19 weeks..

Pregnancy highlights:

1. I have been feeling the baby move a ton. For some reason

whenever I drive in the car that's when I feel the movements

the most. Baby starts kicking like crazy. It's kind of funny.

2. We find out November 22nd what the baby is! We can't wait

to finally know what it is. It's been driving me nuts.

3. My appetite hasn't really changed. I have been waiting to get

crazy hungry like I have heard my whole life but it

hasn't come yet.

4. I don't really have cravings I just really know what 

I DON'T want.

5. My weight gain is right on track but with Thanksgiving

and Christmas coming I highly doubt it will stay 

that way.

6. I have to pee all the time which is really annoying especially

since our bathroom is upstairs.

7. I hate hate hate my stomach being hot. Everywhere else

can be warm or hot but not my stomach.

8. I have been having really bad back pain but only

in one spot. It's weird. 

9. I am way more emotional and cry at the dumbest things.

Eric's such a trooper.

10. I sleep with three pillows. Needless to say Eric and I

really need a California king.

11. According to Eric, I hit him off the bed at night in

my sleep. I don't even know I'm doing it.

So pregnancy hasn't been all that bad. Other than feeling like a whale I'm doing just great and so is baby.

Halloween!

I know this is late but better late than never! We decided to go up to Jessica's and go trick or treating with Kayden. Last year Jamie and Dave came down with Jo and Jaden but this year they decided to go trick or treating around there neighborhood so sadly I was not able to see there cute costumes. When we got to Jessica and Mika's Kayden was napping and when he woke up he wasn't feeling that great but when Jessica asked him if he wanted to go trick or treating he immediately felt better. I wished it wouldn't have been raining because this year Kayden was way more into it than last year. But it was still fun to spend time with family. I love my babies and Kaena is soooooo big. I love to kiss her cheeks! They are so big. It's weird to think that next year I will have a kid of my own!

16 weeks

16 weeks down and I am feeling great! I haven't had any dreams on if it's a boy or a girl but I don't care what it is as long as it's healthy. We will find out what it is the week of Thanksgiving and I can't wait. I'm tired of passing cute things in stores and not buying them because I don't know what I am having yet! Thanksgiving better come fast.

Home.

Going once was not enough but it will have to do.

Josh, Nicole & I at Olive Garden

Apple Hill! Best picture of the day.

Josh, Alex, Nicole & I in San Fran.

Me and my daddy!

 It was a gloomy day but I still loved it.

This is the best candy place ever. I waited all day for this. 

This last weekend was one of the best ever! My parents had decided to take a trip to Roseville to go to this thing called Apple Hill. Since I hadn't been to Roseville in almost 2 years I HAD to go. I was sad to leave Eric behind especially since he has never been to San Fransisco but the thought of being back home helped cheer me up. Thursday was spent eating at La Bou, going to the galleria mall (which I think is ridiculous), going to my old elementary school, seeing family and wonderful close friends. Friday was spent at Apple Hill. I love looking at all the vendors, getting apple doughnuts, fudge, caramel apples, apple pies and apple fritters. But towards the end of the day I was so exhausted all I wanted to do was go home and sleep. Friday night was spent with one of my best friends at this yummy Italian restaurant. Saturday we headed to San Fransisco. It was a very windy, cold, gloomy day BUT it didn't rain which would have made the trip so much worse. 

I have so many fond memories of the city but to be honest the smells were KILLING me. Before I was pregnant I had a regular nose just like any other person but now my nose is seriously like super nose. I can smell anything and everything and that doesn't mix with San Fran. The worst was the fact that I had to pee literally every 30 mins and the public restrooms there are really bad. Every time I would walk into a bathroom it was like I was hitting a brick wall of the worst thing I had ever smelt. It was brutal. After about 2 hours of that I was basically done. It was a great day other than the smell situation but by the end of it I felt like an old person. My back was killing me, my feet hurt, if I smelt cigarette smoke one more time I was going to shoot somebody, my legs hurt from all the walking , and I was exhausted. As much as I was sad to go, especially since I'm not sure when I will go back, it was so nice to sit in a nice warm car with no bad smells smacking me in the face.

All in all I was really glad that I went but was ready to be back in my own bed with my husband. The night I got home from the trip I think I slept like 14 hours. I love sleep.

Gardner Village

I am 13 weeks in this picture. For some reason while we were taking this picture I decided to say something funny which made my smile look weird.

Just being us. Which is crazy.

Yeah we are lame and we only took two pictures but we were focused on the wonderfulness of Gardner Village! It was so much fun! I love seeing all the cute shops decorated in Halloween and we always have a fun time. Sadly our other sister Jessica couldn't make it which made it not as fun but she'll be there with us next year! This place really gets me in the Halloween mood and it's reaaallllyy hard to not go crazy and buy hundreds of Halloween decorations. I think my favorite part of the day was trying a sample of banana chocolate fudge. It was so freaking good and was like heaven in my mouth. We decided to go earlier in the day this year which was a very very smart thing to do because the shops are smaller and it gets really crazy toward the afternoon. I want to go back every weekend! I love it so much!

