22 Weeks

How Far Along: 22 Weeks 5 days

Baby's Size: Spaghetti Squash (11 in, 1 lb)

Gender: GIRL!!!

Sleep: Most mornings I wake up with pain in my back and/or shoulders, so I am hoping the pillow I just ordered will be helpful. Otherwise sleep is great.

Miss Anything: Not being hot, I mean it is usually 100 degrees outside but still I feel like I am going to catch on fire IF I go outside. I also miss being able to be outside, it's WAY too hot during the day and by the time it is cool enough the bugs come out and launch their attack on me.

Movement: She's an active one, especially just before or after I eat. I feel her several times a day every day.

Food Cravings: Watermellon, Jell-O with lots of whipped cream (I should make some), pudding, popsicles

Food Aversions: Hot Dogs (I tried some in my mac&cheese and it was not good), FISH (do NOT mention the f word in my presence or you may die), and eggs

Happy or Moody Overall: Moody, most definitely.

Best Moment(s) of the Week: Getting all the furniture moved so we can set up our little girl's room, seeing "Finding Dory" with Jared, dinner at J. Fargos.

Looking Forward To: having the baby's room finished, giving myself a manicure & a pedicure (it's definitely time to do it), starting some other baby projects (I want to make a few blankets, make burp clothes - some of which will be for my friend who is due any day), finding some time to relax.

Boy or Girl???

On June 7th we had our first ultrasound. Yes I realize that many women have their first ultrasound before they are 20 weeks along, but my amazing doctor waits until 20 weeks. And seeing as I am driving 6 hours to see my doctor I trust him completely (hence the driving 6 hours just to see him). Anyway we knew that we would be seeing this miracle baby of ours and also finding out if we are having a boy or girl, so we were pretty excited. I had heard that the gel is cold so I braced myself, but Brad (the technician guy) warmed it up so that I would be more comfortable. It didn't take long for us to see our little one. We checked out the heart to make sure everything was in order there and saw all 4 chambers of the heart pumping away and checked out the heart rate which was at 136. We then saw all 4 limbs with fingers and toes, and some measurements were taken. We saw the spine and rib cage. We saw the head and some measurements were taken. Then we came to finding out if we had a boy or girl. Thankfully our little one was cooperative and we got a very clear picture right between the legs so there was no doubt. Based on measurements and such they put our due date as October 22, though I am sure the baby will come when they are ready. Jared snapped some pictures of our ultrasound...

We then headed to lunch at Joe Morley's BBQ (best BBQ place) to celebrate the health of our baby. I'd been craving Joe's baked beans, brisket and onion chips for a while so it was a no brainer to go there for lunch. After lunch we headed to Zurchers to get supplies for our big reveal with my parents and all our siblings that live in the Salt Lake Valley. We grabbed the appropriate balloons as well as things needed to make a cake. We then spent the next hour or so getting things ready. Bo was VERY interested in the balloons...

At 6:00 everyone (minus Andrea who came later after getting out of class) came over to my parent's house and we took our balloons into the backyard so that our boys could be involved as well. My sister was more than happy to take pictures for us and my dad got some video on his phone. Once everyone was ready we let the balloons out of the box.

Yep it's a girl! Which means we have no ideas on a name for her. But we already love her so much already and are excited to be her parents.

19 Weeks

How Far Along: 19 Weeks 5 days

Baby's Size: A Heirloom Tomato (6 in, 8.5 oz)

Gender: We find out on TUESDAY!!!!

Sleep: I'm starting to not be able to make it through 8 hours of sleep without having to get up to use the bathroom. 

Miss Anything: Being able to sit down and get up without a lot of effort, being comfortable at all while sitting actually

Movement: Definitely feeling movement. I felt it the most while we were sitting in the sealing room at the temple. There seems to be more movement after I have eaten than during any other time of the day.

Food Cravings: Nothing new really

Food Aversions: Nothing new to add to the list

Happy or Moody Overall: Moody, most definitely

Best Moment(s) of the Week: There have been a lot this week. Seeing Marsha get married. Having fun with Jared at the reception. Decorating the car. Going to Mount Whitney with the family. Going to the Newport Beach Temple and then on to the beach (that's probably my fav). Going to the pool. Going to the movies.

