Pregnancy

Our lives really aren't that exciting. That's probably why I don't update this blog all that often. However I've had some recent thoughts that I just wanted to get down. As of today I am 24 weeks pregnant. I lost 12 lbs in the first few months, due to morning sickness and the swine flu. I haven't gained any of that back so far. I had a dr. appt. on Wed. and weighed in at exactly the same weight as the two previous months. My blood pressure is also hanging out in a really good range. This is so different from when I was expecting Alexys. I have mild PIH (pregnancy induced hypertension) and was on blood pressure medication. I really am lucky to have easy pregnancies. Right now I know quite a few pregnant friends and am the only one who seems to really enjoy the process. (And I don't swell either. My ankles, feet and fingers didn't swell even a bit while pregnant with Alexys and haven't shown signs of doing so this time around)

Which leads me to my thinking...I LOVE being pregnant. I think if I had more money and patience (and a willing husband) I'd rival Michelle Duggar. I love the feeling of a baby moving around inside of me. I love that it's like my own little secret and other people only know it's happening if I tell them. I love how excited Alexys is to have a sister (even though I'm afraid she thinks the baby is going to be born a toddler who can play with her)

I have been excited for a baby from the moment I suspected I was pregnant. But I think at that point I was honestly more excited to be pregnant. I also felt a bit like this baby wasn't going to make it to us. A feeling which was fueled when my sister in law lost her baby at 12 weeks. I was only a few weeks farther along than she was. However, I have found that the past few days I'm really getting excited to actually have the baby. I am nervous that she'll be a bad sleeper or a night baby. I worry about having to split my time between two kids and still try to keep a home (Let's face it I'm not great at that with only one kid) I worry that I won't love her as much as I love Lex. Or that Justin won't (and honestly I think he expects to love Lex more.) I worry that this little girl won't ever have a name. We can agree on a few that we both like but none really stand out as THE name.

Oh well...I suppose I'm done with my late night rambling now. We'll just have to wait and see what the next 3 months bring us eh?

Christmas

This year we went and cut our own tree. My family decided to come too. It was quite an adventure. We left a little late in the day and before we found trees we loved we lost a lot of daylight. Then we hiked down a mountain, decided to send Colby back for the truck and got stuck on a 4 wheeler trail. We had to find an alternate route out of the canyon. By the time we got back to the other truck it was dark and we were cold. But we all got our trees and I think ours is gorgeous. (sorry about sideways pics. I'm computer retarded and can't figure out how to rotate them)





Christmas was good this year. Santa, her grandparents, aunts and uncles made sure Alexys was thoroughly spoiled. She got a flyboat (all she would ask for) an art kit, moon sand, play dough, ponies, 2 dollhouses, a laptop, pillow chum, Tinkerbell doll, Cinderella doll and horse, walkie talkies, new doll stroller and carrier, clothes upon clothes, Ashlee made her a blanket and some other things that I can't think of. I got a new camera and wii fit plus. Justin got a Blu ray player with a few dvd's. And we got 4 other wii games.

Hooch loves the pillow chum. He thinks it's his.

Happy news!!!

We are expecting our second baby. I am due June 11 but on all ultrasounds we've had (I have a large cyst on my ovary that my doctor was concerned about and was monitoring) s/he was measuring bigger than the gestational age. I do have a pic to add but have to scan it in so I'll get to that soon. We get to find out next week the sex of the baby and I couldn't be more excited. I do have to say that this pregnancy has been much tougher than with Alexys. I got the swine flu at 6 weeks, a sinus infection a few weeks later, and a 24 hour stomach but a few weeks later. All with puking my guts out in between. I have lost 12 pounds but now am starting too feel and eat much better.

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving this year was spent at my in laws in Vegas. We were there a whole week and I don't think we took any pictures. Alexys loves playing there as they have a trampoline. She is a jumper for sure. And they have her cousins Domminiq, Tyson and Caden to play with too. She is so patient with Tyson and Caden who are both a year younger then her. I think she will be a great big sister.
On Thanksgiving day we had lots of good food that I was too sick to eat. Being pregnant sometimes sucks. Then we played games. I went to bed early because I wasn't feeling great and we were going to Toys R Us at midnight for their Black Friday sales. I was bright eyed and bushy tailed enough to go. We stood in line in the cold (but nowhere near as cold as Utah so for that I was thankful) and wind for a whole hour because the occupational limit was reached. Then when we finally got into the store I just went and jumped in line as everyone else shopped. We stood in the checkout line for an hour and a half. After Toys R Us we went to Sonic to grab a burger, then Wal Mart. They let us check our stuff out early so we were in and out in half an hour. Then home to sleep for a while longer then more shopping. It was a good vacation.

Halloween

The pumpkin Justin carved all lit up.

The pumpkin! (yep freehand by my talented husband)

The cutest scary witch ever!

Off we go.

She is silly!

Miss Alexys was a witch for Halloween. We reused her dress from the wedding and I made a little vest thing. I stuffed the skirt with plastic spiders, snakes, skeletons, rats and bats. We went to the rec center for trick or treating...that was all she wanted to do. We came home to eat and warm up. I went to get dinner and when I returned Justin had her in the bath. So we stayed home and watched a movie. We got a total of 6 trick or treaters. That left tons of candy for us. Hopefully next year she will enjoy candy gathering more.

P.S. Justin had to go back to Oklahoma for the Advanced Oilfield Mathematics and Engineering course re-do and this time he not only passed but he aced it! He 'graduated' with and A-. Highest score in the class! I am sooooooooooo proud of him!

Anniversary

On September 25 Justin and I celebrated our 5 year anniversary. For some reason I am really proud of this one. Maybe it's because this time last year I wasn't sure if we would make it to 5 years. We were at the brink of divorce and we decided to try one last time and voila. Here we are today.
In 5 years we have:
Moved 4 times in 3 cities.
Endured 14 (really!!) new jobs.
Had countless arguments.
Gone on a total of 2 vacations that didn't involve staying with family.
Had a really beautiful daughter.
Started college (me anyway)
Bought a home.
And so much more.

School

This semester I am taking English 1010. So far I'm loving the class but my professor is tough. His assignments are really hard.