Here are some pictures of my baby shower back on Sept. 21st. Most of the gifts were just clothes but I did get a diaper genie and a bottle warmer. Here are a few pictures of some of my favorites. I will post a few more later.

I absolutely LOVE the ruffles on the bum!!

Shana's mom made this! Love it! They also gave me some really cute clothes too.

When I showed Matt these, he busted out laughing. I thought it was really cute!

Another home made blanket from my friend Jennifer. The back is a light yellow.

Some other news. I am currently treating an Oral Thresh (a yeast infection in my mouth). It's not been a fun week but it is slowly getting better. The doctor I saw just said to eat yogurt and if it didn't seem to help then he would prescribe me a mouth wash.

I spoke with Matt the other night and I have some good news. He has confirmed that he WILL be home before Christmas. I'm not going to say the date but if you want to know, just ask Nancy. I was able to tell her in "code" (for security reasons) the actual date. He has also decided that we won't be taking any leave time until we have the baby. He wants to be able to let me recover and to be able to bond with his new daughter. We are still not sure if we will be able to come home this spring or not but we will keep you up dated on that.

Not much else is new. Just trying to enjoy every day but it is starting to get a little more uncomfortable and harder to get off my couches. :) Her kicks are starting to get stronger but I have yet to actually feel her kick my hand. She is really active though. Kinda fun actually. I can't really describe how it feels. Bubbles comes to mind.

OH OH!! We've decided on a name. We will be naming her Sarah Mackenzi. Sarah is Hebrew for "Princess" and Mackenzi is Irish for "child of the wise leader". We are excited!!

Pictures

This is me at 16 weeks...

And this was yesterday, 19.5 weeks.

IT'S A GIRL!

And the baby is......

Well, it looks like we are having a girl. The Ultrasound tech wouldn't guarantee it but I'm confident that it will be a girl. I have a follow-up on the 18th to go over everything and hopefully then it will be guaranteed. So yeah. Hope you are all as excited as I am. Matt still doesn't know but will hopefully call me when he gets off of the mission he is currently on. Now I can definitely guarantee that he is going to be thrilled... he wanted to have a girl so. Anyways. I will try to figure out how to scan the pictures into my computer and post them later tonight or sometime this week. Love ya all!

Just a note

Hey, Just wanted to post a quick comment. Not to much new has been going on. On Tues Sept. 9th we will be finding out what we are having. Hopefully the baby won't be shy about letting us know. My friends are throwing me a baby shower at the end of the month because one of my good friends here is moving and really wants to be here for it and is actually helping host it. I will be posting what we are having soon after I find out. Sadly Matt might not get to find out that day. He might be leaving for a mission at the beginning of the week and I don't know how long he will be gone. We have talked about it and he told me to go ahead and let people know just as long as I am the one to tell him what we are having. I will be calling as many people as I can. But please don't feel offended if I don't get a hold of you.
Hope you all have a great weekend!
Love ya all!

This is what it looked like the day I had it colored

(July 28th)

and this is what is looks like now.

(Aug. 12th)

It was pointed out to me that it's been almost 2 months since I posted anything. I honestly didn't realize it had been that long so I appologize. As you all know, I got to come home for a week last month and I enjoyed it. I did expend my stay but was sick for the days I extened so I didn't get to see anyone. While I was home, I ended up cutting about 6 inches off my hair and dying it. I liked it at first but I honestly don't like it much anymore. I can't wait until it grows back out and the color really starts to fade.

As far as the baby goes, I will be 16 weeks on Saturday and I have a follow up appointment on the 22nd of this month. I hope to be able to find out what we are having sometime next month. I personally think we are having a boy but Matt is convinced it's a girl. I honestly don't know though. I keep going back and forth. Everyone tells me that it's going to be a girl cause now that I've started showing and I'm carrying kind of high. I don't know though. I don't believe many of the "old wives tales". My morning sickness and nausea is slowly starting to get better but I still have my ups and downs. I can't wait until I've over come it though but today seems to be one of those days I can't beat.

Well, I hope that helps a little. I will try to post another blog after my appointment next week but I'm not going to promise anything =D.
Love you all!

Just a Hello

Well, there have been some changes since Matt has left. On May 26th, I took a home pregnancy test and it came back positive. We were on the phone when I was able to tell him if he was going to be a daddy or not. The next day I went to the Hospital and had a blood test to confirm it, and yes, I am offically pregnant. I have been experience HORRIBLE morning sickness and I've been extremely dizzy. But so far, I've only thrown up once. Thank goodness. I had my "orentation" on June 10th, to get me into their Maternity system and I was talking with the OB/GYN Nurse and she said everything that I'm experiencing is normal. Some women just have a hard time with dealing and I guess I'm one of them. My first official doctor's appointment is July 7th. I will actually meet my Doctor face to face and be told exactly how far along I am. The Nurse estimated me to be about 6 weeks. Well acutally, if I follow that, today, I am now 7 weeks. Matt and I are very excited but I am also a little scared. I have NO idea what to expect and/or if anything I am experience is normal. I've been calling family already asking what they experienced and if it's normal. I have been reading two different books and they are pretty educational but still doesn't answer all my questions all the time. Matt and I will find out what the sex is when that time comes but as of this moment, he is convinced it's a girl. I honestly don't know and I really don't care as long as I am healthy and the baby is healthy. I have an appointment with a nutritionist on the 24th of this month to help me with my nutritional needs and pretty much educate me cause I have NO idea. I've never really known better when it comes to food and what is healthy or not. Obviously somethings are obvious but others, not so much to me.
I have quit my job and that is just a long story in its self and really don't want to get into it at the moment. So, my goal now that I am a housewife is to do some deep cleaning, stay healthy and to train my two monsters of dogs. LOL. No they have been really good actually. They don't jump on me anymore and they know that there is something different and don't crawl all over me like they use to. They are still annoying in their own little ways but they are my dogs, what can you expect. =)
We are very excited but worried at the same time. This was a planned pregnancy but it still kinda took me by surprise. I don't know why but I honestly don't think it has completely set in yet. I will be keeping everyone up to date the best I can and I hope everyone is doing well. I sure miss everyone and unfortunately, I will not be able to come home this summer or for Christmas so that we can save some money and get some other bills paid off. We love you all very much and can't wait to hear from you all!

With lots of love!!
Kayci