Looking Forward To: Our ultrasound on TUESDAY!!!!

18 Weeks!

How Far Along: 18 Weeks 3 days

Baby's Size: A Sweet Potato

Gender: 2 more weeks and we'll know for sure. Whenever I dream about the baby it is always a girl though

Sleep: It's getting harder to get comfortable at night, sleeping on the right side is more comfortable than the left. If I don't have the right support under my head it's bad news in the morning. 

Miss Anything: Having jeans be comfortable, having energy all day

Movement: Definitely feeling those flutters but only if I am trying to feel them

Food Cravings: Chocolate cake (so I made one)

Food Aversions: Nothing new to add to the list

Happy or Moody Overall: Moody, most definitely

Best Moment(s) of the Week: Teaching my last lesson of Seminary (hopefully ever)

Looking Forward To: Seeing all our Wonnacott family on Friday when Marsha gets married, Hitting up the beach in Cali sometime next week, SWIMMING, spending time with family in Cali.

17 Weeks

How Far Along: 17 weeks 5 Days

Baby's Size: An Onion

Gender: We'll find out for sure in 3 weeks.

Sleep: If I use anything more than my memory foam pillow I wake up with my back hurting. 

Miss Anything: Having energy

Movement: I think I am starting to feel those flutters they tell me I should be feeling.

Food Cravings: Strawberries, popsicles, cake, slurpees/slushes

Food Aversions: Nothing to add to the list thank goodness

Happy or Moody Overall: Moddy

Best Moment(s) of the Week: Hearing our little ones heartbeat on Tuesday. Going to breakfast and shopping with my mom on Monday. Going out to breakfast and then shopping with my mom & sister after my appointment. Dinner with my favorite aunts on Monday night at our favorite Chinese place.

Looking Forward To: Seeing our family next week at our sister's wedding. The last day of school on Thursday, which means I get Jared all to myself for 2 whole months (which really means I get to boss him around and get our home ready for our baby lol)

16 Weeks

How Far Along: 17 weeks tomorrow

Baby's Size: Avocado 

Gender: We don't know yet (we don't find out until June)

Sleep: I'm exhausted all the time so it doesn't take long to fall asleep and stay asleep

Miss Anything: having all my clothes fit, none of my pants fit except with an extender (those some of them don't fit at all)

Movement: Nothing yet

Food Cravings: Chocolate Frosty from Wendy's (which is located an hour away) and we've been out of vanilla ice cream so no homemade ones either. What I've loved eating this last week are popsicles, particularly Outshine's Fruit Pops (the strawberry and raspberry ones are my favs)

Food Aversions: Hot Dogs and the like

Happy or Moody Overall: Most definitely moody this week.

Best Moment(s) of the Week: Getting the Mother's Day card Jared made me that was from our baby. The rest of the week was stressful and crap (thanks work).

Looking Forward To: My next appointment on Tuesday May 17th. Only teaching 4-5 more lessons in Seminary!

16 weeks!

15 Weeks

I've officially decided to try and do a weekly post about this pregnancy. We waited so long for this I really want to document it all. We'll try and include a bump picture but I'm not making promises. Anyway onto the rest of the post...

How Far Along: 15 weeks & 4 days

Baby's Size: Navel Orange

Gender: We don't know yet

Sleep: I'm finding it easier to fall asleep on my right side. I am DEFINITELY ready for bed at like 9:00 each night.

Miss Anything: Bug Spray! The gnats are terrible and I can't use anything.

Movement: Nothing yet.

Food Cravings: Salad with crisp crunchy veggies. Strawberries.

Food Aversions: Bananas, Hot Dogs and Corn Dogs.

Happy or Moody Overall: I would say happy, and Jared says he agrees.

Best Moments of the Week: Taking Bo & Sam down to the river to play. Play time with the boys on the practice field. Having our friend MJ over for dinner after we let her date spend the night at our house earlier (he's pretty cute lol).

Looking Forward To: An at home date night with Jared with popcorn and a movie.