WELCOME KREW KENNETH OLSON

Yeah the waiting game is over. Krew was born on Friday at 1 p.m. weighing 6 lb. 14 oz. 21 inches long So the winner is.......... my stepdad!! Everything went well. We arrived at the hospital at 3 am and they started me on pitocin. The Dr. came in at around 8:45 and ruptured my water. I really wanted to wait to get the epidural until the last minute, so I ended up getting it when I was dialated to a 6 at 12:00 pm. The funny part about this is that We were expecting it to be a few more hours until I needed to start pushing so Adam left around noon to go get our dog and take her home. So, around 12:45 I felt that pressure and the nurse was like, "oh boy you better call your husband, you are going to have this baby like NOW!" So, I called Adam and he booked it there 60 miles an hour. Seriously, the second he walked in the door, I pushed twice and Krew was out. Everything went well, I am proud of myself for lasting that long without an epidural. I am even more happy I am finally home with my baby and the rest of my family. Here are some pictures of us and yes I did get myself all dolled up before his arrival. I had to, I looked so gross when I had Landen. My friend Sarinah came as well, but I was too stupid to take a picture. Duh!! Anyhow, it's amazing how much you can love someone you just met. Thanks for all your love and support. Now it's bootcamp baby to get this body back in shape. Oh but I have to wait 6 weeks! Darn it!!

GUESSING GAME!!

OK everyone. We are going to play the guessing game. Each of you leaves a comment and guesses the weight of the baby. As most of you know, 3am I am off to the hospital. Here is a picture of my bare belly, so you can use that to judge how much you think he will weigh. Good luck I will announce the winner when I am home. Sorry, I know some of you don't think pregnant belly's are attractive.

OK I SWEAR THIS IS THE LAST "HOSPITAL" BLOG

OK, so I have 6 days until this baby is here. I went to the Dr. yesterday and I am thinning out and am dilated to a 2. She thinks maybe I won't make it, but we will see. Sad part about this whole thing is that there is a 70% chance that Adam will have to go out of town for 2 weeks and he will be leaving Wed. or Thurs. so he will miss the whole thing. It's been so hard to think about. My mom was going to try to make it but can't as well, so I am doing it ALONE!! So, I would love love love anyone to come visit me. The hospital rules though are that no kids are allowed. Landen is the only kid allowed because he is a sibling. I think it's stupid but I guess it makes sense. They are trying to keep all the babies as healthy as possible. Also, I have my checklist and I am going to list all the things I have packed PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF I AM FORGETTING ANYTHING.

• Toothbrush/Toothpaste
• Makeup
• Shampoo/Conditioner
• Hair dryer/Straightener
• Body Wash
• Robe
• Slippers
• PJ's
• Take home outfit
• G's
• Gum/Mints
• IPOD
• DVDs (just in case I get bored)
• Book
• Camera
• Face wash
• pillow/blanket (sheets just don't do it for me)
• Baby's take home outfit
• Blanket for baby
• Car seat

OK, that's all I have so far. Also, the Dr decided that because I will most likely be alone, that she is going to post pone my gall bladder being removed until Adam gets back home. She doesn't want me to have too much on my plate. Having a newborn is enough in it's own. I would rather just get it all done and over with, but that's me being a busy body. I can't wait but am so sad that Adam won't be here for the birth of his 1st child. Oh yeah and some of our good friends decided to steal our name so........ we can no longer use Preston. I have already went the rounds with Adam and he won't give in so I am very very angry about that!!! So, I am not going to announce the new name until he is here!! So, Sarinah if you read this can I please pay you to make the extra blocks for his room. Email me so I can tell you what's up. Thanks for all your guys support!!

GIRLS NIGHT OUT FINALLY!!

Tonight I will be going to have a girls night. FINALLY!! Cant remember when was the last time I had one of those. My friend Jacque is getting married next month WOO HOO, finally she found the perfect man for such a perfect girl!!! So, we are going to celebrate. I am so happy for her. I met her at work one day, she was new, and I knew she who she was because my ex would always say he was going on a date with her. So, I approached her one day and was like, "um yeah so I hear your going on a date with my ex husband", she was like "um OK who is that." I said Charley Kilpatrick and the rest was history. We became friends immediately (5 years and counting). She was actually the one friend (Ashley too) who saw I was kind of slipping away when my divorce with Charley was final and she never once judged me for the stupid decisions I was making. Instead of judging me, as most would have, she actually befriended me and set such a great example to me. I never really had friends like that before. We've had some crazy fun times it's so funny to think back at those days. Some of the funnest days of my life!! THE FISHOUSE ROCKS!! LOL. Even though I don't see you much anymore becaue you live in UT, I still love ya girlie and am so so happy for you.

