I'm still alive....I think

We've been home from our vacation in Montana since Sunday. I know...I've been missing in action for a few days. I have a good excuse though. My head has been in the toilet. Ya know, people speak of this "morning sickness" that's supposed just make you queasy and crackers and gingerale fix it -- well that's not what I've got. I've tried the crackers, the dry toast, the gingerale, the gingersnaps, and all that. Ya well those came up too. If it went in...it would come out. So I stopped putting stuff in to see if that would help. Nope. I tried going to work on Monday. Made it most of the day. Not so cool throwing up in a public toilet. Finally gave up and went to the doctor. **Side Note: You see I have more than one sickness going on. I'm trying to get over a head cold, 3 different infections (yes three), and then morning sickness.** So Dr. V told me that it looks like I'm over infection #1, gave me a prescription for infection #2, told me to stop taking the antibiotics for infection #3 cuz it was making infection #2 worst and adding to the nausea. He told me to try gravol for the morning sickness (or all day sickness), but just in case that didn't work he gave me a prescription to stop the vomiting. Well the gravol went it...it came out. No way would it stay down. So after throwing up more than 10 times in a single day (I realize Casey you probably beat that.), Tim took me to Shoppers Drug Mart at 10 pm to fill the prescription. And that stuff is AMAZING! Very expensive, but amazing! I can eat again.

Seven weeks tomorrow!! I've got my first prenatal August 8th. Not that I haven't already seen the doctor 3 times in the last 3 weeks, but at least this is a planned visit. His head nurse and I are on a first name basis--we speak on the phone even when I'm on vacation.

Taking A Break

Yipee! Tim and I have ALL of next week off. We're going camping in Montana. We're gonna do anything, but work. Yes...just me, Tim, our sesame seed sized baby, and the outdoors. Oh it'll be great! No alarm clocks. I loathe alarm clocks. ALSO, on Thursday it'll be my 25th birthday! Next week is gonna be awesome! We don't have an itinerary for the trip. So we'll just go where the wind blows and try to avoid the forest fires.

Now in baby news...I'm feel great still. I'm hoping it lasts, but I know it's still pretty early on. But there's no harm in wishful thinking. I'm tired these days, but so what. I was tired before. Now I just have a good reason. And that's it. I think it's finally sunk in for Tim that he's gonna be a daddy. It was surreal for the first few days. I was just too excited and I'm not a very good secret keeper so we told everyone pretty much right away. I know a lot of people like to wait until after the first three months, but that was just way too long for me to hold the news. I haven't told anyone at work though. I can't muster up the courage to. I think it'll be a shock to them. They'd think I'm way too young to be a mommy, but in the LDS world...I should have a bunch of kids by now. Hey give me a break...I got married later than most LDS girls. Took me a while to find Tim.

When are the cravings supposed to start? Will I be eating ice cream and pickles? Did you have any weird cravings when you were pregnant (or did your wife)? Were there any smells that you just couldn't handle when you were preggers? My sister hated the smell of vanilla scented candles with her first baby and with the second she craved cucumbers. A friend of mine couldn't handle the smell of the freezer when she was pregnant. So tell me...what do I have to look forward to?

1 + 1 = 3

Camping Again

Went camping this weekend again (no surprize eh). We went to Writing on Stone....again. This time we went with family though. Tim's dad was up from Vegas for a visit so we took him camping. We also went with Tim's sister, Rachel, and her family. We had such a good time. The weather on Saturday was PERFECT! We had a blast!

Good-bye Straggly Hair

I cut it off. Well Kimmy cut it off for me. It was just looking way too ugly. I had straggly hair. And the pictures from Britnee’s grad confirmed it. It needed to go. Six inches...gone. It feels much better. Hmm, not even a slight wave in my hair. I wonder if the moosh could share some of her curl with me.


Here are some before, during, and after pictures. I had to zoom in on the after picture and it's not a good one, but it gives you an idea. I'll have to get a good picture of me with my new hair cut. Which will be pretty tough considering I'm the picture taker (I don't dare call myself a photographer) in our family.

BEFORE

DURING

AFTER

Britnee's Graduation

Last Friday Tim and I went to Fernie for Britnee’s High School Graduation. It’s hard to believe that my youngest sister is graduated. That makes graduation for my 7 years ago. I’ve been out of school longer than I was ever in high school.

Anywho, a wicked bad storm came ripping through Fernie and knocked the power out for about an hour. But it came back up and the party went on. Kimmy did an awesome job on Brit’s hair. Britnee looked so beautiful!