16 Weeks

What a fabulous week! We had some great weather most of the days & we were able to enjoy some fresh air & sunshine! Who doesn't love that? And the added bonus was that I felt great all week!! I woke up at the first of the week with the desire to do some deep cleaning, & those thoughts simply made me so happy... because I'm HEALED! Well back to feeling more normal with the desire to be productive, such a good feeling!

Monday I received a call from the nurse saying that all my blood work looked great & that my ultrasound will be next Wednesday, the 25th at 1:00 PM... How exciting!!! Now if only I had a REALLY strong feeling either way of what this little one is. Early on I asked Hannah what she thought & she said a brother, & I sort of felt like I should agree with that, until the next week when she was calling it her brother-sister. Jeff also thinks it's a boy, and I actually sort of feel the same way. But for the fun of competition I will say girl, so that one of us gets to be right & the other has to be wrong on the big day.

My birthday was on Thursday, that was another added bonus of the week! It's not like it was a fabulous day, but I felt good enough to indulge in some shopping & Olive Garden.... such a great combination. Even though I can't say my appetite is back, I can say that I am to the point that I will enjoy the next few months!

What's new with Hannah

(She has some CRAZY HAIR in this picture)

Hannah is so 2 & full of life! She is so much fun, & always saying things that make us laugh. She is really into asking questions, & I know it will only get worse from here for a few years. Lately she is always asking, "What's it's name?" No matter if it's a person or an object, & a lot of the things she asks about she knows the names... she must be quizzing me! She is also asking "What's that?" about all kinds of things (also ones she already knows.)

Today was a good day for laughs from Hannah. She has been really into trying to pick out her own clothes & dress herself. She usually just grabs pants or a skirt from the drawer & allows me to give her some options of shirts from the closet (thank goodness she can't reach & hasn't found something to climb on to get there.) But this morning she had been in her closet going through the piles of clothes I need to put in the attic along with the clothes that are for this summer. She came running out holding a pajama shirt saying she wanted to wear it today. I informed her it was pajamas & we should pick something else. So she went & got the dress she wore to church yesterday, I told her it was dirty & we could find a different one in the closet. As I proceeded to give her some options she sort of sighed as she placed her hand on her hip shouting: "Mom, are you trying to make Hannah crazy?" I couldn't help but giggle & say no, then I went back to trying to find her something she would agree to wear. I was quickly cut off again with: "Mom, your making Hannah CRAZY!" I just laughed & laughed and gave up on the clothes for the moment. She thought she was pretty funny. She's heard me ask her a time or two if she is trying to make Mom crazy.

This afternoon after he nap we came into our room where she played with a laundry basket while I cleaned up. I then layed on the bed to watch her, just as she found her little plastic tube of pretend lipstick. She put some on her lips & looked at me smiling. I told her that I needed some, & she came over to apply some. I rubbed & smacked my lips as I told her that was perfect. She gave me a bit of an eye roll before stating: "It's just a toy, Mom!" Silly me!

15 weeks

Things have really turned a corner.. YIPPEE!!! I am feeling better, just in time to actually start showing. Still the occasional headache & no sign of my appetite, but those are things I can live with!

The beginning of this week was when people actually asked me when I was expecting. I had Jeff take a picture of me yesterday, to start out my 16th week, & give the picture people have been asking for... so here you go....

I had an appointment on Friday & I have put on a couple of the pounds I previously lost, but am basically where I was when this pregnancy began. We heard the 150 BPM heart rate. Hannah sort of understood that we were listening to the baby's heartbeat & continued to talk about it all day, saying "baby's heart, ba ba ba ba ba" She even pulled out her toy stethoscope later listening for babies in our tummies. I also had blood work & my quad screen done today. The nurse will call me on Monday with the results & my appointment for my ultrasound.

Easter Sunday

I am starting to think I am not supposed to blog about our Easter. I typed this up once & while I was adding pictures I must have hit something & BAM!, an empty page! I was so sad & frustrated I just walked away.... for 4 day!! So then I decided to face the facts, sit down & work on it again! This time I did save a copy of the text in my e-mail, but just as I was finishing up with the pictures my computer needed to shutdown the internet!! I guess I better try this again, but I will warn you that you will get the extra short version for now, & hopefully I'll have better luck & be able to include pictures.

Long day... started with a really quick look through the Easter Basket, while trying to get ready for an 8:30 block of church to attend a dear friend's baby blessing. We returned home in time for Hannah to go down for an early nap & for me to make some dessert to take to dinner tonight.

We then left to attend our 1:30 block of church. Our sacrament wasn't nearly as enjoyable as the one we attended this morning.. too bad! But the rest of the block was good, especially the wonderful lesson given my Emily. (That girl amazes me with her lesson each month!!)

