Our "Appointment" today...

Tonight Chris and I had an appointment in the ADC Clinic that we were told was a genetics appointment. They said it was something that we had to go to so we thought it was because Carson had a birth defect (even though genetically he had nothing wrong with him). It actually ended up being an informational group appointment about all the different testing that they offer to you while pregnant and what they test for. It would have been nice to have that appointment when I was pregnant with Carson. We had a lot of un-needed stress when we were told the numbers from my quad screen test came back high for spina bifida. The doctor who called me made it sound like our baby had spina bifida when he didn't. The numbers had come back high from his Gastroschisis. Anyways the appointment just explained how the they do the tests and what the tests are able to tell you. I guess it's a new thing they started doing 2 months ago and now every patient has to attend the appointment. They said they started it because there was a lot of confusin about the testing (maybe that's because they hardly gave any information on it!). All in all I thought it was helpful even though we already knew that stuff now having to had gone through it with Carson.

Earlier today before our appointment we had to run back to the mall to exchange something. After that we came back on post to go see if Chris could figure out what was wrong with John and Tiffany's Bronco because it wasn't starting. The guys figured out what was wrong and luckily John was able to get it started so they could get home! I was worried about how'd they get home since we had that appointment to go too.

Tomorrow morning is Tiffany's first doctor's appointment! I am so very excited for her! I know she's nervous (especially about getting her blood drawn) but I know everything's going to be just fine! I'm so happy we get to be pregnant together! YAY! We were really good with our timing haha. Tomorrow night we're going to dinner at The Cheesecake Factory with John and Tiffany to celebrate Tiffany's birthday! I can't wait to go that's my favorite place to eat at! Emily got us a gift card their for Christmas because she knows how much I love that place haha.

Right now my dog Bailey is snoring next to me on the bed. I swear sometimes she thinks she's a person! Well I better get off of here. I'm going to try to get some sleep!! Happy Early New Year to everyone!

Dealing with the insurance companies..

Is such a hassle!! I HATE it. Since the guy who backed into us is claiming that we were backing out at the same time (which is a lie) they are claiming that the accident was both of our faults. They're wanting us to pay our deductable then his insurance company will pay for 50% of it. It's just been so stressful trying to deal with both of the insurance companies! We only have a paint chip and some scratches so we told State Farm and Progressive that we just wanted to drop the claims and forget about it because we don't want an accident on our driving record since we've never had one. We mainly just don't want our rates to go up lol. Chris called the guy who hit us and he agreed to drop his claim too so neither of us will have an accident on our record. If he didn't drop his claim and we did we could still end up with an accident on our record which is total BS since it wasn't our fault but whatever! Hopefully this headache is over soon!

Tomorrow is Tiffany's birthday!! She'll be the big 22 lol. Chris and I went to the mall today and exchanged the jeans I got him for Christmas since they didn't fit. He was able to find a pair in his size which is good because he needed a new pair lol. Aeropostale was having a big sale. Everything was like 50% off and all their jeans were on sale for $19.98! I looovee deals! After we exchanged his jeans we got Tiffany a birthday present. I really hope she likes it :) I think we're going to go out to dinner on New Years Eve to celebrate her birthday. We're going to the Cheesecake Factory which is my FAVORITE place! I'm VERY excited haha. I need to get Tiffany to try the Fried Macaroni Balls...they're the best!! I'm also excited for Wednesday because Tiffany has her first doctor's appointment!! I'm so happy for her! I can't wait to hear how it goes!

Well I'm gonna go do some laundry then watch some TV! I feel like being pretty lazy tonight haha. I'm still full from dinner. Goodnight!!

We get to be pregnant together!

I hope everyone had a great Christmas! We had a great time visiting our family. My parents had almost 3 feet of snow at their house! It was nice to have a white Christmas! I talked to Tiffany on Christmas Day and got some GREAT news!! She's pregnant! I am soooo excited for her and John. I couldn't be happier. I feel like I just got my positive pregnancy test all over again lol. I've been keeping them in my prayers, hoping that they would get pregnant VERY soon, so I am overjoyed that she is! She's due around the end of August and I'm due around the beginning of August! We're going to have so much fun being pregnant together! I'm continuing to keep her in my prayers and I just know that everything is going to go great for them! I have a feeling we're both going to have healthy babies! We sure deserve it...if I do say so myself lol :)

Right now I'm 9 weeks and 3 days. That's going by the due date of July 31st. I'm so excited that I'm starting my 3rd month. We get to find out what we're having at the end of Feb. so hopefully the time will go by fast lol. I can't wait to find out what this little bean is. I have a feeling it's a boy. Either way we'll be thrilled. All we want is a healthy baby :) I still need to figure out how to put a pregnancy ticker on my blog lol. I saw Tiffany's blog and she has one and it looks really cute!

Well I just wanted to update everyone since I haven't been online in over a week! I hope everyone had a great Christmas or holiday season!! 2009 has some amazing things in store! I have a feeling it's going to be a GREAT year!!

Angels taken too soon...

