Week 19

Size of Baby: Baby D is 8.5 oz {the size of a heirloom tomato} 6 inches

Baby's Heartbeat on last visit: 155

Maternity Clothes: Got my first maternity swimsuit which I used swimming in the ocean this weekend!

Gender: Will find out 7/28!!

Name: several possibilities- We have a girl's name set in stone, but no idea on a boy name.

Movement: I think I might have been kicked, but I'm not sure.

What I Miss: Meat and Chicken!  This baby has turned me into a vegitearean!! I force myself to eat meat most days because I know I need the protein, but it is a struggle! I just don't like the taste or idea of chicken or meat these days!

Cravings: Chocolate and sweets all the time

Symptoms: Watched the Parent Trap with Kyle the other day, ended up crying at various times through out the movie...Hally finally meeting her mom in London...that moment really got the best of me!

Best moment of the week: Went to California for the weekend and watched my best friend Brittani compete in the CrossFit Games.  Which is basically the top 50 teams from around the World competing for "fittest people in the world."  My other best friend Bekah was there watching as well, so we made a poster and yelled from the stands....I much perfer yelling from the stands on this one.  There was not a whole lot about what they were doing that motivated me to get up and try it, except for all the free stuff they got!  Brittani got 6 pairs of reebok shoes and tons of shirts and shorts all in one day and she was on ESPN! It was so crazy!  I was proud to know her! I really enjoyed the excitement of the Crossfit Games!!  Kyle was in heaven with all the paleo food trucks, it was delicous!!  Also, My sister Jacee got Kyle a Chick-Fil-A gift card for Father's Day, so we had to celebrate the dad to be! 4 meals out of the 5 meals we ate on our trip were Chick-Fil-A, so I would say that is a California Win! Thanks Jacee!! Other highlights from our trip is we also got to watch the sunset at Huntington Beach and we stayed at a super budget hotel that smelled like Urine.  This California trip rounded out my month of stateside travel, Texas, Utah, Arizona, and California all in a month!  This little baby is already destined to be a traveler!

Week 18

Week 18

Size of Baby: Baby D is 7 oz {the size of an bell pepper} 5.5 inches

Baby's Heartbeat on last visit: 155

Maternity Clothes: Wearing all maternity clothes or larger sizes...gaining weight is not so fun, but I'm happy the baby is happy.

Gender: Will find out soon!

Name: several possibilities- We have a girl's name set in stone, but no idea on a boy name.

Movement: Flutters all the time!! whoo hooo! Can but can't wait to feel with being "kicked" is like.

What I Miss: going longer than 2 hours without having to pee

Cravings: SUSHI!!!!!

Symptoms: Got a bladder infection this from that little baby growing and laying on my bladder. Maybe this is too much information for a public blog but my sisters and mom are the only ones who read it anyways.  Don't worry mom, antibiotics are doing their job!

Best moment of the week: My best friends who worked on the Olympics "Forever" sports team

with me both came into town this weekend!!! And they brought along their men!!  Rebecka and Burra came all the way from Sweden to check out the Vegas lights and Lisa and Steve came from Lancaster County, PA to see the Grand Canyon!!  We got to do both!!  Friday, we toured around the las vegas strip at 110 degree weather, I thought the swedes were going to die of heat exhaustion because the hottest it gets in Sweden is 80!!  That night we went and hung out with the David's, we had a pool party and BBQ, we had plans of seeing Vegas by night but we ended up talking and laughing for hours and hours at a picnic table at the David's.....those memories were so much greater than Vegas nightlife could offer.  The next morning we woke up and Kyle drove 4 hours to the Grand Canyon, we watched the sunset, and he drove us 4 hours back!  What a trooper, it was so much fun having great conversations and seeing stunning creation at it's finest!  The next morning we dropped Lisa and Steve off at the airport and took Burra and Rebecka out to the desert to give them the opportunity to shoot their first gun!!

Week 17!!

Week 17 Baby D is 5 oz {the size of a turnip} 5 inches

Size of Baby: 

Baby's Heartbeat on last visit: 155

Maternity Clothes: loving all my new clothes!  Who cares about electricity and sliced bread... Maternity pants are the best invention in the history of the world..

Gender: Will find out soon!

Name: several possibilities- We have a girl's name set in stone, but no idea on a boy name. 

