Memorial Day Weekend

This weekend has been quite the weekend.  Talk about weirdo weather too! It was cold and rainy some days, but I'm glad it was nice, sunny, and warm yesterday.  Fehi had to work all week (last week) at both jobs, so it was awesome when he was finally off on Friday from both jobs. On Friday morning my brother went back to Hawaii.  He asked a few weeks ago for me to find him a ticket to go back so Friday he left.  It was funny because we were both like "yes, we can just roam around our house freely" lol.  We make jokes about it, but my brother knows we appreciate his being here to help us these past few months. 

After dropping my brother off at the airport we went home and got changed, then went out to grab some lunch at Moe Betta Steaks though they can be a little pricey (for a big plate) we still love their food.  After eating we went out to this place called Jump Around Utah. I had seen a deal on Groupon for half off admission for kids 3 years old and older.  So we bought one pass for Moe ($5 with groupon, regular is $10) and Kesaia was only $4 (Parents are free).  It was such a fun place for the kids, and they had SOOOOO much fun.

Saturday Fehi had to work, so it was just me and the kids.  We attended the North Stake Seminary Graduation in support of Fehi's niece.

Our memorial day (yesterday) was spent at my Aunt Paea's house in Saratoga Springs.  I had to work yesterday morning, but as soon as I got home, I fried up some chicken (to make pupu chicken) and then we got ready and headed out to Saratoga Springs. We were celebrating my little cousin's 16th birthday, and I so forgot to take pics lol.

As far as my pregnancy goes I am 34 weeks pregnant! Ahhh! When people ask how much longer I have, I tell them "In my head I have 3 more weeks"  lol... For real though.  I'm hoping this baby decides to come out at 37/38 weeks. And how come I seriously feel like I have a basketball (a heavy one) in my belly! ahahahaha. (Don't mind the bathroom pic lol).

SLC Delta Flash Mob

I just had to post this cause it was awesome! I'm coming up on my 1 year anniversary of working at Delta here in SLC, and I have to say that the people I work with are AWESOME.  For months they had emails and postings about a flash mob, and invited us all to come out and learn the dances and participate.  I didn't get a chance to do it because I've been busy with school and my family, but I love the end result and how they pulled it off! I recognize a lot of them, and even one of the trainers (the only man dancing at first)... I'm so gonna say something to him when I see him lol. I just hope there wasn't any delays while they had the flash mob, hahahha.. jk! ;)

33 Weeks!

I'm 33 weeks! And so READY to pop. Seriously lol.

Sorry lighting is bad in the pic, but at least u see the baby bump :)

 At 33 weeks:

- I've gained 2 pounds since my last appointment (4 weeks ago), which means only a total of 7 pounds this pregnancy.
- Tummy is measuring correctly, it's where it should be.
- I'm still a CLEAN freak, I always feel the need to clean my house and keep it clean (not a bad thing right?)
- Baby boy still moves A LOT! I swear, he dances in my belly!
- Appetite has definitely decreased, I seem to snack rather than eat a full meal... I guess I just don't like to eat as much, it may be the lack of space for my stomach to expand lol, but on top of that I rather not deal with the heartburn and running to the bathroom all the time (cause I seriously have to use the bathroom once I start eating... I know totally weird lol).
- Soda cravings have gone dramatically down... and my wanting to chew ice has gone up (go figure! lol).

Overall, this pregnancy has been going pretty well, but I'm just ready to give birth. lol. I don't want to jinx myself (so no baby you're not allowed to come before 37 weeks), but I keep telling my self that maybe I only have 3 to 4 more weeks rather than 7 weeks left. lol. With my last two I gave birth early, Moe was 2 weeks early, and Kesaia was a week early... so I'm hoping that this pregnancy will follow in the same fashion.  I still have a lot to do before baby comes though, I have to go through all baby moe's old baby clothes, wash them and leave em out for baby. I go back to work tomorrow morning (boo!) but just a few more weeks and I'll be off from work as well.  I just hope I'm able to handle working with these last few weeks of my pregnancy. Just 4-5 more weeks (I hope! lol).

Fun Times! ( Vacay, Mothers Day, and Kids)

So I've been off from work since the 7th of this month and it's been AWESOME! Though I've been feeling like such a neat freak lately cleaning and what not (lets blame the pregnancy) but it's just been really nice to be home with the kids and my hubby. Today was especially fun because I took the kids out to Liberty Park. I could seriously live there... And the kids had so much fun playing in the water and running around.

