Sunday, July 7, 2013
boy.
it's official. we are having a baby boy!!!!! both luke and i were hoping to start the kids out with a big brother, so we are super stoked! we found out about a week ago, when i was 13 weeks 6 days. we went to this place in costa mesa and they did an awesome job and gave us lots of pictures! it's crazy to see how much this little babe is growing. i still can't feel any moving, even though we were watching the baby move on the screen. he kept moving his hands and arms, he would grab his little foot, and then put his hands up by his head or roll over. seriously such an amazing thing to see! still no baby bump, although last night i noticed that while i was laying on my back in my bed i could feel a slight bump if i rubbed my belly. it's starting to get a little harder, but i'm excited to start showing!
1st trimester.
I feel like i was pretty lucky with my first trimester. it's hard to keep it a secret because you just feel so excited. but these are some things that happened to me during the first trimester.
-I never once threw up. whew!
-i did however get nauseous everyday, but it was only really bad a couple times. the worst time was right after our first doctors appointment (almost 6 weeks along), when we got home that day i felt really tired and ended up falling asleep on the floor. i later woke up and got into bed. When i really did wake up i felt like the whole room was spinning around me and i felt all dizzy. I had to move very slowly so that my head wouldn't spin. i basically sat in bed that day with my head between my knees. that seemed to help a little.
-my sense of smell was never heightened, except once. we went to dinner at my parent's house my mom made some pasta, and i could not stand the smell of the sauce that went on the pasta. i had to sit outside until the house had aired out. that was the one and only time, otherwise my nose stayed the same.
-i was exhausted everyday after work. i would come home and immediately put on my pjs and get into bed and it was only about 6pm. most pregnant women sleep, but i couldn't sleep, my body just wanted to rest. i felt very unproductive and usually didn't have a lot of desire to do anything. i don't know how some women exercise during the first trimester.
-i pretty much always felt bloated. i did not know that was something that happened during pregnancy, but apparently bloating and gas is very common during the beginning. so even though there is no baby bump, there is an air bump.
- food lost it's flavor for a few weeks. if i was hungry it was so hard to decide what to eat because nothing sounded good. it didn't make me really queasy, but it didn't always sit well with my stomach either.
Something i did not know is how they calculate how far along you are. you do not count how long the baby has actually been inside you, but you count from your last period. so even though at this moment i am considered to be 15 weeks along, the baby has only been inside me for 13 weeks.
we went to our second doctors appointment when i was 8 weeks 5 days. this time there was actually a baby inside! he looks like a little bean. you can kinda see the little arms and legs. what was so cool about this appointment was that we could hear the baby's heartbeat. It sounded like galloping horses and was a pretty fast beat, but i guess that's normal for little babies. also we got to watch our little bean wiggle around. that was so cool to see!
it's hard during the first trimester because you have no belly and you just don't feel very well, but when we get to see this little guy on the ultrasound it's just reassuring, there is actually something inside me!
-I never once threw up. whew!
-i did however get nauseous everyday, but it was only really bad a couple times. the worst time was right after our first doctors appointment (almost 6 weeks along), when we got home that day i felt really tired and ended up falling asleep on the floor. i later woke up and got into bed. When i really did wake up i felt like the whole room was spinning around me and i felt all dizzy. I had to move very slowly so that my head wouldn't spin. i basically sat in bed that day with my head between my knees. that seemed to help a little.
-my sense of smell was never heightened, except once. we went to dinner at my parent's house my mom made some pasta, and i could not stand the smell of the sauce that went on the pasta. i had to sit outside until the house had aired out. that was the one and only time, otherwise my nose stayed the same.
-i was exhausted everyday after work. i would come home and immediately put on my pjs and get into bed and it was only about 6pm. most pregnant women sleep, but i couldn't sleep, my body just wanted to rest. i felt very unproductive and usually didn't have a lot of desire to do anything. i don't know how some women exercise during the first trimester.
-i pretty much always felt bloated. i did not know that was something that happened during pregnancy, but apparently bloating and gas is very common during the beginning. so even though there is no baby bump, there is an air bump.