After church we headed over to some friends for an Easter Egg hunt & dinner. There were 4 families that made up 11 kids (ranging in age from 18 months to 9) & 8 adults. It was great fun! The kids loved the hunt & the older kids were nice enough to give the smaller ones a 1 minute head start. Despite the fact it was quite cold the kids wanted to stay out & play. So the adults finished the dinner preparations & were able to eat while the kids were playing. We had a hard time getting the kids to sit down long enough to eat, but as long as they were having fun & getting along we weren't going to mess with it. Despite the fact the day started & we didn't get home until after 9:00, it was a great day!!

14 Weeks

I don't blame anyone for not wanting to read these, they aren't that exciting! I am trying to keep track of this pregnancy, so with my next I can look back & see how I felt rather than rely on memory. I kept a journal with Hannah, but it wasn't a very good one. I pulled it out the other day wondering how I was feeling at 14 weeks, because I couldn't believe I still have waves of nausea... turns out I felt the same way last time! See, my memory doesn't recall me feeling yucky!

I do have good days though, or even good parts of every day. The headaches started a few weeks ago & are becoming stronger & more frequent. I don't think this cold has helped in that department. But as the week ended I was starting to feel much better, so hopefully it will be a distant memory in a few more days.

There is still no sign of my appetite! But I am starting to get back to my household duties of cleaning more regularly & even making dinner much more often. What a good feeling!! My latest food kick (other than cold cereal, that's a given with me,) has been oatmeal. I eat it often for breakfast, & over the last couple of weeks it seems to becoming a more regular staple... speaking of which I must add that to my grocery list!

Update Update, Who wants an Update?

I bet that got our attention... now I must admit, there isn't a whole lot to update! Perhaps that was a little too "the boy who cried wolf" wasn't it? I apologize!

Well Hannah has been so busy... well she is always busy, she's 2! She just seems to be learning so much, so fast. It's amazing!! Jeff and I are amazed by her on a daily basis, and we enjoy her more than you would think is humanly possible.

A good friend of mine has decided to return to work one day a week. She has a 2 year-old son (who is good friends with Hannah,) and a 12 week-old daughter. The one day a week is a part-time thing, she will do this for 3 months. I told her I would be willing to watch her little ones for the 3 months. She took me up on that offer, and this last Friday was our first day. So Hannah and I packed up early in the morning and headed to her house (she has a bigger home & Hannah is more used to her house, than her kids are to mine... so this works out great!) It was a great day, the kids played great, & the baby was a complete angel (she really is such a good baby... a great sleeper & a great eater!) Being that it is just one day a week, it's perfect! It will be fun for the kids to play, & great practice for Hannah to get used to sharing her mommy! And of course the added bonus of getting paid!! I am saving the money to put towards items we will need in preparation for the baby.

Friday was also supposed to be our Primary Quarterly Activity, but due to the serious rain & tornado watch we were under, the Primary president decided to postpone the activity until next Friday. We have to get it done by then, as it is a Easter Activity! I'm glad we pushed it back, because we had insane amounts of rain. We received over 2 inches on Friday alone, and that was on top of the near 2 inches we had received in the previous days. But it really would have been nice to have it finished. So we stayed at our friends, Jeff joined us after work for dinner and to visit. The kids went out and played in the rain, which was more like a shallow pond, because of all the water their yard was holding. But they had so much fun!! (I'll add a picture when I get them.)

This weekend was also general conference, I love general conference. I was telling Hannah about it all week & that we would get to see President Hinckley on television & she was so excited, she even tried to get out of taking a nap saying that she really wanted to watch him on T.V. Thank goodness for DVR I will be able to catch all of conference... it will take longer than 2 days, but it will be worth it. The only downfall of the weekend is that Hannah's snotty nose has turned into a cold & I woke up Saturday with the sore throat that marks the beginning of a cold. Hopefully it will be short-lived!

Today Hannah received a package in the mail... it was a big box full of Easter Treats from Tutu! She was so excited that it was for her & even more excited that it contained her body weight in chocolate!!

Week 13

Another teaser week! Some fabulous days & some miserable days. But since things are improving, that is good enough for me. I got a prescription filled for the heartburn/indigestion issue, to rule out gallbladder problems... so we'll see.

