33 weeks and growing!

How far along?  33 Weeks
Total weight gain/loss: 20 pounds exactly when I got on the scale this morning....I have been DREADING the moment I hit that number! Oh well, what do you do?
Maternity clothes? Getting sick of all the maternity stuff I have. I quit buying maternity stuff and started buying longer shirts from normal stores. Maxi dresses are super comfy!Stretch marks? Two small little white ones on my right side (where he hangs out all the time) I freaked out when I found them a week or two ago. Praying I don't get anymore but I'm afraid for myself!!
Sleep: Whoever said that you are the most tired in your first trimester was smokin pot! I am SOOOOO tired all the time still, all I want is to sleep! The only problem.....I have started waking up at night because I can't get comfortable...and rolling over in bed is hard work these days lol.
Best moment this week: Baby shower!!! It was so much fun and I got a ton of cute stuff. So many friends and family came to support, I love you all! :)
Miss Anything? FEELING NORMAL! I feel like I'm always whining to Jordan about feeling crappy, I just can't wait to have my body back and not feeling like something is hurting or aching or cramping all the time!
Movement: I swear the amount that this little boy moves is NOT normal, but I have nothing to compare it to, so who knows? He is literally jabbing me all the time! His little feet kick up in my right ribs all the time and it HURTS! Hahaha, you might think i'm exaggerating a little but it seriously does NOT feel good. Sometimes I poke him back but then he just kicks harder. Jordan keeps telling him that he needs to be nice to his mommy!
Food cravings: I still don't think I have any REAL cravings. I eat a lot of muffins and Eggo's. Breakfast food is something that always sounds pretty good. These days I get full really easy so I can't eat very much in one sitting. Shaved ice always sounds good, but I think it's just because it's summer and really hot!
Anything making you queasy or sick:  If I go too long without eating I start to feel nauseous, and Chinese still makes me want to gag, but other than that I'm doing pretty good in that department!
Labor Signs: I don't think so! Every once in a while I get what feels like period cramps....but I haven't even had any braxton hicks or anything like that yet. (Unless that's what those period cramps are and I just done know)
Belly Button in or out? Still in, but getting shallower by the day  :)
Wedding rings on or off? On
Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy most of the time! I get really moody when my back is killing me, or my ribs are really achy, or I'm crampy.

Looking forward to:Seeing what this little guy is going to look like! The room is almost done, I can't wait for the finishing touches though! I will post about it when it's all done!

26 weeks and counting....

Well it's been a long time since I have posted much about my pregnancy, so here goes! I started feeling a little bit better while I was in Hawaii, but the nausea didn't completely go away until I was about 18 weeks along. 18 weeks was a big one for me, that's also when I started feeling my little guy move around. It began as flutters, but now he's got some full-blown kicks going on! He is a super active little thing. I like to make everyone feel my belly when he's moving, I don't know why I just think it's really funny when he kicks and then they freak out. I am getting more and more excited about having a baby, but I am nervous about being a mom! Baby's room is coming along, it's going to be SOOOO cute, I will post some pics of it in the next little while when we get a few more things done. We are doing a Baseball/ Red Sox room. I feel like I am getting really big, but I'm not really too uncomfortable yet. Things like bending over and exercising are getting a little harder though! Well....I saw this little questionnaire on my friends blog so I stole it (thanks Cando) Here's a little more about my pregnancy at this point:

How far along?  26 Weeks
Total weight gain/loss: 12pounds.......EWWW!!
Maternity clothes? Motherhood actually has some cute stuff contrary to popular belief...also Old Navy and Gap have some cute stuff.
Stretch marks? Nothing yet....Cross your fingers and pray for the skin gods to bless me!
Sleep: OHH MY! I'm still so tired! I swear if i don't get ten hours a day I am dysfunctional!
Best moment this week: Got the crib up and the room is looking so cute! And my little dude is moving around like crazy, that's always fun!
Miss Anything? My body!!! Let's hope it goes back to normal after the babe! Also, wakeboarding and all the fun summer activities that I can't really do while pregnant!
Movement: He is going CRAZY!!!  It is a super weird feeling, but so cool! I love it!
Food cravings: I'm eating a lot better now, but after being sick for so long it's kind of hard to like food! I still have a lot of food aversions. Not really any cravings. I can't get enough shaved ice and mexican food, but it was that way before I was pregnant so who knows if it's really a craving.....?
Anything making you queasy or sick:  Chinese. Or too much grease, Some gross while working at the hospital that I wont mention :)
Labor Signs: nope.
Belly Button in or out? Still very IN, but the deep dark hole is getting shallower :)
Wedding rings on or off? On
Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy when I feel good, ornery when I'm uncomfortable or sick!

Looking forward to: Finishing babys room, baby showers, and seeing what this little nugget looks like!

 

Here are a couple belly pics....The one of me in the turquoise shirt was actually taken a few weeks ago when we got some family pictures done, and our cute photographer wanted to take a couple maternity pics of me, but I wasn't showing much at that point so she just told me to puff my stomach out as much as I can...Well it worked, I look HUGE in that pic. The other pic is one I took today at 26 1/2 weeks, and is what my belly really looks like :)

Farewell little brother!! You will be missed!

