Jingle bells aka To Cherry

My little sister is SO funny, I love her! She sang me the funniest version of jingle bells yesterday and I can't get it out of my head. She said it was to teach Carter about the birds and the bees, Keep in mind he is 7 months old... Here it goes (I can't be the only one with it stuck in my head):

Jingle Bells, Carter smells

Mommy laid an egg

daddy planted a seed

and that's how you were made!

LOL! The best part is you can subsitute any name in it ;) So there you have a new Christmas favorite.

my LITTLE guy...

A couple days old

now! Look at those cheeks!Mommy loves to kiss them...

My baby WAS small...(and thanksgiving!)

Little Zac-ie is so BIG, I can't believe it. He is 22 1/2 inches and 10 lbs 12 oz! He is a baby monster. :) He is getting the chubbiest cheeks, I love to kiss them. Even his little thighs are getting rolls! LOL. His feet and hands are big too I'll put up some pictures later. I have to take some new ones.
I am so excited for the holidays! I love this time of year so much and Zac gave us another reason to celebrate during the fall! I am excited to have Thanksgiving with Greg's family next week. Last year it was just Greg and me. We had fun, but it was lonely... I was in the kitchen and he was in the living room :( So I'm looking forward to a loud day next thursday! Our family used to all get together (dad's side), well everyone who could, and it was so fun to be with all the cousins and everyone! It got crazy sometimes. Greg's family is not as big or loud as mine, but it will be fun all the same. I hope you all enjoy your families and friends this holiday season, I know I will! :)

Zac

My baby's got sauce!

Hey everyone! So being a new mom is a little crazy, craizer than I imagined even. So the story is this:
On the 14th I thought my water broke in the morning.... So after Greg got home that night I called the nurse and told her my symptoms. She said since I was due in 3 days I'd better come in so they could check. We left planning to be sent home, we didn't take our bags or anything....On the way we went to Carls Jr. (just in case it was my last meal for awhile). We got to the hospital around 9 pm, they checked us in and hooked me up to the monitors. About an hour later the Dr came in to check the fluids and see it it was my water that broke. After he did what ever they do to see if it is he said it wasn't. But then he said that since we'd been there the baby's heart had dropped several times and since I was so close to my date he wanted to keep me and induce labor, I was already dilated to a three and 80% effaced. So we stayed! I had to have antibiotics, so they hooked that up that night. The IV totally hurt!! I hated it ALMOST as much as giving birth. The rest of the night they just let us 'sleep', but it was already midnight at that point. At 7 am they came in and asked me if I could walk around, I was having contractions, but not consistently or strong enough. So we walked around till 8:30 when they brought me breakfast. At nine they came in and hooked me up to the pit drip. Right around then my mom's sister Lori got there to be my second coach, and about an hour after that my very good friend Lindsey came to help me keep my sanity, if you know my other coaches you know why... LOL, just kidding! :) Around 10:30, I think everything around then is a little fuzzy....., the mid-wife came in a broke my water. WHICH WAS TOTALLY sick. But I guess his little heart was still dropping AND he wouldn't hold still so they wanted an internal monitor. (his little scabs just went away, it was so sad!) That kinda put the kibosh on my plans to do alternative things for pain, cause it restricted me to the bed. But I was still determined to go as long as I could with out any type of pain medication. But by 6pm I was 100% effaced and dilated to a 6 and the pain was too much for me. I decided to get an eipdural, I was pretty upset about having to get one though. After that I don't remember TOO much, except waking myself up every once and a while with my loud snoring! LOL. The nurses didn't tell me about the button that releases more of the pain medication, so after a few hours I was feeling the contractions pretty strongly again. So I was introduced to the button, Greg put himself in charge of it, since after about one push I was out again......at about 12:30am the mid-wife said I was 10 and could start pushing when I felt the urge to. (we'd stopped pushing the magic button around 11:30 when I was a 9) To be honest, I never REALLY felt the urge to push, I was watching the monitor.... But I wanted the whole thing to be over! Anyway, I pushed for about an hour and he was here! When his head was crowning the mid-wife was like reach down and touch his head... I didn't want to, but she was like "I REALLY reccommend you do it" so I did. My Aunt thought it was really funny, I guess I made a disgusted face and then wiped my hand on my hospital gown. I really don't remember much, except the pain. Everytime I look at his head I'm like HOLY COW that is HUGE. No wonder it hurt so bad. Plus, I am HUGE wussy. Two more pushes and he was out. I was crying before he was born because of the pain, and after they laid him on me I was crying even more. I couldn't believe he was here and mine. So perfect, so beautiful. Anyway, he arrived at 1:42 am weighing 7lbs 8oz and 21 inches long! He is a wonderflu little boy and we love having him here finally!

