These Days

Well, I don't really have anything exciting to say. But I don't know when I will, so I might as well record whats going on with us.

I am now in my second trimester, and feeling over all a lot better and more myself. I am no longer nauseous all the time, and I have quite a but more energy which is nice. Of course, I have traded old some symptoms for new ones, like intense lower back pain [which I thought wouldn't start till later] and occasional migraines, but over all I am liking everything now a lot better, and I think the baby is to. Its exciting bc for the first time the other day I am pretty sure I felt the actual baby move not just my organs and what not haha. I love this little monster of ours. 

As a result of this renewed energy, I have been able to go back to work. This has been nice both for our finances but also my sanity. Lester is busier then ever these days, and I was starting to go a little stir crazy over here by myself. Its funny because while I don't really ever look forward to working the job I do, and I do like having something to do and a way to contribute to our family while I am still able to. So that has been a plus over all. Plus Lester and I are both excelling, and getting a few small bonuses or what not here and there. So thats good.

I've also been cooking and baking a little bit more again. Nowhere near as much as I used to, but still some, which is an improvement. I made some cookies and cream cupcakes the other day and decorated them all cute, and they were a huge hit. It felt so good to be able to both eat them, and get a little ego boost with people being impressed my them. I just enjoy baking, and I didn't realize how much I missed it till I couldn't. Over all, its just nice to actually be able to eat again, but I think I've kinda done a but of a 180 with that. At my first doctors appointment, I had lost 3 lbs since I went in and found out I was pregnant. At my second [which was about two weeks ago] I found I had lost 5 more lbs. The doctor said that he wouldn't be too concerned because of how sick I was and how well the baby was doing, but he expects me to be gaining a lot more weight this trimester, now that I am feeling better and the baby should be getting a lot bigger. At first, I was worried about making that happen, but now that I want to eat almost everything in sight, I am worried I will gain way to much weight haha! Whatever.

As I said, Lester has been very busy. He spends every week day at school, then either has a hospital shift, fire station shift [meaning he is doing ambulance rides], work, or bishopric meeting/duties. He is truly one of the hardest workers I know and he doesn't complain, no matter how tired he is or how much attention I need when he gets home. He still makes me and our family the priority, and I can feel that and I don't know how I scored such an incredible husband. He really is my dream come true.

Hm, what else? I've been making more friends in my ward and getting closer to some old friends, which has been WONDERFUL. I even have two close friends who offered to throw me a baby shower while I'm here-it will probably be sometime in July, and I am both flattered and excited! Erica and I have been friends for almost two years now, and she has been one of the funnest, craziest, and compassionate girls I know! I know we will be friends for years to come. I don't know why, but I don't think guys fully understand how women sincerely NEED other women sometimes. Lester gives me everything I want and more, but he is gone a majority of the times these days, and that is hard. But without fail, almost every day I have some friend or another who calls or visits or wants to hang out, and I feel like that has definitely been a tender mercy Heavenly Father has sent me right now. Especially Ms. Brittney. I was worried when Lester's best guy friend said he was bringing over a new girl, but from the second I met her I knew she was the perfect yin to his yang. She has laughed with me [sometimes at me haha, and visa versa], let me be a baby and cry sometimes, and just checked on me daily, all while not making me feel like a pain her butt, and it has meant the world to me. I guess I just feel that sometimes, a girl just needs to feel completely understood and validated, and no one does that better then a good girlfriend. So this Sunday when Lester is doing a 24 hr shift, I think I'm going to have a girls night and have a bunch of ladies over just for fun.

Well this has been a lot longer then I anticipated but this is all whats going on with us. I suppose I will blog when something exciting happens next. Until then!

PS: Did I ever mention that we find out on June 7th what gender the baby is? Mark that on your calendars  peeps-I know we have!