What's going on

Sorry to my faithful readers...it has been a whole week since I posted. We have been so busy with the move. We loaded up the moving truck last Thursday and Friday morning headed out. We stopped for the night in Lehi at my brothers house and Saturday mad it up to Logan. The only problem...the condo wasn't ready. They had finished repainting, but the carpet wasn't clean and the windows, blinds, light fixtures, etc. were pretty bad too. I was disappointed, because I was tired, and had just cleaned the place we left. The landlord was really cool about it though and we didn't end up having to pay for August at all, so that is cool! We ended up staying the weekend at my sister Jessicas, after dropping all our stuff off in the garage.

Monday the carpets were cleaned and we started moving stuff in. We love the place. It is the biggest place we have been in, which is nice! It has new paint, a garage, a large storage room, a washer and dryer, (it wasn't supposed to have a washer and dryer provided, just hook-ups, but the previous people that lived here left theirs...cool) and it's in a nice area. I think we will be happy here. I want to take pictures of the place, but I still don't have pictures on the walls or it decorated, so that will have to wait. Maybe this weekend, Nick will be able to help me with the house and we can get it all done. (Thanks to my mom, Jess, Bart, Brennen, Greg and Ashley for helping unpack!!)

Today, I was making cookies and noticed my feet and back hurt...I looked down and started laughing at myself...I guess I really am barefoot and pregnant. It is great though. I have started showing officially. I know last weeks picture doesn't really show it, but really, it just popped out. Now I can start to wear the cute maternity clothes. I swear they are cuter than my regular wardrobe.

Anyway, last but not least, I have to get one picture on here, so this is a picture of the Monday before we left Cedar. We had family night with some friends the Pointers and we highlighted talents. I made this FHE cake for my talent and dessert. The frosting had to be pink, so we could tell them we were having a girl. :)

Boredom Help

OK, so I'm not really that bored, but without a full time job, or kids to worry about, I have some free time on my hands and want to make a list of "projects" I can work on before the baby comes. So what I am asking is, Are there things that you wish you would have done before the kids arrived? (baby, mother, wife, homemaker related, or anything else)

Nick really thinks I should just relax and enjoy my time alone, but I guess I am stir crazy. Of course I won't get to any of these projects until we are moved and unpacked, but just interested.

We will be loading the moving truck Thursday and heading out on Friday. Logan here we come!

The doctor said we are having a....

Today we had my 19 week ultrasound and also saw the doctor. We are so thrilled to be having a little baby girl. Nick has had his heart set on a girl, so he is especially excited. Her name will be Molly Lanaiah. (the middle name is a mixture of my grandmas name and the last of my name)We do have a boy name picked out just in case though. If we end up with a boy, his name will be Porter Takio. (the middle name is Nick's grandpa from Japans name)

After the ultrasound I went to look in the nursury window at the babies. Nick snuck into the giftshop and bought the baby this pink teddy bear.

The baby is measuring right on to the day, so that calmed my fears of not being very big yet. (A blessing many would want, but had me nervous) So for Angie, and all our friends who we haven't seen in a while, here is a picture today with my small baby bump.

And last, but not least, a few pictures of our baby girl.

Boy or Girl

On Monday we get to find out what we are having. If I go with my first initial instinct, I would say I thought we were going to have a boy. But the last 3 weeks I have thought it was a girl for some reason. No "revelation" on this though. I am dying to know though. I decided to put up a poll to see what my friends and family think we might have...what is your instinct? We will let you know Monday, so check back.

Sweet Babies

(Sweet Babies-by Nick)

Yesterday our friend Jared called with some hard news. His wife, my close friend Michelle miscarried a sweet baby at 12 weeks along. As he was talking to Nick a rush of memories came to mind. The due date for our little one that we lost was Aug. 7th, just a week ago, and even though it has been several months, loosing a child at any stage leaves you feeling empty. I can still remember the complete horror when the doctor came in and told us the walls of my uterus had collapsed and I was loosing the baby. Then I was rushed in for surgery, in pain both physically and emotionally. It was the second time in my life seeing my husband cry. The heartache is immeasurable. But for my Michelle and all others who have lost a child, or still struggle to become a parent, I want to share with you some things I did learn through this experience.

First-family and friends are the BEST! Let them support you! We had so much support from family-my mom was there when I got out of surgery-she dropped everything and drove the 6 hours to be there-my sisters who left their families to be with us-my sister-in-law who sent a book that brought so much comfort-and all the rest of the family who constantly checked in and prayed for us. Friends supported us by bringing meals, coming to visit, bringing flowers, and my best friend Amy even left her family for 2 days and came and cleaned, did laundry, and took care of us. Not to mention all the care and prayers we received from home teachers, RS pres., Bishop, and others in the ward.

Second- take time to grieve- my friend gave me three quotes that I hung up and read everyday that really helped me. "Life is hard, but I can do hard things," "Things take time," and "Make the best of it." As I read these I realized that it was ok to feel sad, and that it would take time to heal, but I could make the best of it.

Third-The whole experience brought me closer to Nick and closer to God. That is where I found my strength. I literally felt that I was in their arms constantly. Let the experience bring you closer to those you love and God.

I think all the things I learned from loosing a baby, I could have learned and used as we struggled to get pregnant for 4 years.

To Michelle and Jared and all those who have lost or are praying for children, know our thoughts and prayers are with you.

So much going on...

Loving the nieces and nephews!

The last week has been so busy, but so fun. I will start with last weekend, when we drove to Price for the Whitehead family reunion. Nick and I were in charge this year. We did some backyard camping with night games, a video scavenger hunt, karaoke, a mystery dinner and wave pool. It was a lot of fun!! We also had a fish pond and I got the book, "Breaking Dawn." Thanks mom and dad. (I haven't quiet finished yet, but it has taken up much of my week-reading) It was great to spend time with my whole family. Joseph and his family moved to Iowa this week for dental school, so it was good to have a last goodbye-even though we already miss them.

On Thursday, Nick and I celebrated our 5th anniversary. He surprised me by taking me up to Brianhead for 2 nights away. We stayed in a room with a jetted tub, huge bed, fireplace, living room and kitchen. It was so nice. We were also treated to couple massages. It was so nice to be up there and relaxing. Thanks hunny!!!

Then finally, yesterday we drove to Manti to see our friends Tom and Brook go through the temple and then be sealed. They were sealed in the same room Nick and I were, so that was super awesome to be in there and remembering our day 5 years ago. It was a beautiful sealing.

Now I am tired! I think tomorrow I will just relax and read.