Appointmet #5, baby name

I am so happy this is my last time traveling until our little guy is here. One more time flying to NJ and I am done. I am so excited! It makes it feel like it's closer to being able to hold our little guy. It's finally starting to feel like I am pregnant and that I am going to be a mom. There is no hiding that I am pregnant. I still feel fat, but I don't look fat as much anymore, just pregnant. I love that people I know in NJ say I'm so small for being as far along as I am. They are all so sweet...love them all! I can't believe I am 28 weeks and into the 3rd and final trimester. There is still so much that needs to be done and I have no idea where to start. I am so happy that my cousins are throwing me a baby shower next weekend. It'll help get things started on what we need.

This trip started out kind of crazy. I started getting sick Saturday night, was sick Sunday and missed church, Monday I felt like crap!!! Really bad sore throat, runny nose, a cough, and worst of all I was leaving Cameron again. It really stinks that we can't be together for Thanksgiving, but I am happy to know that a lot of people wanted Cameron to spend it with them. I really love the friends we have made out east. Anyway, my flight went by pretty quick, but still not quick enough. Since I was feeling like crap, I almost just got off the plane before it took off. I really almost did too, I did not want to leave. Lately, I get to where I can't catch my breath a lot too and I was having a hard time on the flight. I was so happy once it landed, and even more happy to be in Utah with my family.

Yesterday, I went to my 5th appointment. This was the appointment for the glucose test...wasn't that bad to drink except I had to cough every time I swallowed it. I had to call the office before I went in and on there recoding it mentioned if you are sick not to go in of you have to wear a mask. I figured since it had been 6 weeks since my last appointment that I should still go and just wear the mask. So, when I got there I got to look like a fool and have everyone wonder why I was wearing a mask and if they were going to catch what I have. I don't have the flu, jut a cold.
Once they took me back they poked my finger for the glucose. I was nervous on if I was going to pass, because my sister get diabetes when she gets pregnant so I though I was going to be the same way....I PASSED!!! I was so happy, especially with Thanksgiving this week.

The Dr. came in later and first thing she asked was what was wrong, since I had the stupid mask on. After we talked about being sick she found his heart beat, she didn't have to hunt for the heart beat at all, he was ready to show her that he was there. The Dr. loved hearing the heart beat and said it was good and strong. She even felt how he was positioned in my belly. It was fun to know how he was laying. Since I have had issues trying to catch my breath, I talked to the Dr about it. She mentioned that it could be 2 different things and that she wants me to go see a cardiologist and make sure everything is fine with my heart. I hope every thing is fine, I really don't want to deal with more issues, but I also want to be healthy and I want a healthy baby, so I guess I need to just do it with whatever the outcome is.

Well, Cameron and I have finally come up with a name for our little boy. It took forever! We stayed up until 3 in the morning a few weeks ago and finally agreed to a name. At first it was between Mitch and Ethan, but we couldn't agree to either of them. I liked one more and he liked the other more. I guess we do our best thinking at 3 in the morning. We even slept on it to make sure it was the name we really want to name our little boy...and sure enough we still both really liked it. So....we are going to name him Ashton Arthur! We are so excited and we both love the name. It was one of those name that just clicked and we both couldn't be happier with our choice. It's fun to finally have a name and to call him Ashton instead of baby boy, him, our baby... I am so excited and can't wait until Ashton gets here!

Like I promised, here is a picture of me and Ashton at 28 weeks.


I am so happy that we have a name. I love feeling him move even when it hurts. It has been so much fun being pregnant. Cameron is going to be such a great dad and we both can't wait until Ashton gets here!

Grilled Cheese

Does anyone know how weird of a husband I have? The way he makes his food can be pretty disgusting. I love it when he cooks for me, but when he adds his own unique way of making it, I can't eat it. I can't have him make spaghetti for me because he will add milk and eggs...sorry if anyone likes it this way but I did not like it one bit! If he makes any kind of dinner I have to keep a good eye on him or I have to just take over and make it my self. He like to add BBQ sauce in just about anything that have meat in it, but I don' think all meat should have it, especially when the meat is mixed with noodles.
I am a very very picky eater, but the way Cameron make food doesn't help change how pichy I am. The biggest one for me that I don't understand at all, is the way he makes his grilled cheese sandwiches. I have had one the way he makes it, and all I can say is I thought I was going to throw up. What he does it makes it the way is should be made, with the butter one the out side and the cheese on the inside, but there is an extra ingredient that he adds to the inside. Can you guess what it is.... it's mayo! I have only know of Cameron's family that makes it this way. I don't even like the sound of it and even since I had it the thought of it makes me sick. When I was trying to eat it the cheese kept falling out so it was hard for me to eat, and the taste was nasty to me. The BBQ sauce make a lot more sense than the mayo does. So, does anyone agree that Cameron is just weird? I love him, but not so much his food :)
I know my blog still doesn't update, but I think I will keep it. I will be going private once we have our little boy, but for now I will just update it and see who misses me the most to check it out :)
I also plan on updating on our little boy and I plan on posting a picture. I don't know when, but it will happen.

