How many weeks: 16
How big is baby: 4.5 inches
Weight gain: 9 pounds
Sleep: The constant need to pee has stopped during the night, but sleeping on my side is hard! My hands end up going all numb because of how I'm sleeping and I wake up several times to un-numb them.
Best moment this week: I felt baby kick and move! It was the coolest feeling ever! I tried to explain it to Nathan and he just said, "That is why men don't have babies. I'd get freaked out by that."
Food: Still craving pickles!! Salad has been extra yummy too!
What I'm looking forward to: Finding out the gender (next week) and Nathan feeling the baby move.
The Ugly: Backed up! Yep, I know this is a "crappy" subject but holy moly!!
Thursday, July 10, 2014
Thursday, June 12, 2014
13 Weeks!
We had our 2nd doctor appointment today. I love my doctor! The ultrasound tech wasn't in today so we sneaked in to the room and he did some photos for me. Baby Marden was moving around like crazy! The heartbeat was strong and everything looked good. It's fun to see how much baby has changed from 4 weeks ago! Baby went from the size of a gummy bear to the size of a peach! I love that it is looking more like a baby and no so much a gummy bear!
I'm now in my second trimester and I have to say that I am one lucky momma! No throwing up, a little nausea but nothing bad. It's been pretty smooth sailing! I do however, feel like I'm showing a lot more that I should be! I'm going to start adding a few things for each time I do a post so I can't reference it later.
How many weeks: 13
How big is baby: the size of a peach!
Weight gain: 5 pounds
Sleep: Hasn't been bad, but I am still getting up several times a night to pee.
Best moment this week: Seeing baby's ultrasound and telling everyone about baby!
Food: Craving pickles! I loved pickles before but I'm averaging a big jar of pickles a week! Ice cream is also yummy. The other weird food things is that I want things I haven't eaten in years: ramen noodles, tostinos pizzas, burritos. It's funny! Things I can't quite handle is the smell of BBQ, which is sad because I love BBQ!
What I'm looking forward to: the belly bump and feeling baby move!
I'm now in my second trimester and I have to say that I am one lucky momma! No throwing up, a little nausea but nothing bad. It's been pretty smooth sailing! I do however, feel like I'm showing a lot more that I should be! I'm going to start adding a few things for each time I do a post so I can't reference it later.
How many weeks: 13
How big is baby: the size of a peach!
Weight gain: 5 pounds
Sleep: Hasn't been bad, but I am still getting up several times a night to pee.
Best moment this week: Seeing baby's ultrasound and telling everyone about baby!
Food: Craving pickles! I loved pickles before but I'm averaging a big jar of pickles a week! Ice cream is also yummy. The other weird food things is that I want things I haven't eaten in years: ramen noodles, tostinos pizzas, burritos. It's funny! Things I can't quite handle is the smell of BBQ, which is sad because I love BBQ!
What I'm looking forward to: the belly bump and feeling baby move!
Thursday, May 8, 2014
Proof!
We had our first doctor appointment today! We got to go in and get a quick ultrasound to hear the heartbeat and it was amazing!! I cried my eyes out it was just such a great experience to have that proof that I have a living soul growing inside me. We are due December 17th! After our appointment and Nathan seeing how emotional I was asked if I wanted to tell my mom. Of course I said YES! So we went to a copy center and made a copy of the ultrasound tied it to the end of a balloon and put the balloon in a gift bag. We went to my mom's work to surprise her. She had a pretty good idea of why we were both there and Nathan had a camera. She opened the bag, saw the ultrasound and jumped up to give me a hug. It was a great feeling! Later on we went over to my Grandma's house and told her. She was excited too.
I'm super excited for this journey we are about to take! I just hope that we can show our little one as much love as possible.
Ooh another really cool thing. Our friends, Matt and Lorinda found out they are pregnant too! We are a week apart from each other! It's going to be so much fun to be prego together!
Here is me at 9 weeks. I'm already busting out of my normal clothes so I had to go buy some maternity clothes.
I'm super excited for this journey we are about to take! I just hope that we can show our little one as much love as possible.
