Cute

I'm pretty sure I have the cutest hubby ever. This morning when we were waking up Chris rolling over and put his face against my belly to talk to baby. The conversation went something like this "Good morning baby, How you doing in there? Did you sleep well? Are you all warm in comfy? Has mommy been feeding you well? I love you!" I think it's so sweet and he pauses in between each question which I sometimes will pretend to be baby and answer lol (yeah I'm silly) And he gives baby kisses and rubs my belly through out the day, it makes me melt. He'll be such a good daddy!

 And here are some belly shots I'm now 18 weeks along

Chris says it looks like there's a football in my belly lol Oh and we have our ultrasound next week! May 5th!

Fun stuff!

We have our ultrasound appointment set!! YAY it’ll be on May 5^th. In 2 weeks and 3 days!! So exciting! I hope they’ll be able to see what the gender is!! I’ll be 19 w 2 d and our doctor said that we could get it done anywhere from 18-20 weeks. Also more exciting news my mom and dad are coming out they’re driving out on the 20^th of this month so in 2 days and will be here for about a week! So fun! This weekend is going to be super busy! Friday at noon Chris and I will be going to a friends sealing at the Draper Temple then that night there’s going to be a party for Lars’s graduation, Saturday is going to be girly time with mom, Ashley, Darby and me Sunday Josh and Cherry are having Baby Hank blessed. And that’s just the planned stuff, so I’m sure there will be more stuff that will be happening while mom and dad are here. Fun fun fun!

16 weeks

We had our 16 week appointment done today it was a good but really short visit. We got to hear the heartbeat and had blood taken and that’s about it. Oh and probably most importantly we got the paper to get our ultrasound done!! Yay we’ll be finding out the gender of the baby really soon! She said we could have it done in 2 to 4 weeks. We’ll probably have it done in 3 weeks to compromise. I want to get it done as soon as possible and Chris wants to wait the full 4 weeks so it’s easier to see the gender. I’m the emotional one and Chris is the logical one lol. Also Chris has been calling baby she for about a week now, so I think that it’s gone from wanting baby to be a girl to think for sure it’s a girl for him. I’m still undecided I honestly don’t know what baby is. So I stick with the neutral “baby” and if I need to say he or she I just say “he or she”. Oh and on a side note Chris made ribs yesterday and they make me happy! I’m still having a hard time wanting to eat much and just eat b/c I know I have to. So to have something yummy that I enjoy eating makes me happy! 

Belly Shots

So I became very bloated very soon after getting pregnant. I was very uncomfortable and (I think) very pregnant looking right away. I started taking pictures of my belly really early. I thought you might enjoy looking at my belly shots I've taken so far the first ones are just bloat of course but my belly is now starting to get firmer every week meaning the belly is now being caused by baby. I've been taking the pictures myself and just trying to get the belly so my head is often cut off and our mirror is usually dirty lol anyways here are the pictures.

Just for reference here is me about 2 months before getting pregnant so I know I had a bit of a belly to start with.

5 week uncomfortableness

10 weeks still bloated with a bit babyness along with it lol

14 weeks and feeling pretty big (yes there is only one baby so please don't ask I just show a lot)

15 weeks

Still 15 weeks I just thought it was kinda funny how much my belly stuck out when I was sitting

and these are from today 16 weeks, belly is definitely feeling firmer and not bloated
 

 Oh I forget to mention I still haven't gained any weight yet I actually lost quite a bit of weight during the first trimester, around 15 pounds or so, and have just stayed at that weight.

honesty

It really bothers me that being honest is the same as being rude a lot of the time. It's really annoying.

We're Pregnant!!

Yes I realize I have 3 sidebar ticker things but they were all so cute! lol So I started to keep a journal which I've been calling the baby blog even though it's just a word document since we started trying. And I thought I'd share some of the more exciting entries from it.

