Coming and Going

Going...
Last night we had dinner with Chad's parents, Brandi and Jordyn. It's starting to settle in that they are really moving away. I think it's taken a bit to get use to since we didn't really see them a whole lot. But it's really hitting home now. Especially with both of us being pregnant! She is due around the end of November. She said she is going to try to make it down when we have the baby if she can. That would be really cool. Then sometime we will have to make it out there. Not sure when that will happen though. It's about an 8 hour drive or there is an airport we can fly into not too far away and there are usually some pretty good deals on flights so we'll work something out. I can't wait to see their baby too when he or she gets here.

Coming...
Mom and Dad have picked out a place here in town and everything is on track. They will only be about a mile away. Their place is actually less than a block away from Chad's parents. They should be down July 2nd to sign the lease and move in. I'm so excited to have them around. I miss them a lot and it will be so great to have them around when the baby gets here. I keep looking at the calendar wanting it to hurry up and be June since there will be lots going on then after June is over mom and dad will be here. I really think this summer is going to go by really fast! Which would be nice considering it's going to start getting hot soon. They said we should hit 100 degrees sometime next week. For now we're enjoying these days in the 80's! Very nice.

A little of both...
Chad got his car out of the shop...well for a couple days. Then something went POP and its now leaking a lot of something so they are going to come look at it/pick it up today. I think that car might have some sort of a curse on it. lol... or it just hates us. I don't know which! Very pretty car though... Chad decided that this car is now his son's birth right (when he gets old enough and can be responsible for such a beast).



Speaking of our son... I am now 24 weeks along. Crazy to think he's been in there 6 months already! We're getting closer and closer to meeting our son! Only about 15 1/2 week left! Here is the newest pic of us hehe... This pic was taken in the morning and I tend to not be sticking out as much in the mornings that's why I look bigger in the picture from Simi's party a couple weeks ago. So excited to see him next Friday! I've been craving sweets a lot... Probably not the best thing in the world but I try not to give in every time. :o)



I think that's it for now!

Busy times!

Wow it seems like we're busy... Maybe that's because I'm always tired lol. Simi's graduation is tomorrow - I really can't believe she is out of HS. She will be attending Dixie to become a radiology tech. Misty and Keith had a graduation party for her. They invited the whole graduating class (she goes to a small school so that's about 40 kids, about 30 showed up) Juan was the DJ and Chad helped him. Here is a pic of Chad and I from the party.





Yesterday we went for a checkup. Baby is doing well. He is measuring about a week ahead which is fine. His heart rate was 155, the Dr said that's a good strong heart rate. Since the last ultrasound he was being stubborn and wouldn't roll over so they couldn't get a good view of his heart we have another ultrasound scheduled for June 4th. I'm excited, it means we get to see our son again yay! We also got informed that we do not have to go the specialist so that was great news!! So it was a good trip to the Dr.

I got my invite to the baby shower that Ivy and Becky are throwing next month on the 12th!! I'm sooo excited! It'll be so great to see family and friends that I haven't seen in a while. I feel very special that I have great friends and family that love me and are looking forward to the addition to our family!



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Mother's Day

I've finally decided that the feelings in my body are defiantly the baby. I had thought they were for a while but it feels like tummy rumblings to me lol... But now there is no denying it's him. Last night I laid on my back for a minute and he was rolling all around. Chad even got to feel him move for the 1st time. That was pretty cool espically since it was Mother's Day.

We celebrated Mother's Day by sending my Mom some pretty flowers. They made a surprise visit last week so it was really nice to get to see them. I had been sad that I wasn't going to be able to see my mom near Mother's day. Yesterday we also took Chad's mom out for dinner. We got her a new watch since she had been needing one. It was a nice day.

We spent some time putting up nursery furniture as well. We got the crib together on Saturday and the dresser together yesterday. Both are really sturdy and turned out very nice. His nursery is coming along quite nicely I think. I'm happy I have taken the advice to do this sort of thing in the 2nd trimester while I still have energy and I'm not too huge yet.


We'll that's all for now. This weekend is Simi's graduation party. She graduates next week. I also have a Dr. appt next Monday!

Love
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Halfway Point

Well, we have made it to the 1/2 way point! I'm now 20 weeks pregnant! How exciting. We have been quite busy getting things in order for baby.... I think I've got that nesting thing going on! We finally got the Camaro cleaned and up for sale. Having a baby is pretty much the only way I would get rid of that silly car! We also started cleaning out the guest room so we can move the office down to that room so that baby will have a room near us. We ordered a lot of things for the nursery last week like the crib, dresser, mattress and bedding. I also have picked up a few things here and there so we should be getting packages in the mail a lot over the next few weeks! I love that though so I will be excited to check the mail every day! I ordered scrapbook things so I can attempt to build some sort of a baby book for him. We also finished one of our registries and will finish the other one next weekend when we go to St George.

