pregnancy update

i'm almost 32 weeks! wow it seems like this pregnancy is flying by, although i'm sure by the end it will drag on very slowly. the 3rd trimester and i have been getting along great with only a few minor issues. the baby is getting so big that he's smooshing my insides and making it so i have to eat small meals all day long. i thought it was heartburn/acid reflux but my doctor says it's called gerd... kind of a mixture of the 2. he gave me a medicine to take and i'm doing great now as long as i don't eat anything fried or greasy. i'm still not really having cravings except for tomatoes and peaches. i eat the same thing for lunch every day: rice pilaf, cottage cheese, and blueberries. I'm also super thirsty all the time and drink a 24 oz. water bottle with every meal and usually one in between.

i've been carrying the baby really low, and he just recently found my ribs when i lay down at night and likes to kick them! he gets the hiccups 2-3 times a day, craziest feeling, and moves constantly. i'm not very uncomfortable yet except at night when i turn from side to side or get up to go to the bathroom. my doctor appointments are now every 2 weeks, it seems like time is rushing by! i need to get working on putting his nursery together and sewing a quilt (we'll see if that actually happens... haha)

johnny kissing my baby belly, so adorable

7 months

gestational diabetes test, not as bad as i thought it would be. i passed!

after my gerd stuff, i ate bananas and rice for a few days to calm my stomach down. 

i was definitely made fun of for using these tiny bowls, aren't they cute??

baby boy's first picture at the grand canyon

31 weeks, baby's getting BIG!

California

Grayson and I went to California 3 times this summer! we're trying to get as many trips in as possible before the baby comes and we can't be as spontaneous as we'd like. grays did online classes and neither of us were working so it was great!

our first trip was at the end of may. we decided to move to provo (new house post coming i promise) so we packed up our house and took a trip right before we moved.

the 11 hour drive... keep those feet elevated!

beach day with ashley and johnny watching jake and grayson surf

grays spent some time at fire departments in L.A. and i made cookies for him to take!

2nd trip

we flew and i got the emergency exit row with no seat in front of me, score!

camarillo festival with adam, ashley, and the twins

gus and ole

laying out at the Mullin's pool with kerry, cedar, and kristen.

3rd trip

grayson helped ashley and jake move to california (come back, we miss you too much!) and drove one of their cars. I joined a few days later on a plane, thankfully!

johnny snuggles and both boys are SUPER into whatever shark week show was on

grandpa with johnny and the twins

playing back in the bushes

disneyland day!

johnny and i hanging out while everyone went on indianna jones. 

we buzzed our lips while looking at ourselves on my phone for a good 5 minutes.

johnny slept while everyone went on the cars land ride

and i laid down on a bench and relaxed! embarrassing, but i'm pregnant so who cares?

monster's inc. ride

being super cute....

and we thought it was hilarious because it's so not our personalities to do this...

laughing hysterically, we thought we were funny

stopped on Small World for a few minutes while they fixed a problem

cutest johnny boy (seriously though, come back)

flying home, the ticket lady told me i have a 'temporary disability' being pregnant so we got to pre-board and got awesome seats. southwest is the bomb.

2nd Trimester

About 3 weeks into my 2nd Trimester I started feeling REALLY good! Everyone said that this one would be the best, I wouldn't feel sick anymore, and it was true after a few weeks. I slowly started to integrate different foods into my diet and the only one I still couldn't do was chocolate. I still loved simple foods with not a ton of spice or different flavors and fruit was my absolute favorite! 

Belly pics of 2nd Trimester (I don't remember how many weeks I was at each point but they are in order)

20 weeks

Last week of 2nd trimester (really showing!)

I had a gallbladder scare and went in to have it checked out, i was feeling super sick for about 4 nights in a row, and they hooked me up to a bunch of machines. Turns out everything was fine. They think eating out inflamed my gallbladder so just to watch fatty and fried things.

Practice parenting with Johnny

And my cousin Luke

With the 100 degree weather we were having every day I started to swell. My feet every day, and I had to replace my wedding ring with a gold band because we were worried it would eventually need to be cut off my finger it was so tight!

Cold water helped with the swelling

At my 20 week appointment we found out our sweet baby is a boy! We are thrilled!

Finally got a picture of his profile, every other ultrasound he had his hands or legs up on his face. 

Darling pictures of Grays as a little boy, I hope our baby looks just like him!

Typical lunches (I have been told I eat like a toddler, I'm okay with that!)

One of my best friend's Mckell got home from her mission in Milan, Italy!

Going away party for Keisha and Landon who moved to Missouri for Medical School

Being pregnant has made me extremely clumsy and I cut myself almost on a weekly basis. This particular incident I cut the tip of my finger off with scissors... Luckily my husband is an EMT so he fixed me right up!

My mom, Nona Kate as our baby will know her, learned how to crochet and has made our baby boy 3 gorgeous blankets! 

We moved from American Fork to Provo to a very cute house! I'll post pictures soon.