21 Weeks

We are now 21 weeks along! Baby Thayn has decided she is a gymnist and let's me feel her practicing from about 2am - 5am :) not one complaint however, I absolutely love it!! What a miracle it is!! 

We registered this week... That was... Hard? You have this idea of all the things you think you need or want and then you get there and there are a million choices!! Every person or couple should be required to take along a mom with them! It was fun though :)

Not a lot has changed this week except I feel like a beached whale and lots more movement, so I'll do the list next week :)

-A 

BABY THAYN IS ON HER WAY!!!!

We are expecting!!!! And she is BEAUTIFUL and PERFECT! 

This is old news at this point, but I wanted to group some info and photos together for families sake;)

We couldn't be more excited to be expecting our first baby. We were blessed with this incredible gift and we couldn't be more grateful! It has been a crazy road to get this far. 

As a lot of you know, I have a blood disorder and have had issues with pulmonary embolisms in the past (blood clots in my lungs). Because of this, I have to do lovanox shots every day in my belly throughout the duration of my pregnancy and then post partum as well.  It was a challenge at first, I had forgotten about them since I last used them, and the harder my tummy gets the harder the shots get. But I will do anything to ensure that I get this baby here healthy while maintaining my health as well!!!

We found out we were expecting in February. My dad (who if any of you know him know how thrilled he is about this news) was here actually when we found out! I was incredibly sick at the beginning losing around 14 lbs.  

(We found out on Sunday and this was the next day at the Dr's when we saw our little peanut)

 I am so so blessed to have Marcus, it makes it easier when I don't have to do it myself every day, and he likes doing it...so win win!! lol

 My mom is so sweet, they are so excited and it makes me so happy! She even sent baby Thayn a valentine. ( I was about 7 weeks along at this point) 

A good good friend, Alisa, helped us take some photos for our pregnancy announcements. 

 During the first part of my pregnancy all I wanted was popcorn and lemonade. Because I wanted it? No. But because it was the only two things I wouldn't throw up for some reason. So I would air pop two batches of popcorn in the morning, leave it plain, and thats what I would eat all day long. At this point though, I can say the only three things I "crave" are marcus's homemade omelets (funny because I have never liked omelets) and Mexican food! This baby definitely has her daddy's taste. 

 This was at 15 weeks (I have already had 4 US at this point, yikes! SOOO thankful for good insurance, we only pay about 35 dollars per US) 

On April 28 I felt the baby for the first time. It was the most incredible feeling and my heart quite literally exploded. I have never felt so much love! 

 With a few of our dental school families we had a bbq and impromptu made it into a gender reveal (quote from one of my girlfriends "Ive never been to an actual reveal party!! Do it! Please!" side note...that same friend was the only one who I accidentally spilled the beans to...totally ruined that for her) 

YUM!!!

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Its a GIRL!

 We didn't care what the baby was, we were just so grateful to finally have them!! But we were ecstatic to finally know what she was!!!

 Im pretty sure this picture makes me look bigger than I am...I hope anyway!  It was like 3 days after the reveal so I  couldn't have grown that much! lol Here is my pregnancy update :)

How Far Along Are You? 20 Weeks

Any Morning Sickness? Only in the mornings now, finally! I am fine with once a day...it was when it was 8 times a day that I couldn't handle it! 

Total Weight Gain? Lost 14 at the beginning, I have gained back 2 of those lbs. I blame my time with mom and grandma....!!

Are You Sleeping Well? Ummm no. Haha I am a stomach sleeper so I am too distracted trying to avoid that and plus I have to get up to go to the bathroom a few times a night. But I am getting enough rest ;) Not too tired. Ive never needed much sleep. 

Feeling Movement? She moves a lot in the evening. According to the Dr and the Ultrasound though, she is an extremely floppy baby! During our 19 week US she was doing flip after flip after flip. hahaha! 

