28-32 weeks

I don't feel like a whole lot has happened in the last few weeks. I entered the third trimester, which was exciting.  Time is going by really fast and it is kind of scaring me! Some days I am so ready for her to be here and some days I am freaking out at how little time we have left to prepare. I guess you can never really be 100% ready. I am starting to notice a huge difference between the second and third trimester. The morning sickness is getting worse, I have heartburn like crazy, I am tired all the time and I can't sleep because my hips and back hurt. I have no energy whatsoever. Garrett has been so good to help me out when I need it, even though he's the one who works full time. He is going to be such an amazing dad! We had a doctors appointment 2 weeks ago and everything is looking really good. I have had a pretty standard and normal pregnancy so far (thank goodness). We go for another appointment on Friday so I'm hoping things will still be good. I love feeling my baby girl move around all the time. That is one thing I'm really going to miss about being pregnant is having her with me all the time.  She gets the hiccups almost every day! Also, I have been craving chocolate like crazy lately, which is so weird because I didn't really like chocolate before I was pregnant. Another thing is I feel like she has grown a ton in the last 2 weeks. Garrett made the comment that "you look pregnant" the other day and it made me laugh considering I am in my 8th month! Lol.  I need to post some pictures of her nursery but I will do it later because I don't have any on here right now. 2 months or less and we get to meet our baby girl!

27 weeks in a nutshell!

I have been feeling horrible lately about not blogging or keeping some kind of journal about my pregnancy so I decided that I would try to write it all down in a nutshell up until this point. For those that don't know I had a previous miscarriage so part of me not blogging or journaling was a big fear that things were going to go wrong again. This post might be a little long and a little boring but it is mostly for myself to keep record of such an amazing experience.

FINDING OUT
Earlier this year Garrett and I were planning on moving to Colorado. Garrett worked for URS and they were laying off all of their employees due to some law that they needed to close the plant down. With no other options besides transferring to Colorado with the company we felt that it would be an adventure and we would make the best of it (even though we were scared to death.) Around the first of April we were getting ready to call a realtor to put our house on the market. Garrett received a phone call on a Friday to come interview for a job here on Monday. We were excited but trying not to get too hopeful. He interviewed that Monday and it went well, meanwhile I had been feeling a little funny and kind of had a feeling I might be pregnant. Wednesday, April 9th came and I decided to take a test. It was positive. I told Garrett and we were both excited and kind of nervous. Literally about 10 minutes after I took the test Garrett got a phone call offering him the job here. It was a HUGE relief knowing that we didn't have to move away being pregnant and leaving our families.

FIRST TRIMESTER
I don't really think there is a lot to tell about this part of the pregnancy besides I was literally sick as a dog the whole time. I went MIA for a while because I never wanted to leave my house (or the toilet). I went from working full time to part time because I was so sick I couldn't handle being at work all day, every day. I had an early ultrasound at 6 weeks and sure enough there was a baby with a heartbeat. The 12 week appointment was the one we had been waiting for and were so nervous about because my last 12 week appointment was when we couldn't find the heartbeat. It took my doctor a while to find it but it was there :)

SECOND TRIMESTER
Everyone kept telling me I would feel better in the second trimester but I was still pretty sick up to about 21 weeks and I am still sick (just in the mornings though). I have thrown up every day except maybe 2 since I was 6 weeks pregnant. I'm pretty used to it now and actually think it would be weird to wake up and not be sick. lol. I am still just working part time so that when the baby comes I can just go back two days a week if I decide to. At 15 weeks we went to Fetal Fotos and found out we were having a GIRL!!! Right after we went shopping with our moms and picked out some cute outfits. Garrett and I didn't care either way what the gender was but I am pretty excited about having a girl. Garrett is excited but a little nervous about all the girly stuff ;) We had our 20 week anatomy ultrasound also and our baby girl looks perfectly healthy! Besides being sick I have had a pretty awesome pregnancy so far with no complications at all. I had my glucose test last week and it made me feel so sick afterwards but I passed and everything is good. I can't believe I am almost in my third trimester. CRAZY! Time is flying!

I am so thankful that I get the opportunity to experience such a miracle. I love being able to feel my baby girl move and kick around. It is such an amazing thing. I also am learning that timing is everything. I can now see why I had a miscarriage and why it just didn't work. We are beyond excited to meet our little girl right around Christmas time!

Welcoming the New Year!

