15 Weeks and Counting

The weeks keep FLYING by! Pregnancy definitely makes the days, weeks and months go faster... I can only imagine how fast it goes when we are actually raising our little ones! Its hard to believe that I have been pregnant for 108 days! 

How Far Along? - 15 weeks and 3 days

Total Weight Gain? - 2lbs. (from the 10lbs. lost)

Maternity Clothes? - Not yet, but definitely happening soon

Stretch Marks? - Not really... a few on my sides but not super noticeable

Sleep? - Could be better. I feel the need to surround myself with pillows and blankets now.

Best Moment This Week? - Spending Christmas with family, and feeling good overall.

Miss Anything? - My "stronger" immune system. 2 colds in the past month.. which hardly ever happened before! 

Movement? - Not yet, but hopefully here soon!

Food Cravings? - Chocolate Ice Cream/Milk, French Fries, Clementines, Cold Cereal

Anything Making Me Queasy or Sick? - Not so much anymore

Gender Prediction? - Boy

Labor Signs? - No

Symptoms? - Occasional Headaches, Breast Tenderness, Dry Skin, Lower Back Pain

Belly Button in or out? - In

Wedding Ring, On or Off? - On and pretty loose

Happy or Moody most of the time? - Happy, Happy :) 

Looking forward to: The New Year and our February 6th gender reveal! :) 

Baby is the size of a: ORANGE!

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We've been keeping a little secret for the past 3 months... 

(More pictures to come soon... it's not super easy to take an attractive picture of ones profile! With practice I'm sure we'll have some decent pictures!)

I am so excited to announce that Baby #1 is headed this way in mid-June! So many emotions... worries... prayers... tears...laughter... more prayers...more tears... we are going to be parents! :)

It's still so hard to comprehend... even though I am 14 weeks along. I've dreamed of this day all of my life and for it to finally be here is just crazy (in the best way possible). Its here, its now, its real! 

We went to my 14 week check up today and were FINALLY able to hear the heart beat! What a sweet, amazing and comforting sound! After checking at 10 and 12 weeks I was beginning to get a bit anxious. Today brought much relief. Our baby's heart beat is beating at a steady pace of 160bpm! My blood tests came back great and I am on the right track for a low risk, no complication pregnancy! Praying it continues like that. 

My heart is full and I am so grateful for the blessing of being able to conceive. I am so grateful that Ben and I will have the opportunity of parenthood and be able to extend our eternal family! :) 

How far along?  14 weeks and 2 days

Total weight gain: 0 - actually have lost 10lbs since I found out I was pregnant! Hoping to start gaining soon!

Maternity clothes? Not yet

Stretch marks? No

Sleep: Not as good as before. I love sleeping on my stomach and it just isn't working for me nowadays. It's hard to get comfortable and I toss and turn quite a bit.

Best moment this week: Hearing our babies heart beat for the first time!! Awww... I can't wait to hear it again! Best sound EVER! 

Miss Anything? Being able to be out and about all day moving, running errands etc. If I'm on my feet for more than 30 minutes my lower back starts killing me! Also, sleeping on my stomach.

Movement: Not yet

Food cravings:  Baked Beans (I know...weird), Chocolate Milk/Ice Cream, FRUIT (strawberries, pineapples), Captain Crunch

Anything making you queasy or sick: Red meat (never was big on it anyway), super cheesy stuff

Gender Prediction: Boy (although wives tale says with a high heart rate... girl)

Labor Signs: No

Symptoms: Lower back pain, growing pains in stomach (round ligament pains), occasional headaches

Belly Button in or out? in

Wedding rings on or off? on

Happy or Moody most of the time: VERY Happy!

Looking forward to: Christmas!! The New Year and February 6th when we find out BOY or GIRL!?

Baby is the size of a: LEMON!

I plan to update weekly now (mainly as a way to record my progress to look back on and also for friends and family who don't live close to keep track as well) ... so keep a look out for posts and pictures :) 

Love, 

Amie 

Summer 2011 in a Nutshell

Our summer was amazing! We got to do a variety of things we'd always wanted to do... but never had the time to just get away and do!

We were able to go to Missouri in June to visit my dad & step mom as well as my best friend and her family! I didn't get many pictures from that trip so I haven't posted any of them... but it was such a good trip. Ben and I had not been up there in the 3 years that we'd been married. It was much overdue.

Once we got home from Missouri we realized that we both had 10 days of paid vacation coming up in August. I said to Ben, "wouldn't it be cool if we could go to Colorado, Salt Lake and then to Vegas?" he said, "Why not? Lets do it!" Needless to say, I was so excited. I had never really been to the western side of the country and always wanted to!

Our first stop was Colorado to visit my older brother, sister in law and nephew. This was our first time being able to make it out there to see them after much talk of doing so. We will definitely be going back as soon as possible. We had a blast!

We bought Cayden his first box of Legos... this is how we spent our mornings...

The next day we went to the mountains to go hiking and camping.

Colorado is BEAUTIFUL!

Setting up our campsite

My brother Cody and I

After Colorado we headed up to Salt Lake City to see Temple Square for the first time!!

Loved all the gorgeous flowers!

... and LOVED and still CRAVE Cafe Rio!!!

This was Hubby's dinner...

This was mine... sweet pork, I love you!

We spent 2 full days at Temple Square. It was beautiful, spiritual, relaxing and inspiring. We toured all the sites, ate at The Lionhouse Pantry (yum!), The Garden (yum too!), and went through a session in the Temple. Amazing. I can't wait to go back.

Our next stop was Vegas to visit Ben's maternal grandparents. On our way there we had to stop by St. George to walk the grounds of the St. George Temple. This is where Ben's grandparents and parents were married.

We didn't do any "Vegasy" things except going to see the Bellagio fountains. They were pretty and neat to watch, however as soon as they were done I was ready to get off the strip and so we did. I wasn't a fan of "Vegas"...which I knew I wouldn't be. But I am glad we got to see Ben's grandparents and a few other family members. We even got to go through a session at the Vegas Temple with his grandparents who hadn't been in over 6 months due to poor health. It was a great experience to be there with them.

We love road trips and that was by far the most fun we had just doing what we wanted to do... hitting the road with 10 days to spare. We would do it again in a heart beat! As much fun as we had though... it was so nice to get back home and get back to our every day routine. After being gone so long, there really is no place like home.