Any Food Cravings?  Omlets, mexican food, lemonade :) 

Something New This week? Marcus can feel her now! He has been obsessed with the doppler and loves to come home and listen to his little girl at night, but now he can feel her, so we spend a lot of time with his hand on  my belly. It puts a damper on me getting things done but I don't blame him one bit:) 

Do You Have a Name/Know Gender? Its a Girl!!! No name, we have a few ideas but we want to see her first :) 

How's the Daddy-to-Be? Excited to be feeling his baby girl from the outside! Busy...busy busy trying to wrap up his first year of dental school :) 

So We've Lived in Indy for...Almost A Year!

Alright...so truth be told it's a mix between I stink at blogging/journaling and also that I got locked out of my blog because apparently I made up a new email for it but totally forgot that I did that. I literally couldn't get into my blog and had to call all sorts of numbers and send all sorts of emails to the blog people in order to get back in! With that being said...we have lived in Indy for almost a year now! Rather than try to catch up every little thing we did, I have picked a few things to highlight mixed with some photos. You'll get the idea :)

We love it here, we have made incredible irreplaceable friends (this I cannot emphasize enough), and Marcus is loving Dental School. He is doing great and has about 3 weeks left before a small summer break! Yes, we are expecting our first baby but that will come in the next post ;) 

 Last fall we were able to find some incredible camping ... (Im awesome at camping...?) 

We went with the Kirkwoods to a pumpkin patch/orchard. It was gorgeous and a welcome to the Fall! 

 We used the gorgeous city as a background for our Christmas photos.

In November we had a visit from Marcus's parents

 The gorgeous city of Indy offers a beautiful background

 We had a VERY merry Christmas in Idaho with our families!! We were able to spend Marcus's entire break there and we loved every single minute of it. 

 We returned to the worst winter Indy has seen in over 15 years. Temps as low as -45 windchill and the city even shut down for a few days making it illegal to be our on the roads. It was insane!

 Our home had been renovated by the previous owner, but the only thing she didn't get a chance to do with our guest bathroom upstairs. So we decide to give it a quick facelift :) BEFORE 1/2

 BEFORE 2/2

 AFTER 1/2

 AFTER 2/2

 We have been so blessed, we have had so many visitors. My parents, both of my sisters, Marcus's parents, and then THESE two lovely ladies!!!! We had the best girls weekend, I am so so lucky to know these two and call them the very dearest of friends!! We had a blast (despite me throwing up the whole time they were here...so sorry girls) I couldn't have asked for a more fun time! Muah Muah MUAHHH! Thank you Megan and Larissa!

 A little while after that we had Tabor (Marcus's brother) and Rachel and their little girl Hazel come visit. We had so much fun showing them a little bit of Indy :)

 For Spring Break we went to NYC and Washington DC. It was insane how much we packed into a week, but we did it!! And we had a blast! We stayed with my nanny family for our time in NYC and then moved on to DC. 

 My boys (only 2 pictured here) had grown up so much! It was insane to see them and the young men they had become. It was so incredible to spend time with Kyle (nanny mom) we had some girl time to just talk and catch up. I had a blast showing marcus a city that I love so very much. 

 Outside my nanny families home on the Long Island sound 

 I missed Kyle so much! I am so grateful for the friendship we have maintained and that we have an ongoing relationship. 

 We moved onto DC (which I could show you millions of pictures of) But here is a quick collage. We walked miles and miles because I wanted Marcus to see as much as possible! We saw so much! We were exhausted every day (and I will still very sick at this point) but we did it!!! 

 This spring a tragedy took two of my neighbors homes. I looked out my window because Reina was barking and this is what I saw. Two homes were completely lost and two others had sides destroyed. The owners and pets were all safe. It was insane to watch in person. 

 We were so blessed to go home for Easter! I stayed for a couple of weeks but marcus was able to at least come for Easter Weekend. Mom (Grandma) was so sweet and even made the baby an Easter Basket. 

Reina and I had a chance to go to the coast and see Grandma and Grandpa weissenbuehler before returning to Indy. We had so much fun!!! 

PHEW!!!!!! So much has happened. I have just barely scratched the surface. All in all we have been extremely blessed since we have been here!! We are loving life and are soooo excited to take a break and go home for a little bit this summer! 

-A