On Saturday, we celebrated David's 24th Birthday.  We started the day by watching some of our new favorite TV show (Sons of Anarchy) and then left to do some birthday shopping at Cabela's where I walked around half the store and then fell asleep in the big comfy chairs by the fireplace in the front while he finished his shopping.  We then went to get pedicures (he loves them - especially when they do the paraffin wax on  your feet) and then came home and enjoyed some pizza from Jimmy's.  Overall, we had a good time just relaxing and enjoying each others company.

Finally, on week 18, I officially think that my morning sickness is gone!  I really contemplate saying that though only because I don't want to jinx myself.  I only think this because the last two times I have brushed my teeth, I did not have the urge to throw up.  On the not so bright side, I have a really bad cold right now.  This especially sucks since I cannot take any medicine for it.  At least I don't have a cold mixed with morning sickness.

I also think think I have been feeling some movement from the baby.  It is not a lot, but sometimes when I wake up in the middle of the night it feels like I have a little tiny drummer in my stomach.  I am not sure if it is the baby, but I think I will know for sure in a few weeks when I start feeling stronger movements.

Only two more weeks until we get to find out the sex of the baby!  I am so excited because I can finally start planning the nursery and registering for baby things!

Wednesday December 18, 2013

I am so sick of reading blogs and hearing about women who only gained the recommend amount of pregnancy weight or only gained 2 lbs in the first trimester and still look fantastic.  I think in real life I have only actually met one of those people (my hate comes from my jealousy).  Since almost every woman I know personally has gained 40-60+ pounds while pregnant I don’t feel as bad, but I figured I would post my story about my real weight struggles and excessive pregnancy weight gain in the hopes that some random person on the internet will stumble across it and is looking for someone to relate to.

The hardest part about this pregnancy even over the nausea and other symptoms is the physical changes happening to my body.  This has been especially hard because before I met David, I had lost 50 pounds.  Then over the next year of dating I had slowly gained back 10 pounds which wasn’t too bad.  Then add on a honeymoon vacation to Jamaica at an all inclusive resort and the following week a Hawaii vacation for my brother’s wedding I had gained probably 10 pounds of vacation weight.  I was ready to diet and exercise and lose everything, but I found out I was pregnant and that dieting is a big no no.  Then came the nausea and vomiting, secretly hoping that all of the vomiting would make me lose weight, but I actually gained even more weight because the only thing that helped my nausea was eating and the motions of working out made me nauseous and on top of that I had no energy to do anything.  By the end of the first trimester I had gained 10 pounds (this is in addition to my 10 vacation pounds).  Now that I am in the second trimester I have been able to eat better and exercise when I am not too tired (it still makes me a little nauseous though depending on the workout).  I think in the past month I have only gained 2 pounds though…thankfully the weight gain is slowing down.  All this weight gain is very hard on me mentally and I am looking forward to when I can lose it all after the baby comes.  Until then, I am trying to do my best every day (and it is hard through the holiday season), but I must say being pregnant brings a whole new definition to the word hungry!  Now, hunger strikes me at random times and I have to eat something immediately or I feel like I am dying of starvation.

On the bright side (kind of) I think at least 5-8 pounds of my weight gain has been in my boobs alone – in the first trimester I went up 2 cup sizes and they are bigger than they have ever been – even when I was at my heaviest!  This sucks so bad though because they hurt all of the time just from being so heavy.  Definitely planning on getting a breast reduction/lift after we are done having kids.




Friday, December 13, 2013

Sunday was not a good day.  I made Dave an Advent Calendar with a new activity everyday.  Our activity for Sunday was to "Make a fancy breakfast".  We made some eggs with bell peppers and cheese and bacon.  Well – that was the last day I am eating peppers for a while.  I threw up so many times after that.  That day was the first time Dave had ever seen me throw up too.  I was about to get in the shower when it hit me like a ton of bricks.  After a couple minutes of getting everything out I turned my head and to my surprise saw David was standing there like a deer in headlights – both disgusted and shocked.  I wish I could have snapped a picture.  I was actually glad he witnessed that because now I think he doesn’t think I am so pathetic or whiney when I tell him I feel sick.

