Raising Three Little Princesses

Just one week to the due date and I am ready to have this baby. I just keep reminding myself that the baby will come when he is ready and I just need to be patient.

We are all anticipating what this baby will look like. Sariah and Rebekah both think the baby will have black hair. I was thinking last night about the morning Miriam was born and JJ and I were studying all of her little features. JJ remarked on how round her face was while my first thought was she looks like she doesn’t have any eyelashes because they were so light. Rebekah definitely did not need any eyelash growth product she had beautiful black hair and long dark eyelashes. I would love another baby with the hair she had but my two little baldies were just as adorable.

7 Years ago today JJ and I were married. It was a beautiful sunny day as we were getting ready, it was hard to believe it was the first day of winter. As we stepped out of the Salt Lake Temple it began to snow – it was magical!



JJ’s grandfather officiated our sealing/marriage ceremony. We plan to name our baby boy’s middle name James after JJ’s grandfather for this reason. James is also JJ’s middle name.

I know that marrying JJ has been the best decision I have made, we are perfect for each other and we 4 perfect little blessings, one that we will get to hold in our arms any day now!

We kept it simple tonight, we went to Olive Garden for dinner. Being 1 week away from my due date I sure didn’t feel like dressing up so we just went casual. I feel like I walk like I just got off a horse wearing english riding boots and all. JJ assured me that I just feel that way and that I really do look like I walk normally. Once the kids are a sleep we will watch the newest and last Harry Potter movie. The last time we went on a date with just the two of us was 4 months ago so it was really special.

Miriam didn’t cry but she was like, um daddy, come back and get me.

Last month Sariah lost her first tooth! She didn’t even have a toothless space because the big tooth had already pushed it’s way through the gum which finally pushed the baby tooth out that had been wiggly for months. I thought 5 was really young to start loosing teeth but it seems normal among all her friends. Sariah was so excited to find a dollar under her pillow the next morning that she can’t wait to loose more teeth.

Bekah pointed out the gap between her two front teeth and said “look I lost a tooth too”. A lot of kids and even some adults have made comments about this gap.



Fortunately she is too young to be offended but at a recent dental check up the dentist also brought it up and suggested a frenectomy. Which would need to be done before her top front adult teeth come through.

With my recent crown and now this it sounds like Dental insurance would be a good idea. Not as necessary as motorhome insurance or health insurance but it would still be nice to have. Fortunately dentists usually have deep discounts if you don’t have insurance. JJ wants to Bekah to get this done next year after we get our tax return so now is the time to shop around for prices.

The good news is that all the kids have very healthy teeth and no cavities!

Last week my husband turned 30. Turning a new decade should be exciting so we tried to make his birthday special. I knew that he really wanted to go to planet play so that’s what we did on Saturday with our family, his brother and a friend of his from work’s family.

I made him a military tank cake. Instead of using welding cable to keep the parts together, cake and frosting worked great. He wanted it on top of a cookie cake because he always had a cookie cake for his birthday growing up.



Planet Play was a lot of fun. The food was just okay but they have a lot of fun attraction like mini-golf, laser tag and go carts.

I got JJ a suit jacket for his birthday gift from a thrift store for only $6 and it looks really great. He knows because I accidentally left the tag on His suit jacket he got for our wedding was stolen about 4 years ago. I also gave him this little tie onesie that has a cute poem about dads. I got it at the West Edmonton Mall when I was visiting my sister. Since we are having a boy (any day now!) I thought it would be a fun gift.

I am now far along enough in my pregnancy to have a home birth although I am expecting that he will be born at 40 weeks just like his sisters, although he could surprise us! I just hope I don’t go into labour while looking at the the Christmas lights on Temple Square in Salt Lake or right before we are about to leave on our anniversary date – it will be 7 years on the 21st!

I am feeling a little uncomfortable at times now but still feeling really good for being almost full term. I have the bassinet all set up and Sariah and I sorted through all the newborn clothes to find all the clothes that could be for a boy as well as all the small cloth diapers.

I found Sariah in my room today trying to squeeze Miriam into the newborn clothes. I think I will need to install camera’s around my house and an lcd dlp projector in my room so I can see what all the kids are up to while I’m in bed recovering.

Just joking of course, my sister will be down on the 30th for a week. My girls will have a ton of fun with her.

About 6 weeks ago we traded our car in to Cougar Auto Sales and bought a 2004 8 passenger Chevrolet Venture. Cougar Auto Sales were a great company to work with, they were very friendly, not pushy and in my opinion, honest. The van has been working great, it passed the sate emissions and inspection testing and best of all it was $800 (inspections, registration and taxes included) less than what we budgeted. That $800 got to go to our midwife

At first I felt nervous driving the van since I had only driven cars before. I felt like I was driving a bus! I’m totally fine with it now though and it runs so much better than our car did.

Now we will have room for our new baby. Even if the beginning of the year was rough it is ending well. We are going to have our 4th bundle of joy soon and things are going better for JJ at work. It looks like he doesn’t have to worry about applying for Business-to-Business Marketer Jobs or something else unrelated to the PHD in Bio Chemistry he’s working towards.

I am feeling great and baby is doing great. My iron levels, blood pressure and everything else is excellent. I feel so blessed.

I’m not feeling tired of pregnancy yet, although I’m sure I will get to that point.

I look and feel really high, which could explain the very frequent heart burn.

The baby is no longer breech, however he is still posterior. I am doing Bradley type exercises to try and encourage him to move into an anterior position but if that doesn’t work I’ll keep reminding my self that I have given birth to a posterior baby once (Miriam) and I can do it again.

I ordered my home birth supply kit today so that should be coming soon.