Baby quiz

How far along: 18 Weeks
Total weight gain: 4 pounds
How much does baby weigh: about 11.0 oz
Maternity clothes: I Just bought my first pair of maternity jeans. They are very comfy.
Stretch marks: Not yet, I hope to keep it that way but im not holding my breath.
Sleep: I sleep pretty well at this point, only waking up at 5:00 am to pee.
Best moment this week: Feeling the baby move adn hopefully finding out what we're having on Thursday
Movement: Yes, I think, It feels like bubbles.
Food cravings: It depends on the day but nothing that I crave all the time.
Belly button in or out: in-way in.
What I miss: Wearing clothing that I feel attractive in.
What I'm looking forward to: Finding out what we're having on thursday! I cant wait...

St. George

Last weekend I headed down to St. George with my parents. Jason couldn't come due to work, so we had to have all the fun without him. This trip was planned by my Grandma Quinn so most of the Quinn side was there. It was so much fun just swimming and being out in the sun with the fam. I thought I would write about some of the highlights.

1. Everyone pretty much deciding that we're having a girl. (We find out next week, stay tuned)

2. My Aunts telling me all sorts of wonderful birth stories, its a good thing i still have 5 months until that day..

3. Seeing my sister and her family. I love getting to spend time with them.

4. Drew wearing nylons. He tried shoes on in JCPenny and then wouldn't take the nylons off to put his sandals back on.

5. IN-N-OUT Burger. Enough said.

6. Climbing up to a look out spot to see over the valley.

7. Bowling! Drew was so funny to watch and thought it was his turn after every one, He did bowl pretty well though.

8. Driving home sitting in the middle of Preston and Drew. A little cramped but still very fun.

The trip as a blast and a much needed break away from the everyday. I hope they plan a trip like this for next year!

Camping

Last Saturday Jason and I went camping with some good friends of ours Chuck and Melissa. They've been begging us to go for 2 years and we were finally able to make our schedules work to go.
Saturday at about 3:00 pm we headed up Payson Canyon, I was surprised to see all the wild life up there (the cows with the tags in their ears were beautiful.) I guess a lot of people like to go camping because every spot was taken. We kept driving up and up and up until I was positive we had made it to the top, which is exactly what happened. When we started to come down the Nephi side of the mountain I was afraid we wouldn't find any place to camp, then low and behold there was a spot! Now when I say spot what I mean is we found a meadow that was not far off the road. We walked back into the trees about 20 steps and found this nice open place. The ground was pretty soft and the cows had even left a some presents. I'm actually pretty sure the cows were laughing at us because i think we spent the night in their designated bathroom. We had to use a shovel to scoop out some of their belongings.

After we got all settled in Chuck started a dutch oven dinner. It was pretty good but left me craving Brett Calder's dutch oven chicken.. For any of you who have even been to a crescent park 6th ward girls camp you know how good this chicken is. ::mouth watering:: Anyway moving on. The cows tried to come back to claim their land while we were eating dinner but Chuck and Jason threw some rocks by them and they ran off in a hurry.
I hadn't been camping in a long time and there's little things you forget like toilet paper and that sleeping on a slant means your going to wake up in a ball at the bottom of the tent. There were new things that I learned too like if your pregnant your still going to have to pee every hour no matter if your in the woods or at home and that using a cooler to "lean" against while peeing in the middle of the night is a big help.

All in all camping was a blast but a lot of work for one night. I'm glad that we had a chance to get away from everyday life and spend some time in the mountains with some good friends. Hopefully we'll get to do it again soon..

There's a baby in there somewhere

(Picture of me at 13 weeks)

Last Wednesday I had my second doctors appointment. I got to hear for the first time our little turkeys heart beat (163 bpm), It was so cool! It still doesn't seem completely real though. Don't get me wrong certain things are starting to happen where there's no denying the fact that I'm expecting, like not having a waist anymore, but its still so strange to think that someone is growing inside of me. Anyways, in 5 weeks we get to find out what we're having, only 5 more weeks! Time is just flying by.

Father's Day Suprise!!!

OK, so I know that its been a while since I've blogged. Its not for a lack of things to blog about, We've been to the airshow, my sister and her family came into town, Etc.. Its just that the most exciting thing that has happened to us lately we've been keeping a secret, until yesterday that is. If you haven't guessed what the secret is yet, I'll just tell you.


WE'RE PREGNANT!