It's quite apparent that our baby is growing by the size of my belly! According to baby websites he is about 10 inches long and weighs over 10 ounces! It's really amazing how fast he is growing in there!! He still doesn't have a name, however I came across a name the other day and I think it's perfect! Jaydon - it's a combination of both of his grandpa's names, James & Don. So that name is at the top of the list right now. Chad bets I will change my mind a million times before we settle on something though but I'm really stuck on Jaydon so we'll see!

This past week was also my cousin Misty's 40th birthday so there was a party for her Friday night. She is always so much fun! She really enjoys every moment of life. The party was a lot of fun, they had carne asada tacos and yummy cake and plenty of water and music so I was a happy preggo haha.

Anyhow I will leave you with a picture of the baby bump... Sorry the quality isn't that great, we lost our camera so this pic is off Chad's phone and the lighting wasn't really great so it's a bit fuzzy.

Let the shopping begin!!

So we went in for our ultrasound Friday (4/16). It was so exciting. Nearly everyone was predicting we would have a girl! Even we were thinking this baby would be a girl, boy were we all wrong! We got to see our son's heart beating and see him move around. Obviously we got to see his "bits" lol... He was holding on to them trying to hide them at first. Too funny! He looks healthy and is measuring well. Although he didn't want to roll over so the tech could get a good view of his heart we could still see the different chambers and stuff. But we may need to go back in for another ultrasound to see if he will cooperate and let us see his heart sometime. We have some ultrasound pics that we'll get scanned and added.

We went to the monthly checkup yesterday and all the blood testing came back great and we got to listen to his heart beating... that's always so cool, its amazing. Dr says things are looking great! He is going to review the ultrasound and the he will decide if we need to go to the specialist or not. It's more of a precautionary thing since I have to take asprin for my blood issues.

Also the MS walk was Saturday. Mom and dad couldn't make it down since they are saving money to move down here in a couple months. Ivy, Jeff and LeeAnn came down though. It was so nice to hang out with them while they were here... the weekend flew by though. I wish they could have stayed longer. They even got the baby a cute little overall outfit. Soooo cute!! He will look adorable in it I'm sure! It's fun that both of us are pregnant. Funny how things work out. Ivy and I are about 5 weeks apart and out babies are due about 6 weeks apart! So cool... I can't wait to find out what they are having. I think they will have a boy too haha... we'll see. I'm happy I get to see them again in June for baby shower!!

So... if you haven't noticed we aren't set on a name for our son yet. We're still up in the air. It's a bit hard since you know he will have this name for his whole life. Right now we're thinking either Sylas or Xavier... but we'll see!! We'll keep everyone posted on the name thing!

I think that's all our updates for now!

Keeping busy

Let's start off with exciting news... we have another person to add to the list from my last post. We are going to be an aunt and uncle again! Cody and Brandi just announced they are expecting their 2nd little one right around my birthday (She's due Nov 23th)! Pretty exciting! Too bad they are moving so far away though. But I'm sure we will all be making visits one way and another.

This month is quite the busy one for sure. Chad and I took last Friday off and spend a couple nights in Vegas for a little "babymoon". We saw the show Believe with Chris Angel by Cirque. It was pretty cool. We actually had to be in Vegas for the MS walk that took place on Saturday morning but we figured we should make a little trip of it so we did. We did some shopping and looked at baby stuff. We (ok mostly I) got to try out the stroller I have been looking at. It's still #1 on the list, I just wanted to make sure I liked it before I got it.

The MS walk for Mesquite is this weekend. My parents are coming down and so is Ivy, Jeff and LeeAnn. So excited to see everyone. I've been missing them all so it will be good to have them around for a few days... however this is probably the last year I will be walk site coordinator so I doubt there will be walks here anytime in the near future. I'm thinking maybe we can get a group together and participate in the LV walk in the future. That might be fun!

Another VERY exciting thing this week is our ultrasound Wednesday. I can't wait. I'll post pics and if we're lucky we'll be able to post the sex (and maybe even the name) of our baby! Crazy to think I'm already 18 weeks! Almost 1/2 way!!

Anyhow. I will leave you with a couple pictures from Easter that Carrie took at their house. I was 17 weeks along at that point.

Another baby boomer generation?

If you don't want kids then you better stay away from the water!

We keep getting the wonderful news that close friends and family members are pregnant too! At least our kid will have other kiddos it's age to grow up with! (side note - I'll be happy when we don't have to refer to our child as an it lol)

Let me try to remember who all is pregnant by due date month...

Kristine - July
Dr. Dickens - July
Sabrina - July? maybe June but I think July
Me (hehe) - Sept 12th
Elizabeth - Oct
Ivy - Oct
Jamie - Oct
Latest news! Annie - November

We know of more people who are also pregnant too that we went to HS with and whatnot but this list is of people who we talk to on a regular(ish) basis.

We're so happy for every couple/family! It's really a wonderful thing! It's exciting to be a part of this baby boom for sure!

I'm betting there will be more people to add to this list within the next little bit too... Guess we'll just have to wait and see!

~D