My little brother just left to go serve his mission in Spain. He will be missed a LOT, but I know that he will be the best missionary ever! The people in Spain are so lucky to have you serving over there! WE LOVE YOU ELDER ANDERSON, GOOD LUCK! 

 

Hawaii: Take 3!

Yeah Yeah Yeah, I know I'm horrible at updating my blog. Last time I posted I was in Hawaii, and I haven't posted since. So I figured I will start trying to update this, and I will start by posting about all the fun we had while we were in Hawaii in March! We worked hard on the beach house for the first four days, laying tile, doing some drywall and stucco patches, refinishing a wood door, etc., and then the last 5 days we played!! Sooooo this trip was a little bit different for me- I was 16 weeks pregnant and not quite over the morning sickness yet, plus I felt like I was being babysat by my husband and friends (all out of love, I know I know.)  "Kate you can't do that! You are pregnant!" was something being said about a million times a day! They tried to talk me out of boogy boarding, jumping off the rock at Waimea, and horseback riding on the beach. The only one they were successful at keeping me off of was the rock at Waimea, although after getting bucked off my crazy horse on the beach, I think I will think twice about doing that again next time I'm pregnant! Here are some highlights of the trip:

- Soaking up rays on all the pretty beaches
-Seeing more big sea turtles than I have EVER seen in Hawaii. Turtle beach and Hukilau beach were covered with them!
-Riding horses on the beach (before I got thrown off)
-Shopping in Honolulu and seeing the St. Patty's day parade
-Watching the boys get PUMMELED in the waves at Waimea Bay
-Eating at Kua'aina burger, Ted's bakery, Kahuku Grill, and Haleiwa Joe's
-BEACH, BEACH, and more BEACH!

Here are some pics of the trip, just keep in mind I'm 16 weeks pregnant and looking chubby in them!

 Hukilau Beach, off our back deck-beautiful!

 I took this pic on my phone, the water at sunset beach was SOOO blue that day!

 Riding "The Bus" back to Laie from Haleiwa

 Me and my man at Waimea Bay

 Me, Chan, and Shelly at Waimea Bay

 Jordan and Brennen after getting rolled in the waves!

 Us, Todd's, and Peterson's

 The whole WORK crew

 Ted's Bakery

Riding on the beach (right before I got thrown off)

Baby updates! And a little confusion....

Wowwwwzers! This has been quite the ride for me so far! All this pregnancy talk, hormones, sickness, and just my feelings in general are about the weirdest thing I have ever experienced! But I won't get into all of that, here is a little update on The Nugget! (My little brother started calling it "The Nugget" right after we told him I was pregnant and apparently it stuck because since then that is what my whole family has been calling this babe!) At 12 weeks we went in and were able to hear the heartbeat! Before going in to hear it I had talked to a few friends and family about it and everyone said "oh it's the best sound ever!" or "I totally cried the first time I heard the heartbeat, it was amazing!" Want to know what I said when the Dr. found that quick little beat and said, "well-that's your little baby ticking inside of you! 160 beats per minute, perfectly normal" my response, "WHOA...WEEEEEEEEIRRRRRRRRDDDDD! It's alive! That is so WEIRD! My body is growing another little body inside of it....weird!" Don't get me wrong I absolutely loved hearing my sweet little baby's heartbeat, and it is an amazing thing, but if you think about it, it's sort of a weird thought! But it definitely made things a little more real. I say a little, because it honestly didn't really hit me that there was really something in there until I actually SAW it on the first ultrasound that I had (that's a story in itself lol.) We (Me, Jord, and my mother in law) went in last Monday when I was exactly 14 weeks, because I have heard from a lot of people that you can go in for an early ultrasound at that time, and a lot of times they can tell the sex of the baby. So we go into the physicians plaza over at the hospital and got my first real look at my baby- which by the way is adorable and doesn't look like an alien anymore, just like a tiny real little baby- anyway, after trying to get this little Nug to open it's legs for about 20 min, the ultrasound tech finally got a quick glimpse and told me she was 85% sure it was a girl. A huge smile goes across Jordan's face (despite the fact that he told me 5 minutes before the ultrasound that I had almost talked him into wanting a boy.) And although I was excited to see my babe for the first time, and although I had a feeling it was going to be a girl, I couldn't help but be a little bit disappointed because I was really hoping for a boy! So as we are walking out to the car Jord says "I feel bad.... I can tell that you are disappointed!" And I was trying to say, No- I'm not disappointed, a girl will be fun too....But what came out of my mouth was, "Yeah, cuz I wanted a BOY!!!!" Oops. But over the next two days I converted my mind and became ok with the thought that I was having a girl. Then, long story short.....my brother got me into the actual ultrasound department at the hospital for another early ultrasound (not the physicians plaza, the actual hospital) three days after I had the first ultrasound. Guess what the US tech said to me? "Well, what does that look like to you?" Me: "A weenie!" Him, "Yep, I think you are having a little boy!" My eyes welled up with tears- and NO, I'm not usually emotional....so that means I must have been really excited! Me: "Wait....how sure are you??" Him "Well since you are only 14 weeks, I'm not allowed to say 100%, but I will say 94%, hows that?" SOOOOOOOOOOO the moral of the story is this: I have no idea if this little nugget is a boy or a girl, but now I'm leaning (and hoping) towards BOY. BUT....I was also convinced for two days that I was having a girl, so that would be fine too. Let's just hope it's one or the other lol! When I get home from Hawaii (yes I am in paradise for the next ten days, AHHHHH) I will be 16 1/2 weeks, and by then I should for sure be able to find out what I'm having, so until then the beach will have to be my distraction!