An Angel in the book of life,

Wrote down this baby's birth,

And whispered as she closed the book,

Too beautiful for Earth!

I saw that poem on a website. It was in a video tribute to sweet little Caylee Anthony. My heart is breaking for her family. I can't imagine what they are going through. How could anyone kill a sweet innocent child? Personally I believe her mother did it, and I hope she some day opens up and actually tells the truth so maybe her family can get some kind of closure. Caylee has touched so many lives across the country. I've prayed for her since the day I first heard about her story. I hope her family can somehow make it through this tough holiday season. May angels lead you in Caylee!

That poem also reminds me of Carson. I know he didn't get to be here with us for long but I understand that he was needed up in Heaven. I now can say that I truly believe that everything happens for a reason. Carson is now our gaurdian angel and is watching over his mommy, daddy and little brother or sister.

My pregnancy is still going well. I'm 8 weeks and 1 day. The "morning" sickness has been horrible! I hope it passes soon! I'm excited for my next doctor's appointment but it's not until Jan. 15th. We should be able to hear the baby's heart beat by then so that's VERY exciting! We'll also be having another ultrasound. You never get tired of those lol.

Our weather here has been pretty bad lately. We've got a few inches of snow but TONS of ice. We're supposed to have a bad storm starting Saturday and going into Sunday morning. I just hope the weather gets better and the roads aren't too icy. We're supposed to go to my aunts for dinner on Christmas eve then after dinner to my parents house. We wont be able to go if the weather doesn't get better.

Well I just wanted to give everyone an update on everything. I'm gonna head to bed I'm exhausted. Hopefully everyone has a great weekend and try to stay warm!!

The WORST day EVER...

Today has been the WORST day EVER. First we had to take our big screen TV to get fixed. It's going to cost $185 bucks! It's only a year old so it shouldn't even need to be repaired! After dropping our TV off we went to Target to get some last minute Christmas shopping done and after we had backed out of our parking spot, some dumbass backed out of his spot without looking and hit us!! It jerked the car and hurt my back. Of course I was freaked out and worried about the baby. Luckily there wasn't any major damage to our car but now the asshole is claiming that we were both backing out at the same time. Which isn't true! We were already out of our spot and you can clearly tell that he's the one who hit us by where our damage is. UGGGGHHH. They're wanting us to pay for our damage which means our $500 deductable (which his insurance is hopefully going to pay half of) and they want him to pay for his damage. It's total bullshit because he was the one at fault so I don't want to pay for a single penny. We went to the ER and thank God everything is okay with the baby! They did an ultrasound and we saw the heart beat again. My back is soooo sore though. I need to go to the store tomorrow and get a heating pad. After we left the hospital we went and got some Chinese food. On our way home with the food we noticed that BOTH of our headlights are out! Seriously...what more could go wrong today?! That'll run us like $100 bucks! We got home and the neighbors have friends over and someone parked in our spot. And to top off this horrible day my Chinese food didn't taste good. I think I'm going to go to bed. Hopefully tomorrow will be a whole lot better! Hope everyone else is having a much better day!

100 things...

I got this off of Stephanie's blog...I thought I'd try it since it looked like fun! You put everything you've done in bold...

1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland.
8. Climbed a mountain.
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept in an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitchhiked
23. Taken a sick day when you're not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo's David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten cavier.
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
89. Saved someone's life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a lawsuit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee
100. Read an entire book in one day

Our baby!

Our appointment today went great!! When I saw my doctor he asked how I'd been feeling. I told him how I have nausea all day and he said that it was a good sign lol. After talking about how I've been feeling and my symptoms we did the ultrasound. He said the baby looks great! It's right on track for the due date and everything looks good :) We were also able to see the baby's heart beat which made us VERY happy! I am so relieved now and so much more relaxed. I feel like I can just be excited now and not have to worry so much! We are truly blessed. I am feeling REALLY positive about this pregnancy! All the high risk doctors that met with me while I was in the hospital having Carson, talked and decided that I don't need blood thinners. They did an autopsy on Carson and never found any clots in the umbilical cord or placenta and since I've personally never had clots they don't think I'll get any. I just carry one of the genes for blood clotting. I'll be monitored closely and I need to keep taking my baby asprin every day, along with my prenatal and folic acid. I heard 3 due dates today lol. July 31st, August 1st and August 4th. The first two are based off of a 28 day cycle and they got those off of their little paper wheels they have that estimate your due date. The August 4th one is based off of a 32 day cycle (which is what I have). The nurse said to pick the first one because it makes my 40 weeks come faster lol. I'll still need to be induced but my doctor said he might let me actually go to 40 weeks, but he doesn't want me to go past that. At 36 or 37 weeks they might try so things to get my body to go into labor naturally. Which would be great! I'd love to have the baby a couple weeks early lol. I am so excited to start telling the rest of our family and friends. We're still going to do the Christmas card idea to tell everyone. Well I just wanted to give everyone an update. We go for our next appointment in 4 weeks and will have another ultrasound then. We should find out the sex at 18 weeks and will have that ultrasound around the last week of Feb. I can't wait!! Hope everyone is having a great night!!

