July & My Birthday

The end of July has been fun. I have been busy with name changes and preparing for school, which begins in less than a month. EEK! Oh and I have been deleting work emails too.

So my birthday was fun. Josh and I went out to eat for lunch. After that we went to places around town and did some window shopping. It was nice because I feel like I never get to do anything any more. I did get my nails done though (finally!) and I got my hair done the following day. I seriously can not wait to post some photos!

I thought I would have more to write than this, but I don't. Short and sweet it is!

Vacation & July

We spent our week-long vacation in and around Burley, Idaho. There are a few friends and family who were not to happy we didn't come by to see them, but the trip we did make took its toll on me. We left June 26th, as soon as Josh got off of work. With me being pregnant, it took about 10 or 12 hours to get there if I remember correctly. It should've only taken us about 8-9 hours. I literally slept all day Thursday and Friday. The trip seriously wore me out. Saturday we went to Twin Falls and some beautiful surrounding places. Sunday, we of course went to church and hung out at home. Monday, we got new tires and went up a nearby mountain and stopped at a lake on the way back. On Tuesday we left, we made several stops along the way including Tremonton, Brigham City, Payton, St. George, and then Mesquite. I stayed in Mesquite with my mom while Josh came back to work the 4th. That was about the time the fire started up in Mt. Charleston. :( Josh had come back to Mesquite for the weekend and was sick from all the smoke in the air, he even had ash on his car when he left work on Friday. After we came back from Mesquite, I threw myself a pregnancy pity party. I was a bit sad I couldn't do much like hiking, bowling, shooting, or whatever else it seemed like I wanted to do. We planned on getting pregnant and many things that came with having a baby... "losing my independence" as was stated on one of the baby websites was not something I planned on and didn't expect. I was in a funk for like a week, maybe a tad bit longer before I snapped out of it and realized there was about a month before I had to be back to school and there is much to take care of between now and then. One thing is name changes... Finally! I had more to write but I am being kicked off so I will write more soon.

May & June

There is no April pt. 2 in case you were wondering... I already have pregnancy brain which will make teaching in about one month very interesting. As I said earlier, May was a busy month. I was busy with school including cheer. Josh was working as usual, still loving his job and working a new shift... sort of and working over time every so often. June was hectic. The last days of school were very busy. I literally got sick on the very last day of school (with no students thank goodness)! It was the first time my nausea actually got to me. I mean I gag a lot, but not much comes from it. Once school was done, I just rested until I had to get busy. Josh was busy. One of his co-workers was expecting twins around the time of our vacation so he was sweating wondering if we would still be able to go. Things sometimes are not always made clear until the event actually occurs (which as a person who plans ahead, actually is really annoying). We found out his co-worker's paternity leave would not effect our vacation. We left for Idaho at the end of June. Pictures will come as soon as I get to a computer.

Whoops!

So, it has been a very long time since I've updated the family blog. As you can see from my April Fool's post (made in July) I was trying to keep a memory of all the things I was craving and the changes that happened within the pregnancy. I did a pretty good job... until May came... a.k.a. the last month of school. As of today I am 21 weeks pregnant! I did miss a lot of time. I had school, then a bunch of time to just rest up from all the fatigue I felt, then we went on vacation, and then my sleep schedule getting all out of whack, and throwing a pity party, and then pulling it together and getting caught up on things like laundry, cleaning, name changing and who knows what else?!? I have been pretty busy the last week... I guess I should use my husband's phone and some relaxing time to do my monthly updates! (Hopefully there are no typos because I am using my hubby's phone and if there are, I apologize.)

April Fool's

So Josh and I have exciting news!

As of April 1, Josh and I found out we were pregnant. No, it is not an April Fool's joke. :)

Symptoms during week 4 of my pregnancy were fatigue, insomnia, and bathroom runs.

Symptoms during week 5 of my pregnancy were even more fatigue, aversions to sweets and cheese, craving bell peppers, bloating, growing boobs and butt (at least according to Josh), hot flashes, easily sun-burnt, bathroom runs, and backache.

Symptoms during week 6 of my pregnancy were fatigue, bathroom runs, a bit of dehydration, aversions to sweet potatoes, craving chips and salsa, hot flashes, and my first nose bleed in forever!

Symptoms during week 7 of my pregnancy were fatigue, bathroom runs, hip pain, bloating, aversions to cheese, and coming very close to throwing up on the drive to work one morning.

Symptoms during week 8 of my pregnancy were fatigue, dry skin, bloating, aversions to all meats (my baby is going to be vegetarian! lol) and cheeses, craving anything liquid--smoothies, tomato juice, icees. Our first appointment was this week too. All is healthy!

We are a little scared and very excited for this bundle of joy! We are waiting to share the news with the world until we are past Trimester 1 at the end of May, just because of the busy schedule I have... in case of worst case.