Third Tri-mester!

According to several different websites, I am in my third tri-mester!  We'll see what the doctor says when I see him this Friday.  I can't believe it though!  It's gone so slow and fast at the same time.  But I'm about 2/3 of the way done and can't wait to see this cute baby girl!  Apparently at 27 weeks my baby is around 2 pounds, and is about the size of a head of cauliflower?  Weird.  She moves a lot more, but she still seems like she's a pretty chill baby, at least by the amount of movement I feel.  She could be tricking me and turn out to be a wild child, you never know!  It's been cool though because I can see the movements a lot more obviously now.  I even took a snap chat of me balancing a remote control on my tummy.  You can see it moving from me breathing, then all of a sudden, a little jolt!  That's the baby kicking or punching, or whatever.  I was able to send it to Jevan, and it was the first time he really saw it move.  It was pretty cool.  I hope I'll catch it on video again, and then I'll post it on here.

27 Weeks today on May 27th!  I got really sunburned on our field trip today, so I had to wear something that covered it up.

26 Weeks!

In general, this is what I look like from a front view.  I'm pretty happy I'm only bigger in my belly really.

The last week and a half of school has been crazy!  We went to Fat Cats all day for a field trip last week to reward the students that graduated from the DARE program.  It was awesome!  We could mini golf, bowl, and watch movies in the theatre for free!  Then the police force made us grilled hotdogs.  My favorite part though was the fact that for some reason they had two camels there!!!  It was so crazy and random.  I decided it would be worth the germs to touch one, and I even got proof that I did it!

Here I am touching the camel!

Today we went on a walking field trip to see the Planetarium at BYU-Idaho, and then see a chemistry demonstration.  The chemistry demonstration was the coolest part.  We saw what happens to a racquetball when it sits in liquid nitrogen for 15 min.  Breaks apart and sounds just like glass!  Awesome!  We also some some hydrogen balloons burst into flame.  Just some of the reasons why I love being a teacher.  :)  Sadly, and happily, only 1 1/2 more days!  Then I'll get to enjoy the hot weather of Saint George, my wonderful husband, and getting ready for my beautiful baby girl in August!  Can't wait!

Last Month of Teaching

I can't believe it's already May!  I feel like it was just yesterday that I started my first day of teaching 5th grade, and in just 2 1/2 short weeks I will be done with my first year.  I'm proud to say I never missed a day! It's been an amazing experience.  It started out pretty tough, but doesn't every job take a while to get used to?  I am so grateful I was able to be a teacher to 90 amazing kids and have this great experience.  I'll miss them, the teaching, and my amazing co-workers, but I am so excited to get to be a mom!  I couldn't ask for anything more.

25 Weeks today and loving it!

24 Weeks last week!

I have to resort to taking my own pictures for a while because Jevan took a last minute internship in St. George!  It's pretty crazy how we live our lives.  Always doing things on the spur of the moment.  We had been planning for him to do an internship with his dad's company in the Fall, but while we were at his nephew Taft's baby blessing we talked to his dad and found out he could do his internship in the summer.  We decided Jev needed a break from Rexburg, and it would be better for me if I could have a few months with a doctor in St. George before the baby was born there instead of just a few weeks like we originally planned.  The only bummer is that I have to stay in Rexburg the whole month of May without my sweetheart.  At least I have work to keep me busy.  I can't wait to see him in a few weeks!

Here is cute Taft on his blessing day.  Too bad he didn't have his awesome Tux on anymore.

23 Weeks

At 23 weeks, my baby is supposedly the size of a large mango.  She also is supposed to be able to hear noises that go on in the house.  I guess this means she'll be used to a lot of sports buzzers and cheering thanks to Jevan and the NBA playoffs.  ;)

I had a doctors appointment yesterday, and I have to say, I love my doctors, and I love going to my appointments.  It is so fun to see how things are progressing, and very reassuring as well.  Starting with this last appointment, the nurse will be measuring the growth of my baby by measuring the top of my uterus to my pubic bone.  Apparently the length of that space should be about equal to the amount of weeks I am.  Luckily, it was pretty much exact!  That was good to know everything is growing right on schedule.

I've been feeling our baby girl move a lot more.  She can get a little wild sometimes...in fact, she's moving like crazy right now.  She must know I'm writing about her.  But it was even cooler at the doctors when I was listening to the heart beat.  The nurse could tell from the Doppler when the baby moved.  So she would say, "Did you feel her move just then?"  And it was awesome, because I could!  She is supposed to respond to the Doppler, so I was glad she was.  Luckily everything is still very healthy and going well!

My next appointment is to find out if I have gestational diabetes or not...hopefully the test is negative!  It would not be fun to change my eating habits now.

Also, thanks to Kari, (and technically Wendy), I got some fun new maternity clothes!

