13 WeEkS aNd ThE mOvE

So I am 13 weeks along...not really anything new this week with the baby. I did learn it will actually be able to hear my voice and the ones around me so thats exciting!!














In this picture it looks like i have a small bump, but I think that was just my pants. There is really not much of a change, I feel like my belly is starting to protrude more but not enough to notice yet.

So we started moving Saturday! Its kinda a pain in the rear. I am so sick of packing, there is alot of little stuff I just don't know what to do with. And I never want to live in an upstairs apartment again!! It will be nice once everything is out though. And we can just be in our new place. I forgot to take my camera today, and the pics I took on my camera sucked so I'll have to post some once I get everything set up. I am hoping to have everything moved on monday and set up before the end of the week.

Oh ChRiStMaS tReE

So I know its only the last part of October, but I am so excited for Christmas. I think its mostly because I should know what I am having by then. I am usually not to excited about Christmas until the week of. Plus I don't like winter, its to cold for me. Anyways, I bought an artificial tree today. I found an awesome deal on walmart.com. I got a 6.5 foot pre-lit tree for $35!! We were thinking just to get a small one but when I saw this I just couldn't pass it up. I am also so excited to be able to decorate for Christmas, all the stores are starting to put out decorations and things and I can't wait to get started. Even though I should be more concerned on how I am going to decorate our new home. It is such a different layout than here so I'm a little concerned about how I'm going to put things. We are going to start moving this weekend, and I'm going to try and get some pictures then!! All I can say is the Lord is looking out for us! Sometimes I feel like I don't know how we are going to afford everything, or how we are going to do things, and yet we always have away to get through it.

Now for the baby stuff......I had to reschedule my appointment yet again!! I will for sure be going on November 3rd. At that time I'll be a few weeks to early to be able to tell the sex. Between 16-20 weeks is when they will be able to tell. So I'm thinking between thanksgiving and the first couple of weeks in December I will hopefully know. If you can't tell I'm super excited:)

12 wEeKs

So 12 weeks is already here!! WOW!! Its looking like I'm gonna have to reschedule my doctors appointment again. My last one was 5 weeks ago and I want so badly to go, but I'll just have to be patient. I'm thinking we should be able to find out what I'm having in 2 appointments. From what I'm told they usually like to wait until your 20 weeks but you might be able to tell before. I am so excited!! My mom was reading me her journal today around the time she had me. It is so funny to hear the things that happened and how similar something are in or lives. Both me and my mom think I am having a boy. JJ doesn't know, but keeps saying its probably a girl where thats all they have in his family. Its funny because when my mom was pregnant with me it was opposite, her thinking I was a girl and my dad positive I was a boy. I was stubborn and wouldn't let them see in the ultrasound so I was a surprise. I'm hoping our baby won't be like its mother and be that stubborn and actually let us see. Either way, boy or girl, I will be thrilled!! And if I could get the morning sickness to go away I would be very content! Everywhere I read and from what my doctor said it should have eased up by week 12, but up until 3 weeks ago I never pucked and now I'm averaging 2-3 times a week, plus side I have dropped a few pounds. I still don't have a bump!!

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PuMpKiNs

For pack meeting this month JJ had the scouts decorate pumpkins. Not everyone showed up, so we ended up with three extra. Today I decided to paint them since they were just small, and here is what they look like!!

ThE hUsBaNd SoNg!

So I found this on a friends blog. Hope she doesn't mind I posted it to, but its hillarious. ENJOY!!

11 WeEkS

So this is my belly at 11 weeks and 3 days. Still no visible bump and I even lost a couple pounds this week!! I will hopefully be going to the doctor on Tuesday if I get what I'm waiting for in the mail....I'm not counting on it though. This weekend had been the worst for morning sickness, but according to my book and doctor is should start to ease up with in the next few weeks. I can't wait to find out what I'm having and to start getting stuff for it, Both our moms have bought boy outfits for it because my mom thinks thats what I'm having and so do I, but I don't dare buy anything before I know for sure.

PiCnIc At ThE lAke

So Saturday we decided to go upto Mantua for a picnic. It was fun besides that it was freezing!! We grabbed subway on the way there and sat on the beach and ate and just enjoyed being away from home for a little while. There were still some ducks in the lake, but anytime I tried to get a picture they'd go under water. We thought it was crazy because there was a guy out in the lake water skiing, when we were there in July the water was cold, I don't think I'd be able to handle it right now. I love Mantua though, its so pretty up there and were it was cold, there was hardly anyone there, so it was quite. When we usually go out its just to the movies or dinner and I wanted to do something different, and my wonderful husband made that possible. Here are some pictures we took while we were there.

