Are we there yet?

That is how I'm feeling right about now with this pregnancy. Part of me wants to keep this baby in as long as I can because I know when he arrives, my life is going to be turned upside down. It's just so discouraging when I know there are 11 weeks left and I'm already uncomfortable sleeping, breathing, eating and so on. I hate complaining about being pregnant because I know it is such a huge blessing...I just wish this kid would stop beating me up inside. He loves to kick my ribs and kick DOWN...that is not a fun feeling. On a more positive note I am excited to finally have my baby boy. I love my girls so much, but I'm a little girl'd out. It'll be nice to have a boy in our little family as Jared is greatly outnumbered 3 to 1. Boy stuff isn't as cute as girl stuff...that's just my opinion. I think its a blessing that I feel that way otherwise I'd be shopping for everything. In fact I haven't bought a single thing for this baby yet. The only boy items I have are the clothes my mother in law bought. I put them in the corner of the girls room and it just makes me smile whenever I see them. We still haven't picked a first name yet, but we do have a middle name. I don't think we'll announce his name till he's born.

Other things we've been up to is we went coupon shopping for the first time on Friday. It was...kind of difficult because I didn't really have an organized way of going about it. I kind of just cut out the coupons of food that i was interested in buying and fished around for them while I was at the store. Jared and the girls came along as well and I will never bring them again! It just took twice as long because the girls were all over the store and my poor husband had to chase them around. It's funny whenever we all go out together because everyone always thinks the girls are twins then they look at them a little longer and say or are they close in age. I always feel embarrassed answering just how close in age they are...what makes it worse is they look at me and I am CLEARLY pregnant again. I just try and think of the all the pros of having 3 kids all close together. Anyway, back to my grocery shopping..we saved 80 dollars, spent 90 and have tons of food now. We were running low from a shopping spree we went on with Jared's parents two weeks prior. They were so kind to stock up our fridge before they left. It was such a huge blessing.Here's our shopping (not included is 2 gallons of ice cream :)

This week Sela got a new car seat. She had a pretty crappy seat that didn't have any cushioning so my mom felt bad for her and got her a new one. Jared and I had talked about getting her a new one for a while, but I'm sure all of us mother's know how darn expensive they are. So we got the car seat today and Sela loves it! It's super comfortable and she doesn't mind riding in it at all. Sinalei actually got a little jealous and wanted to sit in it lol. We're so thankful for our families and for all the help they give us. Sometimes it amazes me with the timing of things. Our families will offer us help and not know how much we really need it. I know it's because they're inspired and that they love us. We love our families so much.
My sister's are coming tomorrow and I'm totally jazzed. My parents are sending them to help me with the girls until they start school. Actually Audrey can only stay till Thursday, but it will be nice because I haven't seen her in so long. Last time I was in California I didn't see her because she was working every time I came over. Nikki is staying for 2 weeks. It's going to be great. I'm sure I'll have tons to blog about.
We're just so thankful for everything right now. A huge blessing is having family here in Utah. I wouldn't be able to go back to school if it weren't for Jared's sister. She babysits the girls while I go to fulfill my clinic hours on Fridays. We're so grateful for all the help we receive.
Oh yeah I'm starting a crochet class offered at Joanns next month. I really want to make a blanket for this baby boy and my girls. I'm trying to convince Jared to get me a sewing machine off of KSL. Hopefully I can get one for Christmas so I can start quilting again and maybe learn to make some dresses. I think this whole Utah homemaker thing is rubbing off on me lol...no offense