Bun in the Oven

I CAN FINALLY TELL PEOPLE:

We're having a baby!! 

(I don't have a cute shot of a baby belly or anything, so you get the picture of the stick I peed on. Feel special?)

Our little Baby K is due to arrive September 30th, 2014. We are so excited to be parents even though we're still wrapping our heads around the fact that I'm growing a tiny human. I'm 12 weeks along today and happy as a (nauseated) clam. 

I thought I would try to blog every couple weeks of my pregnancy with a little questionnaire about how I'm doing and what's going on with the baby! 

Here we go!

How far along? Twelve weeks to the day.

Weight gain? I actually lost a few pounds but with weight fluctuations I'm generally right at my pre-pregnancy weight. Expecting that to change soon...

Maternity Clothes? I feel like I'm on the brink of belly but right now I'm in that awkward stage of just looking a little pudgy in the midsection and not really pregnant (boo!). All my clothes still fit just fine so no new ones quite yet. 

Sleep? I ALWAYS want to sleep these days...so tired. All the time. As far as sleeping at night, no real issues other than I have to go to the bathroom at least once or twice during the night now. So fun!

Stretch Marks? No baby belly or weight gain means no stretch marks yet. I'm hoping I'll be one of those women that doesn't really get them, but we can't all be that lucky. 

Best Moment So Far? Oh man. Telling Kameron's family (it's the first grandchild for them) was pretty great because they were so shocked and excited, but I think the best moment for me was seeing my baby's little heart beat at the first ultrasound. It made it so much more real for me and gave me such a relief that everything was going well so far. It was fun to see Kameron when he saw the heartbeat. I totally couldn't read his emotions but it was a mixture of excitement, happiness, and his mind totally being blown. I can show him those pink lines on the pregnancy test and tell him I'm sick all day, but I think that really made it real for him. He's going to be such a good daddy to our little bean. :) 

Miss Anything? I miss not being sick on a basically daily basis. I miss being able to wake up WITHOUT having to down half a sleeve of saltines before sitting up to curb the nausea (granted, that has already begun to go away, thankfully). I miss hunger actually feeling like hunger and not like me wanting to hurl. Basically I'm just ready for the first trimester of sickness to be done. Truthfully, though, while the sickness is rough, I know why it's there and that makes it worth it. (But it can go away soon. Please.) 

Weird Pregnancy Moment? I have a little bit of pregnancy brain where I forget things (like my own phone number I've had since I was 16). But it's also pretty weird to know that my baby is moving all the time now and I can't feel a thing. I'm ready to feel the little kicks! 

Movement? To early for movement I can feel but I SWEAR I occasionally feel little flutters here and there, but that could just be my imagination. Or gas. 

Food Cravings? I mostly never feel hungry and if I do I only feel sick and then nothing sounds good to eat. The very few cravings I have had are: donuts, cottage cheese, and anything with Tapatio hot sauce on it. Those have been pretty rare right now, though. 

Anything Make You Queasy? Waking up? Ha. Eggs used to be bad but are okay now. Smells are a lot worse to me now and if I'm already feeling sick it makes it so much worse. I've always been sensitive to food textures and that has only been heightened as well.

What are you Looking Forward To? Now since I've seen the baby and told everyone about it, the next thing I'm excited for is finding out the gender!! I keep thinking I know what I'm having but I'm pretty sure that's just my own mind doing its own thing. I really will be so excited either way! Just one, healthy baby is all I need. 

Thanks for enduring my long post! I've had to keep this secret in for like two months, so now I just want to spill all the beans and let people in on my little secret (who is now the size of a lime!). I really am so crazy-happy-in-love with this little kid already. He/She may look a little like an alien right now, but it's MY little alien. :) Life is beautiful. 

Forever My Always

So, I have been absent from the blogging world lately but it was our anniversary today and I wish to tell you all about it. :)

Kameron and I have a lot of favorite restaurants. Maybe too many...but there is one that tends to always end up at the top of that list. 

Tucanos. 

Oooohhhhh Tucanos. I have a love-hate relationship with this place. The food is so, so good. But...I ALWAYS, without fail, every single time, eat way more than I should because I just can't stop. If you've never been there, basically you get a huge salad bar with so much more than salad and then men come to your table with a variety freshly grilled meats and grilled pineapple. (I ate so much garlic steak, it's a little ridiculous). And they don't stop bringing it by until you tell them to stop. And don't even get me started on the Brazilian lemonade. The point is, if Kameron wasn't in my life (heaven forbid) and it was somehow possible to marry a restaurant, I would marry Tucanos. 

What was my point? Oh yeah. Anniversary. We ate at Tucanos and it was delicious and both us felt like bursting which is wonderful and so terrible at the same time. I took no pictures because I was too busy stuffing my face with food like it was my last meal. 

Next, we headed down to Provo Beach Resort. Kameron and I had been trying to figure out what to do for our anniversary for a long time. I'm all about the romantic dates, the getaways, all that, but really...Kameron and I are kids at heart and wanted to do something active and fun this year (and keep it in a lower price range). I came across a Groupon for PBR and it sounded perfect! We got to go bowling (I beat Kam twice), play some miniature croquet (surprisingly very fun), play a bunch of arcade games, and finally do the Flowrider. 

Holy Flowrider, Batman. 

It was so much fun! I was terrible at the stand-up board thing, but the boogie board was a blast. We got to spend our hour with a group of young boys, probably like 10-year-olds, who were at a birthday party. It was hilarious to watch them all do it. One poor kid probably only weighed like 75 pounds and flew right to the top every time. It was so fun! 

We ended the night by getting some frozen yogurt (froyo, as the kids call it) and now Kam is fast asleep and I will soon join him. That Flowrider took a lot out of me and I'm exhausted. I guess we're an old married couple now that goes to bed at 9:30. Oh well. :)

Picture time!

Mini Croquet. I got creamed.

This is when Kameron won a free game even though we had unlimited games.

I won this little duckie in the arcade. :)

Here are a bunch of Flowrider pictures. Neither of us feel they are very flattering (it's hard to look good when you're trying to stay on!), so I made them all conveniently small. I just want you to have a sense of what it was. :)  

Menchies! Ice Cream Sandwich flavored. So good!

While all the activities we did were fun, I really had the most fun because of who I spent my day with. I am so happy being with him and so grateful for all he does for me. He works so hard and still manages to find ways to make me feel appreciated and happy. I made a wonderful choice two years ago when I married him and I grow to love him more every day. 

I chose my love and I love my choice. 

Happy anniversary, Kam. I'll love you forever and always. :)