24 Weeks!

Here's the bump!!! :D we're chugging right along in this pregnancy! I had a Dr's Appt today and my blood pressure was nice and low everything looks good and I've only gained 5 lbs total this pregnancy which I think is awesome and 2 of those pounds I've gained since my last appointment so yay me! I've been working out this entire pregnancy and feeling good. I'm starting to get tired again but when I get a chance for a nice little nap that fixes that :D 

next dr's appt is the nasty glucose test. ugh but I'm determined to pass it the first time around this pregnancy! With Maylee I had to do the 3hr test and oh. my. barf! ugh it was terrible and I ended up being just fine. go figure. so this time fingers crossed the first time around I pass.

For the month of February our Library was doing a fun little adult reading drawing. If you checked out a book each week you got to put your name in for a prize and I won last week's drawing!!! I went to go pick it up today after my appt and when she brought these two huge bags out I thought she was going to ask me to pick one but they were BOTH for me! Our library is the coolest ever! 

Look how big they are! And the pink one was heavy! (water bottle was for size refrence haha)

In the Purple bag was this Cake Pop Maker!!! The kids are so excited to try it out and so am I! 

and in the pink bag....

                                   All these yummy cakes and frosting's and fun sprinkles!!! so awesome! 

it totally made my day going and picking this up! :D So much fun! I've been reading the Percy Jackson Series and just finished the last book last night! Now I'm onto finishing my culinary mystery series by Josi S. Kilpack I'm on book #9 it's called Baked Alaska! I love these books they have recipes in them too they're fun. The first book of the series is called Lemon Tart just in case you want to start reading them! :D 

First baby purchase!!!

I made my first baby purchase for this pregnancy!!! 

These super SOFT light weight swaddle blankies! I already have a pink one from Maylee that I will be packing in our hospital bag in case it's a girl but I love these two colors for a boy! I bought them off ebay :) 

I have our boy and girl coming home outfits picked out on Etsy I'm just waiting until it's a little closer to purchase them :) 

                           These cute little hospital hats to wear while we're at the hospital....

And THESE super cute outfits!!! I'm going to see if she can make the boy onesie say Littlest Brother instead of just little.....and this little Brand Sparkling New outfit was just too cute to pass up in case baby #5 is a girl! We're both thinking it's a boy but will be happy either way and can't wait to find out what our surprise is!!! 

I'll also be purchasing these Nuk newborn binkies for baby. They come in a two pack and the green will be perfect for a boy and pink for a girl! I'll probably be making some cute matching binky clips for each of their outfits as well. And Zeke has already helped me make a cute pink clear and white beaded bracelet for the baby girl outfit! 

June can't get here fast enough!!! 

20 weeks! HALFWAY!!!

                                          18 weeks............................................and 20 weeks!!!

                                                 I've grown a little between these two weeks. :)

So yesterday  (Wednesday the 27th) was our big ultrasound!!! We had Zeke Drake and Maylee all with us and they did so well the whole time we were there. The 20 week ultrasound is always my favorite! This time around we decided NOT to find out the sex! So far it's been more exciting not knowing and I keep going back and forth with my guesses haha after the ultrasound I'm leaning more towards boy though but I still change my mind a lot haha 

so here's pictures of our ultrasound pics! so much fun that we got a few 3D pics of little ones face!! So what do you think baby looks like boy or girl????

 So fun to get to see baby! Baby was nice and wiggly and moving around for us too! Our tech was awesome!!! She asked before we went in if we wanted to know the sex and we said no we want it to be a surprise and she did such a good job of not spoiling anything! she told us when to close our eyes and look away and I had to just cover my whole face so I absolutely would not peek but I did it and I'm so excited for the surprise of it all! She also said that she will be writing "secret" for baby's sex on my chart so that she's literally the only person that knows baby's sex and I won't see her again and she's probably forgotten by now with all the other ultrasounds she does in a day. :) So anyways it was lots of fun and Zeke could actually tell what some things were on the screen during the ultrasound! haha he identified the foot before the tech even said anything and he could see the baby's profile and tell it was the baby haha So we're excited for our little surprise coming in June!!! Halfway there! Can't hardly wait for the rest of it to fly by! 

17 Week bump and Christmas

Here's the bump at 17 weeks! I can't believe I'm already that far along! It's been flying by! I had my 17 week appt today and everything is looking great and baby's heartbeat is perfect :) I'm feeling good still need a nap somedays but not as horribly exhausted as before. I've been in nesting mode lately and have been decluttering and getting rid of STUFF! It feels soooo good I still have a lot more I want to do but I have to do a little here and there otherwise I'm wiped out by 5:00 and cranky! haha and no one likes a cranky mommy! 

