19 weeks and 19 months! Happy New Years!

So I am officially nineteen weeks pregnant. It is just flying by so fast. I have gained about 3 pounds and you still can not tell I am pregnant. I have a very teeny tiny baby bump as of now. She is such an active little one. I started feeling her kicks at 14 weeks, Rory could feel them at about 17 weeks and at 18 weeks you could see them very clearly on my stomach. She is very full of energy. She kicks most when Logan is cuddling mama or Rory is rubbing my belly. Logan LOVES kissing her. I am scheduled for our 2nd ultrasound next week to check on her health and make sure she is growing correctly and check her heart and brain and bones. I am always more nervous than excited for ultrasounds, but it will be good to see her again.

Logan is now nineteen months and talking like a mad man. His new favorite words are apple, soft, dog, and he is learning names. He can say Knox but it sounds most like Kno, he can say Reily, but he says Ryee, and Reece he says Ree! He can tell us the sounds that different animals make, the sound a train makes, and he can tell me what sounds the letter A, B and S make. He is just getting so smart. He is still extra petite so the doctors are monitoring his weight gain. I think he just takes after daddy and will be tall and skinny! His favorite foods are spaghettios, ice cream and pizza. Typical boy :) He is now no longer wanting to sleep with mama and dada. In fact, if we put him in bed with us while he sleeps, he will not sleep through the night. He is so independent. He likes to sleep alone. Big boy! I hate it and love it at the same time!

We took Logan to the bounce house again last week for our little family date. He is so fun to watch. He loves to try and jump and has a love hate thing going with going down the slides by him self.

New Years was a lot of fun. We went to some friends house for the first half of the night and hung out with them for a bit, than we were off to my moms for the rest of the night. Logan loves going to Grandma Connies! We watched the ball drop and than watched off my moms balcony at all of the fireworks. It is so cool to see the whole valley celebrating!

Rory is now almost finished with school! He has about a month left. He took very well to welding, it almost came naturally to him. His teachers are so impressed with how good he is already! I am super duper proud of him.

We are now only 500 dollars away from reaching our goal down payment for a house. We will continue to save until we have to use it.

My new years resolution is to be the best mom I can be, be the best wife I can be and to get into a house. I know with my awesome husband by my side anything we want will happen. I also hope to acheive the lose this babys pregnancy weight at the end. I loved being at 100 pounds and will be excited to get back there!

Rory is at work right now but will be home in a few hours. I truly miss him every time he leaves. Its so funny how in love with eachother we still are and how much it continues to grow. I am just so happy with my life and all the he has given me.


Here is to another great year! Bring it on 2012!

16 1/2 weeks ultrasound

Today, Rory, Logan and I went to Fetal Fotos to find out what we are having. We just couldn't wait four more weeks, so we porked out a hundred bucks and went there, it was so worth it. Logan will be having a little sister! Yep! We are so excited! I got so reared up, and although Rory won't admit it, he did too :) Logan sat next to me and watched the screen the whole time in fascination. Our dreams are coming true. We got to see her yawn and wave and wiggle around :). Her name will be Blaire Nicole, still debating the spelling on her first name. It was a great birthday present! Tomorrow I will no longer be a teen! Ha so weird to say! Logan also had to go get his shots today

:(. It was heartbreaking. His weight is still low for his height, but I think he is just petite :). Time to cook and clean, bye!

House searching and doctors appts

So yesterday I went into my 15 week check up. It is amazing, but I can feel our baby moving so much. It is so early, but we can even feel it from the out side now. I thought maybe it was just my insides shifting, but my doctor confirmed it. I pointed out exactly where to put the heart doppler and our little bean kicked it. The heart rate has slowed down to 138. Maybe it is another little guy? We find out next week! My doctor is worried about my weight gain. I havent gained any weight yet, infact, you cant even tell I am pregnant. Because I am already so skinny and a little under weight, she is concerned about me not gaining enough. Guess that just means I need to give in to my cravings more! Lol! My heart rate and blood pressure are still high so I am being monitored by that. Hopefully we can avoid bedrest at all costs this pregnancy!

