13 Weeks to Go

Things just seem to get crazier and busier as the days go by! Maybe it's just because it's May. May always flies by. Obvisiously one big thing was Mother's Day. We are fortunate enough to live by both our mom's so it was nice to spend time with them. I woke up on Mother's Day singing "happy mother's day to me, happy mother's day to me, I'm not really a mom yet....but in August I will be!" Trevor was like, "Why aren't you a mom yet? Do you feed Brody? Do you shelter him? Well, then you are a mom." Hmmm....I hadn't thought of it that way, but he's right! Trevor bought me a new fan/light for our family room. I hated the nasty gold one that was in there so as a mother's day gift he bought me a new one and installed it! What a good man!

Another highlight from Mother's Day was getting to talk to my brother, Spenser, that is serving a mission in Brazil. We really don't get a lot of time to talk to him, because his time is split with our dad, so we pass around the phone and all talk quickly to him for a couple minutes. His voice sounded like it had a little bit of an accent, but other than that the same. He mostly just seems so humbled by the spirit. We already have known that, but talking to him made it even more apparent. He loves his mission. He has been gone a whole year by the end of this month. I don't know if he's going to want to come home. He is so excited about becoming an uncle, but he told me that he's sad that he won't see Brody Jay until he's about 10 months old. It would be so weird to leave on a mission and come back to a different family like he's going to. Kade and Taylor will be so much bigger by then and I'll have a kid! It's crazy.

The school year is finally almost over! I only have 5 work days left....yessss! It is definetly time to be over with, but I'm still a little sad about not coming back next year. I'm sure being a mom will fill in any void I may be feeling, but it will be so weird to not be starting back to school next year!

Brody gets bigger every day. I can feel myself stretching more and more. I thought it was funny when he kicked at the heart monitor at our last appointment, so I thought I would try it out at home. Sure enough every single time I put the remote or my phone on my belly he goes NUTS! Trevor could not believe how much my belly was moving. It seriously looks like the waves in the ocean. I swear that it's not just kicks I feel anymore, it's like I can feel him completely stretching out. I can feel whole body parts not just the swift kick or punch, it's like his whole arm or legs pushing and stretching. Trevor says that the baby might hate me because I won't ever leave him alone, but I don't think he will remember so it doesn't matter. He is going to be such a busy body, that doesn't want to be messed with. I really don't know how much peace there will be with him around. It's amazing the personality that they already have when they haven't even seen the light of day yet!