Can you believe it? its ok, we can hardly believe it either. We found out the week after Mother's Day. I knew something was off when all i wanted to do was sleep, then the next Monday I was so sick at work i could barley stand. That night I told Jason I thought I might be pregnant. We bought a pee stick and of course it came out positive. So after thinking about it we decided not to tell anyone until Fathers Day a whole month away! It was so hard to keep this a secret. Especially when I wasn't feeling to great all the time. But It worked! Our families were so surprised. Jason and I took little onesies and ironed on letters to break the news. We gave one to his Dad that said "Grandpa's future Pilot" and one to my Dad that said "Grandpa's future Fishing Buddy."

It was great! Jason's family was totally shocked and not expecting it at all! It took them a minute to realize what the shirt was telling them. But after they got it they were so excited. My family got it right off the bat. My dad said it was the best fathers day gift ever! Mine and Jason's extended families were thrilled to death for us. As for us, I think we have mixed emotions which mostly consists of excitement but also a little fear. We're just hoping that everything goes as smoothly as possible!
Heres the videos of our families finding out!

Total Wicked

"Wicked" (the musical) just left town today. Yesterday was their last performance and I'm happy to say that I got to see it twice and didn't pay anymore than $25 a ticket. How did I do this you say? I won the lottery, the Wicked lottery that is. you can go down to where the show is playing 2 hours before it starts and put your name in the drawing. there are usually 200-500 people that show up to do this. My mom played the lottery almost every night she was in town she won once and took me :). Then this last Saturday I went with her and my name was drawn out of the pot. My Dad really wanted to see it and since Jason didn't want to go, it was just me and Daddy-oh. I loved the play! I costumes were so crazy and the set was so intricate. Of course the music and story line are just amazing. Dad really enjoed it too, he said he'd see it again. I would advise anyone who hasnt seen it to try to see it a least once in your life, it was so cool!

Then on the drive home from Wicked I saw the coolest thing. Something I've always wanted to see. The Oscar Mayer Weiner Mobile! I couldn't believe it. My mom and I were just talking that morning about how she saw it the other day and how I would love to see it. There it was, my wish had been granted. What a great weekend huh?

Birthday, Vegas, and Random things

Okay, so my 22 Birthday has almost been a month ago but I think I'll still blog about it. I had to work on my birthday which I guess was fine. Jason took me out that night to Carrabbas for dinner and gave me some very expensive sunglasses. (F.Y.I if you live in the Orem/Provo area and you haven't yet been you should go to Carrabba's and order there BBQ Chicken Pizza, its DELICIOUS.) Plus the night after my birthday we went out with my cute little Great-Grandmother, who I share a Birthday with, my parents, my grandparents on my mom's side, and my sister with her boyfriend. It was pretty fun, my Great grandma Laveta is just the best.

My real birthday present was going to Las Vegas! Jason and I took a little trip with our good friends Curtis and his wife Alicia to Vegas the first of April. Since this was every one's first time to Vegas being "Legal" (with the exception of Jason) we did a little gambling and I have to admit its pretty addicting. I know when to stop I swear!! I just didn't want to. I did win $50 at Caesar's Palace woohoo.... Curtis and Alicia had never been to Vegas before so we showed them the sights (meaning the strip) and where some really good buffets are. We were only down there for 2 days but I think we were pretty ready to come home the last day. I haven't walked so much in a long time my legs were killing me. Over all I think everyone had a pretty good time there.

Also I just thought I would let you know that I had my teeth whitened and I will NEVER do it again. My Dear In-Laws gave me teeth whitening for my Birthday because I asked for it. Since my Mother-in-Law works at a dentist office She did the whitening. Now for those of you who haven't had your teeth whitened at the dentist this is how they do it. They put all sorts of stuff on the face and in your mouth so
A. your mouth will stay open during the procedure and
B. So the lights don't burn you.
Then they put whitening gel on you teeth and put you under the lights for 15 mins, then wipe off the gel reapply it and but you back under the lights. This step happens 3 times. By the end of the first round my teeth were all ready sensitive, in the middle of the second round my teeth hurt so bad I decided I couldn't go under the lights a 3 time. All day long my teeth were killing me. They hurt so bad that by the end of the night my dad wanted to put me out of my misery and gave me a Loratab. Now I've taken Loratab only one other time in my life and that was when I had a kidney infection. I spent all day and night throwing up after taking it. I wasn't sure if the Loratab is what made me sick or if it was the kidney infection. Because my teeth were hurting so bad I decided to take the Loratab and hope that it wouldn't have a negative affect on me. Oh Boy was I wrong, I spent the rest of the night in the bathroom throwing up everything I had eaten that day. My mother-in-Law felt so bad and I felt horrible for her feeling bad. Really I wanted my teeth Whitened but I think I'll stick to the home kits next time.