25 weeks!! Almost 6 months

Finally I look pregnant!!
So this little girl came up to me at the store and said in a very curious voice, "Are you Pregnant?!!" It almost sounded rude....once I said yes, her face lit up and she ran to tell her mom. LOL It was cute!! And I love that people are asking me when I'm due...So I finally do look pregnant! :)

EXERCISE---
I've been doing about an hour of aerobics every day!! I'm going to start walking as well, if I could ever get out of bed! The past few days I've been sleeping in till 11! Its insane, and I haven't been having as many bathroom visits at night either. My body must really need the sleep right now. Bet the baby is going into major growing spurts and my body is paying for it as well! I don't mind, I still get things done through out the day. I am going to do the walks only on the days I don't do aerobics, I don't want to over work my body!! although, I will do short walks, maybe 30 minutes with the dogs.

I definitely feel a lot better when I exercise, I think its an addiction!! When I don't get to it, or I just don't do it, I get so moody and depressed! Almost like I didn't get my drug high for the day. I'm glad that I feel that way about it! Keeps me motivated. My baby is gonna come out with a six pack and huge biceps!! LOL Wouldn't that be a site to see?!

Does hunger ever go away!?!?!
I am always hungry, when I eat the stuff that is healthy for me and the baby it goes right through me and I'm starved again! but once I give in to some ice cream and a cookie, or some chips, I'm instantly full!! Don't know what it is. Oh well, a little bit of sweets and salty high calorie chips with tons of saturated fat isn't gonna kill me!! LOL wow sounds terrible. I eat enough healthy to make up for the once in awhile binge! I wish I had some multi-grain cheerios!! Those are DELICIOUS!!

I want, I need, I can't wait!!

UTAH UTAH UTAH

Can not wait to go visit!
August 25th-Sept 8th or so!!
gonna have a baby shower at my mom's as well as one in SLC! Hope everyone can make it to one of them or even both if ya want (all the more free food and snacks ya know) :))

I've gotta a lot of things already! none of which we have bought!
We have a car seat (barely used, from our friends over here)
Bassinet from my parents
clothes from a few different people.
Diapers and wipes (the start of those anyways)
I got a cake of diapers from my neighbor!! She is awesome
and more and more, can't even think of all the things we have.

Procrastinating!!
I've been putting things off until the last minute. I need to stop doing that!!
There are a few things that I need to be getting done, like finishing the blanket I started for Jordynn, cleaning out junk from the 2 rooms that pretty much just have junk in them!! I have a million old magazines that I need to recycle. I also need to get a good budget down for Kev and I!! If we can even stick to one that is. :/

I keep running across things that either we need or I want. So I definitely have a huge wish list!

especially for the kitchen area!
I would like a Kitchen Aid mixer as well as a hand held blender.
A new toaster (ours only works when it wants to)
a new crock pot (Kevin's lovely friends accidentally broke mine)
nice cooking SKILLET!!! (would love it)
Some new kitchen utensils (mostly knives, spatulas, the cooking necessities)
decorations to put on the walls and some more oven mits! I only have 2.
MAGNETS,,,,I really really need magnets!
Kitchen table and a kitchen rug (dining room rug)
Kitchen table center piece.

I could go on and on!! But eventually I may have all of these things! I hope sooner than later.

Right now our first thing on the list is a new whole front room suite!!!
Already have a couple in mind, just gotta come up with the money/or do a rent to own sort of deal!
Next we would like a new bedroom suite!! We already know what we want.

It might take us awhile to get this stuff,,,but it will happen. :))

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I've been cooking everything from scratch lately!! Breakfast, Dinner!! I even made banana bread! it was delicious! although it makes for a lot of dishes when mixing, blending, cooking!!
Between dishes, laundry and the 2 dogs I am busy busy all day it seems. I enjoy it though. :)
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I never mentioned! ITS A GIRL!!!!

Ultrasound photo @ 21 weeks!!