Ooh another really cool thing. Our friends, Matt and Lorinda found out they are pregnant too! We are a week apart from each other! It's going to be so much fun to be prego together!
Here is me at 9 weeks. I'm already busting out of my normal clothes so I had to go buy some maternity clothes.
Thursday, April 10, 2014
POSITIVE!
Holy cow! Today I found out I'm pregnant!!! We were not expecting this at all. Although the last week or so I've thought that maybe I was. I just can't believe it! We were expecting it to take a long time because of my PCOS. Some people with PCOS have a hard time getting pregnant at all. Wow! I'm sorry I'm rambling but I just am in shock! I missed my period (it was suppose to be here yesterday) and since I thought maybe I was I decided to get a test on my way home from work. That few seconds between peeing on the stick and the positive result I had a myriad of thoughts go through my head: What if I am? I'm not I can't get excited because I'm not. Holy cow but what if I am? then disappointment by the thought of no way that I am. But as soon as those two little lines showed up, I sat there in disbelief saying over and over "I'm pregnant" "I'm pregnant" followed by some tears of joy and shock.
Nathan was due home from work in the next 45 minutes. So I went to work! I made breakfast for dinner and did a special little plate for him with an egg sunny side up and sperm cakes (pancakes in the shape of little sperms.), Yes I know we are weird, but I thought it was funny. I set up my camera to record his reaction and waited. When he finally got home I had him sit down and unveiled his dinner. Now with Nathan big news can't just be sprung on him like this was. He needs time to process and adjust to change. So, his reaction wasn't much of a surprise. "Congratulations" "I'm so happy for you" "I need to make more money" were just a few of the comments that escaped his mouth. I reminded him that he is happy for us and knew he would warm up to the idea in a week or so.
Here are some photos from the day...
Nathan was due home from work in the next 45 minutes. So I went to work! I made breakfast for dinner and did a special little plate for him with an egg sunny side up and sperm cakes (pancakes in the shape of little sperms.), Yes I know we are weird, but I thought it was funny. I set up my camera to record his reaction and waited. When he finally got home I had him sit down and unveiled his dinner. Now with Nathan big news can't just be sprung on him like this was. He needs time to process and adjust to change. So, his reaction wasn't much of a surprise. "Congratulations" "I'm so happy for you" "I need to make more money" were just a few of the comments that escaped his mouth. I reminded him that he is happy for us and knew he would warm up to the idea in a week or so.
Here are some photos from the day...
Sunday, August 5, 2012
Bridals
I found this really great photographer to do my bridals and our wedding day. His name is Al from aa professional photography. I reasearched a lot and me, being a photographer, well, let's just say I was picky. My bridals were done at the Ogden Union Station. It was freezing cold, but they turned out pretty good. These are some of my favorites:
Saturday, December 10, 2011
Engagement Photos
My wonderful cousin, Wendy took our engagement photos and she did a great job! Here are some of my favorites:
Monday, October 24, 2011
The Engagement
In August, Nathan and I decided to start ourselves a little competition. Who can lose the most weight in 8 weeks. The loser would have to do something big for the winner. I decided if Nathan won that I would take him to Snowbird up to the Yurt for a nice dinner and a fun time in the mountains. I chose to have him take me to see the Littel Mermaid, which was playing at the Tuachan in St. George. After 8 weeks and working hard, I won! Sadly, the Little Mermaid was sold out online, so I told Nathan to just suprise me with a nice date.
On October 21, I took the day off of work and Nathan had a plan in place for what he was going to reward me with... he kept saying that he is going to take me to see the Little Mermaid and I kept telling him it was sold out. Well, at 5am that morning, he came into my room and woke me up with a video camera in my face. I quickly got dressed and as I was walking out the door, my mom handed me a backpack with snacks, a hat and some sunscreen. That's when I thought that we are probably going hiking, boy was I wrong! He got on the freeway and started to play disney songs, including Kiss the Girl and Under the Sea. He headed like he was going south towards St. George, but then he all of a sudden went North. I was confused, where were we going? then he started to go west. In my head I thought we were going to Erda or Wendover... fun.? But he got off at the airport exit. I asked him, what we were doing at the airport and he wouldn't tell me. Once we got inside, he gave me my ticket so that I could get through security. The ticket was to Los Angeles, California! He didn't tell me whay just smiled. Once we got checked in and went through security, we had some time, so we decided to get some breakfast. During breakfast he decided to tell me where we were going. He told me to close my eyes and when I opened, there was my ticket to Disneyland! I was shocked! He really was taking me to go see the Little Mermaid!
