New Baby Developments

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

This week Josh and I made the decision to sign a lease extension on our appartments for anopther 3 months. We are still not quite where we need to be to get into a house, but we are SO CLOSE. A couple more months. This decision will hopefully work well, as long as we find the right house deal :) This way our lease will end at the end of July, and we can move and get settled in right in time for baby to come. Other than that, just to report on our ticker. Today it says our baby is 3 1/2" big, and 1 1/2 oz and it can make sounds (baby giggles anyone?). Its possibly starting to suck it's thumb - which is very common in the womb. Even though the ticker on this blog says its still the size of a plum, my weekly email I get said it was the size of a lime. :) Since my blog is "Raspberries and Limes", I thought that was super fun. So today, it's all about limes.

12 Week Appointment

Well, not too much to report on the baby front. The little squirt seems to be growing great and is getting bigger every day. We went in on February 7th for our 12 week appointment. No ultra sound, but we got to hear the heart beat. It was amazing, it was so fast and cute. In March we will have our 16 week, then in April our 20 week. The 20 week appt. is when we will be able (hopefully) to find out if it is a boy or girl. When I checked the status last week, it said the baby is the size of a plum, the intestines are mostly all formed and moving from the umbellical cord and into the baby's abdomen. Its little hands open and close and it has started swimming and moving around, though I probably wont be able to feel it move for a while. :)

Paisley Marie Bodily

Well, of course I'm behind on my posts, so I'm sorry I didn't get this up earlier. But I wanted to highlight the arrival of Miss Paisley Bodily. She arrived on February 2nd, and is an amazing little girl. Heidi and Jordan couldn't be more proud and awed by her, and the rest of the family adores her. Heidi and I are planning on doing a super cute photo shoot once all of the sicknesses and such calm down. But for now, we have just a few pics. :)

Heidi's Baby Shower

For Heidi's baby shower, the party was held over at the house of the family she nanny's for. The host, Sarah, was amazing and put together a really wonderful party for Heidi. There were two parts to the party, the morning was an open house for friends and neighbors. Myself, Candy, Jamie, Chandra, and Tiff all came to the whole day. We were in charge of helping out, and I of course had photo duty :) Sarah had bagels, quiche, juice and fruit. It was all so good. The second half of the party was more of a sit down lunch for family. Sarah had gotten this amazing pasta and salad. There were also a number of sweets and desserts. Candy and I both made a bunch of mini cheese cakes. Everything was a lot of fun and Heidi was showered with so many helpful gifts. Thanks to everyone for coming!

New Years

For New Years this year we had the party over at Darin and Chandra's house. We did pot luck and all the food was amazing! We spent the evening playing games and having a really good time. It was a very fun holiday.

Christmas 2010

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Yep, I missed updating about Christmas, so I thought I would throw it in here... a month or so late :) Our Christmas was really fun this year. It was the first time we had the girls sincew we have been married, and we did a lot of fun stuff to make this Christmas special for all of us. On Christmas morning the girls had a fun time seeing what Santa had brought for them. The kitties even got a stocking and love thier new little outfits. Josh has spent many hours building a cedar chest for me and it is absolutely beautiful. We decided to show the girls what we were giving to grandma and grandpa this year. It wsa the little wrapped up onesie to announce we were pregnant. The girls were so excited and kept asking us all day if they could say something yet. They did a good job of keeping a secret. (We had done this for my grandparents the night before and they were so excited!) After we got ourselves ready for the day, we headed to my parents house for breakfast and presents. We ate first and then my brother Ben showed up with his family. We visited for a while until after they left. Then we did presents just between Mom and Dad, Toni and Kids, and us. We have always been closer, so doing presents all together is special to us. We decided to give the onesie gift last, and to have the moms open it. When my mom opened hers, she was confused at first, thinking it was for her dog. HAHA It was only about 2 seconds of confusion until she understood, but then she was so excited she couldn't talk. My sister realized this was something big and grabbed the onesie so she could see it. Both of them started freaking out and by then I was crying. It was so fun to announce it this way! A while later my sister Rhocki showed up with her family and we gave my mom permission to show her the gift. She seemed more excited than the first two HAHA. It was really fun to see thier reactions and not have to actually say "Guess what..." The gift said it all. After we got done there, we headed to Josh's families house for Christmas with them. We were there forever before we ended up doing presents. We were waiting for Heidi and Jordan but they finally said they would still be awhile and to start without them. Same thing, we waited until the end of the gift giving to give our one last gift. We had Josh's mom open it and the first thing she asked was if it was a joke. LOL she was so excited she was telling everyone. When Heidi and Jordan got there she had them open it and all Heidi said was "I knew it !!!", and all Jordan said was "I knew it too cause Josh already told me." JOSH - YOU BRAT! mwah mwah. It really was a ton of fun and a great Christmas. We ended the day watching movies at Josh's parents house. Thank you to everyone for such a memorable holiday season!