........PREGNANT............

Sooooo........I'm pregnant!! After hearing Jordan beg for three years, I finally gave in! (OK lets be honest- i gave in to his begging about a year ago and it took us a minute to get pregnant) In hind-site though, I'm glad! I wouldn't have wanted a baby any sooner and the timing is perfect for this one! Our little babe is due on Sept. 4th! I am 12 weeks and we are going in to hear the heartbeat today- WAHOO! Maybe it will make this all a little more real for me! Jordan is beyond excited...he seriously freaked out when I showed him the pregnancy test! I freaked out too...but it was more like UH-OH....no going back this time.....am I ready for this???.....THAT kind of freak out! But now it has all sunk in a little more and I think it's definitely time for us to start a family...wow that seriously sounds so weird to me to say that!! Even now, every time that I tell someone that I'm pregnant, I almost start laughing because it's just sounds funny. Me? Pregnant? I feel like I'm still just a baby, how can I be having one? Jordan get's mad at me every once in a while and asks, "Why aren't you more excited??" I try explaining to him- I AM super excited, it's just really hard to have a grin on my face 24/7 when half of the time it's buried in the toilet puking! (On the bright side, Jord has kept the toilets the cleanest they have been since we moved into the house :) ) The whole "morning sickness" thing- which is actually ALL DAY SICKNESS for me and gets the worst at night, has thrown me for a loop! I normally LOVE food about as much as I love my husband, but these days I am literally having to force-feed myself. Food is my BEST friend AND my WORST enemy right now. When you are running to the toilet about ready to lose everything you have, it is not a normal reaction to be asking for food, because food is the LAST thing you want to put in your mouth when you feel like you are going to puke! BUT....eating and having something in my stomach all the time is the only things that makes the nausea bearable. It is honestly the weirdest thing I have ever experienced, because my normal un-pregnant body NEVER gets sick! On the up-side- I haven't gained a pound! In fact, I have lost a few! BUT I think part of that might be from my lack of going to the gym every day, and losing some muscle tone, along with not eating much. Because even though I haven't GAINED any weight, I feel like I look fatter! My legs have lost a lot of tone and I HATE them right now lol. Also, I am getting a TINY little bump-not really noticeable in clothes yet, but it is coming! I feel like I might be in the "cant tell if she's just fat- or pregnant" stage for a while. DESPITE all of these weird things going on with my body (sorry for all the whining just then) I am stoked for this little baby to come! It will be a lot of fun! I am hoping we can find out the gender in 2 weeks because my brother Zac works in the radiology dept at the hospital and is going to get me in for an early ultrasound at 14 weeks. So we might find out then, but if not we will for sure go in and get another one done at 16 weeks. It's kinda crazy that we are going to know what we are having so soon! I want a BOY, Jord wants a GIRL. I kinda have a feeling it's a girl though...I guess we will see! Well I have gone on long enough now! Sorry to bore you all with pregnancy talk, I know that can get annoying! But it's just hard not to when you are EXCITED!

BABIES......(doggie style!!)

Jersey had her puppies!! Wahoo!! Two boys and a little girl! They are seriously the cutest things you have ever seen!! Jersey favors her little girl it's so funny she totally cuddles her and spoons her all the time. She is just the best little mamma! The pups love their mamma and squeak and squeal when she's not right by them. My cute little babies just opened their eyes last week, and this week they have started walking all around and play fighting with each other. They are little milk chugs and fight each other for Jersey's nips, it's hilarious! My poor Jersey has hickeys all over her belly from them sucking so hard! I'm already in love with them, I will be so sad when it's time for them to go to their new homes! They will be ready for new homes in a month, so if you know anyone looking for a cute yorkie pup, send them my way! ( I apologize for the crappy phone pics, I will get some better ones soon!

Five minutes after birthing these three lil pups, now tell me what mamma looks this good right after that?

My exhausted little pooch!

Spooning her favorite little baby

This was when they were almost a week old...they still fit in the palm of your hand!

This is how they sleep when mom isn't around to cuddle them

Giving kisses through the cage!

Starting to interact a bit

Jersey's cute little baby girl, she's SO sweet!

Up close!

Lil pup just cuddling with me!