Farewell sweet scoot....

We sold the orange scooter :(.  The streets of SLC aren't the same as the ones in Rexburg.  Ahh, I miss the maximum speed limit being 25 mph.
Farewell sweet scooter, we loved you.

27 Weeks!

How far along: 27 weeks

Size of baby:  cucumber! 

Total weight gain/loss:  + 12 pounds!

Maternity clothes:  Yes!  I've also gotten a belly band so I can wear my pre- maternity pants un buttoned which for some reason gives me a really big boost of self esteem!

Stretch marks: Nope!  Hallelujah!

Sleep:  Lately this boy wakes up around 6:45 AM and punches my side foreverrrrrrr and then likes to do the same thing at 12:30 AM.

Best moment(s) last week:  sitting in bed for what seems like an hour and just watch my stomach smiling at it.  It's the time that I just spend with him just chillin.

Movement:  YES!  Wakes me up nice and early.  Shane can feel him all the time AND we are seeing him kick from the outside!

Food cravings:  SUBWAY.  SUSHI. GATORADE

Gender:  BOY!

Belly button - in or out:  In so far, we are on the verge of the pop though

What I miss:  Being able to take a deep breath!  He likes to sit up nice and high at certain points of the day and I can't catch my breath.

What I am looking forward to:  Third trimester!

Milestones:  Wore a pair of pre-pregnany pants this week!

Dear Subway...

Dearest Subway,
You are one of the best things to happen to me.  Your locations are numerous and since I don't toast my sub I can be in and out with my food in a matter of minutes.  I only want veggies and you think that's odd, but it's what the baby wants.
Bless you Subway.

26 Weeks!

How I really feel....

How far along: 26 weeks

Size of baby:  eggplant

Total weight gain/loss:  + 10 pounds!

Maternity clothes:  Yes!  And loving these maxi skirts now that it's getting warmer!

Stretch marks: Not yet... but my belly button is stretched to capacity... stretch marks are a comin!

Sleep:  Off and on.  I'm doing hypobabies for my delivery so I listen to my tracks at night and sleep like a baby!

Best moment(s) last week:  Seeing baby boy on the ultra sound machine.  He's so healthy and perfect!

Movement:  YES!  Wakes me up nice and early.  Shane can feel him all the time AND we are seeing him kick from the outside!

Food cravings:  SUBWAY.  I can pack a foot long.  not joking.  AND Lil debbies

Gender:  BOY!

Belly button - in or out:  In so far, we are on the verge of the pop though

What I miss:  Walking without a waddle and being able to get up from sitting down and not looking like I'm 103.

What I am looking forward to:  Third trimester!

Milestones:  I had 2 days this week where I didn't take a soak in the tub.... is that good?

23 Weeks!

Ugg, embarrassing selfies.

How far along: 23 weeks

Size of baby:  an ear of corn

Total weight gain/loss:  +7 pounds!

Maternity clothes:  Yes. I really like full panel maternity pants!  

Stretch marks: No!  Coconut oil all day every day, but I have a feeling they will be in full force at some point.

Sleep:  The worst. Pregnancy pillow is helping, but I am having the worst nightmares.

Best moment(s) last week:  Sitting throughout sacrament meeting while Shane and I each have our hands on my tummy feeling this baby boy move!  We are grinning from ear to ear.

Movement:  Yes!  He is moving so much.  He's gotten his hand or foot caught up in my ribs once or twice.  It's fun to see how much stronger he gets each week.

Food cravings:  SUBWAY.  I can pack a foot long.  not joking.

Gender:  BOY!

Belly button - in or out:  In... half way.  The top part couldn't hold itself in any more and so i'm an half innie, half outtie right now.

What I miss:  Feeling less achey.  By 5 pm my back is killing me and my crotch hurts.  It's really great.

What I am looking forward to:  Going to Rexburg this weekend!

Milestones:  I'm officially starting my 6th month of pregnancy! 

poppy loves the baby.

I've always heard that animals can sense when you are sick, pregnant... or if something else is up.  Poppy is defiantly on top of things.  She knew I was pregnant right away.  She has to see me at all times, she enjoys sleeping on my tummy or very close to me and when I have bad days she doesn't mind sleeping all day with me!
When I was on bed rest, Poppy was on bed rest.  I don't mean to sound like an obsessive dog person... but they really are the best!

just some of the MANY times poppy has decided to watch over me.

21 weeks!

