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Last Saturday we got to go to the Motocross race at Larry H Miller's new track out in Tooele (thanks to my awesome cousin Russ!)  It was a blast and anytime Davis is within 2 feet of a motor he is in seventh heaven so he had so much fun.  He also has been dirt biking since like elementary school so of course we never miss events like motocross when it is in Utah, or when it is in Cali, Vegas etc etc oh and on the Speed channel on Sunday afternoons.

And then to top it off with a cherry my sister Megan is in town from Arizona!  It's always so fun when she comes to visit and brings us good news, like that is pregnant again! I've always wanted to be pregnant with my friends and my sisters and this year has been great for that! I have like 6 friends that I've grown up with that are all due within a month of me, lots of girls in my new ward that are all due in Oct and Nov, my sister in law Katie is due 4 days before me which is so fun and now my sister Meg is pregnant too!  Meg isn't due until April but it still counts! It's so fun to be pregnant with family too, Katie and I have been able to compare stories the whole pregnancy which is awesome for me since I've a newby at this and being due 4 days apart is just the coolest thing. We keep joking that we will deliver on the same day and both Davis and Jensen will be running down the halls ha ha.  We are also delivering at the same hospital and didn't even plan it! I still have to get a belly picture with Katie too but we do have this super cute picture from Switzerland.  Not that it shows our bellies but we at least know we were pregnant together! 

And here is me and Meg in comparison- 7 months pregnant vs barely pregnant ha ha

And here is me and my best friend Aubrey, due a month and a half apart...both having girls

And this is Aubrey, Sarah (Hammond) Branca and me.  Sarah and Aub are due 2 days apart!

28 weeks

28 weeks is such a milestone for our family because it was when Ashlee delivered her first little girl Brooklyn.  She is a total miracle.  It's crazy to think that I could potentially deliver early too and I can't imagine delivering as early as Ash did.  Well for that matter include Megan.  She delivered Beau at 31 weeks, he is totally fine now but an early baby is just so scary because there are so many things working against them.
But I am feeling great so I have good vibes about keeping Lexi in my tummy for a lot longer.  I have started getting braxton hicks and stuff like that but they aren't too bad and not very often.  I have my next doctors appointment on the 27th and I also will do my glucose test that day, cross your fingers for me.

Some funny things to remember:
-Lexi hides under my right rib ALL DAY LONG
-Kicks the heck out of my rib-or punches I can't tell which end but she is making it well known she is under there.
-She has started rolling and my stomach will go lopsided and way hard on the spot where she is
-My feet have been swollen and not gone down since 26 weeks
-At 25 weeks I started getting sick in the mornings again so I eat as quick as I can.
-Started having braxton hicks sort of things in San Diego at the family reunion-that would put me at 25-26 weeks
-I feel like my nose is swollen and has grown, super attractive
-I totally have these lovely things called stretch marks on my hips and upper thighs.... or as I like to call them  "the little shits".
-I sleep awful now at night, and keep poor Davis up because I toss and turn since I can't get comfortable.
-I can lay on my back and breath just fine but it hurts my lower back after like 30 seconds
-Almost all the people I work with like to tell me how round or big or swollen I am and that they can't believe I am already waddling.  Ok really did kindness and just "not saying anything at all if it isn't nice" go out of style?  So in response I think to myself and pretend I am telling them that at least its a problem I can fix once the baby is gone unlike them.  And I did say to one person,  I waddle because I have scoliosis and it is really painful to walk in general for me on a day to day basis even when I am not pregnant.  No I don't really have scoliosis but they deserve to feel bad.  Hormones much anyone?
-I can now tell where Lexi is in my stomach and for the past 2 weeks she has stayed on my right side under my rib.  I never felt that bad for girls who would have babies under their ribs and be constantly pushing on them to get them to move, but now I feel their pain.  It's the weirdest feeling in the world, sometimes it kills, sometimes it tickles and sometimes you can't even breath.  Pregnancy sounds like loads of fun huh. :)

This my friends is a real case of kankles.  Davis thinks its super sexy

My feet are so swollen the only thing I can wear are flip flips and they leave indents every day.  Again super attractive. 

July

This month we have been on so many vacations to hot places I think my swollen feet might explode.  I still would rather have swollen feet in Lake Powell than at home though!  I'm getting really big and swollen so I really need to try and get the right pose down so I don't look massive in every picture, like how come no one told me that when you are pregnant you should never take a front on picture, hells bells someone tell me to turn a little bit to the side! I shouldn't post some of these pics but I am going to anyways so don't judge my sexy rolls that I know most are jealous of.

We just got back from San Diego with my family for the Rasmussen Reunion and it was a blast.  We really missed having Callie and Devin there though!

