Family Fun Van

Yesterday Clayton and I decided to do something a little different with Andrew. I'd heard of this program through a friend's blog and decided to check it out. I had no idea what to expect, but was really surprised when I got there. The program is called Family Fun Van. It's a free program for kids 0-5 years old put on through the Mesa United Way. It was an hour and a half long and they do it four days a week in different locations each day in Mesa. They had open play for the first half hour. Then they provided a snack and story time. They had rec time, which was basically singing and dancing time, and then arts and craft time. They even sent every single child home with a book to read.

The whole object of the program is to provide an opportunity for parent/child interaction and to prepare each child to be kindergarten ready. We are going to start taking Andrew every week if we can. If anyone is interested in going with us, let us know. It runs from 10a-11:30a. Tues it's at a park near Power and Broadway. Wed it's at an elementary school near Ellsworth and Baseline. We'll be going Wed. next week because I've got a doc's appt. that afternoon.

I wish I had gotten pictures, but with my pregnancy brain and all, I left the camera in the car. Next week maybe!

Oy Vey!

It's been kind of a rough week in the Myers' household. Andrew woke up Wednesday night crying. He came out and found me on the couch. I went to pick him up and there was something sticky all over his pants... I asked him what is was. "I threw up in my bed." So Clayton and I were up at 2am washing sheets and cleaning the carpet in Andrew's room. He seemed fine the next day then Friday, he was acting awfully mellow...only to throw up again. He slept or laid on the couch all day - which is so NOT like him. He seems to be fine now.

Now I'm the problem. I think I'm having morning sickness, part II. I've deserted poor Clayton, having to sleep on the couch. I'm lucky to get 6 hours of sleep at night and nothing seems to be helping. Here's hoping this is a temporary thing and that I don't have two more months of this to look forward to.

Confirmation....

I've had this nagging feeling the past several months about needing to get our food storage in order. We had a few extras, but not enough to live on for very long. So we've been couponing so we can maximize our dollar and buying in bulk when we can in order to build up our supplies. We still have a ways to go, but we have a rough plan on how to get there and what we need.

Well, tonight I got a bit of confirmation as to why. Not that anything major happened to us personally. We went in for tithing settlement with our Bishop. He very directly asked us how we felt about our food storage and ability to live by our own means and encouraged us, very seriously, to do all we can to get it in order as quickly as possible. He told a story from living in Mexico (where he's from) during a time of financial crisis similar to the one we are now experiencing. It's not that they didn't have money to buy food, the food just wasn't available. The suppliers began hording everything for themselves because they were unsure of what the future would bring. They couldn't buy things like flour or rice or any other commodity.

While we can each only do what we are able, I think it wise advice in times of uncertainty to prepare for the worst and hope for the best. Now I will work even harder toward getting our food storage in order and getting money in the bank to tide us over if necessary. I would encourage each of you to do what you can do, even if it's only a little.

Quick Baby Update...

We went in for our 29 week check up today. I found out that my glucose test came out great. That was a great relief. My weight gain was minimal and my blood pressure was also great (112/68). I've always had pretty low blood pressure so it's usually not a concern anyway, but it's always nice to rest assured. The baby is growing well and his heartbeat was 148...perfect. So we are well on our way to having a healthy and hopefully happy baby and mommy in about 2 1/2 months.

I've been tagged: SIX

6 TV shows: CSI, Gilmore Girls, Diners Drive-in and Dives, Food Network Challenge, Suns basketball, D-backs baseball

6 Things that happened today: Laundry, Andrew spilled juice on the floor, the computer froze up, the baby kicked, chatted with Clayton, surfed the web

6 Things I am looking forward to: Our baby being born, Andrew being potty-trained, Clayton graduating, visiting my brother in Washington, Christmas, paying off our debts

6 Things on my wish list: Losing weight so I look okay in my dress for Amy's wedding (after the baby, of course), buying a house we love enough to stay in until it's paid off, a "honeymoon" get-away with Clayton and no kids, having a church calling that doesn't require me to do something or be somewhere every week, grass in my backyard, white Christmases

Losing Wisdom....

For the past few days I've been fighting my teeth hurting on one side. Super sensitive to hot, cold, sweets, etc. I figured it was a by-product of my pregnancy. Saturday night the pain was so bad I was up at 3am online looking for anything that I could do to relieve the pain that wouldn't be harmful to my pregnancy. I had already decided I was going to go to the dentist first thing today. Then yesterday, driving to my sister-in-law's for a family dinner, I was feeling around in my mouth. I noticed the one wisdom tooth that has grown in had a piece missing... Well, no wonder it hurt.

So I went to the dentist today. The tooth was nasty. It had grown in crooked and tipped so I always had a hard time cleaning it and it showed. Well, I won't have trouble anymore. 31 years old and I had my first wisdom tooth pulled today. I still have one more that hasn't grown in that I'm sure will need to be dealt with sometime after I have my baby. The other two were taken out as buds when I was 9 or so. I already feel better. My jaw hurts a little, but other than that, the tooth pain is gone.

So I may be a little less wise than I was this morning, but at least I'm not in pain any more!