25 weeks

how far along? 25 weeks.
total weight gain/loss: not sure. i fit in maternity clothes, but only at night :) i feel chubby, though.
maternity clothes? just pants, and at night. everything is still good :)
stretch marks?: nope.
sleep?: really good. i'm tired all the time, so i'm out cold every night :) the pillow between my legs is helping a lot. as is having our fan running. poor nick gets cold sometimes, but it feels so nice to me. i still sleep with half of my body hanging out of the blankets.
best moment this week?: hanging out with my family. we've had my brothers all week, which kind of worried me, but it's actually been really nice. i definitely feel more motherly ;) they're really good boys.
oh! and getting the job at deseret book, but part-time instead of full-time. it was a definite answer to prayers.
miss anything?: not so much!
movement?: he's been kicking hard lately. and up higher than he's ever been. normally he's been down low, but today i got some good solid kicks up near my ribs. this little boy is going to do some damage later on. nick's always surprised by how hard his kicks are, haha.
food cravings?: always salty food. and still eating leftover easter food. i need someone to dump it all onto.
anything making you queasy or sick?: i only feel queasy if i don't drink enough water, which isn't too often lately.
labor signs?: haha, no.
belly button, in or out?: in.
wedding ring, on or off?: on.
happy or moody?: happy!
looking forward to: working more. mom & dad getting home :) even though i'm loving the boys, it'll be nice to have our house back. oh, and working on the yard more. we got started on it this weekend and it got me really excited. it's funny how working on something that's your own is so much better than weeding for your parents ;) we also get another ultrasound this week, since graysen wasn't too compliant last month. jake & nick are going to come with me, so it'll be fun for them to see gray!

salt lake city

while my parents are in hawaii for their 25th wedding anniversary (yay!), i'm stuck blessed with the honor of watching two sweet young boys ;) yesterday, nick took work off and we went with jake & nick to city creek & the museum of natural history. it was a super rainy day, so it was nice to have fun things to do!

lost

whenever i clean or fold laundry, even edit sometimes, i turn on a tv show or music. i don't like quiet (probably because i grew up in a house of noisy people). last week while i was folding a particularly large pile of laundry, i decided i'd try watching "lost". i know, i know... even nick told me it got pretty lame and he only made it through the first three or four seasons. my parents didn't even make it to the end of season 2. so we'll see how it goes.

but right now...

... i'm hooked.

i'm about six episodes away from being done with season one. SO intense. i need to stop watching it at night, though. for a pregnant woman who is already having crazy dreams... not so good :)

but still a really fun show! has anyone watched all six seasons? or started? what'd you think?

24 weeks

how far along? 24 weeks.
total weight gain/loss: still don't know, but i'll find out in a week :)
maternity clothes? just pants, on occasion. everything else, i still fit into.
stretch marks?: nope.
sleep?: pretty good. just wake up every now and then if i get too hot.
best moment this week?: spending the weekend hanging out with nick. i really like that guy.
miss anything?: dr. pepper :)
movement?: just the normal squirming and kicking. i love just laying down and feeling him move.
food cravings?: nope. i probably ate too much sugar yesterday, though. darn easter bunny!
anything making you queasy or sick?: nope! 
labor signs?: not yet!
belly button, in or out?: in.
wedding ring, on or off?: on.
happy or moody?: happy! :) <--- like that
looking forward to: well, i got a second interview at the deseret book corporate office today, but i'm feeling very unsure still about working (we've prayed about it a lot... trying to figure it out). the boys are also coming tomorrow to stay for ten days while mom & dad go to hawaii. so that'll be fun ;) nick's taking thursday off and we're taking the boys up to salt lake. it'll be good!

ready to get right out!

so a few weeks ago we did the "cake cutting" to find out the gender of the baby. the lady who did our ultrasound told us to look away while she investigated the baby's more revealing areas, and then let us look while she found his face, arms, feet, etc. (SO cute, by the way). then she texted rachel, who made our cake, and rachel filled the cake with either blue or pink frosting. nick accidentally got a peek at the text (the doctor didn't close out of it on his phone), so it was mostly just a surprise for me :) but it was fun!