REMEMBER THIS!! FUN TIMES AT A MANSION IN HEBER!!

MY TIME IS ALMOST OVER!!

Ok, so I had one more episode in the ER this weekend with this freaking gall bladder.  My OB was out of town all week so I had to wait to find out when they will be inducing me to have him.  Ok, she finally has it scheduled are you ready........................................................

MAY 30TH!!  We have to be at the hospital......get this..... at 3AM!!  HOLY FREAK that is so so early.  So, now it's the anticipation of waiting until that day comes.  Yikes!!  At least Preston will be a Gemini like his daddy.  Woo-hoo, so I have had his bag and mine packed for the hospital for a week and I could still use some advice on last minute things I may forget so let me know!!!

MY 33 WEEK BELLY BUMP!!

Ok, so here is some updated pictures of my belly at 33 weeks.  At this point, it is getting hard for me to walk without looking like a duck.  The pressure is settling in and once again I feel LIKE A WHALE.  I do have to say though, that I am not even close to being as big as I was with Landen at this point, which means I should be able to lose the extra weight pretty quickly, well lets hope so anyways.  So I am actually still able to wear some (not all but some) of my regular clothes.  I have a pair of pants (which are the ones I am wearing in this picture) and a pair of Capri's that I am still able to wear under my belly and I still have a dozen shirts (thank heavens for Down East Basics).  To me, maternity clothes are not very attractive at all.  Mostly, the tops because when you wear them they are made to go over your belly but not curve back around to show that you look pregnant not fat.  I know I seriously have the worst complex about being pregnant.  My worst fear is that I will gain all this weight, have a ton of loose skin and then be depressed for the rest of my life knowing my husband is too. LOL  I guess that's what happens when you marry someone with skinny for life expectations. (not adam, my ex-husband)  He has been really good about reassuring me that it's part of being pregnant and I will get back to where I was.  So, it's good to hear that when I am at the tail end of this pregnancy and feeling huge!!

THE NURSERY IS ALMOST DONE!!

Ok, so here it is.  So far.  I can't do much of anything so my dad went and got all of our furniture and unloaded it into our garage and Charley came over and helped Adam get it upstairs (3 flights to be exact) I was sore just watching them.  This stuff is like 100% mahogany wood, so each piece weighs like 200+ lbs.  So, Adam was determined to get it all set up for me and he did it.  He drove 12 hours to get home by 5 and then he really really wanted to get the babies stuff together.  I loved it, except when he got some of the pieces out, I noticed it was warped on the headboard and had a couple dings on the dresser.  Of course my first thought was to call and rip into them, but I am learning that that's not always the best option.  So, we got everything set up and here are the pictures of his room.  It's not all complete yet.  As soon as he is here I am going to paint a wall and put pictures and stuff up so it's not so bland!!  The funny thing was that he has so much room for clothes.  We only filled 2 drawers and 1 with diapers.  He still has 4 drawers left.  What am I going to do with all that extra room.  So, basically we have everything we need for him.  Tons of clothes, his stroller/car seat, swing and bouncer!!!  Oh yeah and the big space next to the crib, yeah that's where the rocker is going.  It's the most comfy thing in the universe which I got at my new favorite place Room4baby.  So, I called babies-r-us and spoke to the manager about the warping and nicks on the furniture!!  Oh and yes I wasn't rude.  I was very polite and asked her what my options were.  She said it happens all the time and they would deliver new pieces to me plus send me a $250.00 gift card and she apologized so much.  So, I have to say all around I am happy with the end result.  I promised myself I wouldn't go back in his room until he gets here because I stress myself out looking at how plain and boring the walls are!!  So, for now here is what we have!!

DOWN FOR THE COUNT

So, I am down for the count until Preston comes.  Adam took me out last week for my last official date night.  We went to Olive Garden with Charley Staci and the kids.  It was great.  Yeah I haven't made a post of it yet, but my Dr. claimed me to bed-rest until the baby comes.  I don't even like talking about it, let alone thinking about it.  I stress myself out when I do.  To think that I basically have to stay confined to one place when I have 8 weeks left doesn't sound like much fun.  I don't know how I am going to deal with this.  I have been reading books, watching movies and playing on my laptop.  Last Wednesday was my last day at work until September and oh my I am so stressed about that.  I have like all these things running through my head, like oh what if they forget to do this or that!!  So, I have decided to just forget about all of that until September, there is really no need to stress out RIGHT!!  I have also been stressed out about what the hek I am going to pack for the hospital.  When I had my baby shower, I hurried and put together a bag and when we played the game for everyone to guess what I brought.  I FORGOT LIKE ALL THE IMPORTANT THINGS....  So, since it's been 7 years all of you moms need to give me ideas and stuff I need to bring because I will get there and I promise you I will have to send my husband or someone back to my house to grab everything I forgot.  So, it was nice to have one last night out before I decide to lay in bed all day everyday for the next 8 weeks.  YUCK!!

