30 Weeks!

 

SINGLE DIGITS!!!! 30 weeks!!! (doctor is taking me at 39 weeks) Oh my goodness its getting SO close! And yet its still kinda far away! I REALLY hope that she doesnt want to come early! I was born 5 weeks early and to think that if she came that early, she would be here in a month!!! CRAZY!! Please baby, stay in until the doctor is ready to take you out!! :)

This week was Christmas!! We had such a good Christmas and feel SO BLESSED to have all that we do! This year was MUCH easier than last year! We are living in a much better place and we have gotten a little more 'used' to living here. (I hate to say we're settled here cuz I am counting down the days for when Nick and I can transfer somewhere closer to home! 139 days!!!!) Nick and I decided to get a few things that we really wanted, because it is probably going to be the last time we will be able to buy things just for us!! Next year, and the years to come, it will be ALL about baby! Nick really wanted video games and they are so expensive so I decided to get him a year subscription to GameFly. (its like netflix but with video games) So now he can get any game he wants!! (I'm already regretting it, he's been playing the one I got him NON STOP!)  Nick got me some pots and pans and a necklace. Its a locket that is see-through and it has charms in it! It has a diamond for nicks birth-stone, a pearl for my bith stone, and a little pink blow dryer!! When baby comes we will get her birth stone to put in it too!! It has lots of room for quite a few other charms so I can get more later on! I LOVE it!! We also got spoiled by our parents and grandparents! They sent us money, so we got a new laptop!! Our computer was on the fritz and driving us CRAZY so we decided to get rid of it and get a new one!!  We got super cute 'power outage' gifts from Nicks parents!! Everything we need if the power ever goes out! Nick's sister, Kerri sent us a cute little onesie for the baby and a calander from Australia! Morgan got me a super cute swaddle blanket and my favorite lotion from B&BW!! Auntie Ky sent us lots of presents! She got nick an autographed picture of Derek Favors from the Jazz! We got Utah and BYU mugs, and she got baby U of U onesies, Utah Jazz bibs, and some books! And of course she got Roxy some treats and some toys! We had such a great Christmas, and we are so grateful for all our friends and family that made it great for us!

Christmas Lunch at Silly Al's pizza in Quartzsite with the ladies that I work with from the Salon!
I feel SO LUCKY to be able to work with them! They take good care of me!

Nick wore his Santa hat to deliver packages on Christmas Eve! He was Good ol St. Nick ;)

 

 

 

 

How far along? 30 Weeks

Total weight gain/loss:
Sleep:  Super good this week!! I only wake up to go potty!!!
Best moment this week: Christmas!! We got to skype with our families!
Miss anything? being able to hold my bladder! Now if I have to go... I HAVE TO GO!!!
Food cravings: Onion Rings!!!!
Anything making you queasy or sick: No
Belly button in or out? Barely in!!! I just keep waiting for it to poke! haha
Movement: Finally moving like I thought she would be!! She is a busy baby!
Body Aches: Nothing too bad this week.... my lady parts sure don't feel normal though! haha
Happy or moody most of the time: Happy!! It was Christmas!!!

Looking forward to: My doctors appointment next week!! (hopefully setting a date for when baby will be here!)

28 Weeks!!

I can't believe I'm 28 weeks!! The time is flying by!! 11 weeks is NOT long! We still need a few things for the baby (sheets/bedding, more diapers, and a swing)  but for the most part we are ready! CRAZY!!! Nick says he wants her to hurry up and just get here but I am definitely glad we still have time! I CAN'T decide on a name!

This time of year is always so fun! However, it's Nick's busy time for work which means he works more hours! Good for the money but not good when I want him home! I guess I am grateful he has a job! I have been doing fairly well at the salon, but it's still on the slow side. They have a BIG tent that goes up (its like a glorified RV show or somethin) in Quartzsite around the 19th of Jan. and they say it gets INSANE over there and we'll be busy! Lets hope that I am still feeling well around then to be able to work!  I told my boss my last day is going to be the 13th of Feb. That will hopefully give me a week, maybe two,  to get everything ready! Because I am having a C-section, I'm hoping he'll let us choose the date we get to have her! We're hoping we can set it for a thursday because Nick only has 5 days of paid leave :(  So right now, if we can get it on a Thursday, the plan is to have Nick take Thursday, Friday off,  come home from the hospital Saturday or Sunday. Then my mom, my dad, and my sister, are going to come down and Nick will go back to work on Monday.  (We are wanting to save the other 3 days Nick has to go to Utah, after the baby is born, as soon as I get the ok to travel!) 
My dad and my sister are planning to stay a couple days and then go back home and My mom will stay with me for a week! I figure, if my mom is there, Nick might as well be at work!  Hopefully all will go as planned... if not... OH WELL!!