the cute (and tasty!) cake that rachel made us!

anna, jakey, lucas and myself were all very anxious to find out! this was right when i saw the blue frosting. yayyyy! so happy :) thanks erin for taking the photo! and lukey for helping me cut the cake right in half :) 

then we started dishing out cake (we had a chocolate one, too). after there was only once slice left, i realized i hadn't taken a photo of the blue frosting. oops! so here it is! it's a boy :) yay!


(i saw anna & lukey today. anna came up, patted my stomach and said, "is that baby ready to get right out of you?? he's going to be so cute!" haha, if only, anna! 16 more weeks!)

23 weeks

how far along? 23 weeks.
total weight gain/loss: nick broke our scale a while ago, so i'm not sure :) or maybe i just don't want to know...
maternity clothes? finally bought a couple of pairs of small maternity jeans (funny, because i don't feel small!). SO comfy! thanks, tiff, for taking me to park city! then i borrowed some maternity clothes from tiff & nick's mom also gave me some fun clothes. i think i'm set!
stretch marks?: not yet! keeping my fingers crossed on that one.
sleep?: not too bad. i'm really hot all the time, so i'm always kicking blankets off. poor nick :)
best moment this week?: just watching nick anytime he feels gray. his eyes completely light up, and he starts talking to him. it's really cute! gray stops anytime he hears nick's voice. though lately nick has taken to talking to him in a "monster" voice... he says he's teaching it to gray.
miss anything?: if i did, feeling my baby move makes up for it :)
movement?: HARD kicks. it's startling and makes me a little nervous for when he gets bigger and stronger :)
food cravings?: granola, this week. winco has huge bins of vanilla almond granola... i've been eating tons of it.
anything making you queasy or sick?: nope!
have you started to show yet?: yeah :)
labor signs?: not yet!
belly button, in or out?: still in, but looking weird sometimes.
wedding ring, on or off?: on
happy or moody?: happy! although we've both gotten very emotional (in a good way) during conference whenever we hear talks about being parents/mothers/fathers/etc. what saps!
looking forward to: painting gray's room. we finally finished the guest bedroom, so gray's will come next. hopefully this week, but probably next. we also are taking in my brothers next week for ten days, so that will be interesting :)

22 weeks

(please excuse the lame cell phone photo in our guest bathroom. this weekend was a little crazy and i haven't been feeling especially photogenic ;) but i do have a bump now! or too much food, haha)

how far along? 22 weeks.
total weight gain/loss: 5 pounds up!
maternity clothes? not yet, but i did buy a pair of old navy yoga pants that i might never change out of. ever. my clothes fit, they're just starting to get uncomfortable :) nick REALLY wants me to go get maternity jeans.
stretch marks?: not yet!
sleep?: still having that problem with my hip. i literally can't lift my leg more than a few inches without wincing, it hurts so much. and i'm hot ALL the time. but other than that, i sleep fantastically :) i love sleep.
best moment this week?: my interview at the deseret book corporate office. SO excited to hear back from them! it went so well. we also decided to spell gray's name w/ an a... although since i lost on that one, i don't know if it was the "best" moment ;)
miss anything?: just being able to move properly :)
movement?: i think he knows when i'm trying to sleep, because he turns into a major spaz.
food cravings?: ate lots of sour candy at hunger games on thursday night. anything salty still.
anything making you queasy or sick?: nope.
have you started to show yet?: yeah, i think so :) i feel like it, at least.
labor signs?: not for a while!
belly button, in or out?: in.
wedding ring, on or off?: still on!
happy or moody?: happy :)
looking forward to: hopefully hearing back from deseret book. general conference. kings game & california pizza kitchen w/ nick. going to the temple. seeing robyn. and finishing painting this crazy pink room so that we can move on to gray's room!