I KNOW!!!

I have been told by numerous people that they are checking the blog for when I have the baby..... SORRY. :) Life has been a little crazy, Zachary Todd Fullerton arrived on October 16th at 1:42 in the morning. I'm sure most of you know what it's like the first week. I admire the ones who get the email out and the blog up in a week.... When do you do it? My mom flew in on the 17th and will be here until the 2nd of November! I am so grateful for her help! It has been amazing to have her here. Zachary loves his grandma Devvie, he loves to just be held and she is always up to the task! After she leaves I will post more pictures and tell more about the PAINS of labor..... Which I still feel by the way. :) He is so worth it all though. This is it for now, I hope that this is enough to satisfy those of you waiting. Look again towards the beginning of November. (Also give me your addresses for birth announcements!)

Really? Nothing?

So I had a Dr's appointment yesterday. There is not much progress on the home front. Sadly. But I guess he'll come when he comes. I'm just super uncomfortable..... I'll stop complaining right now.
So we went to Universal Studios last night, they have their Halloween Horror nights going right now. It is our thid year going and we are making it a tradition. They typically have about 4 mazes and you get to tour the back lot too. The back lot is my favorite, they have movie sets all decked out in scary themes. And the scary characters from the movies wondering around scaring people. That is where they usually get me. They got me good last night I screamed pretty good a couple times. They took us a different route than usual and we ended up doing a HIKE! I was dying, or at least I thought I was. I thought I might give birth right there on the trail.... I didn't. :) Here are some pictures:

The Boys: Mike, Charlie, Greg & Robert

The Girls (minus Sue): Chrystall & Me

Some scary guy on the back lot...

Clown...

Demented animal... ?

Bored, bummed, bothered and BUGGED!!

It's super hot here, like probably close to like 1,000 degrees. Shena thinks I might be exaggerating, but I'm pretty sure I'm not. I have 10 days till my due date and time couldn't be moving any slower. I feel like I'm at the end of my rope...... If I go past my date I don't know what to do. I mean anyone out there who has been pregnant knows, this is the worst time. I can't sleep, I can't breath, I can't tie my own shoe, I can't paint my toe nails so they look cute in the hospital..... I just would like to remember what it is like to not be pregnant and to have my body function normally..... You know not be sick or so incredibly HUGE that I can hardly turn over in the night by myself.
We got pictures taken the other day, cause up to this point I haven't had any taken with my face in them. It's too chubby. But I figured if I don't get some the baby might think he's adopted, so what better point than ready to pop? I just hope they turn out. The whole time I was like "tell me if I have a double chin!!" I hope she did, or else took it out. :) Anyway, these days I wish I had a house keeper and a personal assistant :) so something would get accomplished in less than 3 days time. HA! I feel like I'm taking crazy pills! Or maybe I should be maybe then I'd feel more sane. Well I guess I'm done ranting for now. I'll add some pictures from our pumpkin party Saturday, so it's not so boring..... LOL

Heidi, Laura, Maddy and Peyton

Peyton, he is the sweetest little thing!!

The Beginning of the food!

