I'm pregnant. Shoot me now.

Yeah. I guess I jinxed myself when I kept saying we were done having kids. Turns out Heavenly Father had some different plans for us.
We found out we were pregnant about a month ago but we kept it a secret for a while because we were supposed to announce it when my brother came back from his mission on the 25th of this month. Apparently with your second child you start showing a lot earlier, so we had to say something before people thought I was growing a tumor. Our family is thrilled. The only person that isn't happy about this whole thing is me.
Think of the hardest thing you've had to do in your life. Maybe something that you wouldn't dare do because it's just too difficult. That's how I feel about motherhood. Preparing for med school is a BREEZE compared to being a mother. I don't like being pregnant, but it beats having a newborn in the house. I don't deal well with sleep deprivation. I'm gonna need some Valium once this kid comes.
As far as what happened when I found out... well, I was trying to rule out pregnancy with a pregnancy test so I could call my doctor to test me for hypothyroidism: I was tired, gained weight, and missed my period. Yeah, didn't make that phone call. I FREAKED OUT, and Jacen came in to see what was going on... I kept saying, "Oh no, Jacen, oh no... oh no... oh no...." I waited until Elijah came home from work to tell him. I had Jacen write him a card saying something along the lines of "I'm sure you'll be a great daddy to my little brother and sister". Elijah laughed for a straight ten minutes... apparently he laughed for 2 hours (I had to leave for work).
Some stats: I'm 9 weeks pregnant, due Jan. 12th. So overjoyed by the thought that it's going to be RSV season. *sigh* And school starts, like, on the 10th. Not sure how I'm gonna pull that off, but I've had a kid through finals, so I'll probably figure something out with this one as well. I've been sick like a dog, but nothing that Phenergan can't do. I've been very fatigued (this is a new symptom for me, last time I didn't have this) as well. It just plain sucks.
Not gonna lie: I'm TERRIFIED of having two kids; I'm already overwhelmed with one. Sign me up for a tubal on D-day.

Lord help me.

First movie outing!

Last night we took Jacen to see the fourth Shrek movie at the theaters.

At first we were hesistant as to whether we should take him in the first place since he's only two years old, and we were worried we'd be one of those parents everyone frowns upon for bringing little kids to the movies while they're screaming their lungs out for not getting the candy they want. However, Jacen has been watching Shrek at least twice/day for the last four weeks so we thought..."What the heck... let's just take him on opening night."

And we did.

And it was AWESOME.

We got him started with a hot dog, and a big drink. He loved eating his hot dog. But we decided to eat in the lobby because the movie wasn't starting for a while and I didn't want him to make a huge mess. Once he was done with that, we went in. He got to eat his junior sized popcorn bag, and he was doing really good. After six previews (*sigh* how I hate previews; they are so useless, and honestly, to put that many in there, they're lucky none of the families left with their kids. It took forever for the actual movie to start. Stupid previews). Anyway. Enough on that rant! After six reviews, and him being slightly annoyed, and having to reassure him that Shrek was coming, the movie finally started. He would point to and say "Shrek!", "Donkey!", "Kitty!", "Nona!" (Princess Fiona), and dance whenever music came on. He was so cute. He did so well! We were shocked at how well he did. He survived the whole movie without one whine or tear. The movie was hilarious, we highly recommend watching it. It was great!

Next month we'll be taking him to watch Toy Story 3... but we gotta get him hooked on those movies first :)

$13.95 + tip

 (before haircut)

I've always cut Jacen's hair and every time we cut his hair it's such a battle. He screams at the top of his lungs and cries the whole time. We've tried playing with him, letting him suck on a lollipop, and even have just plainly held him down and tried to hurry as he kicked and screamed some more.

So I decided it was time for someone else to do the work. I heard from friends that Cookie Cutters did such a good job and that they had cool things in the salon for them to do, and because one opened close to my place recently, I took him there yesterday. I thought for sure he'd be such a good boy and not cry, and then he could play in the playground before and get a treat before he sat in the little car, and he could watch Shrek and the haircut would just go smooth.... Totally worth the $13.95 plus the hefty tip for having him stay so quiet, right?