How could you not love this little fart! Seriously he makes me happy just by saying hi to me, even though when he says hi to someone it is usually just a Hi! or Hi Beau! or Hi Gampa!  I'll teach him my name someday, I mean I am the favorite aunt.

Davis and aunt Michelle rented these beauties when we all went on a bike ride.  Quite the sight eh! Aunt shell took a spill and had to end early which was sad but she is a tough cookie and ended up being ok.  Davis was just loving his re-creation of Paul Blart from Mall Cop, I think he makes the Segway look good though. 

All the men in the family played some beach football and no lie I've never seen so many old men think they still had it ha ha it was really fun to watch.  But of course my dad, two uncles, a cousin and davis all pulled muscles or hurt something else and felt so sore the next day. 

 Yep the front facing stance is not recommended when pregnant-does anybody see a beached whale?!

Also, I was pretty swollen because we drove to San Diego which is like an 11 hour drive and for a pregnant person that is quite the journey if you forgot to buy compression tights, yes if you haven't figured out by now I am totally justifying why i look so big in every picture :) 

I am 26 weeks this Friday and had a doc appointment yesterday and everything is looking great! The doc says I need to drink more water, of course, and start taking it easier on day to day stuff because I've noticed sometimes at night or when I've been walking a lot my whole stomach gets rock hard and it just hurts.  So he says I need to take it easy.  

We are getting so excited for Lexi to be here.  Davis is getting so excited which makes it way fun.  We totally fight over who gets to hold our niece Brynlee when we see her cause babies are way fun to us since we are waiting for one and plus she is super cute.  But the other day davis got home from work and said, so i just want lexi to get here.  Ok one that is so cute and two can we go make out now?  No but for reals, I can't wait to hold her and see what she looks like and be a family of 3!  

Melba Toast

Time for an update on our little melba toast.  I sometimes call her that cause when me and my mother in law were figuring out names she came up with that winner ha ha.  I had my 20 week ultrasound last week even though I was only 19 weeks. Today I met with Dr. England to go over everything that they found.  Which made it so fun cause our ultrasound tech was an idiot and she didn't tell me anything which I know they aren't supposed to but she pushed way hard on the baby which really hurt so I just didn't love her after that appointment.  Luckily it wasn't even at my hopsital so I still love all the people at my hospital.  So anyways here is what we found....

-She is definitely a girl! Woo woo
-I am farther along than they thought(I knew this day would come ha ha!)  I am a week ahead of what they thought.  So my new due date is NOVEMBER 8.  Love it.
-She is breech.  That is how all little ones are this early so that didn't really matter
-My placenta is in a good position, meaning it is not in front so I will really be able to start feeling her more in the next month.


They didn't find anything alarming or out of place which is so comforting.  I am just so glad that she is healthy and comfortable in there.  The worst thing was when we went to fetal foto to find out the gender and they had to poke her to get her to move so she would open her legs.  They didn't poke hard at all but it made her mad and she would kick out her legs and arch her back because she didn't like it.  Ha ha so lame to feel bad over but I felt so bad for her! Mama bear already?  Shoot.  I swear I'm not a crazy over protective person  ha ha anyways all is well in the tummy so we can just keep on truckin. 

Now to be real... I have gained so much weight.  Freak man! I was doing so good up until this appointment.  I've gained 22 pounds ha ha and you are only supposed to gain like 25-30 in a pregnancy according to my doc.  Well great I am for sure going to tip the scale.  So no more onion rings and fry sauce? Damn.  Just kidding I really should eat healthier.  I have been sick the whole pregnancy so I actually stayed at a pretty healthy weight until now cause I am not as sick as often.  I really only get sick once every week and sometimes it goes to every other week. But lets get real hommies! You shouldn't try to control weight when you are pregnant.  Well I mean don't go off the chain and eat donuts and fried foods all day long but like you are going to gain weight when pregnant and as long as that baby is healthy that is all that maters.  So me and my "i like big butts"  behind will just keep on doing what needs to be done and try and be as healthy as possible.  Can't promise I am divorcing the onion rings though. :)

Here is my 19 week pic and my now 20 weeks and 4 days pic.

19 weeks

20 weeks and 4 days.  (every day counts!)