Baby Update - PAISLEY BIRTH

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

**First of all - Miss Paisley Bodily arrived today. I hear she is very healthy and just over 7 lbs. I don't have all the details yet, but we are headed up there to visit in a few, so I'll update more on that later**

Alrighty, a little bit of an update for you. I haven't had another appointment yet, but a few things have been going on. First, I've been very sensitive to twisting movements. Like if I try and flip over while sleeping, if I do it just right I get a painful little jab in my side tummy. Fun... I have been having some sore back problems already, which I half way expected considering my back history (love thosae cortizone shots and MRI's). So to help with it, I have been sleeping only on my sides, with a pillow between my legs. Helps a ton! Also had a yucky reaction to some food this weekend. Threw up once on Saturday (ugh), but thankfully it wasn't morning sickness (yay). Its gone now, YAY! Other than that, not too much to report. My count down says the baby is 2" big and about the size of a plum! Weighs about 1/2 oz and lungs are functioning. Awww... I'm 11 weeks today, so only about a week or so left of my first trimester. WOW... that went fast. I have an appointment next week and I hope our ultrasound pictures are more clear.

Second Appointment and a picture!

Thursday, January 20, 2011

Over the last four weeks we have had Kim and Shay a ton. Between Christmas, New Years, Ashlee having to work and Ashlee going to Hawaii, we have had a busy few weeks. It has finally settled down a bit, and I thought I better update about our 8 week appointment we had last Monday. It was pretty quick and painless, just checking vitals, making sure I'm feeling okay, and then on to the good stuff. The ultrasound! The baby is 7 weeks and 6 days old, and doing great! I saw it's little heartbeat and it was fluttering very well. I can't wait until we find out if it is a boy or a girl :)

Nothing else has really been going on. I still haven't had any morning sickness, though the smell issue is still there. And some food still sound terrible to me. But I have been doing great! The only new thing I have noticed is an increase in nightmares, but I heard that can be normal.

And it Will Be Announced...

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

So, since pretty much our entire family knows and some friends know... Josh and I think it's pointless to try and keep it a secret anymore. So I decided to tell my work today... well besides Coco, Martin and Bill who already knew. We had a department meeting today, and even had Chandra on the phone all the way from California. Coco and I joked yesterday about me adding it to the end of our meeting, and I figured WHY NOT! So when Coco asked if anyone had anything else to discuss or add, I said "I do..." and of course Coco knew so she was like "yes....." and I said "I'm going to have a baby!" and the girls were all so excited! Veronica wanted to shout it from the rooftops and get baloons and streamers and stuff. HAHA Silly girls! A little while later I went down to Coco's office to dropp off some papers and Katie was in there. I figured that since she knew about Coco, I better tell her about me too. She freaked out and wanted to tell her dept. Coco jumped up and was like "yes! lets go tell them right now!" LOL I let them and it was a little awkward but fun. All the girls were very excited and asked me a bunch of questions. :)

