31 Weeks!!

Wow! This baby is getting bigger and bigger by the day! I am still measuring smaller than expected, but after a fun ultrasound, we discovered she is just hiding in my back and hanging out really really low. We had to really dig to find her head she was so low! It totally explains all the back aches and extra urges to pee every 5 seconds! BUT she is as active as ever and loves to kick her moms ribs and make herself known (unless grandma is trying to feel her!!) What a little stink! 

Anywho. Here is me at 31 weeks! We are starting to get anxious!!

My Aunt and Uncle live in Egypt, but were visiting their cabin in Cedar this past week, so my mom flew out and all three of us went up and spent the day with them. It was so fun because their whole family was there as well (minus Destiny) and they had never met Drew! Lane (my uncle) told us about this really neat waterfall that is the start of the Virgin River, so we went for a little hike to see this waterfall! 

Here is a picture of Drew and I about half way up... :]

My momma and I at the waterfall! 

Drew and I at the waterfall!

Me and mom again.. You can kind of see the waterfall spewing out behind us! (It came out of the mountain from sink holes in the lake above the rocks!)

Me and my momma again! 

I always love it sooo much when my mom comes to town!! It is always so fun to spend a few days with her and play! This trip was the perfect mix of playing and relaxing! She even got to go to my doctors appointment with me and was able to hear Lily's heartbeat!! It is so fun sharing these experiences with her! I love her and can't wait for her next visit!! 

28 1/2 weeks! :]

At this weeks doctors appointment I measured 3 cm smaller than I should be, so the doctor decided to err on the safe side and schedule an ultrasound. They weren't too worried because her heartbeat was still so strong and she was pretty active, but it was fun for me because I still get to see my little girl! I couldn't wait at ALL so I scheduled the ultrasound for the next day :] 

Of course, everything came back just fine! She is measuring right on track and has plenty of amniotic fluid and room for growth! We were so excited because we got to take home some pictures of our little one and at least this time... our 4d picture didn't look like a monkey! She actually looked like a baby! here are some fun pictures of us! 

This is a picture of our angel's head full of HAIR!! This was the first thing the ultrasound tech saw during the ultrasound and she literally started busting up laughing! As a parent, I was so confused, after all, this ultrasound was to make sure everything was ok. She finally said she very rarely sees hair on the ultrasound and never sees it at 28 weeks! And Lily has a full head of hair!! That explains the ridiculous heartburn she gives her mommy!

The profile view of Lily, she is getting SOO big!

The 3d view of Lily. She is always snuggled up to the placenta with her little hand up by her face! I'm thinking she will come out like this! haha

 Here is me at 28 1/2 weeks! My brother's reaction to this picture was "YOU ARE HUGE!" haha

So excited to be pregnant!

Other random happening around here...

Daisy has become ridiculously attached to me. She won't leave my side EVER! She always has to be sitting on me as well. It has become super annoying, but I think she is sensing that Lily will be here shortly. Here is a picture of her completely engaged in me playing on the computer! 

Funny story about this picture.. I was on pinterest, and passed a picture of a dog and she started growing at the computer. She has quick eyes and it still amazes me she can see the TV and computer!

I flew into Vegas last time I visited CO and Drew surprised me at the airport! He was suppose to be working, but they had scheduled too many servers so lucky for him, he got the night off! We decided to have a fun date night while we were in Vegas, so we hit up some Chipotle and then walked the strip, ending the night at the watershow! 

 We are sooo excited for Lily to arrive and I am so in love with my little family! I am so blessed and couldn't ask for anything more! 

Random Updates

We have been busy moving, getting settled in, enjoying family, starting school, starting new jobs, having fun, and getting ready for our little one! We are loving life and are slackers in the picture department, but here is our lives the past few months through pictures. :] ENJOY! 

For Mother's Day I got one of those pregnancy pillows and had to FIGHT everyone to even use it! haha. Drew snuggled up into it... and Daisy passed out asleep on it. haha. I love those two... but I was not a happy camper when I didn't get to use my new pillow the first night. 

My birthday was this past month and Drew and I decided to make a new tradition! We have a change jar where we throw all our loose change. Well, because of the joys of being newlyweds in school, we are super poor so for my birthday we emptied out the change jar, counted it all up, and decided however much was in there was mine to spend all day and I had to spend ALL of it! We had SOOO much fun counting out all the change and taking it all to the bank! haha. We decided to do this every birthday because it was THAT much fun! :] Drew also took me out to dinner wherever I wanted and finished up the night snuggling up to a movie on the couch! 

Can you tell these two are my life. I love them to no end!! Daisy loves to snuggle and it cracks me up every time she falls asleep with Drew. They sure love each other! 

23 1/2 weeks. She is growing bigger and bigger by the day! Every morning I wake up and think I am ten times bigger than the night before. 

This was a picture of Daisy right after I left for Hawaii... I had some clothes I decided not to pack left on the couch and so she snuggled up on them and watched the garage door. haha. She sure loves her mom! 

Drew and Daisy while I was in Hawaii! haha.. They became the best of buds and snuggled LOTS with each other!

