February: Found out we are going to have Baby #3. We are very excited but soon after, I got really, really, REALLY SICK. Boy do I wish I was one of the lucky ones that never had to deal with morning sickness. With my girls, I was sick for just the morning and was good to go by noon but I have had my work cut out for me with this baby already. I was sick all morning, afternoon and night. Joe kept asking me how long this would last and I just smiled and said, "Every child is different!" (secretly hoping that it would end at the 12 week mark like the other two). Well, good news, by week 13, it was like magic. I feel much better now.
March: We went to California to see Joe's brother Josh come home from his mission. It was fun to go and see all of the family. I was fighting pregnancy sickness the whole time but it was good to go. It was really nice weather and Katie couldn't believe that we got to have an Easter egg hunt outside! Meanwhile, back in Soda, it was snowing, raining and whatever else comes with spring weather! :)
April: The first few weeks in April were kind of rough. We lost my Grandpa Hopkins to cancer. It was really hard to see him so weak and sick but we know he is happy and in a much better place. We will truely miss him. Katie was always drawing pictures and doing things for him so he could get better faster. She is definately the nurse of the family. She is so caring. The girls got to visit him the day before he died, which was really good. The thing I will remember the most is when we went in the room, they went and stood by his bed and just held his hand. Even Alyssa would put her little hand there and tell everyone to "Shhh, be quite. Grandpa's sleeping!" Grandpa would look over and he would have a little smile on his face.
I went in for my 12 week check up and to listen to the baby's heartbeat. The doctor asked how I had been feeling and you all know that answer. This is kind of a relief/worry visit for me. I worry enough anyway about being pregnant but the doctor said, "Well, lets see if this is for real or if your just imagining things!" I didn't think that was funny! Good news, it was a very strong and fast heartbeat! Yeah!
May: Katie had her dance recital. It was so fun to see how much she has improved this last year. She really liked dance. It probably helped that her friend Haley was in her class too! Those two are inseperable!!! Alyssa loved dance too. I thought she was a little too young to do dance this year so every Thursday (dance day) when I picked up Katie from School, she would race in her room and put on her little black leotard and pink skirt. She wouldn't go to dance with Katie though. I would take her over to Mom's or Grandma & Grandpa Gambles and she would dance for them. She looked forward to that every week!! So when it came to Dance Recital day, she asked if she could put on her costume. I even had to curl her hair and primp her like I did for Katie. (Now I know what it is like to try to get 2 girls ready for recitals!) Aahhhh!!!
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I am 16 weeks, 2 days and have felt the little flutters of the baby already. Katie swears she feels it but I keep reassuring her that she will definately feel the kicks pretty soon. We are all anxiously awaiting my 20th week to find out what we are having. Alyssa likes to talk about the baby in her tummy too. I'm sure I will hear about all the flutters and kicks from her pretty soon too. Sympathy pains I guess.
Well, for the past year, we have been working on plans to build a home. The county has approved the new subdivision but we have to wait until the power and the road are finished before their final approval and then we can start building. Our houseplans are finished and hopefully we will break ground in a month! I have really been looking forward to this for over a year!! I definately know it will be a lot of work and belive me, it TOTALLY consumes your time. I even dream it in my sleep. That is, when I do sleep. I forogt how many times you can go to the bathroom in the middle of the night when your pregnant! :} I will try to go and get some pictures to put on here. I think the girls are really excited because Grandma and Grandpa are going to build right next door to us. Katie tells me she now can go to Grandma's really early in the morning. We'll see how long that lasts and how long before a fence suddenly appears! j/k I am concerned what the heck I am going to do with 1.85 acres though. We will probably end up having the mud bogs at our house for awhile! If anyone has some good landscaping ideas, that would be greatly appreciated.
I will try to be better at keeping things updated. Family, kids, husband, housework, church callings, school functions, FHE group, HOUSEPLANS and an occasional nap sometimes (for the baby) defiantely doesn't leave a whole lot of time for blogging. I'll do better.