.....Greg's yearbook picture!......

I can't stop laughing! This is Greg if HE went to school with my parents! HAHAHAHAHA I especially love the glasses. Or maybe the suit. No, it's the hair. I wiah he looked like this now. Instead he looks like this:

For halloween he is going to be John and I am going to be Ponch..... He wanted me to post this on here. I guess so everyone can know what they are missing out on.... :) HAHA he is funny sometimes. Actually it is kinda similar to the 70's one. Huh.


PS: Don't worry, this was taken while he was shaving! YIKES! He keeps asking now if he can grow just a mustache.... I said no. LOL

yearbookyourself.com

hahahahaha! This is a funny website! I guess this is what I would have looked like if I went to school with my parents! Man they are old ;).... I like my hair, maybe I'll get it done like this after the baby is born. What do you think?

It's still not October???

Oh Poo! I guess it could be worse, I could be puking again. :) I guess I have a little over 2 weeks until my due date now. But it seems like the closer it gets the longer it takes!! Shena sent me an email today with her flight information for the baby blessing, which will be the 7th of December! I'm so excited for her to come out, I've seen her since I moved, but she hasn't been out here yet! It's crazy how much you can miss people you fought with all during your growing up years! :) (I mean all my sisters, not just Shena!) My sisters are awesome and I miss them all so much. They are such good aunties!!

So, yesterday Greg's dad Mike came over and hooked up our dishwasher!! I have been doing the dishes (or not doing...) by hand for the last 3 months! I know poor me, boo hoo. But it's really hard for a pregnant lady to stand in one place for too long..... AnyWAY! The moral of the story is- I'M SO HAPPY!!!! I already did a load of dishes this morning... It was fun. I hope I can keep this attitude up..... You know dishes being fun. All morning I've been cleaning and decorating the house for fall and Halloween. This Saturday we are having a pumpkin party with some couples from the ward. I'm so excited for it, this is my favorite time of year. Greg was like why are we doing it so early? I was like REALLY? you have to ask. LOL, guys can be so clueless sometimes. I love this time of year and have so many great memories with great friends! I just wish it was cooler in CA and more like the fall I love in UT county and Minnesota!

It's Spetember 22nd!

I still have 3 1/2 weeks till my DUE date, but I will be considered "full term" in a few days. I hope that mean he could come any day now. Our bags are packed, I still have to get the car seat installed or they will hold him for ransom at the hospital :)..... So I'm doing that this week. He is still a very active baby, he makes sure I don't forget he's there! I think he's really good at night though, he'll move a lot at first and then not again till the morning! Which is nice for mom, who has a hard time sleeping now anyway..... I have most of the songs I want on my iPod, but would love some more recommendations, that means you Sumer! :) I know there are some really good song out there... I found a few :).... But who knows with my families track records for delivery I could be in the hospital for a week!!! (both of my sisters were in labor for 2 days before they delivered....) ANYWAYS- What I'm trying to say is I'm excited for this little guy to get here, so mommy, daddy and baby can all meet face to face! Hurry up and get here baby!

Here are a few pictures of cute babies I know:

This is baby Roman, he's one now so this is an old picture but still so cute!
This is baby Hannah.... She's not a baby anymore either....

And of course my nephew Carter, who IS still a baby!

more 4-d pictures

I can't figure out how to get these in any order on here.... Whatever.

4-D ultra sounds are cool!

here he is! He is so squished in there, I feel bad! After they measured him they estimated my due date as October 8th, about 10 days earlier than before! His little feet and hands were in his face most of the time, it was hard to get a picture. He is already almost 6 lbs...... they better not make me have him on the 17, he'll be close to 10 lbs if they do..... I can't have a 10 lb baby!.... Anyway, he is so cute in there, I just love him. I can't wait to hold him and kiss him.

A few of my favorite things...

Jesse man. Mya's baby. He'll be 3 soon, I can't wait to see him at Christmas!

