Safe to Claim Victory

As many of you know, I have been struggling with the remainder of my first tri-mester (and beginning of second) and now that I have survived my lowest of lows it seems for this baby, I think I can come to the reality that it is now possibly safe to say that I can claim victory over morning sickness.  I am 14 weeks along now and with the help of Zofran, my anti-nausea medicine which I have taken here and there, I have been able to get more food inside of me and slowly increase my liquids back up to where they need to be.  Maybe now, I have a better chance of enjoying the excitement that comes with becoming a mom once more now that I can eat a little more than just tacos, pizza or macaroni and cheese.  I was able to cook a real meal for my family twice now and even though smells still get to me and I am no where near being motivated to cook with chicken, pork or steak yet, I have hope that things will turn around here soon.  I also look forward to indulging my every whim of cravings now that things are less dicey and likely to come back up and bite me in the mean old nasty after taste of morning sickness.  I look onward to hopes of Dunkin Donuts, pastries and ripe cantaloupe and still keep in mind to keep with eating like I'm hypoglycemic so I can stay on top of feeling good.

And on that note, I look forward to finding out what we are having on December 1st.  Also, when I was at my doctor yesterday, I brought Hadley with me.  She hates doctors so didn't like them being near me very much.  She rebuttled by babbling in a mean upset tone towards the doctor, but when we listened to the baby's heart beat, the baby's rate when up at the sound of Hadley's babbling so it already knows it's new sibling's voices which makes it kind of fun to experience.

Twick-O-Tweat

We had so much fun this Halloween.  We had a party for Joy School, the 4 ward Trunk-or-Treat and a wicked fun time trick-or-treating in our neighborhood.  Hadley had so much fun going from door-to-door and saying "twick-o-tweat" followed by a thank you and byyyyeeeee!  It was hilarious.  She walked our whole street up and down and then a few houses on the next street over.  Both kids were thrilled with the experience and they both have 2 buckets full of candy to keep them happy for quite some time.  At the trunk-or-treat, I gave the kids some glow sticks and Hadley instinctively started waving it around and saying, "Bitty-bobby-boo!"  It was so fun.  Hayden was Thomas the Tank Engine and Hadley was a snow princess on her faithful steed.  She loves horses right now and wanted to add riding a horse to her costume.  It looked way cute on her.  Here are the best pictures from our festivities.  More are on the website.  Enjoy and hope everyone had as much fun for Halloween as we did.

Hitting Rock Bottom

Well, I think it's safe to say that the past 36 hours or so have been interesting to say the least.  I think the ripple actually started Sunday night or another words Monday morning around 3 am. when both of my sweet kids woke me up.  Hadley was screaming and I wasn't sure what.  I found her with her diaper off, all distraught.  I apparently forgot to duct tape her in for the night.  So I grabbed what I needed and went back upstairs to re dress her.  She then handed me her onesie and wanted it back on.  From there, I wasn't sure what else she exactly wanted so I turned off the lights with her lying in bed tucked in and I tried to see if she would go to bed while I lied down on the floor.  After a little Hayden kept calling Mom outside the door.  I told him he had to wait until I was out of the room for his turn and the proceeded to rub Hadley's back while singing to her.  FInally, she was comfy enough for me to leave and sleep so I slipped out and tended to Hayden that just wanted to say goodnight.

Since I didn't get the sleep I needed, I woke up feeling gross.  I managed to get some things down me, but when early evening rolled around, I felt in trouble.  From there, it was a downward spiral filled with puking and even less sleep.  I spent the night rotating from bed to floor in bathroom to toilet where I puked every 15 then 30 minute intervals.  It was nasty.  I tried to drink a little in between each so that throwing up wouldn't be so bad each time, but quickly became fatigued.  I knew I needed sleep, but was too awake from puking so often that I just couldn't get to sleep.

I told Jared to go to work and the relief society president was already planning on coming over and watching the kids while I went to see my doctor after lunch.  The whole morning, I felt depleted and done.  I still wasn't doing so hot, but proceeded to my appointment with bucket in hand.

The doctor gave me a prescription for anti-nausea and I went home hopeful it would work, despite the offer to get an IV.  I decided to try the medicine and hope for the best.  I got home and took it and seemed to be feeling a little better.  I ate some cereal and banana which didn't taste as good as I had originally thought and then relaxed a little.  I took the medicine again around 7 and tried to eat, but sipped more fluids mostly.  The doctor said fluids are more important then eating currently.

Before bed, I ended up losing it once again.  Determined to not have a crummy night again, I prayed real hard and then ate a little and had something to drink and proceeded to bed.  THankfully, I slept through almost the whole night except for when Hayden knocked on my door for literally nothing around 4am.  This morning, I am hanging in there but might still consider getting an IV just to increase my odds of getting back on top.

