6 months!

How far along: 24 weeks one day
Total weight gain:I will know on Thursday how much ive gained since last month.
How big baby is: He is about 11 inches long and weighs just over a pound!
Maternity clothes: I have five pairs of maternity pants and two maternity shirts.
Stretch Marks: Still getting more.. nothing i do seems to help. ugh
Sleep: I sleep pretty good besides when baby wakes me up from kicking (:
Best moment this week: He's been moving for longer periods of time now..its crazy how active he gets.. i love feeling him move (: its what i look forward to everyday! (:
Worst moment this week: Just my usual rib and back pain.
Movement: He is really, really active. I can now feel the difference between kicking/punching and just doing turns or something.
Food cravings: A few things here and there. I have a huge obsession with anything that has to do with potatoes.
Belly Button (In or Out): Still in.
Gender: BOOOOOY!!!!!
Labor Signs: None.
What I am looking forward to: Meeting him and so many more things.
What I miss: Now that i am getting bigger its getting really hard for me to do normal things..like putting on my socks or putting on my pants..you know..normal things that people do in their everyday lives!

Updates!!!

Our update: The last few months have been a little crazy. We are trying to get ready for this baby. Nathan was working at Toys R Us and Cabelas, but both jobs were suppose to only be seasonal. Toys R us ended at the beginning of Jan. and Cabelas would have ended around that time too, but they kept him on. Thank goodness. He has only been working part-time there for the past month & we've been getting by. HARDLY. Another guy that is working there is going to be switching to just weekends so more hours will be available. He is still looking around though. As everyone knows our truck broke down RIGHT AFTER we got our car fixed and we still haven't gotten it fixed because Nathan's brother is pretty sure its the fuel pump. The funny thing is if it is the fuel pump that just got replaced about a year ago so if it is that hopefully it is still under warranty. We will know soon. Now that we got our tax return filed we can start searching for a bigger place. We are most likely going to have room-mate so we can save more money & have more money. Not sure if we are going to stay in Olympia or move to Lacey. We will know soon, it just depends on Nathans job situation. My job is in Lacey, but we both plan on going to college so that is also another factor. And it also depends what best deals we can find. Our car is on her last leg... we are really hoping she keeps running until we get the truck fixed or buy another vehicle. (knock on wood) My job is going great. I've been working for them for a year now, they are just like another family to me. We've all grown really close. It pretty amazing that I can do something that I enjoy & work for people that I have grown close to BUUUUUT still get paid to do it. Ha.

Now family updates. Nathans brother Mike got married last week. They are the prefect couple and needless to say their wedding was amazing. We had a great time. She has two younger boys, so nathans family went from 2 kids to 4. Plus Nathans brother Josh just had another son, Elijah a few days ago. Plus our baby so their family is going from 2 kids to 6 in just a few months. And there is only one girl. Isn't that CRAZY? My nieces and nephews are all getting so big. It's so crazy how fast they grow & do new things. Hopefully with our son time will go by a little slower. Madison and Jorden's first birthdays will be right around the time our baby is born. SO crazy that they will be one. AHHHH! But, anyway, everyone is good!

Our baby update: In all this craziness we have been trying to find the PREFECT name for our son. We have a few ideas, but nothing is for sure yet. But the baby is perfectly healthy & he is REALLY active. Nathan feels him move all the time. I love it when Nathan feels him move, it puts a smile on my face. Plus Nathan always says the funniest things which always makes me smile anyway. We are both getting really excited for him to arrive. Even though I am getting fat (lol) and my back, feet, ribs and all sorts of body parts hurt all the time and this horrible acid reflex I am still really excited and I love this baby. I wouldn't change this for the world and I would do it again!

5 1/2 months!

How far along: 22 weeks!
Total weight gain: Not sure, last I knew it was 8 pounds but that was 2 weeks ago.
How big baby is: The length of a a spaghetti squash. Which I am pretty positive that our baby is bigger then this because the ultra sound tech said he measured 3 days a head and weighed one pound. The pregnancy thing I get every week said he is almost a pound.
Maternity clothes: I have five pairs of maternity pants and two maternity shirts.
Stretch Marks: My stretch marks are getting longer and darker! I have some new ones on the left and right sideby my belly button :(
Sleep: I sleep a lot, but it never feels like enough.
Best moment this week: Feeling him move like crazy these last two weeks. he moves so much. Nathan even felt him yesterday.
Worst moment this week: Just the usual pains. I am pretty sure he is kicking my uterus and ribs.
Movement: He moves a lot. (he is moving right now as i type this (:)
Food cravings: Nothing lately.
Belly Button (In or Out): IN still. But I don't think it will be for very much longer.
Gender: BOOOOOY
Labor Signs: None.
What I am looking forward to: SOOOO much!!!
What I miss: Being able to sleep without waking up in the middle of the night to pee!