On Friday morning we were heading up to Caroll's and I was reading the signs of the "must try items" at every fast food restaurant we passed, and just gagged at the thought of any of them. I looked at Jeff & said it will be a good day when I can drive by & actually want something or even crave something. Perhaps I'll feel differently when those cravings get out of control. hehe. I'll just look at the bright side.. I've been able to lose a few more pounds before I start packing it on!
This week is ending with a cold. Hannah has had a cough & a bit of a runny nose. I thought it was teething related, but it looks like it's not. It's so strange that she has had so many colds & I have never got them until I was pregnant! Now I have had both of her colds & they always last much longer in the pregnant lady than they do in the 2 year old. Something I need to research in more detail, as the body is such an amazing and strange thing.

Could this day be more fun?

So this afternoon, after I posted our Rainy Day Fun, we had more "fun"!! I think Hannah enjoyed it more than I did. She asked if she could have some pudding, I put her in her chair & gave her a chocolate pudding. Heaven forbid I had to go to the bathroom, & this is what I returned to....

These pictures don't show the splatters on the walls & the finger painting on the cupboards.

There is never a dull moment in our house as long as Hannah is awake!

Rainy Day Play

We had some serious rain this morning & my mom called bright & early to make sure we were keeping close to the house because of the tornado up in the panhandle last night & the intense storm coming our way. It's not that we aren't cautious or a little concerned during tornado season, it's just that all of our parents are so extremely cautious & worried that we feel a need to underplay out concern to balance things out.

With the rain this morning I told Jeff we wouldn't need to the car, so he could take it (the other options are riding the scooter or us taking him.) Well Hannah caught onto the idea of a day inside playing & pulled out the dress-ups. First she decided to be Ariel from The Little Mermaid.


Jeff got the luxury of being King Tritan, & I had to rotate between Ursela & Sabastian! (These roles never involve dressing up on our part.)

As soon as I was just getting warmed up, we were no longer playing Ariel, & we had begun dressing up as a pretty princess. I tried to get Hannah to wear the fun pink wig - which she always calls The Crazy Hair - but she quickly said no.


I thought I'd join in on the dressing up to be silly & see what she thought. So I quickly went into the bathroom finished my make-up & got dressed up, jewelry and all. I was just going in to ask if she wanted to join me for a Tea Party, when I heard her running to find me... She stopped dead in her tracks & began to giggle. She couldn't look at me with a straight face! It was better than any reaction I had hoped for. Hannah said she needed to get pretty, so we gave her a little blush, some lipgloss & a beauty mark! She was even kind enough to pose in a few photos with me.

What kind of fun do you have on rainy days?

Weeks 11 & 12

It would be lovely to announce that I am feeling so fabulous & back to normal that time has slipped away from me. When it was more of the latter, and time has slipped away from me.. hehe. It took the remainder of the week to get back on track after our trip to California. But we seem to have made it!

Week 11 was pretty nice, I felt really pretty good & of course the 2nd half of the week I felt great! It was nice to be on vacation & not have to worry about laundry or cooking or cleaning. I feel like I ate my body weight in fruit, (there could be worse things to eat your body weight in...) it just really hit the spot! Having the extra people to help entertain Hannah while we were there, was an added bonus. Perhaps I was a bit too lazy & could have offered more help, but the relaxation was nice on my body & soul, so I won't allow myself to feel guilty!!

Week 12 started out good, we were spending our last few days in California. Between the long journey home & getting back to the real world, I was exhausted the rest of the week. Funny how even a relaxing vacation can wear you out, isn't it?

On Friday I had my 12 week appointment. I had an afternoon appointment & the doctor had a delivery earlier so he was a bit behind. I took Hannah with me & she was such a good girl during the really long wait! The nurse said she was very chatty & entertaining as I used the restroom, and when asked how old she was she told the nurse she was 10! She really is such a character. Okay, back to the appointment... other than the loss of 4 or 5 pounds (not a big shocker with the lack of appetite,) it was a simple, routine 12 week check. "How are you feeling? Any questions or concerns?" Then on to listen for the heartbeat. I remember with Hannah being so anxious & slightly nervous as they searched for the heartbeat. But I wasn't this time, I have felt little tiny flutters already with this pregnancy... so that helped keep me at ease. Until after searching & no luck, I did feel a slight raise in my blood pressure for a moment. But the doctor was moving it around so quick that it would be easy to miss something so small. It had been a long day for the Dr. so he quickly said he was tired for searching, so we were going to go down the hall & cheat!! YIPPEE, I'll take another ultrasound shot of my little bean anytime. Sure enough, still there, heartbeat & all! Hannah was quite fascinated by the whole event, but seemed rather clueless at the same time.

The first trimester is nearing the end & I am filled with hope & relief of the better days to come! All in all, I have felt better this pregnancy than the previous... but I still look forward to the next phase!

I have posted the u/s photo, more for my own personal journalling purposes. (As it is not a fantastic picture.)