Tuesday, December 10, 2013
I am getting cravings now.  Cravings this week:

• Hawaiian pizza (which is weird because I normally hate Hawaiian pizza).
• Velveeta Shells and Cheese.
• Popsicles – specifically Otter Pops, but they are not in season until summer.

Tuesday, December 3, 2013

Yesterday I partially threw up out of my nose.  It stung.  I can’t wait for morning sickness to be over.  Will that ever happen?

Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Dave and I are headed to Boise today to see Sarah for Thanksgiving.  But today, I thought I would write about some of the gross parts of pregnancy.  That’s right – you are about to read something that is TMI so beware… One thing this baby likes to do is make me burp...and fart...a lot!  Anytime I drink or eat something, I burp pretty much every sip or bite.  Also, everyday around 5:00 the gas comes, and sometimes it is really painful!  I feel bad because that is about the time I get home from work so Dave has learned to beware and take me serious when I tell him not to touch or squeeze me.  Then, I go to bed and all the gas seems to get settled in my stomach and is just waiting for gravity to get out.  What I mean by this is every single night when I wake up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom, I will sit on the toilet and then do what Dave likes to call “big thunder” which means, yes, release everything that was building up (sometimes it is so bad it wakes him up).  Luckily I have a husband who loves me and laughs at this or else I would die every day of embarrassment.  I wonder if this is going to continue for the rest of pregnancy.  When all is said and done though – this is not at all the worst symptom, just the loudest and smelliest.




Monday, November 25, 2013

Morning sickness has scarred me.  Even though I am feeling better, I cannot stand the smell of the following things without having a twinge of vomit (I hope it is not like this forever):

• My hair spray
• My deodorant
• Dave’s deodorant
• Toilet water/bathrooms in general
• The bread at Subway/any Subway restaurant

I am sure there are more but that is just what is on my mind right now.  I had my second prenatal visit today.  It was the first time I got to actually hear the baby’s heart beat!  Part of me was hoping that my doctor would not be able to pick it up on the doppler so I could get another ultrasound, but I was so relieved when she found it.  It was very strong and she found it right away.  You could hear the baby moving around too and every once in a while you would her it hiccup which the doctor said was the sound of the baby moving around…our baby moves a lot!  It was so spectacular– and kind of weird that a heartbeat was coming out of my stomach – but those moments make me want to happy cry.  Baby’s heart rate was 160 beat per minute.  I have a strong feeling that it is a girl, but my doc said that we will not be able to find out until the 19 week anatomy scan which will be in January. 


Friday, November 22, 2013

Having a baby turns in into a baby.  Literally.  I have experienced/am experiencing all of the following which I am sure I didn't do this much since I was an infant: 

• Sleeping – all the time at least 12 hours a day!  
• Burping – multiple times throughout meals and any time I drink anything.  
• Gas – yes, it is killing Dave.  
• Crying – Happy, sad, funny, hungry, just because… the tears keep flowing. 

I also had the worst nightmare last night.  I had a dream that I gave birth and the baby wasn't crying and the baby died.  The doctor handed him to me and he only had eyes and no other features because he wasn’t fully developed.  I woke up crying and I couldn't go back to sleep.  I am so worried.  I can’t wait for my doctor’s appointment on Monday so I can hopefully find out everything is okay.

Wednesday, November 22, 2013

My morning sickness seems to be getting a little better although I am still soooo tired all the time.  I usually go to bed sometime between 7:00pm and 8:00pm and sleep in until the latest possible time – about 6:45am when I must get up because I leave for work at 7:00am.  I hope that I will get my energy back sometime soon.  I keep getting the feeling we are having a girl.  I guess we will find out soon – January for sure.  Hopefully by then Davey and I will have our own house so I can start working on the nursery.  We also thought we had names picked up, but for some reason I am not like ANY names right now.  We decided not think about names again until we know if it is a boy or girl.  I haven’t had any cravings this whole pregnancy.  More of aversions or “the only thing I could eat right now without throwing up is…”.  Foods that I absolutely can’t even think about or look at include: anything spicy and salmon…it has been like that for quite some time now.  Luckily since the sickness is subsiding I am able to eat more healthy now.  I am trying really hard to be more active but is so hard since I am tired all the time.  I told everyone at work too!  It feels good to get it off my chest and everyone seems to be really excited.  My boss (who has been here for 15 years) told me that this is the first pregnancy in the company ever.  The office is excited to see me grow.  I am too – but only my belly.  Not a big fan of the growing boobs, thighs, and hips. 