I don't know how many of you know our pup, but she is OBSESSED with the TV. She watches TV with us all day long! She barks when there is a scary part, any animal is on TV, or if a sketchy person comes on! haha. She is a hoot! It gets VERY annoying sometimes, but other times it is WAY too funny to get mad at her for barking!

Does this not melt your heart?? Drew laid down to take a nap and had two very sleepy companions! Embry slept on his chest and Daisy snuggled up as well! They all took a long nap. I am sooo very grateful for Drew and the wonderful and loving father he is! Lily is so incredibly lucky to have him! 

22 weeks in HAWAII

Lily became quite the little stinker at about 22 weeks! She started getting sooo strong and loved to kick her mama!! :] It was so fun being able to feel her movements, flips, kicks, and everything else! She was not thrilled about the 8 1/2 hour plane ride to Hawaii and went crazy on the airplane! It was especially fun because my mom got to feel her intense kicking and squirming! It made the flight go a tad bit faster :] I can NOT wait to meet our little stinker! She is so active and we are so blessed to have a healthy baby girl on the way!

Two sets of Baumgartner's in Saint George

This past weekend Drew's parents moved to Saint George, so we had a busy and fun weekend jam packed full of family! Since I am not suppose to lift anything, I was pretty useless in the whole moving process... so I was on kid duty haha. Alexis came down to help move-in so I took the kids out for the day to let everyone unpack in a little less chaos! We went and got snow cones and then went to the park and played until we were ready for bed! The kids found the drinking fountain and had a blast playing in the water... I am the "BEST" aunt ever! haha I sugared them up and sent them home soaking wet! :] Needless to say we had the time of our lives! I almost even got in a fight with a punk 9 year old! I thought I was going to have to beat him up for pushing Alivia! haha! He sure got an earful from me! 

Cute Baby Embry ... She makes me want Lily to be here already! 

Adam after he finished his "Ninja Turtle" snow cone! He was pretty sad when it was all gone!

Is this not the cutest picture ever... haha. They were having sooo much fun playing in the water! The picture says it all!! 

What a Weekend!!

Well, this past weekend has been a crazy one! It has been jam packed with excitement! (to say the least) To kick things off.. I GRADUATED from BYU! what a relief!! This day could not have come soon enough. I have been so blessed to have so many people by my side throughout this journey and could not even begin to express the love and gratitude I have for my family. My mom, dad and Drew have been especially important in this accomplishment! 

Here is the whole gang who came out to support me! Dillon was there in spirit!! 

Tanner and I! He congratulated me by running over and picking me up while hugging me. He is WAY taller than me even!! WHAT! he is my LITTLE brother!!  

Me and the baby of the family, Spencer! I was not expecting him to be able to pick me up.. after all he only weighs like 5 more pounds than me... but boy is he strong!! I love you Spencer!! 

My mom has been the biggest trooper. I have no idea how many times I have called her on the verge of calling it quits and she has brought me back to reality. She has talked to me all night long when I have a long drive home from classes, given me "finals survival kits" every semester and is always full of encouraging words! She is my best friend and has made graduation possible for me! She is even taking me to HAWAII for a celebration vacation!! I love you mom (not just for Hawaii but for everything)! Thank you for everything! Words cannot even begin to express how thankful I am to call you my mom!

My dad is another who has helped so much. I grew up always knowing that school was not an option. I was going to graduate from college! I was going to make something of myself and be the very best I could be. He may not realize this, but I valued every single talk we had about what major I should choose, what I should do with my life, and how I was going to make it through! He was such a huge help financially and was willing to deliver pizzas at night time for extra cash if I needed help! He has always gone above and beyond to show his support and that is why I chose to give him the Stole of Gratitude. Even though he had no idea what it was. :] I love you daddy!! 

Drew was my shoulder to lean on through everything. Although he was only a part of the last year of my school, he has been my rock!! He has encouraged me to do whatever I wanted and understood when I couldn't go on a date because I had to study or most importantly, the crazy me that comes out when I am stressed. He has always been so patient with me and has helped with assignments or anything else I asked of him. He was the one who forced me to go get sonic drinks after a long night of cramming or to go for a walk to clear my head when I didn't know what to do. He is such a blessing in my life! I am so lucky to be able to spend eternity with him!! 

Three Generations. Grandma, Me and my Mom!! 

And of course it wouldn't be graduation without the little one! She was NOT happy about being up so early and having mom sit in a chair for so long! :]

Graduation was on a Friday and I originally had an ultra sound scheduled for Monday to find out the gender of our little one, but I could not stand to wait any longer! Friday night I called and rescheduled for the next morning! Drew and I were so excited to see our little baby boy! haha. We were convinced this little one was a boy! It has been a ridiculously easy pregnancy which usually meant a boy. Plus, I just "knew" When the Ultrasound tech informed us we were having a little GIRL we were in shock! Drew says he teared up a bit and I was speechless. It was such a neat experience and we have quite the active little girl! She is already starting to show a temperament like my own.. so WISH US LUCK! She was kicking, spinning, twisting up her little body, and waving goodbye to us during the ultrasound. It was such an incredible and unforgettable experience! I owe my mom a HUGE thank you for arranging for everything and allowing us to have a DVD of our little girl moving around! Drew thought the idea was so dumb at first, but now, he watches her on the dvd DAILY and shows everyone his little girl! He is going to make such a wonderful daddy! He already gets so protective over her. (even more so now than when he thought she was a boy) She has him wrapped around her little finger.. ALREADY. and I just love it!