2011 was a great year for Garrett and I. Here are a few things we did this year...


-Went on a cruise.
- Bought our trailor (and went on a lot of camping trips!)
-Went on a lot of mini vacations including wendover, alaskan inn, park city multiple times.
- Celebrated our 2nd anniversary.
- Started going to school full time.
- Got a new job that I am very happy at.


I'm sure there is a lot more but this is all I can think of right now! Though we had fun in 2011, I am so ready to start the new year. I am hoping this year is better and brings a lot of fun and change for us!

Chipmunk for Christmas!

Garrett and I had a very INTERESTING Christmas this year. Let me start out by saying I finished school in mid-December... Hallelujah! I have never been so relieved! On December 20th my very best friend, Alyssa, came home from her mission. It was a lot of fun and so good to see her! December 22nd I got my wisdom teeth out.... BAD IDEA! I was thinking I would be just fine by Christmas. Christmas Eve and Christmas Day were horrible. I looked like a chipmunk and I felt horrible! I couldn't take the pain medication because it made me sick so i just has to take ibuprofen and tough it out. On christmas Eve I had Jello and Mashed Potatoes and Christmas day I had Mashed potatoes! SAD! I have never been so miserable to where I want to lay in bed and sleep 24/7. Garrett worked night shift the weekend of Christmas, like always. I didn't get to see much of him. We tried to make the best of the situation but overall, our Christmas wasn't the greatest this year. This wisdom teeth business has been rough! Tuesday night I was sick throwing up. Thursday when I went back to the doctor he told me that one site wasn't healing properly so that is why it has been so painful and I have been so sick. It has been a week and a half and I am still pretty sore but feeling a lot better. I'm glad I got it over with but I would never recommend getting your wisdom teeth out 3 days before Christmas!

Pathetic

Wow! I have been a horrible, terrible, pathetic blogger lately, however, I have a pretty good excuse (i think.) This has been my hardest semester yet! I decided to go full time again and that was a bad choice. My classes have been a lot harder than they have been in the past. All I spend my time doing is working, going to the gym and doing homework, and I am not lying. After I started the semester I quit my job... and then got a new job! I have been working full time and going to school full time. For those of you who have had to be around me I am deeply sorry because I have been one onery girl lately, And i'm pretty sure Garrett feels like he no longer has a wife. Even though I am so stressed out I am really loving my new job. I get to work with one of my best friends, Kelli. Everyone there is really nice and hard workers! Well I don't have time to catch you up on anything else other than that because I have finals to study for but after next week I am hoping to be a better blogger ;) I am only taking two classes next semester so i'm hoping that will help my stress levels... and maybe I will actually feel like i'm married again!

Goodbye Summer...

Although we had a fun summer I have to admit that I am not too sad to see it leave us! We were very busy this summer and this was my first semester starting school full time. I will admit it was AMAZING only working two days a week though! I feel like the summer flew by. It definately wasn't one of our best summers ever. I am glad that summer is over and here are a few reasons why...

- I hate the extreme heat
- It is the start of a new semester, which means I am closer to gradating
- It means fall is coming and fall is my favorite time of the year
- It means the holidays are getting closer
- It is mine and Garretts birthdays soon
- I finally get to stop watering the lawn and our flowers! lol

I am definately looking forward to the future! I love our lives and wouldn't change them for anything but sometimes I feel like we are in a weird spot in our lives. All we do is work... and go to school! I just can't wait until I graduate and we can move onto the next chapter of our lives!

July 31, 2009

I know I have been a horrible blogger lately but I have to blog about Garrett and I's two year anniversary! WOW!!! It seems like yesterday that we were being sealed to each other. This year for our anniversary we went camping with Garretts family... AGAIN! Not that it wasn't fun but I told Garrett that we are not making this a tradition any longer if he wants to make it to three! lol. jk! We actually celebrated our anniversary at the beginning of the month in Park City because we knew we would be camping that weekend. Our good friends, The Hardmans, also came camping with us. It was a lot of fun spending time with them and the boys had a blast bear hunting!

I am so so so lucky to have such an amazing husband. He is the hardest worker I have ever known. I love spending every day with my best friend. I also love that we can have so much fun together and he can make me laugh like crazy! It is such a great feeling to know that I will be married to him for eternity! I LOVE YOU GARRETT BRASEN ELFORS AND CAN'T WAIT TO CELEBRATE MANY MORE YEARS OF HAPPINESS WITH YOU!