!

to the land of wheat fields, and thats about it.

jk jk. kind of.

there is a cute little main street

and the only places for me to buy clothes are old navy and macys. 

but thats beside the point.

oh, and they are building a buffalo wild wings 

which we love.

we left utah on wednesday and drove to boise and stayed with cameron's family.

cameron drove the uhaul with toby.

and i drove the car with quinn.

which was quite possibly the worst thing of my life.

because of that drive, 

i will forever get anxiety anytime she makes any sort of peep while in the car.

thursday we drove from boise to moscow.

that drive was a lot better because cameron's family drove up with us, so i wasn't alone.

it takes a lot longer to get somewhere when you have stop and feed a baby.

we got there that evening. 

got things mostly unpacked the next couple days.

it was kinda hard to help unpack when quinn is in the i-need-to-be-held-or-else phase.

but now we are just getting settled and figuring out the streets.

it was so helpful have cameron's family come up and help us move in

and also be able to spend time with them.

also, we found a dog park like two minutes from our house,

which will be so good for the pup since we don't really have a yard.

and here are some pictures of our apartment.

for my parents. because i know they are just dyyyying to see what it looks like.

you're welcome.

i literally don't know what to do with all of the counter and cupboard space.

ITS AWESOME.

you know all those little things you don't really know where to put when you unpack?

they are currently taking over our front room. so there will be no pictures of that.

because I'm too lazy to find somewhere to put that stuff. 

i'll probably just leave it there until we move again.

we even have a lovely little dining room.

we put a twin bed in quinns room if anyone wants to come visit. wink wink :)

we'd even let you take care of her during the night. double wink wink.

andddd the bathroom

and a picture of my little sleepy sweetie girl because WHY NOT

one month old!

this post might be a couple days premature. but you get the point.
i really cannot believe its been a month since my sweet quinny girl was born.

i remember when i had that much left of my pregnancy and i thought i was gonna die, 

it seemed so long.

but this last month has flooooown by.

the best, most rewarding, most tiring weeks of my life.

i think she is (maybe) finally starting to get used to our schedule.

meaning she only wakes up about every 4 hours during the night instead of every 2.

[knock on wood]

i cannot believe how much they change in such a short amount of time. i always wondered why moms always said "please make time stop" or something like that, when they had a baby. but now i know why! they grow up so fast. its so sad seeing my little newborn (which, i know, is still so tiny) grow and grow, but it's also so fun to see her become her little self.

the last week she has been rather fussy. and won't sleep anywhere but in your arms.

and trust me, she knows if you put her down.

[which is why i am sitting here typing this with my left hand while holding her in my other arm]

sometimes during the night at 3 am after she eats,

she is so very wide awake and I'm so very not wide awake.

and I'm trying to rock her to sleep but she just isn't having it.

and then finally she shuts her eyes for 2 minutes so i rush her to her bassinet and climb back in bed

only to find out 3 minutes later that i put her down prematurely and i have to re-rock her too sleep.

which only takes another 45 minutes.

but i secretly wouldn't trade those middle-of-the-night shenanigans for anything

cause i know my cuddly little girl won't be so cuddly in just a short amount of time.

also, its like she knows when you change her diaper cause right when you take it off,

thats her cue to start peeing.

she loves her pacifier. but only a certain one.

she loves going on walks in the stroller and baby carrier.

i love my little lady to pieces. 

this week we are packing up our life here and marching it right on over to idaho.

we're sad to leave, but we're definitely excited for our new adventure.

btw, who knew that packing would take about 4 times longer 

and you have about 4 times as many things with a baby?

i think her stuff is going to take up most of the Uhaul.

my little one day old baby 

and my growing baby.
yes, she still sleeps a lot.

my little Quinny girl.

this post is going to be long.

so don't feel like you need to read it.

i'm mainly writing it for my own sake.

where to even start.

my due date was june 29th/30th (i say that cause the doctor changed it on me, but didn't really, so i never really knew when my actual due date was)

and if i went over my due date then they wouldn't induce me until july 7th.

which seemed SO far away.

but i was pretty sure that I was just going to have to be patient and wait until then.

i went to the doctor on thursday and i wasn't dilated or effaced at all.

which was also a reason why i was so sure i would go over.

but then, monday morning at 2:30 am i woke up with a slight cramping/tummy ache feeling.