After spending some time at Liberty Park we went and got some ice ream and then did a little shopping at Ross. I wanted to go and look for a cover for my iPad. Ahem... Yes I said "my" iPad. Lol. After getting my husband his iPad as an anniversary gift, he let me get one... And I told him how it makes so much more sense to have an iPad rather then my laptop... So we're thinking of selling our laptops and getting a Desktop (Mac of course). So I guess we'll wait and see but so far I'm LOVING my iPad! I do everything on it.. But I especially love it because I can do my scripture studies from it and also keep my notes and stuff on it too.

Anyhow, that was basically my mothers day gift. Mothers day for me was awesome! Though It did suck a little cause Fehi had to work, it still actually turned out to be good. For a long time we've been wanting to attend the English ward and on mothers day it was our first time going to that ward. It was so cute when I got Moe ready for church he told me "Mom I go temple ok?" Then I asked him, "Moe are you going on your mission?" and he said "Yeah mom I go temple and mission ok?" lol. Hes just the cutest lol. So anyways, the ward started at 1pm and usually Fehi works at 1:30pm, but thank goodness they changed his schedule that day and he didn't work until 2:30pm. So we were able to go to sacrament together then I dropped him off at work came back for the rest of church. I couldn't stop telling Fehi how much I LOVE this ward. Everyone was soooo nice and very welcoming. I had at least 10 people come up to me and ask what my name was and they introduced themselves.

On Tuesday I got to meet more of the sisters in our ward at our Relief Society activity. It was set up like "speed dating" but instead you were meeting other sisters. It was really fun, and we got to eat some yummy icecream sundaes afterwards.

Fehi and I have been really trying to instill the gospel more in our family, especially with our kids. So I'm glad I was able to get this time off to kind of concentrate on that. On Monday we had FHE and did a short little lesson with our kids on prayer. Kesaia was really good about it and helped out with leading the opening snd closing songs and singing as well as saying the prayers... Moe on the other hand was rowdy and acting like a typical 3 year old boy lol.

My vacation is coming to an end and I go back to work next thursday but I've definitely enjoyed my time off. I've been able to get my house in order (somewhat lol) and also spend some much needed time with my kids, doing activities with them that they enjoy. We should be in Hawaii but I decided to stay... well for a number of reasons, main one being because I dont want to fly right now being 32 weeks pregos and all. But i dont regret it, cause I've enjoyed doing things with the kids. So for the rest of my vacay I've made it a goal to do fun things that the kids would love to do and also get more time with daddy (when he's not working). So tomorrow is another day and I think it'll be another day at liberty park for the kids, maybe do a picnic as well. :) goodnight!

Princess Kesaia ready to go to church on Mothers Day

Kids and their cousins in our bed lol

My spiderman! :)

Baby Moe LOVES watching movies/cartoons on the iPad

32 weeks pregnant! Ah almost there! :)

The kids ready for church on mothers day :)

Kesaia turned Moes spiderman costume into a spiderman dress lol

4 Year Anniversary

So Yesterday (May10th) was our 4 year anniversary. :) Every year on our anniversary my husband always brings me home breakfast from none other than Dee's lol. He knows that I love the croissant breakfast sandwich and cheese fries from there. :) So I woke up to a wonderful breakfast and a bag full of my prego goodies (donuts & chocolate lol).

After breakfast I got ready and started off my day with a mani/pedi at my fav. nail salon (A+ Nails). I always get my mani (full-set) from a guy named Tyson. He's seriously does the best job with my nails,  and they always last super long! Now the one who did my pedi.. ummm.. No comment. lol. Lets just say I won't go to her the next time, and I'll save the embarrassment of posting her pic. lol.

So anyways, after doing my mani & pedi, I did some errands and went to get Fehi's gift. I mentioned a few posts ago that I was thinking about getting him an iPad for our anniversary.Well I kept going back and forth about it, and yesterday I finally just got it for him. :)

I actually made a video/slideshow of pictures for him, and I uploaded it on the iPad to show him. I wasn't sure how I was going to give him his gift, so I decided to give it to him right before we left for dinner. I told him I had to show him something, and then I pulled the iPad out and  played the slideshow I made for him. It was funny because he took it but looked at it, and was like "Whose iPad is this??" and I told him "It's yours!" :) And he was just like "For real?!?!" hahahahaha... He was so happy and he loved the slideshow I made for him. (My husband loves to walk down memory lane, so he loved all the pictures and stuff.)

Here's the slideshow I made for him:

The song in the background is "Beautiful As You" by Wayne Brady & Jim Brickman.This song is special to me (us) because when I came up for the B&W ball,Fehi had left me for a second to hand the DJ a cd. This song came on, and he asked me to dance. We slow danced, and he sang to me in my ear.. And he talked to me and we made it official that night.

