I love this mostly because of the photo bomber!

16 Weeks 1 Day

I can finally breathe easy!

Our doctor's appointment went well yesterday. No ultrasound but we got to hear our baby's heartbeat for the first time. 

What a wonderful sound! 

I am finally feeling more like I can stop worrying and start planning!

We have an appointment at a place called fun fetal photos because we were hoping to find out the gender before we come home in October for Jeff and Tayah's wedding. 

 Our next official ultrasound will be in about 6 weeks.  That will make be about 20-22 weeks along. That will be the big exciting one with all the measurements.

Secret is out!

June 30th was the day I found out we were pregnant for the 3rd time.  After the first 2 pregnancies this realization was kind of scary to me.  We really were worried that we would miscarry so we decided not to tell anyone... for awhile at least.

Our first pregnancy, we miscarried at 18 weeks.  Apparently the pregnancy failed to develop past 12 weeks.  Second time we miscarried at 7 weeks.  So naturally we were scared that it would eventually end in miscarriage so I didn't want to get my hopes up.  I wasn't going to talk about it, I wasn't going to call the doctor... We were going to wait it out.  I didn't end up even telling Katie until 2 or 3 weeks later. 

8-20 First prenatal appointment

When I went in for our first appointment I had made sure to request a provider that was going to be sensitive to everything we had been through.  Basically 2 miscarriages within 6 months... 3 pregnancies within 1 year... It was a lot to handle and a lot to be fearful of.  They ended up placing us with a woman who was wonderful.  We got to the appointment and I felt like she immediately saw through me... Or I was just ready to let go because after about 2 minutes of being in the exam room i was in tears confessing how scared I was.

I hate the question "well, do you feel pregnant?"

       I don't know anymore! I had spent so much time worrying and stressing I didn't know anymore.  I had morning sickness that I started to think it was me getting upset and it just being nerves.  She ended up calming my fears.  Her own daughter had gone through a miscarriage situation similar to mine that really helped me feel like she understood what I had been going through.  

She finally started the exam so we could actually see our baby and put my fears aside that I had already lost it.

There it was... Our baby, alive and wiggling around! What a relief!

Chris ended up taking a video so I would be able to play it when I started to worry at home.

Baby's first close up... Somewhat of an alien look right now :)

It's little arms were wiggling away!

So I decided this time around we were going to keep this quiet. At least until after the ultrasound and we got the clear that we were progressing that we should be.

It wasn't that I didn't want people to know... It was that I didn't want to make the calls or texts if something happened.  I had already been through that twice and it was like reliving it each time.  I feel like it does help to talk about it - about loss - but it puts the other person in such an uncomfortable place.  

So that is why I am waiting until now.  I have my next appointment on Friday September 13. I am hoping that Friday the 13th will end up being good luck for us this year! 

I keep hearing things from people saying third times the charm.  I hope they are right!

12 weeks 5 days

14 weeks 2 days

14 weeks 6 days

We are due March 6th 2014

New Counters!

After I goy my new job, Chris and I decided we were going to bite the bullet and upgrade our counters in the kitchen.

This is something we new we wanted to do eventually - and we decided if we were going to do it - we might as well do it so we can enjoy them!

Before pics on the kitchen. I am now regretting not photographing the iron burn Chris accidentally made a few months after we moved in :)

After our old counters were taken off. Chris had a buddy come over who helped him take off the old counter tops. This ended up saving us about $250 for something that only took the guys 30 minutes to do. Thank goodness for do it yourself! I helped by vacuuming after everything was done. There was a surprising amount of sawdust!

 The boys ended up putting the old counter in the garage... In my parking spot. It was tight fitting my car in the garage!

Note: you can see the iron mark in the top left corner

I had to work so Chris took the day off while the granite people came to install it.  We had order a new garbage disposal to be installed at the same time and we were worried it wouldn't be delivered on time. 

Turns out it wasn't. The guys from the company ended up explaining to Chris how to put it in once it did come - and left him with all the supplies to do it too! Which I thought was super nice.

 Here is one of Chris finishing installing the garbage disposal :) look how handy he is!

And now...  New counters!

Looking at the before and after pictures we ended up picking a stone very similar to what we already had.

But now it is granite and doesn't have the iron burn mark anymore! 

We got a new sink and faucet! Plus a soap dispenser so no more tacky bottles!  

Next up - getting a paper towel holder that will be mounted under the cabinet!

Close up of the stone

Overall we are very pleased with the results!

We now new to figure out a backsplash but that will take some time to agree on.

Just remember

Bottom Rot

Apparently bottom rot is a really common thing when growing tomatoes.  My friend Vickie's husband Matt brought this to my attention. I though a bug had gotten to my plant. Turns out that a lack of calcium in the dirt can cause this.  Makes me sad that this is what has come to my first tomato that was ripening! 

Hope this can get under control before I lose all my plants to bottoms rot! Oh the adventures of gardening! 

I asked my dad for advice since he had told me he had once tried his hand at tomatoes.  He said he has neve heard of this problem because in Arizona the hardest part is keeping them watered!

In other news... Here are my radishes!

Running Errands

Whenever I get ready to leave the house the dogs always give me guilt trip...

Puppy dog faces are my weakness!