Week 19

Pregnancy Highlights

How Far Along: 19 weeks

Total Weight Loss/Gain: I've gained back about 5 pounds. Doctors cautioned me to be very aware of what I eat and drink. They'd like me to keep it as low as possible. The past few weeks though, I've felt pretty icky, so I've been eating whatever I can just to feed me and baby :)

Maternity Clothes: None yet!!! Got a very small baby bump

Best Moment this Week: Our Ultrasound. We have to go back on April 4th for another one, because baby wouldn't stay still long enough for the tech to get a good picture of the heart and stomach. What they did see though, everything looks fine. :)

Gender: ITS A GIRL!!! We're SOO excited!! We can't wait to meet McKynlee Ann in August!! :D

Movement: Same as last week. If I apply counter pressure to my stomach, I can feel her kicking and rolling. She's VERY active!

Food Craving: None, really. Still want cantaloupe. Its still not in season. Dang you, cantaloupe. :p

What I Miss: same as last week. Just energy.

Sleep: I could probably sleep all day, if I was allowed to. I napped twice today. I adore my sleep.

What I am looking forward to: finally having a baby belly. So far, its pretty non-existant. I swear, if I didn't have ultrasound pictures to prove a baby was in there, nobody would believe me. :p

Belly Button: Still very much in.

Symptoms: Still pretty nauseated in the morning. I take at least one Zofran a day. Heartburn is taking over my life lol. Very tired all the time. I have some sciatic nerve pain. Its usually how I can tell if she's moving or not. She shifts and sits on that nerve, and its just....painful.

Week 18

Pregnancy Highlights

How far along: 18 weeks, 3 days

Total weight loss/gain: 20 pounds lost, that I know of.

Maternity Clothes: none yet! my pre-maternity clothes are too big for me now!

Best Moment this week: feeling butterfly flutters when Clint was listening to my tummy. He does this daily, but this week, I started feeling movement when he was applying pressure to my belly. :)

Gender: Ultrasound is scheduled for 8:50 am on Monday morning! :D

Movement: see "best moment"

Food craving: nothing really. I haven't had much of an appetite at all. I tend to force myself to eat.

What I miss: energy. not feeling nauseated all the time. sleeping through the night without getting up to visit the bathroom. :p

Sleep: as long as I've got my maternity pillow, I'm fairly comfortable. I've had some sciatic nerve pain, and that sometimes makes getting comfortable for sleep a little difficult.

What I am looking forward to: finding out if its a boy or girl! can't wait to start buying gender specific items, planning the nursery, etc. :)

Belly Button: Still very much in!

Symptoms: fatigue, nausea, back pain, "chest" pain (if you catch my drift LOL), some "cramping" sensations. These are caused by my ligaments becoming more elastic as the baby grows (according to my book :p)

Oh hai there....

SOO this is my first post of 2011. Fail, huh? First thing I notice is that my background is non-existant. I vaguely recall getting notification that they'd be changing things around, and so my background would probably be erased. BUT, I forgot. First order of business was to update that so I have a pretty background again. :)

We have been up to absolutely nothing. Work, work, and more work. Our lives are thrilling. Truly, that's all we have done. I'd be lying if I said we did anything else.

Baby is growing strong. Heartbeat has been at a steady 150 bpm. With the exception of a couple weeks ago, when it was down to 136. I had the stomach flu, I think poor baby was stressed. But, it was still in the normal range, so doctor wasn't concerned. I sat around the house for a week to get rehydrated and get over the nasty flu. Then I got a double ear infection. Oh, dear sweet baby of mine....you're killing Mommy's immune system . You're going to be immune to every antibiotic known to mankind when you're older. But, we love you more than anything. :) We get to find out if the baby is BOY or GIRL on March 21st. That's in TWO WEEKS! We're SOOO excited!!! We have no preferance one way or another. We want baby to be healthy. :)

That's about it, for now. Nap time is quickly approaching. I get SOOO tired nowadays.

That time we found out we were Pregnant :)

So, it has been a LONG time since I last posted. Fail. I know. Its been a super busy few months. And I can't even remember everything that has happened. However, as you may have guesses from the title, we're having a baby! :D The story about how we found out....Its a funny one. Or, I think so, anyway.