- food lost it's flavor for a few weeks. if i was hungry it was so hard to decide what to eat because nothing sounded good. it didn't make me really queasy, but it didn't always sit well with my stomach either.
Something i did not know is how they calculate how far along you are. you do not count how long the baby has actually been inside you, but you count from your last period. so even though at this moment i am considered to be 15 weeks along, the baby has only been inside me for 13 weeks.
we went to our second doctors appointment when i was 8 weeks 5 days. this time there was actually a baby inside! he looks like a little bean. you can kinda see the little arms and legs. what was so cool about this appointment was that we could hear the baby's heartbeat. It sounded like galloping horses and was a pretty fast beat, but i guess that's normal for little babies. also we got to watch our little bean wiggle around. that was so cool to see!
it's hard during the first trimester because you have no belly and you just don't feel very well, but when we get to see this little guy on the ultrasound it's just reassuring, there is actually something inside me!
finding out.
Luke and i have been praying about when to start a family for a while now. I've been pretty excited about it but we felt like it needed to be a prayerful decision. So, we actually decided that we wanted the baby to be born in January, because i have always been against having a baby during the holidays. but after a while we both felt like we shouldn't wait any longer, so it was actually really cool to both receive spiritual confirmation that we needed to start a family a little sooner.
waiting to find out if i was actually pregnant or not was killer!! the at-home pregnancy tests say they can tell you as early as 4 days before your next expected period. not true. i was a little overly anxious to take the test, so i ended up taking one a day early, and of course it came out negative. a few days later i tried again, this was only 2 days before my next expected period...still, negative. i was super bummed. but when my period didn't come the day it was supposed to, or the day after, or the day after that, i started to get antsy again. i decided one evening that the next day i was going to take one more pregnancy test. i tried not to get my hopes up, but that night i could barely sleep. finally at 5:30 am i couldn't wait any longer, i woke up luke to tell him that i was going to take the test. this time it didn't take long for the lines to appear to confirm that i was indeed pregnant. i was soooo excited! neither luke or i cried, we were just giddy with excitement and hugged. luke was still pretty much half asleep through the whole thing, so he went back to sleep pretty easily. But not me. i couldn't sleep. i kept thinking about what it would be like to have a baby and was up looking at baby stuff online. finally a few hours later i fell asleep.
We didn't really know what to do after that. We weren't sure when to tell family or to set up our first doctor's appointment. I read online somewhere that you basically call the doctor right away, which i later learned really isn't necessary. Luke was really cute, we were both excited about going to the doctor for the first time, but luke couldn't sleep the night before because he was so excited:) But our first doctor's appointment i think i was 5 weeks 4 days. Basically it was just a confirmation that i was pregnant.
waiting to find out if i was actually pregnant or not was killer!! the at-home pregnancy tests say they can tell you as early as 4 days before your next expected period. not true. i was a little overly anxious to take the test, so i ended up taking one a day early, and of course it came out negative. a few days later i tried again, this was only 2 days before my next expected period...still, negative. i was super bummed. but when my period didn't come the day it was supposed to, or the day after, or the day after that, i started to get antsy again. i decided one evening that the next day i was going to take one more pregnancy test. i tried not to get my hopes up, but that night i could barely sleep. finally at 5:30 am i couldn't wait any longer, i woke up luke to tell him that i was going to take the test. this time it didn't take long for the lines to appear to confirm that i was indeed pregnant. i was soooo excited! neither luke or i cried, we were just giddy with excitement and hugged. luke was still pretty much half asleep through the whole thing, so he went back to sleep pretty easily. But not me. i couldn't sleep. i kept thinking about what it would be like to have a baby and was up looking at baby stuff online. finally a few hours later i fell asleep.
We didn't really know what to do after that. We weren't sure when to tell family or to set up our first doctor's appointment. I read online somewhere that you basically call the doctor right away, which i later learned really isn't necessary. Luke was really cute, we were both excited about going to the doctor for the first time, but luke couldn't sleep the night before because he was so excited:) But our first doctor's appointment i think i was 5 weeks 4 days. Basically it was just a confirmation that i was pregnant.
this is what we saw. the black is the amniotic fluid, where the baby lives, and there is a little white ring which is the baby. i think at this time it was a yolk, but i am not even sure.
