"Let me see that belly from the SIDE!"

In case you don't understand my title, think back to the exhilerating times we had doing pre-natal workouts in Arizona... yep, now you can definitely see my belly from the side! I am now 20 weeks, so half way there! When I was pregnant with Caden I couldn't stop counting down the weeks and days until my due date. But this time, I am happy for the time to go as s.l.o.w.l.y as possible! I am in no hurry to be a sleep deprived, milk-making machine. Don't get me wrong, I am very excited to have a little baby, but now that I know what really is involved in taking care of said baby, I am happy to just grow a healthy baby, slowly, for the next 4 and a half months! 

12 weeks

19 weeks 

(and don't worry, I've learned never to make that face in a picture, ever again)

Why GIving Matters

Lara recommended this video to me, it is absolutely amazing. If anyone hasn't seen it yet, I definitely recommend that you watch it. 

BAHAHAHA!!!!!!

Happy Mothers' Day!!

I am so blessed to have an amazing mom who is also one of my very best friends and who is an incredible grandma to Caden!  Click here to see a little tribute video to mom. I tried and tried to get it on my blog, but it wouldn't work. Anyways, enjoy! And Happy Mother's Day, Mither!!! I love you!

Oh dear...

I just won my ward's Relief Society hot dog eating contest... I am still deciding how I feel about this...

Three Things Thursday

Wow, I can't believe that it has been almost an entire month since I last updated. I guess I have a lot that I need to catch up on, but since its late, I'll start with Three Things Thursday- the three most recent cakes I've made. 

1. This wedding cake I made about a month ago. Nothing special, just the same fondant, ribbon and flowers. But it was fun to make anyways. 

2. I made these cupcakes and cake this past weekend. Half of  the cupcakes were lemon and the other half were chocolate, both with cream cheese frosting. The cake was chocolate with chocolate ganache and chocolate fondant (holy chocolate!)

Isn't the cupcake tower AMAZING?! Ben and his dad made it for me! I had been searching forever to find a nice one and the cheapest that I could find was over $200 and I didn't really even like it. So Ben made me this gorgeous tower that I am in love with, and it can be changed to any size. Amazing, hey? So hopefully I'll get a lot more cupcake orders! 

     

3. This was mom's birthday cake. I had planned it to be a lot different from what it turned out to be, but after half of the cake collapsed on me and I had to carve another circle, this turned out better than I expected it would. It was chocolate cake filled with fresh strawberries and chocolate ganache and topped with chocolate covered strawberries. 

Doesn't mom look beautiful?! I hope that I can look half that good when I am her age!

Baby!

I am officially twelve weeks pregnant. That means that I am suppose to be feeling better by now (which I mostly am, I am just always very tired!) I had my first midwife appointment yesterday and it was great! I am really excited to be going with a midwife this time. Carol (my midwife) thinks that I will have another fast labor and that I'll only have to push for about ten minutes which would be GREAT!

I heard the baby's heartbeat!! It was amazing, but slightly scary to realize that there actually is a baby growing inside of me! It all seems a lot more real now. Speaking of scary... I have already gained five pounds. I've been trying to convince myself that all the weight has gone to my boobs, but deep down I realize that I am just going to be getting bigger and BIGGER and BIGGER!!

(This is the best shot we were able to get of Caden's "I'm gonna be a BIG BROTHER shirt!")

The baby is now about 2.5 inches from crown to rump (head to butt). It can move its fingers, squint, swallow and pee! The baby even has fingerprints and private parts already! Weird, hey?!

I have my 18week ultrasound booked -the one where we can find out the gender! It is booked for May 8th! I am really excited because it is just a few days before Mother's Day! So hopefully we'll be able to tell the gender of the baby for a nice Mother's Day surprise!