Half way there!! This week I am officially 20 weeks which means I have made it halfway through my pregnancy and have 20 more weeks to go. Nothing much has changed since last week, I am still feeling good but of course now my belly is really starting to grow and I LOVE it!!!

Happy 33 Birthday Kristen

Happy Birthday to the most amazing Sister, Sister-In-Law, Mother, Friend and wife! I hope your day is filled with so much love and joy. Greg and I love you very much.

Glamis

For President's Weekend we made our last trip of the season to Glamis. We left Wednesday night and got home on Sunday evening. It was a great trip. I think this was one of the biggest groups yet, we had about 18 trailers. We were surrounded with great friends and family. Glamis is one of Greg and I favorite things to do. I love to go and relax and Greg gets to do what he loves and that is ride ALL weekend long!

Start of our Drive

Starting his night off right

Driving into Glamis

My man digging our fire pit

Half of our group

My cousin Jenna and her daughter Paige

Our camp

The boys being silly

Gettin ready for a ride

My man!

Pregnancy Journal:: 19 Weeks

Wow do I feel much better this week! I never thought this day would come of actually enjoying being pregnant. I finally have my energy back and actually look like I am pregnant and I LOVE it! Here are my thoughts on pregnancy so far:

• My due date is July 10 which means I am a little over 19 weeks as of today.
•  I feel ginormous already and I still have 4 more months to go! My legs and feet have been hurting and can really only stand for just a little bit.
• I love wearing my pregnancy jeans with a cute tank top and a sweater, it still makes me feel cute yet I am comfortable.
• Recently complete strangers are starting to take notice of my bump.  When I went to Starbucks to get a Tea I felt like everyone was staring at me out of nowhere.
• My first trimester was tough, but not as bad as I thought it might have been.  I had some nausea, but I hear that many people have had it way worse than me, so when I hear that I am so glad mine was not that bad.
• Now that I'm in my second trimester my energy level has perked just a little (I still feel painfully tired around 2:00 everyday) but my only complaint is the headaches! But my doctor said that was normal and make sure to really drink lots of water, and if you don’t know me that well my bathroom trips our every 30 minutes. I told my husband I should just wear a diaper…HA!
• I crave bread a-lot! Right now I am in LOVE with Bagels and Cream Cheese. It brings me back to my high school days.
• I'm still waking up at least 2 times a night to go to the bathroom. I am sure I have a little break and then at the end of my pregnancy it should be more!
• I walk almost every day at work. One at 10 and one at 3 just short little 15 minutes. The days I feel really good I will get up in the morning and do the lypitcal with Greg and sometimes do a little bit of weights. I was really trying to work out every day but I told myself I am pregnant and just do what you can.
• Last night I felt our son for the first time on my right side! It was not much but it was much more then the little bubbles I have been feeling the last 3 weeks. I told Greg the other night I just want him to give me a punch so I know he is in there, but I know he will!
• Over all I am enjoying this journey and feel so blessed to have a beautiful baby inside of me. I love him so much already. I talk to him every night before we go to bed and let him know how much Mommy and Daddy love him and we cannot wait for him to come into this world!

Pregnancy Journal::18 Weeks

Have you ever seen a bigger belly then this? That is what I ask myself every morning now. My belly is now popping out, it's like it almost popped out over night.  I sent my Mom a text this morning to wish her a Happy Valentine's Day from her growing Grandson and all she sent back was " Wow you are big and where did that belly come from"? I am not complaining because I actually feel pregnant and my son is finally showing! I still have not felt much movement from him other then little flutters and I love it. I am actually enjoying eating yummy foods again, but need to be careful and still try to stay healthy. Greg and I have been getting up at 5 every morning and working out, I know some of you probably think I am crazy?, but Greg wants to get in shape and I want to try and stay in as much shape as possible and what a better way then to stay motivated as a team. Other then that I am feeling great and fabulous and love that I have a little human growing inside of me and I love him so much!!Well that's about all I can come up with for now.  I truly love being pregnant and get such a kick out of waking up each morning and seeing my bump in the mirror!

Happy Valentine's Day

Nursery

Now that we know the sex of our baby we can finally start planning our son's little nursery. I have been looking at a ton of websites and bedding to try and figure out what we want to do for his nursery. After all my searching I finally found what I love and cannot wait to put everything together and have his room all set up for when we bring him home. This is just the beginning but I LOVE it!

Pregnancy Journal::17 Weeks

I cannot believe I am already 17 weeks. I honestly thought this pregnancy would take forever but it has actually gone by really fast.  This week I decided to take a picture of my "now" growing belly. The last couple of months I really have not had much of a belly. We call it the "in between belly". It looks like I am pregnant but I could almost be that girl that drinks a lot of beer.....:)

• I have gained almost 9 pounds so far and I guess that is good. Last month I only gained 3. If I can keep that going that would be amazing!
• Still dealing with really bad headaches once in awhile but thankgoodness for Tylenol!
• I am in LOVE with grilled cheese sandwiches, I almost ate them 4 days in a row for lunch.
• I go to bed every night at almost 8:30pm.
• I have been working out still almost everyday, either walking or the lypitical.
• My belly is finally growing and I love it.
• Much more energy and loving every minute of it.

Chase Robert Smith

Well he has finally arrived, our nephew Chase was born on Saturday morning at 8:25am, 9 pounds 4 ounces. He is perfect and healthy as can be! My sister was scheduled to be induced Friday February 10, but Saturday morning at 3:00am our phone rang and I new it was time, Chase could not wait any longer. I put my bags together and drove down to there house to be with Caleb and Chloe and help until we heard the news. When the kids woke up we put a bag together and drove to the hospital so they could meet there new baby brother. My sister and brother-in-law were waiting for them and brought them into the room so they could meet Chase. They were so excited!!! My sister did an amazing job and made it look so easy. We spent the day visiting and hanging with family. Congratulations to my sister and my brother-in-law Matt, we love you guys very much and are so excited to be an Auntie and Uncle again!

Caleb and Chloe

Patiently waiting for Chase

Grandma's waitng to meet there new grandson

Chloe meeting her brother for the first time

Proud daddy and papa

My little Chloe

Beautiful baby boy

She loves him



Unlce Greg and Chase



Pregnancy Journal::16 Weeks

I know I am a week behind, but last week I was 16 weeks and there was nothing much different or anything new to report. I am feeling much better and finally getting my energy back. I am finally feeling like I am pregnant and loving every minute of it!