Baby at 17 1/2 Weeks

Here are some updated photos of our baby at 17 1/2 Weeks!

And just for fun here is a video of baby eating lunch!

17 1/2 Weeks

I've given in and taken a few pregnancy pictures to show how big I am starting to get. My belly has popped out during the past couple of weeks and continues to grow.

I still think I just look extra flabby around the middle but Cody tells me I look like I'm pregnant not fat. Hopefully he isn't just lying to make me feel better...

Homecoming, Pregnancy and Emergency Surgery

Last wednesday this guy came home from his mission. Steve was gone for 2 years serving in Toronto and although I am proud of the work he did, I was really excited to have him come home. We've always been pretty close and I've missed having him around. I was able to go home on Thursday to see him and visit for almost a whole week! I headed home on the Red Arrow bus and after 14 hours, 2 transfers, and making my changeover to greyhound with just minutes to spare, I finally arrived in windy Lethbridge. It was so nice to get home. I miss being down there.

I did a lot of visiting with my family and was able to listen to Steve talk in church at his homecoming. It was an awesome talk and it made me even more proud! I was able to do some shopping, see some friends, and hang out at home eating ice cream and laying on the heater just like the good old days. 

I flew back yesterday morning, and even though I did enjoy the bus because I could sit back, watch movies, and just relax, I much prefer to fly because it only takes about 2 hours flight time. It was nice. I am now 16 weeks pregnant, which is 4 months. Over the past week my belly really popped out and I am starting to look pregnant now. Even Cody was surprised when he picked me up at the airport at how much I had grown just in the week I was at home. I bought some maternity clothes, including my first pair of maternity jeans which I love and am considering wearing exclusively forever. They are so comfortable! I am still doing well and feeling great. I am starting to get some carpal tunnel in my hands during the night. They take turns falling asleep so I have to keep turning over to give them each a break. I have a feeling it is only going to get worse in the next 5 months. But otherwise things are great! 

When I got home yesterday morning my little Ruby was having a hard time peeing. She would squat every few minutes and try but nothing would come out except a few bloody drops so I took her to the vet that afternoon thinking she had a bladder infection and we would come home with some antibiotics and she would feel better soon. The vet didn't think it sounded like just an infection so they did x-rays and lo and behold she had big bladder stones that were blocking her from being able to pee. They scheduled her right away for emergency surgery this morning. She had a pretty uncomfortable night but this morning we took her in at 8:00 to get prepped and ready for surgery. They did the procedure and when it was all done they called to let us know that she was doing well. They found 4 stones the size of thumb nails that would have never passed and 2 smaller ones, which is a lot considering her bladder is just tiny. She is still at the vet clinic being monitered and on IV fluids until she is well enough to come home, which we are hoping is tomorrow. We went to check on her tonight and saw her for a few minutes but she was in a lot of pain and couldn't really move. She just cried but looked a little bit out of it still, probably from her pain meds. It was really sad to see but I am glad she is doing well and hope she can come home soon so I can cuddle her. 

This year has already been crazy busy with lots of exciting things and lots of surprises but it's going to be a really great year. We can't wait until July! 

Random Rant

Today we finally finished moving and cleaning the old apartment. It has been a long month but it is finally empty and sparkling clean. Tomorrow Cody is doing the walkthrough with the landlady and hopefully we can get the entire deposit back. And then we can finally be done with it all and enjoy our new home!

Christmas this year was not all that exciting for us. We both had to work through the holidays so we weren't able to make it home, and we decided not to buy presents for each other but to put the money we would have used towards something useful so in the new year we are going to be shopping for a new freezer! After 6 years of living with only a top of the fridge freezer, I am super excited! New years will be equally as exciting as Cody and I are both working nights.