Wednesday, November 13, 2013

I am in Florida this week at PowerGen for work.  I thought my morning sickness was getting better - on the plane here I only got nauseous once.  Then today, after I had breakfast (peanut butter and banana french toast) I threw it all up!  It was the most I have thrown up since being pregnant - it was EVERYTHING plus so more!  I threw up about 7 times.  Gross.  And the worst part was I immediately had to go back to work and talk with people at the conference.  I can't wait for this part of pregnancy to be over.

Tuesday, November 5, 2013


Note to self:  Stop reading baby blogs unless you have a full box of tissues and are prepared for a serious sob fest.  My hormones are crazy!


Sunday, November 3, 2013

Today we announced to the world that we are having a baby!  Finally, I can start posting on my blog.  We are so excited!

Wednesday, October 30, 2013

So maybe the crazy hormone thing is right.  This morning was  just awful.  I was starving and nauseous so I went to the coffee stand behind my work to get a blueberry muffin, and when I got back to work and opened my muffin – it was banana nut!  I was so disappointed that I cried.  It was awful because I couldn't even eat the banana nut muffin because I was sad and it was nowhere near as good as blueberry would have been.  Luckily, I have the best husband in the world.  He came home with a ton of blueberry muffins for me from Costco!  YUMMMM!  He also got me some fruit snacks which I have been craving.


Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Today was one of the best days of my life.  I had my first prenatal appointment and an ultrasound.  Dave and I got to see our perfect healthy baby and his/her beating heart.  It was so magical.  I already love our baby so much that when I think about how much love I have for our little one it makes me cry (that could partially be the hormones too but I don’t think so).  Anyways, here are two armature unedited videos from today.

4 Weeks belly pic.

Monday, September 23, 2013

I found out I was pregnant on Saturday, September 21, 2013.  I took an Early Response Test and the line was so faint that I was in denial.  Dave, however, knew it was a line!  Well as the days went on, and I kept testing, and that line got darker and darker. I must admit, I got a little pee stick crazy and took at least 10 tests.  Luckily the dollar store has tests so we didn't spend that much money.  

Test #1. 7:30am on September 21, 2013.

Test #2. 12:30pm on September 21, 2013.

Test #3. 6:30am on September 24, 2013.

I was three and a half weeks along when I found out our family would be growing which means that I must have been pregnant when at Isaac and Kalee's wedding in Maui. 

David is so excited! Every morning before he goes to work he gives me a kiss goodbye and now he also gives my belly a kiss goodbye.  Right now Baby Pehrson is the size of a poppy seed.  I already feel like I have a tiny tiny baby bump, but I am pretty sure I am just bloated - not to mention I have so much gas that I am surprised I am not floating like a hot air balloon. 

This week the baby's organs are starting to develop and in a few more weeks we are going to the doctor and will get to hear the heart beat.  We are so blessed to be able to have a baby and I cannot wait to meet him/her.

Welcome to our blog!  The great thing about being married is that everything is "ours", but rest assured, I will be the only one posting on this blog.  I actually created it back in July before we even got married with the intention of posting about wedding planning, marriage, etc. and using it as a means to keep our family up to date with our busy lives.  But then things got really crazy this summer with my sister, brother, and I all getting married within a month...and then I found out I was pregnant!

I wanted to start blogging about the pregnancy, but Dave and I didn't want to make it known to the world/internet until after the first trimester.  I wrote anyway and decided I would wait to post on the blog until the world knew about our little bun in the oven.  So to sum up, the next 20 or so posts are from the past couple of months.

Disclaimer:  some of my posts may be TMI, but I figured they might be things I - or my future daughters when they are pregnant - will want to read one day.  That, and it might also help other pregnant women who are reading this know that they are not alone.