Jan 23 at 1:00 am we found out that WE’RE PREGNANT!!! YAY!!! I’m SO excited! So here’s the story, I begged Chris to get me a pregnancy test because I had been having pregnancy symptoms for about a week.  But he said they were a waste of money and that I should just wait till I missed my period. But you can miss your period for several different reasons so that's not a for sure tell of being pregnant. AND I’m super impatient! Lol I asked him to look at the dollar store, Sarah (my oldest sister) told me that she had used the dollar store ones and that those worked great! So he checked at the dollar store and they actually had one for just a dollar our dollar stores are dumb and hardly have things for just a dollar! What is up with that?!? Anyways back to the story I took a nap while watching Ghost Whisperer, and when I woke up I had to pee and I couldn't resist testing because I had a test! I was a little worried though because on the directions it said you could test as early as your first missed day. I wasn't expecting to miss my period for another 3 days or so. But I wanted to test anyways, so I was sneaky and brought a cup in with me to the bathroom so I could catch my “sample”. OH a really cool thing with this test it only needed 4 drops of pee! How cool is that only 4 drops!! I thought that was awesome! So I peed in the cup and used the little dropper that came with the test. Put in my 4 drops and waited for the results and it was POSTIVE! How stinkin exciting!!! I came out of the bathroom and grabbed the onesie and booties I had made to give to Chris as my way of telling him we’re pregnant. I gave him the onesie, booties and showed him the test with the result chart thinger. And he just looked at it and was all does that mean we're pregnant? And I just smiled and nodded. I teared up a bit happy tears of course! That’s when we took pictures! Chris is very excited as well! And loves his onesie and booties! (Well he won’t actually be wearing them but you know what I mean) And that’s the story of how we found out we’re pregnant! 

Jan 30^th So I like to chat before going to bed, so I'll talk with Chris while we're getting all cozy in bed to fall asleep. So last night I asked him if he had a preference to whiter the baby is a boy or girl? He said yes but he didn't want to say which one he wanted ... so I assumed he wanted a boy b/c he knows I love the idea of having a girl and that he didn't want to say that he wanted a boy b/c of that. Of course I'll be thrilled no matter what as long as baby is happy and healthy. And I told him it’s fine if you want a boy I'm not going to be upset or anything if you do, most daddys do want boys. But he still wouldn't tell me what he was hoping the baby would be; because he said, "If I say it out loud it won't come true" It's not a birthday wish! lol So I kept bugging him because I really wanted to know! And he wants baby to be a girl! I thought that was so sweet because usually guys are all I want a boy and blah blah blah manly crap blah blah blah. Cute huh! He had so much fun with his little cousin (Tressa Slight) while they were here in July she LOVED him and just wanted to be held and snuggle with him and stuff so I think that's one of the reasons why he wants a girl. But he isn't sure why he just really wants it to be a girl! *sigh* so sweet! I love it! =D 

Sun Jan 31^st

I’ve been really emotional. This morning I was really snippy and irritable. On our way home from church I was really annoyed at Chris and then once we got home and out of the car I was laughing really hard. Chris asked, “So how are those mood swings coming?” And I’ve been crying at stuff more than normal (yes I am a crier) The other day I cried at an animal abuse commercial (which I usually cry at anyways) than tonight we watched Toy Story 3 and I cried at the parts I had when I watched it before but today I couldn’t not stop crying and it wasn’t even at the sad part anymore and I was laughing while crying because it was so silly! I was really crying too not just a few tears down my cheeks but like I couldn’t breathe I was crying that badly! Chris thought it was hilarious and told me that I had to go write about it in this while it was still fresh in my memory. 

Sat Feb 19^th I’m so in love with Christopher, that’s pretty much it. I told him I wanted French fries and when he went out to run errands he got me some :) I’m so excited to have this baby with him. He is so cute with kids and babies; I can just imagine how good of a father he is going to be. It makes me love him that much more. I can’t wait to see him with our baby! Thinking about it makes me melt! Life is good.

Mar Sun 20^th So three days a go I turned 24! Man these last 6 years have flown by sooo quickly! I am now the age Chris was when we first meet and started dating! Don’t tell him but that makes me feel old! I remember how in shock I was when I found out that he was 24, me being 18 that seemed to be old lol. I had no clue why he’d be interested in me, I was fresh out of high school and he had been home from his mission for 2 whole years!! Turns out that if you know Chris age doesn’t matter to him. He is an amazing guy and he thought that I was fun and cute so it didn’t matter to him that I was young. He wasn’t trying to take advantage of my young age either which was an other concern of mine. Anyways I didn’t mean to go off on when I met Chris. I actually was going to talk about that day and why it was such an awesome birthday! We finally got to see baby!! And not only did we get to see baby we got to hear baby’s heartbeat!!! Oh my goodness! It was amazing!!! I loved it! I expected to cry, but I didn’t I just was in awe, there’s really a baby in there! All I could do was smile and look at baby and Chris. It was a great moment! I love the middle ultrasound picture I think baby looks like he/she is smiling! It makes me happy; Chris just laughs at me and is like yeah uh huh baby’s smiling lol Oh and we’re 5 days farther along than we thought! I thought that I would be a few days under 12 weeks but baby was measuring at 12 weeks 2 days. So our due date is Sept 27^th. We thought that it’d be Oct 2^nd. 

 

 Those are the major highlights of our pregnancy so far.We'll being getting the ultrasound done to see if baby is a boy or girl in about a month! So we're really excited!