Joey! The funniest little kid ALIVE! He's the one who named my horse..... :)

My nephew Carter

I miss him, his mommy and daddy took him on his first vacation out to LA for a visit with me and uncle Greg. It was fun to have such a sweet boy in our house! Now we can't wait for our own to get here! (6 1/2 weeks!!). Isn't he beautiful!

Isaiah! He is so AWESOME. I got to see him last week and he is still the sweetest thing ever. I love him.

My request

I'm trying to get a playlist together to listen to while I'm in the hospital, you know giving birth.... I want some reccommendations!! Please if you know any songs about little boys or kids, really anything that would great. The first song I added is "keep pushing on" by REO Speedwagon. I have had two others reccommended to me: "Push it" Salt N Peppa and "Under Pressure" Queen! This will be a great way to have everyone in the room with me :)

My Belly on moving day

it was hard to carry stuff ;)

Ok, ok, I know I ALREADY stink at blogging!!

So I guess I should actually blog, if I'm gonna "start" a blog to keep in touch.....! So the last month has been really hectic here in LA. I was put on bed rest for 2 weeks, we bought a house, moved out of the apartment and moved in! With me being on bed rest that wasn't the easiest move I've made..... I know what you are all thinking "if she was on bed rest why didn't she have time to blog?" OK so it's not like I didn't have the time, it was more like I didn't know what to say. I guess me getting rejected from the cruise was good for a number of reasons. First about six weeks ago I started having a little spotting and cramping, which is somewhat normal and I already knew I had a low lying placenta so that ups the odds of that. Well needless to say, after it was persistent for a couple weeks (I was still feeling him move...), I ended up in Labor & Delivery 2 times in two weeks (the second time there was a little clotting, which I was more nervous about). Both times it was crazy, I heard other women giving birth..... Let's just say I'm not sure I EVER want this little guy to come out!!! I was there for about three hours both times hooked up to mommy and baby monitors, it was actually kinda fun to hear him kicking and moving around. He is very active. ANYWAYS.... the final prognosis was that they were making me a high risk pregnancy (my placenta was .8 centimeters away from the cervix and it had a hemorrhage) and they wanted me in bed for at least two weeks, until I could go see the H.R Dr. Well, poor little Debbie, she was so worried. I mean I guess everyone was. So I was a pretty good girl and stayed mostly in bed and let other people do the packing and moving... My last apt was on the 10Th with the H.R Dr, final results? She said "God must be watching over this pregnancy, your placenta is 6.1 centimeters and I see no signs of the hemorrhage." When Greg and I went we were both so scared they were going to put me on permanent bed rest, which would have been AWFUL!!! It was a miracle, really it was. Thanks to my family for all their fasting and prayers. They are awesome and the best family ever!! :) So now back to life. Which means the last two weeks I've been cleaning a new house, unpacking CRAP, and waiting for Greg to come home.... He was in New York. I'm guessing the next couple week hold the same for me. FUN. Oh to be on bed rest again and have the R.S. fairies come and do all the work.... Wouldn't it be nice.. JK they did come, they did TONS, but there is still all the JUNK....:(, I love our ward! So Greg is leaving next Wednesday for Malaysia, he'll be gone a week. That stinks. I guess I'll get everything done while he's gone. Then Cherry, Cody and Carter are coming to stay with us for almost a week, so I HAVE to be done by then.... Anyhoo, I'm done rambling for today. :)

I hate Cruises.