After giving him his gift, we got dressed and headed out. We had dinner reservations at the The Roof restaurant on top of the Joseph Smith Memorial Building. It was so nice, and the view of the temple was beautiful!

not my picture, got it off google images, but this is basically what our view was like.. :)

It was funny though because we were both like "Wow this is so.. elegant." And because it's a buffet, I'm so use to just grabbing a couple plates, but it was so formal that we were like  "Maybe we should just get one plate at a time." lol The food was so YUMMY, but just being able to just talk was even better. We got to catch up on a lot of things, and just bask in our love for each other ;)

After dinner we headed over to gateway, then decided to go home and change into something more comfortable.

Me & My Baby Bump

Just killing time while Fehi got changed...

After we got changed we decided to drive up to where our eternity started.. the Bountiful Temple...

It was so wonderful to sit and reminisce the day we got sealed in the temple. When we got up to the temple Fehi read a letter he wrote for me. :) It was just so lovely and wonderful. We were able to think about our past 4 years, our goals, and our future goals and plans. We decided that we would make it a tradition to set different goals for ourselves, our marriage, and our family so that the next anniversary we can look back and know we accomplished our previous goals.

I'm so in love with my husband, and am grateful for all he does. I know he knows it, but I've made it my personal goal to make sure he knows and feels it everyday of our marriage.

Oh and if your wondering why there's no pics of him, well he was a little camera shy lol.

Potty Training Day 2 (Again)

So now that I'm on my PTO weeks until the 24th of this month, I decided it would be a good time to finally tackle potty training with Moe.  I'll be home with him 24/7 so mind as well try to get it over and done with sooner than later.  I've been looking up online any tips or helps with potty training.. and the number one thing they say is to make sure he is ready.  Well, I hope Moe is... cause we're doing it no matter what. lol. I bought him his first pairs of big boy undies and we did a trial run yesterday.  I got him a new seat for the toilet, and he was happy to go to the bathroom and sit on the toilet, but he would never actually GO in the toilet.  After I'd set him on the toilet for a few minutes he wouldn't do a thing, then he'd leave but then a few seconds later he's had an accident on the floor.  And that's basically how it's been like all day yesterday and today.  Yesterday I gave up at night, and just stuck a diaper on him (I know... I know).  The other thing they say is to have patience... ahem... That's a problem. lol. Being 31 weeks pregnant, and trying to potty train ugh yeah.. it's going to be hard.

I just hope that I can find a way for him to get it.  I keep questioning whether he's actually ready for it, and whether I'm potty training him because he's ready or because the world says he should be potty trained by now, or at least wanting to.  I'm kind of at the end of my rope (for today) because he's only had accidents today and no wins (in the toilet)... shoot, we haven't even gotten to the flushing part lol.  So hopefully I can do better, we can do better... he's still in his big boy undies and I'm going to gather my last bits and pieces of my patience for today and try harder. Wish me luck, again. :)

Last Final Today.. Thank Goodness!!

So today is my last final for my Psychology class! Woo-hoo! This calls for a celebration! Maybe me and Fehi will go on a date after our class. ;) That sounds like a good plan! lol. Since my grandparents are in town, why not take advantage of the extra babysitters lol. Next week Thursday is our 4 year anniversary. :) We usually don't do gifts, though sometimes I gift myself lol (mani's/pedi's/shopping) lol but this year I'm thinking of surprising my hubby.  He works so super duper hard for us, and he never asks for much in return.  Shoot, he doesn't even really see his paycheck, he just let's me handle all the finances and when he needs something he'll let me know.  So this year I want to give him something, a nice little toy.. lol.  He's been wanting the iPad for quite sometime, well we both have, but we've always held out thinking the next BEST iPad was going to come out.. but I think I'm just gonna get him it.  Shoot... I hope he doesn't read my blog and ruin the surprise lol.  Anyhow, we'll see I have about a week to plan for it :).

Anyhow, wish us luck on our last final! :)

30 Weeks Down, 10 to Go! & School Stuff...

What a BIG belly! lol

So I've hit my 30 week mark! Ah! I can't believe it. I swear I just got pregnant!! It's exciting though to be counting down in single digit weeks! Last week I did my glucose test (orange drink) and it was fine.  I downed it in like 10 seconds, lol. I actually liked the drink better when it was carbonated (of course I would lol).  When it was carbonated it tasted like orange soda, so I had no problem drinking it, now it just tastes like a melted otter pop.

