People are Silly...

So... yeah. The past few weeks have been a LITTLE bit busy to say the least! Spencer and I house-/dog-sat for Kirstin and James while everyone in his family (except for us) went to Lake Chelan for the annual lake trip. Did we miss it? Heck, yes. But there were many reasons why it just didn't work out of for us this year (money, internships, jobs without vacation time, oh... and this little detail where I'm 36 weeks pregnant...). Apparently it was a pretty wild trip. Rigby got to swim for the first time, Chase got engaged to Emily, everyone cried and moped horribly because we weren't there.... okay that last part didn't happen. But I'm glad they had fun!

House sitting was great for a few reasons:

• Kirstin and James literally live across the street from my hospital so my commute was cut from an hour each way to 5 minutes for a week straight.
  
• We got to play with the dogs, and they LOVE anyone who loves them.
  
• K and James have TiVo so I was able to watch all the episodes of SYTYCD that I was behind on.
  
• And I got a LOT more sleep! I was asleep by 9:30 or 10 every night and was able to sleep in until 7:00. It was glorious.

House sitting was a little hard for a few reasons, too:

• Kirstin and James' house was infested by mosquitoes and these little black beetles. I think I had at least 10 new bug bites every night. One bit my eyelid--when I woke up on Sunday morning, it was so swollen that I couldn't open it. Hotness.
  
• I didn't have to commute every day... but Spencer did. Drat.
• I didn't know my way around their kitchen or grocery store so cooking and shopping took about twice as long
• I had to miss Zumba for a couple nights because it was in Provo.... so I did a LOT of walking.
• My computer was never able to hook up to their internet so I didn't get any work done on my presentation until we came back to our place on Tuesday.

I've decided that people are silly. I looked at by blog stats for the first time in forever this past week and came across an interesting feature. Did you know that you can see the key words people use that end up linking to your blog? Here's a list of the key words hat linked to my blog in the past week:

26 weeks twin blog

meet the cornetts

"definitely an outie"

broken toes

byu belly button ring

mexican girl pregnant were you see her tummy

Really?! Belly button ring? Mexican pregnant girl? TWINS?! I don't even want to know how some of these connections were made. Under referring sites, blogger also showed that someone was linked to my blog by looking up Montel Williams' info page on wikipedia. All I know about Montel Williams is that he used to have a talk show and his "get out of debt now" commercials are as annoying as the devil. But just watch... now that I've mentioned him by name in my blog I'll get lots more random links to him in the future! Like I said, people (and internet servers) are silly.

Speaking of silly, I thought this was funny: My first patient on Monday morning asked me when I was due. When I told her, she said, "But you're so tiny! You can't be that pregnant!" She immediately became my new favorite person and I made sure she knew that. Not 15 minutes later, I saw my second patient of the day. She asked me when I was due, as well. When I told her, she said, "You can't have another month left! You look like you should be in Labor and Delivery right now!" Ha! I'm sure everyone sees my behbeh bump and can't help but compare my size to the size they or those they know were when they were pregnant.

I was also semi-flattered when a female patient's husband (who is a self-proclaimed accurate gender and multiples predictor) said there was no way I was having twins. However, his follow-up statement was, "Yeah. It's definitely not two. It's probably the world's biggest singleton but I can tell it's not two." Hmm...

Here's another gem I heard from a radiology tech. "Are you due pretty soon? You look so uncomfortable!" I responded with, "Actually, I feel great!" Her follow-up was, "Oh. Well, good for you. But you look uncomfortable."

And my ultimate favorite comment to date came from a TOTALLY sweet and typically tactful respiratory therapist that I work with in Neuro trauma:

*Gasp* "Look at your cute swollen feet! Oh my goodness, they look like fat little sausages that were shoved into casings that are too small!"

I'm not even lying. And I'm not paraphrasing AT ALL. That lovely statement made such an impact that it's been permanently imprinted on my brain (and my supervisor's) for the rest of time. After I picked my jaw up off the floor, I rolled up my pants and showed the RT that I did, in fact, have distinct ankles and calves with adequate circulation that day. I'd even joked with my supervisor that morning that I was proud of my skinny feet/ankles! But I think I jinxed myself because I've had horrid cankles ever since :)

Like I said, people are silly. All you can do is laugh :)

Oh, here are two little treasures for you from last week (35 weeks):



I love you all! I'll have my 36-week pictures/update up pretty soon! 'Til next time...