After our first appointment we just decided to tell our families. so we just went over to my parents house and pulled out the ultrasound. they were super excited a we caught them by surprise. Then we went to tell luke's mom, mindy, since no one else was around. she was at the institute building and she was super excited too, her reaction was funny because she was so excited. we then planned a family BBQ for the next day so that we could tell the rest of luke's family.
so i made some cupcakes that says "someones pregnant" to bring to the BBQ. It was fun to see everyone's reactions...it took a few seconds for some to get it but they all caught on and everyone was really excited for us.
so this is me at 6 weeks. i figured it was best to have a starting point just to see how much i grow!
Friday, June 21, 2013
BABY.
oh ya! that's right. i'm pregnant.
Luke and I are super stoked to be having a baby. The baby is due Dec 29, 2013...but we'll see when he/she actually comes. Today I am 12 weeks 5 days, and we'll hopefully be finding out the gender of our little bean soon! It's been hard to not tell people, because i've been pretty excited about it! I'll try and post more details about how things went/ are going, but for now, just announcing!
Saturday, April 6, 2013
camping at san mateo.
this weekend luke and i went camping. it was super fun! every year during spring break, my cousins go down to San Clemente to camp, and this year, my family went for a couple night as well. luke and i weren't able to be there the whole time because of work and school, but we were able to go down for one night. on thursday evening luke got out of class at 9pm, so we got down to camp san mateo pretty late. luckily most everyone was still up, roasting s'mores around the campfire and just chatting. we had a lot of fun just catching up and talking about weddings since my cousin just got married a few months ago and my brother is getting married next month. we set up our tent in the dark, and it was pretty chilly.
the next morning we hung out around the camp for a while until my cousins had to go. we played phase 10 - one of our favorite games. my mom won, though we didn't get to the tenth phase. and then we packed up and headed to the beach! even though we were so close to home, it was still way fun to get out of the house and made me remember how much i enjoy camping.
the next morning we hung out around the camp for a while until my cousins had to go. we played phase 10 - one of our favorite games. my mom won, though we didn't get to the tenth phase. and then we packed up and headed to the beach! even though we were so close to home, it was still way fun to get out of the house and made me remember how much i enjoy camping.
it was really foggy in the morning
inside the tent. slept in socks because it was so cold.
girls still sleeping friday morning
three tents. luke and i had the one on the right. the view was so pretty.
super excited. we really did have fun!
jodi (sister), torra (friend), sarah (sister)
they were a little sun burned from the day before
i found sarah checking her phone like this.
gourmet camping. breakfast was so good.
that little black thing is a spider. it wanted some good food too.
sisters
my sisters found this nest close to the ground. i think the chickies were hungry.
yellow flowers
my husband is a cutie
dad
mom, dad and sarah
clean up time
wetsuits were hiding
she likes ed sheeran
cute little lady bug
bronzing in my new suit
stoked on life
there he goes.
birthday #24
i turned 24 on march 28th! luke always calls me and old lady because i am 5 months older than he is. he thinks he is so funny. but he has always called me that every birthday since we were like 16 or 17 years old. tradition right? i think i am done aging though. i just want to stay in my early 20s for the rest of my life. but at the same time i look forward to growing old with luke. i love him soooo much.
we didn't do much for my birthday this year, it was super low key. on my actual birthday luke was studying for a mid-term ALL day, i was at work, then had class afterwards. at work my boss bought me a cake from corner bakery! yummmmm. i also had a lot of really nice texts, calls and facebook messages from people! then when i got home, my visiting teachers had dropped off some cup cakes! and i walked in to find these things waiting for me...
we didn't do much for my birthday this year, it was super low key. on my actual birthday luke was studying for a mid-term ALL day, i was at work, then had class afterwards. at work my boss bought me a cake from corner bakery! yummmmm. i also had a lot of really nice texts, calls and facebook messages from people! then when i got home, my visiting teachers had dropped off some cup cakes! and i walked in to find these things waiting for me...