6 weeks

Today I'm 6 weeks!! I'm so excited! I've been feeling great (besides some morning sickness and ALWAYS being hungry). Tomorrow are my appointments that I've been waiting soooooo long for! I'm more excited now than nervous. I'm feeling really positive about this pregnancy! I'm sure as soon as I'm in the waiting room tomorrow I'll be just as nervous as ever though. Chris gets to come with me to both of my appointments so that's a relief! He's also really positive about this pregnancy. He thinks everything will work out just fine. I'm starting to feel that way too which is nice because I seem to not be stressing out AS much. I think after my appointment tomorrow I will be able to relax and really not stress out. I just want to see that little heart beating away! I'm still keeping Tiffany in my prayers every night. I really hope she gets her positive pregnancy test soon! She'll be a GREAT mom! Well I just wanted to post an update. I'll make another post tomorrow after my appointments and fill everyone in on how it went. We'll also discuss a game plan tomorrow with my high risk OB about appointments and how often I need to come in and what not and what medications I'm going to be on so I'll be sure to keep everyone updated! Hope everyone has a great night!!!

Pregnancy Tickers

I've been trying to put a pregnancy ticker in one of my blogs but for some reason it wont show up after I post it so I'm obviously doing something wrong haha. Who knows!! There are so many neat ones it's hard to decide which one to use lol.

Today Tiffany and I are going to Target and Ross so she can shop for some church clothes lol. We're going to church tomorrow which I'm pretty excited about because I've been feeling guilty for not going! Before I meet up with Tiffany I'm going to hang out with Erin for a while. We're going to stop by Babies R Us and the store! I'm glad I have something to do today!! Chris is watching football all day so I'm glad I don't have to sit at home haha.

Well I'm gonna go get ready to go meet up with Erin...Maybe tonight I'll figure out how to put a ticker on my blog. I'll ask Tiffany...she's smart and she'll know how to do it lol Hope everyone's having a great weekend!!

What's been going on....

Yesterday my new class Medical Terminology 2 started. I think it's going to be pretty much the same as Med. Term. 1 ... lots or memorization. I haven't actually done any of the homework yet lol..it isn't due for almost 2 weeks though. I think I'm going to start it tomorrow and try to finish it all this weekend since we don't have any plans. I would like to go to the movie "4 Christmases" this weekend though. It looks hilarious!

Nick and Elisa came up yesterday to visit and stay the night since Nick now has Tuesday's and Wednesday's off. We decided to tell them that I'm pregnant. We got a green bib from Babies R Us that says "My Uncle Loves Me". I was looking for one that says "I love my uncle" but the only ones they had that said that were pink and I wanted something gender neutral. Anyways we wrapped it up and told Nick we had an early Christmas present for him. He thought it was going to be a DVD. When he opened it he just stared at it (I don't think he even read it) and then he looked at me and said "She's not pregnant" (meaning Elisa) with this really confused look on his face lol. Then after a second he said "Wait YOUR pregnant?". When we told him yes he got all excited and freaked out! He can't wait to be an uncle again! He's already planning on getting a car seat for his truck haha.

I got a call today from that lady about the job I've been interviewing for. She want's me to come in AGAIN tomorrow at 11 am for about an hour. She wants to see my computer skills and how creative I am when it comes to designing flyers for the business. So we'll see how that goes. I'm kind of getting annoyed because this is the 3rd interview I've been in for. The first was 2 hours, the second was over an hour and now she says this one will last an hour! I'm nervous lol.

So far I've been feeling good. I'm a little over 5 weeks. Probably 5 weeks and like 2 days. I haven't had any morning sickness really but I have had some nausea. I do have an increased appetite and I have been getting frequent headaches. The bathroom is my new best friend because I now pee like a million times a day! It's weird because I'll be soooo tired at night and ready to go to bed but I'll lay there for ever, sometimes an hour or two trying to fall asleep! Maybe it's because I have so much on my mind and my mind is racing right now! I think I'll relax a lot after my appointment! It can't get here fast enough! Only 6 more days!! I keep praying non-stop that everything will go great at my appointment and that they'll be able to see the heart beat and that everything will look good! Keeping my fingers crossed!

Ever since we lost Carson I've been praying A LOT. I've found a lot of strength in God. I mean I've always prayed and I went to church growing up but after moving out on my own I hadn't been in a long time (with the exception of Christmas Eve each year). I really want to find a Catholic church near by to go to. I think that will really help me out through out this pregnancy. I am putting everything in God's hands and feel like I should be going to church each Sunday. I'm going to look for some nearby churches onlin tomorrow. I'm not sure when the Catholic church masses are on base. I liked the Catholic church I went to with Christy and Tiffany but it was kind of far away so I'm hoping to find one in like Olympia. Or maybe we'll just look into the ones on base!

Well I better get off here Chris and I are going to watch the movie Maid of Honor. I ordered it off Netflix lol. Hope everyone has a great night!