20 Weeks!

So 20 weeks and I definitely look pregnant! It was like as soon as I popped a little it just kept growing haha and quickly!! But as much as some days are uncomfortable it is really exciting!! We had our ultra sound last Tuesday and that was very exciting!! It was so fun to be able to see our baby. Like I know there is something alive in there because I can feel it now. I am not sure if I talked about that yet but ya I can feel the baby move now :) But anyways even though I knew something was in there it is way different to actually see that there really is something inside there and it is a human being that I am growing myself!! It really puts another spin on the idea of a miracle for me! Like I am a living thing myself and I am now creating another one like me! I know babies are born everyday but it is different when you are going through it! But anyways I will have to put up some ultra sound pictures another day this week!!

18 Weeks!!

So it's official...my baby belly has definately popped :) haha and it seriously was over night. When people say it happens over night they seriously are not kidding haha! Anyways it is exciting. Last night I was awake all night because I was having crazy stomach pain that just would not stop. It was so tight and crampy and my lower back was killing me and I couldn't figure out why I was having such bad pain all of a sudden. But it kept me up all night because as soon as I would fall kinda asleep I would shift or move or something and it felt like the baby would move inside and it would just kill!! Than when I got up this morning is was still horrible. My stomach was so tight it was pulled flat and was seriously like a rock. It hurt to bend to get the shampoo in the shower or bend my legs to get dressed. It was crazy. But as the day went on it relaxed a little and around 10:30 I went to the bathroom at work and looked in the mirror and I couldn't believe it, my stomach was totally popped out. Bigger than it has ever been before. At lunch my mom was even shoked how much I had changed over night. So I am concluded that is what all the pain was about last night, my stomach was stretching and getting ready for the big showing I guess haha.

But the other exciting news is that I can feel my baby move :) I was laying in bed yesterday morning before church and all of a sudden I felt something. I told Kyle and he put his hand where I was feeling it but of course he couldn't feel anything. It was so light I didn't want to move because I didn't want it to stop. I wasn't sure if it was the baby forsure or not but as the day went on the feeling went from light gas bubble feelings to little flutter kick feelings! So I was pretty sure it was the baby! And than today when I was driving to work it all of a sudden felt like something poked me from the inside and than for the rest of today it did not stop. There was ever a minute around lunch time it went crazy for like a whole minute. It is very exciting but really weird at the same time. Just because it is a feeling that you cannot control and it just happens out of the blue. But I love it because I told Kyle it is just a daily confirmation that yes my baby is still alive and growing inside there!! I know I am only almost half way done and have a long way to go but I am just so excited to meet this new little person!! I can't wait to have my family grow! It is a life changing experience and I am so grateful to be able to have such a wonderful husband to share all the exciting moments with :) I love you Kyle!!

16 weeks

So here are my 16 week photos. This was on Monday so I am almost 17 weeks now (on Sunday) which doesn't make much of a difference in my size but I am assuming it will start to change more drasticly in the next few weeks! I am feeling really good lately. Other than bad crampy on some days and as for my head aches I havn't gotten one in about a week so things are looking good and hopefully they stay that way! I can't believe I am almost half way done this journey! When you talk about getting pregnant everyone tells you that there is 9 months to plan and prepare and get used to the idea which is true but time goes by so fast. You don't realize it until you have something to base it on! Especially working, it really makes your days and weeks go by fast because you are always looking for the weekend or spring break haha!

But as of last night Kyle and I made our first baby purchase. It is a chariot! It you don't know what that is it is a really nice stroller. We knew we wanted one but didn't feel rushed but when we found a website where they were on a big sale we just had to jump on it and now we are the proud owners of an "avocado" green cougar chariot :) Haha I just had to add that the color was called avocado green because apparently our baby is the size an avocado right now so it kinda made me laugh :) I know what a thing to get excited about but I think it is more of the fact that I will have a baby of my own to put in it is what makes me most excited!

12 and a half weeks....

So about a week ago at lunch my sister Mindy asked me is I have taken any pictures of myself yet. I told her ya but I didn't like them so not really any that I wanted to keep. I told her the problem was by the time Kyle gets home from work we eat dinner and than I feel kinda crappy and the last thing I want is my picture taken. So she said she would officially be preggo photographer! So that way my picture is taken in the middle of the day when I still feel and good and think I look alright too :) So this is it...my first picture of my pregnancy journey! Not very big yet but I do feel like I am getting a premanent ponch which I am not used to but thats ok! That just means everything is going good! We also got to hear our baby's heart beat on Tuesday. It was very exciting. We kept hearing these thump sounds and than our midwife told us that everytime we hear that noise that is our baby kicking. So we know he is developing good because he is moving around!!