30 WEEK BELLY BUMP

Ok I have been asked to update pictures of my belly. Even though I feel like a cow, I have to say I have gained most of my weight in my belly (baby weight) and my face. A tad in my arms too, but I can still wear my jeans and shorts, so that's a good thing. I went to the Dr. last week and I lost 4 pounds. I guess that's good for me but not for the pregnancy.

THE WEEKEND!!!

Ok so Landen was in Cali with his dad all week, so Friday night I took my husband to babys r us to see what we could find. Now I dont know if any of you remember me talking about the crib set i originally wanted but they said no one could order it until june. Well sneeky as I am I had them look to see if it can be ordered. LO AND BEHOLD they had 173 available to order. I was sosososo mad, so I called the Scottsdale location and told them how I felt I was treated unfair and they need to make it right. She told me she would do that and we need to bring in the crib and we can get it all worked out. So, we come home break apart the crib and get it back in the the box as if it's never been touched. We drive to the store and Adam unloaded it and i was dealing with the girls and paperwork blah blah blah. So the check out girl totally tried to jip us!! OUr crib returned was 1735.00 and the one we wanted was 1567.00 but they didnt fibe us our 20% discount they promised and when I said something, she told me that she gave us credit for the processing fee!! (It was only 29.99) WHAT, I FLEW OFF THE HANDLE. SHE TRIED SAYING WE STILL OWED $700.00 I WAS LIKE YEAH NO THAT'S NOT OK, THIS IS WHAT IT SHOULD BE!! So after all was said and done we got a gift card of 220.00, So we go to the strollers and bought the stroller car seat combo from baby trend. It s orange and I love it. So, we realized that we have the most georgeous nursery for the baby and now we have to get it all together and painted before the furniture comes.. Any sugestions!!! I need loottts of paint swatches but i am out of ideas.
Ok so now the dresser but its a burghandy color, they didnt have a picture online!!! and one more dresser but I cant find it either, it looks great together.
SO OK AFTER ALL THAT!! I AM FINALLY GETTING MY DREAM NURSERY! ON top of that we were able to get a stroller and 4 more outfits. Heaven. I went to another place and got my glider seriously the best most comfortable reclining glider ever. I got if from this place on gilbert and baseline called room 4 baby. The owner helped with this decision. It was a great buy. I even got landen the cutest little sign from Preston. It says
"Brother, will you teach me to play hid-ns-eek, show me how to shoot hoops, teach me to skip rocks on the water and alway be my friend... So cute I cried!!! That's all for now!!

IS IT JUNE 11TH YET?

Ok, I am going crazy. I now remember what it's like to be pregnant. NOT FUN!! So, last night was my official night to get NO sleep. I didn't fall asleep until 3:30 A.M. and had to be up by 6 to get ready for work. P would not stop kicking all night long. I am frustrated. What can I do? HELP!! It doesn't help that my husband has to have our little yorkie sleep right in the middle and she cuddles up to me and it drives me nuts. I don't know about everyone else, but when I sleep, I have to have my space. I can actually fall asleep with my hubby cuddling me, but if he tries in the middle of the night forget it, I go crazy and whale my arms and legs around like I am a 5 year old throwing a tantrum. Last night was by far the worst night to date. I will post a new belly picture soon, so you can all see what I mean. I am sick of this belly getting in the way of everything. Oh yeah and I officially started wadling. I look like a freaking penguin walking down the sidewalk. My sweet husband has been so good about re assuring me that I am pregnant and everything will change after I have the baby, but still I am convinced June 11th will never come.

P is sporting MJ

So my wife is making me type this blog by myself. She had to get me here and upload the picture, but she is making me type. So, everyone that knows me, knows my obsession for MJ. I own probably 25 pairs of shoes and 3 jump suits. So, I wanted to share with everyone that little P is going to be sporting MJ like Dad. Thanks to my mother-in-law who is always thinking about my taste and ignoring the spiking comments my wife makes. Well, I have to thank my wife as well because she is ok with letting little P possibly get into this sport that I love so much.

