30 Weeks

32 weeks

Announcing the Gender of our baby!!!

Joe and I wanted to do something fun to announce the gender of our baby to our families. After some thought we decided on getting a black balloon and stuffing it full of confetti for the gender. And then have someone pop the balloon and the room will be covered in the color for the baby. It was a lot of fun to see the response of our family members as the balloon was popped and the room was showered with pink!!! In my family my brother Weston was the only one to guess right everyone else thought we were going to have a boy and Joe's dad Brent thought we were going to have a girl.

Baby Bump

I have had several people ask me to post baby bump pictures. I am a little embarrassed about some of these pictures, I will be the first to admit that they are not the best pictures of me. But it shows you the growth I have had. We started at being good with taking pictures but that didn't last long.

26 Weeks

8 Weeks

29 Weeks

Today I am 29 weeks and 4 days. Last Week we went to the doctors for my 28 week appointment. They did an ultrasound to check my placenta because when they did the ultra sound at 20 weeks they found a calcification spot on my placenta. My doctor was not worried about it but wanted to check on it at 28 weeks. When they did the ultra sound today they couldn't find it, it was gone! The doctor says that is normal. Our little girl measured 4 days ahead and weighs 2 lbs 15oz. My doctor says she is a little on the heavier side but that being in the 3rd trimester measuring the weight with the ultra sound can be off a little. Our little girl is still VERY active. I just love feeling her move around everyday.

I am really happy I didn't gain any weight from my last appointment. I thought for sure with the holidays and all the food I have been eating that I would step on that scale in the office and be disappointed about the weight gain, but think all that food was so good. But when I stepped on it I was happily surprised it didn't go up.

We love this little girl so much already. Its fun to see the growth she has made already.

28 Weeks

20 Weeks

When we found out the gender 16 Weeks

First Ultrasound 8 Weeks

Loving It!!!

There are the discomforts that come with being pregnant but I would not trade it for anything. It is such a blessing to be pregnant. I am grateful to have the opportunity to be pregnant. I am now 25 weeks 4 days. We are a little more then half way there. At about 19 weeks I was able to feel our little GIRL move, just little flutters here and there. A different kind of feeling then I have ever had. Now I feel her move multiple times a day. I just love the pokes I feel from her. As of right now it seems like a lot of the time when she is moving around and there is someone that wants to feel her move as soon as they put their hand on my belly she stops moving. It doesn't happen all the time but often. Also at about 19 weeks the nausea started to subside.The nausea is now more just a hit and miss but at least its not everyday all day. The last couple of weeks I have started to get some heartburn so we are just moving from one thing to another but that is just fine as long as things continue to go well with this pregnancy I will do my best to endure the things that come with being pregnant. I just started wearing maternity clothes, I can fit into some of my clothes but I am finding maternity clothes can be more comfortable. I am still able to sleep pretty good. I am so glad that I am not getting up very night to go to the bathroom, but I hear this comes back towards the end. I haven't really had food cravings. Every once in awhile something sweet sounds good but I was that way before I was pregnant. So far no stretch marks!

As I am sitting here right now I can feel our little girl moving around. I love the feeling. It bring tears to my eyes to be able to experience something so magical and special. A couple weeks ago Joe was able to feel her move! I love when he is able to feel her move. Our little girl is growing. At our 20 week appointment they told us she measured 2days ahead and weighed 14oz. and very thing looks good. They did find a spot on the placenta that the doctor wants to follow up on at 28wks. She says she isn't concerned about it at this time but she wants to make sure it does not grow. Our doctor has told us several times we have a very active baby, and I would agree. I know this is my first pregnancy and I might not know much but man some days it seems like she does not hold still and is in there doing flips or something fun!!!

Big Blessing

It started around Joe's birthday when we met with his family up in the mountain for dinner. When we were getting ready to leave Ally told me she was done with her maternity clothes and gave them to Sarah and once Sarah was finished I could have them and save them for when I got pregnant. I thought that was nice of her but a little weird to think about. Then Sarah started talking to me about having kids and gave me a book Your Pregnancy Week by Week because she had two of them. Again I thought this was a little weird but I will have some stuff whenever Joe and I do add to our family. Then a couple days later I got an ad for a free breastfeeding cover. I thought I will get this and I can use it as a baby shower gift. Through out the month I felt like there was a large amount of friends and family talking about babies and asking when we were going to have kids, my response was somewhere along the lines I am not sure but look forward to when we have kids. I had prayed several times before for guidance to know if it was time to add to our family never felt like I got much of an answer. So I prayed one time requarding this question this month and felt I had got the answer!

I believe it was Aug 2nd I told Joe I felt like I was pregnant. He asked me why I felt like I was pregnant, I told him I didn't know I just felt like it. So that night I took and test and it said I was pregnant. Both Joe and I didn't know if we should believe it or not. Therefore, I took another one and got the same results. It kind of surprised me to see this even though I kind of already felt like knew that is what the test was going to show.

Joe came with me to my first appointment. Both of us were really hoping to have an ultrasound to see this little baby. We got our wish. I looked over at Joe as our little baby was on the screen he had a big smile. I couldn't help but smile as well. It was such a special thing for both us to see our baby and then hear the heart beat. I have been nauseated and its been an all day thing not just in the morning. My hair has been breaking off like crazy. Talking to the doctor there is nothing I can do about this. I had no energy I felt like I could sleep almost all day every day. Going to work 3 days a week was about all I could handle and doing house work just didn't really happen. Happy to say now that I am 17 weeks and 3 days I do a have a little more energy. However some days I still feel like I could sleep all day. Joe has been so good to me. He is always asking how I am doing and telling me to take a nap, eat or whatever it is that he feels will help me to feel better.

I love the closeness, and joy this baby have brought for Joe and I already. My heart is full of gratitude for the blessing this baby been thus far. (more to come)

Working Days

I have finally moved to working to days. I have been working days for a couple of weeks now. I do like them but at the same time I miss nights. I love that fact that Joe and I get to see each other more with me working days. I physically feel better working days, I didn't notice it when I was working nights but I felt a little crummy all the time. It is easier for me to sleep almost every night now that I am not switching my sleep back and forth. However days can be very chaotic with discharge, admit (which are a lot of work). I never really experienced getting all or almost all new patients during the night. Also with days you have to deal with family members, doctors, physical therapy, case management, and other people. At nights I didn't have to worry about all those people but you have less help working at nights. I really got to know the people I worked with on nights and enjoyed working with them, now I have to get to know the people working days. The night crew I worked with was better at working as team and this is one thing I miss about nights. But to weigh out the pros and cons seeing my husband more, physically feeling better, and having a more normal schedule will keep me on days for the time being.

I need to do better at posting activities Joe and I are involved in and taking pictures. That is one thing I am going to work on!