 

 

How far along? 28 Weeks

Total weight gain/loss: I lost 1 lb! I've been eating like a crazy prego person too!
Sleep: Good. :)
Best moment this week: Feeling baby move, everyday, just to know that she is ok!
Miss anything? still family.. holidays are hard without them
Food cravings: Turkey sandwhich on Wheat bread with JUST mayo, salt and potato chips.... Weird I know but I've eaten like 5 or 6!! Its super weird because I used to HATE mayo! ha!
Anything making you queasy or sick: No
Belly button in or out? still in but its starting to come out
Movement: Yes!!
Body Aches: my belly has been SUPER sore this week.  I definitely have the prego waddle goin on cuz it feels better to walk like that!
Happy or moody most of the time: Happy for the most part! I have been a little on the irritated side though.....

Looking forward to: Christmas!

26 weeks!!!

This week we had a doctors appointment and we got to see baby!!! I had to take the glucose test and it wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be.  it just tasted like flat orange soda and would have been fine but u have to drink SO much. but I made it through! 

During the ultrasound, we got to see a 3D picture of the baby!! It was SO AWESOME! She couldn't get a super clear picture because baby was laying right up against the placenta but what we did see was so cute! she kept smiling and I thought she looked just like Riley!!!!  Then my mom sent me a picture of me when I was a baby, and I think she looks like me too! She is definitely going to have the Able genes :) The doctor said she is going to be petite, just like I was, cuz she is measuring small but nothing alarming!! She was also having a hard time getting pictures of her feet cuz baby was holding onto them with her hands!! so cute!!

We had so much fun seeing the baby and spending the day together out of town!!! we are so grateful for the technology that we have today, so we know everything is good with baby!!

How far along? 26 Weeks

Total weight gain/loss: no gain
Sleep: Much better this week
Best moment this week: We got to see baby!!!!
Miss anything? still family.. holidays are hard without them
Food cravings: cheese!!! i made a cheese ball and ate almost the entire thing myself
Anything making you queasy or sick: No
Belly button in or out? still in but its starting to come up
Movement: Yes!! and she kicked during our ultrasound !!
Body Aches: not too bad this week
Happy or moody most of the time: Happy!

Looking forward to: Christmas!

23, 24 and 25 weeks!!!

So I got a little behind and my Mom is texting me telling me I need to update this thing! Sorry Mom! Week 23 I was in Utah!!! I had so much fun at my baby showers! Friday, the 9th, Michelle, her mom and her sisters threw me a shower for all of my close friends! We had YUMMY soup and salad and they made me a really cute diaper cake!!! Thanks SO MUCH to my second family! I LOVED IT! Saturday, the 10th, My mom, Nick's mom and my sister threw me a shower for my family and family friends! I was astounded by the amount of people that came to support Nick and I and our little family!! We feel SO lucky to have SO MANY great family friends and great support from our families! We had a lot of family drive a long way to come and I am SO grateful for everyone that came!! Thanks Mom, Kathy, Morgan, Riley and Kim for putting everything together for me!! It was so nice to see all of my friends and family and baby got lots of goodies!!  It was a quick trip, but I'm so grateful that I got to go and I'm SO GRATEFUL for Kim driving with me! On the way down we spent the night at one of her friends house in Cedar City and then we stayed at my parents for two nights and drove all the way home on Sunday.  I am SO GRATEFUL to her for going with me because without her (and her suburban) I wouldn't have gotten all of baby girl's stuff home! THANKS KIM!!!

 

How far along? 24 Weeks

Total weight gain/loss: Gained 2 lbs I think
Maternity clothes? My pants are beginning to not fit so great anymore...
Stretch marks? Same ones as before.. I haven't gotten any new ones thank goodness
Sleep: Not so good.  I've been having a lot of anxiety :(
Best moment this week: Nick felt the baby kick!!!!
Miss anything? my family
Food cravings: Everything just sounds amazing... I feel like all I want to do is eat!
Anything making you queasy or sick: No
Belly button in or out? In.. starting to look funny! haha
Movement: Yes!! So fun!
Body Aches: My tummy has felt like it has stretched SO FAR. I have had some not so great pains in the belly. But its ok because that can only mean baby is growing!
Happy or moody most of the time: Happy!
Looking forwhfard to: The holidays!

25 weeks! HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!! Can't believe its already here! This was my first Thanksgiving away from home and family.  It was really hard but I only shed a few tears.  We are so lucky to have the friends here in Blythe that we do! We went over to Kim and Jon's and had a SUPER yummy, HUGE, meal!! I was in charge of the green bean casserole and I helped with the rolls and biscuits.... kinda. Kim is trying to teach me to make bread.. Its kinda hard! Some other friends came over and we had a really good time!! I'm SO glad we have them because without them I would have been really miserable.  K-Mart was having their black friday sale Thanksgiving night, which I think is RIDICULOUS, but for the first time I went to a black friday sale! I only spent $20 but holy moly.... People are CRAZY! Kim had her list of things she wanted and it was fun to go along for the ride!! 