Say WHAT?!

The past two weeks have been almost overwhelmingly busy so I didn't get to update the blog. Oops! Anyways, life is good but crazy (and getting crazier by the second). Here's all the stuff we've been up to:

Week 33

• Spencer's family was in town for July 4th, Spencer-birthday, baby shower festivities. It was basically nonstop craziness but we had a good time. I got to go to Stadium of Fire for the first time and fireworks + David Archuletta + Brad Paisley = awesomeness.
• Speaking of baby shower, it was PHENOMENAL. DeRue recruited a ton of minions (AKA friends and family) to help with all the food and decorating. They did a wonderful job and I felt really loved. It was so great to see a lot of my Provo friends in one place!
• I still kicked it at IMC for a few days and am glad to report that I. LOVE. MY. INTERNSHIP. still. That's a great sign, right?
• Apparently, Spencer is still loving his job. I wouldn't really know... since I've been falling asleep at around 10 every night and he doesn't usually get home until 9. Poor guy... it'll be great when we can spend time together again!
• We got a video camera! That way we can make cute videos of our baby and spice this blog up a bit. Now all I have to do is learn how to format this thing so it's not the same boring default background that the site chose for me when I first started this back in 2009... hmmm....
• Um, braxton hicks contractions of death. I've cracked it up to working 10 and a half hour shifts without enough hydration but last week I was afraid I was going into preterm labor because my poor uterus NEVER stopped contracting. For about 2 days straight. It was crazy. But I knew it wasn't the real deal because it never "hurt," it was just awkward and annoying.
  
• My internship supervisor is AMAZING. She helped me work out my schedule so that I'll work a few Saturdays and be able to finish two weeks before my due date instead of 4 days. HALLELUJAH! A huge burden has been lifted off my shoulders :)
• Here's me last week:

Week 34

• Spencer finally got a calling! He's an EQ teacher... which is exactly the same calling he had in our last ward but he LOVES it. I got visiting teaching assignments but a specific calling is still MIA. Sad.
• My friend Mallory had her baby! Mallory was induced Sunday morning and pushed for about 40 minutes before Sawyer got here. He was 7 pounds 4 ounces. Spencer and I went to visit their cute little family at the hospital the next night and holy moly, that baby is BEAUTIFUL. I really want mine now (but fully cooked, of course). Except for a day at the anti-jaundice spa, parents and baby are doing just fine.
• Um, Harry Potter. Midnight Premiere. Need I say more?
• Spencer and I went to a birthing class and are learned a ton about how to get ready for our hospital visit and life with Colton afterward. Now I just have to remember everything we heard in six hours....
• BOTH of the toilets in our little townhouse now have broken chains so the flusher doesn't work. That means you lift the top of the toilet tank completely off after EVERY use, plunge your hand into the ice cold water, and manually lift up and hold the plug so the toilet will flush. And I'm pregnant... so that happens about 24 times a day... and all through the night. HOW FUN!
• A married man with children told me this little gem at IMC a few days ago: "You look like you're about ready to pop. In fact, you look like my dog. She just had a litter of seven puppies and she was ALMOST as big as you are." I kid you not. I could have punched him in the face.
• Speaking of tactless comments, it has become an ongoing joke with my supervisor and the other SLPs at IMC that we have to figure extra time into our schedule to allow for the inevitable onslaught of comments that I receive CONSTANTLY from my patients, their friends and family members, and complete strangers about my massive midsection. Most people just ask if I'm lost and need to find the Women's Center but I've now had two people ask me if I needed them to fetch a wheelchair for me. Seriously?! I work here (thus the name badge, clipboard, and fancy clothes). I'm walking the stairs. I don't waddle. I'm smiling. AND I STILL HAVE A MONTH AND A HALF. Do I really look that uncomfortable? You'd think I was moaning and groaning down the hallways of the hospital whilst clutching my belly and shuffling my cankles. I still go to Zumba, people. I'm doing okay. *And now my vent is over, I promise.*
• I had a doctor's appointment and he said that I'm right on track and everything looks perfect: baby is head down, weight gain is excellent (26 pounds!), I have a positive blood type, ideal blood pressure, no gestational diabetes, and thus NO COMPLAINTS! Whew :)
  
• Here's me this morning in the midst of my Harry Potter Hangover (I slept in until 11:00. Holy Moses.):

That's all for now! Till next time...