Rory and I have looked at a few houses we really liked. Yesterday we found one that we fell in love with, it had a mother in law basement and was brand new. Right in our price range. Called on it to view the inside and get an application and someone just put an offer in. I guess that means it wasnt the one for us. Our quest continues to find out perfect home!

Logan has been trying to go potty in the big boy toilet now. He is so smart! He takes his diaper off and runs to the toilet. He will sit on it forever but hasnt gone in it yet. He has gone right next to it though lol!

Well off to cuddle my boy! bye!

Thanksgiving and such

Thanksgiving was a great time! Even though Rory had to work that day, he got home just in time to have a beautifully and SUPER yummy cooked dinner by my mom, my self and my sisters. It was perfect. After dinner with my family, we went and visited with my dad and his side. Unfortunately, Logan was to sick to stay for long, so we had to leave early. After words, we went up to say hi to Rorys family. Logan really loves there two dogs. Rorys grandma Hoffman is getting ready to leave us, which is really sad, but it is better for her. She will finally be reunited with the love of her life and no longer be bed ridden in pain. Logan gave he lots of loves. It was so sweet. Than, we headed back to my moms and ate some pie. I love eating at my moms house. Her meals are always so good and filled with lots of love and care. The black Friday this year was crazy and we were not going to subject our selves to waiting in live for hours on end and end up with nothing good. So we went later in the afternoon. We finished all of our shopping for Logan. Lots of toys, trucks, a portable DVD player and lots of movies. He is set this year! We just have to get my parents and Rorys parents presents. Rory got my a Cricut Expressions 2 and he got the Ipad 2.
In two weeks we will find out what we are having. I am pretty sure it is a girl, but I really would be happy either way. This pregnancy has been pretty tough on me. I suffer from Chronic Migraines and have for a really long time, but with Logans pregnancy I only had one the whole nine months, compared to having four a month. Well, this one they havent gone away and because I can't take strong pain killers while pregnant, they last up to four days. I barely like taking Tyelonol while pregnant, so having to take that constantly is hard for me. My blood pressure is high with this one as well which has the doctor a little concerned. Hopefully it will level it self out because it would be impossible for me to be put on bed rest. My morning sickness has let up a little bit, but I still can not eat anything with out puking up until about 3 in the after noon, so I am still losing weight. I do have confidence that everything is going to work out perfectly though and I am so excited for this little one to join our perfect family.

Gingerbread house and sugar cookies

Tonight, Rory has to work unfortunately, so it is just me and Logan! We are going to make pizza for dinner, and than decorating our Gingerbread house and making cookies and decorating them. I love spending time with my little man, it is even better when Rory can do it with us, but I better get used to it because he is going to be working and going to school full time starting tomorrow! Yep! We are very excited about it! He starts welding school tomorrow. I am so proud of him. He is so willing to do what ever it takes to better his families life. It is only a four month program but it will make a huge difference in our lives. Well, off to watch Backyardigans with my little guy!

Baby heart beat :)

I never got to tell how awesome my appt. went a few weeks ago. We finally got to hear our little sweeties heart beat. 159 and strong. It is such an amazing noise, I have two hearts beating inside of me. Rory and I created this. I loved it.

My morning sickness is still here and still strong, but I am striving. No weight gain yet, but it looks like the weight loss has stopped. I am thinking girl, but I still cant say for sure. I am now almost 13 weeks. Really dragging right now.

More great news, Rory and I are seriously looking into buying a house at the end of our lease. We have been shopping around, and are considering Herriman or Bluffdale. It is so exciting yet a little nerve wracking. The end of our lease is in May, which is when little baby is due and Logans 2nd birthday. Moving, birthday planning, and giving birth, what a crazy and exciting month.
Well, off to make my house smell of beautiful things, adios!

Coming home

Austin, his wife and little Lukey are officially coming home for good! It has been a scary, stressful and exciting four years, but Austin succeeded and has come so far. He is so brave. I am so brave the way he turned out. All of my family members have grown into such amazing and productive people. I couldn't be more proud of my family. Karlee and Luke are on their way home right now, driving. Austin will be home December 17th. I am so glad our family is going to be a whole again.