How far along? 25 Weeks

Total weight gain/loss: I think I gained 2 lbs in food after Thanksgiving
Maternity clothes? Some of my stretchy pants still fit but I think I'm going to have to go to all maternity pants pretty soon :/
Stretch marks? Same ones as before.. I haven't gotten any new ones thank goodness
Sleep: Still waking up with anxiety... Thank goodness for a loving hubby to make me feel better. Hopefully I can get back to sleeping good.
Best moment this week: I can see baby kick and thats been fun!
Miss anything? Sleeping good
Food cravings: Everything just sounds amazing... I feel like all I want to do is eat!
Anything making you queasy or sick: No
Belly button in or out? In.. starting to look funny! haha
Movement: Yes!! So fun!
Body Aches: Tummy still feels like its stretching and it kinda hurts.  Heartburn is getting pretty bad too... thank goodness for tums!
Happy or moody most of the time: Happy!
Looking forward to: My Ultrasound this week! 

22 Weeks!

I'm a little late on posting for this week.  I went back to work at the salon and I haven't just been sitting around doin nothing! lol!  I am really enjoying being back at the salon! I love the people in Quartszite!  They are all 'Old' snowbirds and just so fun to visit with! I also get to do lots of perms, which I enjoy, so it's working out great!  I had my monthly appointment on Halloween! I was SO happy to go an hear the baby's heartbeat! Doctor said everything looks good so far. I go in for another ultrasound on the 29th of Nov. and I get to do the lovely glucose test :/ The nurse told me I had to do it this coming week and I was stressing because I'm going to be in Utah!!!!! YAY!! and I did NOT want to have to drive all the way down to Yuma again, just for this test. The doctor came in and asked if the nurse had told me about the glucose test and I said yes, with a little worry in my voice, and he looked and me and said, (knowing I live an hour and a half from the office)  "Do me a favor. Just do it on your next appointment. There is no reason for you to have to drive all the way down here just for that."  I have the BEST doctor EVER!!! He assured me that it didn't need to be done right away and I would be fine to wait until I was down there again! He is SO considerate, I just love him!!
Halloween night, we got dressed up and went with our friends and their kids trick or treating! Roxy and I were dressed as fairies and Nick was some scary guy with a scary mask! We had fun going around their neighborhood and then we went to our wards "trunk or treat".  It was a lot different than any other trunk or treat I've been to.  Everyone sat in a BIG circle on lawn chairs and all the kids walked around and got candy.  It was different but HOLY COW did they get A LOT of candy!
I am heading to Utah this week for my baby showers and I CAN'T WAIT! This will be the last time I will be in utah without a baby..... CRAZY!!

How far along? 22 Weeks

Total weight gain/loss: Not sure.. probably gained though
Maternity clothes? Still wearing my normal clothes
Stretch marks? So many :(
Sleep: Not so good. 
  Best moment this week: Just being able to feel the baby move. 


Miss anything? my family
Food cravings: Training Table... Can't wait
Anything making you queasy or sick: No
Belly button in or out? In
Movement: Yes!! So fun!
Body Aches: My tummy has felt like it has stretched SO FAR. I have had some not so great pains in the belly. But its ok because that can only mean baby is growing!
Happy or moody most of the time: Happy!
Looking forward to: Going to Utah!!

21 Weeks!!!

This week hasn't been too exciting. The owner of the salon called again and I went over to Quartzite to check out the new place. (They had to move from the location they were in last year because they are putting a medical marijuana plant in there.... ya pretty sketchy) Anyway so they found a new location and I went to check it out. She said that she probably won't need me until about mid November because its still so slow and all the snow birds still haven't ventured down there yet.  So for now I'm still just hangin out! I'm going to Utah in 2 weeks to have a couple baby showers and I'm really excited!! We are doing them kind of early because I don't want to be traveling long distances too late into the pregnancy and with the crazy weather that Utah can get, I'd rather be safe than sorry! I'm really excited to see all my friends and family!

