23 Weeks

We are almost done with our 23rd week of pregnancy! Less than four months to go until our due date. It's coming up fast! We named our little girl Claire and this past month she has started moving around like crazy! Sean has felt her kick a few times now and it still shocks him. Our ultrasound was so amazing. Seeing her for the first time, even if it was just on a monitor, was one of the greatest experiences of our lives. We can't wait to meet her.

In other news.. we moved! About two weeks ago our neighbor told us that he had a friend interested in renting our apartment when we moved out, so we started looking around for a new place. Within about 3 days we found a new place, sold our contract at the old apartment, and moved out. We LOOOOVE our new duplex. It's more than twice the size of our last place, has a little back yard and patio, two bedrooms, AND has a one car garage. I've picked out the fabric for Claire's room and now it's just waiting to be decorated and filled with cute pink ruffly baby clothes. I'll be sure to post pictures when it looks like a baby room :)

Pregnancy

Here I am at almost 18 weeks! I'm still at that stage where if you don't know I'm pregnant then I just look fat.. but I don't even care! There's a baby growing in there!

I thought I should jot down a few things about this whole pregnancy experience so I can look back on them a few years down the line when we are thinking about having another baby. That way I can either talk myself out of it or at least say "I told you so" to myself when I keep asking why I would do this a second time ;)

We found out I was pregnant at 6 weeks along and then from about weeks 7-16 I was quite miserable. I was exhausted ALL the time and took lots and lots of naps. I threw up consistently 2-6 times a day.. and not just in the mornings. Morning. Afternoon. Night. Middle of the night. Middle of class. Basically anytime and anywhere. I lost about 5 pounds total and still managed to grow that belly. BUT. At week 17 it just magically stopped. I didn't want to say anything and jinx myself, but it's been just over a week since my head's been in a toilet and I'm feeling fairly confident that my morning sickness has passed.

I didn't eat very much during that time, but here are some of the things i DID eat:

Popsicles

Saltine Crackers

Sprite/Gingerale

A glass of orange juice EVERY morning (this was a must for some reason)

Toast

Macaroni and Cheese

FRAZZLES (specifically Tiger's Blood flavor)

I think Sean is even happier than I am that I'm not sick anymore. He has been the best husband in the world these past 4 months.. always asking me if there is ANYTHING he can do, running to the store to get me something no matter what time it is, taking out the trash even if it isn't full so that I don't have to smell it.. basically everything I could possibly need or want. I sure do love him!

Now that we're almost half way and we can actually SEE my baby bump, everything is starting to feel a little more real. We find out if it's a girl or a boy in 2 1/2 weeks and we can't wait to start making plans! We're going to pick out the baby room colors and officially choose a name! That way we can stop calling it "baby" and "he or she" all the time. I can't wait to start shopping for baby stuff! Anyway, we'll post an update when we find out if it's a girl or a boy!

Quick Update

It's been forever since we've updated this.. so here's a quick recap of what's been happening with us. Christmas was WONDERFUL. This year we celebrated with my family, so we just stuck around Utah and had some fun family time. Our most exciting present was a little HD video camera that we got from my parents which is AMAZING. We can't wait to use it with our little baby! Sadly, Christmas break has come to an end, which means back to school on Monday. Dangit. Thankfully, I only have one more semester until I graduate and Sean only has 2 more after that.

Sean is still working as an assistant for Summit Realty and absolutely loves his job. He works harder than anyone I know and I guess his bosses feel the same because they surprised him with an amazing raise for the new year! The timing couldn't be more perfect and we are truly blessed.

I'm still throwing up about 50 times a day (even though it was SUPPOSED to stop sometime between weeks 12 and 14.. not that I'm bitter) but as long as our baby is healthy then that's all that really matters. We are just over 16 weeks along and we have another dr. appointment this afternoon where we get to hear the heartbeat again! Then only one more month until we find out if it's a boy or a girl, which seems SO far away. Four weeks from today and counting!

And last but not least, Sean and I celebrated our one year wedding anniversary this week! Sean surprised me by making reservations at a cute little resort up in Midway along with a couples massage. We were basically the only people at the hotel which was SO fun and the massage was one of the greatest things in the world. It was a first for both of us and it is definitely going to become an annual tradition.

Updates

Alright, it's been FOREVER since Sean or I have updated our blog. For two main reasons.. 1.) We are actually enjoying life now that we're back in Utah and have better things to do. 2.) Let's face it, MAYBE 3 people read this, so sometimes it's just not worth it. But regardless, here's a quick update.

Sean and I are living in an adorable old house in Springville and couldn't be happier about location. As time goes on, we find ourselves hating the Provo/Orem area more and more. Too many people, too much traffic, more construction than I knew was possible, etc. We're about 3 minutes from the freeway which makes it convenient for school and work but a nice distance from the hustle for room to breathe. Other than that, our lives are pretty typical. Sean is working for Summit Realty (the same place he worked last spring) and absolutely loves his job, as well as going to school. I am doing just school this semester and squished all my remaining classes into two semesters so that I can graduate in April. Lots of work, but worth it to cut out an entire semester and graduate in April instead of the next December.

Aside from school and work I've been getting a bit craft lately and started a new blog to keep track of my endeavors and to follow other crafty, design, and cooking blogs. It's great. I've probably only made about 3 posts so far but I have several in the works that are "coming soon". You should also know that Sean named it and is quite proud of himself since I spent about a week debating on what to call the stupid thing. It's jessiesjoys.blogspot.com Anyway, I think that's enough for now so I'll just post a few recent pictures and be on my way.

Beach Pictures

ALMOST THERE!

So I have been lacking on this blog thing. Anyway, we have 5 more days until we are done done done!! Work has been really tough the last weekend. I have had some absolutely terrible horrible customers. But you know what, in a few more days we are done and it will all be a memory that we have learned from.

We got our apartment key, and we are so stoked to get into the new place!!

Two more weeks

Well the main story of the last two days is that we got ourselves an apartment. It's in Springville! It's on 300 South if you want to see where it is. It's a nice one bedroom apartment that was recently remodeled. It's actually an older house converted into 3 apartments.. kind of interesting. We are sooo happy that it's not a basement and that we will have lots of natural light. It's a little small, but we aren't paying as much and it's in a location that we wanted. We wanted to be out of the Provo/Orem hussle and this is a perfect fit for us, especially since it's only 3 minutes from the freeway so we can still get to school pretty fast.

This week my goal is to try to be as positive as I can. It's going to be hard but I'll do my best. We'll probably sleep in as much as we can to make the days go faster and get things all squared away for when we move. We are just so excited to go home and these next two weeks can't go fast enough!