31-32 Weeks

Well there have been a few changes over the past 2 weeks:
I am finally feeling bigger. I can't slouch or she will kick me in the ribs. And if I even bend over an inch, my heartburn rages! She is still super active but I think that will start dwindling down. The other morning she was kicking so hard it looked like "Alien" when the thing comes out of Sigourny Weaver's stomach. It was CRAZY! I had my first day of bad swelling to where I couldn't get my wedding rings off. Fortunately that hasn't come back yet. The best part of the last 2 weeks is that she has started having the hiccups. I can feel a repetitive movement down low where her head is. So bizarre that they can get that already :)

At 31 weeks exactly I got the stomach flu (last Wednesday). I had to take my very first sick day in all of my clinical rotations and since starting my job. They say for those who work in medicine sick days don't exist. I have to admit, it was a little weird to not go to work and suck it up. But I couldn't keep anything down and was so dehydrated that I started having contractions. I ended up getting 2 liters of LR at the office and still didn't pee for a few hours after! But at least I was feeling a little better, or so I thought. I had the same issue on Christmas morning - diarrhea and vomiting so I was real fun to be around :) Then that night I started in with a head cold and haven't been able to shake it off yet - 1 week later. Ugh. At least my docs gave me the day off tomorrow so I don't have to take another sick day - doesn't help that I worked 14 HOURS on Tuesday in surgery - I felt pretty crappy after that.

Looking forward to the dwindling time left until our little one arrives!

Fake Christmas

Since Rachel is living in Switzerland and she just had a baby, my parents and Cam are heading that way for Christmas. So we couldn't ruin the family tradition of Christmas Eve dinner and slumber party. This past Saturday we all got together at my parent's and ate the usual: Crab legs, green and red jello, home made potato rolls, tri-tip. It was delicious. Then we opened presents that night instead of the morning. Even though there was no santa presents and we only do gift exchange between siblings, it still took us forever! And I got just what I was hoping for - a sewing machine! Now I can make cute homemade stuff for the baby with all my spare time - ha ha. I hope to at least make a few cute burp cloths.

Enjoy...

29-30 Weeks

30 Weeks - I'd like to consider this the start of the countdown! Only 10 weeks left - 9 if I am so lucky as to go early :) Things are still going well. I have been getting the best sleep and haven't hit that "too uncomfortable" state yet. But . . . my belly button has finally popped - the turkey is done as some would say. It is so weird looking - I thought about taking a picture of it but didn't want to freak anyone out! And when I sit up or strain, it pokes out further - makes me laugh!
She continues to move around like crazy. I think I can feel her rolling inside me but she always comes back to the same spot - butt in my right ribs and legs kicking my left side. She is getting pretty strong too. Still getting some sweet heartburn. Can't bend over without erping. Awesome.


And the dog still wants to play when I get home, but it is getting uncomfortable to sit on the floor with him. So I take our little chair, set it in the middle of the carpet and he brings all his toys to me - ALL of his toys...
Above we have plush bone, squishy fish, indestructible bone toy, rope, ball, squishy flower, raw hide and chunk of former plush alien. Think he likes to play?!? "I am ready..."
Alex's nice boss bought Suka a huge plush candy cane toy - because she knows how much he loves to destroy them - and this was especially gigantic. I think it took him about 2 minutes to have most of the stuffing all over the house. Thanks Erin :)

27-28 Weeks

Feeling good. I seem to still have some energy and get pretty good sleep, which is a bonus!

I took our little one to her first concert on Monday. Amy, Mckenzie and I all went to see 30 Seconds to Mars. We stood right by the speakers on the left of the stage and by the end my left ear was a bit dull :) She liked the singing - when it was really loud she didn't move as much but when the crowd was singing along and it wasn't so loud she liked it - I think she flipped around - I could feel things rubbing across my whole belly.

I had my 28 week check up today. Things are going well. My weight gain slowed which is awesome!!! Only 2 pounds in 4 weeks!! She is measuring exactly on. Amy and I took a peek at her with the ultrasound which was fun. WE haven't seen her for 8 weeks now! We saw her wiggle, put her feet by her head, yawn a bunch of times and suck on her hand - it was so stinkin' cute! And she is head down!! Wahoo - lets just hope she stays that way ;)

Her hand in her mouth - yes the hole is her eyeball but you can see her nose and lips with her hand right there!

Footie - I remember when she wasn't even this big! And this is what keeps kicking me always on my left side!!

Legs - look nice and strong.

Face - she is laying on her side and looking right at the scanner. Right eyelid, nose and part of her mouth.

Top of her head - she has hair!!! I hope it stays - I was born with just a little and it would be fun to see the difference! Look at 2 o'clock.

Getting ready for Christmas!

He is just cute so I had to put a few of him in here...

We spent Black Friday decorating our house - it took us ALL DAY LONG. And when we were done it didn't seem like that much stuff! We put up lit houses on all our shelves and they even all turn on.