Here is our Princess. Her name will be Lily Ann Baumgartner! 

Get ready for another crazy post!! We are moving to Saint George on Thursday and are so busy getting everything ready! We LOVE our new place and can't wait to start our family in our new home! Drew was accepted to Dixie, and will be starting school next month! He is hoping to be accepted into their nursing program for next year and then off to Nurse Anesthesist school! So many fun adventures are ahead! Wish us luck! 

Baby Baumgartner

Well, the cat is out of the bag, We are expecting another addition to our little family in September! :] I wanted to keep things a secret until I was at least 12 weeks, but Drew was way to full of excitement, so naturally he told EVERYONE! So, the secret was out. 

This is our little story:

  I am 12 weeks along. We have been trying to get pregnant for 7-8 months and after each month passed, I would get so devastated when I started, this month was a little more interesting. I was 2 1/2 weeks late and took a total of 5 home pregnancies. ALL were negative. We thought something was wrong since I was still so late and apparently not pregnant.  My tumors were also acting up, so we finally decided to go to the doctors and figure out what was going on. The doctor ordered a blood test, so we waited an HOUR. It was probably one of the longest hours of my life. The guy who drew my blood said it would only take a few minutes, but when he said it was wrong and it would take an hour we only had a few more minutes of waiting. They handed us a little piece of paper and said to take it to the doctor. Of course we opened the results to check and see if it was positive or negative... and it came back positive. WE were in shock!! Needless to say, we were incredibly relieved and on total cloud nine! The doctor gave us our due date which is September 16, 2012! and I was already 6 weeks along. Things were starting to make sense and what I thought was just me being lazy was really the pregnancy. 

   This past week has been interesting and fun! We are adjusting to being pregnant and trying to manage the extra eating, sleeping, and of course hormones. We are very excited and can not wait to be parents. 

Here is me at 6 weeks :]

Things to document:
        Cravings: I haven't really had many cravings lately, other than eating everything in my midst. haha. Although, I am completely repulsed by greasy foods.
        Belly:  I don't show at all yet!! haha  I think that is why it is so hard for me to feel pregnant.
        Morning Sickness: I only get sick at night. Although I don't throw up, I only get nauseous, which is a good thing.
        Other differences: Nothing so far out of the ordinary. :]

Here is me at 12 weeks :] 

We had our first doctors appointment when I was supposedly 10 1/2 weeks. I was so excited, because everyone was saying there was a really good chance I would get to hear the heart beat and I would finally ... maybe... feel like all of this was real. My mom waited in her car (she was suppose to be in institute) for my phone call to tell her about the heart beat, and we were all so excited for this milestone. Well, I weighed in at a whopping 91.8 lbs!! fully dressed. haha woot woot! Some would laugh, but this was definitely an improvement from the 88lbs I weighed in at when the doctor told me I was pregnant 5 weeks ago. Almost 4 pounds... it was a celebration! Anywho, back to the appointment. The doctor came in, gave me her shpeel, and asked if I had any questions. I informed her how nervous I have been about not hearing a heart beat because of the 5 negative tests. She laughed and reassured me not to worry. Well, she couldn't pick up a heart beat... I panicked.. of course, so she then checked my uterus. She said that my uterus was enlarged, but only for about 8 weeks along. She told me to order an ultrasound so they could measure the baby and make sure everything was ok and come back- and then she left the room. talk about no emotion. Drew and I looked at each other all disappointed, gathered our things and left the room. When we scheduled the ultrasound, I figured they could see me this week right? WRONG! I had to wait a week and a half! No one should make a new pregnant mom have to wait and fluster the many different possibilities and worse case scenarios! talk about torture!! well, that ridiculously long week passed and we went back for our ultrasound. We got to hear the heart beat (169bpm) and were told we have a healthy baby! The baby is only measuring at 9 weeks, but the dates don't add up, so our hypothesis is... our baby is a late bloomer. We should be expecting our little one anywhere from middle of September to beginning of October.
Here is our little blob :] 

Things to document:
        Cravings: I still haven't had any real cravings. I don't like my peanut butter crackers that I use to be able to snack on, and now I just hate all food in general and have to force myself to eat!
        Belly: I still don't feel very pregnant, but the weight gain is a very good thing! My baby might come out with some meat on his bones!
        Morning Sickness: I now get sick ALL day long. There is not one part of the day that I feel great! My mom is so awesome and always reassures me that, "The sicker you are, the healthier your baby!" It makes me feel a little better about being sick always and to be able to bare the nausea. I still don't throw up, but have come very close many many times. I sometimes wish I could just to ease the feeling.
        Other differences: Nothing to out of the ordinary. Due to the weight gain, my pants are a little tighter, but not very noticeable, I am always tired, and boy am I a BEAST! poor Drew has to try and stay married to a crazy person! Wish us luck! haha