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.

Another trip

I've bought my plan ticket and I am heading out to Utah again. Sadly though, Cameron will not be with me this time like I thought he would. We have our appointment next Tuesday and this is the one when we are finding out what we are having, so I really wanted Cameron to be there. His work is keeping him busy and he really couldn't take too much time off. He thought it would be a waste of money if he only was there for a few days just to fly back east again, and I understood. My mom once again, is going to take some time off work to come with me so i don't have to find out a lone, I'm also hoping to have Cameron on the phone so he can hear it too (if they allow it). I am so excited to be finding out what we are having, I can't believe it's a week away.

This trip is going to a a long trip. I don't want to make it long, but I wanted to safe money on flying out west. My sister is also having her baby at the end of September, so when they are ready to have me there, I will be spending a week or so with them. My sister and her family could really use the help so I'm more than happy to spend time with them. This trip I have decided to get 2 Dr. appointments done in one trip, so I will be away from Cameron for way too long. I am already hating that I'll be gone that long, but I'm hoping that being with my sister will help time go by faster, and it will be nice to safe money this time around. Even though Cameron won't be with me I still would love to get together with my friends out there, even if it is for dinner and your husbands do come with. I always have so much fun when I am with them and I am very excited to see you all again.

Cameron and I FINALLY bought a couch. Since we have been married we have been given furniture from people we know and some of it isn't that great. We liked our couch a little at first, but as it got older it started to get more and more uncomfortable. It was causing me to hurt and have body aches like crazy, so for Labor Day we hit up some sales that were going on not really thinking we would find anything, but we did and we love it. I was hoping for something bigger, but I am so happy to have a new comfy couch that fits our taste.

We went form this to....
This...

We love it!!! Twitch has also become a fan, she has her own spot picked out and that is usually where she'll stay and sleep.

Update on how I am feeling...
-I have been feeling so much better, I don't feel as nauseous anymore. Usually at nights and when I am hungry, but it is not as bad as what it was.
-I still sleep a lot, but I will blame most of it on my thyroid.
-I love eating peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. I feel like I can eat them all day. Rice Krispies always seem to hit the spot...and fruit, I have been loving fruit lately.
-I still can't make it through all of church. I think it's when I don't get enough sleep and have to rush that it makes me sick. I also think my thyroid my be part of the cause.
-I have more energy which I am loving. I was able to exercise and clean today. It felt so good to exercise. I wore myself out doing all that but I feel better for doing it.
-My mood swings aren't as bad...thank goodness. I like being happy and go out and do things.
- I think at times I can feel the baby move. Since this is my first, I am not sure exactly what it feels like, but I am pretty sure I have felt it.
- I am starting to show more, some of my clothes are getting tighter, but I am happy I can still fit into them.
Cameron took my picture last night, but since I slept a lot I look funny, so this weekend I will get a picture. I'll post next week when we find out what we are having...boy or girl? I can't wait :)

Utah, Dr. appointment #2

I got back from Utah Thursday morning, but I have not felt well at all, so I'm not going to go into too much detail. I got into Utah Monday night, my dad was nice enough to come pick me up. It was fun to have some daddy, daughter time together.
Tuesday was my mom's day off so we got to spend the whole day together. It was fun to have that time with my mom. That afternoon was my second Dr. appointment, and I was lucky to have my mom go with me. We didn't have to wait to too long to get in, which was nice cause I could tell my mom was tired. Our Dr. is very nice and I was happy that we were able to get her as our Dr. She was happy and made my mom and I feel really comfortable.We will for sure keep her as our Dr. After we talked we checked the baby's heartbeat. It didn't take long at all for her to find it and she said it was a good strong heartbeat and that the way she like it. We talked a little bit more and then set up our next appointment. She said for us to come back in 5 weeks and we'll have the ultra sound to see if we're having a boy or girl. I excited, but a little nervous about the next appointment.
The rest of the time I was there, I visited with friends and family. It was fun to see everyone again. Friday afternoon I had lunch with Jolene and Joanna. I just have to say that they have the cutest kids. They all kept me laughing and I really had fun with all of them. Thanks for having lunch with me :) I had plans to see other friends but she had an appointment so that one didn't happen, but there is always next month. I had fun visiting with my grandma. She is a talker for sure, but it is always fun to see her. She loves Cameron too and had a lot of good things to say about him.While I was in St. George I was hoping for storm. They are so much better out there, you can smell the rain, there isn't a lot of humidity and I Love it so I had to get a picture of it. My kitty is crazy, but a funny one!This is our cat that stays outside. He is a very fury, loving cat, so my mom got some misters that spray water on him during the day to keep him cool. I went to pet him, and he fur was all wet, but he was loving it.

The day I left, both my parents took me to the airport. It was nice to have that little extra time with them. I was nervous about flying cause when I flew in, I was really nauseous and thought I was going to die. The whole day before I flew out was bad enough so I knew the flight was going to be bad and since it was a overnight flight it mad thing so much worse. I still get sick as nights to it turned out bad. My whole body hurt, I could barley sleep, there was a lot of turbulence that was making me feel worse, then there was the landing. I almost wanted to pull out the throw up bag.
I was so happy once we landed and once I took a step out side to get some fresh air. It was so nice to see Cameron and Twitch. Twitch was so excited to see me that she wouldn't stop whining, and she even peed on me. She didn't leave my lap the whole ride home. Since I landed at 5 in the morning, Cameron and I decided to go back to bed. Not too much longer after that I had the feeling like I was going to throw up again. I was up and down thinking it would just pass. Nope, it didn't, the urge was so strong I had to go into the bathroom and sure enough I did throw up. Ever since that day I have not felt good. Today is even worse, I didn't even make it to church.
Well, with the pregnancy not much has changed. I still feel the same and worse now. Still can't eat a lot. My emotions are getting to me more, I feel like I'm going to cry at almost everything, and I still sleep like crazy. Twitch knows when I'm not feeling good and she'll stick with me throughout the day. She such sweet dog!
This was taken before I left. I was 13 weeks 4 days pregnant. It's hard to see, but there is a bump there. (ignore my face I look crazy, but it was the only good one)