Ward Shower

On Saturday I went to my first baby shower and it was so much fun! One of my old young women leaders Sue, (on the left) and Grandma Ginger (on the right) went to a lot of work to throw me a shower and it was so sweet of them! The decorations were adorable, the food was so yummy and I loved seeing so many people from my old ward!

 Brooklynn was my little helper during the shower - helping me open gifts and bringing them all over to me. She couldn't quite lift this box of diapers so she pushed it over instead. Such Independence!

 She also gave me a present just from her. She decorated the bag all on her own with stickers and wrote all the letters she knows in her name. SO cute! She gave him a monkey stuffed animal!

 I love my mom and I am unbelievably thankful for her and all she has done for me and my little man. I honestly don't know what I would do without her! My little boy is so lucky to be able to call her Grandma!

 Katie was also able to be there and it was so fun to have my sister there with me! I was so worried that with her school and work schedule that she wouldn't be able to be at any baby showers, let alone be here when he is born, but she gets to be here!! She and her roommate gave us a bunch of Dr. Seuss story books and I couldn't be more excited! I almost bought them myself because I wanted them so badly for my little man.

 One of the decorations out front!

 Yummy food!

 Ginger and Sue really went all out and did such a wonderful job! I am so thankful to them for all of their hard work and for making Saturday so great!

33 Weeks

This week has been great! Yesterday I had my doctor appointment and all went well! My blood pressure is VERY low at 104/60 so my doctor was happy with that and I am still measuring a centimeter small. Baby boy's heartbeat sounded great and he is already in the "head down" position! I am now down to my every other week appointments which means we are just getting that much closer!

Lately my little man has been kicking my side SO HARD! Don't get me wrong, it is fun to feel him moving around, but MAN OH MAN it is getting old!

My back pain is just getting worse, but I don't think that will let up until he is born so I'll just have to deal with it. Thankfully I have an amazing husband who rubs my back EVERY.SINGLE.DAY. and that helps a lot!

Brad and I celebrated our two year anniversary on Friday and went up to Park City for the weekend. It is a little weird to think that this was the last time we will celebrate an anniversary without kids! We stayed at an incredibly nice hotel (Newpark Resort) and went shopping at the Tanger Outlets all day Monday. That much walking didn't do any good for my back, but it was worth every second of it! I love spending time with my Bradly!

 (SUCH a comfy bed! I slept like a rock!)

 The living room area and kitchen area of our room.
Hard to see, but we had our own hot tub on the patio!

That tub was HEAVENLY! It was so huge that my head was barely above water, but it took away all of the pressure from my back!

Two dozen roses for our two year anniversary - I love Bradly!

This weekend will be lots of fun because my Grandma Ginger and Sue (a young woman leader of mine) are throwing me a baby shower! They are so sweet and I can't wait for Saturday!!

All in all it has been a great week and I am so excited for baby boy to make his arrival!

7 weeks to go!

33 Week Belly

32 Weeks

I can officially say I am starting to be "done" being pregnant. This last week my back has hurt more than ever, no matter what I eat heartburn likes to visit, I've been having Braxton Hicks contractions quite often and I have constantly felt short of breath! There, venting is done, now on to more exciting things.

My little man has been on the move all week! A couple of days ago he literally didn't stop squirming ALL DAY LONG! It is so fun to sit and watch my stomach and wonder what on earth he is doing in there!

My favorite part of this last week has been what Payton and Brooklynn have said to me. A couple months back Payton put his hand on my tummy and said, "You don't look fat." I loved him for that! Well the other day I was at my mom's house and Payton came up to me again and put his hand on my tummy. This time, with really big eyes, he said, "You really are getting fat!" I was trying so hard not to laugh and told him it was because the baby is getting bigger. Meanwhile, Brooklynn was sitting listening to this and without missing a beat said to me, "And your boobies are getting bigger too!" Both my mom and I were DYING! She then proceeded to pull out the top of her shirt and say, "Like this big!" I was laughing so hard, it completely made my day! Oh the things a 5 year old and a 3 year old notice.

I can't believe we only have 8 weeks to go until my due date! Hopefully this boy will make his arrival sooner rather than later because we are SO excited to meet him!

32 week belly!

BIG MOMENT!

FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE I WAS 10 WEEKS PREGNANT I SLEPT THROUGH THE NIGHT! Oh my goodness, what a difference it makes! I am one happy girl today!