How far along? 21 Weeks

Total weight gain/loss: No gain. I weight the same!! Its crazy cuz I know the baby has grown so much by how my tummy has been feeling!
Maternity clothes? Still wearing my normal clothes
Stretch marks? So many :(
Sleep: Not so good. I've been waking up with crazy bad heart burn and pain in my tummy and then I can't go back to sleep :(                                        Best moment this week: Just being able to feel the baby move. 
Miss anything? my family
Food cravings: Training Table... My mouth waters every time I think about it!! I'm going to utah in 2 weeks and I can't wait to eat there!!
Anything making you queasy or sick: No
Belly button in or out? In
Movement: Yes!! So fun!
Body Aches: My tummy has felt like it has stretched SO FAR. I have had some not so great pains in the belly. But its ok because that can only mean baby is growing!
Happy or moody most of the time: Happy!
Looking forward to: Hearing baby's heartbeat next week!

20 Weeks!

 

 

 

How far along? 20 Weeks

Total weight gain/loss: Not sure, I didn't weigh myself.
Maternity clothes? I wore one of my maternity shirts for the first time and it wasnt too big...
Stretch marks? So many :(
Sleep: Starting to be not so good. Some good nights, some not so good.
Best moment this week: I got to go register for the baby!!! That was super fun! All girly stuff!!!!
Miss anything? all the sleeping I was doing
Food cravings: Everything sounds good at this point! I have been eating ALOT too!
Anything making you queasy or sick: No
Belly button in or out? In
Movement: Yes!! So fun!
Body Aches: My tummy is starting to have a little pain. I can just feel it stretching. And heart burn has started to get much worse!!
Happy or moody most of the time: Happy!
Looking forward to: having baby showers and getting cute stuff! ;)

19 weeks!!

I can't believe we've made it this far! In 20 weeks... we will have a baby!!! (I'm delivering a week or so early because I have to have a C-section and we live an hour and a half from the hospital) And I FINALLY got to feel the baby move!!!!!! SO AWESOME!!  20 weeks is still  A LONG time before we get to meet her, but I know its going to be here before we know it!
This week hasn't been too exciting. Other than I felt the baby move for the first time!!!!  Since we moved to California, I decided to go and get on California WIC.  I hate that we need the help, but at the same time I'm so grateful that its there!  We had our first adventure with WIC... I felt so useless when we got to the cash register and it takes longer than a 'normal' person buying groceries cuz they have to do every voucher as a separate transaction and they have to run it through the little scanner and you have to sign it in front of them. So you kinda hold up the line a bit and its sort of embarrassing but like I said... I am grateful its there and we are receiving help! I'm sure the more times we go and get used to using them, it will be easier. We were given 4 different vouchers for the month and each one has different items on them that you can purchase.  We only used 2 vouchers this time but we got about $25 worth of food! (which wasn't much considering milk is almost $4 a gallon and cereal is $5 a box!!!!!! but every little bit helps!)  When the baby comes, they buy all your formula (if you don't breast feed) and all your baby's food when it gets older so that will be SO nice!

Our first WIC pruchase!

The owner from the salon in Quartzite (where I worked for a week last winter before they closed for the summer) called me and wants me to come back to work for her!! I'm excited to be able to get back to doing hair more and I might get to do nails too! I will only be working maybe 2 or 3 days a week but every little bit will help and it will give me something to do... I've been kinda bored!

How far along? 19 Weeks

Total weight gain/loss: No gain or loss this week.
Maternity clothes? I still fit in my regular pants but I wear some of my maternity ones cuz they are comfy
Stretch marks? So many :(
Sleep: Still pretty good this week
Best moment this week: Feeling the baby move!!!
Miss anything? My family and the Training Table... :(
Food cravings: Training Table!
Anything making you queasy or sick: Actually no.. all food sounds pretty good at this point!
Have you started to show yet? yes... I'm starting to feel huge :( I can only imagine what its going to be like when I'm even bigger :/
Belly button in or out? In

Movement: YES!!! FINALLY!!! I cried!!! It was SO cool!!!

Happy or moody most of the time: Happy!
Looking forward to: feeling the baby move more and more!!

18 weeks.... It's A.....

I have been so busy these last few weeks and we've been in the middle of moving and going to Utah so I haven't been keeping up on my weekly posts! I have made it to that point!!!! We got to find out the sex of the baby!!!! Nick took the day off so he was able to go with me and I'm SO GLAD! Its an hour and a half drive to the doctor and this is one I didn't want him to miss! 