i tried disregarding it and going back to sleep but i couldn't fall asleep.

that whole night i couldn't sleep.

the ache would come and go.

i didn't know if i was having contractions or what (cause i didn't know what they felt like!)

around 6 am i went to take a bath to try and relieve some pain. 

and that helped for a little bit, but the pain was getting stronger.

by then cameron woke up and asked me why i was awake.

i told him i thought i was having contractions but i wasn't sure.

around 7:30 he went to work and told me to text him if he thought we should go to the hospital.

i waited it out until about 10, and by then the contractions were pretty painful so we decided to go.

we checked into the hospital and when they checked i was dilated to a 2 and 80% effaced.

they left me to progress for a bit, and came back about an hour and a half later.

i had progressed a little, but hardly any.

at that point they gave me the option of giving me a morphine shot

and going home to wait it out a little (though they were sure i would be back that night)

or have the doctor come in a break my water for me.

when they gave me the options, it finally hit me that i was going to giving birth in the next 24 hours and got just a tad nervous. i almost wanted to take the morphine shot and leave, but then talking it over with cameron we decided that we would just have the doctor come break my water since we were already there. that was a scary decision. at the time at least. 

at that point, they came in and hooked me up to the IV and told me i could get my epidural anytime.

i got it right away (obviously).

[side note: anyone who gives birth naturally, i commend. that is something i could not do]

about 5 minutes after getting it, the doctor came in and broke my water.

and let me tell you, that was a weird feeling.

i wasn't going to mention the part where cameron started feeling queasy while i was getting the shot and had to walk away and get water before he passed out... but that would be too nice of me to leave that part of the story out.

they let me lay there for a good few hours and by 5 pm when they came to check me i was dilated to a 6! when they checked they could feel her head and said she has lots of hair! which i was so happy about. By 7 pm, i was a 7. and by 8 i was an 8. two hours later, i was still an 8. they gave me pitocin to speed things up a bit, and by 2:15 am i was finally a 10. the nurse had me start pushing. 45 minutes later the doctor came in to finish things off. I pushed for a total of 1 hour and 20 minutes. which went by so fast. 

At 3:30 am on tuesday, june 30th, little miss Quinn was born. 

she was 7 pounds 5 ounces,  20.5 inches long, and the most perfect little thing. 

after a day and a half recovery at the hospital, we decided to call it quits and head home.

it was such a happy moment knowing we could go home and be just the three of us.

i was also just a little sad inside knowing how well the nurses took care of me, and i wouldn't have that at home. i loved all my nurses so much. i want to give them all a million hugs.

i'm still in pain, but i can tell it's definitely getting easier to get around and stuff.

recovery for me has been the hardest part of this whole process.

I used to wonder what stay-at-home-moms did all day. 

there couldn't possibly be that much to do at home with one baby.

but now i know. its not an easy task, but i wouldn't trade it for a thing.

i'm so happy i get to be this little girls mama.

she makes me so happy.

even if i only get 2 hours of sleep at night and she poops on me while i'm changing her poopy diaper. 

its so worth it.

i already want her to stay this age forever. and i feel like she's already grown up so much even though she is only 4 days old! 

all i want to do is hold her, and stare at her perfect little body.

we love you quinny girl!!

she came out with a cone head but i have been forbidden to show anyone.

they gave her a boy hat! haha

that [reddish] hair though.

she's even cute when she's mad.

how can she look so big already?! 

last pregnancy post!

finally hit that 39 week mark!

and i'm soooo ready to be done. 

here is a picture. 

and yes. for those of you who i actually see somewhat often,

i do wear the same thing almost everyday because its the only comfortable thing anymore.

sorry but i have to. 

and yes my stomach is huge.

i'm not working now so basically i'm just waiting on little miss to make her appearance.

my days right now consist of projects around the house, 7 peaks, 

getting last things ready, and not getting myself ready. its pretty great.

it's kinda of weird that we're moving so soon after she comes.

cause her crib that is set up (shouldn't have done that) is just full of empty packing boxes

and all of her clothes bigger than 3 months are in boxes packed away,

so thats a little depressing. 

last week when i went to my doctors appointment (at 38.5 weeks) i still wasn't dilated.

so thats fun. not.

and i've yet to have any contractions. so i'm probably still not dilated.

and the girl that was due the day before me at my job had her baby last night.

so I'm just a little jealous haha. 

