Belly Pictures

My wonderful sister Kristie was so sweet to take some pictures of my growing belly. She is a prof photgrapher and will be coming up to Utah in Feburary if any of you want to book a session with her! It was fun to pose with my other cute sister Katie who is having a girl in 5 weeks! Anyway, here is the bump...it's even bigger now!

Dear Strange man,

Caleb says I need to let things go sooner. I am totally letting this one go...after I tell you about it. Caleb and I went on a date. We hit up the Pizza Pie Cafe and then saw Blind side. During dinner we were having a nice time. Just the two of us. And my bump. It wont be this way for long so I am trying to treasure the time I have alone with my man. The people next to us are weird. I let Caleb know that they are weird. And then it happens. Lady:"Whens your baby due?" March 27th. Lady:"I was going to say March". In my head, yeah sure you were. Lady: "Do you know what it is?" Me: Yes its a boy! Lady:" Oh I was going to say March and a Boy". Me: yep I bet you were. And then the lady and her husband and two children start a conversation with us. For a long time. Like over two trips to the buffet long. Then when they are finally done telling us their life story the man strikes a nerve. MAN: In very mean tone:"You know I am really against finding out what your baby is before hand. Really. Especially your first. It's wrong. It should be a surprise." ME: WTH Who do you think you are? Keep your opinion to yourself. And on top of keeping it to yourself, you are a man so if you don't have a uterus you DON'T have a say.
Ok. I didn't say that to him. But I wanted to. I just told him I didn't agree with him at all and Caleb politely pointed out that knowing provides months of shopping. How is Caleb such a good guy? I was so ticked off. I have had my share of unsolicited advise but that was enough. Rude man. So there, if I could do it all over again I would have better come backs than not-ugh. Oh well. Am I alone on this?
p.s. I will post birthday and christmas really soon...

Only ten more days...

Check out that bump!



'Till my birthday! It's hard to believe that I will be 24.2 this year! Man this year has really flown by. Maybe it's that I'm all over the place with work or Caleb is crazy busy with school and stuff. We are super excited to go to California next week! Good company, good food, good weather...can't wait. The little man is growing quite a bit. Well, he only weighs a pound and a half but he looks bigger than that in my belly. He kicks all the time and lately has been going from one side of my belly to the other. It's fun to feel, especially now that Caleb and my friends can feel him too. It's really strange when you can see him move! He is healthy and happy. His favorite colors are brown and green. He really like peanut butter and bananas with a little touch of honey on it. He will let you know if you are crowding his space, and if a smell offends us we both gag. Anyway, it's finally fun to be pregnant. I still don't dare say the throwing up is over...it's lurking in the dark. But other than that and that I have dr's orders not to run anymore =( things are great. Hope your having a great ten days till my birthday!

Happy Bday Kdog,

Katie, You are such a lady. You are not at all faddy. You name could even be sadi.
Today is your day. I want to say Hurray! Let's go out and play.
You son is cute and I have never heard you tute (that's not the truth)
Your getting old or so I'm told.
I bet your back aches but you are never fake.
I like your food and most of the time your mood.
I hope you have fun and aren't the only one.
Your birthday is swell I hope you don't feel like a nell.
We will go out and eat and maybe even get a treat.
See you tonight if we don't get in a fight.

Happy bday Kdog. I wrote this for you on my lunch. I hope you love it, I love you.
Isn't it sad that this is the only pic I could find of us????

Think PINK.....

Next time because we're having a BOY! I was really shocked. Caleb and I both thought we were getting our little girl but I guess I will have to try one more time..in a few years. But now that I know what "it" is I am super excited. It took a while to get over the shock and the sadness of not having a little girl but we are so excited to raise a little man in this world. We are thinking of Pedro or Marty for names. haha. Just kidding. We have a few names on our list and will let the public know when we're good and ready. It was so neat to see my little guy, he was active during the sonogram and he is active most days. I love feeling him move. I used to love to feel my sister's bellies when they were preggo but now I get to feel it from the inside out. Thanks to my sister Kelly who is so awesome and giving me all her boy clothes- and trust me her boys always look like studs. I think I found my calling in life. I will be designing boy clothing. People can say it all they want but there is not nearly as much cute stuff out there for boys as there are for girls. So I am stepping up to the plate.

