Priceful Memories: First Day as a Stay-At-Home Mom

Monday, September 03, 2007

First Day as a Stay-At-Home Mom

But I'm still waiting for the baby part...as you can see.

I'm excited about my new role as a mother and have a list about a mile long of things to do before she comes. HOWEVER, if she were to come before that list is complete, I wouldn't mind. Today I cleaned up, did laundry, talked to fam & friends, did visiting teaching and I'm going to start dinner right now. I'm hoping for more progress tomorrow. I still managed to get an hour nap in today. That's something that could grow on me ;).

As I clean each room of the house, I'll take pictures and then do a post on what our house looks like. It was pointed out to me recently that I never did that so it's on my list. Happy September!

UPDATE 5 Sept 2007: I went to the doctor this morning and he said she's between 3.85 and 4 kilos already! That's at least 8.5 pounds already! It could be a little on the high side, but unless I had her right now (not happening), she's only going to get bigger! Anyway, he didn't seem concerned. Nonetheless, I'm going to eat pinapple today, go for a walk, and get it on with my hubby tonight.

Oh, and I'm working on my blog template (as you can see). In the process I lost all your addresses which I will try to recover but if you can, email me the link or leave me a comment with it. Thanks!

11 comments:

Tiffany said...: so cute, I can't wait to see her! I'm so excited for you to stay at home. It's so fun! I expect to see lots of blogging :); 9/04/2007 7:48 PM
Thomas Family said...: What a beautiful pregnant belly with NO stretch marks! How did you get away with that? I'm really excited for you guys- you will be great parents!

Alysia; 9/04/2007 10:33 PM
Holly said...: So super cute. It's any day now! Pretty weird feeling huh? Anyway, nice new blog. I agree that that was the cutest choice. Well you are cute and have a cute belly.; 9/05/2007 1:43 AM
jessicalangprice said...: Trust me, the pregnant belly is not cute in regular light and in color! These are two good shots out of a bunch and trust me, if you saw it up close you'd see all the popped blood vessals, hair, and yes, stretch marks.; 9/05/2007 11:52 AM
Aubrey Hansen said...: that was WAY too much information.; 9/06/2007 1:26 AM
ryan said...: Jessie, always nice to see your belly. I think I'm going to start to post pictures of mine too:) Cam and I were going to call you tonight, but apparently you're going to be busy, thanks for letting us know what the itineray is.; 9/06/2007 3:05 AM
Chelsea F. said...: Haha...all the little labor inducing tricks! We did 'em all & Chloe still had to be kicked out =). That's crazy that they guestimate the weight- I had no idea with Chloe. Best of Luck and I can't wait to see pics of the little gal!!

P.S. If it's any help... I was 10 days late with Chloe, and looked like a tank and she was only 7lbs 6ozs.; 9/06/2007 8:44 AM
Anonymous said...: Jessie...I just came across your blog as I was checking your facebook to see if you had your baby yet! At about your same point my dr. told me my baby was 8 pounds and when I had her (2 weeks late) she was 9lbs. 5 oz...and all the pineapple and walking in the world never helped!haha Good luck with your delivery...you don't even want to know what mine was like...I'm sure if you talk to ash or drea they'll tell you my horror story! But my little Mackenna is so worth it! You'll love being a mom!; 9/07/2007 5:23 AM
berrymom said...: You look so great! Good luck getting labor started. It is such an exciting time! I can't wait to hear how it goes and see your little girl! Gook Luck!; 9/07/2007 5:41 AM
Ally said...: No baby YET? All this excitement for one GS baby to come in the next week or two.; 9/07/2007 12:40 PM
lyn said...: jess...i love you! your "get in on" part cracks me up. i never knew there were other prices as crude as us...NICE to know!

btw, your belly looks beautiful! you've done an awesome job at making your pregnancy memorable and we can't wait to see our newest cousin! {{{hugs}}} - to all 3 of ya!; 9/10/2007 3:22 PM

Kelsey Speaks

April 14: Advertising works, even for kids. Kels just came up to me with my iPhone and the app "Team Umizoomi" ready to purchase. I asked her how she knew about it and she said, "this mom put team umizoomi on for her kids and it teached her kids and he did it all by himself!" I've seen that commercial too, but never realized how much she soaked in! I'm a sucker, I downloaded it.

March 14:

We were having a new babysitter come and Kelsey wanted her to play a game but wasn't sure she'd know how. "What language does she speak?" I said, "English." Kels said, "Oh no!" I said, "Kelsey, did you know that YOU speak English?" She looked surprised, "I do!?"

October 17:

We had our carpet pad replaced today and the carpet guy was using a heavy duty iron that smelled like burning. Kelsey came in and said, "Mom, is that dinner I smell?" Thanks Kels, thanks. Says a lot about my cooking!

October 11:

So I'm on the phone and the Kelsey does soemthing that makes Aiden cry. I tell Kelsey, PLEASE make it better, say your sorry and make him stop crying. She starts singing, "Flower gleam and glow, let your power shine, make the clock reverse, bring back what once was mine..." I started cracking up. I think she's a little too obsessed with Tangled.

February 19:
Family prayer
"Thank you that Aiden is incredible and that he could watch Incredibles with me. And thank you that mommy can change things."

February 9:
Family prayer tonight by Kelsey: "Thank you that mommy could be a good listener (?), thank you that mommy can be so stretchable...in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen." I laughed and asked her what stretchable meant. She said it meant that I can read Aiden books and change his diaper, put us to bed, play with us, and wiggle us and throw us, stuff like that. Does that mean she's grateful I can do mommy stuff?