23 Weeks!

And, on an unrelated note, I got a new phone today!  I finally joined the world of smart phones.  My awesome, 5 year old flip phone has been difficult lately.  Basically, I couldn't hear anything or talk to anyone unless it was open on speaker phone.  It was a big pain.  So, I figured if I was going to get a new phone, might as well go all the way!  It's an Iphone 5C, and I love it so far.  But it's only been a few hours.  ;)

Also, only a few more weeks of teaching!  May 29th is my last day.  Pretty crazy.  It's sad, and exciting at the same time.  I can't wait to be done, but know I will be bored waiting the last 3 months for this baby to be born.  It's been a really great experience being a teacher though, and I'm so happy and grateful I was able to do it, even if it was only for one school year.

Pregnancy is Awesome!

Okay, I have to say it.  I'm one of the lucky girls out there that has the best pregnancy ever.  And I get to say, I love being pregnant!!  It's been so awesome so far.  I love that I took a long time to start showing, and now I love that I am finally showing more!  I don't have to worry about sucking in my stomach or anything.  I get to just look pregnant.  :)  I have been able to continue teaching 5th grade just as easily as I started, and I even have enough energy to do workouts with Jevan almost every day.  I even did the plyometrics on P90X today, which is pretty dang intense!  Life is good.  :)

21 Weeks!  Jev was out of town, so this was the best pic I could do on my own.

22 Weeks.  Right before my workout today.  I guess sometime I'll have to get a new workout shirt!

Halfway!!!

I'm 20 weeks and loving it!  I have been feeling our little girl move a lot more often.  Sometimes it is small, but on occasion she surprises me with such a hard push that I react out loud.  I can only imagine what it will be like when she kicks hard enough for other people to feel!

I decided the key to looking more pregnant instead of just fat, is to take a picture right after eating dinner or a big meal.  I can definitely see my belly a lot more after I eat!

Our baby GIRL!!!

I am now 19 weeks!  We were able to go get our ultra sound on Monday and find out what our baby is...and as you can see, it's a GIRL!!!  Jevan and I are both so excited!  I think I'm more excited than Jevan though.  He was hoping for a boy...but..he already thought it was going to be a girl, so he was okay with the news.  ;)  He does think he's cursed with his dad's ability to produce a lot of girls though.  I just told him not to worry, we'll have a boy next.  ;) And, I did secretly want a girl..but of course, we would've been just as happy either way!

There are always about 4 weeks between each appointment, and I always get nervous towards the end of those 4 weeks, wondering if the baby actually is okay!  Luckily, there is never anything to worry about!  Our little girl is totally healthy!  My blood work is normal, her heart beats at a great pace, and she is just overall...perfect!  I mean, they did say she was a little small...37th percentile, but she is still in the normal range, so it's all good!  In fact, it's even better!  A small, but totally healthy baby is ideal for me!

It's always cool seeing the baby and hearing the heartbeat...it makes it more...real.  It's even more real now that we know she's a little girl!  It was crazy to see her moving around inside!  I had been told she was moving, and that I could start feeling her soon, but I didn't think I ever had.  However, now that I KNOW exactly where she is in my body, I'm pretty sure I've been feeling her everyday since!  I guess I just didn't realize where I should be feeling movements from.  But yeah, she's always moving around now!  They said it would be like flutters, but to me, it just feels like rolling motions, or a little pulse, or just a bunch of little pushes.  It's pretty crazy!  I can't wait for Jevan to be able to feel her!

On the ultra sound I could tell some features, but there were a lot of things the technician was talking about that we could not see at all!  And unfortunately our little girl was facing towards my spine the whole time, and wouldn't roll over.  So we didn't really get a good look at her face or profile.  But I did see her arm, hand, spine, tummy, head/brain, heartbeat, and supposedly her nose/lip.

So, I think that's about it for how our appointment went.  It was just so great, and we're so excited to know we're going to have a new Anderson girl in the family!

Here are some pics.  I feel like now that I know I'm having a girl, or now that I'm 19 weeks, I've all of a sudden shown more, and felt more movements!  It's weird how fast babies grow once they hit a certain point.

19 Weeks!  I promise I'm not sticking out my stomach!  But maybe it's because my shirt is more form fitting?  I know I'm still small though, and I'm completely grateful!

I hope our little girl won't be embarrassed later on in life that I put this here, but check it out!  Proof she's a girl!

A foot.

Another foot.

An arm.

Another arm.

And I guess this is her nose and lip, looking like...up her nose I guess.  Pretty crazy!  They want to make sure she doesn't have cleft lip or anything, and she looks fine!

18 Weeks!

Every Tuesday I try and take a picture to document what I look like for that week.  I was 18 weeks this last Tuesday, and although this is a little late, here is a picture of me!  I've been crazy anxious all weekend, because on Monday, March 31st, we get to find out what this little baby will be!!  I can't wait!!!