Swine flu is through and I'm about to vent

It was really truly a horrible experience. That dang pig sickness. Of course it had to happen right when my works Fall break was and my parents came to town. Can you say double lame. I can DOUBLE LAME. My parents were nice enough to see me even though I was sickly. Caleb and I wore face masks though. We have manners. I wasn't up to a lot but I was so happy to see them. I am terribly homesick these days. I miss my fam, the nieces and nephews and I really miss California food. But I was very grateful for their visit. After that I had to get back to work and back to moving. I'm all better now. Aside from the fact that I puked my guts out 20 mins ago. Aww. The joys of growing a person. I'm writing a book. It's about pregnancy. It tells the truth. So if you are thinking about getting pregnant don't ask me how it is... I will tell you the things they wont. And because I'm grumpy or tired of barfing or because this is my blog and my body don't tell me I can't have just one child. That really really bugs me. Especially if you are a man. UGH! So many people have told me "Oh you can't have just one". So many men have told Caleb "Oh she can't stop at one." Really. Want to dare me? Because I could very well just have one. Don't get me wrong I am very grateful that I was able to get pregnant, I am grateful to be able to have a child. But it hasn't been a walk in the park for me. I have been really really sick and if we decide to have just one. Well that's up to us. Just like when we decided to have a child, we sure didn't ask for your input or even involve you in it, or when it happened and we waited for many reasons to let people know. It was between us. Not you. So there. I didn't realize I was so grumpy. But it really feels good to get that out. On another note, thank you for your well wishes and prayers. It meant the world to me. Thank you Corinne for dropping that sweet basket off. You are so sweet. I will post pictures of non negative things very soon! =)

I have this....

Swine flu. Yep. How did it happen? Not sure. Probably all those sweet children I work with that you send to school even though they are sick. Thanks for that. Here's how it happened. Saturday I felt A-OK, went out for our day events and then in the evening threw up, I thought it was because I had waited too long to eat. Then we got back to our friends house and I didn't feel so great but didn't think anything of it. I had a little cough. We got home and I felt like crap. I was coughing all night. Went to bed and woke up feeling like death was hiding in the corner. I had a fever and cough. Swine flu had not been an option in my head. Then I threw up again. Then we my fever kept going up and I was feeling worse we went to the Urgent Care. They said it. Those dirty words. Swine flu. They tested me but because their is only one testing center and that is in SLC they wouldn't know until tomorrow. Because I'm pregnant they didn't want to risk it. So they put me on some swine flu meds. We went home after a very upsetting visit to the pharmacy and I took my meds. Not an hour later I threw up again. I called my OB and he said just try small sips but if I can't get hydrated we would need to go to the ER. I threw up directly after talking to him and every half hour after that. So we headed to the ER. I threw up there but they were so good to me and were worried about the baby so they put me in a private room until they could get me a bed. The nurse had the hardest time getting my veins for blood work and an IV. It was a painful experience to begin with and then when she couldn't get my vein I though I was going to die. I'm a baby. They got us a room and put two liters into me through an IV. They gave me some anti-nausea meds and some more meds for the swine flu. They checked the baby and all is well. We were able to go home after about 6 hours. I felt horrible today and spent the majority of it sleeping and fighting my fever. I did drink a whole Carmel apple cider from Starbucks and ate a pumpkin scone. I have been working on drinking water. It's not been an easy task. But I feel good enough to write this down so that's a plus. I have complete faith in prayers. I am grateful to those who have been praying for me so far and would appreciate any prayers if you feel so inclined. I was and still am concerned about our baby. It's funny. I thought I wanted a girl. I thought bows and dresses would be so fun. I can honestly say I don't care what this baby is so long as it's healthy. ( I still love bows ;) Please don't tell me how dangerous the swine flu is for pregnant people. I know. I have heard it from the urgent care, the pharmacist, the ER etc. I don't need to worry any more. The best thing I can do is take the medicine and stay hydrated. I wanted to let those of you who have heard some of the story know what's going on and also document this for myself. I really hope all of you are healthy and washing hands often, wear a mask if you feel so inclined. It's how I'm rolling these days.