my very own orchids! i've always wanted some of these:)
aren't they beautiful!
some gourmet chocolate. my husband knows me too well.
i love creamy milk chocolate!
luke was able to sneak out during his studying to get me a few things:) what a sweetie. when luke was done with his midterm we went over to my parents house for some late dinner and some cheesecake! i love cheesecake. then on friday (the day after my birthday) luke and i went and got some thai food, another favorite of mine, and then we went and saw the movie "the host" in theaters. i had read the book like 5 years ago when it came out and it was actually a really good movie! so i had a great birthday! thanks everyone that made me feel special on my day, i really appreciated it!
christmas
I never posted anything about christmas! this was our first christmas as a married couple. i remember last christmas when i was still able to be a part of luke's family festivities, but i wasn't a member of the family yet (luke and i were talking seriously about getting engaged though). so this was my first official christmas as a facer and part of the family, and luke an official part of mine!
I love christmas time, all the family is together, and we do a lot of fun activities, such as....
-gingerbread house making (ours roof was sliding off the whole time, and made it a little messy!)
-a special FHE with some neighbors (we had a puppet show and the neighborhood kids were mostly involved and i was laughing because they were being so silly! most entertaining puppet show by far, and made me excited to when we have kids of our own and can do fun things like this!)
-Christmas caroling (not all of us were excited about this, mostly me. i just feel awkward, but we ended up having fun! i mostly liked visiting with the people for a couple minutes afterwards:).
-christmas eve festivities (my mom's side of the family always gets together and we have a late lunch, games, visiting, and a gift exchange! i look forward to this every year! we have a large family, iso i love being with all my cousins and aunts and uncles! unfortunately, luke had to work on this day since this is one of the busiest times for apple, so he didn't get to come).
luke and i decided that we would have our own little gift exchange christmas morning and then we would go to our families afterwards. our christmas morning ended up being about 5 hours of just opening presents! best christmas ever! we woke up super early to open our gifts, because my family gets up at 6:30am to open gifts...so i believe we got up at 5:30am. after going to my parents we went to luke's parents house. we both felt super grateful for all the nice things we got! i don't think either one of us has ever received so many presents.
we also went surfing! and i even went out in the water. i've been such a baby this winter, i have hardly gone in the water because i get SOOO cold! and i was absolutely freezing christmas day, but i still went!
I love christmas time, all the family is together, and we do a lot of fun activities, such as....
-gingerbread house making (ours roof was sliding off the whole time, and made it a little messy!)
-a special FHE with some neighbors (we had a puppet show and the neighborhood kids were mostly involved and i was laughing because they were being so silly! most entertaining puppet show by far, and made me excited to when we have kids of our own and can do fun things like this!)
-Christmas caroling (not all of us were excited about this, mostly me. i just feel awkward, but we ended up having fun! i mostly liked visiting with the people for a couple minutes afterwards:).
-christmas eve festivities (my mom's side of the family always gets together and we have a late lunch, games, visiting, and a gift exchange! i look forward to this every year! we have a large family, iso i love being with all my cousins and aunts and uncles! unfortunately, luke had to work on this day since this is one of the busiest times for apple, so he didn't get to come).
luke and i decided that we would have our own little gift exchange christmas morning and then we would go to our families afterwards. our christmas morning ended up being about 5 hours of just opening presents! best christmas ever! we woke up super early to open our gifts, because my family gets up at 6:30am to open gifts...so i believe we got up at 5:30am. after going to my parents we went to luke's parents house. we both felt super grateful for all the nice things we got! i don't think either one of us has ever received so many presents.
we also went surfing! and i even went out in the water. i've been such a baby this winter, i have hardly gone in the water because i get SOOO cold! and i was absolutely freezing christmas day, but i still went!
i made some stockings for us
luke's mom, mindy, made us an advent calendar. 25 stockings, and each one had 2 pieces of chocolate and a scripture in it for us to read every day. we loved it!
our very first tree!!!
our instagram photo
christmas morning at our little apartment!
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