20 down 20 to go!

I had my 20 week appointment today. While we were they we were able to make it positive that we are having a boy. We found out a couple of weeks ago and were waiting till today to make sure. The tech said all was well and he is a health baby. I am so very thankful that I am finally over the "morning sickness" and am able to live life without throwing up. I have been feeling occasional kicks from him. John keeps putting his hand and head on my belly to try and attempt to feel anything. The doctor told him today that he wont feel anything for about a month more and he wasnt too happy about that. It put a smile on my face though when we were getting the ultra sound and I looked over at him. The smile on his face was priceless. Kinda like the same smile I saw when I was walking down the isle on our wedding day. Different smile but still made me feel so amazing. Hes going to be a great dad. On another note my mom called the other day and said her friend maury from our old ward had an all-in-one bed including the mattress that her daughter barely used and will sell it to me for $40. For those who don't know those beds run from $150 and up and an extra $50 and above for the mattress. So I am very thankful she told my mom and my mom told me. Also Ryder insists on running across or jumping on my belly whenever I am not covering it. His idea of protecting me at night is to run and sit on my belly and bark at the door. I need to just tape a pillow around me whenever Im just sitting and maybe that will help. Hes such a little turd. Im going to be out numbered in a couple of months. I need another female in the house with me. Maybe another dog. :)
Sorry that the pictures are a little blurry. I tried.

And of course a picture of the "bump" that people want to see. Not really all that big still. My doctor is pregnant also and she told me she only wishes she looked like that.


There we have it. Last thing I have to say is I am once again very thankful for John. Especially his patience when I randomly start getting mad for no reason. Instead of fighting back he just stands back and waits till I cool off. I honestly could not have asked for anyone better. I wouldn't even be able to put up with myself. ha. John I love you!!!! :)

Until next time.

Joke

The other day my friend sent me an email and it was the following joke. I found it way funny and thought I would share it with the rest of you. Hopefully it makes you laugh as it did for me.


Sitting behind a couple of Sister Missionaries at a football game in Boston,
three men decided to badger the Sisters in an effort to get them to move.

In a very loud voice, the first guy said, 'I think I'm going to move to
Maine; there are only 100 Mormons living there.'

The second guy spoke up and said, 'I want to go to Vermont; there are only
50 Mormons living there.'

The third guy spoke up and said, 'I want to go to New Hampshire; there are
only 25 Mormons living there.'

One of the Sisters turned around and looked at the men. Calmly she said, 'Of
course, you could go to hell; there aren't any Mormons there.'

Frustration and other things

So Im finally at the point where I absolutley HATE John working nights and sleeping during the day. It seems like we never see eachother anymore. I honestly don't understand how woman can be married to men in the armed forces. They don't get to see them for months sometimes years. And I can barely get through the night. Power to those women. Maybe it's just the emotional part of the pregnancy because sometime I just wanna kill him and be away from him but then again I try and keep him from going to work at night. At least I have a dog right? If it weren't for Ryder I would never sleep and probably sit on my bed with a gun in my hand. He's my little protector even though a lizard could probably take him on. But at least it helps me sleep. John has been takling to the HR people at his work about new positions opening during the day so that he is not only away from acid but also home at night. It just seems like it's taking years to do so. I guess I need to learn how to be patient. Enough about that. How about a baby update? So we went in last week (16 weeks) for a gender check. It was so awesome to see my own baby. Words can't explain. It was finally a reality for me. I would post a picture but I don't have a scanner and it doesn't look good when I take a picture of it. After we looked at our little alien the tech asked if we should try and see what we are having. So we looked and so far it appears to be a boy. Although she said that baby could be a girl and she's just swollen. But we should know in like 3 weeks. So when we got out to the car John looked at me and said "I guess we have to start thinking about boy names." I just looked at him and said no. We already have a girl name and that was hard enough. But we have had that name for a while now. Before we found out I was pregnant. So yea. We have been looking but the ones I like the most John likes the least and vice versa. But we have a while togo so I guess we will keep thinking.

Update

So we have been back to the doctors twice now since last time. We went back at 12 weeks to hear the heartbeat, which by the way the baby was being a stinker and didnt want us to hear. The doctor would pick it up and not move and all of a sudden it was gone and we had to search again. When she was finally able to get it and keep it there it was so amazing to hear my baby's heartbeat. Then we went two days ago for our 14 week. And as they say 14 weeks is the magical week because the nausea is gone. Which I am beyond happy about. When we were there the doctor was listening to the heartbeat when all of a sudden some kid next door started screaming like someone was killing him. So it made both the doctor and I laugh and she explained that he was 9 and was gettting shots which he hates. But everytime he screamed we just couldn't help but laugh. It was so hard to actually focus and try and listen. When we were about to leave John asked if there was anyway we could get an ultra sound to see the baby and she said we would have to pay $25 for it. He's like thats not bad. Lets do it. So in another two weeks we go bad for that and in four weeks we go back for a normal check up.

Aslo the other day at John's work something went wrong with the acid and it blew up and fumes were everywhere. So Im at a friends and i get a picture of it and then a call and he says "I'm in the hospital but dont worry." Ok so when your husband calls and says that of course you worry. So he explained it all to me and said that he was brought in because they didnt no the exstent of the damage it could have caused. So I go to the hospital to see him and he's hooked up to iv's and an oxygen tube and they are checking him every hour to make sure he's ok. It was so scary for me. I just looked at him said glad your ok but I hate your job. Please try switching a.s.a.p. I felt so bad though because he had to be there till 9 am and I was way too tired to stay and so I left. And of course it took me a while to get to sleep and I had bad dreams about him being in there and really sucked. But Im glad to report that he is doing good. When he went to work the next day people were happy to see that he still had his arms and face. Apparently someone thought they got blown up. I love how people change stories. And I thank God that thats not the case at all.