Can not wait to see her gorgeous face!! :) We only have 3.5 months to go! I can't believe how quickly the time is going and we still have not bought one thing for her! I did get most of the registry done though! I do have a few things for her, just nothing I spent money on. Ya know its actually kinda nice not spending money! We will though, probably buy a couple things this week!!! I hope, well I want to, just gotta talk Kevin into going with and checking things out.

So we finally got a washer and dryer, they aren't the best but its cheaper and wayyy better than sitting at the laundry mat for 4-5 hours!!! I'm already doing laundry as we speak! Its amazing.

Been keeping up with the gym for the most part, I go about 4 times a weeks, sometimes more. Just do the elliptical machine for about 3-4 miles each time...takes me about 60 minutes to go that far because the doc said to keep my heart rate below 140, so i am doing so :) The treadmill strains my stomach too much, kills me!! I can' t walk too far anywhere or it starts to hurt....kinda weird.

Dakota (our 6 month old dog) is driving us crazy! She runs off every night right before bed!! She knows when Kevin is angry with her so she tries to hide behind me (makes me feel bad) but she needs to learn. I just tell Kev not to hurt her too bad cause you shouldn't have to abuse anything to get your point across, but she seriously won't listen! She has pissed on the floor probably 4 times in the past few weeks! and she never does that. I don't know what her deal is. Well she will be getting fixed on August 7th!! So yay, maybe that will fix some of the issues. We can hope.

Well I plan on coming out to Utah the 3rd week in August!! Only for about a week this time, can't travel too far after that. while I am out there I plan on having a couple baby showers, my mom is having one for me as well as Kevin's mom Jane in SLC. We will see how this all plans out as it gets closer. Well love you all, TTYL

Baby Movements & Registry

I've noticed changes in the baby's movements. I can definitely tell that she can hear now. If there is rock music playing she is all over the place!! I've also noticed when ever Kevin is talking she starts moving more! It seems she can tell the difference of who's hands are on my belly. When I have mine on there she still moves, if Kevin puts his hands on there, she is little miss stubborn and barely moves!! I'm not sure I like it when she turns her body though, it makes me all woozy and it puts a huge stabbing pain in my stomach!! INSANE! Atleast I know she's moving and is very healthy! I can almost tell the difference of hand movements versus feet! Feet are much stronger than the arms! Its amazing she will be here in 3 and a half months!!! We are so excited...can't wait to see her beautiful eyes and bathe her for the first time, dress her all pretty and do her hair (when she has hair) Oh its gonna be great.

I have started registering at babysrus.com! I gotta do it early because I am having an early baby shower back in Utah in mid August! Can't travel that far after 7 months...so gotta do it soon!
You can find our registry here: toysrus.com and search baby registries. I can't find a link to our registry! You can find us with our last name.

22 weeks and 4 Days Photo!!

I'm over 5 months now!! Only 17 Weeks and 3 Days! I am getting more and more excited everyday. :]
The baby has been moving more and stronger as she has gotten bigger! I can feel her move from the out side now. I love it.

I've been going to the gym about 4-5 times a week. I always walk/jog about 2.5 miles or more each time I go. I've been doing a few strength exercises, squats, push ups, dips, planks, ( the ones that you can do while pregnant ) I feel good for the most part. I still feel a little self conscious, but definitely feel better than I would if I didn't do anything!!

Been looking for a job that I could work for 3 months or so. But no luck there. I just would love extra money to buy things for the baby and our house. We'll be fine though. To keep me busy I clean, paint, draw, and figure out decorating ideas to give things a little more flavor.

My baby weighs about a pound!! Not sure how many inches yet...I go to the doctor tomorrow and she will be telling me about the baby's growth and all that good stuff.

Plan on having a baby shower in September back in Utah. I would have to do it that early since I can't fly nor travel after 7 and 1/2 months. I'm already starting to register online at Baby's R us and Wal-Mart, K-Mart. Can't wait to see friends and family! :))

FLASH LIGHT FUN

So I heard that baby can see light and may dodge it if you shine it on your belly, had to try!! Well talk about a big kick!!! She freaked...it was awesome. LOL Fun times already :]

She was wayyy active after teasing her with the light for like 3 hours last night.