(I acidentally hit post instead of save on that last post!)

We decided to go to a Jazz game here in Salt Lake. Romantic I know but it is something we both enjoy and since I will only be about 3 weeks post pregnancy we don't have a lot of options. We have Bern saving for the past few months and purchased our very expensive lower bowl nearly front row tickets. I have never even spent that much on concert tickets before let alone a sporting event! It will be fun though and we are both realy looking forward to it.

Just as a little note that made me laugh. I was sitting here typing and Ethan asked Jacob for a drink of water. He had one his little plastic cups in his hand. Jacob went to the fridge and got him a bottled water - we have little ones that are kid sized. He took the lid off for him and handed him the bottle of water. Now in the split second before the bottle reached Ethan I knew what was going to happen. You see, when Ethan wants a drink from a cup I get him water from the fridge so it's nice and cold - I pour it in his cup. So what does Ethan do? Dumps the entire bottle upside down and over flows the cup all over the couch. Oh, what a boy! We both couldn't stop laughing. He is getting so big and though we love it we hate it at the same time.

He is picking up on a lot of words and I am still trying to convince Jacob that certain words - though technically not swear words for us - certainly are to a little two year old!! We will work on it. Not that Jacob has a bad mouth but you know - CRAP HAPPENS!!

The new words he has picked up ate so random too. Things like watch, cup, rice, cup, baby, story, and tickle. Of course no one can understand him when he says them except me and Jacob but that's what makes it so gosh darn cute!!

ONE MONTH AND COUNTING!!!

Well it's official. I have one month left and I am ready to be done pregnant. I am so tired of not being able to roll over in bed without being out of breathe or just get up off the floor in less than two minutes for that matter! I yhumk Jacob is really getting tired of me asking for a "push" to get up off the couch. I had my appointment yesterday and Ellie is weighing a healthy 5 1/2 lb. We have everything ready for her and after our over nightet in Brigham next week for Thanksgiving I will pack our hospital bag and Jacob will get the car seat in the car.

The only concern at my appointment was that I had lost some weight (due to that nasty little virus I had two weeks ago). If at my next appointment I have not gained some weight back I will most likely have to go on atleast moderate bed rest. Which is nearly impossible with Ethan running around!

Jacob and I have our five year anniversary coming up in January and since we will have a newborn we can't do too much.

It has been a crazy week! So I'll start at the beginning.

The three of us drove up to Brigham on Friday (pictures will have to come later!) and had a great time playing show and tell and visiting all the Grandmas.

Saturday my sister-in-law, Samantha, and cousin, Katie came to moms house so we could all make peanut brittle which has kind of become a yearly tradition for us. Everything went really good and we only ruined three batches!!

On Sunday I went to my friends baby blessing for her new little girl. It was great and the baby was so cute!!

We drove home Sunday after church and all was good - or so we thought!!

Monday morning Ethan started throwing up. Poor little boy! He was miserable and I was miserable because not only was he sick but he had thrown up all over the couch and our bed. I talked tomom and dad and apparently Samantha, Katie, and Mom were all in the same condition as well.

By Tuesday afternoon Jacob and I were in and out of the bathroom every 20 minutes and throwing up just as often. Ethan was doing better but dehydrated. Finally Tuesday night I called my visiting teacher and she took me to Lakeview Hospital. When I got there I was furious!!! They refused to treat me because I was 34 weeks pregnant. Does that sound right to you? I was mad. They said they were reluctant to treat me because they didn't know me. So they sent me still dehydrated and very sick. I plan on calling and complaining.

By the morning I was at my doctors office in Ogden with an iv. While I was there Jacob drove Ethan to Primary Childrens where they put both of them on an iv. They both went through two bags each and I went through three bags. We were all sent home with anti-nausea medicine and orders to drink, drink, drink!

We are all feeling better now but are just exhausted from being totally dehydrated for two days and just from being so sick. I am so glad it's over and I hope we never have to be that sick again! Especially at the same time.

Thank heaven for insurance!!!

On Saturday I took Ethan to our urgent care facility. Not for anything serious; I just suspected an ear infection and was not willing to suffer needlessly all weekend long.

We arrived right after opening at 10:15 and found an hour wait already ahead of us due to a deep gash in the forehead ahead of us. We sat as patiently as a 7 1/2 month pregnant lady and her two year possibly could.

While waiting, a woman walked in with her daughter who could not have been more than 7 years old. She explained to the woman atthe counter that her daughter had been sick for nearly a week and it had been getting much worse for the last few days including a high fever.

As I heard her talk kept wondering to myself why she had waited that long to bring her daughter in. Then I heard the receptionist ask if she had insurance. When her reply was no I instantly understood.

My urgent care co-pay is 15 dollars. For this woman to pay full price was 170 dollars. This of course didn't even begin to include any prescriptions that were to follow.

After thinking about our health this year I am so thankful for amazing, inexpensive (on our part), government insurance. We pay a measly 60 dollars a paycheck for full family coverage.

So far this year Ethan has had one minor surgery, three hospital stays, and countless well and sick child visits. Not mention a minor surgery on my part, a pregnancy, and all the other visits Jacob and I have had throughout the year - including dental.

I just made a few estimates on what our costs might have been without insurane (including our big delivery in December) and we would have been looking at over 20,000 in doctor and hospital bills.

How do people live without insurance!!

On a seperate note - a much happier one. Ethan will be a dinosaur this year. When I was little my mom made me a green dinosaur costume and has kept it. She made a few adjustments and updates for Ethan and it is stinking cute! I will have to dress him up and take some pictures.

Jacob and Ethan spent all day yesterday in Brigham visiting family so that I could have a day at home by myself - which I have not had since Ethan was born. I have time alone, like nap time. But never a whole day with nothing to do but whatever I wanted!

It was awesome! I spent the day scrapbooking and eating, I confess, more than just a few rice krispie treats. I used my fabulous cricut more than it has been used beforeand I loved every minute. It was definitely a day I needed before Ellie is born. Thanks Hun!!

THE FIRST SNOW!!

Yes, it is only October 11th and we have snow. And we are talking the kind of stuff that sticks to the ground. There is maybe 2 inches and Ethan is so excited about it. Grandma Youngberg bought him a snow suit but we have to wait till Tuesday to get it. The snow will most likely be gone by then but we HAVE to get it!!

I had my 30 week check-up last Tuesday. All is well and Ellie is weighing in at a whopping 3 lb. 10 oz. Right on schedule. She is a very busy little baby who keeps me up at all hours of the night running to the restroom. I just can't help it - I have to have a glass of chocolate mill EVERY night before bed. I have to!!!

Ethan is the most awesome little boy ever. I think I have posted about this before but I am just amazed at him!

Every time we are getting ready for nap time or bed time we are usually out in the front room. That's where we play, rough house, and everything else in the world. All we have to say to him is "Ethan. Do you want to go na-night?". And off he runs into his bedroom.

He climbs up onto the love sac which is by his bed. We have some books that we keep near by and while we are still making our way into the bedroom he picks out a story to read.

We sit down with him and he gets puppy and his blanket, read the story and then he crawls into bed all by himself. We tuck him in, kiss him, and leave him to fall asleep.

He falls asleep without a sound and without moving from where we left him. What two year old is excited for bed time let alone nap time?!?!

Today during nap I went through our routine and once I laid him down I checked the mail. It maybe took me three minutes at the most. I looked in his room and he was out like a light. He hadn't moved a muscle and slept for two hours. Could life be any better?

For some reason the pictures aren't posting from my IPhone so HERE is the one of Ethan in his hospital clothes