16 Weeks and Gender Reveal!

On Wednesday I hit the 16 week mark which was way fun.  I am still batteling being sick but it isn't as bad as it has been.  We just got back from a trip with our family and I was sick 3 times on the trip but haven't been sick since we got home so maybe I am out of the woods.... I really shoudln't jinks myself by saying that.  But I am hopeful! This week I have a new found energy.  Usually I get home from work and I just want to sit on the couch all  night but last night Davis and I worked in our yard until like 9 and I actually made dinner! Yeah I know total shocker cause I think I've cooked a whole big 9 times since we've been married.  It was fun to work in the yard too and plant flowers.  I still have yet to make a pretty planters pot like my moms.  She is the pro at those babies.  It was definitely interesting bending over for an hour to plant flowers with acid reflux. 

Here is my 16 week picture....

I had an appointment with my doctor on Tuesday and everything is looking good.  Baby's heart rate was at 146 and I hadn't gained any weight from my last appointment.  Which didn't worry me cause I've heard of that a ton, it's just so weird cause my belly is totally huge.

Now the really fun news!  On Monday we went to fetal fotos to find out the gender.  We had gone at 14 weeks without telling anyone but the baby was not cooperating so we had to go back.  Which actually was fun cause we got to see the baby twice within a short time.  Anyways the baby is a girl!

We are so excited!!!! We both went into the second fetal foto appt feeling like it was a girl cause the first one just had no boy signs even though we couldn't see well enough we just felt like it.  Davis has been so flippin cute about having a little girl.  He calls her his precious girl already and has told me about how when she gets asked to a dance he is going to have a sit down with the boy.  Oh dear I have one of those on my hands! Anyways I am thrilled and have started plannig the nursery.  Which will be white themed.  I had wanted to do Black and Green no matter what gender but found this nursery on Pinterest that I fell in love with.

I love how feminine it looks. I probably won't be able to do a mirrored dresser because they are waaaay expensive but I think white will look great too.  And it's so awesome cause while we were in Switzerland I bought a real sheep skin rug so that worked out perfect! My mom gave me her old kitchen chandelier that I will spray paint silver which will look great.  Now the real trick is going to be finding a name for this little one.  Gladly taking suggestions!

12 Weeks

I had another appointment today with Dr. England and I was so excited because I was hoping he would measure the baby again to double check the due date.  Which he was so nice and did even though he had a girl in labor.  Well I was totally wrong! Darn it.  But it makes sense with how I've been sick. I am not 14 weeks this week I am only 12 weeks.  Which is ok! My doc was really nice this appointment and when he was doing the ultrasound he said,"The baby is laying on its back and crossing its legs, that's cute lets print it" ha ha such a small thing to be happy about but it made my day.  Dr. England is a great guy and so nice. This is the picture of the baby crossing its legs...

Ultrasounds can be so hard to read and tell where the baby is but this one is pretty good.  The big round part is the head.  It's fun to see a bigger blob with legs and arms! 

Today the heart rate was at 154 so a little bit lower than last time but still strong and healthy sounding.  I still totally feel like it is a girl.  When I told Davis the heart rate today he said, yep i like it! Which for him means that there is still a chance that it is a boy because it was a little bit lower.  Pah little does he know about mother's intuition.  Plus its all just a myth anyways with heart rates and the way you carry. But ya never know till the doc tells ya right.  We both talked about what we want and at the end of the day we really don't care.  We've seen so many cute little baby girls and boys and we are just so excited to have a little one.  
Here is my 12 week picture..... dont judge me I know I am big already.  Shoot.

It's here

The baby bump is here! Holy cow I am in some serious trouble if I am already showing.  Some girls are like 20 weeks and barely have a gut.  Jealous of those chics for sure. But it also makes being pregnant more fun.  I am 12 weeks according to me.  Yesteday the most amazing thing happened... I felt somewhat good! I know I may sound like a complete wuss/baby but man being sick all day gets oooooold.  And its not just wanting to throw up its heart burn, acid tummy, stretching, gas(i know gross but its real life!) and then the dry heaving.  Every time I get in a car I have to have a zip lock baggie cause I will dry heave at least 7 times. But yesterday and today I haven't felt the need to throw up and I've only dry heaved probably 5 times between the two days.  I have figured out that eating healthy fresh foods is key in making your food settle and sucking on peppermints all day makes life so much betteer. I'm really excited for my next appointment which is on April 30.  We will get to measure the baby again and see how much the due date changes.  Which it could easily not change and that is totally ok.  I can't wait to find out what it is so I can finally start going shopping.  I really haven't felt the urge to go cause I feel like crap every day but now that i feel good I get more excited to put the baby's room together and shop for clothes and all that fun stuff. 

We have no clue what we are going to name this kid.  We had all these boys names that we loved and zero girls names.  Now we don't like all those boys names we had and we can't think of a girls name that we die over. I love names that have the letters K, Y and E in them. We have our work cut our for us in finding a name we both love.

Anyway here is the picture of the gut!

Oh and I think we are having a girl :)