BIRTHING CLASS IS A NO GO!!

So, I went to my birthing class, yeah the teacher was wako. After thinking about it, I don't think I will do it. If I do, I bought the book and all the fun handouts so I have a friend that has done this twice who also offered to help me understand it a bit better and teach me some tecniques. I just don't know that I am the type of person to concentrate on something when I am in pain. We will see, it was a good experience but a wako teacher!! She needs to teach yoga or something.

So, after my class it was like 3ish and traffic from North Scottsdale was horrible, so these people we are close with Ken and Nona (kind of like our adopted parents) they wanted to take me to babys r us and buy Adam and I our crib for P. So, we get there and I am only expecting to get a crib. So, I picked it out and Nona told the lady to include all of the pieces that match it, plus the mattress. I was like oh my you can't spend that much. She insisted that they buy it for us because they are very close with us and want to make sure we have everything we need. I was so shocked. It's amazing the blessings that come into your life when you least expect them. We are so blessed to have amazing people around who care so much about us and our well being. I had a blast with Nona, we went to early dinner at a place called The White Chocolate Grill. YUMMY. I can't wait till little P comes so I can last a whole day of walking and shopping. I think I met my match with this one. She can shop!! We love you Ken and Nona you are the greatest. Here are pictures of my set.

BIRTHING CLASS!!

Ok, so I need some tips on this one.. I am going to try to do this pregnancy the natural way. I am going to a hypnobirthing class this Wednesday and am scared to death. Has anyone ever done this before? I can deal with pain pretty well but I feel like I am in for a big surprise. I have a friend who did hypno birthing and she went through it twice and said it was super easy and the best thing she has ever done. The thing I am freaked out about is that what if something goes wrong at the last minute and they have to do a c-section and can't numb me all the way and I feel them slicing into me. I don't even know what to think so any advice would be greatly appreciated. Also, any good pediatricians down here in AZ?

MY BELLY BUMP 24 WEEKS

Ok, here we are again!! My belly bump at 24 weeks!!
See I told all of you that I feel twice as big!! I don't even
look pregnant, I look like a fat cow. When I got pregnant
with Landen, I gained 80 lbs. and I don't think anyone
knows how terrified I am of gaining excessive weight with
this pregnancy. See, last time I was pregnant I didn't care
so much for my ex husband, so being "fat" didn't bother me.
Then I left him and lost like 50 lbs and have been at a size 4
ever since. Now I am watching what I eat not drinking soda
and I still feel like I am gaining too fast!! HELP!! Does anyone
have any recommendations. I have only gained 20 lbs, but I got
pregnant and I was up 20 lbs. from stress. So, I am so super
motivated to drop all this weight the second my Dr. gives me
authorization to go to the gym. We are going to Hawaii in August
so, I will have 2 months to drop as much of the weight as possible.
So, has anyone else gone through this? This is the one and only thing
I hate about pregnancy.

BABY'S COLORS

So, I have been trying to figure out what colors to choose for
Preston's room. I finally came up with this. My mom actually
bought everything you see in this picture the only thing that is
missing is the baby's changing table. I love it and am glad I picked
these colors. We are going to paint one wall in his room probably
dark brown suede or blue suede, I haven't decided on that yet.
Next thing is for Adam to clear out that room so we can get the
crib up and going.

CARDIOLOGIST UPDATE

OK so a lot of people have been requesting a picture of what my belly looks like so
here it is. This is my belly at 21 weeks. I am now 23 weeks and feel like I am twice as big.

So the update on my cardiologist appointment!! We went in yesterday super early and it took
about 3 hours for them to be done. The Dr. sat down and told us it is called EIF. Echogenic Intracardiac Focus. He explained that a lot of Dr's see that and react right away because it is linked to congenital heart disease. He explained that what Preston has is a calcium deposit in the pulmonary muscle of the left ventricle and he probably got it during the stage at which his heart is developed. He then said it is nothing that we need to worry about and he is not going to watch it any furhter. Adam and I have no history of heart disease in our family so little Preston will be just fine. I then spoke to my sis in law and she said she went through the same thing but her baby had a calcium deposit in his liver or lungs and that her Dr. said that if we looked at everyone under and ultrasound we would probably find one in everyone. That was such a relief to hear.