My whole life I've only pictured myself with girls and even when I wasn't pregnant, everytime I saw a little girl with bows in her hair, I would get SO excited and just picture myself with my own little girl with hair I can put cute bows in! Well at our first ultrasound, after Nick and I saw the baby for the first time, We both had this HUGE feeling we were having a boy.  I was a little bummed, but for the past few months I've been looking and paying attention to mostly boy stuff. All my thoughts were of this little boy running with a football, playing with his daddy and I was actually really excited to have a boy. We had a boy name picked out and I just KNEW I was having a boy because I wanted a girl SO BAD! (and we can't decide on a girl name) Wednesday morning, Oct. 3rd, I woke up and I was SO EXCITED to be FINALLY finding out what our baby really was! All morning I kept picturing that moment when the tech would tell us what 'it' was and if I was going to be coming home telling Roxy is she was getting a brother or a sister! (Yes, we talk to our dog like she's a human! ;) Well I kept having thoughts, more than ever before, that it was a girl. I kept telling myself, no cuz I didn't want to get my hopes up. Well I went and put Roxy in her kennel and I had a feeling I was coming home and telling her she was getting a sister!!  I kept my thoughts to myself and on the LONG drive to the doctors Nick and I kept tossing ideas around and I still said... I think its a boy.  We got to the doctors and we were taken back and after about 15 mins of doing the measurements and having us watch the screen not have  A CLUE what we were looking at and making sure everything looked good.. the ultrasound tech FINALLY said... "Ok, have I made you wait long enough? Do you want to know what you're having?!" Of course we both said yes!!! She showed us the legs and then pointed to in between them and said... I don't see anything there... ITS A GIRL!!! Tears started rolling down my face! I couldn't believe it! I was SO EXCITED!! Nick was holding my hand and I looked over at him and squeezed it. He looked at me and smiled and had a look of 'aw crap' on his face! Fifteen more mins went by and she showed us all of the parts and said everything looked good and then she double checked and said... "its still a girl" Nick thought he would be funny and said.. "Dang it! It didn't change" LOL! He was really excited but kinda sad at the same time cuz he really wanted a boy. Its been a couple days and it has sunk in and now he is REALLY excited to be having a girl!! He just says his life is going to be VERY stressful!!! haha! 

How far along? 18 Weeks

Total weight gain/loss: Gained 1 pound from last appointment but i am still down 8 lbs. Doctor said he isn't worried so thats good!
Maternity clothes? I still fit in my regular pants but I wear some of my maternity ones cuz they are comfy
Stretch marks? So many :(
Sleep: Still sleeping pretty good. I have been waking up really early though.
Best moment this week: Finding out the sex!!
Miss anything? My clear skin... its gotten so bad again :(
Food cravings: Nothing in particular
Anything making you queasy or sick: Actually no.. all food sounds pretty good at this point!
Have you started to show yet? yes... kinda fun!
Belly button in or out? In

Movement: I have felt a few flutters but nothing that has gotten my attention and is super exciting yet!Happy or moody most of the time: Happy!
Looking forward to: Buying baby girl stuff and finally being able to get the room put together and knowing I can make it ALL pink!!!

13 Weeks

I went to the specialist yesterday. It was really good!  The doctor didn't seem to be too concered about anything but did say that he wants me to have a C-section because of the surgery I had after I got married and I am totally ok with that! I'd rather be safe than sorry!

I woke up one morning last week and had a HORRIBLE feeling that something was wrong with my baby... I thought that he/she may not be alive..... YA HORRIBLE! I tried really hard to not stress about it and I thought that if something was wrong that my body would tell me.  Well yesterday when I went to the doctor I told him my concern and he said that my body wouldn't necessarily tell me if something was wrong. So that kind of freaked me out but he was really nice and took me into a room and used the little hand-held machine to check for the baby's heartbeat.  Well after like 2 mins of rubbing it over my tummy, he stopped and was like, ummm lets go into the ultrasound room.  Ya.. I was FREAKING OUT! He couldn't find the baby's heartbeat! I tried my hardest to keep it together and  I called Nick all in a panic and told him what was going on. While we waited for an ultrasound room to open, Tawni was doing her best to keep  me calm. (she told me later that she was feaking out too and didn't know what she was going to do if something was wrong with the baby) So about 5 mins. later they call me back to the Ultrasound room and he turns on the monitor and the baby wasn't moving and I couldn't hear anything... then FINALLY... I heard the heartbeat! Tears started rolling down my face! I was SO HAPPY to FINALLY hear my baby and know that everything was ok! The doctor said that everything sounded good and the baby was at the right measurements and everything for how far along I was.  I felt a HUGE sense of relief and I am SO GRATEFUL for technology and that I was able to hear my baby's heartbeat and know that everything is ok!

 

 

How far along? 13 Weeks

Total weight gain/loss: Found out at the doctor yesterday that I have actually lost another pound so I am down 9 lbs from my pre weight
Maternity clothes? I don't need them yet but I wear the pants my mom got me sometimes cuz they are comfy!
Stretch marks? Found a few more :(
Sleep: Still sleeping really good! Last night I got 13.5 hours... oops.. :)
Best moment this week: Being able to hear my Baby's heartbeat!!!
Miss anything? My family
Food cravings: I've Been craving Oilve Garden and I got to go!!
Anything making you queasy or sick: Ground beef and sausage.... yuck!
Have you started to show yet? I don't think so
Gender prediction: Still thinking its a boy, but I had a dream it was a girl!
Belly button in or out? In
Happy or moody most of the time: I think I've been a little moody this week
Looking forward to: Moving and going to Utah to see my family and friends!

