17 weeks and more!

I love this time of year! I love when the tulips pop up and there are blossoms on the trees. I'm sure Ryan prays for this time of year to end quickly because his allergies get so bad. I also love the fresh strawberries! These made an appearance in our home last week and they were delicious! This is just before I cut them all up and froze most of them for sweet treats to come.

When we moved (someday I will post pics of our new place), Bella was totally freaking out. She would just follow us everywhere and whine and want to be held. Obviously I can't box things up while holding a dog in my arms. So, I found my scarf and decided to make a sling out of it, much like you would do for your little babies. She sat snuggled up next to me for hours on moving day. I think it made her feel a little bit safer even though her entire world was crumbling around her. Poor little thing. This move has been really tough on her.

On to bigger and better news, we got this most beautiful crib. I am totally in love with it. Ry and I put it together today in about an hour. I have seen this crib in the store for months and dreamed that it would one day be mine. Yes, as of now we are only getting one crib. We will probably end up getting another one once the mini humans can roll over on their own and attempt to smother each other. Until then, they will be sleeping right next to each other, much like they do in my belly.
And now the ugliest picture of me ever taken. This is me at 17 weeks. My belly is growing, growing, but I'm still not gaining weight. (Please don't mind the ponytail/no make-up version of me. This is what happens when you work from home all day and go nowhere.)

Wishlist Wednesday

Here we are once again! It's time for this week's wishes:

• Dear Disneyland, I feel you should let me stay in Cinderella's Castle for a night. Everytime I see the Disneyland commercial and see the castle, I think of how I would love to stay in it. (Is it Cinderella's? Maybe Sleeping Beauty?). Anyway, please let me stay in the castle!
• Dear Philosophy, Please bring back your Beach Party lotion. It has been my all-time favorite lotion EVER. Plus, it reminds me of being on vacation and being stress free.
• I would also like my shot spots (yes, from those evil shots I stopped on March 3) to stop hurting. It has been over a month now since stopping the evil progesterone shots and I'm sick of having a sore bum/hip. Honestly, I think there is a bit of nerve damage and I'm hoping it will heal because it hurts/itches/burns!
• Here's a weird one. I wish I could gain some weight. Apparently the mini humans are "sucking my fat" off of me according to the nurse practitioner I saw yesterday. Seriously? I have been making a conscious effort to stuff my face for the last month to try to GAIN weight and I LOST a pound! How does this happen? I'm measuring 20 weeks, which is right where I should be measuring (even though I'm only 16 weeks), so the minis are growing. Apparently I just can't keep up with them. Is this a sign of what's to come?

Ultrasound -- Check!

So, while out and about today I ran across an ultrasound machine and decided to hook myself up. Well, okay, not quite, but almost. I went to my mom's office where an amazing nurse and PA took time out of their lunch breaks to mess around with a really expensive piece of equipment with me while we tried to figure out how to see the mini humans. We accomplished our goals! I saw both minis. One was literally doing sommersaults and backflips all over the place. It wouldn't hold still. I'm pretty sure it waved at me. The other one just kind of sat there and waited patiently for its time to shine. Then all of a sudden it waved at me. All I could do was sit there and say, "hi baby!" It's so amazing what a miracle these 2 mini humans are. It will never cease to amaze me just how fantastic the miracle of life is. I even got to see their spines and a little baby femur! SO COOL!

Wishlist Wednesday

It's already Wednesday once again. That means it's time for my wishes:

• I would like to go on the road with Guy Fieri when he goes on Diners, Drive-ins and Dives. He always goes to places that make the best looking food and everytime I watch it I think I need to pack my bags and go to wherever he is in the U.S. and eat that food right then. I'm sure the mini humans have something to do with that, especially since they are ALWAYS hungry. I can't keep up with them. It's almost tortuous.
• I wish for an ultrasound right now! I'm pretty sure the mini humans are waving at me and I can't even see them do it because I can't see through skin. Maybe that should be my wish? To see through skin?
• I wish for warm cement so I can walk barefoot and soak up the heat. That's one of my most favorite things about the warm weather.
• I also wish for my gas to be turned back on (long story) so I can have hot water again. We have only been without it for a couple of days, but man! I miss washing my hands in warm water.
• I wish that easter candy could be here year round. The malt balls (the ones you can paint your lips with), the Peeps, and of course the peanut butter eggs. Oh dear peanut butter eggs, how I love thee. Once again, I wish for something with peanut butter. What is wrong with me?

There you have it. Mostly I just want food all the time and that's mostly what I think about, especially since Wednesday is Cafe Rio tostada day! Here I come Cafe Rio!

Wishlist Wednesday

Here's my new feature that will hopefully keep me updating this blog a little more often. Plus, you might learn some weird quirks about me. Here's my wishlist for this week:

• A box of Butterfingers. What would I do with an entire box you ask? Eat them of course. The mini humans have really taken a liking to them. Okay, I just really like them except when they stick to my teeth. Peanut buttery goodness. Yumm.....
• I want to work in a candy factory, even if it's just for a day. One of my favorite shows is Unwrapped on Food Network. It makes me want to go to the candy factory even more. I've even actually looked into finding a job at one. Who wouldn't love to make candy for a living?
• Boxes. Moving boxes and lots of them. And then I would like them to fill themselves so my back will stop hurting. And then they need to move themselves too. That would all be really heavenly.
• And what happened to my favorite car ride CD? (I know, CDs are so old school. I hadn't had the chance to put it on the pod yet). Did Eduardo (the car) eat it? Honestly, where does a CD go? I guess I should clean the car and hopefully, hopefully it will be in there somewhere. I want it back!
• Lastly, a kitchen table. We had one at one point in our marriage. It no longer exists. Now we're moving into a new place and we have no table. Please table, come home.

There's my wishlist for the week.

12 weeks

We had another appointment with the doctor today. He let us hear the beating of the mini human hearts. I love it! I could have listened to it for hours. I want to buy one of those Dopplers for myself just so I can fall asleep to their beating hearts, probably much like they will fall asleep to my beating heart. Anyway, everytime I think of the beating hearts, this is the song I start to sing in my head. Beating hearts baby. Tell me, is this love for real?

It's getting bigger...

Sorry, this isn't the best photo ever, but here it is. My bump of love. Of course to me it seems a lot bigger than you can see in the photo. I'm now 11 weeks along and trying to enjoy every minute, even when I feel my uterus growing at warp speed and pulling ligaments on the inside. I try to make Ryan talk to the babies and give them loves. I think he thinks I'm crazy. Nighttime is still a little rough. I get really uncomfortable, but I guess that's just what comes with being pregnant. We get to talk to the doctor next week and hopefully he will let us hear their little beating hearts again. I can't wait! What a miracle this has been.

In other news, we are moving. We are very sad to leave our ward because we have just fallen in love with the people around here. We finally have friends here and feel comfortable so it is going to be really hard. I can barely make it through church without crying just thinking about leaving, especially leaving our wonderful primary kids. At least we still have a little while to say goodbye. We probably won't move until after April 1st. I am excited, however, for the big kitchen, 3 bedrooms, and 2 bathrooms I get to move into. Oh, and a garage! Woo hoo! Hopefully we can stay at this new place until we are ready for the masters program in a year or 2.