18 weeks!

I am so shocked at how much I've grown in just the past week! My pants no longer fit and I had to get a "Belly Band" from Jaimee so that i can comfortably fit in my favorite jeans. This past weekend has been an eventful week for the baby!!! This past friday I felt the baby move for the very first time! It was the coolest feeling, we were in the movies watching inception and I felt 3 little bubbles go up my belly and then pop. I didn't know if that was really the baby but that is what everyone says it feels like. Then, today at work I felt the baby move again! I felt it 3 times before 11:00 and they all lasted about 30 seconds, and I couldn't stop smiling when I felt it. Everyday this seems more like a reality. Also this week, we find out the sex, only 2 more days! I have never been so anxious for anything before... okay well maybe 2 days before Ryan and I got married. I already love this little one so much boy or girl it doesn't matter, i can't wait to see it on Friday morning!!!

Yes, Once again...

We're moving!

Right now we're living in a one bedroom apartment in Draper, that we love!! But, with a baby on the way and only about 5 months to go I'm really wanting to have a bigger place for the baby. Everyone always says that decorating your baby's room is so much fun! So lucky us we found a great place to move to! Our good friends Aaron and Kayti Just closed on a duplex in Provo, UT that we went and looked at last week and fell in love with it! It's in a really cute neighborhood in Provo and has a huge front yard and 2 huge pine trees out front. It's a 3 bedroom house that's all remodeled. From new carpet, to wood floors, kitchen appliances, cabinets, bathroom vanity... and the list goes on. So, right now we're trying to sublease our apartment out to some one so that we can start getting our little house ready for the baby that will be here before we know it! We have a few people that are coming to look at our place this week, so hopefully someone wants it because we want to be able to move down to Provo end of august.

Also, I got the official ultrasound moved up a couple of days!! So we will be finding out the sex on July 30th! So, I won't have to wait through the weekend to find out the sex.

And here is the first belly picture at 17 weeks prego!I know it doesn't seem like much to some of you but to me I feel like I look extra chubby Cause i'm use to weighing around 105 but now I'm around 113. Yikes I better slow down on all those cosmic brownies.

Sweet 16th week pregnant and a heartbeat...

Today, July 13th we got to hear our baby's heartbeat for the second time! This time was better than the last because for one, she was able to find the heartbeat right away! Second, the baby's heartbeat was so loud and fast it sounded like a stampede of horses, which means our baby is nice and healthy! I gained 6 lbs. in the past month, It seems like in this past week my belly has grown a lot! I can no longer button my pants comfortably, my bras no longer fit me and I feel a rush of pee coming and barely make it to the bathroom in time, and it's only the start of it!!! We made our offical ultrasound appointment today to find out the sex of our baby. We will find out on August 2nd if the peanut is a boy or a girl!! What do you all think it will be?

I think it's going to be a boy for sure but a lot of wives tales point towards it being a girl! I'll be extremely happy either way!!My mom made this really cute wristlet that holds baby wipes and a changing pad for a girl, I told her that she needs to make these and sell them cause I would pay for this it's so cute!! I'm hoping I get a girl so I can have this one I loved it so much! She is so talented.

We went to San Antonio this weekend to go to Justin and Mega's Wedding and to spend some time with my parents! It was a lot of fun both the wedding and being with our family! Justin and Mega are such a cute couple!


My dad was the one that married them since he is a bishop in San Antonio so that was fun to have him do that for them! He did a really good job too!

..My dad and JustinReally cute flower balls that Kimiko made for the wedding!

We always have fun when we go home to visit... we floated the river, ate really good bbq, and enjoyed being with the family. My mom got a few pictures of my growing belly so i'll post those soon...

Rewind to the beginning of may...

My amazing parents came to visit!! I always love when they come to visit because I don't get to see them very often since they live all the way in Texas. This visit was extra special because we were celebrating mother's day and... spilling the news to my parents about the baby! Ryan and I decided to tell them on Mother's Day, so we made some kabob's out by our pool and had my mom open a letter and a little gift that I made. The letter said something like, " you'll be an amazing grandma soon to our little baby !" Once she read the card she looked at us shocked and said, " Are you serious!?" They had no idea that Ryan and I were trying so it was a pretty big shock to them.

My mom and IThe onesie I made to give to my parents and mother in law to let them know the news.