No. I sat him in the little car and he immediately began freaking out. The stylist did her best to keep him happy but he just would not have it. Even with a lollipop in his hand, he would still wail at the top of his lungs. She tried putting a cape on him, but he took it right off; there was hair all over him. I had to sit and practically hold him the whole time while she cut his hair. He got hair all over his lollipop and got lollipop stickiness all over the car. It was such a mess. Then as soon as she gelled his hair, he goes "All done." Gets out of the car, gets his balloon, and life is good again.

Why does he think haircuts are so scary?! She did just as good of a job as I do with him at home, so I'm not gonna take him out for haircuts anymore. It'll save me $13.95, the tip, and embarrassment from happening ever again.

At least he looks good.

End of semester fun!

If any of you know me well enough, you know that I don't do "motherly" things. Like, I don't usually do much with him that consists of taking him out or doing something out of the ordinary.

Towards the end of this (long!) semester, and as the weather was getting warmer, I started to take him to Sugarhouse Park to go play at the playground. He LOVES it. I've tried taking my textbooks there to study but it doesn't work out so well. He always wants me around. But anyway. After my last final on wednesday, I took him out for a picnic at the park to celebrate the end of the semester and as a "thank you" to him for putting up with mommy being cranky all semester.

We tried playing soccer but it didn't work out so well. He'd kick the ball once then he'd just pick it up and grab my hand so we could go on the playground slides. Funny kid.

Then yesterday I had my friend Nikki over (we've grown closer in the last two years since my brother is gone; she's waiting for him- YAY!!!) and we baked cookies together. She's a fabulous baker and I wouldn't trust myself rolling out cookies on my own, so she supervised my work. She taught me a lot about baking!

We got Jacen involved. Usually that's out of my comfort zone since I knew he was going to be making a mess, but the only mess he made was on the cookies. He emptied out the whole container of green sprinkles on the first two sheets of cookies; and he used the majority of the pink sprinkles on the next couple of batches.

And here I am rolling out the dough. It was fun, I have to admit!

Some of the cookies had WAY too much sprinkles on them... but at least Jacen had fun :)

Who would've thought that two years after having a child I finally start being a mom?!

A whole busy month rolled into one post!

After begging and imploring Elijah to upload the pictures onto here, I ended up being the one to do it. Sorry it took me so long, but exams have become a priority :P
So here are some pictures from Easter. Jacen has two outfits because he dumped green coloring all over himself when we were coloring eggs.

This is from Jacen's birthday dinner, the night before his birthday (April 10th). I can't believe he's two!!! We went to Red Robin. That kid cried the whole time.

                                                                                

 We took him to The Living Aquarium the morning of his birthday. He loved to look at all the fish!

        

                                 

      Birthday Party time!!! He had a bunch of his little friends come over for hot dogs and cake and it was a blast! The theme this year was Winnie the Pooh (or as he calls it "Poopie").

Thanks for all the gifts, everyone! He loves them!

 Later that evening, we went out with Mary Beach (Elijah's cousin) and had our first photoshoot as a family (last time we've had professional pictures done was when Elijah and I got married 5 years ago). She was great and I highly recomment her to anyone. Jacen looks grumpy because he had no nap and then he fell on his face and got a bloody lip during the photoshoot. Mary did an awesome job at taking pictures of the total of 0.2 seconds that Jacen smiled. These are just a handful of the many she took; I uploaded all of them on Facebook (it's faster there than here). Enjoy!

UPDATE: I totally forgot to mention Jacen got a cat for his birthday. His name is Hercules, and he's about 1 year old. We've already had to spend $250 on vet bills. The cat decided it was a good idea to take a stroll on top of the hot burner on the stove the day after he got neutered so we had to get it bandaged; then it got a cold and needed meds to get better.

He's back to his hyper self and Jacen loves it to death. Jacen will even sit next to it and read books to him, or he'll bring his big Lego blocks and dump them next to the kitty and pretend the kitty can build blocks with him. So cute. Jacen's behavior has really improved since then and he's more willing to play on his own now, which is always a huge plus. All in all, though, getting a cat is so much cheaper than having another child :P