sitting. hoping. waiting. wishing.

39 (almost 40) weeks pregnant.

Nursery ready. Books read. Outfits sewn. Everything washed. Labor studied. Schedules made. Bags packed. Swing tested. Car seat installed. Nerves are high. 


Anytime now, baby. We are set.

home stretch.

29 Weeks Pregnant

Its official. I'm on my final stretch of pregnancy! We can't wait to meet this little girl. The past three months have flown by....

November

• Was a bridesmaid in my cousin's wedding. Thats right. Prego bridesmaid yo.
• Embarrassingly balled my eyes out the entire evening. Hormones.
• Flew to the Oregon coast. Went on walks. Ate good food. Read some books. Went over baby names. Had a great weekend with the husband, just the two of us, before the baby comes.
• Spent Thanksgiving with Ry's family. Went bowling. Beat everyone. Blame it on my new lack of balance.

December

• Went to the Adobe Christmas party. Thought we met the real Mr T. It wasn't him. Spent the whole night winning tickets for drawings. Played game after game. Didn't win anything. 
• Wrap dog treats for my brother and parent's dogs. Come home one day to find that Winston found the packages. Ate all the treats. All 20 huge sticks.
• Crave cereal like crazy. Went through 2 boxes in 2 days.
• Went home for Christmas. 
• Made Banana Cream Pie for Christmas Eve. Brother says "Its good but something is weird with the crust." Thats because I forgot to cook it.
• Went bowling. Talked a big talk. 6 year old niece beat me.
• Made Orange Rolls for Christmas Morning. Ryan's family recipe. Turned out perfectly. 
• Name cleared from the Banana Pie.
• Opened a body pillow. Changed my pregnant life.
• Cried openly in the store when they were out of something I needed. Ryan just hugged me. Hormones.
• Randomly shout at work when baby kicks me in the ribs. The office is used to it now.

January

• Took Glucose test. Tasted horrible. No diabetes. Feeling good.
• Loving icecream. Baby loves it too.
• Decide to repaint a dresser for the baby's room. Wore a mask while I did it in the driveway. Got some weird looks. Decide to put the handles in myself. Drill holes in the drawers. Took me hours. Husband tells me the drill was set to drill backwards. Not that surprised.
• Have New Beginnings for the Young Women. Can't be more proud of these ladies.
• Reach trimester 3 of pregnancy. 
• Baby moves constantly. Keeps me company when I can't sleep.
• Tell Ryan he should talk to her. Instead he sings "There's a hole in my bucket..."
• Baby is still nameless. What did I tell ya?

thankful.

Thanksgiving Day - 22 Weeks pregnant

I'm grateful for this time of year when I can step back and really count my blessings. I am so thankful for everything Ryan and I have been blessed with--it seems like our life has been really perfect and we couldn't be happier. Starting a family has been a little overwhelming at times, but I'm so thankful for our new little addition. With Winston and Ryan, I could use another girl around here.

Oregon.

Last month my sister in law was nice enough to let Ryan and I stay at her family's beach house on the Oregon coast. It was the perfect getaway filled with books by the fire, baby name lists, boutique shopping, spicy mexican food (baby did NOT like), morning waffles, pub dinners, and walks under umbrellas. Just the two of us...one last fling before the baby comes. Here are a few memories from my phone. 

its a girl.

Ryan and I went in for our ultrasound last week and found out we're having a baby girl. It was amazing to see her and feel her moving at the same time. Its interesting going in, not knowing what you're having or what to expect, hoping everything is growing and developing the way it should. Seeing her brought me peace and made this whole experience so much more real.

You're halfway done, baby girl! We can't wait to meet you...

simply pregnant.

The past few months have flown by. Sickness tapered off in September. I started really enjoying my pregnancy, getting more energy by the day. I feel like I've blinked and all of a sudden it's November, 5 months pregnant, my new little baby growing bigger and bigger all the time. I can't help but love my little baby bump and am amazed by every wiggle I feel from our new addition.

recap (and big news).

