36 Weeks & Braxton Hicks

35 Weeks Pregnant.. Belly Bump

So tomorrow I'm officially 36 weeks pregnant! I still can't believe that I'm ALMOST there, but I'm very very excited. At my last appointment (last Tuesday) my midwife measured my belly, and confirmed that baby's head down and feels about 6 lbs right now to her. I also gained 2 pounds, making it a total of 9 pounds this pregnancy. I had talked with my midwife about my weight gain not really sure if it was something to be concerned about or not. I mean I know technically (according to US/palagni standards) I'm obese lol but I've never gained such little weight. My last two pregnancies I would gain somewhere between 20-30 pounds, but she assured me that I was ok and because I actually am "obese" (no she didnt say that to me lol) I'm not suppose to gain as much and am on track for my pregnancy as far as weight gain. So yay for that, I guess (except the obese part lol).

This pregnancy has treated me very well, and I'm glad I've still been able to have the energy and stamina to keep up with my kids and work. Last week Friday I finally went over to seven peaks (salt lake city) to take my kids. The waterpark is across the street from my in-laws house, yet I've never been there. So Friday I met up with my sister in law and her little family and we had a blast. My kids LOVED it! This was their first time going to an actual waterpark so I was glad to be able to take them. Fehi had to work (boo) but he made sure to stress the importance of keeping his kids safe lol. He was so worried about them, about us, and the fact that Im pregnant and taking our kids to the waterpark. He asked me to buy them floaties for their arms and other stuff as well. I thought it was so cute how he was concerned, and it's understandable lol so I did what he asked and got them floaties for their arms and swim shoes so they wouldn't slip or fall on anything, and then when we got there I put life jackets on them as well, so I was pretty confident that they would be ok. We had TONS of fun and my belly and back was loving the water as well. :)

We stayed there for like 5 hours and afterwards we picked up Fehi from work. I was so tired and had to sleep for work the next morning and so I tried to sleep but couldn't. Around 1 in the morning I started getting those bloody Braxton hicks contractions (lol) and they lasted until 6 in the morning! They weren't super painful or anything, but more so irritating because I knew I had to get some kind of rest before getting up at 330am to get ready for work at 430am. By 230am I was even more irritated and even more tired because they didn't go away. Those Braxton hicks contractions were coming what seemed like every 4-5 minutes and they were starting to hurt my back. So around 230am Fehi told me I should call in sick to work and so I decided to do that. And I'm glad I did because I didnt get any kind of sleep and I would'nt have been able to function at work.

So finally at 6am I knocked out and I didn't feel anything else the rest of the day. Then at night (last night) they started to come back again. I was hoping they'd die down, and they did (thank goodness) and I was able to get a good maybe 3 hours of uninterrupted sleep (thanks to my hubby). So this morning at work I was ok, but I'm still 36 weeks pregnant and right now with summer travel it's getting pretty busy. For the last 2 weeks they have been putting me at Kiosk Assist, which works out for me because I'm not lifting as much bags, but since numbers have been big and they need more help at baggage drop, they've been sticking me there this week. And baggage drop is a killer (pregnant or not) because your tagging and lifting bags nonstop. I've been debating on leaving on my maternity leave early and I would always say that I'd just work until I give birth, but I decided to just talk to my midwife and ask for a note to excuse me from work. I talked to my Redcoat about it as well and she was cool about it and said I needed to take care of myself and baby first and that Delta will always be there. She said its gonna be busy with summer travel picking up and that they have to have more people at baggage drop because of it. And though they probably would rather I not be a baggage drop, they can't help it because they need the people there... And I totally understand that, and don't mind it. But it does take a toll on my body, especially when I don't get good rest. And last night was actually considered good rest lol.

So I'm pretty happy with the decision to go on my leave early. I just hope that my midwife agrees. I think it'll be good as well to be able to have one on one time with two little ones before the baby comes and takes most of my attention away from them. And it'll be nice to NOT have to wake up at 3 in the morning, and also not get weird looks when the passenger sees a pregnant women lifting their 50 pound bags lol. So wish me luck! :)

Pictures from this week:

Kids keeping me busy while getting an oil change

Little miss cheesy smile! lol

Moe showing me his toy and kesaia pretending to eat with her spoon lol

Playing with the water beach ball again

Love it when daddy is off from work = Family time!

Knocked out after having fun with daddy

She was out too! 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! ;)

Perks of Working at Delta...

One of the many perks of working at Delta is the chance of meeting celebrities... :)  As cheesy as it may sound, it is true.  However, I use to run into more of them when I worked mornings.  I've gotten to see Dr. Oz and his wife, a rapper named Tygah (??? I had to google his name to find out who he was.. true story... the only reason I found out he was on my flight is because a kid told me), I've also seen M.C. Hammer but all those times I've never actually talked to them or anything; just saw them, got excited for a little bit, but kept my cool cause you know I was trying to be professional. ;)  Well now that I work nights, and at the B-gates (where we handle all the small flights) I don't see as much celebrities.  Tonight, however, was different.  :)

I was boarding my flight to Omaha and this guy walks up and asks me have we boarded yet, and I told him that we did but to hold off for a little bit (because we had someone in a wheelchair getting seated).  Then when I looked at him I said "Hmm... You look familiar..." and he just smiled, and I said "Where do I know you from..." and he didn't say much, and I kept (ahem) harassing him because I just knew him from somewhere but I couldn't pinpoint where.  Then I kept bothering him and finally he said "Yeah my name is Chad Murray".  And I said "Ok, but where do I know you from?" and he wouldn't say what movie or anything, so I said "Okay, I'm gonna google your name just so you know.. " lol So of course I let him go, but I could NOT remember what movie he was from.  Then it dawned on me that he was "Austin" from a Cinderella Story!! Which happens to be one of my favorite teenage girl movies! :)

I do have to say he looks even better in person. lol. So after I figured out where I knew him from, I went on the airplane to give the flight attendants their closing paperwork and then I went to him (of course he was sitting in first class) and I told him "Now I know who you are! You're the guy from 'A Cinderella Story'!" lol.  He just laughed and then he said "Well, it's nice to meet you!" and he shook my hand. :) lol. I do have to say that I probably irritated his girlfriend (I think her name is Kenzie Dalton).  She was probably like get away from my man you stalker! hahahaha. It was fun though, and I think I got a little headache from all the excitement of meeting him. But a nice cold can of Coke took care of that for me. lol. One of my co-workers was so mad that she didn't get to see him, and we actually tried to see if we could see him (from the outside of the plane) when we were walking back to our break room, but we couldn't so we just left.  Oh and I didn't get a picture with him, or of him... I'm just not that nervy, but he did hand me this part of his boarding pass, and of course I kept it. lol.

Chad Murray's Boarding Pass
*don't mind my fake nail that needs to be filled lol*