I love my John and would not be the same if it werent for him. Hes The best thing to EVER happen to me.

BABY :)

Well for those of you who have not heard we found out a couple of weeks ago that we are having a baby. Sarah is 10 weeks along and we had our first appointment on monday. We were able to meet the doctor and get the heads up about what to expect. We also tried to listen to the heartbeat but nothing. The doctor said it was normal and to come back in 2 weeks to have a listen. So we will just have to wait. It was a big surprise when we found out but we are excited and can't wait to be parents. But I think we should keep it in the oven for a while longer and let it...get a little cuter. lol.

John

4th Of July

Well, where do I even begin to start? First of all Happy 9th Birthday to miss Savannah Wray. On the 3rd I went with my friend Cynthia to save spots on the parade route for her family and mine. It was beyond hot and there was way too many people. While sitting there bored we saw a guy on a bike get hit by a Suburban and multiple car accidents. Also later on in the night fights down at seven eleven and the library. John and I stayed up the whole night and just talked and hung out with friends. Morning came and after freezing our butts off it was finally time to move our blankets out into the road. Well the people that were behind us on the side walk didn't like that we were moving our stuff in front of them. Which isn't the first time. They got mad at me for the past two years. So we sat on the curb waiting and the guy came uo and stood by my side just yelling at us. Telling us how he's been sleeping out all night long and we have no right to be "cutting" in front of them and if we don't move then we will be "physically"(he put up the ") moved by the cops. So we stood our ground and just sat there. The only thing that we said to them was that it was city property and there was nothing that they could do. So the wife gets on the phone and calls Provo police. Meanwhile the husband just keeos yelling and calling us stupid teenages and immature and badmouthing us. The wife comes over and said cops can't do anything. Which was no news to us. Then the wife starts throwing her blankets all around us and setting up chairs to block us in. And when we tried to move them the lady starts screaming and telling us not to touch her property. Meanwhile my friend was on the phone with cops because they were getting physical and the husband was threatening us. He was standing there telling us that because the cops won't do anything he will. He was saying how this parade would be the worst ever for us, he and his family were going to sit so close to us it would make us uncomfortable and that he was going to (once again) "accidentally" throw food on us. Which made us laugh. Then we picked up our blankets and moved them to the street. Which only added gas to the fire. John was sitting on one balnket and I was on another. They both come running out and start trying to pull and push John off the blanket. They tore the blanket and started pulling him towards the road. Well an undercover cop saw this going on and stopped and finally got the lady to stop. When she saw him she looked like she had just pooped her pants. It was pretty hilarious. The cop starts talking to her and she's explaining how she stayed out all night to save for 200 people, and how it wasn't fair and we were ignorant teenagers. And then two more cops showed up and she went off telling her sad story to them too. In the end the cops laughed that this lady was saving for 200 people and also told her that it was indeed city property and there was nothing they could do. They told her it was just a parade and not to get so worked up about it. They told John and I that we could stay where we were and that the fighting needed to stop. And of course because we were the younger of the two others, which were by the way in their 50 or 60's, the cops believed them that we were full of attitude. It Still didn't settle down. She had someone get her a ton of maracas and tamberines and her and her grand kids tried to make as much noise as they could. Which didn't bother us at all. The fact that she got a lot of kids under 10 to join in on her little plan just showed how immature she was. It finally settled down until Cynthia's parents came and she started fighting with them. So it kinda got big again and once again another cop came over to stop it. This time finally it was for good. The parade went on with no more fights and it was peaceful. The cop had told us that we could have pressed charges for the physical part but we were way too tired and just thought we'd be the bigger people. That was our parade fun. Later that night I went to stadium of fire with the Wray's while John went and shot off fireworks with his friends. Miley Cyrus just wasn't his thing. Overall Stadium was amazing. I wasn't particularly fond of Miley, but it was worth seeing the Blue Man group and fireworks. Another Fourth of July came and passed and it was all worth it. The best part of all was that I spent it with John. Hopefully next year there wont be as much drama. But once again as I said it was all worth it.

Day At The Park

Today while John was at Warp Tour I took Ryder to the park to meet up with Josh and Amber and her family to play frisbee. Ryder played ball, played in the sprinklers, chased people away from me and kept getting to close to Asher and made him very uncomfortable. He also of coursegot tired and when I threw the ball chased after it but wouldn't pick it up. So in the end I had to get up and get it. He needs to just realize that I am not the dog and I shouldn't be fetching his toys. After he went in the sprinklers to cool off he decided that he wanted to roll around in the dirt just like a horse. I seriously dont understand him.First he just sniffs it and scopes out where he shall roll.
And then the roll.
We got done playing and John was finally home so we invited his friends Josh and Johnny over for some BBQ and Rock Band. And of course Ryder thinking he is human thinks that he gets some of the steak. Well I tried to give watermelon and he wanted nothing to do with it. Only steak.
After he waited very patiently.......
I decided to give him a piece and of course because he is a dog he thought he would be sneaky and multiple times he snuck up and tried to steal my whole steak.
He got caught red handed and in the end got to eat it. So he won and took my steak. I guess he just knows that I make a to die for steak. Haha. I don't know. Moral of this story is that even though he sometimes gets on my nerves I still love him no matter what.



And as an update....John and I are better. Allergies are still getting to us of course and I have a little tickle in my throat still but not as bad. So it's slowly but surely going away.