2 months

well things still have been going good. i cant complain. however nobody explained how sore in fact your boobs get...that was a wake up call. but sports bras grant alot of support and relief...thank you Lord. still no vomiting. but im on the edge of my seat waiting to see if and when it could still come, but i did make the 8 week mark....so we will see. i still have stomach pains here and there. but i have learned it helps to eat the right amount and enough times in the day. i learned it, but i dont always follow through. i continue to be really low on energy. however it comes and goes. but i have been taking more naps and that helps. im so thankfull i get to stay at home. i cant imagine working when your body needs all this rest. but kodos for all those great women out there who pull it off! well we had a full and busy week...i will update more in days to come! love you all

Your pregnancy: 8 weeks

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How your baby's growing:

New this week: Webbed fingers and toes are poking out from your baby's hands and feet, his eyelids practically cover his eyes, breathing tubes extend from his throat to the branches of his developing lungs, and his "tail" is just about gone. In his brain, nerve cells are branching out to connect with one another, forming primitive neural pathways. You may be daydreaming about your baby as one sex or the other, but the external genitals still haven't developed enough to reveal whether you're having a boy or a girl. Either way, your baby —about the size of a kidney bean — is constantly moving and shifting, though you still can't feel it.

your crib or mine?

so i wanted a black crib to go with the black and white theme of the nursery. and i found the one and only one on craigslist for 80 dollars. its height adjustable and has a nice look to it. i will either go with the nutral colors for bedding, or wait till after the baby to buy the pink or blue contrast! i cant wait! but i just got it set up...all by myself! i couldnt wait for garret to get home from work. i was too excited. however i am running out of room for my massage table. but here is the new crib!!!

i wouldnt call it morning sickness

the past few days i have been feeling what most people know to be a stomach ache. its not too bad, but enough to make me uncomfortable. i looked it up online and they siad it is morning sickness. also my uterus is already growing and pushing everything else that has been just fine the way it is for the past 20 years out of the way. so im thankful it hasnt made me sick to the point of vomiting yet. but that could come in a week or so. my need to eat as often slowed a little. i still get hungry just not as much and not as often. that makes me feel better. i feel a huge lack of energy though. i thought i would be the type to push through it and ignore the tired and lazy feelings. but they are getting the best of me. i have to force myself to wake up in the morning to work out. and my work outs are pretty good. as long as i listen to my body. but when i get home i just want to crash on the couch and stay there till garret gets home from work. thats a scary thought. but i try to just take small brakes, or a nap throughout the day and i can manage to keep house and do all my normal tasks. but im looking forward to getting my energy back soon. i had my aunt and uncle (my dads brother) from washington come last weekend. they stayed the night on their way to salt lake to see their daughter, my only other girl cousin on my dads side, who is also pregnant. and they gave me a bassinet that my dad slept in when he was a baby! its so cute and has so much value to me. and they also got me a big bag of the sweetest baby clothes , and my aunt made me a blaket and matching burp rags....she is the best! so it feels more real now, and its begining to look like a nursery. cant wait for more to come!

Your pregnancy: 7 weeks

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How your baby's growing:

The big news this week: Hands and feet are emerging from developing arms and legs — although they look more like paddles at this point than the tiny, pudgy extremities you're daydreaming about holding and tickling. Technically, your baby is still considered an embryo and has something of a small tail, which is an extension of her tailbone. The tail will disappear within a few weeks, but that's the only thing getting smaller. Your baby has doubled in size since last week and now measures half an inch long, about the size of a blueberry.

If you could see inside your womb, you'd spot eyelid folds partially covering her peepers, which already have some color, as well as the tip of her nose and tiny veins beneath parchment-thin skin. Both hemispheres of your baby's brain are growing, and her liver is churning out red blood cells until her bone marrow forms and takes over this role. She also has an appendix and a pancreas, which will eventually produce the hormone insulin to aid in digestion. A loop in your baby's growing intestines is bulging into her umbilical cord, which now has distinct blood vessels to carry oxygen and nutrients to and from her tiny body.

so far so good

so im about 6 weeks tomorrow. and i feel great! my boobs have been a little sore, and i have to pee like every 30 minutes, and...im really hungry about every two hours...i thought that stuff came later, but i feel it now either way. my works outs have been good. i am doing my best to listen to my body and know when i need to take it easy. i have been doing my best to eat healthy, so we will see if i can keep that up. i have never been good about saying no to sweets, but if i can say when then i will be ok. it still hasnt hit me yet that i have a baby growing inside of me! but the excitment of telling and sharing with all my friends and family has been the best! and here is a picture of my inspiration for our nursery. of course this is for a girl, and everyone is banking on that we will have a boy. but we wanna do black and white accented with blue or pink after the baby is born. and till then whatever other colors are cute! so here it is

garret wants to start painting and doing most all those things come winter...so now i cant wait for winter! everyone has said april is the perfect time to have a baby! the holidays makes the pregnancy fly and the spring baby is the best! so thank you Lord, i didnt even know. all my family are excited! my mom holds back i think, but i know she is stoked to be a grandma! she, Lord willing, will deliver me, and i will have the baby here in idaho at my house. i would love a water birth, but we will see what plays out. if possible, i want garret to catch the baby, we both think he has enough in him to pull it off...time will tell! as far as morning sickness goes, not yet, but im told if it comes its usually around 8 weeks...so in a couple weeks i will let you know. i love you all ❤