I am now in my second trimester in my pregnancy and for the most part I have been feeling pretty good. There are random days when I feel nauseous and sick but most days I wouldn't know any different. Today, however, has been one of those random days, and the worst one yet. I have been feeling sick to my stomach all day. Other than randomly feeling gross the only other real big difference noted, mostly by Cody, is that I have become particularly moody and VERY easily irritable....hard to believe since I was a teen angel! (right mom?!)  I didn't realize I was being moody but once Cody kindly mentioned that if this is what pregnancy is like then this just might be the only baby we ever have, I started to realize just how much the smallest thing would annoy me. So I have been trying real hard to notice when I'm being grumpy and to pay real attention to how I react to things, trying to keep in mind what was once said in a Genereal Conference talk, to act not react. I don't generally like to use my blog as a place to rant but today I guess I just felt the need to do so.

I have always been more of an impulsive person than a patient one, and although everyone keeps telling me that these 9 months will go by super fast, some days it feels like a lifetime, and I still have 6 months left! I have yet to gain any weight and have actually lost a couple pounds, which is kinda nice! I am starting to feel a bit bigger in my belly however, noticing that it is getting harder to zip up my winter coat.

Anyways, I know this post wasn't particularly exciting or really even worth reading, but once this baby comes I might have something worth blogging about!

New House and Update

Over the past week we have been moving stuff from our old apartment to our new townhouse, which we are still renting. It is quite an upgrade from the old place and so far we are loving it! 

This is really the only picture I have right now and it is the front of our house. As you can see it's tall which means a lot of stairs, which I am not used to anymore...Its been a good workout for us both. We aren't quite used to all the space yet. The other day Cody had left the living room and I thought he had gone upstairs to the bedroom so I went down and turned off lights and locked up the garage and the front door. Turns out Cody had gone out to the garage to move a couple more things in from his truck and I had locked him in there in the dark. I couldn't here him knocking and yelling my name because the tv was on so he was out there for about 10 minutes before I realized it. I guess we will have to pay more attention now to where the other has gone! We are still slowly moving things over as we have both places for the whole month but hopefully we will be done in the next few days. We still have to clean the old place. This is the only other picture I have of the new house.

Our Christmas tree and nativity all set up for Christmas in front of the big bay window! I will eventually put more pictures up of the inside but I'll wait until we are more settled and there aren't random boxes and things everywhere. 

In other news I am just entering my 11th week of pregnancy and so far if I didn't know any better I might even be a good candidate for the tv show, I didn't even know I was pregnant! It has been pretty breezy so far with no sickness or really any other symptoms. I am pretty lucky I guess from what I've heard about other people's pregnancies. The only difference is that I can't seem to go all day without having a LONG nap or two and working a 12 hour shift just seems like working a whole week with no breaks. And for this pregnancy I have a goal to stay below 15-20 pounds weight gain which so far I am doing great with! I know its still early but I have only gained about 0.5-1 pound depending on the day. So hopefully I can keep that up and keep the weight gain down! 

That's pretty much all the excitement in our lives right now. It's been a pretty crazy busy few months lately so I am looking forward to a laid back Christmas and New Years. 

Baby Peacock #1

This is our baby at 8 weeks! The baby is due to arrive July 9th and Cody and I couldn't be more excited! 

Elder Kember

This is Cody and I with Elder Kember. He is a missionary serving in our ward. My brother Steve is serving out in the Toronto mission and will be home in January. Elder Kember is pretty special to Steve and to our family because he was Steve's really good friend and very first baptism! We were able to have Elder Kember and his companion over for dinner last night and it was really fun getting to know him a bit better and to have that crazy connection with him. I'm pretty proud to be able to see the fruits of Steve's labor and to see the amazing results of his hard missionary work. We think its pretty neat that the first area Steve served in, Sarnia, was where he met and baptized Elder Kember, and then the first area that Elder Kember is serving in is here in Fort McMurray!

This is Cody with Elder Kember and his companion Elder Kuntz. It was a good dinner and lots of fun to get to know them both a bit better.