January 5:
While at my mom's house in California, she said, "I want to stay at Mimi's forever!" I asked, what about your toys and our home in Utah?" She replied, "I like Mimi's toys downstairs." "But what about your friends back in Utah?" She replied, "they can get in the car and drive really, really far and come see me!" She has it all figured out.

January 4, 2011:
Tally read aloud a sign as we passed a church, "Jesus is making a list." She said, "No, Santa is making a list, and checking it twice."

December 20:
She was sad after I scolded her for taking her brother's food. I asked her why she was sad and she said, "My life hurts right now."
"With Christmas just a few days away?" I said. She perked right up.

December 13:
Tal was going to bed early and we all jumped in bed to give him hugs and say goodnight. Kelsey said, "I like it when our whole family is in bed together. Dad, you're hot. But I like it hot. You're the hottest."

December 9:
I had made a big effort to go to the gym and literally had 30 minutes to work out and then be back before everyone came over for play group. I get Kelsey out of the car and walk around to get Aiden. Kelsey says, "Mom, you can't wear THOSE shoes to the gym!" I looked down and sure enough, I was wearing my Crocs. I'm so glad she saw it before I'd gotten Aiden out of his car seat, gotten the kids checked into day care, and stepped on the treadmill. 10 points for trying, right?

October 22:
"Mom, I don't wanna have a baby in my tummy. I don't want to have a baby doggy come out."

October 3:
"Mom, you shut up and I'll shut down." (playing around with the word shut up to get a reaction from me).

September 30:
"Aiden, you have pretty eyebrows."
August 15
While sitting in our master bathroom, Kelsey said, "You guys have two sinks."
Us: "Yes, we have two sinks, isn't that nice?"
K: "No, I don't like it, you need to take one out. I need more room to sit."
Tal: "When you get married, you can have one sink in your bathroom."
K: "When I marry Aiden?" (who she said she wanted to marry when we were talking about weddings the day before).
Tal: "You can't marry Aiden, he's your brother."
K: "I want to marry DADDY!"
Jess: "He's mine, darlin. Daddy is already married to mommy."
K: "My cousins?"
Us: (Laugh, gave up...we'll have this talk one day when she's ready) She is constantly playing with my bouquet of silk flowers in my room and saying, "I'm getting married mom." I guess she picked that up on her own...I don't think I've ever talked about the flowers with her!

August 11:
As I'm putting her to bed I said, "Kelsey, your little body is so tired because you didn't take a nap today and little bodies need naps."
"And sometimes big bodies do too?" she said.
After the gym today, we caught her doing her hand clasp thing. Tally said, "Don't do that, you're doing it so hard you're getting sweaty."
She replied, firmly, "Well I just back from the gym." (which is true, but she was at the play place at the gym)
May
(While shutting herself inside the kitchen pantry)
K: Alright Aiden, I'm going bye-bye to Lily's house, 2 seconds, and when I come back, I'm going to Zoe's house. Okay? Okay, see ya later.
(about 2 seconds later, she opens the door)
K: Oh, hi Zoe's house!
She has been cracking me up (mixed with a little worry) with her imagination. If you ask her what she did today, she'll say she played with her cousins. We don't play with cousins everyday, but she does, in her imaginary play. She'll tell Libby and Zoe to come downstairs to the playroom or come outside with her. Then I'll hear her telling one of them to go hide or that this doll is for them or that they are nice. She will also throw in Lily and Edie, and an occasional Colton, Carter or Spencer. But that's more rare. Maybe because she sees them the most? Or because they are boys.
She also loves to pretend she's mommy and I'm Kelsey. She'll ask me, "is your pee-pees coming, mommy?" (No, is yours?) She'll also say, "you want a treat Kelsey? Okay. " Or my favorite, "You go in time out mommy, no-no." When I ask what I did wrong she'll say it's because I hit Aiden. Shocking.
She is also such a good sister. When I was reading my friend Mary's blog today who just lost her baby girl and bawling, she came over and gave me a big hug and said, "it's okay mommy." Then, because I wasn't paying attention to the fact that Aiden had run out of Cheerios and was "asking" for more, she fed him her Cheerios. Then she came up to me and said, "mommy, Aiden wants more Cheerios." She's a great little mommy.
5/?- (while Tal is at work)
K: Mom, I want to tell dad I had fun at the doctor today - daddy, I had fun at the doctor today - oh you did - yeah, dr. M was really nice. Yeah? Yeah.
She has little conversations with herself as she imagines the conversation she had or will have. These crack me up. She does it all the time, I just need to remember to write them down.
5/29 -
K: Mom, don't let Swiper come swipe our new house, okay?
M: Okay, I will. I'll tell him, Swiper no swiping, okay?
K: Yeah!
She's on this kick where she says "everytime" or "everday" with almost every sentence. I guess she's learning how to tell time/days?
She also sings all the time, usually "I am a Child of God." How can I ever get mad at that sweet little thing?
February 1, 2010
J: "Kelsey, get up on the stool so we can wash your hands."
K: "Mommy, you need to pull my pants up first."
J: "Okay, sorry"
K: "You don't need to say sorry mami."
She's been saying sorry to EVERYTHING and so I think she's heard that a lot lately from me. It's funny to hear your own words come from the mouths of your little ones.
January 28, 2010
K: "I want to be baptized."
J: "You do? How old are you?"
K: "TWO! Aiden wants to be baptized too."
J: "You have to be 8 to be baptized."
K: "Oh, I EIGHT!"
A little boy was baptized last Sunday and she started noticing it more in her books about Jesus and we talked about it a few times this week. But the subject hadn't come up this day - she said it out of the blue.

Monday, September 03, 2007

First Day as a Stay-At-Home Mom

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