Weeks 14-22

June, July, and half of August have gone by way too quickly. Which also means that this pregnancy has flown by. Exactly 4 months from today is baby's due date. It sounds longer when it's put like that, rather than in weeks.
The first few weeks of the second trimester were the worst part of the entire pregnancy so far. I was very sick and miserable. I couldn't keep much food down, and absolutely nothing sounded good. In so many ways, weeks 14-20ish were the worst weeks of the entire pregnancy (thus far). Although, I did start to have more energy which was nice.

How far along: 14-22 weeks

Size of the baby: Papaya/spaghetti squash (22 weeks)

Weight gain: I lost about 10ish lbs during these weeks, and luckily by my appointment at 17 weeks, I had gained a total of 4-5 lbs from starting weight. So I balanced all my loss, and gained it back.

Maternity clothes? I held off for as long as possible. I had myself convinced that if I just didn't buy any, that I would never have to wear them. Not so. Up until week 22, I'd been trying real hard to wear a few pairs of non-maternity pants. Which of course led to being extremely uncomfortable. I've only purchased a few things, and have been making most of the shirts I already have work.

Sleep: Sleep is starting to get slightly better, as long as I can devote 9-10 hours to sleep. Falling asleep is still the hardest part. But it's been much easier since my pregnancy pillow came in the mail! It's probably one of the only things that I would say I can't live without. Getting comfortable enough to sleep without it is out of the question.

Cravings:We are just lucky if we can find something I will eat these days. Nothing usually sounds good, so I just have to try a few different things at each meal until I find something I can at least stand to eat. I have been WAY into sweets again though. Which is opposite  the beginning. Smartie's have been one of my absolute favorites. Oh.. I can't forget. MILK. Milk has been a huge staple. So much that we have been going through 3 or more gallons of milk a week. When we are out of milk, I have some ice cream. I'm usually not satisfied with any meal until I have some sort of milk or dairy in it. There have been a few smaller things here and there, but nothing else major.

Baby movement? SO MUCH! We first felt baby move at about 17 weeks. I felt baby move on July 10th for the first time, and Isaac felt baby move on July 11th. Typically baby is most active at night time, but the past 2 weeks, it is most active during the day time when I am sitting at my desk at work. I definitely can tell when baby is sleeping, and as soon as baby wakes up from a nap.

 

Gender Prediction: BOY. I am convinced we are having a baby boy. Since we aren't finding out, and there were no indications either way at the ultrasound, it's fun to guess! Isaac used to be convinced we are having a boy, but the more as time goes on, he won't say what he thinks. I secretly think he thinks we are having a girl.

Challenges this week: When I don't feel the baby move, and want to. Sometimes the baby is shy, and it makes me slightly frustrated. I want to feel the baby on command, and that's not always possible. I do feel the baby several times throughout each day though, which is wonderful.

Best moment this week: Best moments of the past few weeks were seeing the look on Isaac's face when he felt the baby move. We were at TJ MAX looking at random things, and just so happened to be in the baby clothes section. The ultrasound was incredible. We have the CUTEST baby I've ever seen. Everything looked so strong and healthy, and of course we have one of the wiggliest babies so it took a little while for the ultrasound tech to see everything. Baby was measuring at exactly 20 weeks on the ultrasound day, which marked exactly 20 weeks for the pregnancy. So right on time! They recorded a small portion for us to download, and I watch it EVERY SINGLE DAY. I am obsessed with this child, and love feeling my baby move.

Nursery: We have purchased a few things here and there. We bought a cute bassinet this week, to go in our room. I think it will feel more real for Isaac once we start setting the crib up in a month or so.

Week 13- End of the 1st trimester!

I am wanting to keep track of a few things during this pregnancy, and will probably do these pregnancy updates every few weeks. If I get around to taking pictures, I might upload those. However, I'm not the biggest fan of baby bump pictures, so we'll see.

 

 

How far along: 13 weeks

Size of the baby:Tangerine/peach

Weight gain: 3 pounds

Maternity clothes? None yet, but I've already had to get rid of several pairs of jeans that were tight before pregnancy. I also don't have to wear belts anymore, everything fits just right around the waist.

Sleep: Good for the most part, but getting comfy enough to fall asleep is tricky sometimes.

Cravings: Lay's Wavy Original Chips. These are my STAPLE. I have to have them around 10am each day, otherwise I am not feeling well all day. (Since this is my first week doing this, I'll update on a few other cravings that I've had.) Some of my first cravings, around 8ish weeks, were tomato flavored anything. AKA tomato soup, tomato sauce, anything like that. Salad was around 9-10 weeks. I wanted salad basically every meal. For the first little bit, until recently, I haven't really been able to eat very many sweets. I used to crave sweets before I was pregnant, but not it's a rare occasion when I want any, and I definitely never over indulge now.

Baby movement? Not yet!

Gender Prediction:Before we found out, we both thought it would be a girl. The first 6 weeks after we found out, we both thought boy. The past week, I've thought possibly a girl. We won't be finding out until December what the gender will be!

