Fall

I'm so excited to start this new weather! Fall is one of my favorite times of the year--not too hot, not too cold. And I swear the air is just more fresh! This weekend Mark and I are going camping again. One of his favorite things to do since buying our trailer. If he could go out every weekend, he would!

We have gone camping 5 times this year--4 times with our trailer. It is really nice to get away for the weekend and still have all the amenities of hime. (Especially the toilet.. I would die without one being preggo and all!)

Mark is sad to have to pack up the trailer for the fall/winter, but I am so excited for the next couple of months!

Here's some pictures of our adventures this summer!

It's a GIRL!

I know most everyone already knows that we're having a girl by now, but I am so excited for her to come!  I had to wait until I was 24 weeks to get my anatomy ultrasound because with Mark's new job, we didn't get insurance until September.  We went to Fetal Fotos to get an ultrasound done at 17 weeks, though, because I couldn't wait.  They said it was a girl, but I wanted to be extra sure because the ultrasond pictures were kind of difficult to see!

 

The ultrasound from the doctor's office was A LOT better quality, and since I was further along, you can definitely see a girl there!

 

Only 15 more weeks to go!

New Year's Eve!

I know it's not New Year's Eve for awhile--but I can hardly wait until it's here, because----


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We are expecting a baby on December 31st!  We are so excited!  

9 weeks

I really thought i would be announcing this news a little bit earlier, though.  Here's the story:

I found out I was pregnant on January 17.  (I only remember this because it was Martin Luther King Jr. day) It had only been a month since I stopped taking birth control.  I was so excited!  Our baby was going to be around the same age as some of our friends. 

I made the doctor's appointment for February 20th--An entire month away!  The wait was sooo long I could barely stand it.  When it finally came I was so anxious..  We filled out all of our info and did the math with the doctor to figure that I was 10 weeks along.  The doctor got us in to do an ultrasound so we could hopefully get an accurate date. 

However, we couldn't see a baby.  Just a sac that the baby should have been in.  The doctor said no big deal, maybe you're not as far along as you think and maybe only 6 weeks.  He sent me to go get some bloodwork done to test my HCG levels and told me to come back in two days to do it again. 

As soon as we got in the car to go home, I burst out crying--I knew I couldn't be only 6 weeks because I had found out I was pregnant 5 weeks before that.  So, not possible.  Especially since  (if you understand how pregnancy works) when you are 6 weeks pregnant, the baby has really only beent there for 4 weeks. 

I went back in to do more blood work 2 days later and then for a transvaginal  ultrasound the day after that.  When I got into the ultrasound room, the tech told me my HCG levels did indeed drop.  That confirmed what I already knew.  She went ahead and did the ultrasound, and we could see something on the screen.  There was no life.  The baby had stopped growing 4 weeeks earlier (around 6 weeks.) We talked with one of the doctors, (my doctor was delivering a baby at the time) and I got a D&C the next day. 


So here we are only 4 1/2 months later, and I am 15 weeks pregnant now!  I was so lucky to get pregnant again on the first try, and I am so grateful.  I can't wait to meet this little one.  Only 25 more weeks to go!

Lately

It's been awhile since I've done this whole blogging thing but I've made it a goal to start blogging more often if I can.
There has been a lot going on lately and it seems like the last couple of months have just zoomed by! It feels so much like summer already that I can't wait for the nice weather.Everyone came over to our house for Easter last month to have dinner. The kids got to color eggs and had a lot of fun.

On the 21st we celebrated my grandpa's 80th birthday. We had it at our church and I ended up making yummy cupcakes! We had a great turnout, and my sister Krystal came down from Idaho with Sidney and Avry. I haven't seen them for awhile and they are getting so big. Sidney's voice is starting to change! We also finally ventured out to City Creek. We went on a Monday and it was perfect! We took trax which was really nice because it stops right in front of City Creek and we didn't have to try to park downtown.