Thanksgiving and my birthday

We had a pretty good Thanksgiving this year. Chantry's parents always go out of town for Thanksgiving so we had a dinner the Saturday before. It was so nice and yummy. I think that Thanksgiving dinner has to be my favorite. I seriously look forward to it all year.

On Thanksgiving day we went to my parents and my aunt Joyce and her family came. It was such a nice dinner. I love Thanksgiving. It is such a good holiday. I wish we took more time to be thankful for what we have.

I am so thankful for my sweet husband. He is my world and is perfect for me! He took such good care of me when I was pregnant and especially when I was recovering from my c-section. I am also thankful for Ethan. Having to wait two years to get him makes me extra thankful. He was a blessing that we were beginning to think was not going to happen. He is my miracle angel baby and I love him with all of my heart. I am so thankful for our families. We have the BEST parents in the world. Chantry's mom was my labor and delivery nurse and it meant the world to me to have her there. Afterward she and my mom took care of me for weeks til I was able to take care of myself and Ethan on my own.

There is so much more to be thankful for but this post would be a novel at the end. I have such a good life!

I had my birthday on the 29th. I can't believe that I am now 28. Where did the time go? I still feel about 24. We celebrated with Chantry's family one night and then mine another night. On my actual birthday my mom watched Ethan for a little bit while Chantry took me out to dinner. We went to Texas Roadhouse. We had never been and we liked it. It was nice to have some time together. It was a all around a pretty good birthday.

Halloween

For Halloween this year we had a ton of fun! I was princess Leia, Chantry was Luke, and Ethan was Yoda. It was so much fun having a baby even though he had no idea what was going on and basically cried the whole time he had his hat on. Oh well. We are just so excited to have him here.

We had a pretty low key Halloween. We stayed at home but dressed up. We did visit a couple of apartments here of friends so they could meet Ethan. We also had fun taking sweet pictures. Ethan is crying in most of them but they still are cute! It was such a good night hanging out with my boys.

Ethan still is not sleeping well. Thanks heavens we have a swing. Sometimes that is the only way that he will sleep. He really isn't a consistent napper so that makes me extra exhausted. One day he is going to figure it out.

Ethan had his two month check up and is doing well. He is putting on weight and is healthy. He had his first set of shots. I was nervous because so many women talk about how hard it is. Honestly it wasn't that bad to me. He cried for two minutes and then was fine. He mostly was just tired the next two day. I didn't even get emotional at the doctors.

Things are going well. I wish I had time to workout but that will come. I just need to be patient but it is so hard when I want to wear my clothes again!

Blessing Day

We blessed Ethan on Oct 9th. It was such a wonderful day. Of course my little boy decided to scream the entire time so I could barely hear. Silly kid. Fom what I heard it was a beautifil blessing. I am so thankful for my husband and how he honors his priesthood. He is such a good man and father.Thanks to all of our friends and family that were able to come. We are truly blessed.

Things are going pretty good. Ethan still has his nights and days mixed up. He usually goes to bed around 2-2:30 in the morning. It is pretty exhausting but we love him so much and couldn't imagine life without him now.

I am feeling pretty good. I have had my postpartum appt with my doctor and she said that I have healed up nicely and can start exercising again. I need to take it slow and stop if it hurts but I still think I am doing pretty well. Every once in a while I feel some pain but I am off the pain meds now and feeling pretty good.

Having a baby is alot of work but so worth it!

He's here!

Our sweet baby boy is here! Ethan was born on Aug 23rd. I have had alot of people ask me how the labor went. I really don't even know where to begin. I think I will go with the long story short. I had to be induced on exactly 40 weeks. I labored for 23 hours. I was throwing up and shaking like crazy the whole time. After 23 hours my doctor decided it was time to do a c-section. This was definitely not what we had wanted or planned for but this baby hadn't dropped and I was on twice the amount of pitocin normal people needed for labor. My body was exhausted and things just weren't happening. Fifteen minutes later I was being prepped and taken to the Operating room. 15 minutes later our sweet baby was here and I was done! Holy cow things moved fast but I was grateful for it. Ethan immediately started crying and our healthy 8 pound 11 ounce boy had arrived. He was a big baby for little me! I was pretty much out if it the rest of the night and in a TON of pain the next couple of weeks. Since I had labored so long and my uterus was so tired before the surgery my recovery could take a little longer. I am so grateful for my sweet husband who took care of me and our baby! He really is an angel. We have also had so much help from our parents which has been such a blessing. Our mothers have both come up to help me get some rest for recovery and to help with the housework. We really have such sweet mothers and we appreciate them so much!

Babies are so much work but they are worth it! Ethan is now 5 weeks old. I cannot believe how fast time goes. He is such a joy! Exhausting, but a joy. We just love our little nugget so much! We are glad that he is here and is so healthy. Life is good....