On December 22nd, I was due to have my tonsils taken out. They've caused me a lot of issues with strep throat and such. So my doctor wanted them out. For a couple weeks leading up to the surgery, I'd felt sick. I chalked it up to nerves over the surgery. Clint pestered me to take a test, but I insisted that wasn't the reason. I was tired, all that jazz. Chalked it up to working too hard before the holidays. SO there I was, in pre-op, on the 22nd. I've been IV'd, gowned, and I'm ready to go into the OR. They had taken a urine sample, and they always test for pregnancy in women, as a safety precaution. The nurse came running in, with a grin that went from ear to ear. She says "I think we gave you an IV a little too early", and puts a little piece of plastic in my face. It has two lines on it. She says, "honey, its positive." My mouth just dropped, and I burst into tears. I kept asking "are you serious?? seriously???" I was crying so hard, that she asked "is this a happy thing??" Absolutely, it is!! I was just in such shock. Clint and I have never protected ourselves against pregnancy, and we were beginning to think we couldn't have children. It was becoming discouraging. Clint immediately called his mom, who didn't believe us. Clint's such a joker, so I can see why she was doubtful! Needless to say, surgery was cancelled. I can't be put under, its too dangerous for baby. We went to wal-mart, bought pregnancy tests, and took them. All 3 also came back positive. We were in total shock. We still kind of are. But we are so, so excited!!!! We cannot WAIT!

On the 23rd, we went to the doctor. They tested again, and confirmed that we are, indeed, pregnant. They did a full exam, asked some questions, and gave us a due date of August 1st. Which means I am just entering my 3rd month of pregnancy. We have an ultrasound on January 3rd. We'll get to hear a heartbeat. See how big the baby is. We cannot wait. We are beyond excited to be parents. My parents are SO excited to be grandparents. My grandparents are so excited to be great-grandparents. Basically, everyone is just super excited. :D

New blog!

I decided to start a new blog, dedicated solely to my photography.

http://aliciamclawsphotography.blogspot.com

Check it out. Become a follower. Spread the link around. :p

I am a horrible blogger...

Oh hey!! Lookie there....we're still alive. Oh, its true. Alive. You wouldn't know it, unless you keep up with us on Facebook :p Because I....am a horrible blogger. :p

Since I last blogged, I had surgery. See, right after my last blog post, I started showing all the classic signs of pregnancy. Fatigue, achy parts, hot flashes, morning sickiness (of sorts) and missing cycles (those are sporadic, at best)...all that fun stuff. It was weird, and all tests came back negative. I finally sucked it up and went to the doctor. Turns out, I had a large cyst on my right ovary. Very large....like, softball sized, large. Doctor decided the best course of action would be to remove it. So on May 12, I had my first surgery, ever. I had three incisions, one in my belly button, and two at my bikini line. The whole procedure was done laparascopically (wow-that's butchered...and spell check can't even figure out what I'm attempting to say :p) so my incisions are very small. He removed it all successfully, and now I'm on medication to regulate my system. We figure I'll stay on the medication for 6 months, and then go off of it to see if my body keeps up. If it does, we'll try for a baby. If it doesn't....well, we'll explore other options. :)

Clint and I both managed to injure our right feet. Yep, we're awesome like that. He ran over his at work one night while pulling a large pallet of dog food. The pallet was taller than he is, and was full of 50 lb. bags of dog food. He caught his heel with it. Managed to break his heel. Oh, and he has Achilles tendonitis. So he is in a large black boot for 6-8 weeks. I....don't have a cool story for mine. I was literally just walking. I have a stress fracture in my right arch. Because of its location, I am also in a large black boot, for 6-12 weeks. People think its "so cute!" that we're both in a boot on the same foot. Its funny, that's for sure! Our podiatrist says he's never seen such a thing in his entire 31 years of practice. :p

We went to Big Lake with his family the last week in June, like we always do. It was a blast, as always. We're going to try to go back up in August, for a long weekend :) and in September, we're going to California to visit my mom and brother. I haven't been to Yosemite National Park in years, and I miss it. Clint's never been, and I'm excited to show him around. We're really looking forward to it... :)

That's about it. See....3 months without blogging....and I have really, nothing interesting to say :p

Marshall & Kayla

On April 9th, we gathered to celebrate the marriage of Marshall and Kayla. Before the reception, we went to the Temple to get some bridal shots. I took SO many, and it was hard to narrow down to just a few to share. Please excuse the picture overload, all the while, enjoying the pictures :)