Movement: I feel tiny little movement!! I thought it was gas, but learned that that is actually "flutters" whoo hooo!!!

What I Miss: Sleeping peacefully on my stomach!

Cravings: Ramen Noodles and Hot Cheetos.....this kid is prepared to be a broke college student.

Symptoms: Round ligament pain, slight pain that jabs every once in awhile

Best moment of the week: I had a great week! I am really loving my job....most people would be bummed that they have to work on the 4th of July, but I absolutely loved it!  We were able to serve over 300 veterans and people in the homeless population of Vegas!  I was in charge of serving the apple pie! They had the music playing and "God Bless America" came over the loud speaker...I started getting teary eyed...maybe it was the fact that I was surrounded by men that had served our country or the whole pregnancy factor, but either way it was an amazing time!  After the bbq was over,  my friend Stefani and I drove up to Utah to meet our families who had gone up the day before for a weekend of camping!  It was a weekend with the David's and Scheppman's full of fishing, camping, s'mores, and fireworks! The best moment was hanging out with everyone sitting under a blanket outside and watching it rain.  Such a relaxing and peaceful weekend!

Week 16

Week 16

 Size of Baby: Baby D is 3.5 oz {the size of an Avacado} 4.5 inches

Baby's Heartbeat on last visit: 155

Maternity Clothes: My sister, her sister-in-law,  and my best friend Bekah all contributed to clothing me for the next 5 months!! I went to Texas this weekend and brought a giant empty suitcase to fill up, I will be living out of this suitcase!!

Gender: Will find out soon!

Name: several possibilities- We have a girl's name set in stone, but no idea on a boy name.

Movement: I feel tiny little movement!! I thought it was gas, but learned that that is actually "flutters" whoo hooo!!!

What I Miss: fitting into my old clothes!

Cravings: chick-fil-a!! but the closest one is 200 miles away…woo woo is me!!

Symptoms: this was my first week at my new job and the first week in my whole pregnancy that I had constant morning sickness! I'm sure the nausea was all a combined effort of stress, lack of sleep and a growing baby...but what the hey, I thought I skipped out on the whole throw up stuff after the first 12 weeks!!

Best moment of the week: Thursday through Sunday I had a girls reunion with all my best friends from college.  It's amazing because we all met our first week of college as Freshman and did everything together for the next 4 years! We were all in each other's wedding and now we reunite once a year because that friendship is so valuable to us and incredibly hard to come by.  We stayed up late talking most night and at one point or another we all took turns crying, life is tough sometimes and it is nice to have a safe place to talk and have great friends to rally around you!! On Sunday before I got on the plane to come home, I was able to stop in with Kyle's best friend and his wife's house for some waffles!  They are always so encouraging…I got on the plane headed back to Vegas wishing Texas wasn't so dang far away!!  On Monday, I started my new job and as a celebration, my mother-in-law and future sister-in-law, all went to a show on the strip! It was called "Le Reve" and I highly recommend it!! So all in all I had a lot of best moments this week! I have so much to be thankful for!

Wonderful week!

Week 15
Size of Baby: Baby D is 2.5 oz {the size of an apple} 4 inches
 

Baby's Heartbeat on last visit: 180

Maternity Clothes: My Mother-in-Law took me on a shopping spree!  I got 3 pairs of pants....why didn't anyone ever tell me about the gloriousness of maternity pants? I would have been wearing these years ago!

Gender: Will find out soon!

Name: several possibilities- We have a girl's name set in stone, but no idea on a boy name.

Movement: I feel tiny little movement!! I thought it was gas, but learned that that is actually "flutters" whoo hooo!!!

What I Miss: Sleeping on my stomach :(

Cravings: chili cheese dogs, pickles, and citrus fruit! YUM Let's combine them all!!

Symptoms: slight ligament pain, but besides that, I'm feeling great!

Best moment of the week: I got my dream job!!!!  I have been searching for the perfect job for the last year and a half, and I received a call on Friday offering me the position as the Permanent Housing Case Worker for US VETS! This means my job is getting to help get homeless veterans off the street into housing and begin to get the help and healing they need to live a stable lifestyle!  Las Vegas has the 4th highest homeless population in the country and that's not ok! I can't believe I am going to get paid to do this!!