California, Lake Powell, & Half-Way mark!

Well, in my last post I said that I was going to try to take more pictures and I was a bit more successful! First, I was able to take a fun girls trip to Southern California with my Mother in Law Juli and Sister in Law Alyssa. In a nutshell there were lots of good laughs (i.e. dressing up in grandma's nightgowns we found), lots of good food (cheesecake factory), lots of singing and music and lots of sun. Here are some pictures of that fun time.

Newport Beach

Cheesecake Factory - Dessert first!

Catalina Island

Catching some sun on Catalina Island.

HAHAHAHAHAH!!

The day after I got back from California James and I left to Lake Powell with some friends. It was so fun to stay on a house boat, soak up the sun, ride wave runners, swim to caves, boat, cliff jump, wakeboard, air chair, rock climb and spend time with friends. Although I couldn't do all the crazy things I wanted to, I still had a way good time and loved watching James do all the things I couldn't do. The part of the trip I will never forget is the midnight thunder and lightening storms that soaked all 15 or so of us that were sleeping ontop of the house boat, not once but two nights in a row! Not so funny when it wasw happening, but we laugh about it now. No pictures yet, but maybe some to come. We were having waay to much fun to worry about pictures on this trip.

Last thing to post about is BABY! :) My favorite part of life right now! So a quick week by week re-cap.
18.5 -19.5 weeks: This is the week I was in California and I felt amazing and besides a little heartburn nothing was very different this week expect that I was SO tired by the end of the night and definitely needed my sleep for our fun filled days

19.5 weeks: I had my 20 week ultrasound and we saw our little man and they measured all his parts and made sure I was growing a human and not an alien in there. haha! It was so fun to see him for so long and see his whole body. It amazes me how babies grow and that they have their appendages and just continue to grow and grow (reminds me of those toys you put in water and they grow) except thats all happening inside of me!!! p.s. can I say I love the nurse at my doctors she is amazing and so personable and remembers everything about me that it makes me feel more than just a patient being seen, but that they actually care whats going on in my pregnancy!

19.5 weeks-20.5 weeks: We were in Lake Powell for the first part of this week and I started feeling our boy move all around on a consistent basis and on the last evening I had just eaten and I layed down on top of the house boat and James and I were just talking and once again the baby started wiggling all over inside. I didnt think James would be able to feel him, but I told him to put his hand on my belly and sure enough our little guy started going crazy! He was kicking or punching or somersaults or something in there because the strongest movement I have had so far went on for about a full minute and a half and James felt it all. It was so fun to see his face in amazement that he was really feeling a person inside of there. haha.
Now that we've been home I have had heartburn, heartburn, oh and more heartburn :( I do know what is causing most of it ..... Chocolate! Most of you know that I LOVE sweets and especially chocolate so tums are now a constant must have.
Here are some more picts of baby and belly.

LOVE him!! So handsome!!

All crunched up in there!



Summer Time & Baby Boy!

Can I just say how happy I am that it is summer...and that I am actually able to enjoy it! No school or stress, warm weather, time with the hubby, vacations, camping, BBQ's, and a bun in the oven what could be better? Well, I wish with all this fun that I was a picture taker. I love looking at pictures, but for some reason I get so caught up having fun in the moment that I forget to capture the memories. So once again I left to just writing about them.
Since being pregnant I totally plan and live my life by the weeks, so that is how I will continue this post.
Week 16:
Guess Ill pick up where I left off last post.
Life - I went to girls camp and it was super fun! I'm so glad I decided to go. It was REALLY hot durig the day and then freezing cold at night. I was so suprised during the day I would refill my water bottle a million times and then never have to pee! (a pregnant ladies dream!) haha but thats gives you a little taste to how warm the weather was. Overall it was a great experience to get to know the young women in our ward better and make friendships with the other leaders. Its funny how growing up in the same family ward for my whole life how hard it is to feel totally comfortable in a new ward. I am grateful for friendly people and am glad we bought a house in this ward with tons of young families! Other than that we just helped a family move in our ward and worked around the house.

Pregnancy - At the end of this week 16w5d we went to fetal foto in the Southtown mall to see if we could tell the gender of our baby. Becuase of my doctor's vacation and my upcoming vacation we weren't havin gour anatomy ultrasound till atleast 21 weeks. Anyways, I was a little nervous because I wanted to be sure we got the gender correct, but I was SOOOOO excited to know if we were going to have a little baby boy or baby girl. James of course was sure we were having a boy. We couldnt get it to let us take a peek, but after about 5 minutes we finally saw and before I could even register what I was seeing James shouted "ITS A BOY!!!" We were so excited and the ultrasound was very clear it was a boy, so my worries of being unsure were diminished. It was so fun watching our baby boy move all around inside of me and let me tell you he's a mover. He was jumping and rolling and having a good ol time in there, looked like he'll never want to come out hahah! We then of course immediately called all our families and are so excited for the first grandbaby on either side of our families! Besides that not too much happened this week. Honestly, I hardly felt pregnant at all. I was feeling great, had tons of energy, and was so much less bloated. It was a very easy and exciting week.

Week 17:
Life - James was on his 7 days off and I was in heaven getting to play with him ALL week! I have such a fun husband and I love all the crazy times we have together. This week my sister flew in for EFY and we got to hang out with her and her friend Julianna for a couple days before taking them down to Provo. Then we had a swim party with some friends and ended the night with a projector movie out on the grass. So fun! The next day was fourth of July and I love parades, so James and I went to the Grantsville Parade. I loved seeing all the kids (and young adults:) run for their lives over and over again whenever taffy was thrown our way. We walked around the car show/carnival, then headed back to our place where we had a BBQ with some family and friends. Once it started getting dark we headed back to Grantsville to see the firework show. Since we were a little early the boys played football and the girls played card games until the show started. I LOVE fireworks, they never get old and Grantsville puts on a really good show, so I am sure we will find ourselves going back there in years to come! Besides that during the week we just went on a temple dinner date, made dinners together, and enjoyed our time off together!

Pregnancy - So this week my belly was going through some changes. One day I would wake up and feel like I was totally showing, then throughout the day it would go away, then sometimes it would be back and this went on for a few days. I have heard of this happen, so I was not panicking, but thought it was so funny that one second my pants were loose, then the next im wondering if I can get away walking around with them unbuttoned haha. The other thing that has changed this week is my sleep. Now any of you that have known me pre pregnancy know that I LOVE my sleep! Sleeping is a talent of mine. I can sleep in any position, anywhere, and once I am asleep I am dead to the world, so don't even think about trying to wake me up! I can take a nap for hours during the day and still be ready for bed when night comes, but now that I am growing a human inside of me my body decided that it doesnt like to sleep anymore. I am SO sad! Now if I do sleep for a chunk of time at night I have terrible nightmares or crazy bizarre dreams. Usually my nights consist of me taking atleast 40 minutes to fall asleep, wake up 2 hours later to pee, wake up again an hour later cuz the cat came in, wake up again in a few hours to pee again, wake up cuz im hot, wake up cuz im cold, and EVERY morning I wake up at 5:30 am (when it starts getting light) and can hardly get back to sleep before I finally just give up and get out of bed! I know that it will only get worse as my body changes more, so Ill just try to look on the brightside and realize this is just preparing me for when I have a newborn that I need to wake up for in the middle of the night!

Week 18 -  This week! Lots of fun things going down this week! I am going to try to take tons of picts so that I will have a post with more pictures and less words next time!
Annnnnndddd....finally a belly picture! I felt totally weird, like the kids I used to make fun of that took random shots of themselves in the mirror to post on myspace, but what the heck right?!