In 3 days I get to:

see this gorgeous girl and I can't wait! It's been way to long.

 see this crazy/awesome girl. We always have the best time.

eat here. I seriously have been craving this.

Go here. I haven't gone to apple hill in waayy to long.

 and go here. Salt water taffy here I come!

 I CAN'T wait to go back home. It's been to long and I have missed so many things. I never thought I would miss Roseville this much.

You can eat whatever you want, but you're going to have to work to get it off..

Never have these words rang more true than right now. About a month before I found out I was pregnant I was talking to one of my sisters on the phone about pregnancy and how about when I got pregnant I would be so excited because I could just eat whatever I wanted. I hadn't really thought much about what I had just said when she replied "well you're right. You can eat whatever you want but you're going to have to work that much harder to get if off." I thought about what she said and thought well that kind of sucks now that I think about it but I won't be getting pregnant for a while. HA. 

Now that I am pregnant I have found that it's been kind of a struggle for me. It's been really hard for me to wrap my brain around the fact that I AM going to gain weight and that I have and that there isn't a whole lot I can do about it. I sometimes think well since I am going to get fat might as well enjoy it and eat whatever I want. It's been very hard to have some sort of self discipline knowing that I am going to gain weight really no matter what. Then there is the fact that I am in land of Provo where everyone is pregnant and everyone that is pregnant is skinny. I know I shouldn't be complaining because I am right on track with where I should be at this point and gaining weight but it is hard to not get a little down sometimes. My sister Jessica is awesome because every time I see her she tells me "you don't even look pregnant" but that's because I wear baby doll shirts to hide my bump or pooch or whatever you call it at this point. If I wear my regular shirts that don't flow out around the belly I look like I am just fat. I apologize for the lack of pictures lately as this has been the reason why I haven't really wanted to take pictures. I will try and get some up as soon as I can. 

Pregnancy hasn't been ALL bad.  

 1. Eric and I heard the baby's heartbeat and It was so surreal. I know my baby is there but to hear the heartbeat made it so real. I even knew where my baby was when the doctor went to find the hearbeat. Every time I would cramp in the beginning of pregnancy it would always be on the right hand side so when my doctor first started looking for the heartbeat on the left hand side I thought to myself you aren't going to find it there and sure enough when he went to the right hand side he found the heartbeat.

2. WARNING: this next part gets personal so if you are uncomfortable with personal things don't read. My boobs have gotten so big!! This is a perk because now I can finally relate to all my sisters as they are all larger chested. It's nice to not feel like a man. 

3. Before I got pregnant when I was hungry I would eat and then could usually eat a little more even though I was full. Now when I'm starving I will eat but when I am full, I am full. I can't stuff more food down no matter how good it tastes. I guess I thought it would be the other way around when I got pregnant. I do get hungry more often though.

I want to sleep!

I have been a very fortunate girl and haven't thrown up once. My mom and sisters never threw up and didn't really have morning sickness and I really haven't either but all I want to do is sleep. ALL the time! Then when I do try and sleep for some stupid reason my body won't let me! I will randomly wake up during the night and not be able to get back to sleep and I keep telling myself maybe it's my bodies way of getting me ready for a baby but then I think my body wouldn't be that mean to me. I really shouldn't be complaining because honestly I have only had 1 day that I really just felt blah but other than that I have been fine. So basically everyday I look forward to sleep and then I get crap sleep so then the next day I am

So you would think I would just take naps. Ha yeah right. If I take a nap I will sleep seriously all day. Eric has been so awesome through all of this cause I have not been the nicest person. He is always asking what he can do to help. I am sooooo looking forward to the second trimester when I supposedly will be less tired. I have a dr's appt next week for my 10 week check up and Eric and I will hopefully be able to hear the heartbeat!

Anyway enough complaining! I am SOO excited for the holidays! I love love love love Halloween and am way excited to go to gardner village! I love going even though it's always butt crazy with tons of people. I love all the cute little shops and the carmel apples. But be warned! You can't go there and not buy something. It's like impossible. I have tried but not only do they have Halloween stuff they have Christmas stuff too! I have been telling people I think it's really bad timing to be pregnant during Halloween, Thanksgiving AND Christmas! I'm doomed. If you see me and I'm a big ball don't be a hater.

I have decided the only good thing about September is the return of football! Finally. I'm not gonna lie I really hate basketball. It's sooooo boring. It's so nice to have the Cougs back in action! Go BYU! Happy fall everyone!