Sickness

I have been so horribly sick today. Luckily I have an amazing husband that taught my Primary class for me and even took Saki to church with him. That is huge since our church is at 1 pm and this is right during Saki's nap time. Anyway, my body won't really let me sleep, so I have been sitting around trying to figure out how I am going to make myself well before I go to work tomorrow. I have felt worse before, but I have no voice so I don't know how or when it's going to come back.

Anyway, last week I worked 4 days. This is totally unusual for me since I'm only used to working 2 days. I had a patient cancel a two hour appointment in the morning, so I decided to come home. This is what I walked in to.

Ife was in the shower and Saki had pushed his high-chair over to the counter where he pulled over a GIGANTIC bag of malt-o-meal marshmallow mateys. Did I mention it was not the small bag, but the GIGANTIC sized pack. I was so annoyed because I had just mopped the day before. Messes always happen right after a good house cleaning. Oh yeah, and Saki was sitting right in the middle eating all the marshmallows out on by one. It was actually kind of cute, but not fun to clean up with a huge stomach. (I hate when I drop things and have to bend over to get them because I always feel like I am going to pop my stomach).

-our camera is still not fixed, so these pictures are kind of grainy. That is on my to do list and promise it will be done within the next month. That's why my posts have had no pictures lately.

We are finally moved into our new three bedroom apartment. In the housing that we have, we get a chance to upgrade when we have more kids. We weren't planning on doing this because we plan to buy a house when Ife graduates, but I could not stand being cramped in a two bedroom apartment. Plus it is only $10 more a month. Oh yeah, I would not advise moving when you are 32 weeks pregnant. I thought I would have the baby then...but happy to say I feel much better now.

One other change that some may be interested in. All you dental hygieners that live around me... I now work for a different dentist. Yeah, can you believe it Dr. Bybee sold his practice and joined the Air Force as a dentist. When he called us together for a staff meeting I figured he was going to retire, but maybe in a year or something. NO! He said he was leaving 10 days later. This was probably the biggest stressful thing I have been through in the past couple of years because 1) I loved working for Dr. Bybee, 2) I didn't know if I would still have a job 3) I didn't know if the practice would get sold anytime soon, or if the new dentist would be anything that I would be willing to work for...(you Pocatellans know it is a little difficult finding something convenient and nice to work for around here). Anyway, it ended up working out and now I work at the same place, the same days, and for a new dentist. He isn't really new, he has been practicing for 14 years, but he is a younger version of Dr. Bybee and has some really good values. Anyway, sorry that was boring for the majority of you, but I thought some might be interested.

I'll try to update more, but who likes a post with no cute pictures RIGHT!

Craziness

The Eensy Weensy Spider was the first song Saki really loved. Even though this video is really old I thought I would post it. He has since gotten much better at the actions and loves to sing lots of other songs...and he's upgraded from a crib to a twin bed.

Quick Update on our family...

Ife is still doing his practicum. He works from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. with a one hour lunch break. He comes home and sleeps from about 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. He is then off to his regular work from 10:30 p.m. to 7 a.m. So he basically gets 2-3 hours of sleep in a 24 hour period. Of course he still goes to class all day on Thursday instead of working in the day. We look forward to Saturday and Sunday where he can catch up on: sleep, talking to his mom on the phone, playing with Saki, church calling, homework, presentations, cooking Fijian food, and how could I forget the rugby games. I just keep thinking...only 2 1/2 more months of this...if only he can make it without dying first.

I am feeling okay. I really feel this pregnancy has been completely different from my first. I am waking up almost every single night with very painful contractions. It doesn't help that Ife isn't here. I almost went into the ER a couple nights ago...I was so scared I was going into labor. Since I didn't really go into labor with Saki, I'm not quite sure what to expect. Saki was born at 35 weeks and I really am scared of going so early again. Mine and my doctor's goal is to make it to 38 weeks. Right now I'm just over 3o weeks. I got a free massage from the students at the ISU massage therapy program. They were learning about how to care for women in their third trimester of pregnancy. I must say, it was quite an adventure. I got paired with the only boy in the class and it was a full body massage...I was definitely not expecting that. I think he was more uncomfortable about knowing where to move the towel and sheets to make sure I was not exposed. I have never had a real massage before...wait, does that qualify as a real massage? Did I mention, I thought it was just going to be a back massage, with maybe a little arms...nope it wasn't.

Saki is starting to talk much more. We have been working on saying people's names clearly. He loves to draw on himself...not paper. I also can not manage to keep his hair trimmed short enough. It grows so fast, plus I suck at cutting hair. He has also developed a sweet tooth. I don't know where he got this from. I really think his daddy slips him candy on the side. The other day, he brought his toy fire engine into the kitchen because he can't reach the counter. Anyway, he climbed up onto the sink and into the treat jar. I use this for random candy that is never eaten...like from parades and stuff like that...and usually use it for game night, or giving it to my class or something. Anyway, he couldn't undo the wrappers from the tootsie rolls so he was just eating through the paper. I do not even know that he knew there was a candy jar. That will now be strategically hidden.

Anyway, sorry I don't have any current pictures to post. My camera should be getting fixed soon. Someone left it in the car during their weekend trip to Utah. I don't think that was very good for it. Good thing it is still under warranty.