Okay, so update on me and whats going on. I have noticed cravings for things like chicked fried steak with gravy, grilled cheese sandwiches dipped in marinara sauce, and chicken patty sandwiches (like the Original Chicken Sandwich at Burger King). Smells are still bothering me a ton, as is the look of food. Mushy food in particular grosses me out. But I'm doing good with all fruits, mac and cheese, peas, tomatoes, lettuce, cucumbers, soup, chicken nuggets or any breaded chicken (grilled, boiled, or similar chicken gags me), frozen burritos, pizza - OF COURSE, toast (but not cold bread), pickles, cereal, juice, and I'm craving milk like I can't get enough. I'm finally not sick anymore, so I can breathe all through the night. I'm still able to do most of my exercize routine, except the ones where I lay on my stomach and have to lift my arms and legs alternatively. My tummy hurts when I tried like I'm squishing something I shouldn't be. So I'm skipping those ones from now on.

Oh, and according to our little countdown, our baby is the size of a raspberry today. :) My fave!

First Appointment, First Few Weeks

Monday, January 3, 2011

We had our first appointment last week on Monday. Our doc did an ultra sound, but we couldn't see much so we didn't get a picture. I fainted (twicw) while trying to get my blood work done, and was re-assured that I can continue eating and doing all the things I have normally been doing. That was a relief considering I love my Wild Strawberry Crystal Light !! But we get to come back on the 10th for our 8 week appt and he said we should be able to see the little heart beat and get a picture or two. YAY As of right now I have not been sick at all, I have a very tender *cough* chest *cough*, I have to pee 8,000 times a day, certain foods sound absolutely discusting to me (though so far I have avoided them - so no sickness), and millions of non-existent smells all the sudden are affecting me in a million ways (mostly negative ones). But again, no sickness yet. My mom told me she was hardly sick at all with my older sister, but when she had me the nausia never went away, hopefully I get more of the first one throughout all my pregnancies. It's kinda weird, but in a way the back of my mind is still worried I'm not really pregnant. With this lack of "normal" symptoms, its easy to be skeptical. But it's been a week since my blood work was done, and if there was a problem, I'm sure they would have told me by now. Right? Sigh...

Family Addition

It has finally happened, Josh and I are expecting a little addition to our family. And we couldn't be more excited. We had been working on this for quite a while now, and each time another month went by without results, we kept asking "what are we doing wrong?" Was there some special secret we didn't know about. Everytime we prayed about it we got the same answer, we needed to be sealed in the temple first. Well, we kept trying, just in case... but of course we got nothing... As it got to be fall time, our lives got busy getting things done around our house and hanging around with family. At the beginning of November we were so excited to find out that our temple sealing was finally approved. We got excited and got things ready for that big day, and only a couple days before it, we were (of course) visited by our favorite Aunt Flo. So even though we hardly had a moment to think about anything, the back of my mind was still hopeful for the next couple months to bring a big change. About a week before Christmas, the usual monthly disappointment didn't come...and after 5 days we were too anxious to wait any longer... to our excitement, the test was positive! We were ecstatic and crying and talking non-stop. But my skeptic brain kept nudging me saying to get a second opinion. So three days later we took another test, a different brand just to be sure. It also was positive, and no sign of a visit from Aunt Flo... It was enough to convince us. We talked about waiting to tell our family, but Christmas was two days away and the temptation to announce it on such an amazing day was too much for us. We found these cute little outfits and wrapped them up like any other Christmas gift we were giving our family. We saved it for last and it was so fun seing thier faces when they opened it and figured out what was going on. My mom thought for a split second it was a sweater for her dog until she read what the outfit said. And Josh's mom thought we were joking (again)... My grandma couldn't believe it and was so excited, and Heidi kept saying "I knew it!". It was so fun! So, the moral of this little story is that getting sealed in the temple is one of the most important things you will ever do. It will determine your entire life and once you have achieved it, the things you want in life can be yours if you are living God's way!
Well, the counter at the top of the blog will keep you up to date on how far along we are, and I will continue to update with all of our appointments, milestones, symptoms, and aversions... such a lovely place to document this incredible journey!


TEST # 1

TEST # 2

The gift... surprise!!!

Josh's mom opening "the gift".

My grandparents opening "the gift"