Your pregnancy: 6 weeks

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How your baby's growing:

This week's major developments: The nose, mouth, and ears that you'll spend so much time kissing in eight months are beginning to take shape. If you could see into your uterus, you'd find an oversize head and dark spots where your baby's eyes and nostrils are starting to form. His emerging ears are marked by small depressions on the sides of the head, and his arms and legs by protruding buds. His heart is beating about 100 to 160 times a minute — almost twice as fast as yours — and blood is beginning to course through his body. His intestines are developing, and the bud of tissue that will give rise to his lungs has appeared. His pituitary gland is forming, as are the rest of his brain, muscles, and bones. Right now, your baby is a quarter of an inch long, about the size of a lentil bean.

IM EXPECTING!!!

When Garret and i got married we said we wanted to wait a year or two to have kids. well 4 months in we changed our minds. for the past 10 months we left it in God's hands and prayed that it would happen when it was the right time. of course the right time to us was right then. but over the months God granted us patience. im thankful we were not in any hurry because we would have been miserable. a few weeks ago, sis. tiffany (hammett) pelkey told me she had a dream a few weeks back that i was pregnant. i was so comforted by that, even if it didnt come to pass. so anyway, my last period was july 4th. and im about a week late, so i guess that makes me 5 weeks! that sounds so weird to me. all these months of waiting and now its here, it doesnt really feel real. i dont feel any different. i ran to the dollar store and picked up a couple tests, and saturday morning garret woke me up excitedly and asked me to take the test. instantly the line appeared. i didnt believe it. he was really happy, but still i couldnt register it in my brain. so we waiter a few more minutest and it just got darker and darker. even now im having doubts if this is all real. if you all know me, you know its hard for me to keep anything to myself. not secrets, but anything that i want to share with my loved ones, i just tell the whole world! but we tried to wait one more day and take another test the next morning to confirm. of course there is a small fear of if the pregnancy is terminated, the embarresment of telling everyone, and having to take it back. but i have read that you just have that much more support when things are hard. so here we are. day two, sunday morning and the test is positive again. wow, im going to be a mom! still its hard for me to understand. so many thoughts running through my mind. but mostly excitment! the joy to share with all my friends and family. and let nature take its course. to have my body do what God made a womans body to do. please pray that i can have a healthy pregnancy, and a healthy baby! i love you all

here is what my baby looks like right now

Your pregnancy: 5 weeks

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How your baby's growing:

Deep in your uterus your embryo is growing at a furious pace. At this point, he's about the size of a sesame seed, and he looks more like a tiny tadpole than a human. He's now made up of three layers — the ectoderm, the mesoderm, and the endoderm — which will later form all of his organs and tissues.

The neural tube — from which your baby's brain, spinal cord, nerves, and backbone will sprout — is starting to develop in the top layer, called the ectoderm. This layer will also give rise to his skin, hair, nails, mammary and sweat glands, and tooth enamel.

His heart and circulatory system begin to form in the middle layer, or mesoderm. (This week, in fact, his tiny heart begins to divide into chambers and beat and pump blood.) The mesoderm will also form your baby's muscles, cartilage, bone, and subcutaneous (under skin) tissue.

The third layer, or endoderm, will house his lungs, intestines, and rudimentary urinary system, as well as his thyroid, liver, and pancreas. In the meantime, the primitive placenta and umbilical cord, which deliver nourishment and oxygen to your baby, are already on the job

new boat

so we love our current boat, but its been giving us trouble. it perfect for the 2 of us, but when we want to take friends out, it doesnt go as fast and it puts a damper on things when we want to wake or ski. so we have been looking to upgrade the past couple weeks. and the Lord provided. we found a great boat and had alot of competition but we made it first and were able to seal the deal. its an open bow, we love that, and the seats lay down to beds...how cool is that. and its 140hp..our boat now only has 60, so it will help with that speed we need...or want. how spoiled we get! but we are so thankful and have been enjoying every bit of our summers! anyway...these are the pics that were on the add. but when we get it up and running there will be alot more! and here is the dogs on our boat for the last time. and garret doing a jump on the wakeboard...why does he have to be good at everything?? haha anyway....love you all <3