So since December or early January my mom and I have been planning to take my dad and Greg on a cruise to Alaska. I have been working with the agent, cause my mom was trying to keep it a surprise for my dad. Well when I found out I was pregnant I told the guy and he said, "unless you are in your third trimester you are ok to go." I was like sweet, I won't be. Well after Greg did some research it turns out Princess cruises has a policy that if you are more that 24 weeks along you can't cruise. well, that is only the middle of your second trimester, I will be 27 weeks by the time we would get back. they are refunding mine and Gregs tickets, which is nice. They will usually only refund the 'sick' persons. I'm really bummed. I have been looking forward to this trip for six months!! I can't believe it, even with a doctors note stating good health you can't go. :( Oh well I bet cruises suck anyway. I mean there have been a lot of people falling off lately. I guess I can be consoled in the fact that I know I will be safe ashore. I HATE CRUISES.

sogse

So I guess I should tell the story of Sogse, how the baby got that name.

I was staying at my parents house for a couple weeks and one day I asked Joey and Jesse what I should name the baby..... They are 4 (joey) and 2 (jesse).... I know crazy idea. Any hoo, Joey didn't miss a beat and said "Smelly Feet". Yeah, no. Jesse thought a minute and said "Carter", which is what my sister just named her 7 week old baby, so again no.

Maybe two hours later we were driving to Isaiah's baseball game, and Joey says: "Krista, I think you should name your horse, S-O-G-S-E" (he spelled it out.) HUM clever.... My response (trying not to laugh too hard) "First of all Joe, it's not a horse, it's a baby. Second of all I'm not naming my kid Sogse." Well the story was too good and cute to keep to myself, so the nickname stuck. everyone calls the baby Sogse. Funny! I love that funny little kid. And I miss him to death.

HELLO!!!

I thought this would be a good way to keep in touch with everyone, with pictures and also what little tidbits are going on in our lives.

So here goes, my first 'blog'!

Since Greg and I got maried life has been VERY hectic. We moved to LA (Van Nuys) in April of '07. I got a job pretty quick, doing plumbing showroom stuff again. Working 6 days a week was crazy, then I decided to go to school at night from 6-10. So I started school to become an esthetician in September. As I'm sure you all knowthe housing market is down, this includes building and remodeling, so by January.... I got laid off!! Which at the time was met with very mixed emotions. I was exhausted from doing work and school so that was good. I was in school and going to be done in April, so that was good. But I was jobless..... Unfortunatly I have remained unemployed.

We found out about 5 weeks after I was laid off that I was pregnant!! Which was also met with mixed emotions. I mean we were VERY excited, well I was for about 2 weeks. Then I started getting sick, I have no idea why they call it 'morning' sickness, cause it is ALL DAY. That went on for at least 14 weeks. I was so sick and all I wanted was my mom! So I went home for two whole weeks, I was sick pretty much the whole time I was there. It was so great to see my family though, and meet my new little man, Carter Rex. By the time I got home (to LA) I Had felt pretty good for about 2 days. Unfortunatly, I came home to a sick husband and 2 sick little girls (I watch them 2 times a week)..... I told Greg if I got sick I was going to be really mad. Well I did, I got it worst than everyone. boo hoo poor me :). I was miserable for about a week and a half. Took a trip to the ER and the DR told me since I was pregnant he wouldn't give me anything and told me all I could take was tylenol. WHATEVER. I mean whatever. ANYWAY, I'm over it, I feel better. So maybe I should get a job, now that I won't have to call in sick 3 days a week :). OH and in the middle of all the sickness I graduated from school, and passed my state board test. I'm now a licensed esthetician!! YIPEE.

BLAH BLAH BLAH. All I've talked about is being sick, sorry. There are other things going on in our lives. Like, we are getting a house. Which is huge. Not the house, the commitment. The house itself is pretty small. The yard is a good size but needs some work. It is a cute little place, perfect for starting our little family.

To end on a good note, the baby is very active and I love feeling him move (yes, it's a boy). He is a good kicker. Sometimes I can't believe how hard it feels, he is strong already. :) I can feel it on the outside already. Everytime I call Greg to feel it he stops kicking. LOL. He is so naughty already (besides making me so sick for so long).... We can't wait to meet him, which will be sometime in mid october. Alright, I've blabbed on enough for today. I hope you are all doing well, keep in touch!
Love,
The Fullertons