:)

31 Weeks

I can't believe we only have 9 weeks until our baby boy will be here! Time is truly flying! This week has been fun because I have started feeling little man when he has the hiccups. It even woke me up one morning bright and early at 5:00am...I made Brad wake up to feel them too. :) He still squirms around all day long and I love knowing he is alive and well in there! My doctor told me that because I am healthy and so is baby that we didn't have to go to the "every other week" appointments yet so my next appointment isn't until the end of the month! Also coming up are baby showers! One will be June 2nd and the other will be June 23rd. I am so excited because that just means it is getting closer to my due date! My only complaint is still not being able to sleep all that well, but I am determined to find a way! Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. :)

31 Week Belly

And I realized that most of my "belly photos" are of me in sweats...I should really start taking them BEFORE I change out of my work clothes. LOL

 

Mother's Day

This year for Mother's Day I wasn't expecting anything because I am still prego - not technically a mommy yet. Little did I know that Bradly had a little Mother's Day surprise for me! He woke me up on Sunday morning and had made my favorite breakfast - homemade waffles, strawberries and homemade whipped cream! YUMMY! After we ate breakfast he gave me the sweetest card and my FAVORITE perfume. I am so lucky to have such a sweet husband - he absolutely made my day!

Later that day we went to my family's house and Katie and Chesha also got me a Mother's Day gift! They gave me two of the CUTEST little outfits for baby boy and a cute card!

I love how excited Brad and my family are about this little boy's arrival! It makes me even more anxious for him to be here.

I hope everyone else had a fabulous Mother's Day!!

30 Weeks

Whoo hoooo! 30 weeks!

I have still been feeling great and love being pregnant! Sleeping is still hit and miss but I am more than willing to deal with that for my little man. Glucose test apparently went well because I haven't heard back from the doctor in over a week (no news is good news) so I am quite relieved!

The last couple of days have been exciting because I have been able to feel our little guy when he gets the hiccups! Brad still loves feeling him move around and now likes to lay on my tummy. Baby boy will kick him in the head over and over! Also, Nala LOVES laying her head on my belly (I guess it makes a good head rest) but when baby boy starts kicking she gets fed up and moves away from me. Cracks me up!

This week I have started feeling him way over on my sides. Usually I would just feel him in the front of my belly but I think he figured out that he can stretch out whenever he wants. Brad will grab whatever body part is sticking out my side...so weird!

I can't believe how fast time is flying! We are SO anxious to meet our little boy and can't wait for the next 10 weeks to fly!!
30 Week Belly

29 Weeks

Time is flying - only 11 weeks to go until baby boy is here!

Yesterday I had my doctor appointment and it went great! My blood pressure is still very low, weight gain is good, baby boy's heartbeat sounds perfect and I am still measuring a centimeter small. I did my glucose test and it wasn't as awful as I thought it was going to be...except the aftermath. The rest of the night and today I have been sick to my stomach (like I overdid it on the Halloween candy) and my head just throbs. My body is simply not used to that amount of sugar! So glad I only have to do this once per pregnancy!

Now that our boy is getting bigger we can hear his heartbeat with a stethoscope (so glad I saved mine) and it is fun to be able to listen to his heart whenever we want! The only hard part is that he likes to kick the stethoscope so it is sometimes hard to hear anything besides a thump!
This last week I finally got sick of trying to fit into, what used to be, my "big t-shirts." All of them are too tight to fit over my belly so I was fed up! I gave in and stole one of Brad's old t-shirts...such a good choice! I was finally comfortable! I love having a 6'5" hubby! His shirts (even at 29 weeks pregnant) are like dresses on me. He'd better watch out because I'll probably be rummaging through his shirt drawer more often. :)

29 Week Belly
(No full body because I don't feel good today so I am NOT getting ready for the day)

28 Weeks

I have made it to the third trimester and still feel great! I have been able to sleep quite a bit better this last week and it has made a HUGE difference. Nothing too exciting happened this week - baby boy is still a busy body and I feel him all day long. At night when I lay on my side he will kick the side that is being squished by pillows and it sometimes it makes me jump! 

In a few days I go to take my glucose test and hopefully that goes well - I am just waiting for some sort of not so good news because the rest of my pregnancy has been a breeze! I am still worried about my gag reflex taking over when I am drinking that nasty stuff...it stares at me from the refrigerator every single day, just waiting to make me throw up!

Anyway, just 12 short weeks and our baby boy will join our little family! His nursery has been done for over a month, the swing has been set up for even longer than that, diapers are all purchased (and organized by size), outfits hung in his closet (also organized by size up to 2T), car seat all put together and now we just wait. I didn't procrastinate anything so now we have to play the waiting game, lucky us!

28 Week Belly

27 Weeks

Today marks exactly 3 months until our baby boy is due!!
This last week has been a good one! I love being able to watch my stomach move around every time our baby moves! I love that every morning when Brad leans over to snuggle he puts his hand on my stomach and can immediately feel him moving around. I love seeing the look on Payton's face when he can feel the baby kicking. I love that Katie is so interested in how her soon to be nephew is doing and we talk about it constantly! I love that all three of my brothers are excited for his arrival and Brian already has dibs on holding him before anyone else.  I love it all!
My only complaint is that it has become near impossible to sleep. I couldn't seem to find a comfortable position to relieve my annoying back pain until I made myself a bed of pillows. I guess the lack of sleep I am getting now is just preparation for being a mommy!
I am getting so anxious to meet our little boy and just hope that these next three months fly!