Week 12

 

How far along? 12 Weeks

Total weight gain/loss: I haven't weighed myself but I'm pretty sure I've gained a few more lbs back
Maternity clothes? Not yet
Stretch marks? Some.... NOOOOO!!!
Sleep: I have been getting really good sleep this week... atleast 10 hours a night!!!
Best moment this week: Finding a place to live!! We get to move hopefully in 2 weeks!!
Miss anything? My clear skin :( I've broken out like crazy!
Food cravings: Still Taco Time... I get to go home in 3 weeks and I CAN'T wait to eat there!
Anything making you queasy or sick: Smells have haunted me again... especially the way my dog smells :(
Have you started to show yet? I don't think so but my tummy is getting bigger!
Gender prediction: I have no idea anymore... I want a girl, but I just want a heathly baby!
Belly button in or out? In
Happy or moody most of the time: Happy
Looking forward to: Eating Taco Time and going to see the specialist and finding out everything is ok!


Its official! Word is out! Nick and I are expecting our first bundle of joy in February of 2013!! We are SO EXCITED and feeling SO BLESSED because I was really starting to doubt that we would be able to get pregnant because of my PCOS. But we are SO greatful that we are!

So I'm a little far behind on blogging about the first few weeks of pregnancy cuz I have been so sick but hopefully I get caught up!

How far along? 9 Weeks

Total weight gain/loss: I've lost 10 lbs because I haven't been able to keep anything down.
Maternity clothes? My Mom took me shopping to Motherhood Maternity when they were here for vacation and I got some super cute clothes!! Thanks Momma!
Stretch marks? Not really any... I can see some wanting to come though :(
Sleep: Not so great.  I wake up sick and then I have a hard time getting back to sleep :(
Best moment this week: Ummm.... I've been soo sick so I don't know that I have one.
Have you told family and friends? We have told close family and some friends.
Miss anything? Feeling good
Food cravings: NONE everything makes me sick well except for otter pops!
Anything making you queasy or sick: EVERYTHING. But especially jalepeno jelly with cream cheese for some reason. and smells.... holy moly everything STINKS!
Have you started to show yet? No
Gender prediction: I really want a girl and Nick wants a boy but he thinks its a girl right now.
Belly button in or out?  In
Happy or moody most of the time: Moody, only cuz  I haven't felt good.
Looking forward to: Not being sick 24/7

We just told the world! lol!! We put this on facebook and on our family webpage so now pretty much everyone knows! We got to go to the doctor to get our first ultrasound and now I am 10 weeks along!!

How far along? 10 Weeks

Total weight gain/loss: I've been feeling much better so I'm only down 8 lbs. (gaing 2lbs a week seems like a lot.... eeeek!)
Maternity clothes? Not wearing them yet.
Stretch marks? still none.... well no more than I had before I got prego lol!
Sleep: OOO so much better! I have started taking unisom, which is a sleeping pill with vitamin B6 to help with the nausea and I have been sleeping great!
Best moment this week: We got to see the baby on the ultrasound for the first time!!!!
Have you told family and friends? yes everyone knows now!
Miss anything? My mom... its hard being pregnant and not having your mom around.
Food cravings: Arbys and Taco Time!!! sadly, where we live... those places don't exist :(
Anything making you queasy or sick: not really now, thank goodness! but the thought of jalepeno jelly with cream cheese still makes me want to vomit
Have you started to show yet? No
Gender prediction: After seeing the ultrasound, Nick and I both got the feeling that its a boy... but I guess we will wait and see
Belly button in or out? In
Happy or moody most of the time: I think I've been a little happier this week
Looking forward to: My next appointment and finding out the gender!

This week I got a phone call from the doctors telling me that I am on their High Risk pregancy list so Doctor Amon wants me to see another docotor who is a specialist and that I will need further testing .... Ya super stressed about that but I'm hoping that seeing this doctor will make me feel a little more at ease about everything.

How far along? 11 Weeks

Total weight gain/loss: I haven't weighed myself but I'm pretty sure I've gained a few more lbs back
Maternity clothes? Not yet
Stretch marks? No
Sleep: I have my days... some good. some not so good
Best moment this week:  I don't have a specific one but I have loved that I can pretty much eat whatever and not felt super sick.