I love it!!

J.J.'s hands on my belly like always

We were meaning to look down at the baby but I guess both blinked at the same time.

BuMmEr

So this week I have been a little bit bummed out. I had to move my doctor's appointment back to the 20th, because of stupid insurance. I know it'll probably go by fast, but I just want to know everything is ok. I have been feeling like something is growing inside me, since my tummy is tight and sometimes crampy. So I guess thats a good sign!! I'm just impatient I guess, I want to see my baby again!! I'm such a worry wart and don't know why I am with this. I just want my baby to be healthy and to do everything I can to make it that way. They told me once you see the heartbeat you have less than a 2% chance of miscarrying, and then at 14 weeks its suppose to be an even better sign, but I know alot of people who have miscarried on their first pregnancy and I guess thats what makes me so nervous. I guess I just need to relax!!! And I'm hoping once the placenta starts taking over the hormones for the baby, I'll start to be a little bit more of my regular self. Its so weird my moods change so fast and sometimes I don't know why I feel the way I do. Which could explain this post!! Sorry if it seems like I'm complaining I don't mean to, just something that might happen a few times in the next 7 months or so;)

10 WeEks!!

So as of today I am 10 weeks along. Not much different than the other weeks. I am starting to feel bigger, I can't tell if I am or if its all in my head, but oh well.

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We'Re MoViNg & CoNfErEnCe

So it won't happen for a month or so but yes we are moving. Not very far away though! There is a lady in our old ward that has a little one bedroom house that we have decided to take. The kitchen is so much bigger, which was pretty much the seller point for me!! I can't wait to have a big kitchen, mine right now is so small and there just isn't enough room for everything. The bedroom and living room area are long and narrow rooms so that is going to be my project to figure out how to decorate. It also has an attic, YAY because now we won't have to have our stuff everywhere. We will also have the baby in our room with us which I don't mind because I'm gonna want it close for the first little while. And its kinda one of those house's you can't judge from the outside, its older but I love it!! I'm so excited to get outof our apartment, I mean the landlord is great but the neighbors are kinda questionable and alot of them smoke, which I don't want my baby to be around. I will post pictures as soon as I get some.

Also I am still in shock!! I can't believe Brigham City is getting a Temple!! We already have 2 temples with in a half hour or so which was a blessing enough, but now to only have one 10 minutes away, WOW!! All day we have been trying to figure out where it will be, but we are just going to wait and see. I am so very grateful for Conference and the chance to hear from the Apostles and Prophet. It always makes me more grateful for the things I have and the life I live. I know I take things for granite all the time, and don't always realize how much I owe to the Lord. I'm also not very good with names, but in the second session,there was a talk about the roles of parents in their children's lives. He was talking about where to draw lines with different circumstances and he then said, "That a parents role and influence in a child's life is the most valuable and important thing." I might be a little off the exact quote! But that statement really hit me. And as I got thinking about my childhood I did notice how all my memories I have are with my parents, good or bad!! Most of the memories it was me learning some sort of lesson, and my parents did do a good job of raising us. We moved a lot when I was younger, which I sometimes hated, but I know realize what a blessing it was for me. And I am starting to see all the things my parents sacrificed for our family. Our life hasn't been easy, that's for sure, but it has been a great one at that. My parents are still a very important part of my life. I can only hope I can raise my kids as good as they raised us, and that I always am close to my kids and that they can trust me. I am so thankful that the Lord has given me the chance to be a mom, and that he trust me enough with one of his special little spirits. It is such a great blessing to me.

JJ's BiRtHdAy

So today is my dear hubby's birthday! Unfortunately I have been sick today, so he has been taking care of me more than I have been taking care of him. He is so amazing. So we started the day by opening present and then his dad took us out to JC's. We then went over to Logan so he could get some new shoes, we headed home because misses preggo has to feel sick!! I then finished his cake and we are now just watching Smallville and after going over to my parents to share the cake with them. I decided to do spiderman theme, its always been an inside joke because I like batman and he likes spiderman.

His box of Present.

JJ with his spiderman cake I tried my best to decorate!