28 weeks

Wow! I can't believe I'm already at 28 weeks! I guess that means I'm officially in the third trimester...crazy!! There are times when I can't wait to be finished being pregnant and then other times where I am just fine with this little guy cooking just a little bit longer! I've actually been feeling pretty good lately. Some pains I've had in the past that have plagued me all day/everday have subsided and only seem to come back every now and then, I assume maybe just when he's growing lots?!? Also a good thing, my headaches have started to subside some. I still have them, but lately they haven't been everyday like before. I think last week I only had 3-4! I still feel huge!! I think part of it is because I've forgotten what it feels like to be pregnant maybe? I have an appointment in 2 weeks for another ultrasound to check if my placenta previa has corrected itself...I'm still kind of nervous about that as if it hasn't it increases my odds of having a c-section (one of my biggest fears of labor/delivery), but I'm trying not to stress about it too much. I'm sure it will be fine whatever the case! I also had to take my sugar test twice (luckily only the hour one twice!) reason being because the lab messed up my results somehow....grr!! I'm just glad I didn't have to do the tolerance test that's 4 hours long and you have to drink 4 of those nasty drinks, plus you have to do it fasting! I had to do that with Kayley and it was awful! One of my favorite things now is that for some reason Kayley constantly says, "Mommy, you're pretty!" Just what a pregnant momma needs to hear!

It still amazes me what your body is capable of when pregnant and what such a privilege it is for me to be able to have this experience, even amongst all the aches/pains! I'm very grateful to my Heavenly Father for all the blessings I have with being a parent and having this experience! I know my family is only mine if I do what He wants me to do in raising them correctly! I'm glad that Heavenly Father has trusted me with caring for my sweet children!

This picture was actually taken by Kayley...I think she did a pretty good job! One of their favorite things to do lately is to take pictures with my old camera. Someday I'll have to post them to show off their camera skills! I actually let them take one picture of me with my new camera, but that is now off limits so it doesn't get broken!!

Our Girls

Well, I was all excited about these matching dresses for the girls for Easter because I found them on sale and they had Kayley's size in them, which is getting harder to find Kayley's size in something that matches Cora! However, since General Conference was on Easter Sunday, we didn't get to wear them until later. Anyway, here are the pictures from their matching dresses debut. They had to do some cheesy/funny faces as well as the usual cute ones. Now I just have to find a cute little boy outfit that matches these dresses and then when our little boy is born, we can get pictures of all three of them!
Here'a a random picture of the girls trying on hats at Bass Pro while we were waiting (patiently, I might add) for Daddy to finish up at the shooting range. Cora refused to wear the racoon hat, so she opted to just wear her hat from home that they had both brought in. Have I mentioned that I love our girls!?!

A funny thing they did yesterday, we were on our way to church we saw one of the Blue Springs water towers. One of their favorite things to do is to figure out whose water tower is whose...this particular one has always been Olivia's and Katrina's water tower because it's by their house (old house now)...so yesterday Cora got excited about seeing Olivia's water tower and I had to sadly remind them that they didn't live over there anymore. Kayley responded that they should take the water tower down and move it to where Olivia lived now so that Olivia can have water where she lives now. I told them they have water towers by where they live now and would have plenty of water. It's still taking a while for it to sink in that the Carles live so far away now..for all of us!

Three Little Pigs

I forgot to post this video a while back. A couple of weeks ago our ward had a Primary Talent Show. It was lots of fun to see all the kids do their talents and let us learn a little bit more about each of them! Have I mentioned that I love my calling as Primary Pianist!! Anyway, Cora was the only one that wanted to participate. She wanted to tell the story of the Three Little Pigs. We practiced for it quite a bit and she was doing great practicing at it! My favorite part is when she acts as the big bad wolf and blows the piggies houses down! However, when we got up there, she chickened out and I was the one that told the story. Oh well, I was just impressed that she had the courage to get up there. Kayley didn't want to do anything, a stark difference compared to last year's talent show when she sang a Taylor Swift song. Oh well, maybe next year both of them will want to do something!

Again, don't forget to pause the music.

Cora & Kayley Dancing

This is a video of Cora's new kind of dancing. It's so cute cause she puts her hands on her hips and kind of does a twist thing. I'll let you be the judge of her cuteness. It's kind of hard to see at first because we forgot to turn on the light until Kayley came in and she tries to dance with Cora too.

Don't forget to push pause on my music below so you can here them!