Kind of pathetic. I haven't written for 4 months. Sorry all. How about a little recap? 

Trust me. You'll want to know some of this stuff.

June

• Felt sick to my stomach. Went to the doctor. Had my appendix out that night.
• Two of my images hung in the Best In Show Exhibit at Alpine Art SLC. Recovering from surgery. Didn't get to see them.
• Ryan started working full time at Adobe. He loves it. I love their building and their cafeteria food. Come try it.
• Saw Real Salt Lake team play for Ryan's birthday. Went golfing for Ryan's birthday. Ate Terra Mia for Ryan's birthday. Spent a complete birthday together since we've been married.

July

• Went home for the 4th of July. Made a sweet flag cake with my brother. Lit fireworks. Winston tried to eat the fireworks. Made smores in my parents fire-pit. Got smoked out.
• Went to Girls Camp. Loved it. Tried to teach them how to light a fire. Wasn't a good teacher. Girls gave me 'SuperWoman Award'. Went on a hike. Got stuck in a thunderstorm. Spent the next hour in my sleeping bag trying to get warm. 
• Decided our sleeping pad for camping was stupid. Bought a new one.
• Drug Ryan to Harry Potter the night before it came out. Snuck in a pizza. Loved it.
• Went to a Bee's game with Logan and Amy. Ate a hot dog. Ate icecream. Started raining. Thought about getting hot chocolate.
• Spoke in church. When I wrote it I tested a joke on Ryan. He told me it wasn't a joke.
• Went to a co-workers baby shower. Want a baby. Been trying for a while...

August

• First day of the month. Feeling really sick. Friend at work gets a pregnancy test for me and makes me take it in the bathroom. Find out I'm pregnant. (WOOT!) Tell Ryan by putting the test in an envelope on his car. Watch him open the envelope from a distance. Feel like I want to cry but I can only smile.
• Keep feeling sick. Throw up. Throw up again. Throw up again.
• Sister and mom come to visit. Buy maternity clothes with mom. Take sister and kids to water park. Liam keeps falling in the water and stealing people's tubes. Makes me laugh. Go to the zoo. Ride the mary-go-round. Go to my brothers. Whole family gets into a scary video game. Spend hours playing it. Try to distract kids from watching it.
• Crave Olive Garden Salad and Breadsticks. Ate it twice in a week.
• Crave Denny's. Ryan warns me nobody feels good after eating Denny's. Throw up as soon as I get home.
• Go to the Doctor. Get an ultrasound. Get to see baby and hear the heartbeat. Ry gets teary. I get teary. Cry as soon as I get in the car.
• Tell Ryan what size fruit the baby is. He says its weird they compare it to food.
• Throw up in the bathroom at work. 
• Ryan finishes his first Triathlon. Was worried his sister would beat him. She got close.
• Show Ryan a picture of an actual baby our size in the womb. He gets creeped out. 
• Tell Ryan a few baby names. He hates them all. Tells me a few names. I hate them too. 
• Baby will have no name.
• Ryan does a presentation. Impresses his boss. Gets hired at Adobe for the school year.
• Have a tickle in my throat. Makes me throw up.
• Feel really dizzy. Co-worker tells me I'm acting like I'm high. Almost pass out. Boss has to check my blood-pressure. Feel really awesome.
• Only take one sick day.

This month

• Start to feel better. Get more energy. Get an appetite. 
• Ryan starts school. Shows me something he learned in Excel. Don't understand it. Smile.
• Tell Ryan I'm showing. He tells me I'm not yet. I am though.
• Grow a new obsession with Cliff bars.
• Get tickets to the Dew Tour. See Sean White skateboard. Think he is awesome.
• Hear the heartbeat again. Amazes me every time.
• Dr. changes my due date to April 1st. 
• Went to Noodles 3 times this week. Can't stop craving chicken noodle soup.
• Love being pregnant.