4 weeks and counting!

I am now 36 weeks along. (As of tomorrow if you want to be technical about it!) We had our doctors appointment this morning and everything seems to be going great! I took the Group B Strep test this morning and will find out if I carry it or not next Wednesday when I go back to the doctor again! Yup we are to the weekly appointments already! I kinda feel as if I am always there lately so it is a good thing I like the people there! :)

Funny story actually, Back in January, when we found out I was pregnant and was wanting to see the doctor to make sure I really was ( not that the million tests I took weren't all positive or anything hahha),  I called my doctor to schedual my first appointment. Well they were super busy so I left my information with the receptionist and said it was fine if they just called me back. About 20 minutes later this lady with a super thick accent calls me back and sets everything up. Out of nowhere she says" You wouldn't happen to be Monica White's daughter would you?" Not a strange question really since my mom knows EVERYONE in town and we look like twins, except my name is now completely different from hers and we were speaking over the phone. Anyway. . . I was kinda taken aback and said yes. Then the lady screamed and started laughing and was obviously very happy about something. Next thing I know she asks me if I know who she was. I was completley shocked and trying to be nice said sorry but no. Then she informs me that she was Jason's mom. Jason was one of my closests friends growing up (literally met the first day of Kindergarten and were inseperable till boys got cooties and then decided we still liked hanging out through middle school). Anywho, We wanted to wait to tell my parents until we know for sure I was pregnant, so having my "other mom", who works with both of my parents on a daily basis, know first scared the crap out of me. She was good and kept the secret though. :)

Anyway it has been nice to see her ALL of the time now.

And back to Mr. Sloan! His head has been pointing down for my last three appointments so somewhere around 6 ish weeks I think. The belly is measing just perfectly along with my due date. My weight gain issue is out the door, 1. cause I haven't really cared to care what I have been eating lately and 2. cause I haven't been gaining drastic amounts anymore even eating all the candy and junk I want.

I am convinced I have the most amazing baby every! I know I am biased but even so here are a few reasons why:
1. at 20 weeks he already could kick (or puch) a rhythm back to me. Yes I did practice our percussion methods performance peices on my belly
2. When I sing my music from last semester he gets super still and (well I imagine) he is being a great little listener
3. He minds already and he isn't even here yet. If he is kicking and I tell him to stop cause it hurts when you kick my ribs in the same spot for an hour. He does it and then sits (yet again im imagining this ) like he is in time out for a good 10- 20 minutes. :)

And last but not least : Scott got a new job this week!! Finally after a year and a half applying at the hospital he got a job there!! We are so excited!! He started yesterday and is already working like a mad man trying to get all trained before our crazy little Sloan deciedes to make his debut.

And one last funny story to end with. Scott and I went to the cabin in Mackay for a last little get away before school started. I was super tired and was laying up against Scott's chest, my belly was between his legs. After 15 minutes of a glorious nap, I woke up and Scott informed me that Sloan had been kicking him in the junk the whole time. He couldn't understand how I could sleep through it cause he was kicking so hard it actually hurt Scott! hahaha I about died laughing. Then we switched places. Scott laid his head on my lap  with the back of his head against me belly and tried to get to sleep. after 10 minutes of trying he gave up cause Sloan was kicking the back of his head the whole time. :)   

Our Summer

It has been a long time since I updated this. sorry! We have had a lot of fun things happen!

1. We have went to Mackay alot of weekends! We did a 4 mile hike on the 4th of July. It was beautiful!! Sloan didn't like coming down so much though.

2. We got sealed together in the Salt Lake City temple on June 21, 2010. :) It was one of the best days of my life!!

3. We lost my great grandpa Sam this last Friday. It is incredibly sad to say goodbye but I know he is in a better pain free place now. He was such an amazing man, grandfather, husband and example. He was always a perfect gentelman.

4. Because we lost Grandpa Sam tons of family is coming in this week. So there is an up side to losing grandpa. I am very excited to see everyone!

5. We found out my cousin Ericka is pregnant! She is due in April sometime. So Sloan will have a cousin close to his age on my side of the family as well as Scott's!!!

6. This is a not so fun one but School starts next week . . . send lots of positive thoughts my way!! I am taking 13 credits of mostly online classes. I realized I wasn't taking any music classes and almost started crying. It is really strange to think I wont be doing fact sheet or theory homework for a whole semester. Scott has a full load with tons of hard classes!