Challenges this week:Having the nausea be worse than it's been for weeks. Finding out about having hypothyroidism, and having to start taking medication for it. Also, getting a week-long bruise after having my blood drawn.

Best moment this week:Hearing baby's heartbeat last Tuesday. It was a 165.

Nursery: Still needing to get the room that will be the nursery cleaned out and ready to put other things in there.

Baby Baby

We are so excited about the baby we are expecting in December.

The estimated due date up to this point is December 15, but we will see how close that is after the ultrasound in a few weeks. Last week, on June 2, we got to hear the babies heartbeat for the first time. It was a strong 165. We are both so excited, and nervous for the upcoming months. December will be a busy, crazy, exciting time with finals, peak(busy season) for Isaac's job, Christmas and baby will be coming! We aren't finding out the gender until birth, which we are very excited about waiting. It will be an adventure, but one of the best ones yet!

Memorial Day Weekend

For Memorial Day weekend, we had a three day weekend, which is very rare for us. We went down to Utah, and stayed with our friends the Bradleys. Saturday we went to the Payson Utah Temple Open House with Breanna, followed by our first ever trip to Rita's. DELICIOUS. The Gelati's are pictured below.

We also spent most of Monday going to baby stores and checking out prices, as well as used baby stores to see what they had. Below was everything that we ended up buying that day.

Home

So as it turns out, I am the best blogger. Not. Apparently there is nothing too great or crazy in life that is worth documenting. It sure has been an interesting semester for both Isaac and I. We've both grown a lot as people, with many adjustments and changes that have happened.

We have moved again. This is our 3rd house in the nearly 2 years we've been married. We usually move right around our anniversary, and live in each place for roughly a year. This place, I have a feeling is going to be the one for the remaining time in Pocatello. We love it. It has so many things that we have never had before. Like a dishwasher, which is the most wonderful thing ever. It also has gas forced heat, which we have never had the luxury of having. There is a nice storage area/laundry room that fits all of our extras, so that our 2nd bedroom isn't a storage room :) We are getting hand me down washer/dryer, that will be our very own. We've always been able to find something with a washer/dryer, so this time around having only hookups and having to get our own is kind of exciting. It feels more adult and real life. Which probably sounds weird. We also recently bought our first big piece of furniture together. We bought a nice bed frame for our bedroom. For the past two years, we were borrowing a bed from my parents, the one that I had in my room from the time I was about 10 (yes it was a queen size, don't worry). It worked well for us, but also happened to be a few feet off the ground, and we both wanted something a little closer to the ground, for our old bodies ;) It is funny that after knowing each other almost 7 years and being married for almost 2 years, we are still experiencing plenty of firsts together. Yet another reason why eternity still doesn't feel long enough sometimes.

Back to moving. We are about half and half in each house at this point. Which is okay, but hopefully we will be able to finish moving everything this weekend. It is true that moving brings your relationship closer together... and teaches you that you sure can disagree about a few things! We started looking for a place a little earlier this year, because I had been so antsy to move for MONTHS! We had two major requirements: it had to have a dishwasher, and it had to have laundry options. Isaac also really wanted gas heat (which turns out I have severely missed). I looked online for quite a few weeks before I found anything that really looked like something that might interest us. We decided to schedule a time to look at this one, and instantly we both loved it. The only thing that we immediately did not like, was the lack of a coat closet. Turns out, we will take dishwasher over a coat rack any day! We didn't want to immediately take the first thing we saw, just because we liked it, only to find something that we liked more later. On the other hand we also didn't want to pass it up and then be disappointed and not find anything that we like as much. It's not perfect, but it is as close to it as any place we have lived since getting married! It feels the most like home. The only downside to looking so early is that we had to pay double rent for one month so that we could secure it. Which has actually been totally doable. It looked daunting at first, but somehow it has been possible.

I look forward to all of the memories that we will have in this house together in the next two years.

Top 10. (or 16)

I have to do a few blog posts about our trip that we just took to New Orleans and our cruise to the Caribbean. BUT, I just can't wait any more to post a couple of pictures. There will be an actual post to follow later. But these are just a few of my favorites from the trip.

Don't mind this ladies bum that photobombed my great picture.

This is the only picture on my camera of all of us. And to think we were together for a whole week and this is all I have to document. Good thing there are other pictures.

Spring Semester 2015

This semester is an interesting one so far. And I'm guessing it will continue to be so. I am working 30 hours a week, and taking 12 credits all online. Isaac is working at Fedex still and taking 13 credits.

Mariah's courses:
Idaho History
Investments
Social Psycology
Sociology of Health and Illness

Isaac's courses:
Engineering Dynamics
Water and Waste Water Quality
Engineering Economics
Basic Geotechnics
Geotechnical Engineering Lab

So far I have enjoyed my online classes. They have left me a lot less stressed out, which is nice (for both Isaac and I). We will see if this trend continues, or if it's just like any other semester.

I still have our cruise vacation to blog about, which hopefully will happen this next week sometime.