We just want to thank everyone for all of your support and kindness. Thank you for keeping us in your thoughts and prayers. My friend Stephanie just let me know too that her baby had the same thing, so I think this is more common then I thought. I am still researching it because I just like to know everything about it. I feel a huge weight lifted from my shoulders and I know Heavenly Father has taken a huge part in that. So, now I just need to make it through these next few months until he arrives. I absolutely hate bed rest, I swear if I ever have to do it again, I am requesting my friend Aimee to come down and keep me company. It is seriously the most boring thing in the world. I finally told my husband that he gets to do all the laundry and climb 3 flights of stairs from now until Preston is here so I can make sure I can go to work everyday. It's much better for me to be at work then right in front of the TV memorizing commercial after commercial. Thanks again to everyone friends, family and co-workers. We love you all.

KEEP US IN YOUR PRAYERS

Ok so as most of you know, we have been dealt a great hand in this pregnancy. So, just to let everyone else kind of know what is going on here is a up to date for you. So, last week I spent Sat night and Monday afternoon in the ER and stayed down the rest of the week to be back to work on Monday this week. Might I say too, that it sucked!! It was the most boring week ever. I would much rather be working or doing something productive instead of staring at the TV all day long. It got so bad, that now I have like 100 commercials memorized word for word. So, Friday was my appointment with my actual OBGYN and when I woke up and went to my appointment alone because Adam was somewhere in Phoenix. So, when I get there she just went over my trips to the ER and told me being in bed was the best thing I could have done this week and she released me to return to work on Monday.

So, then she had told me that she got the results back from my ultrasound and she wanted to discuss something with me. (All of you that have kids know that when something like that is said, its no good). Being that I was alone I think she was hesitant to spill the beans. She said that little Preston has a heart condition called echogenic something something... some big long word that is too big for my vocab. So, as my eyes started swelling up she told me that I would need to have a fetal echocardiogram done and she had to rush through a preapproval from my insurance company. She said that 2 things can happen with this. 1- He will grow out of it by the time he is born or shortly after. 2- He will have to have surgery done right after he is born. So, this morning at work, I got the call from the cardiologist. My appointment is tomorrow morning at 7:30 A.M.!!

So, please keep us in your thoughts and prayers as I am so stressed and scared about all of this. The thing that scares me the most is what news will come next. My worst fear as a mother is seeing my child in any amount of pain at all and I don't want know how I would get through it, but I guess I just need to take it day by day.

IT'S A BOY

Ok so on Christmas Eve, we decided to go to Fetal Studio to see if they would be able to find out the sex yet!! So, we go in there with an open mind and she starts taking pictures of all of the important stuff. Then it comes time for that part!!! So, the baby won't stop moving around so it's like impossible for her to get a steady shot but at the very end (which is the 1st picture) she catches it and sure enough it is a boy, so very soon I will post more boys names to take a vote!! Drayson is out, so that is no longer on our list :( !!!! HAPPY NEW YEARS!

THE SEX OF OUR BABY IS..........

Ok so I had another trip to the ER yesterday. Gosh, I hate hospitals. I was there for 5 hours just to find out I have a UTI. Whatever next time I am just going to lay down for an hour!! Anyhow, so they do the ultrasound and the weirdest thing was when she was doing the ultrasound, my back where my kidneys are, started hurting so bad I thought I was going to die, well the tech said she saw on the ultrasound that I was having a contraction. CRAZY!! Well, so I asked her what the earliest is that someone could see what the sex of the baby was. Me, being 15 weeks along, she said to be DEFINATE, it's right around 17 weeks but because I was only a couple weeks short, she would see if she could tell yet, but said over and over again SHE CAN'T GUARANTEE ANYTHING!! Great, so here we go, she gets down to it's legs and they are wide open and she says she sees a buldge, so it's possible it is going to be a boy, but that it could be the cord in the way. She also said she would be surprised if they told me it was going to be a girl. So, I was soooooooo sad, I know, I know its so selfish of me right. I should just wish for a healthy baby like normal people do. Well, we find out in 2 weeks so if they confirm it's a boy, of course I will be happy, if its a girl I will be overly happy!!!! We are now back to square one with boys names so you need to vote on the cutest boys name!!! I actually had this weird dream a few weeks ago that I had a boy and named him Drayson, but Adam doesn't like it, and then we came up with Parker, but really I am so lost!!! I just don't know anymore!! Maybe it will just be baby olson forever!!!!!!

Girls names

Ok so as you can see we have to start this whole poll thing over with. Long story but lets just say this couple in our old ward took the name Presley. We let them borrow our baby name book and I guess the name Presilee highlighted was intriguing to them!! So now it's between Kenidee and Paityn. Tell us what you think!!