23 Weeks

We are getting closer and closer and now you are the size of a grapefruit!  I am feeling you kick ALL the time!  It's awesome.  We had a check up with Dr Wilson this week.  He told me all the testing done a month ago came back normal.  We heard your heartbeat for a minute.  Short visit, but I'm not as nervous because I can feel you kicking all the time.

This week we also went hiking with some friends to Dog Lake!  It was a six-mile hike and I did it!  Copper had a blast too!  There were 8 humans and 3 dogs in one car, so it was a little tight, but we managed.  On odd days, you can have your dog off leash, so it was so fun to see him interact with the other dogs and get nice and muddy!

The crew at the lake

Kat, Sundev, and Jeremy practicing his photobombing.

Look how dirty he is!

All the dogs when we got home.

This hike wore me out for like 3 days after, but I'm glad my growing body could do it!

22 Weeks

Symptoms this week include achy back, and now I think my ribs are starting to expand because they constantly hurt as well.  But it's ok.  Baby girl's kicks are getting stronger.  My pants are getting really tight and uncomfortable.  I bought some maternity pants off of KSL but they are a little small on me.

The most exciting thing this week is that Nate finally felt her kick!  It was on July 11th!  He is so excited for her to be here.

The other exciting event that happened on the 8th was that Liana had her baby, Evelyn.  We got to see her that Sunday and she is precious.

It was also Anna's birthday on the 10th!  She turned 21 and went to a bar for some virgin margaritas!  We celebrated on Sunday with everyone and even got to see the kids!

21 Weeks

One prominent symptom this wee is that my back on the left side is starting to hurt only on one spot, but I can feel her kick which is always exciting!  Thanks to my job, we were able to go to the REAL game and be ON the field!  Kind of a cool experience.  They gave us dinner and everything.  Too bad the game was a huge disappointment.  We have started an Amazon registry and gave up after 10 minutes.  One look at all 50 strollers we could buy and that was overwhelming enough for me...  We'll try again next week.

For the 4th of July, we all got together to celebrate at Julie and Randy Bodtcher's house for breakfast.  All the pregnant cousins took the cute little picture again, but this time Melissa had Brightyn at 33 weeks.  Little tiny baby and her cute outfit was from the Build-a-Bear.  She really just looks like a little doll.

Amy, Me, Tawny, Liana, and Melissa (with Brightyn)

Meanwhile, there is a carrot in my belly.

All the women at the breakfast.  yikes!

That night, we met up with my family for Sandy fireworks, like we do annually.  It was SO hot and we got there much too early.  Still, we had a blast with the kids and everyone.

That night, we got a call saying that a firework had hit Steve Jackson right in the chest.  It was enough to burn a hole in his shirt and give him 2nd degree burns.  I just told him after he was doing ok, "Congrats Steve.  You are now a statistic"

The other super crazy thing that happened this week was the next day Amy's husband Casey went hiking and slipped on the snow and almost lost his ankle.  It was held on by major veins and his achille's tendon.  He had to be life-flighted out of the mountain and into surgery where they replaced his missing bones with temporary concrete.  He is stable now, but it was super crazy.  He has a long road of recovery.  Now they just worry about infection.  

20 Weeks!

Holy Crap.  We are halfway (or sooner)!  To celebrate, we went to the Smedley family reunion at Cherry Hill (just kidding, it was already planned in advance for months...).  I did some very extensive research on what rides I could and couldn't go on.  The only ones I couldn't go on were the blue mat waterslides.  After a lunch and long mingling session, we went and played in the park.

Around 4:30, we noticed that there was a fire that had started in the mountains next to Cherry Hill.  That fire killed the power around all of Kaysville and the park was shut down (none of the rides worked)  The park gave us upgrade passes to the other non-water activities, so we took it and ran.  The sad part was that Quinn and Tucker got there just for the park to be closed due to the power outage.  But they had fun on the rock wall and maze and it's always fun to see them.  Seeing other little baby girls in their cute swim suits gets me excited to meet our little Hallie Mae!

Madelyn and Tyler, my parents, and Nate and I looking a little tired after the park closed.

One of my cute cousins that eats anything.  They were so fun to watch.

Not a great bumpie pic...oh well

We asked Jeremy and Saya to watch Copper while we went to Cherry Hill.  One more dog after three isn't more chaotic right?