5 months!!

How far along: 20 weeks, 3 days.
Total weight gain: 8 pounds
How big baby is: The size of a banana! To me that still seems pretty small because when I'm 40 weeks he will be the size of a watermelon!
Maternity clothes: I have three pairs of maternity pants and two maternity shirts.
Stretch Marks: belly :( Like underneath my belly button where I can't see unless I pull up my stomach lol
Sleep: Pretty good, I toss and turn a lot.
Best moment this week: Seeing our baby on the ultra-sound and finding what we're having a boy!
Worst moment this week: Stomach pain :(
Movement: I feel him move a lot now! I love it!
Food cravings: Haven't really had any cravings lately, but sweets. But when I was first pregnant I craved anything from buffalo wings to Olive garden and KFC!
Belly Button (In or Out): Very IN!
Gender: It's a BOY! and we are really excited! (:
Labor Signs: None. Hopefully not for a while.
What I am looking forward to: Feeling him kick and my baby shower. Oh and of course meeting him!
What I miss: Being able to sleep on my stomach.

OH BOY, OH BOY!

As a lot of people already know we are having a....
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BOY!

About 20 mins. or so into the ultra-sound I see the baby's wee wee. The ultra-sound tech was measuring his legs and I saw it, I think I am the only one that did. but i said "I think I just saw a thingy" lol it was pretty funny. And then she checks and the baby is FOR SURE A boy. Nathan and I are very excited to be having a boy. I know a lot of people inculding myself wanted a girl, but honestly I am just as happy if not more happy that we are having a boy. After seeing him moving around and seeing his little face it sure changes a lot. It makes it more real. I even cried a few times. I sure love this baby. He measured 3 days a head, but my due date and everything is still the same. She also said that he weighed 12 oz! He sure is a growing boy. It's going to be crazy when he's 6 or 7 pounds. His heart beat was 142. But the ultra-sound tech measured all his body parts, looked at his heart and brain. And many other things and she said everything looks great. Which made us all happy to hear. For the past week or so I've been feeling him move around a lot. It's been pretty crazy how at first I would only feel him move around maybe once a day and now he's pretty active. During the ultra-sound he was moving around like crazy. He even waved at us. I just couldn't believe how active he was being. It sure made me happy/excited to see him moving around. My dad and Sheri were even in the room with us and I am sure they loved seeing him and being their with us.

Overall lately I've been feeling okay. I had a doctor apt. a few days ago and I've gained a total of 8 pounds so far. And we got to hear the heart beat and it was 145. All the blood work they did at my last apt. for down syndrome and some other things all came back good. Which was a relief.

We haven't fully decided on a name yet. We have a few in mind but nothing is for sure yet. I will let everyone know when we have a for sure name!

Here are some picture of our boy.

Christmas 2010

This year we spent Christmas Eve with my family. We had a great time with my family. All of the babies got really spoiled this year, they got so many gifts it was crazy. It was wonderful to have everyone together since that doesn't happen very much. All the babies sat on Santa's lap (my dad) and none of them cried, just had weird face expressions like 'who the heck is this?' And Christmas day we went over to Nathans parents house and went and saw the movie Tran. We played some games and ate yummy food. We had a good time.

My husband!!!

Nathan is seriously the most amazing man I have ever met. The picture on the left was at least four years ago. You can tell by the way I am looking at him that I adored him. And I still do, probably more then I ever thought I could. Back when we first started dating in 2006 I would have never thought that we would be where we are today. We were both just 16 and we hardly even knew each other. For the first at least 2 years of our relationship we only saw each other once a week and only to go on a small date like a movie and lunch. It was really hard for me to be away from him. I fell so deep and I just wanted to be with him all the time. Now that I look back I think all the time we were a part just made us stronger and made our love deeper. When your away from someone you love so much, it really does test your love for each other. It really was tough and I know a lot of the time I wanted to just give up. But I never did and neither did he. I am so thankful that even though it was hard at first, well for a while, that at least I got to spend some time with him. Every time we would see each other it made me realize how much I truly loved him. He is such a great person, he has a kind heart. I know things might not be prefect right now either, but they aren't horrible. We are still young and have a long road a head. We just have to take it one day at time and do the best we can. I know that as long as we have each other that we can accomplish anything we want to. Not all good things come right away. Even today as I try to describe my feelings for him.. I just don't know how to say it. All I know is that I don't ever want to let go. I know we have something good, that no one else has. I know that I could never find anyone that is even close to him. I know that I wouldn't be happy, complete and just me if I didn't have him. I know that as long as we remember why we got married and why we are with each other then we can get through anything. When you love someone with your all heart and would do anything in this world for that person you know that you can you can accomplish whatever you want to.