38 Weeks

I am now 38 weeks pregnant! Sometimes I wonder where the time went. It just seemed to fly right by. I am getting uncomfortable but still am doing well. We went to the doctor last week and nothing has started yet, so we are patiently waiting. I am a little nervous about the next part so I am really okay with waiting a few more days. I really want to go into labor on my own so we will see what happens. I just can't believe I am almost done. It has been crazy but I love to feel this sweet baby move inside of me! I am thinking these pictures will be the last we take while I am pregnant but we will see.

Way behind....

Good golly it has been a long time since I have updated the blog. I am now almost 36 weeks and am getting so excited to meet our little guy! The time seems to have flown by. Since it has been awhile I guess I should catch everyone up.

Baby boy is still doing well. He turned the right way (thank heavens) and is ready to go. He is still right on target for his growth pattern and is looking healthy.

I am doing well. I did not pass my first glucose test which was a bummer. I was so close but just barely over. I went to take the second and most horrible 3 hour glucose test. About 50 minutes into it I threw up the drink.....in the waiting room....on the floor....in a garbage can. How embarrassing! Lucky for me there was hardly anyone there. The nurses and receptionists were so nice and told me it was okay and happens all of the time. Still, it sucked. I was rescheduled to take the test. That day I had to take nausea medication before the test. Thank heavens it worked! Good news is I passed the test!

I have been blessed with such good families and in-laws. I have had some really nice baby showers and I am so grateful for how generous people have been. Seriously, they are awesome and we feel so blessed.

With four weeks left I keep getting asked the same question. That would be "how are you feeling?". I never know exactly how to answer that question. It depends on the day and the hour sometimes. I feel big, achy, exhausted, and pregnant. I really don't know what else to say.

We are getting ready for this baby to come. We have the nursery pretty much all put together, hospital bag is getting packed, and childbirth class has been taken. I was a little worried that the class would scare me but it was good and even the videos weren't that bad. It just seems so crazy that things are so close.

As the days go by we are getting more excited and more nervous. We cannot wait to meet our little boy!

Target Ultrasound and 25 weeks

We had our target ultrasound a couple of weeks ago and it went so well. I was really nervous about this ultrasound because it is considered the "big" one. This is where you get to see how the baby is developing and the overall health of your pregnancy. I loved seeing our little boy and how healthy he is. He was moving all over the place. I couldn't believe how much this little guy was moving. My placenta is in the way so I really didn't feel much but he was all over the place. It is such a miracle to me to see how fast these little beings grow into babies and how everything comes together so well. We just feel so grateful.

I am now 25 weeks pregnant! Where did the time go? Sometimes it feels like I am pregnant forever and other times I start to panic at how close it is to being over. I can't wait to hold my little guy but I am also nervous. It will be a big adjustment that is for sure. I am just glad that so far everything is going well and we have been so blessed!

20 Weeks and its a...

I have now hit half way through my pregnancy. I am feeling a lot better. I still get sick sometimes but I feel so much better. I have started to feel the baby move and I love it! It really is such a miracle to be able to grow this baby inside of me and feel his movements. That's right, I said his. We are having a BOY! The doctor has confirmed this two months in a row. We are so excited and love him so much already! It has been fun to go and see him grow and change from month to month. He is doing so well and is healthy. The doctor pointed out that he has short legs. Imagine that! All I could think of to say was, "well look at his parents". I wasn't surprised in the least. I am so glad that things are going well. I have my targted ultrasound in a couple of weeks so hopefully things stay well. I am starting to show and really I am okay with it. This baby is a miracle and it took so long to get here that I love having my baby bump. Chantry loves it too. He likes to put his hands on it and rub it. He really is just so cute! He will be the best daddy.

We have started to look at baby stuff and we are super excited. We found this fun picture of Noahs Ark for the baby's room and have decided that will be the theme. Now we just have to get everything else. For something so small, babies sure need alot of stuff!

Our Surprise Christmas Present....

We had a great Christmas in 2010. This year we got an extra surprise.

We are so very excited and shocked. We have been trying for years and were not expecting this to happen. I am in the middle of my 12th week and am due at the end of August. I would love to say that I have totally enjoyed and loved being pregnant but it has been really really hard. Starting week five I started in with the morning sickness and it has just gotten worse and worse. I finally got to the point where I was not keeping anything down all day so I had to go on medication to keep food down. What we women have to go through to get children......

I would be a total ingrate if I did not acknowlegde my sweet husband. He has absolutely stepped up and taken care of anything in the house that is needed. When I cannot deal with food, he makes me lunch and dinner. He does the dishes, helps with the laundry, hugs me when I have a break down and all around supports me in every way that he can. He is truly my angel.

I just cannot say how excited we are to be able to have this opportunity. It is scary but exciting at the same time.

This post is posted on February 16th. I forgot that I was working on this post for awhile so the date is wrong on the post.