Half Way There on Thanksgiving!

Yesterday was Thanksgiving! It was a great day! We had my mom, her husband Steve, my brother Ben, his wife Brianna, and their son Nathan over! We had all the fixings and it was just in all a good day! It also marked the half way point in my pregnancy! I am grateful for the health of this baby. I am grateful it chose our family to join. I am grateful the Lord has blessed us after the trail of our faith. Sometimes we dont realize the blessings that we have. Sometimes it takes going through something horrific or awful to realize that we have is a miracle. The only thing that could have made the day better was to have Craigs family with us to. We did a Skype with them and got to see them all. It was hard to be away from them. I am so grateful for all that I have and for all that the Lord has blessed me with. I am grateful for the Temple and for the blessings my family has received from our choice to be married there. I am grateful for a husband who lived his life to be able to take me to the Temple. And for the wonderful Father he is to my children. I am grateful for all of my kids. They have all brought their own little spirit into my life. These are blessings I hold most dear. I am of course grateful for so much more. Thank you to all that have supported us and loved us through our good times and bad. Who have loved us unconditionally. We love you too!

18 Weeks and Counting!

We had our 18 week ultrasound today! Our baby is perfect and healthy! It was so active during the ultrasound! It was awesome to feel it and see is move! Now every time it moves I think of watching it. We were strong and didnt find out the sex of the baby so that is a surprise! We are comforted to know that our baby is healthy. It sounds weird but I could tell just by the ultrasound that the baby is already as in love with me as I am with it! We are very excited to welcome this adorable little spirit into our home!

Feeling the baby!

So I have been feeling the baby move around a lot. It first started on the 20th of October. This is the first time I felt the baby and I KNOW it was the baby. I am sure I felt flutters before then but this is the first time I didnt have a doubt. This is my favorite part of being pregnant. Feeling this life growing and moving inside of you. Makes it more real to me. But at the same time I think its pure magical! And a miracle. I am excited for this little flutter to become flow blown kicks! I am excited for others to be able to feel the baby move too! I am excited to share this experience with my kids and husband. They say the baby can hear me so I am trying to sing and talk to it a lot. The kids arent so keen on the idea but I am sure it just has to grow on them. We have our next doctors appointment on the 11th after our Ultrasound that same day. This is going to be a great day!