Dear Tim

I've been saying for months now that I would keep you updated with photos on this blog and well, I haven't. Soooooo sorry! This one's for you brother! Baby and I love you lots!

Jess

(4weeks, the day we found out)

(8 weeks, i ended up loosing 15+ pounds due to morning sickness. kinda scary looking huh?)

(10 weeks, still skinny but with a lil' baby bump)

(13 weeks)

(16 weeks)

(18 weeks)

(19 1/2 weeks)

(21 weeks)

(23 weeks)

(25 weeks)

(26 weeks TODAY)

14

i have 14 weeks to go...

it still feels far away. but ah...the past 14 have flown by. heck, the past 24 have flown by! yikes.

right now i'm focusing on getting medical insurance. having a baby is EXPENSIVE! not only buy essentials for the little thing (i.e. car seat, stroller, something to sleep in, diapers and wipes, clothes...etc.) but you have to pay to actually have the baby. mick and i were not planning on baby (but we should have. i honestly didn't think we needed to though.) so we're opting for the whole medicaid deal. it's a good idea for a poor, newlywed, college students. you think it would be a fairly easy process getting this great benefit. NOPE! i'm frustrated beyond what i can describe in nice words about this whole medicaid deal. lets just say...it's very annoying and very discouraging. mick and i finally decided to just go down to SLC to get it taken care of because all this over the phone and through email, and middle men just isn't working out. :p

my next focus will be purchasing those essentials. mick has made himself a work schedule and i made a new rule. he has to put in the same amount of time into work that he does the xbox. i WILL be strict about this. i've been pretty lax about a couple of the other rules. like i let him buy two games when he should have only bought one (unfortunately the two games cost the same amount as one, so i had to...right?) lol.

i have a lot of babysitting jobs lined up thanks to my wonderful friend Patti E. Jorgenson. i babysit every tuesday for her. and i have weekend babysitting job lined up next month and a whole week lined up the month after! i want to use some of that to get a maternity photo session done by january. i hope that can happen! i really want one done. i can't do it myself. well, i do have a tripod. maybe i could figure it out. that's no fun though...

baby boy is doing great. he's growing and eating my food and kicking me and causing me leg cramps and a whole lot of uncomfortable-ness. being preggers isn't as fun as i thought it would be. haha. i am very grateful my pregnancy has been the way it has been though. it could be way worse! i will take throwing up night and day over kidney stuff and hospital visits and IV's (shout out to YOU! You know who you are! and You amaze me!)

well, this is a long post. i think i will wrap it up. thanksgiving is in less than a week!!!!!! HAPPY THANKSGIVING EARLY! ;) I can't wait to gorge myself on pumpkin pie. (even if i have to make my own pie that only i can eat just so that i can gorge myself, i will do it!)

xoxo

i finally made something for my baby boy! it's not much but it's something! i love it. :)

look at what i bought! i cannot wait to make something. i already know what it'll be. it will be cute and it will be for sale! ;) keep your eyes open!

mick wasn't too happy about me taking this photo but i had to. it was so sweet of him to help me paint my toe nails which i no longer can reach over my baby bump. just my right foot though. haha. he struggled a little bit at first but got the hang of it. he will get lots of practice over the next few months as i only will get bigger. hehe.

if....

If I had a place to decorate a nursery this is how I would decorate. I LOVE the blue walls, the white furniture and the black white decor. Yes. This is exactly how I would decorate my baby's nursery!

SOOOOONNNNN

I wish I had a space to decorate for baby. Anywhere Mick and I live/move to will be temporary so I wont have the opportunity to do that which totally bums me out. Meh. I am just so excited to have this little boy! He's quite active these days. He kick's and punches and rolls all the time now. The other day I definitely felt a leg through my tummy. It was strange and I couldn't stop poking and prodding. I gave myself a bruise. Lol.

I only have a couple of weeks left until I get to go buy his car seat and stroller. I'm still debating on which one to get. Mick seems to have no opinion on the matter. Just as long as it doesn't have flowers or polka dots. (I guess polka dots are for girls only...)

Eddie Bauer-Sinclair $197.00
I love the red and black. I think it is very neutral. And its totally my style! haha. That's important too right?

Graco-Strata $175.00
I love this color blue. I think it's my favorite color. It's just the right color blue that it could totally go boy or girl depending on what the car seat tent looks like. I would do a black and white damask print for my boy. And someday when I have a girl I think a bright pink would look way awesome!
I like that the handle can switch from front to back.

Graco-Boxy $185.00
This one is just like the Strata with small differences. I love the blue!

Graco: Pack 'n Play-Rittenhouse $154.99
Because Mick and I will be traveling we're not going to do the whole crib and nursery thing. We're going to just get a Pack 'n Play for now. I'm totally fine with that. This is the one I want. It's sooooo cool!! I with there was a stroller and car Seat that matched!

OH MY GOSH! Look at what I just found...

There IS a stroller and car seat to match! It's kind of expensive though...$539.00

I don't think I can justify spending lots of money on a baby stroller, car seat, and pack n' play...oh well. :) Maybe Cyber Monday will be good to me and it will be way cheap! OR a more likely scenario it wont even be available. haha. Whatever...

Hi

Life has been pretty boring lately. Baby just grows and kicks and demands food every 2-3 hours. Nothing new as of late.

We finally found a food that Chaz will eat! It looks like he might be putting on a little weight! FINALLY! He has developed a very bad habit this last week. He's made me cry twice in one week which isn't great for our relationship. He has found that chewing on my most expensive shoes is fun. ya...again NOT good for our relationship.

I've been debating my hair situation. I noticed that it gets in the way of baby holding. I hate putting my hair in a ponytail every day. It does do damage you know! ;) But I almost get anxiety when I think about chopping it. I have a vision in my mind of what I would do if i WERE to chop it. Do you wanna see?
Never-mind. I can't find a photo that I like. Oh well...

I have discovered a new style that I LOVE. Leggings with a plain ol' T-shirt. OR slouchy sweater. Yep. Its comfy and comfy. Its weird. I never felt like I could get away with wearing leggings which shows of my thicker thighs. But since being pregnant I have found that I actually can! (not that i'm trying to show off my thighs, just that I don't have anything to worry or be self conscious about).