Our tree is chuck full of ornaments - looks like a festival of trees tree. Alex and Paula did most of the work :)

Utah versus BYU...a sad day for us :(

Alex and I hosted a "Beat BYU" party. Cameron made these shirts for a food drive and so of course we wore them all day!

Cute nieces

I made a bunch of red food (with red food coloring so of course they turned out pink) and had everyone bring something red to eat...

We had red cups, plates, table cloth, cookies, chip dip, fruit dip, apples, meatballs, swedish fish, pepperoni pizza, licorice, salsa and apple cider.

So sad that we lost - and it was a knife to the heart in overtime - BUMMER!!!

Thanksgiving 2009

We drove to Idaho to visit my mom's family on Wednesday and stayed until Thursday night. It had been a while since we were all up there. It was really nice to see everyone again!
The kids played Air Soft guns out on the farm with Papa - good idea...give a gun to a bunch of kids under 10 :) good thing they don't really hurt that much. But Snow took a shot to the lip - notice the swelling...

Lyla playing outside

Mom, Shannon and Julie getting Thanksgiving ready.

Shawn and Snow ready to ambush.

My Grandma was nice enough to let Suka come. She never lets dogs in her house so we REALLY appreciate it!!! He had a BLAST! Played outside all day on the farm and inside with all the cousins.

We had Thanksgiving again on Sunday with Alex's family. It was some of the BEST food we have ever had! Thanks to Paula and Cynthia for cooking it all.

25-26 Weeks

Not much to report this week other than the picture really does make my boobs look huge - oh wait, they are that huge. Such a bummer...

She is moving a ton. I often wonder what she is doing inside there because it is like she is having a small seizure or something - kick kick kick kick. I do like this part of pregnancy better than the first though. People notice your pregnant, you can feel the baby move, etc. The only downfall lately has been the heartburn. I get it at totally random times. Not associated to food. Sometimes worse if I bend over. Wow, it can get super intense.

I am nearing the end of the second trimester next week! Crazy how time has flown by. I just don't look forward to getting so tired again but I think it has already begun. The second trimester really is the best :)

23-24 weeks

23 weeks and Alex finally gets to feel her from the outside! I have decided that the coolest part of being pregnant is feeling a baby move inside of you. It is so bizarre to think there is a little one in my stomach wiggling around. CRAZY.

Halloween
We went to the Real Salt Lake soccer game on Halloween - and they won - in the playoffs! There were some loud drums playing the whole time and I could feel the baby moving and see her from the outside. Maybe she will be a dancer, or a hippie, either way she really liked the loud beating of the drums :)

New trail by our house. They have been paving it over the past month. It goes from behind our house past the lake straight to the coffee shop and restaurants. Alex and I take the dog down to the lake almost daily and then can go eat at the restaurants outside with him. Huge perk of living where we do. It will be fun to take the baby with us too since the trail is all paved!
Oh, notice the big stick Suka found - he was so proud.

And some funny pics of the dog - this is my iPhone screen saver - love it!

Krissa and Tom had their little boy last week - Ellis Thomas Wright. It is fun to see a new baby - I always thought they were so tiny. Not anymore since I have to think of that being inside me and then coming out - are their heads really that BIG??? OUCH!

Oh - forgot to mention - for the first time patients started asking me if I was pregnant - 4 in one day last week and then almost daily since. It is nice to FINALLY reach that point where people no longer think "either she is fat or pregnant but I am not sure enough to ask"

21-22 Weeks

22 weeks and brain cells are popping rapidly - so I have noticed that it is harder to remember things I need to do, words I am trying to say, names of things etc. I think my brain cells are dying quickly. The other day I wrote a check. The amount was $2214 so I wrote "Twenty-two thousand fourteen" and thought it seemed weird but couldn't figure it out. Fortunately Alex and my dad found it on my desk before I deposited it - whew!

We had our ultrasound on 10/12. Everything looked great! She is measuring right on and developing perfectly. It was fun to see her move and FINALLY link it to what I am feeling. I have been able to better tell if it is her or gas. She is super wiggly! I only felt her move from the outside once - on 10/13 - so it might be a while before Alex gets to feel.






Clothing crisis at 21 weeks - all of a sudden I couldn't do the pants with rubber band thing. I was having a bit of a melt down and Alex was so nice and took me shopping. I bought my first pair of maternity pants and they really aren't that bad :) I also got some good stretchy waisted regular pants. Tried on some regular shirts yesterday to see if I could still wear them - they look like cropped t-shirts - sad. My boobs and belly make everything super short. I had to laugh at myself in the mirror - I looked kind of like a freak!

We finished the crib last weekend!!! Well, Alex finished it. He did most of the work and it looks great- took 5 coats but worked. Note to self - red to white is not very easy. We chipped it a little putting it together and the red shines right through - oh well. Alex suggested white out - might be our new best friend. He was so excited that he had us put all the bedding in the crib. I have to say, it looks pretty cute!



And a few random pictures from my house - the fall leaves changed over night - but wow, what a view!