i guess if she doesn't decide to come on her own, the latest they'll induce me is July 7th.

so i guess thats one thing I can look forward to. 

we're also really excited for the 4th of july. its like our favorite holiday. 

so hopefully she doesn't decide to come then. any other day would be great, k thanks.

but with our luck, she will!

btw, hospital bags are packed. and we finally put the car seat bases in our cars a couple days ago.

today, we're headed up to lagoon.

my sisters work has their summer work party there every year, so we tag along.

and i guess lagoon has no restrictions against what pregnant people can do. just recommendations.

so you better believe i'll be riding the samurai. 

im kidding you guys. I'm not that dumb. but i will ride rattle snake rapids and the sky ride.

oh, and yesterday i cleaned clothes out of my closet.

i swear the hangers in our house like disappear. 

like each week we have less and less and I'm just really confused. 

but why am i even telling you this? who knows.

well, maybe next post i'll have some pictures of a baby. 

adios.

an update of sorts.

35 week bumpdate

(did i really just say that word? ew.)

i keep writing these blog posts and never posting them.
its probably cause i don't have any pictures.
and whats a blog post without pictures?
nothing. just a bunch of words. 
but i'm afraid its either that or nothing.
so that is what we get.

less than 5 weeks left of having nothing to wear.

i know, i'm dramatic.

i'm grateful that the worst part of my pregnancy has been having a hard time with clothes.

i've been really lucky and its been a breeze mostly.

except for every morning when i have to get ready for work.

it's really depressing. and i wear the same two things everyday.

and i'm just ready to be done with it.

even when i go workout, my big tee shirts don't fit anymore.

well, they do, but they are tight

and i'm not sure which is bigger,

my belly button or mount everest.

so i opt for camerons tee shirts.

anyways, none of that matters.

onto the more exciting (?) things.

Maternity clothes?

i hate clothes. fact.

Stretch marks? 

not yet and really hoping it stays that way. fingers crossed.
or maybe i just can't see them. thats probably it.

Sleep?

once i fall asleep its not too bad, i just hate going to bed cause its so uncomfortable. and if i want to turn over it takes a good minute. no joke.

Best moment this week? 
my friend maren (thanks!!) threw me a baby shower for my friends.
and then my ward threw me one as well. 
those were a lot of fun!

Anything make you queasy or sick?

sounds weird, but cucumbers.

people keep giving me cucumber water (i dont know why!) and it makes me so nauseous.

and the other day cameron had a salad with cucumber on it and i could smell it.

i can't handle it.

Gender?

Girly

Belly Button in or out?

for as far in as my belly button was before, it sticks so far out. i dont even understand how it can stick out so far. 

Wedding rings on or off?

On!

Looking forward to?

moving and getting settled.

getting this little babe out!

Miss anything? 

sleeping or even just laying on my stomach. i'm DYING to lay on my stomach. 

Food cravings?

negative. 

Labor signs?

No, thankfully. She has been kicking me so much, and so hard lately.

its gonna be weird when she is out and there isn't any movement in there anymore.

Symptoms?

umm.. hungry every second of every day always.

pregnancy brain is really gettin' me these days.

its real people.

at work i do the dumbest things and forget everything.

also, the other day we went out to dinner and cameron dropped me off to go put our name on the list while he parked. and i went in and asked how long the wait was and then i said ok and walked away, assuming they knew my name or something.

went and stood there for a good 25 minutes. and then it clicked.

i told cameron i don't remember telling them my name.

so i went up to the counter to check.

low and behold, we weren't on the list.

so yeah, we waited over an hour.

and cameron was already really hungry when we got there.

so someone wasn't a happy camper.

oopsies. 

cameron's birthday was a couple weeks ago.

we didn't do much on his actual birthday cause it was kind of a busy day.

but i planned a surprise for him the following week which was a lot of fun.

i just told him to be ready to go one night.

and we went to dinner and then we drove to salt lake 

and went to the ed sheeran concert.

that guy is good.

and it was fun cameron didn't know what we were doing

or anything until we got inside the energy solutions arena and he saw

people wearing ed sheeran t-shirts.

it was a well kept surprise. 

unless he is lying to me. haha

and this is what we get for pictures this week. 
terrible phone quality.

i promise it was more fun than i make it look

yes we had terrible seats. but i don't even care.

and i added this video. but who knows if it will actually work.
worth a shot i guess.