18 weeks!

 

I have been craving lots of "STRAWBERRY'' things. ex: strawberry lemonade, strawberry smoothies/slushies, taffy. 

I have been feeling the baby move alot now. At first it felt like little fishies swimming around in my tummy. But now the movements are alot stronger. 

I still get nauseous every once in a while, especially if i havent ate for a long time. I didnt gain any weight all month, or lose any, but my doctor told me he wants me to start gaining weight. (i told him, no thanks)

Over all, i feel great, 100 % better than i did my first trimester. Im still planning on going all natural with this birth, so im going to start going to some stretching and yoga classes. 

Erica has been pretty sick for the last 2 weeks. She's finally feeling better, but she still has a cough. Ive been trying to do lots of bonding with her and she has been super clingy to me. We cant go anywhere (not even in another room at home) without her saying "hold me, mama!" I have to carry her everywhere now and its so hard on me. Ive been trying to do lots of crafts and activities with her so she's not so bored all the time, and to make up for all those weeks where i couldnt do anything but lay on the couch. 

Im going to be looking up more activities i can do with her, especially now that i only work 3 days a week, ill have lots of free time with her. She keeps saying that she's going to have a little brother and shes going to help us with him :) its so cute. I really need to get a video of her. 

 

i love her so much!!

Update

On Thursday i went to my doctors appointment, hoping he would do an ultra sound so we could finally know what were having, but he wants to wait til im 20 weeks (bummer) So im scheduled to have my ultrasound on March 15th. He wanted to do some blood test to check for any birth defects (kinda scared me when he said that) Overall, it was a pretty boring appointment.

I took Erica to Jumpin Jacks today. There were SOOOO many kids there that it was hard for her to play around without getting knocked over or hit. But she had a blast. It was my first time taking her that she wasnt scared of that place.. i think we will be going there alot more now. Heres a couple pictures.

First Belly Pic

This was taken last week (16 weeks). i decided since im starting to show that i will start taking pictures every couple weeks.

Im starting to feel alot better, and i can actually function now. I have my next doctors appointment on Friday. Im hoping my doctor will do another ultrasound this time so we can find out the sex of the baby, but i think he's not going to do one until next month's appointment. that means i will be almost 22 weeks if he makes me that long.. ugh..
Ive been having alot of people ask me if i want a girl or boy.. and honestly, i would be happy with either..
I would like to have a boy because i know Zach really wants a boy, and this might be our last baby. But then again i would like to have another girl because i think Erica would do better with a sister.

 

So... which is it????? :-)

2 years and counting....

On February 16th, it was Zach's and mines 2nd anniversary. We decided to go stay in vegas for a couple nights so we can just spend some "us" time, which we dont get to do that much because he works so much and i dont see him the first half of the week because i work too. Erica got sick with a cold a few days before and i was really worried about leaving her still feeling a little stuffy, but i knew our moms would take good care of her. We had a blast the first night. We went to "Anthony Cools" which is a hypnotist at the Paris. Zach decided to go up on stage and try and get hypnotized, i honestly didnt think he would be able to get hypnotized because he's the type of person that wouldnt really believe in that stuff, but he actually did! i dont think i have laughed that hard in SOOO long. He made all the people do some pretty vulgar stuff (ex: audition for a porno) They tape the whole show, so i was able to buy the DVD so i could blackmail Zach if i ever wanted something ;-) Im real excited to watch it, (zach still hasnt seen what he did).
After that, we decided to rest a little in our room because we started feeling so sick (thanks Erica :) )
Heres a few pictures.
They were all taken with Zach's phone (i forgot my camera!)
Oh and dont mind how HORRIBLE i looked.. i really didnt feel good or felt like putting make up on :)


The first thing we did when we got there was go eat at Wienerschnitzel, i have been craving it sooo bad and they closed the one here in st.george :(

This was us on top of the Eiffel Tower at the Paris...

We went to the Coke Factory and tried all the different kinds of Coke from around the world

We went to the cheesecake factory too :)

Overall, it was nice to get a way for a couple days and just relax. I love spending time with my hubby. It reminds me just why i fell in love with him. He always makes me laugh and always makes me happy.

Happy Anniversary Zach... here's to at LEAST 60 more :-)

Ive been neglecting.. i know

Its been forever since i have posted.. Its been a rough few weeks for me. This pregnancy has made me to never want anymore kids. I have finally got my blood pressure back down to normal, but after all the worrying about my blood pressure, i started bleeding. I was 13 weeks when that happened. I went straight to my doctors and he did an ultrasound. It turned out that the blood was from my placenta going into place. Im finally to the point in my pregnancy where i can actually keep some food in my stomach and im not so exhausted. We will be finding out what were going to be having by the end of March. So now, i am 16 weeks :-)

Erica is such an amazing little girl. She's getting excited that she's going to be a big sister. and evertime she comes around to climb on me she says "careful mama's tummy" She knows that she cant jump all over me like she used to.

My dad has been in the hospital for almost a week. He had an aortic anerism that they had to go in and repair before it ruptured. He made it through the surgery ok, but afterwards he had lots of trouble. He wasnt able to come off the ventilator ok because of his bad lungs. Its just been a miserable week for him. He is now back at home and is trying to make it one day at a time. 

Zach has been wonderful. I am so glad that we have made it through the hard times and never forgot how much we love each other. He is my other half and i am so blessed to call him my husband. I havent gotten any recent pictures of us together because i havent been in the mood to look decent and take pictures. Our 2 year anniversary is on tuesday and we're going to vegas for a couple nights, just me and him. I will be sure to take some pictures. I cant wait to get to spend some alone time with him. :-)