Seven

We're up to week seven folks. We're over halfway through the first trimester! So far I've only thrown up once and it was in the morning with mostly water so I am feeling pretty lucky that I've been able to keep my food down despite having nausea around the clock off and on but mostly on. My key so far has been to eat little things throughout the day instead of meals. If I wait to be hungry to eat I feel sick and start dry heaving. This weekend I started to feel sick before then too so maybe I am speaking too soon with the "only thrown up once" bit.

It has proven difficult for family events involving eating lunch or dinner. I find myself either absolutely ravenous or absolutely sick if I don't eat something before I go to these events or in the car just before we go inside. It is also difficult considering my current picky food attitude about what sounds "good" (as in won't make me puke) and what doesn't. Crackers helped for a while but now they're kind of getting to be a little old so hopefully this week I can keep this miracle up of keeping all my food where it belongs!

Bear Lake

Well, we had a great weekend last weekend but it pooped me out! First we drove up to Bear Lake Friday afternoon/early evening and spent the weekend up there with my mom and step dad, my sister and her family, and my two stepsisters.

Saturday morning we got ready to go to the "beach".

We played in the sand a little bit and got some nice sun.

Maggie and Amanda were very concerned with getting NO sand on any of the towels, blankets, or any of it sticking on their own feet, swimsuit or clothing.

We buried Anna and Megan in the sand and made "their lifelong dreams of becoming a mermaid" true. (those are their words... hehe)

Later on I got to go out on the boat and watch the exciting rides on Big Mabel (the orange floating device seen in the background here).

Some caught large waves.

Grandpa and Amanda were chilling out a bit before their ride began.

Maggie was being super patient waiting her turn so....

Uncle Nick asked her if she wanted to steer the boat and she got really excited!

Finally it was Maggie's turn to ride with Amanda and Grandpa Chad.

Then Nick took a ride with Anna and you can see him here holding her tight and screaming.... like a little girl. :) The girls thought this was the funniest thing ever.

After this fun ride we went back to the beach to let the girls, Chad and Jonathan eat lunch. Then my stepdad, mom, sister and two nieces joined Nick and I back on the boat for the ride back to the Marina so we could pull the boat out of the water and go back to the cabin for the night! Let me tell you this was quite the boat ride! Probably the most intense boat ride on a lake I will ever be on! The waves were at least 4 or 5 feet and we were being thrown up and down and all over the place and we all ended up putting on life jackets "just in case" because it seriously felt like we could be flipped right over at any time. Here is a picture of some of the waves from that second ride.

Water was splashing on all of us like a ride at an amusement park. My mom was screaming and then laughing all at the same time and the rest of us were just nervously laughing at her trying to stay calm so the kids wouldn't freak out but we were all having fun and it is one part of this vacation none of us will ever forget.

Happy Grandma.

Not so happy Grandma. :) (This is my favorite picture from the weekend. I can still hear the sound that accompanied this picture)

It took us about 2 hours to make the trip in the boat that should've taken maybe 30 minutes, but we made it without flipping over and as soon as we got to shore, four of us ladies hopped out and ran to the bathroom because we couldn't hold it in any longer.

And last but not least, here is Nick squeezing Maggie and pretending like he can't let her go just before we all headed to get some raspberry shakes after dinner.

I wish I could put all of the pictures we took from that weekend on here. I had fun using my brand new camera to take all sorts of pictures of my beautiful nieces that I don't get to see too often. This was a great trip and we had so much fun spending time with everyone!

Why was this show cancelled?

I don't know if it was ratings or something, but I'm sure everyone's heard of it and seen clips and loved it. I vote they bring this show back and have Brian Regan host it now! He often uses his funny experience as a father in his routines anyway that I could totally see him doing a great job with it. Another person I'd watch be the host of this show is Bob Barker. I would probably watch every episode for either of those hosting. Maybe we can petition a station to start it up? CBS used to air it before, but ABC is always doing new shows so maybe they would start it up again under a different name.

Anyway, I was thinking about this show earlier and then watched a few of the clips on youtube, this one was my favorite.

P.S. To those who are following my pregnancy stuff - I'm 5 weeks today and the baby is about the size of an appleseed :)

Round Ligament Pain

For those of you who don't know, round ligament pain is associated with the beginning weeks of pregnancy. It is when the muscles/ligaments by your hips start stretching out for the future months ahead of holding up that baby belly. Let me just say this part of being pregnant so far has not been the funnest (neither has the cramps off and on (which scare me) from the uterus stretching out), but I still am grateful every day and keep reading more and more about pregnancy and the next 8 months that are left of it. It has been great so far, despite being ready for bed by 9 every day no matter how much sleep I got the night before.

Episode5

For those of you who we have dragged into this youtube saga,

in the epic tale of Kid History...

I present to you the now available, much anticipated: Episode 5.

Enjoy! (And if you have not seen these already, your assignment is to go watch the first 4 asap)

Proof

I think most of you who read this blog already know our big 4th of July weekend news anyway, so since it's just the 3 or 4 of you who already know and will be reading this, here's the proof! :)

I took this one first at about 5am Saturday morning (I seriously couldn't hold it in any longer).

And, in disbelief, I took out the digital one and tested with that to make sure and...

Our due date is March 13, 2012, which also happens to be his dad's birthday. We're keeping this news off of Facebook and from spreading around for now but just announcing it to our close friends and family (which qualifies all of you lovely folks reading this right now. I am pretty sure those who are not in this category of close friends/family don't read this anyway). To those of you who may be wondering... yes, this was very much planned and we could not be happier to get pregnant so quick (3 months almost exactly)! We are so excited and hope this little boy/girl(s) sticks in there the whole 9 months to come meet us all. We think Grandpa Santa must've gave him/her a little high five on his way up as the little one was on his/her way down.

Some symptoms already are being SO much hungrier than normal. I feel like an animal. We just ate lunch about 30 minutes ago and I think I'm going to eat another lunch right now. I have also been getting waves on nausea already and certain foods make my stomach turn a bit either just looking at or smelling them. No puking yet, but I can tell it'll start here in a week or right on time as expected. Let the games begin! :-)