Miss anything? Still missing my mom
Food cravings: Taco Time... I went out of town and we ate at Arbys and it tasted SO GOOD!!
Anything making you queasy or sick: Smells have bothered me a little bit but not any food really
Have you started to show yet? No
Gender prediction: Still thinking its a boy... Nick isn't quite sure lol
Belly button in or out? In
Happy or moody most of the time: I've been moody kinda because I've been really tired and grogy.  We have mold in our house too (we are trying to move out) but I think the mold might be making me feel not so great and I'm definitly stressing out about finding somewhere to live.
Looking forward to: Moving into a new place and finding out the gender.

Our biggest adventure yet...

As many of you know, the move to Ehrenberg Arizona hasn't been the funnest thing for us.  I have spent MANY nights crying wishing I could just be back home.  From HATING our so called "house" to HATING not being around ANY of our family, from not being able to find a job to working the worst possible job EVER, I just wanted to turn back time and NEVER have moved here...I had pretty much given up on EVERYTHING! Then one day, I got a phone call.... it was my cousin Chandi. She has been living in North Carolina for a while and I asked how she was doing it, being so far away from everyone. We had a much needed talk and she gave me some really good advice. I was telling her that I am SO embarrassed by where we live and what we live in....... A trailer! You know, everyone gets SO EXCITED about stuff they do to their houses and they post pictures so everyone can see what fabulous stuff they have... well I haven't wanted to do that because I was embarrassed by all of it! We live in a MOBLE HOME, OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, our walls are wood paneling, the wallpaper is 70's floral, the shower and bath tubs are yellow, the carpet is atrocious, the blinds are stained and have holes, its kinda falling apart, and it smells! (luckily I sell scentsy!) So why would ANYONE want to live here?! Well I don't know, but Nick and I ended up here for some reason and we are making it work... Nick LOVES his job and is home by 5 every night, he doesn't work weekends and we have got to spend all this time together.. just the two of us and I wouldn't trade it for the world! I have been SO HUMBLED by living here.  WE may not live in the nicest house around, but we have nice things and we have each other. We have been SO BLESSED our whole lives with SO MUCH! My cousins advice was to take pictures of where we live and show them off.. be proud of where we live because we won't be here forever and one day we will be able to look back and say.... WE LIVED THERE!!! So I am taking my cousins advice and showing off our cute little old trailer that we call home... for now :) (Heavenly Father has definitely taught me the meaning of gratitude on this one!! :)

This is our  family room

     

One Bathroom

The other bathroom... isn't the wallpaper beautiful?!

The Kitchen

My Scrapbooking/Scentsy Room... look at that carpet!! :)

Our fabulous front yard!

This is the front door! The ramp is there because there was a handicap that lived here once.
Check it..... we have a palm tree in our front yard!!!! :)



Moving here from Utah has been SO different! Nick is contracted for 2 years and then he will be able to put in for a transfer!  I have to keep telling myself that this move isn't permanent! But we are enjoying it while we're here!  One of the hardest things has been location.... The only stores we have are Rite-Aid and K-mart. Then for groceries we have Albertsons and Smart and Final. But all of these stores are in California so they are RIDICULOUSLY expensive! So we have to travel quite aways to get to just about EVERYTHING! It is an hour and a half to two hours to: Lake Havasu City, AZ.  Yuma, AZ. Phoenix, AZ. and Palm Springs, CA. It has made it kind of fun because we REALLY look forward to the weekend because we get to go to the city!! :) We have LOVED getting to know all of the different towns and finding all the Malls!! Oh and we are only 3 hours from DISNEYLAND!!! We haven't been yet because it's SO expensive but I'm sure we'll make it there sooner that later! :)


For other news: Nick is serving in the Young Mens and I am in the Young Womens! We both LOVE our callings and they are definitely helping to make living away from home SO much easier!!  I was working at a Salon in Quartzite, AZ for just a couple weeks, but they close their shop for the summer because Quartzite is a SNOW BIRD town and EVERYONE leaves. I am planning on returning to the shop in late September! As for surviving the Summer heat down here... We are RIGHT on the Colorado River so we'll be in the water to stay cool! We also have thought about getting season passes to Knott's Soak City waterpark in Palm Springs! Well I hope I haven't overwhelmed you with this post! But thanks for reading!!

UTAH!!!!

