Back and Forth

I go back and forth from not wanting to know the sex of this baby to REALLY wanting to know. So, I had some dreams last night and did a bunch of thinking while I was in the shower this morning and I think I want to know this time! As of right now I want to know. I am sure this could change in the weeks leading up to me actually being able to find out. So who knows! I think it would be nice to plan and prepare this time, even if it's another boy. That way I can get all of Griff's old stuff out and get it washed and ready. If it's a girl, I will need to do tons of shopping! It was so amazing not knowing with my first pregnancy. There were moments of pure torture because I really wanted to know but all in all it was so neat having no clue. Of course the labor was more fun and the actual birth was very exciting because there was so much anticipation. But with this pregnancy being so difficult and weird this time, I feel like I need something to excite me. I could possibly find out in 6 weeks or less! That is crazy to even think about! Nine months was a LONG time to not know. If I find out with this one and we end up having a third, I will leave that one a surprise! Anyway, what do you all think? Find out or leave it a surprise?

Deceiving My Husband and Baby...

Kason and I try our best to eat good well rounded meals but we don't always do it! It is sooooo hard for me to work all day, then come home and play with Griff and also find the time to cook. I am horrible at meal planning ahead of time. I know that I could do easy crock pot meals that basically cook themselves while I work all day. Like I said though, I am terrible at planning ahead and pregnancy (mostly the first trimester) makes me so dang lazy. My house has also suffered but that's another story. I also don't cook dinner because Kason is usually out of town all week so why the heck would I make a meal for picky little Griff and I? No thank you! So we end up eating some pretty strange stuff for dinner. So I felt like I needed to cook something good tonight. Last night I made ground turkey tacos but the only veggies we consumed were the one's in the tacos. I made a recipe out of a book called 'Deceptively Delicious' and it was downright amazing. Sounds crazy because it was only Mac and Cheese but it was made with pureed cauliflower and let me tell you, it was SO good. Kason and Griff both loved it and chowed down. We also had yummy salads to go with our meals. Thankfully, Griff likes salad too. This cookbook has been out for a while but I am just now getting around to trying it. I am sure you can find it out there for way cheap! I think I am going to puree a bunch of veggies to have them on hand for when I am ready to make another one of these yummy recipes.

Nascar and Appointment

Yes, I went to Nascar. It was crazy and every bit the hillbilly fest I thought it would be! We had so much fun though :) Kason and I enjoyed ourselves and relaxed in our nice little hotel room most of the time. We ate good food, shopped, went to Nascar Saturday and Sunday( Nicole joined us too!), got some yummy room service and just hung out! It was so nice to get away even if it was for one night. I have the hardest time leaving Griff so one night is plenty for me! Not sure when I will ever be able to leave him for longer, I am so ridiculous! But he had a great time at Grandma and Grandpa's so that makes me happy. Friday we had a baby appointment and heartbeat check. I guess with all my issues I expected to maybe not hear the heartbeat. Sounds terrible of me to think that but at this point I am ready for anything! So, we found the heartbeat and it was 165 bpm. Right away the doctor said, that's a girl heartbeat! Haha. I am sure all that is a myth BUT Griff's was lower than that at 11 weeks so who knows! I don't believe in wives tales but it's still fun to wonder. I will be wondering all the way to September, gahhh. Oh well, it's well worth it!

Already!?

This is why.....
My tummy already looks like this! Darn cravings...

Wiggly One Inch Baby

This isn't my baby of course but this is what an almost 10 weeker looks like!
That is what I saw in my belly today! It was darling! It was wiggling and squirming around in my tummy during the ultrasound. I swear ultrasounds must bother babies because Griff was so wild when I had my u/s with him. He kept hiding and moving away. Anyway, things looked good to me. I got to see and hear the heartbeat (180bpm) so it is finally real now! I am expecting a call from my doctor to make sure the ultrasound tech didn't see anything abnormal. As far as the baby goes, it was a little cutie! I made Maddy go along with me for moral support and a learning experience. I think she enjoyed it! Kason was bummed that he missed out but I have a cute picture hanging on my fridge for him to see. Here we go on this crazy and long journey called pregnancy. This has been a rough one so far but I am finally over the sick part I think, yayy!
Update:
The baby seemed fine and I got a call that everything looked normal. I am still having occasional spotting so who knows what that is all about! The baby was measuring small so they changed my due date from September 18th to September 22nd. So, no birthday baby but maybe!

So Much Different.....Baby Girl?

So I have been so much more sick this time around! Nothing sounds good to eat so I eat nothing and just end up feeling worse. My last couple meals have been saltines and 7 up and I am already over that stuff. Kason keeps telling me that he will go and get anything I want, anything and I STILL can't think of a thing. It is terrible! I am sick to my stomach all day everyday. Of course I am getting the whole "Then, it's a girl!" remark from people. Let me just tell you all, I am okay with having a girl, I really am. Girls just make me so nervous! I have met a lot of crazy girls in my life and they have terrified me into not wanting girls. I am wanting a boy for my bank accounts sake too :) These babies will be born in the same season so if it's a boy I can re-use all the same clothes. I really want Griff to have a brother to play with and be close to. I am sure he could be close to a girl but there is something about a brother that I think would be so fun for him. So, there ya have it. I am okay with having a girl I swear. I don't want her to be a girl who is too dolled and dressed up though. I hate dresses, bows and hair thingies on myself so I am definitely not putting that foo foo stuff on my baby girl. I am just not a dress up kind of girl! I am a tomboy at heart so none of that stuff please! She would wear pink and what not but that's about it. I have no idea what this baby will be. I had no clue with Griff so I am sure I won't have mother's intuition this time. We will find out in September along with everyone else!

Griffin at 16 months (almost!)

I have to blog some of this stuff because I am terrible at keeping a journal! Griffin is getting so fun and saying so many words right now. We have to watch what we say because he copies us and says what we say so well. It is crazy! Today I got him to point at himself and say his name. He pointed at his chest and said "Pippy." Haha. It sounded so much like his name but it wasn't. Just seeing him try was so cute. He LOVES dogs still and is obsessed with tractors, buses and big semi/work trucks. He is such a boy and I LOVE that about him. He could spend hours on end outside or at the park. He constantly brings us our shoes and says clear as day "outside." He asks for juice, milk and yellow (yogurt). He also says "eat" and "show" when he is ready for his afternoon snack. I let him watch a little kids show in his high chair while he has his snack. He is starting to get into shows and pay attention and he mimics words he hears on TV. We took him to a cabin in Zion this weekend along with some 4 wheelers and he stood by the door constantly and said "ride, ride, ride" over and over again. He LOVES the 4 wheelers so we took him on about 10 rides while we were there. He was in heaven! He is such a loving boy and plants kisses on you when you least expect it. He misses his dad while he is working in Bryce and constantly says his name followed by "bye bye." It is kind of sad! The other morning when I went to get him up he rolled back over and said "night night." It was so funny! He knew he wanted to stay in his bed and sleep haha. He is such a sweet, fun little boy. We adore him! He cracks us up on a daily basis. Other things....He makes about 7 or 8 animal noises, calls his wee wee "dadda", picks up trash and makes a funny sound in his throat to tell me that it's trash or yucky, he crows back at the roosters across the street, he goes crazy for airplanes and stops and looks at every single one, he says HI to everyone that walks by our house or anyone new that shows up at the park, he still LOVES his night time bottle and calls it "bobble-night night", he runs like the wind everywhere he goes. I might have to add more things as I think of them. I don't want to forget this adorable little boy and all the silly things he does!