Our exciting news!!

So I have an announcement......I am pregnant! We are very very excited! My due date is July 23rd which is funny because it is 2 days before my birthday! Our families are both so happy. This will be my mom and dads 2nd grandbaby and as for Kyle's family...well Rylee is due in February, Tessa is due in April and I am due in July so it will be a really fun year for cousins and Kyle's parents getting there all at once!! But that will make 7 grandkids on the Anderson side! So many babies but it is all so much fun! I was 3 months on Sunday so I am already in my second trimester. It really doesn't feel like that much time has past. It still seems like July is so far away but I know it is gonna come really fast. Especially because I am working that makes days go by quickly. But I have been doing pretty good. We already got to have an ultrasound! It was our early christmas present to see our baby because we went on December 22nd and it was really neat! Here is a picture of our baby!! It is a little fussy because we scanned it but you can still understand it.

Back to school....Back to school

It is funny how even though Highlands is my work I still refer to it at my school. Anyways ya I am back at work. I finally started on October 26th and I only work 2 days that week. I have continued only working 2 days since then by next week I try going to 3 days. It isn't that my work is hard, I am enjoying it. It is just that I have been getting a lot of back pain and I am pretty sure it is due to going back to work. I have been just dealing with it because I feel like I just need to keep pushing forward but lately it has been getting worse. I feel like I am going backwards with my progress of getting stronger. I have been trying to still go the pool 2 times a week but I have to amit I have not been doing my at home exercises so I guess I need to get on that! I am going for a massage tomorrow morning which I am very excited about and than monday I am going to try and go back to my chiropractor. But other than that life has been good. The weather has sure changed a lot. It has gotten a lot of colder and last weekend it even snowed in Cranbrook. We still havn't gotten any snow out here yet but I don't think it is far away. On saturday Kyle and I put up all our christmas lights outside and cleaned up our deck and just outside stuff. It looks a lot nicer ot have things cleaned up and put away for winter. Now all we need is to hurry up and get to CHRISTMAS! haha I love christmas. The other day my Aunt Gerri put up her christmas tree...yes she does things a little early but it was so much fun helping her that we went home to my moms house and put up her downstairs christmas tree! Logan loves it. My mom bought this toy christmas train that goes around the tree in a circle and it is so cool. It is not just Logan who loves it! Haha anyways that is my update for now! bye

Goodbye September

So september went by insanely fast! I ended up not being able to to go back to work. I have been going to a physio therapist once a week and than a trainer twice a week. They are both great ladies and I love working with them! So that has been taking up a lot of my time but I have noticed a big difference! I am hoping I will be able to go back to work soon but who knows. I just keep doing what they tell me to do and they will let me know when I am ready I guess. We thouhgt I would have been able to go by the end of september but I started having bad knee problems which really sucked. It all started when I was outside once day watering my flowers and I was just walking and my knee was really hurting me all day and all of a sudden it just gave out and I fell flat on the ground. It hurt really bad. I got back up and made it to the house but as soon as I got inside it did it again but luckily I was near the couch and caught myself. We really dont know what the heck is going on but we are assuming it has to do with we working my muscles mores and them getting tired. It has alos been hurting just above my knee right around when I have 2 bolts and we were thinking possibly they could be irritating me but I just have to keep going forward and living with it. It was doing ok with on and off bad days of knee pain until just on Friday. It all came back! It didnt give out or anything but it was just as painful! I am had to resort to sleeping with a pillow under and between my leg. Sleeping is very uncomfortable for me! It really sucks :( But since all my knee issue's I have been having it have set my back from going back to work yet. But we will see.

Anyways other than that things have been going good lately. I have been doing a lot of cleaning and organizing in my house and believe it or not I have thrown a ton of stuff away and I have a huge box of stuff to take to the thrift store today! I still have more to do but it does feel good! I just doing want to be junky. I have done a lot of sewing too which has been fun but most of my time lately has been to canning and perserving food with my mom and sister! I did strawberry rubarb jam and blackberry jam by myself at the end of the summer and since than I have done pickles, spaghetti sauce, peaches, pears, we got 27 dozen corn and cut it off the cob and froze it, Kyle and I have been picking our HUGE apple tree and I have been dehydrating them and I just started making apple pies to freeze yesterday and I am not even half way done haha and next week we are doing a ton of carrots to cut up and freeze! It has been busy but it is all worth it in the end. Kyle and I went a bought a new freezer last week because I need to more room for all my preserving! It feels good to know I have it all and it is fresh and healthy food though! And also living out of town I like having things on hand!

My prize winning pickles haha! I know I'm a dork!