He/She

It's official, one boy cooking in the oven... will be ready February 22nd 2013

20 Week Pregnacy Moment... and more

Tomorrow!  We find out what we are having!  I have had more people  guess boy then girl, and I am kinda thinking it's a boy because we want a girl.  Either way, as long as its human, we will still take it :)

Will's favorite thing to do lately is count my "mood swings".  For those of you who are pregnant, hopefully you understand and it's not just me.  Late at night (like 8:30) you start getting really tired, which means to me at least, I have a hard time controlling my emotions.  Simple things can make me jump from one mood to another.  Will enjoys this and starts counting "that's mood one, two, three..." which in turn makes me even more frustrated as he keeps counting "four...five..." until he sees steam coming out of my ears and finally quits.  The pathetic part is that I know it is how stupid I am with getting frustrated but I still do!  Then, a couple minutes later when I am calmed down and tucked into bed, I relax and laugh about it.  This is a reoccurring event a couple of times a week, you would think I would learn. 

This week I got 3 1/2 inches of my hair cut.  I LOVE it!  I started getting really frustrated with my hair lately and decided I needed to get it chopped, it's been a whole year!  I have this ever going dilemma where I don't like my hair too short, so I grow it, then get sick of it, and like it short again.  But I am never willing to cut it every couple of months, only once or twice a year.  As of now, I love it and I am telling myself I will get it cut again before the baby is born, going one year is way to long for me. 

Projects...

This weekend General Conference was AMAZING!  I love listening to the talks, esp the prophet and always feel like they are directed to me only.  To keep myself from falling asleep during some of the sessions, I did some projects to keep myself busy. 


I made "baked" doughnuts from off of Pinterest.  I think they defiantly turned out looking a lot better then taste.  They weren't very fluffy.  Also, I guess I always imagine doughnuts being sweet, or having some sweetness to them, these didn't have any... so, if I am going to make something that is sweet, I am not making the amazingly healthy version of it because it just doesn't taste very good.  If you make them, I recommend making only the "doughnut hole" version because bite size ones tasted better.  

I received a blanket from a secret sister a couple years ago.  It was a nice lightweight picnic blanket that rolled up easily to carry over your shoulders.  I decided to make one for a friends baby shower, using the "PUL" fabric (usually used to make cloth diapers) for the bottom so it would be somewhat waterproof.  I have been working on this randomly throughout the past couple months and finally finished it this weekend with help from my mom to fix my sewing machine.  Unfortunatly, I was to impatient to wait for my mom to have time to show me how to sew the corners, so I figured it out by myself.  They don't look the best so my friend will have to forgive me, but other then that, I think it turned out pretty good!

19 week Pregnancy moment...kinda late

You know, it's really hard to go grocery shopping when you are prego... because you start to crave EVERYTHING!  Well, on Sat. I was at the store, and decided to indulge in a medium back of peanut M&M's.  So, I bought them, and ate them till there was only about 1/4 bag left.  I KNOW!  Bad!  I made Will take them and hide them so I would quit eating them.  Well, Sunday comes around, and I really want some chocolate, AKA peanut M&M's.  I looked EVERYWHERE!  I could not find them... so I settle for some chocolate chips.  I finish what's let of the bag (not much, I promise :)  Monday... I really want those M&M's!  I look EVERYWHERE again!  Even in the garbage to see if he ate the rest of them... nope not there either.  Tuesday... date night.  After going out to eat, we stop at Sam's club.  We like to "walk around" after eating a TON of food.  Well, there was a HUGE bag of chocolate candy bars!  Will talked me into getting them ;)  I then told him how I have been CRAVING chocolate and I couldn't find those M&M's.  He starts laughing.  We get home, and he pulls out the bag from the hiding spot (no, I still haven't found it, but know what room it's in now) and allows me to eat the rest.  They were SO good!  I didn't even eat any of the candy bars we just bought, even though I am sure those will be next.

I am very glad to say, "I have not craved pickles!"  From what I hear, prego people crave pickles.  I don't like them worth a nickel!  I make Will pick them off because I am even grossed out to touch them (this is pre pregnancy days too).  So, if I start to crave pickles, I don't know what I will do because I REFUSE to eat those nasty things!

18 Weeks pregnancy moment...

Being pregnant I have learned I just need to accept the fact that I am going to gain weight and get a "fat"/"baby" belly.  It has been something I know is going to happen, but I still have a hard time getting used to it and accepting it.  Well, about every other day or so Will gets to put up with me saying "I am gaining so much weight!"  or "I feel really fat"  or something else in relation to me being fat.  (I am a girl, what can I say?) 

Well, yesterday, I got on the scale and it said I had gained 8 lbs! since my Dr. appt 1 1/2 weeks ago!  I was so frustrated that "I can't gait 10 pounds every 2 weeks!  I'll end up with 60lbs of baby fat to loose"  "how can I gain so much?  I have been running and eating a little better cuz I can actually eat some fruits and veggies now", and stuff like that.  I went to complain to Will about how much weight I was gaining when I was trying to be healthy and he starts laughing at me.  (Usually he just rolls eyes and says something like "you are pregnant...(fill in the blank)..." ).  Well, apparently our scale got adjusted on accident some way and was adding an extra 5-8 lbs.  Man, when he fixed that I was much happier to realize I had only gained 1-3 lbs.

Heber

This past weekend we went up to our families cabin in Heber to enjoy the cooler weather and a break from every day life.  It was so nice up there!  We got up there late Fri night. 






Sat. morning Will spent the morning fixing the pump (hopefully it won't break
 any more) so we could have running water.  After multiple trips to the local ACE and True Value we managed to put it all back together with no leaks.  He then built a box to cover the pump, with hinges!  I enjoyed the cooler weather, racked up some pine needles and cleaned up the mess he made.  We enjoyed an afternoon walk, and I even went running.  Since I've been prego, I've only been running 1-2 miles twice a week.  I was able to run about 2 miles and it felt so nice!  I did notice the elevation a bit, which I am hoping it only bothered me cuz I am carrying around extra luggage :)  We went to church on Sun. and then headed home after a nice restful weekend spending time alone.

17 weeks and counting

So here is my first official pregnancy photo... it's when I was 16 weeks and I promise my belly is bigger then it looks in this picture.  

Funny/not so funny memories about pregnancy.

1.  Pregnancy brain-  the number of times I was making dinner and forgot the most important part,  the chicken!  I remember thinking the meal tasted weird, and the next morning realized I forgot to put the chicken it!  My husband even loves me so much, he ate it without even pointing out my mistake.
2.  Craving date night at Red Robin.  Eating a great mean, then puking it ALL up within 2 min of being home.  I still don't know when I''ll be able to go eat there again. 
3. Being so hungry/sick to my stomach and getting so grumpy at dinner time because I don't know what to eat and nothing sounds good but I am STARVING!
4.  Asking my husband to cook extra eggs for dinner so I can have some, and not eating one bite when he was finished because I got so sick to my stomach.
5.  I LOVE sleeping on my stomach now and  will miss it when I get too big. 
6.  My regular jeans are getting snug and really uncomfortable and my maternity jeans are still a little too big... what to wear what to wear.