Our favorite hang out

Well, time for a little catch up since my last post. About 2 months ago I went to the hospital for that lovely cyst. Leaving the hospital that day I said I never wanted to go back until this baby was ready to come out. I must have jinxed myself. Exactly a week later we found ourselves back in the ER, this time for Steven. He had been complaining about a stomach ache that morning and he took a bath as I left for work. A few hours passed and I have yet to hear from him which is rare because I always hear from him at about 11 on his way to school. I tried texting, and no responses, I knew something was wrong, I could feel it (early mom instincts?) He called me back what seemed like hours later. He could hardly breath or even talk to tell me he was in pain. Steven NEVER complains about such pain and the only thing i could think of was either super bad acid reflux or his appendix. I left work and had to meet him our church building because he drove there apparently because he had no service at our apartment. I pull up next to him to find him laying all the way down in his chair shirtless, shoeless, with a pair of basketball shorts on. It kinda freaked me out at first but I couldnt help but laugh at the same time. After figuring out where his pain was, I was still unsure what could be causing such grief. What does that mean? go to the ER, just to be safe. we got there about noon. I didnt leave the hospital until MIDNIGHT. after numerous tests and lots and LOTS of waiting for results, Steven has his appendix removed. Weird thing is, the CT scan didnt say it was for sure his appendix but they said it looks like it could be his appendix and that maybe it was the beginning stages of appendicitis. So they gave him the option to take him off the morphine for 12 hrs and see if the pain continues and gets worse, then they would do the surgery, or just do the surgery.   We dont necessarily have that kind of time between school work and army to be waiting around for something that may or may not happen. So of course we decided to proceed with the surgery, and they managed to squeeze us in that night. I wasnt nervous about it until they took us up to another room and we went into the prep room for him to meet his "new best friend" who would knock him out for the surgery. The surgery only took 25 minutes, but it seemed like forever! I was the only one in the waiting room until my lovely sister in law brought my oh so pregnant self some soup and bread for dinner. (what would we do without family?) He finally came out of surgery and was super slap happy about everything. here are a few of my favorites. when we met him in the elevator to go up to his recovery room, he told his nurse "she was pretty easy to find huh. cuz she was the prettiest one out there!" haha ya i was the only one out there. he was also starving before surgery and begged for food all day and asked for me to bring him cookies after surgery. which he cant have. but when we got to the room he asked his nurse, can i have some cookies? when she told him no just ice and water first he growled at her. hah! we were all dying. Oh and on our way to his room in the hall he said " he nurse can we go through the drive thru?" and as the nurse went along and said ya if anything is open he quickly responds " wendy's is always open late!" haha this guy was killing me. there are a million other things he said that I could go on and on but I won't waste any more of your time :) He recovered really well. although he and I had a hard time with him not being able to lift anything for 3 weeks and no heavy activity. I'm just glad he had this done way before I went into labor and we were both down. that would have been horrible! But as of today he is perfectly fine and healthy, and no worries of him getting appendicitis. :) And without further a due, here is Mr Steven Crosby feelin good on his morphine!
                               
 (doesnt he look great in a gown?) hehe

First Timer

Yup, as some of you may or may not know, I was in the ER last Tuesday and it was my first time going there for myself. Let me tell you I hope I never have to do that again. My stomach was nauseous from the fact that I had to be there, and seeing some of the people there in the waiting room or that came in didn't ease the sickness either.  I had just gotten back from Cali the night before after a miserable 10 hr drive and didn't expect to end up here. For about a week before my regular OB apt that Tuesday morning, I had been experiencing horrible pain near my tailbone, and I thought oh its just the baby pushing on the tailbone and it was a part of the whole being pregnant deal. I could hardly walk, sitting down was miserable even though that is all you want to do being pregnant, and sleeping was pretty much non existent with first being prego and trying to get comfortable and two the excruciating pain I had when I tried to roll over from side to side, with out rolling on my back.  I thought I was going to die if it was going to be like this for the rest of the pregnancy, Tylenol did absolutely nothing but maybe ease the pain a little bit for me to be able to interact with family without looking miserable.
Well, as I go to my scheduled 2 wk follow up appointment with my obgyn, I cringed as I tried to sit on the bed they have to check your belly and the baby's heartbeat. I immediately told him I couldn't lay on my back and he proceeded to lay me on my side somewhat and do the regular routine then had me flip over to look at my tailbone. Without any hesitation he said I needed to go straight to the ER from here because I had a cyst that needed to be drained or removed. I wanted to burst into tears because that was the last thing i wanted to hear, I was expecting him to say, well that's just apart of being pregnant and here is some medicine to help with the pain. All I can say is I am SO glad my mom was with me, otherwise I would have had to go by myself until Steven got there after class. We waited for about an hr in the waiting room and I was getting so antsy trying to sit still, I just wanted it to be over with. I went up to ask how much longer and she said there were no more beds, but then called me up about 5 min later to say they didn't realize I had been there for so long and they were taking me back. Hooray. I got dressed in the beautiful hospital gown and anxiously waited for the Dr. to tell me what was going to happen. The nurse was really nice and that definitely helped. Well it turns out that I had a Pilonidal cyst that was about a half a golf ball size, ouch, and it needed to be drained which meant, they had to give me a numbing shot (which turned out to be one of the worst parts) then they would cut open the cyst and let it drain and pack it with cotton afterwards to keep it open and prevent the cut from healing on the outside and then building up again on the inside. They did give me some pain meds for the pain afterwards as well as antibiotics and said I had to come back in 2 days to take out the cotton and see what to do next. ughh I thought I was done. It did feel better later that day but I was still super sore and very slow to move. (again thank goodness for mom!) The dreadful Thursday rolled around and we went back to the er, luckily went right into the room, and the Dr looked at it and took out the cotton, so fun, and told me i might need surgery or to meet with a specialist. Luckily that Dr was there that day and was aware of my case from the previous Dr on Tuesday, and wanted to see me right away. Oh yes i walked across the hospital in my gown, feeling super awkward and met with the surgeon/specialist. Luckily the good news comes and after poking me with a few q-tips almost bringing me to tears, he said he didn't want to do surgery since i was so far along pregnant and that he thought I would be fine with the antibiotics and keeping the area open. wait what?!  My lucky husband gets to open my wound each day with a q-tip and peroxide to clean it. Lovely.
 Now for those of you who don't know what this type of cyst is (because I didn't) its gross. and it can happen to anyone, but I was the lucky winner to get it while pregnant. I would never wish this upon anyone. Needless to say, as of today, I haven't taken any Tylenol or anything for pain and its been manageable. I'm thankful for my wonderful mother who was here to help take care of my and set up our apartment more after we just moved in, and also my husband who has been right by my side if I need anything and is always asking how I'm doing. Now that i have written a novel, I should probably stop, but if I didn't write this experience down somewhere I know I would forget..ok maybe not.