I got a new phone and the camera suuucks but oh well next time maybe I'll use my camera haha

 my Ultrasound appointment is in 3 weeks! the 27th! So excited to see baby! We will NOT be finding out the gender and I'm just as excited to not find out as I usually am to find out! haha funny how that is. I really hope it doesn't get spoiled at our appointment cuz if I see anything I'll know haha hopefully the ultrasound tech will be extra careful not to get any potty shots if at all possible haha

This little Cutie kept posing for pictures for me on Sunday and saying Cheese! haha it was sooo cute how could I resist! After I'd take a few pics she'd come and run over to see them haha

Family Christmas pics!!! 

 Here's the whole family! We got to spend Christmas in Spokane this year! my sister Steph and her bf came up from oregon and my brother Marc and his family came over and we got a great pic! :)  

The grandkids! haha they were done taking pictures at this point haha

 Christmas eve in front of the tree! haha the best picture I got! I swear I had taken some on Lee's phone too but there were none on his phone...I'll have to have my dad text me the one's he took on his phone....maybe they were better lol 

                                                            Cousins!                                                             

                                                 Done playing in the snow for the day hahaha

 Maylee's 1st snowmobile ride. It was short...to the top of the driveway and back haha I don't think she like how loud it was lol 

 The boys on their ride with popa! He took them up and around and all over they had lots of fun! Until a tree dumped a bunch of snow down Drakes coat haha he did not like that and he was done! I don't blame him! haha

We had a really fun and relaxing Christmas break. Minus the puking flu we got! UGH!!! we arrived the evening of the 23rd and that night Lee and I both woke up puking and pooping!!! ugh! soooo not how we had planned to spend our time! Landon threw up too and we thought it was just food poisoning from something we had on the way up but then my dad got it on Christmas and then my sister on Saturday night and then my mom eventually got it too!!  I was so mad we had caught something and then passed it around! we never go anywhere so I don't know where we got it from but we were feeling perfectly fine before then. Anyways... we had a great Christmas played lots of games and put puzzles together got to do lots of shopping and eating food I didn't have to cook! And the kids were spoiled of course! :) Looking forward to the new year and making it even better than the last! 

Baby #5 is on the way!!!

I had my first appointment November 11th! I was 9 weeks exactly! 

Here's the cute pics we got of baby #5! 

At the ultrasound appt I met the newest midwife in training...I forget her name....but my regular midwife Rachel was there too and they were letting the new one practice doing ultrasounds so she was doing it but couldn't find the baby and all they were seeing was uterus. Meanwhile I was silently freaking out in my mind...that was fun....then finally Rachel took over and found baby right away! PHEW! then Rachel told me that baby has a blood pocket around them! Resume FREAK OUT! but she quickly calmed my nerves and told me that it's just a random abberation that sometimes happens at implantation and that my body will either get rid of the blood just by bleeding or it will just reabsorb it! So far no blood so I'm assuming it's being reabsorbed! Baby 5 looked great though and the heartbeat was nice and strong! 

I've been nauseous on and off this pregnancy which has now gone away unless I'm hungry. And I have been sooooo exhausted this pregnancy it's been ridiculous! I just can't get enough sleep! Hopefully when the 2nd trimester is in full swing I'll be feeling more energetic! 

12/14/15 13 weeks and 5 days! 

I had my second appointment on Dec 9th and got to hear that beautiful heartbeat! :) 

This time around we have decided not to find out the gender!!! I'm so excited but that ultrasound day is going to be really hard at the same time! But Lee and I both want to atleast try it out once, not finding out the gender, and I'm super excited and determined! 

I'm going to save up money throughout this pregnancy and just go on a baby shopping spree once baby arrives! In the meantime I'll buy one boy and one girl coming home outfit complete with a blanket and binkys but that's it! Baby will be in our room in the bassinet we have anyways for the first couple months so we'll have time after baby arrives to figure out where baby will sleep when he or she is bigger...and who knows maybe we'll even be lucky enough to have found a bigger house by then too! 

This was our Facebook Announcement that I posted the day after our 2nd appointment....

besides our Christmas card picture this is the only other picture that really turned out! No one wanted to cooperate but I'm glad we at least got one Christmas picture and this announcement picture :) 

here's some individual shots we got of the kids minus drake who was just running around like always haha lol not the greatest but whatever....

 Lee and I got a couple good pictures together which was nice cuz that never seems to happen! We always forget cuz the focus is usually the kids! so it's nice to have some of the two of us. 

Tuesday the 8th was our ward Christmas party and the kids got to meet Santa!

 That was as close as Maylee was getting.....She grabbed the candy cane and ran back to me lol 

Drake was just fine on Santa's lap but was mostly just there to get the candy and then he wanted down! He didn't want to talk to Santa lol 

Zeke was the first to get up and go sit on Santa's lap and he asked Santa for a blue airplane and paint! :) 

Landon was a little shy and nervous to go up and talk to Santa but he was excited at the same time and he asked for a Skateboard.

Cracks me up that my kids were asking for things they hadn't told me about. Hopefully they're not disappointed cuz my shopping is already done! lol 

Well gotta go try to clean house before I need to start dinner! Yay for an update from me! You're Welcome! hahahaha