Nick and I were lucky enough to go home to Utah last weekend to visit for a few days!!!! Nicks grandma turned 90 and They had a birthday party for her and we didn't want to miss it! So my parents were so generous and made it possible for us to be there! We were only able to be there for a few days and everything was so crazy, I didn't get any pictures :(  but we have the memories and I'm so glad! 
We had so much fun while we were there! We started out late and didn't leave our house until 4:30 pm on friday and we drove ALL night and pulled into my parents driveway at 2:30 am. We got a few hours of sleep and then we started our short vacation! We had breakfast with my family and then I went and got my hair cut!! (It was greatly needed!) Then we went to surprise Nick's family, cuz they didnt know we were going to be there! They were at the church setting up for the party and we snuck up on his mom and scared her! It was sooo funny! So then we enjoyed the party and my parents came to see Nicks grandma and I left with them to get some dinner! Then later that night we were SO lucky to get together with All of our friends to play games! It was so nice to be with everyone again and it was so great that everyone could be there! We stayed out late and had so much fun! Then Sunday morning I got to go to church with my mom...well my dad too but he is busy bein the bishop! Then Nick and I went to church with his parents and his Nieces that were in town from vegas for the party!!! We had dinner with nicks family and then we went back to my parents house and played games with my family! Michelle and Jeff came over and I got to see her wedding dress!!! Im so excited for them!!! Monday morning we got up super early and headed back to bountiful so nick could play basketball with all of his buddies!! It was so fun seeing them all together! He has the most amazing group of friends! All of them are returned missionaries and doing such great things! After basketball we went to nicks parents for Jessi's birthday breakfast! Everyone was there and it was great! The vegas clan headed home and we went back to layton.  We spent the rest of the day just hangin out and I did my moms nails! That night we went to dinner with my family and Nicks parents! Then we went to my parents house and I cut everyones hair! It was great!  But all great things must come to an end :( we packed up Tuesday morning and headed back to Arizona. I am so grateful for the opportunity we had to be back home, even for just a little bit! There's no place like home!!! :)

The Big Move!!

Hello from Arizona!! We finally made it to our new home! You may be thinking, Wait?! Arizona? yes, we're livingin Arizona!  Nick got a job working in Blythe, California which happens to be right on the border of Cali and Arizona so we are living in a SMALL town called Ehrenberg on the Arizona side. Nick moved down three weeks before I did to do some training in Blythe and then Roxy and I got to go with him to Scottsdale for two weeks while he did training there! 

FedEx is an excellent company to work for and they took such great care of us while we were in Scottsdale! They paid for our hotel room andall of nicks food! So we got to go to lots of different restaurants!

One place we went was The Old Tortilla Factory During the meal they bring out that
days specialty tortillas. We got to try the potato tortillas with Cheddar cheese butter. They
were interesting but We liked them.

We also went to the Cheesecake Factory, Ztejas, Olive Garden, Chilis, and some other yummy places but my Favorite place we went to was... BUFFALO WILD WINGS!!!! I fell in love with this place when I lived in Texas so I was so excited to go there!! (we went there twice!)

It wasn't the funnest thing staying in a hotel for two weeks, but I was SO GLAD the hotel allowed dogs.  Otherwise I would have had to stay home by myself and that would have been bad!  The other great thing about the hotel... being in Scottsdale and all, we got to swim OUTSIDE in the awesome pool in the middle of December!! It was great!! This is the view from our room!

The hotel just happened to be like 5 MINS. from the Scottsdale Mall, which was AMAZING!! It is 3 stories high and like 5 miles long! (ok not really that long, but it sure seems like it) It was AMAZING!!  We got to get some Christmas shopping done while we were there!

Well it all had to come to an end and we headed on the long drive home..... This is our view just about the ENTIRE DRIVE to and from Pheonix.... Or should  I say, ANYWHERE we go!

A whole lot of NOTHINGNESS! 

So now we have settled in and life is pretty much back to normal.  Nick's new hours have been AWESOME and he is loving his new Job! I don't have a job yet, but I am looking.  I don't have my license in the State of California and in order for me to get it, I have to take California State Boards.  I REALLY don't want to go through that again, or pay to do it again so I have thought about getting a Job in Parker, Az which is 45 mins. from Ehrenberg.  Ya... 45 mins.  Wouldn't be so bad if there was actually something to look at while you took the drive, but as mentioned above..... WE LIVE OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF NO WHERE! So 45 of nothingness, all by yourself, everyday???? Ya not so fun. So I decided to look into some salons in a town called Quartzite, Az.  It is only 25 mins. from us, but its a REALLY SMALL TOWN and like Blythe, its a Snow bird town, so they are busy in the winter but everyone leaves in the Summer. Also, out here, every salon is booth rent.  Which means, that you have to pay a monthly fee to basically rent out your station to do hair.  Well when you don't have a clientele, this is not the ideal situation to be in because you also have to supply ALL of your product.  (Color, perms, rods, capes, foils, etc.) Which is crazy expensive, just starting out. So I would basically have to "Start my own Business" to even work in one of the salons.  So all that being said, I've decided to put doing hair and nails off for now, maybe do it on the side in my house for some people. So now I'm on the look out for basically anything to keep me occupied! There are VERY few places here to work so we'll see.