CA Baby Shower

Last weekend I went home to my parents house for one last visit and also for a baby shower with all my friends and family in Cali. The shower was beautiful with delicious food, good company and of course adorable decorations! It was so great to see most of my family and friends and most of all just be at home :) Thanks to everyone who came to the shower and for the gifts to help us on our new adventure! Here are some pictures from the shower, I should have taken more, but it was a little crazy that day, and also having a prego brain doesnt help!

To Be Continued...

Welp. Of course right when I feel like I'm getting my house and everything in order, and making time for everything, including updating my blog, something happens to destroy it all! Well here's a little (maybe not so little) explanation as to why I havent posted or finished revamping our blog lately.

We were planning on staying here in our cute little townhouse (its really not cute on the outside, but the inside I feel I did a pretty good job of fixing up!) for at least another year and then either prepare to buy a house or move elsewhere. It seemed when I first found this place, it was a miracle because everywhere that I had looked seemed to be super small for a ridiculous price, or super trashy and ghetto. Now we do live in a neighborhood that can be scary, but honestly I have been perfectly safe and fine here despite what others may think of it. In our ward, we have 13 different nationalities, 13! insane, but it has been awesome. So as we go in to the office to our complex to sign our new lease, we come to find out that they are raising the rent by $100! AND it could possibly go up even more. At first we kind of just took it and started filling out some application paperwork for the renewal and after we left, it hit us. UM we can't afford this with a brand new baby on the way and me not working real soon! I panicked for a quick second (or two) and we came to the conclusion we need to move asap! we call the office back and tell them we will do month to month until we can find a place, well another slap in the face its an extra $100 to do month to month! what the?! Immediately I started looking on craigslist and KSL for new apartments in areas we originally never thought we would want to live in because we tried to stay closer to the U. I had a list of about 3 places to go check out the next day after I got off work. The first one was a HUGE fail! I couldnt even walk into the whole apartment because the smell of the smoke was soo bad! I started to get discouraged, the next place was nice and clean, and had some better features our current place didnt have but it was a bit pricier than we were shooting for. On my way to the last place,  I drove past a complex I recognized online but didn't have time to look into details about it, I felt the urge to flip around and check it out, why not I was right there. So I did and this ended up being the place we are moving into! The floorplan is so nice and open! We can actually have parties at our place with out people sitting on top of each other! haha. When everything seemed to be tumbling down for weeks, It is now all coming back together. Things fell into place just perfectly. The only downside is we can't move in until the 8th of sept, and we asked our current place if we can pay a prorated amount until we can move in, and nope, we have to pay half months rent! Forget that! Steven was so kind as to find a storage unit since my brain was fried from scouring the internet for a new home, and it turns out the first months rent is free! So we only had to pay the admin fee! For the week or so that we cant move in we will stay with some kind friends of ours :)
I'll actually be flying home to Cali to stay with my parents for a few days and have a baby shower there while Steven gets to move everything in! haha I feel bad, but I cant really help move anything anyways (which is absolutely killing me as I'm trying to pack!) We are hoping to move in a little bit sooner, if they finish the apartment, but as of right now thats the date. So all my friends out there with their studly muscular husbands...If you aren't doing anything within the next couple weeks, we would love your help!