At my appointment I was a little nervous about getting weighed.  Because I've been consistently loosing weight, rather than gaining, I knew at some point in my pregnancy I'd have to gain some weight.  So at my appointment I hopped on the scale and as I suspected, I gained 5 pounds! Ugh! lol.  But then again that means I've only gained 5 pounds this pregnancy. I'm hoping that for the remainder of my pregnancy, I gain only a max of 5 more pounds. LOL. I know such wishful thinking, but I think it can be done.  My theory is I was already overweight to begin with, so let's try to stay as close to my pre-pregnancy weight as possible to when it comes to finally loose it all I won't be starting that far off from my pre-pregnancy weight.

That's another thing I'm excited about... exercising! Ok, well shame on me, I should have already been exercising throughout my pregnancy, but I count work, school, house chores, and especially my kids as my forms of exercise. I was looking through old pictures of myself, from after I had Kesaia and I had lost my 20+ pounds and I started to get a little depressed lol.  I hope to go back to that. From looking like that (picture above) to this lol:

 So these pics I've never posted before.  These were taken almost 2 years ago. I remember we went to the mall and I seen a dress in macy's that was of course like $120 or something like that, but I wanted to try it on.  Before this I never tried on anything to see what size I was.  Before Fehi I was a size 14, then with all the weight gain I was at my biggest: an 18, then I got down to a 16, and so after working all summer long to loose the weight, I decided to try this dress on in a size 12. And it fit! And I was so excited! lol.  Well now I can barely fit a thigh into a size 12 lol.  I'm hoping to get back to this again, and maybe even see a size 10.  I can't even remember when I was ever that size, and I don't know if it's possible because I've always been a size 12-14, so we'll see. So anyhow, I'm def. starting my prep work for motivation to get moving once this baby comes out.

Anyhow, and as an update to my last depressing post about school... I have my last final tomorrow then it's break time for us. :) This semester has been stressful for us, I'm not exactly sure why, maybe it's all the changes that's been going on, but it's def. been stressful.  My husband just started working part-time at Costco a few weeks ago, and so it's been especially difficult for him to handle everything between working a full-time grave job, part-time at Costco, being a full-time student and then his duties at home.  It's been helpful having my brother here to help us when we have school, and also as a back-up for when we both can't be home, but I've been contemplating my roles of motherhood and my role as a student.  Both are very important to me, but we've been thinking that it's probably best that next semester I stay home with the kids.

This semester we were lucky to have my brother come stay with us to help out with the kids while we were at school.  So now that time is almost up, and he's going to be leaving back to Hawaii soon.  I'm actually kind of ready to send him back. lol. Not to be mean, because I'm very grateful for his being here to help us out, but I'm ready to have my house back, and just be our little family.  And more importantly get my bills back to normal (utilities, etc. but especially my FOOD bill lol).  I just found out that he might be coming back afterwards, and yeah I don't know about that lol. I told my husband, Uh NO! lol. Maybe it's the pregnancy hormones, but I explained it wouldn't be necessary for him to come back.  I'm going to stay home with the kids next semester, and so we wouldn't necessarily need him to stay.  On top of that, since he's been here we haven't asked him to get a job or anything, and we've given him money almost every check.  And my husband is a generous giver, he'd give 100's at a time if he could (or if I let him), whereas I would give maybe 40/50. lol.

So yeah, I don't know how I'm gonna break it to him.. but it has to be done. lol.  I rather he stayed home in Hawaii and helped my mom out, then coming here and eating up all my food and not doing anything here lol. Ok, enough of that cause I feel like I'm being a witchy sister right now. LOL. However, I am happy to be sending him home, and bringing my little sister up to stay with me for the summer.  I guess I'm more excited for her to come, cause 1. she's my SISTER and I'm tired of living with all these mens, and 2. I'm def. more closer to my sisters than my brothers and now I realize I can't live with my brothers (sorry bro's lol). Oh and 3. she listens and doesn't talk back (ahem... something a certain 21 y.o. could learn lol).

Anyhow, I'm just glad to have figured out what I'm gonna do next semester.  I keep telling Fehi that though school is important to me, our kids is my first priority.  My husband works hard to provide for our family, and I need to be there to take care of them.  So though it was hard to come to that realization that I would probably have to stay home with them next semester, that option is settling right with me each day.  I want to be able to enjoy my time with them, and watch them grow up, as well as them knowing that their mom was there for them as they grew up.

Anyhow, I can't believe it's May already! Next week Thursday is our Anniversary! and I have a nice gift in store for my love.  He deserves it so I hope to pull it off. I'll keep you posted! :)