Ryan cooked the very yummy kabob's

After dinner we went on a walk around this really pretty river over in Daybreak.
The boys skipped rocks... while the girls looked for good rocks for them to throw..
Then we came home and had some of my mom's delicious chocolate chip cookies!!And played some Wii Golf!

While they were out here we also went to Sara & Brady's Graduation's from the U of U. Usually graduations a quite boring and last 4 hours... atleast my high school graduation did. But, luckily this graduation was short and sweet! Congrats you two!! (My brother is depolyed right now to Oman so Sara got to walk for brady, and my parents put a picture of my brother on a stick for sara to cover her face up when she walked.)

It was so fun to have them out here... and July 9th, ryan and I will be going back to Texas!! I'm excited to see them again, enjoy the hot Texas weather and the delicious restaurants!!!

Blessed...

This past Monday I got a call from my friend saying that she was moving back up to Utah State for school and that her Dental Assisting job would need to be filled. I have been wanting this job for so long now, and it's hard to get a job doing this if you don't have any experience besides following an assistant. So, she talked to the dentist that she works for and he wanted me to come in the next day from 8-12 to see if I was a good fit for his office. Half way through my first day at his office he pulled me aside to let me know that I got the job!!! After he had told me that I was nervous because he didn't know that I was pregnant yet, so I had to spill the beans hoping that it wouldn't affect me getting the job. He was thrilled for me and said he would be willing to work around that when the time comes. I couldn't have asked for a better dentist to be working for, he is very patient, easy to talk to and all of his patients love him. Also, one of my brothers really good friend, Erica, works in the office too as a hygienist! Another nice thing about the job is some days there aren't any hygienist there for the day so the dentist will do hygiene and as an assistant we got to polish and floss their teeth before the dentist comes in to pick at them. So, that will be good experience! I'm only going to be working Monday, Tuesday, Thursday from 8-5 and then Friday 7-1 (Wednesdays off). It will be so nice to have nights and weekends off to spend with Ryan. I'm so excited and so blessed to have gotten this job.

Also, on Monday, we got to go hear our little baby's heartbeat!!! I was a little nervous that the heartbeat wouldn't be there after hearing so many stories. But, after about 5 minutes of searching for the heartbeat and hearing mine get louder and louder out of nervousness, she found the heartbeat!!! Once again blessed that our baby is doing great!

Tomorrow is my last day of my first trimester!! I'm so excited to the second trimester!! Only 6 more weeks until we officially find out the sex of the baby... even though we both claim that it's a boy!

One last thing to be grateful for!... Ryan switched jobs to work for Citydeals doing sales. His previous job was commition based so it's nice to have a base pay plus commition. He is really liking it a lot, and the people he works with are all really nice guys. If you don't know what Citydeals is go check out Citydeals.com and see if they have it in your area. It's a bunch of coupons at discounted prices for things like restaurants, massages, theme parks etc. There are a lot of restaurant coupons that you only pay $15 and you get $30 worth at the restaurant so it's a really good deal! So, if you have a company and you want to get some coupons up on their website give Ryan a call!!

Things are working out so good with the baby on the way, we are so blessed.

So many things...

I can't wait to buy!!

I love this diaper bag! And it's gender neutral so I can use it for all of our kids!Then I spotting this crib when I was out shopping with my mom on sale for 60% off at Oopsie Daisy...
Now I just need to find out if it's a boy or a girl cause I've got my eye on a few other things.
We go in for our second appointment today! We're so excited to get to hear the heartbeat! Hopefully at the next appointment we will be able to find out the sex.

bun in the oven!

Our first family picture!!

That's Right, I'm pregnant!! We went to my first doctors appointment yesterday and loved getting to see the little one for the first time! It was so amazing! Even though a stick tells you that you're pregnancy it doesn't feel real until you actually get to see it for yourself! I'm about 9 weeks along and my due date is on DECEMBER 25!! I'm hoping it will come early so we can enjoy our Christmas with our new addition, plus my birthday is the 28th!
Luckily before my doctors appointment I hadn't felt sick besides a time or two but yesterday night was a bad night! I throw up 3 times , was burning up in bed and never felt so nauseous. I know it will all be worth it once the baby is here I just hope i'm not sick like this for long!
I also got my blood drawn at my appointment and I didn't even get dizzy or pass out! So, that was a good feeling!

There "IT" is all curled up. Ryan claims that he saw him running on a treadmill and waving at him but this is all I saw. We didn't get to hear the heart beat this appointment but we will in our next appointment! I can't wait to get to see him/her again!!!