Dreams

I am not one of those pregnant women who has all sorts of crazy, vivid dreams during pregnancy but when I do, they throw me for a loop. The few I have had are the most real dreams I have ever experienced. It's a pretty neat experience once you wrap your head around the fact that it was not real, but just a dream.

So I had my second real pregnancy dream last night and I decided to put it up on the blog before I forget. It is just so strange how real it was!

First thing to note is that we had a baby GIRL. This is my second dream where the baby has been a girl and both times, I wake up and am convinced I'm having a girl. I have to remind myself that two ultrasounds said it was a boy. :) So, we had our baby girl and we were out at my mom's place with all of my family and Matt's family just enjoying the new baby. She was so happy and beautiful and I actually could smell the new baby smell. SO REAL! So, we started playing this in depth game and after the instructions were given, I realized I had not nursed my baby yet. Yikes! She was at least a day old but she was so happy and content that I guess I just didn't think about. I run off from the game to go nurse her in the living room and my brother Greg and sister Emily are just watching me nurse which was weird. Finally I told them to back off so I could figure out this nursing things again in peace. The whole time I was nursing I was so concerned about not having enough colostrum because I waited so long to nurse. Ha! Silly mom brain. Then, it hits me. We have a baby girl and we didn't name her our girl name! So I yell out to Matt, "Matt! We named her the wrong name!" He then informs me that he named her Adler and all the paper work is done, so that's her name. I was so livid! And I told him so. I told him Adler was a terrible name and that he should have talked with me before naming our child and that we needed to fix it. So much emotion. Ha. Then, my mother-in-law came up to me and said, "I'm looking for diapers and all I can find are these big ones. She'll leak through them for sure." That's when I realized that we forgot to get diapers.

Can you tell that I subconsciously feel the need to get organized. The nesting phase, maybe. Anyways, I thought that dream was so random and funny that I wanted to share. Enjoy a laugh at my subconscious' sake. :)

Managing and mothering takes up time...

Well, I haven't been on the blog in a LONG time. Holy smokes! I've been planning posts to do but the actual act has been difficult as I'd rather nap while Oakley naps than write on the blog. Pregnancy problems. True story.

Life has been a whirlwind for us. I am down to four weeks remaining until my due date which is pretty exciting! Matt has been busy with work, climbing, lately shovelling, and working on a really awesome website that will hopefully be up and running in April. I'll post something about it when it's complete. Oakley has been busy busy busy. He is saying more words although still not that much of a talker. He'd rather be playing. His turkey noise is the absolute cutest. I love it! He graduated to a toddler bed after almost falling out of his crib in an escape attempt. Nursery started and he loves it there. He wants to run to the nursery as soon as Sacrament meeting is over. So fun. I've been managing townhouses for the last 4.5 months and it is a lot of work! I am so impressed with moms that do it for longer periods of time. Some days, I just want to throw in the towel. It's been good though. I'm learning lots and getting to interact with other adults. I have made 36 freezer meals for after this baby arrives and I have done all of the Christmas shopping except a few things for Oakley and Matt. Pretty good, I think. We are excited for this little one to join our family. It melts my heart when I ask Oakley where Mama's baby is and he points to my belly and then gives it cuddles. So sweet. Hopefully he's just as sweet to the real baby. :)

So, this really is just a quick update for those that are interested in our lives. I will try to get some posts up of our October adventures with pictures. I know you all love pictures. :) I hope all of you are having a splendid winter and that you stay warm, especially on a day like today.

P.S. Any suggestions for names for baby boy can be left in the comments. We're cutting it close this time. :)