Daddy & the Girls

We found out today that we're having a boy and Jason is so excited, but boy does he sure love his girls!!

Ultrasound.....It's a Boy!

Here is a picture Jason took during the ultrasound. My belly seems to be getting a bit bigger with each baby...dang it!

Funny cartoon:

18 Weeks

I'm 18 Weeks today. Almost half way there. I get to find out in just a few days if it's a boy or a girl. So excited! But in the meantime, I'm still really tired all the time. I thought the fatigue would have passed by now, but I'm really tired everyday. Let's see....what else is going on....I'm having back pains here and there, and braxton hicks contractions everyday. They don't hurt, but they're uncomfortable. My nails are still growing abnormally fast. If I take a shower that too hot, I'll still black out. And my nights have been hijacked by dreams--mostly bad dreams. But I know that's pretty common around this stage of pregnancy. Oh yeah, and I'm too big for my normal clothes and too small for my maternity clothes. It's so frustrating!

Happy Mother's Day to Me!

Every year I take a picture with my girls on Mother's Day. Alison wasn't really in the mood and kept running away, but I think we got a few good ones. I love my girls and I love that I get to be their Mom!






On a different note, I've been having braxton hicks contractions most of the day. They aren't painful, but really annoying and uncomfortable. I've never had them as early in past pregnancies as I am this time.

My Crazy Cute Girls!

Bad Back Pain & Baby Move'n

It's a few minutes before 11:00 and I'm up having really bad back pain. It feels a lot like the pain I had when I was in labor with Alison, but not quite as severe. I'm sitting in my recliner with the back massager going. Hopefully the pain will stop soon.

But on the up side, the baby is moving a lot tonight! I felt the first little movements on Wednesday...I think. Now that I know what it feels like this early on, I can totally recognize it.

I don't know, maybe it's all the movement that is causing the bad back pain. Or, maybe the bad back pain is causing all the movement. Which do you think it is?

Mormon Helping Hands

Today was the big Mormon Helping Hands service event throughout all of California. Our assignment as the Oakley Ward was to clean up several parks around town. My little group was sent to Nutmeg Park to pick up trash and pull weeds. We brought back several big bags of both and even dragged a recliner up the hill to the sidewalk for some guys in a truck to come pick up. Afterwards, we met back at the church for lunch. The girls had a great time, except for all of Alison's injuries. She smacked her lip into a picnic table and bled onto my yellow shirt and tripped several times. I was feel'n pretty good throughout, but didn't realize how tired I was till I got home. I put Alison to bed, turned on some cartoons for Sam, then sat down and immediately fell asleep. I was so tired!

17 Weeks

As of yesterday, I'm 17 weeks now. According to babycenter.com, my baby's sweat glands are working now. That's good to know, but kind of made me laugh. If I'm hot and sweaty, do you think the baby is too?

So my short-term memory is pretty much shot these days. What's up with that? Seriously, I wonder why that happens to women during pregnancy. I know I don't get nearly as much sleep as I need, but I bet it's got a lot to do with hormones. Hmmm.

For the past week, my skin has been really itchy. I don't have much more to say about that...just that it's itchy and that's annoying.

We primed the chicken coop this morning. Sam loves doing the project! One of these days we'll paint it and then pretty soon the chickens will be able to move out to their new home.

I stayed out way too late last night with some friends, but it was worth. Needed the girl's night...the laughs...the good food...the great friends!

Rosie from The Jetson's

Sometimes I joke that I wish I had a Rosie, like from The Jetson's, to do all the cleaning around here. I mean...isn't that what we all want? Today one of my bestie friends, Rosie, came over and cleaned my house for me because I haven't felt well lately. Thanks for the help girl! I love ya tons! You're better than Rosie from The Jetson's.

So it's been about two weeks since I last wrote...

I had a dr appointment about a week ago. The doctor had a really hard time finding the baby's heartbeat. It scared me a lot, but finally, there it was, that super quick thumping heartbeat. It's a beautiful thing. I can't wait to hold my sweet little baby...in 4+ months.

Physically, I'm not feeling great. It's not awful, but certainly not great. I'm tired all the time. My hair is so blah and drab. My face is a constant zit family reunion. My nails are growing really fast, but it's actually annoying. And then there's the allergies. Seriously....they're awful! I'm taking Flonase, Claritin, eye drops, and Benadryl as needed. All of this and I'm still miserable! My eyes are red and puffy and swollen. They either hurt or itch or both. And no matter what I tell the doctor, she doesn't seem to believe me that it's just so stink'n awful! And mentally, I don't remember a darn thing. I keep missing and forgetting stuff.

But all of this would be tolerable if I could just feel a little bit better emotionally. I feel like I'm falling apart....for no particular reason. It's just hormonal, but that being said, just because it's hormonal, doesn't mean it's not real. I either cry or want to cry most of the day. Being with people helps, but when I look like I do (red, puffy, swollen eyes) it's hard to convince myself to go anywhere. So anyway, I thought I'd tell you...the blogging void... that I'm struggling and I'm tired of trying to fake it all the time. So sometimes I'm just going to be sad...for no reason.