I must say I am grateful to Sharon and my mother-in-law for their help yesterday with the kids.  It was greatly appreciated :0)

My Goal

This whole thing started with a goal.  Now that I have pretty much made my goal, I am letting it fly because I am proud of myself.  Here's a little background for you all.  Anyone who has known me for a little bit while pregnant with Hayden and Hadley, knows that I am the worst in my first trimester ever.  It is no fun day at the park if you know what I'm saying.  Anyways, Jared and I had decided it was time to have another one and of course, I wanted to hunker down and brace for impact because both pregnancy's prior to this one, I haven't been able to wait to tell people closer to the end of my trimester.  With Hayden, it was day of missed period while trying to conduct the primary program and with Hadley, it was probably a little after that by a couple weeks with her.

With this one, I immediately starting increasing my intake of food to try to get ahead and stay on top of things.  It seemed to be working really well for me.  I even managed to go to Salt Lake City and spend a day and a half with my sisters without them knowing.  Then, inevitably, I caught the cold that was going around and it made me miserable for 2 weeks or so.  I wasn't eating enough, I couldn't get ahead and it started to fall apart slightly, but still only a little everyday unlike 8-13 times a day.  So, this was still manageable.  Well, it kept getting worse and I needed emotional support so I reached out to a couple friends for help.

Gratefully, even with the stubbornness of this baby's food wishes, I am only doing bad 1-3 times a day which I feel blessed for.  The only down side is I feel rotten the whole day unlike the other two where I at least could eat late at night to catch up a little bit.

Now that I have digressed a little, I just wanted to set the record straight now that family finally knows and say that I AM PREGNANT with our third child and the baby is due on Cinco de Mayo.  Kind of fun, eh?  A couple more weeks and maybe, I will start to enjoy myself again.  Until then, hope your day is good.  I'm going to go try to tackle mine.

Field Trip

We finally took our field trip for Joy School today and it was fun.  Unlike last year, we drove our cars in which turned out to be a huge lifesaver.  Hadley did pretty well being directed where to go.  She lost it a little towards the end as we were finishing up in the pumpkin patch so we stuck to a stroller while picking apples which worked out just fine to me.  We got some cute fun shots of the kids too and we even stopped at the 7-Eleven to indulge in slurpees because we were so thirsty from the warm sun and the dirt getting into our throats and noses.  We picked apples too but I forgot the camera in the car, probably due to exhaustion or something. All in all, we got two small pumpkins despite the patch being picked over good and a bunch of apples and I only paid $5.12 for it all. Not a bad take if you ask me. Here are some keepers and there are more on the website.

Nearby Mountain

So my husband was being thoughtful last Friday and told me to get the kids ready to go somewhere that is a surprise.  He finally told me we were going to finally check out our own mountains since I had never been.  Anywho, I tried to dress everyone warm and put together snacks and then we were off.  We drove around the mountain for a little bit and had our cameras with us to take some pictures of what foliage might be around.  We were trying to get to a certain overlook Jared knew about but when we came to a turn where we needed to go left and the way home was right, we ended up having to stop abruptly due to a sound in the back seat.  It was Hayden and he was saying in a little voice, "I need to go potty!" along with some crying.  We stop the car and I try to figure out where he can go and we attempt, but he doesn't know how to do it since he's just used to a toilet.  After a couple minutes, he's too cold to care so I pop him back in the car and we turn right to go back to the house due to my son's weak bladder at the wrong time.  We pull over once more and pop him in a pull-up just in case he does go and he did not appreciate it.  On the way home, he asked if he could get his diaper off, but we told him no because he wouldn't go potty on the side of the road.  We asked him if he went in his pants and he said yes, so we kept driving.  When we got home, Hayden went to bathroom and his pull-up was dry as a bone.  He held it all the way home.  

So alas, no pictures of the mountainside to post since we didn't get to turn left instead.  Jared's thoughtfulness was wasted which was sad, but I am grateful to have finally seen it by driving around at least.  Hopefully, we can do it again soon and not have the potty troubles to deal with as well.  It makes it much easier that way.

Ward Luau

Once again, we had our ward luau and once again, it was windy and cold.  I learned my mistake from last year though and wore warm clothes to make up the difference.  We had a lot of fun.  They had some good food and lots of fruit and dessert which are always my personal favorites.  I love fresh fruit, but I stink at picking out cantaloupes that'll taste good when cut up.  I'll have to work on that.  Anyways, I digress.  Jared and I had some fun with our cameras taking random pictures.  Lighting was hard at times because we know sometimes flash photography is discouraged, but we're happy with our results.  All of them are posted on our website, but here are a few winners to give you a feel for the night.

The music was excellent.  Loads of fun to listen to throughout the night.

This guy was hilarious and did really good with the fire knives.

See what I mean.  He likes his job a lot :0)

Nothing like Father son bonding while swaying to the music.  It was cute.

Our fearless volunteers for one of the dances...The Hukilau (spelling?)

And very pretty costumes.