7. My mom and Hailey Duncan threw up a baby shower a few weeks ago! It was alot more fun then I was expecting! I think showers are a little awkward baby showers more then others cause the gifts aren't really for me but for Sloan bug. Anyway, We got LOTS of amazingly adorable gifts which included a bunch of super cute blankets and clothes! Thanks to everyone who came/ gave us baby stuff!! It is all very much appriciated!

8. THE BEST FOR LAST!!! I counted last night and I have 16 days till Sloan is full term and 44 days till his due date!!! So anywhere from 16 to 44 days and we will have a cute little addition to our family!!!!

Our Little Man!

So we got a 3D ultrasound about a week ago!!! The pictures are AMAZING!!!

So this is oh strong little Sloan! Everything is going great with us.

Scott and I got SEALED in the Salt Lake Temple on Monday June 20th!!! It was one of the most amazing days of my life!

Introducing. . .

SLOAN!!!!!!!! We got to find out the gender of our baby yesterday and I couldn't believe it was a boy! I so thought that he was a girl. Guess I was wrong!!! We are so excited to be welcoming him into our family!!!!

Yup he is for sure a boy!! I don't think you could fake this!

So this is the back of his head and his legs.

His strong arms!!

And last but not least!!! His face . . .kinda he was facing my spine.

Oh and I forgot!!

We got picuters of BABY!!! We had an appointment to hear the heartbeat and they couldnt find it.. . . 3 appointments later that day and a whole day of worrying later we got an ultrasound!!!!

I was so exctied to see our baby for the first time!!!

Mexico!!!!

So Scott and I went to Mexico this last week!! It was AMAZING!!! We laid on the beach, zip lined through the forest, went to the boardwalk in town and eat some of the BEST food I have ever tasted!!! Here are a few pictures of our trip!!!

This is the lobby of our resort!!!

This is the AMAZING view from the main lobby!

This was at the first restuarnt we eat at in town. hahahaha My dad is so cheap so we had to take a picture of what looks like a $70 tip when it is in pesos! hahahaha

This is the car that we rode in to go zip lining!!! how scetchy does that look :)

This is the beautiful forest that we went through!!!

OUR ROOM!!! That was a huge King bed

Oh yeah and Scott and I went Sea Kayaking!!! SO FUN!!!

And I'll be leaving you with this amazing picture of our sunsets everynight for the last week!

So I am fully aware that it has been forever since I have posted anything.
It has been a crazy couple of weeks around here. School has gotten incredibly hard to go to with Spring Break coming up so fast. It seems like all Scott and I can think about is our trip to Mexico. We leave so soon it is crazy! It seems like it was just yesterday that we booked it. We found an excersion that I can still do even though I am preggo! So I am even more excited now!

Our baby is growing! I am now 11 weeks! It seems so crazy that I have known for 7 weeks. We went to our first doctors appointment a few weeks ago. Everything went really well . . . until......... I had to get my blood drawn for the first time!!! I almost passed out, it was the grossest/ weirdest feeling I have ever felt in my life. We go back to the doctor to hear Baby's heartbeat on Monday!!!! I am SO excited. It feels real now but I think might make it seem even more real!

In my lesson this week I mentioned to DLF (my voice teacher, Diana Livingston Friedly (She is absolutly amazing and a voice god! hahaha)) that we went shopping to buy some capris for Mexico and she offered to give me ALL of her maternity clothes!! She is my size and everything and was preggo during the summer!!! I can't even begin to explain how completly grateful for this tiny act of generousity from my proffesor! She has continually pushed me to be the best I can be while giving me tough music I could never learn without her expertise. She is always surprising me by how supportive she is of every twist and turn my life has taken since my freshman fall semester. So Thank You SOO Much! Just in case she happens to read this :)

Also!!!
I got my patriarchal blessing recommend this last sunday and it is going to happen the sunday we get back from Mexico!!! And that same day I am getting my temple recommend!!!!!! I really want to go through on my birthday!!!!! But it is a Thursday so we will see how that works out hahahaha!

Well that is everything that has happened in the Syndergaard house hold!!! Hope you all enjoy!