Blogging

Well, I am about to give up on blogging. For some reason when I post something new, it doesn't show until about a week later. I don't know why and I don't know how to fix it. I've been thinking I may just give up and stop blogging altogether. Cameron has never been a fan of blogging, and since I can't seem to get an new post to update maybe I should just stop. Our lives are pretty boring anyway so I don't think anyone would be missing out on too much if I stopped.

Does anyone have any advice on what I should do? I don't want to start a new one, so if someone knows how to fix my blog please let me know. If i can't get it fix I think I'll just stop blogging.

Our Puppy

I have been wanting to post about my dog for a while, so here it is. Twitch is the funnest, most crazy, hyper active dog I know. She is now almost 9 months old and is still excited as the first day we got her. She can also be really smart. She has already learned how to sit, sit up, stand, shake, high 5, lay down (kind of), and she is slowly getting better when go on walks.

She loves people. Anyone who she comes in contact with she gets super excited and acts like that person is a new toy that she can take home with her. She also loves dogs. She can't get enough of dogs. She'll freak out if she can't go see it, and it seems like the end of the world when we have to leave, especially her friend Emma the dog. Twitch knows exactly where Emma's house is. She loves to play with her and even Emma is becoming used to Twitches excitement and seems to want to play more with her.

She is such a good dog too. She loves to cuddle and she loves attention. She get so excited every time Cameron and I come home from church or the store. It's like she hasn't seen us for weeks. She is also very funny! When she gets food she loves, she'll take her treat and stick in a corner or somewhere she feels safe enough to put it, and she'll start burying it with her nose like she's trying to put dirt over it.

Twitch also likes to get herself into trouble. She hides under our bed when she's done something wrong. She hates it when we leave her, so when she knows she's not coming with us she'll hid under our bed. She does get into trouble a lot, but she makes up for it in her cuteness.

We love our dog, and once we get her trained we think she'll be the perfect dog. We think she'll make a good mom to. One day we hope she will be a mom. We also think that she will be really good once we have our little guy with us. She is very hyper, but she is also really sweet and gentle with kids.


There is a story behind the picture above. Twitch is so curious and will check out anything she sees. A few Sunday's ago she got curious enough that at some point when I took her out she picked up a bee and she got stung. Once it hit her that she got stung she came and sat by my feet. So I took her inside, when I took off her leash, she stood there like she was in trouble. I still didn't know at this point that anything happened to her. She sat with us on the couch and started shaking. I thought maybe she was cold, but then she went into her cage and wouldn't come out when we called her. I went and sat by her and could see that something was wrong. I looked at her mouth and it was all swollen. I had Cameron check it out and we both agreed that she got stung by a bee but still we weren't sure. I held her on my lap and she just sat there shaking. We decided to call a vet. We told them what we thought happened, and they said what they would do is give our dog Benadryl (sp?). Since we didn't have any Cameron had to go buy some. My dad is a dog lover and I thought he might have an idea of what might have happened. When I called him I just busted out in tears. I couldn't control myself and I didn't want to loose my dog. My dad thought the same thing we did. So we went out got her some pills gave her half, and within 10 min. she was normal again. It was so sad to her that way and since I've been pregnant, I've been emotional with everything, so it was extra hard to see her like that.

A week after that, she got a tick in her ear. That was an easy thing to deal with, even though we both hate ticks like crazy. We caught it early enough that it didn't get very far.

We love our puppy and wouldn't change her for anything!

Utah, appointment #4, b-days

After I spent time at my sisters place and was back in St. George, I really didn't do much while I was there. I waited for my mom to have her days off and that's when I had the most fun. I love to have mommy daughter time! It was a lot of fun to be with her, she even took me to lunch at my favorite place, Red Robin. I almost felt spoiled when we went out together, because she always bought me lunch and drinks. She is such a sweet person and I loved being with her. It was nice to spend her birthday with her too. I love my mom!

I also got along better this time then last time with my dad. It was fun to have our time together too and laugh about stupid things. That's always the best time. I was really surprised at this trip too while I was at my parents house. My older brother actually talked and had a conversation with me. It was fun to chat with him and find out more about his dating life :) This time around what better than time before, and I am way happy for the way it turned out.

Appointment #4 went pretty good. We just had to wait awhile for the nurse to come in. I really like the nurse that sees us from time to time. When she came in she made sure that everything with my thyroid is going good. My thyroid is good I just still have take the pills everyday. She then measured me, and everything measured good. At my last appointment when the did the ultrasound the baby actually measured 2 days early, but that's not enough to change the date. He will come when he wants. After we talked about he measuring early she then found the heart beat. He has a good strong heart beat. I always love to hear it! It makes it seem that much really for me. This nurse was really good to us. She met us on our first visit and she remembered me. She sat and talked with us until all of our questions were answered. I was so happy that my mom came with me. She always remembers the questions that I need to ask. Or next issue is trying to figure out if we are going to have the baby in Utah or NJ. I really want to have him in Utah, but I'm afraid that Cameron won't make it on time and that he will miss the birth of his son. Hopefully we can get things worked out soon.

