30, Flirty, and Thriving

This is the run-down Easter post from a boring couple who happened to take no pictures.
Granted, I'm a gigantic pregnant bubble and avoid pictures, so that probably was a major factor.
But we did have a great Easter weekend, even if there is no proof for you to see.
We went home for a couple of days, a quick trip to visit the family. We spent Friday with Becky and Craig, hanging out eating delicious hamburgers (which were very spur of the moment, and we tackled some serious bumps in the road to get them. :] ) and watched an intense movie with a very young Meryl Streep and Kevin Bacon battling the river. It was a great evening.
Saturday we hung out, got a haircut (WOO!) and then headed to my aunt Carol's for the Yager Easter shindig. This was very awesome. We ate ham and funeral potatoes, and got to hunt for candy. Actually, Troy was upgraded to a hider this year, and I hunted for our share of the loot. Which was kind of hilarious, because apparently pregnancy gives you some sort of brain problem, and serious physical limitation that requires everyone in the room to point out candy for you, and little cousins stick it in your basket. Awesome. I did feel a little bad, but hey, I was technically hunting for three people, so I took all the help I could get. :]

Here is an updated bump.

This is 30 weeks. 

30 WEEKS! Pretty crazy how fast time is going. We are not ready for this little guy, so hopefully he stays on schedule. Otherwise we are going to be some pretty frantic parents! 

Baby facts as of late: 

-the dilation is still present in his left kidney. This means there is fluid in his kidney that isn't draining properly. We were hoping that it would fix itself and go away by now, but it is still there. Not any worse, but not any better. We will do an ultrasound after he is born to see what we need to do next.  

-He has flipped himself so he is not in breech position. Hopefully he decides to stay this way, but he doesn't seem to be going anywhere. We just need him to slide on over to the left and we will be in perfect shape.  He has had a leg (an entire leg) jammed up my right rib cage for about a week now, and it doesn't really seem to be going anywhere. Awesome. He is very flexible. During the ultrasound he had both hands, a face and a foot all on the picture at once. The tech was very impressed.  

-He has hair. A little bit of light sparkles we saw on the ultrasound that she said was hair. So that is neat. :] 

-He will be heavy. We have recently started practicing lifting the car seat with 2-5 pound weights in it, and boy it is not light. It's a totally awesome arm workout for the two of us though.  

We are just as crazy busy, frantic, and excited as ever.  I can't believe how fast time has gone, and we are glad the weather is getting better, and things are working out well for us. We just want this little guy to get here. (In time for the Fourth. He WILL get to wear a flag tee this year. :] ) 

One Hundred and Eighty Two

We had such a great Conference weekend! It was so nice for the two of us to just to hang out and do nothing together. Except listen to Conference of course. On Saturday we got to go to the park and attempt to fly kites since the weather was so nice. Unfortunately, our kites were cheaply made and they did not do so well. Or, we just are REALLY bad at flying kites, and couldn't get them to stay up. Troy's had an airplane and mine was a fairy. The fairy kite flew better than the airplane. :] (We had pictures, but there was a malfunction.)
We both really enjoyed listening to all of the talks, and were happily surprised when Troy's aunt, Linda Burton, was called as the General Relief Society president! We were so surprised, but so happy for her. It will be awesome to be able to hear her talk, and have her serve all of the women of the Church! :]
Last weekend we were able to celebrate Troy's birthday and had such a great time! We went to Tucanno's with his parents and brother and ate delicious food. We saw the Hunger Games with my family, and ate rib tips for his actual birthday dinner. It's crazy how old he is. :] We also got to go to Quinn's grave. (Quinn is Troy's cousin who died last April. We are naming the baby after him. :] ) Neither of us had seen it yet, and it was gorgeous. Quinn's birthday is the day before Troy's so we went and let balloons go for him. I have fond memories of doing this at my Great Grandpa's grave with all of my cousins and family, and I wanted to do something special for Troy and Quinn together. I'm so glad we did. :]
Troy is preparing to take his Check Ride this week, which will finally give him his Private Pilot License.  This is a BIG DEAL TEST. It requires 31/2 hours of ground work (which is just oral test questions about every tiny detail of an airplane/flight plans/anything else) and then another long actual flight test, where he has to prove that he knows what he is doing with all these different kinds of maneuvers.  He has been working so hard to get ready for this, and I'm so glad that after this week it will be over! Good luck Troy! :]
I am in love with what I'm doing right now. I absolutely love going to work every day and seeing the kids that I work with. Sometimes we have our hard days, but I would take most of them home with me every day if I could. :] One of the little boys especially loves the baby, and as I get bigger his love grows stronger. Every day the first thing he does when he gets off the bus is give my belly a hug and pat it hello. It's the cutest thing ever, and every day I'm grateful for him and his sweet personality.
Speaking of belly, it is getting rather large. (Again, picture malfunction. Sorry.) I'm at 28 weeks now.
Little Man loves to move around. Lately he especially loves to kick super hard at the most random times. Standing in the grocery store or at school and suddenly I get whacked from the inside. People look at me weird. He does the coolest thing ever. Troy can pat his hand on my stomach, and little man will kick back. It's so funny and makes me and Troy laugh and laugh.  He's such a smart baby already.  In about a week we will be going in for another ultrasound to get his kidney's checked out again. Hopefully, all is well.
Our Natural Childbirth classes start this month, and that means we are getting closer! Ah. It's scary but we are so excited. Troy tells me every day that he just wants him to come already. I tell him he has no idea. :]
Just a small update on what we are up to, and hopefully our next post will have interesting pictures to keep you entertained. :]