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.

Thanksgiving and Birthday

Thanksgiving was so great this year! We got to spend time with family and enjoy a great meal. I feel so blessed this year. Even though this has been one of the worst years of our lives. The other day in the car Chantry and I were thinking of ways that our trials have still been blessings. We were trying to see the good in all of the rough situations. I am so blessed to have a wonderful husband to help me see the good in our trials. It was a great Thanksgiving!
The monday after Thanksgiving was my birthday so I got a whole birthday weekend..or was supposed to. Friday night we celebrated at my parents because my sister and her family was in town. It was so nice. The next night we went to Chantry's parents. It was a nice relaxing night. I got plenty of baby snuggles from our niece Ellie, which I loved. On sunday I was supposed to go to my Grandmas and then on Monday Chantry had the day off so we could catch a movie and go shopping.
Sunday morning I had to get up early because Chantry had a meeting right before church and we only have one car. I got up and felt a little sick but that is not unsual if I don't sleep well. I started to feel better and went to church. During sacrament I started to not feel well and then in sunday school I had to leave because I really didn't feel well. Chantry took me home and I started to throw up. I was so sick ALL day! I was hoping that it would be better for my birthday the next day. The next morning I woke up and could keep some food down but still didn't feel good. I was really bummed that I was sick on my birthday. At least Chantry was home to take care of me, which was a HUGE blessing. It took me 5 days but I finally felt well enough to get off the couch and be normal. It was one nasty stomach bug.
Since I didn't get to do anything on my birthday Chantry took me out on Saturday. I had the best day. He took me shopping where I found fabulous boots and lots of clothes. He then took me to dinner and we saw Tangled. It was such a great day. Even though it was not the birthday I had originally planned it was a such a good day. Thanks babe for making it special!

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Yellowstone 2010

For vacation this year we went with Chantry's family to Yellowstone. It was so pretty and so much fun. We were supposed to go for five days but my Aunt passed away right before so we could only go for three. It was still a nice trip. There is just something about the beauty of nature that brings me peace. We stayed in a cute little cabin in Island Park.








Our Cute Niece Ellie

Halloween 2010

For Halloween this year my mother-in-law had a family party. She asked that Chantry be Capatin Jack and I be his wench. We decided to change our costumes a little so I was a blond. It was so much fun! We had a great time with the cousins and their cute kids!

Grandpa, Rest in Peace

For those who haven't heard my Grandpa Mitchell passed away. It was about two weeks after my Aunt passed away so again the Mitchell family is mourning. My grandfather was a great man. He was 94. He had a wonderful sense of humor and a gentle spirit. Even though it was a blessing for him to pass I will miss him dearly. I will miss his smile and laugh. I will miss how sweet a couple my grandparents were. It was wierd seeing my grandmother by herself. I don't know if I have ever seen her without my Grandpa. They were married for 65 years and still held hands. We even have kissing pictures from last Christmas of them. He served in WWII for four years. He had a military funeral with the gun salute and taps playing. It was really nice but hard at the same time.As I reflect on these last couple of months and all of the loved ones I have lost I keep coming back to the gospel and it's meaning in my life. The thing I keep getting asked all of the time is, "Are you okay? You have had a lot of losses in your family and that can be hard". Am I okay? I can look at myself and say, "Yes I am". I have my good days and my bad days. Some days I am both good and bad. I have learned alot about death and the life after in the last couple of months. It has been hard but I have had alot of peace and comfort given to me and my family. Our family has a closeness that we did not have before. I know that the only reason I am doing so well is the knowledge I have in my life of the gospel. I also have the love and support of a good husband. He has been with me at every viewing and funeral. He has held me as I have cried many, many times in mourning. I feel as if the rug keeps getting pulled out from under my feet but he is always there to set me back up. This year has really sucked. Hopefully next year will be better.