How far along: 21 weeks

Size of baby:  a spaghetti squash

Total weight gain/loss:  +6 pounds!

Maternity clothes:  Yes.  H&M maternity leggings are my current favorite, while wearing Shane's t-shirts.

Stretch marks:  Not yet, but lets talk about the hair that's growing all over my tummy.  I have little peach fuzz everywhere- hormones are a wonderful thing.

Sleep:  The worst.  I have a hard time falling and staying asleep. 

Best moment(s) last week:  Baby boy kicked me back when I had my hand on my stomach.

Movement:  Yes!  every single day I feel this little guy move.  Lately it's him stretching where I feel it up in my rib cage on the right side and down in my pelvis on the left side.

Food cravings:  Lately- little Debbie valentine cakes and a bagel, egg and raspberry jam sandwich!

Gender:  BOY!

Belly button - in or out:  In... half way.  The top part couldn't hold itself in any more and so i'm an half innie, half outtie right now.

What I miss:  Not feeling exhausted/winded.  I'll go to target for 30 minutes and I literally want to take a nap in my car before I drive home.

What I am looking forward to:  buying baby stuff!  We bought our stroller/carseat combo last night because the one I want was on sale!  :)!

Milestones:  I'm off bed rest!  My hemorrhage is completely re-absorbed so I'm up and about as much as my doc will let me.  It's still a good feeling :)

We're having a baby!

It's true!  Sometimes Shane and I just look at each other and smile because we can't believe this is actually, finally happening!  We feel so many emotions of lucky, grateful, blessed, nervous, hopeful and everything else!  We are just so so happy!  After my miscarriage this summer I had been taking some time to re-coupe and get myself mentally ready to try again.  My miscarriage was difficult, painful and long.  I thought I would never stop bleeding!  Then finally, it stopped and I called my fertility doc.  He said he wanted to take a month and not be so aggressive but let's just try climid one more time just to ease my body back into the swing of things.  He did mention that he has seen some women miraculously be able to conceive easily after getting pregnant just once (even if it didn't result in a live birth).  I was bummed to take climid again because I've taken it so many times and IT DIDN"T WORK.  Nothing ever happened, it just made me moody.  I agreed to try it one last time, even though we were just doing it to give my body one last month of rest before all the hormone shots, ultra sounds and blood work.    

My doctor also recommended that I try using ovulation predictor kits.  I had never used them before because we knew that I didn't ovulate, and if I did, I went and got an ultra sound to show it.  They weren't super expensive so I went ahead and tried it.  This entire time I wasn't hopeful that anything would happen.  I didn't have a glimmer of hope in my mind because I had tried this route so many times and failed.  Well, one morning I got a positive on my ovulation kit.  I thought it was a fluke, but was excited anyways.  My fertility doctor gave Shane and I a schedule of times to "baby make" so we followed it.  We really didn't let ourselves get excited, but we did everything the doc said.  The nurse also told me when to take a pregnancy test.  The day before I was supposed to take my test I woke up at 5 am to use the rest room and thought- eh, mine as well take one since I'm up!  I put it on the counter after I took it and went back to bed.  I realized after I climbed in bed that I never checked it.  I debated if I should get up again and look and be disappointed, or just leave it to be discovered in the morning.  I decided to go check it, then if it was negative I could throw it away and Shane would never know.  WELL, I went back to look and there were 2 lines!  I freaked!  I jumped on Shane (who was still sleeping) and yelled "I'm pregnant!  It's positive!"  We were both so excited!  And now, here we are!  Today I'm 14 1/2 weeks, and to be honest... I've been pretty miserable.

I've never wanted to complain about pregnancy because it took me so long to get here, and I've met so many other people that are still trying.  I've been super tired and nauseous.  And I don't know where these boobs came from, but they're defiantly not mine.  I'm actually grateful for the pain and throwing up because it reminds me every day that there is a miracle growing inside me.  Yes, i'm miserable, but I'm going to be a mom, and I'll take that any day.

Right now I'm on bed rest for a little hemorrhage.  It's pretty common for it to happen and bed rest usually corrects itself.  It happens when the placenta pulls away from the uterine lining.  I had some light spotting for a couple of days and the ultra sound showed a little hemorrhage.  I was scared, but I saw the baby doing stretches, flips and sucking it's thumb- it was amazing.  I know this will heal right up and hopefully in a week I can be back on my feet!

Merry Christmas!