Nesting

Well, I am in full swing "nesting" phase. I was going crazy with all the things that I felt needed to be done, so I got a huge poster board and made list of all the items I wanted to get done. Well, I had a sudden and long winded burst of energy and got more that half of it done in a week.
I cleaned out the baby's room so it is no longer the storage room.
Organized and labeled all of our food storage.
Cleaned and organized the whole kitchen.
Put all of our Dvd's in Cd cases and made room for all our family journals.
Cleaned out our entertainment center.
Started the Declan's baby blanket(and it is turning out really cute)
Picked out paint for his room, the kitchen, living room and our bedroom.

It feels so good to have those things done and now I can focus on the fun stuff, like painting and decorating! I am getting very excited for his little man and have had a blast clothes shopping for him:) I still need to find my camera:( and then I can post pictures!!

Baby

Well, last time I made a post like this it may of been way to early but not this time. I am almost 16 weeks pregnant so it's completly safe to post now. I am due November 7. And I am excited about that due date! The baby will be here for the holiday's, so that should be fun. Doug is convinced it's a boy and even talks to it like he's a boy. Won't he be suprised if we are having a girl. We find out what we are having in two and a half weeks. I am amazed how fast the time has gone, and not being nearly as sick as last time has helped. I am beginning to feel better and I very grateful for starting to get my energy back. Because there is a lot to do to get our little place ready for a baby. Some people call what I am going through " nesting" , I just call it trying to get organized. I have done some big projects already but I can't find my camera right now so as soon as I do I will post about it.
Anyways, I will post all the baby updates on here, especially once we know what we are having!

New Year!

So Doug and I were very excited for the new year. I think I was most excited, maybe I felt that it was a good way to put the past in the past and have a fresh start. We have set many goals for the year... Yes, in the past we have made goals and the next day not even remember what they were. But not this year, it year is our year! I made a huge chart and posted our goals on a huge poster in our bedroom. So far we have been working on them and it has been a good start.
My first personal goal is to finish a triathlon! I am very excited about it. My sister and Doug's sister and brother are doing a half marathon tomorrow and I wish I could of been there with them. I was unable to due to my surgery(after my miss carriage) and had a four week recovery time which left me not very much time to train. Not to mention since I was so sick with my pregnancy I lost a good amount of weight, so my doctor that I needed to gain some weight. Anyways, my triathlon is in March. I am doing it with some friends. It involves running 3 miles, biking 9 hours and and swimming a few laps. Should be fun!
My other personal goal is to clean, clean, clean.... And boy have I. Our guest bedroom was pilled with storage boxes and camping stuff. Two and a half years of marriage random stuff. So I was so tired of literally climbing over things to get other things. So I spend about five days and cleaned out the whole room! It is so nice. I have a place to sew and do crafts, and move around. Yippeeeeee!
My other goals I am still working on, I will keep you updated:)

Thanksgiving

Well, I must admit this is a post I did not want to make nor did I think I was going to have to make. At my nine week check up my doctor could not find a heart beat, but this can often happen early in pregnacy so he did some blood tests and another ultrasound and confirmed it was a miss carriage. This came as such a complete shock because I was so sick and my symptoms never tappered off at all, so I was so horribly sick when I should of been feeling better. My doctor said it was a missed miss carriage and my body never registered that it was a miss carriage. Since the miss carriage happened a while earlier we sheduled a surgery to get everything cleaned out so I could feel better and move on. I must say it had been a crazy eleven weeks full of sickness and emotion, but I feel that I got pregnant for a reason and it is all in the lords hands and I need to have faith to better understand it.
I am very grateful for my wonderful husband who took care of me every day and shows me his strength and faith everyday. I am grateful for my loving family for their love and support. And for my friends who helped take care of me, brought me dinner and cleaned my house, when I was stuck in bed. Although the thought of getting pregnant again makes me excited it also makes me feel nervous. There is always that fear that it will happen again and I am not looking forward to getting so sick again. My my body needs some time to recover and I am going to put my trust in the lord.

Baby time

Well, I think it is time to announce that we are having a baby!
We are so excited and can't wait till June to welcome our little bundle of joy.
I am eight weeks pregnant and up untill seven weeks I was feeling great, but oh how that changed. As soon as the seventh week hit oh boy did I start getting sick. Infact it came on so suddenly that my mom thought it was the flu. After throwing up almost none stop for a couple hours mom finally gave me some medicine to help me stop, and it worked for almost a day. I finally went into urgent care cuz I wad throwing up much and do dehydrated, and they were able to get me two ivys which helped and the doctor gave me some medicine to help me some. The doctor diagnosed me with Hyperemesis Gravidarum which is the worst form of morning sickness. Not fun, but the doctor said the baby is healthy and this will pass after my first trimester ends so I am counting the days.
I am not one for posting much on facebook so I will be posting all my updates and pictures on here.

Disney Land!!

We went to Disney land with Doug's best friend and his wife! It was really fun!

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the hike was about 10 miles down to the canyon we camped at. It was a beautiful hike but I had a pretty hard time with it. Doug and I got some old packs from Craigs list and I was in pain!!! My feet were so blistered up that I literally sad in the side of the trail and cried. But once I pushed past the pain it was so worth it and we had a great time. Since my feet were so torn up I had to take a helicopter out of the cannon. I feel kinda guilty because Doug hiked out but the helicopter ride was so much fun!!!! You can tell on my mother in law's face how fun it was!!! Doug had some blister's on his feet too, turns out his hiking shoes were way too big for his feet, so he hiked out in his water shoes. But his feet felt good, so it all worked out.