When we got to Los Angeles, we rented a car and 30 minutes later we were at Disneyland! I was so excited and he was excited too. We walked in the park and he went to the bathroom, while I waited outside. Then, we walked down Disney Main. I could tell he was excited and happy and I thought it was because he surprised me! He took me around in front of Cinderellas castle and I kissed him and he told me how much he loved me and how it had been an amazing 2 years. He then got down on his knee, pulled the ring out and said, "Natalie will you marry me?" I freaked out! I threw my arms around him and said Oh my gosh! Yes!! and then I somthered him in kisses. After a few minutes he asked if I wanted to see the ring... Oh ya, the ring! So he showed me and put it on my finger and then I noticed that Jason and Jemay (Nathan's brother and sister-in-law) were standing there with the video camera.... Nathan had met up with them in the bathroom to hand off the camera and they were following us the whole time! It was so perfect! I then found out that my mom was in on it... she had known for weeks, because he took her out to dinner to ask her permission to marry me.
We then began the phone calls. We called his mom, his dad, my mom, my dad, my sisters, brothers, his sister, and then I sent a text out to my friends. The rest of the day we spent riding rides and just enjoying ourselves. We left the park around 6 and headed back to the airport to catch our plane back home. It was a perfect day and now I get to marry me the perfect man!
On October 21, I took the day off of work and Nathan had a plan in place for what he was going to reward me with... he kept saying that he is going to take me to see the Little Mermaid and I kept telling him it was sold out. Well, at 5am that morning, he came into my room and woke me up with a video camera in my face. I quickly got dressed and as I was walking out the door, my mom handed me a backpack with snacks, a hat and some sunscreen. That's when I thought that we are probably going hiking, boy was I wrong! He got on the freeway and started to play disney songs, including Kiss the Girl and Under the Sea. He headed like he was going south towards St. George, but then he all of a sudden went North. I was confused, where were we going? then he started to go west. In my head I thought we were going to Erda or Wendover... fun.? But he got off at the airport exit. I asked him, what we were doing at the airport and he wouldn't tell me. Once we got inside, he gave me my ticket so that I could get through security. The ticket was to Los Angeles, California! He didn't tell me whay just smiled. Once we got checked in and went through security, we had some time, so we decided to get some breakfast. During breakfast he decided to tell me where we were going. He told me to close my eyes and when I opened, there was my ticket to Disneyland! I was shocked! He really was taking me to go see the Little Mermaid!
When we got to Los Angeles, we rented a car and 30 minutes later we were at Disneyland! I was so excited and he was excited too. We walked in the park and he went to the bathroom, while I waited outside. Then, we walked down Disney Main. I could tell he was excited and happy and I thought it was because he surprised me! He took me around in front of Cinderellas castle and I kissed him and he told me how much he loved me and how it had been an amazing 2 years. He then got down on his knee, pulled the ring out and said, "Natalie will you marry me?" I freaked out! I threw my arms around him and said Oh my gosh! Yes!! and then I somthered him in kisses. After a few minutes he asked if I wanted to see the ring... Oh ya, the ring! So he showed me and put it on my finger and then I noticed that Jason and Jemay (Nathan's brother and sister-in-law) were standing there with the video camera.... Nathan had met up with them in the bathroom to hand off the camera and they were following us the whole time! It was so perfect! I then found out that my mom was in on it... she had known for weeks, because he took her out to dinner to ask her permission to marry me.
We then began the phone calls. We called his mom, his dad, my mom, my dad, my sisters, brothers, his sister, and then I sent a text out to my friends. The rest of the day we spent riding rides and just enjoying ourselves. We left the park around 6 and headed back to the airport to catch our plane back home. It was a perfect day and now I get to marry me the perfect man!
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