SOO until then, my internet will most likely be down for a few weeks until we get everything moved and set up again. boo! My updating will be continued afterwards, I PROMISE! I will have lots more time because I wont be working as much. This little boy is getting harder to lug around at work these days. But I am loving the feeling of him moving around so much :)

Cars, Dirt, & Mischeive

Yep. These three words are what come to mind when I think about boys. We found out back on May 31st that this little alien of a child is indeed a BOY! Yes we did find out early, I couldn't stand it, so we went to fetal fotos. It was such an amazing experience seeing our baby boy for the very first time looking like an actual infant instead of a jelly bean. Here was our announcement to the world on instagram and facebook, as most of you may have seen :)

 

Steven was very quiet in the ultrasound. I was kind of nervous, did he not want a boy? is this making him more nervous? what was going through that boys head?! but then again, you never know what he's thinking sometimes:) Later he explained he was definitely overwhelmed with the fact that he is going to have a son that will look up to him, that he will bond with and teach as he gets older. But as the day went on he got more excited of course that he had someone to watch his Star Wars and Indiana Jones movies with..(yeah I'm not the biggest fan of either). I'm excited to have a boy, because I hear boys especially love their mommies :) 

 Since then, I am now 26 wks. and boy is my tummy growing. This little man is an active one. Which I am grateful for, except for when I'm trying to go to bed. It's cute to see Stevens face each time he kicks and he can either see or feel it, he gets so excited! Benji our current furry child, had his head on my tummy on the couch, and Baby C gave him a good kick, which indeed freaked Benji out a little. (which actually was quite hilarious). We have about 3 months left, which seems so crazy to me, it sometimes sounds like forever but I know it will be here before I know it. As for right now, I'm getting more and more excited as we are getting things from grandmas and grandmas and relatives on top of things for his nursery. My mom is amazing and already finished his bedding!(a little excited?:]) She also has our crib that she is refinishing and we are refinishing an old dresser that has been passed down in the family. I will post in my Home Projects page as I gather pictures and complete the room.

Other than that, Baby C is doing great and we are both happy and healthy.
We'll keep you updated as time goes by!

Much Love♥
 

March 9th..a special day

March 9th turns out to be a great day no matter what the year is here in the Crosby household! In March 2009 our first date fell on this date, and from there is when we fell madly in love with each other. March 2012 is the day we found out we are expecting, and started falling in love with the idea of becoming parents! It's still so crazy to us that we are actually going to have a baby! Now that I am at 15 wks its getting more and more real that there is actually a little alien of a baby moving around and growing inside of me. I've definitely felt the little flutters of the baby moving and its so exciting every time! I've had such a wonderful pregnancy so far. I only got sick ONCE in my first trimester, and just had the constant nausea all day long. That was such a pain because nothing sounded good, but I knew I had to eat. Since I was about 11/12 weeks I have been feeling great. No more constant nausea and need to sleep. I still get tired don't get me wrong, but nothing like before! I'm trying to take advantage of my daily naps when I can :) which is so weird for me because I NEVER was a napper before, but now I cherish them. As for cravings, nothing really weird like some people, ive heard pb&J with Mayo...gross! Mine is just random, if something sounds good, I'll be fixed on eating that or something similar. We are able to find out the sex of the baby this week and I'm getting soo anxious! So take your poll, Boy or Girl?!? Right now it seems to be girl season, Steven and I will be happy with either, just as long as its healthy :)

This is the way I told Steven I was pregnant. It killed me because I found out at home alone before I went back to work and he was gone. On my way home I picked up this book and had it wrapped. He didn't quite get it at first...maybe its his add? haha But then I asked him if he got it and told him I was pregnant. I tried to video tape it so we could announce it that way, but I didnt realize i didnt push record on my phone. His face was priceless. It was a look of all emotions, excitement, nervousness, and disbelief. He asked me a million times really? really? are you serious? He was super quiet for a long time, and that scared me a little, but he was just trying to take it all in because of how fast it happened. Needless to say, he is getting more and more excited everyday and makes sure I know that :) He's such a good husband and will be an even better dad.

As most of you may have seen on Facebook when we announced it to everyone. I tried to be creative with it and do something different than the can of prego spaghetti sauce that everyone else was doing. We went to color me mine, and I made this cute bowl :)



Well I think thats all for now! OH, as of right now, my estimated due date is November 20th.!

Much Love♥

We are weird.

Yes.
Its true.
Steven and I are weird.
We have a goofy relationship sometimes.
I was thinking about it today and almost everytime
we go out together I think to myself (nacho voice) people must
think we are SO weird. I concur. So..here are some words that I think
describe my little family best.

affectionate
ambitious
anxious
artistic
charismatic
creative
courageous
dependable
gregarious
intelligent
industrious
joyful
sociable
sympathetic
talkative
easy-going
friendly
funny
generous
honest
lazy
lucky
loud (steven)
neat
polite
silly
curious
caring
enthusiastic
faithful
manic
scatty

Welp. There ya have it.
I love our life together and wouldn't change a thing.
XoXoXXooxxOO