So far with the pregnancy I am feeling better. The nauseous still comes when it wants but it's getting better. I've been eating more, and I am always hungry. I happy that we have fruit so that I don't have to live off junk food. I am very emotional. I cried 3 time while I was in Utah away and over stuff I usually wouldn't cry over. I'm starting to look pregnant, but only in certain clothes. I still look fat, but I'm slowing am looking more and more pregnant. It still hasn't hit me that we are having a baby. I know that I am pregnant and I feel him move and kick me like crazy, but it just hasn't hit me that I will be holding him in Feb. and that I will be a mom. We having bought anything yet so that could be part of it, but I hope the bigger I get the more it hits me that our little boy will be here. Cameron was also lucky enough to have felt our boy move when I was 18 weeks pregnant.

Cameron and I had our B-days this month. I was in Utah during his and I runied his so I need to figure out how to make it up tp him. My B-day was on Tuesday so we celebrated on my acutal b-day. I wanted it to be Cameron's day too, but he didn't want to take it away from my day. We ate dinner at Red Robin... of course where else would we go. Instead of going to a movie we decded to buy the new Transformers movie and watch at home. It works better that way for us since we have a projector and the cost of the movie cost just a little bit more than it would have if we went to a theater... it's 10$ per person fyi. We also went to the mall and did a little shopping. It was a nice fun day for me. It was a lot better them last year and I had a lot of fun. I even got a cinnamon roll from cinnabon when we left. It was so yummy! I wish Cameron had a better b-day, but I hope he had fun with me on my b-day. He is such a good husband for letting me have it on my own and not share it with his. I love him!

Trip, appointment #3

Since I have been here, it has been a lot of fun. After my Dr. appointment my brother in-law traveled from Salt Lake to come pick me up so I can spend some time with them before and after my sister had her 3 baby. It was so good to spend almost 2 weeks with them. Their kids are the cutest and funnest things to be around. My sister and her husband kept things fun for me and kept me laughing like crazy. Their kids have the funnest personalities. Their oldest son, if he doesn't want to get something, he will say that his arms or legs are broken. Their little girl, if she doesn't have her stuffed animal kitty, her sippy cup and her blanket she will get mad and cry until someone finds it for her. They are so cute! I wished I could have stayed longer, especially now that they have there cute new little girl. My sister and her husband had their 3rd child last Wednesday. She is so cute and so tiny. She weighed 5 pounds 14 ounces and 18 inches long. She likes to snuggle and sleep. She is perfect! She'll sleep through the night without crying. All you'll hear is her making sucking noises when she is hungry. I miss them all so much and I hope I don't have to wait until my brothers wedding to see them again. Here are some pictures of my sisters family.


On to the baby news...
You all know that we are having a boy! Cameron and I are so excited, I can't stop thinking about it. My mom came with me to my appointment on the 22 of September. As we were sitting in our room, I started to get nervous. I don't know why I was nervous, but soon after the excitement started to kick in. We had to wait longer at this one, but once the Dr. came in it was all excitement. She started right away and I called Cameron right when she started to do the ultra sound. The very first thing we saw was our little mans pee pee ready to show us that he is a boy. That's how I know that this our boy is going to take after his daddy :) When Cameron heard what it was, you could just hear the excitement in his voice. I had to laugh at him, so I would say he is very excited about having a boy. The Dr. looked at our baby from so many angles. She was trying to get a good picture out his heart, but our little man did not want to hold still. At one point the Dr moved the ultra sound into a spot that the baby didn't like so he moved and as I watched him move I felt it him move. I was so excited to see our guy so active. My mom seemed excited to have another grandson coming. There is still so much to figure out, but we are still so excited. We have a few names, but nothing that sticks to us yet. My sister gave me a bunch of her boy baby clothes, I get to save money on that. We only got 2 pictures so here is the one of his profile... it's not the best picture. My parents scanner wouldn't work for me so this is the best I can do.




Here's me at 20 weeks. I had to take this at my sisters house with my phone, its also not the best picture. I am for sure growing! I can feel it and see it. I think I need to stop taking pictures in white shirts you can't see my belly very good. I feel fat and look fat for the most part. I don't look like I'm pregnant with a little gut like some people do, I think I'm just to the looking fat stage and not pregnant. I still get nauseous and I am very sick of it. It only come at nights and every so often in the middle of the day. I feel the baby everyday and I love it. I wish Cameron was here so he wasn't missing out on anything. My body aches more, but that's a sacrifice I have to make. I'm hating being away from Cameron so bad right now. I will never do this again! No matter how much I hate NJ, I would rather be in NJ with Cameron, than being in Utah without him. My next appointment is the 15 then I fly back to NJ that same day, and I am so ready to be back.

IT'S A.....

We had our 3rd DR. appointment yesterday to find out what we are having.



And we both are so excited to say that we are having a.... BOY!



I so wish Cameron could have been to this appointment. It was so fun to see out little guy, and he is not a shy one. He was moving around like crazy. I was hoping he would be moving, it was fun to watch him move. My mom was with me and I think she really enjoyed it. I have some pictures to post but I am at my sisters and don't have time to it so when I get back to St. George I will post a better one with photo's of our little guy.