the baby bump :)

Baby is the size of Blueberry!!!

How far along? 7 Weeks

Total weight gain: 1 POUND!! agg sad day

Maternity clothes? nope obviously not yet

Stretch marks?  no but o man they are my worst fear!

Sleep: Normal 

Best moment this week: Moments that I get to eat 

Miss Anything? sushi.. :(

Movement: not even close

Food cravings: Lime with cucumber, lime with lettuce, lime with anything

Anything making you queasy or sick: MEAT! gag me.  

Gender: Happy with whatever baby is.

Labor Signs: nope nope nope

Symptoms: morning sickness all day, 

Belly Button in or out?  In :)

Wedding rings on or off?  on

Happy or Moody most of the time:  super sensitive. everything makes me cry :(

Looking forward to:  first apt with doctor! 

long week... Morning sickness is soo misleading. Its pretty much all day every day. Poor Juan has been so patient with me, love him.

Just like that it became small...

...I know I've gotten lost for a while, but with making a baby and Juan preparing for this coming semester we have been a little busy.

Not much has happened
Baby is the size of a blueberry
I'm having morning sickness all day lately and on top I am now suffering from a slight cold.
Meat still makes me really sick to even think about (gag)
And lime is still my main food group
I'm sure Layla Mae knows, cuz well visiting she would not get of the belly... and its like this every time I go over.

Dont pay attention to the way I look... ive been sick.

Other then that I'm not at as exhausted as I have been these few weeks
And I can't get enough of baby stuff..
Time is going to fly by so Juan and I have been talking about our to do list
Poor Juan is now going to be out of his office room so we are deciding if we should combine office and nursery or office and bedroom....
I figure that nursery and office might be better, sense baby will probably be in our room for the first few months during the day well baby naps and baby mama tries and gets some rest in there. So....here is the office now.. Simple not much.




Walking in,

The wall the the left,

Wall you see when you walk in,

Closet doors.. Aka storage

And the extra bathroom.

So there it ... It's funny when we moved in we thought that it was big enough for two of us. We live comfturbly. And just like that... It's now small, Juan's short his own space. but I'm full of ideas of how to make it work.  So I'll keep you posted on our fun ventures of baby making and nursery making!

August 18

Today is the marking of the 6th week prego! It's been so crazy to think some little creature is growing inside of me.. But I can feel it. We have yet to tell the parentals. We are trying to hit for tomorrow at dinner, but who knows. I'm scared... I need my mums help, but I don't know if I want to tell everyone yet sense I'm still in danger of a miscarriage. But I figure I'm taking care of myself and I trust the Lord.

This week I have peed more then you can imagine. Baby seems to not like meat... I can't look at it with out feeling sick, I'm tired all the time and my chest hurts.... A lot. But other then that baby is growing.. Wish us luck :)

Yours Truly , 

August 13 post

August 13:

o man. Its been hard to keep baby a secret. Im now 6 weeks ( well according to thebump.com) and im not showing fully, but its starting. Visiting family was funny. im trying to hold it in. but hopefully we can hide this tell the weekend. :) I started my prenatal vitamins today with an extra vitamin of calcium sense I dont drink any milk unless its almond vanilla milk.

I cant stop looking at baby stuff.. this is so not me, but here I am after all. I really really hope its a boy.

Craving include

• Lots of cheese
• Lime!! Cucumber and lime, rice with lime, carrots with lime anything with lime
• Tai food 
• and im thirsty very thirsty.

Baby is the size of and apple seed :) yay baby!

Yours Truly, 

August 11 post

August 11:
It happened.. We were soo not planning for this. We were taking precautions so this wouldnt happen... yet here it is!! I stood outside the bathroom as Juan went in to find out what our future holds.. And it is positive! We are PREGGO!! How?? well I thought the same thing..

Then I realize that...

Havasupai is now a no go next year

Now what??

And then I realize something even  more important..

our lives have changed.

Just like that.

We are now parents

 Doesnt matter that baby is only a mass of cells.

A few min before it was Juan and Ale

And just like that 

its Juan Ale and Baby..

First reaction was to hug baby daddy... Im scared.. how?? Why? He assures me its ok and that we will be fine. He takes a shower and I sit to cry for a moment. Im so not ready to be baby momma. My body isnt ready. But then I compose myself before baby daddy sees me. 

I spent that night scared. I didnt want to talk about it. I didnt want to think about it.. Poor baby daddy was soo excited and here is baby momma sooo not excited.

Then Today August 11 

I woke up and..  

I held my belly.. 

I just grabbed it

and I knew life changed more then I can imagine.

But I knew that for some reason the Lord felt we were ready

No idea why he would think that... 

But he does, other wise he wouldnt send one of his children

to us. 

So I will do the best to prepare now for baby. 

and....

I couldnt be more excited! 

I have been on pinterest all day

Looking at nursery's 

toys

clothes

and all the fun stuff baby will get!

I cant pin yet cuz it will defiantly give it away 

We have already decided how to announce to our parents that they will be grandparents soon! Im writing this day by day to record our happy news but you wont be reading this until later I just hope I can keep my mouth shut until we announce. :) 

Yours Truly,

August 9th

The next few posts will be different. I must write about everything going on, but I cant quit post them  ill be saving them and then once I can post It will be titled on the date that I write them :)

I have been 

EXHAUSTED

like cant get out of bed

EXHAUSTED

like im falling asleep in my bowl of cereal

EXHAUSTED..

I think you get the point... just 

EXHAUSTED!

I am running to the bathroom

A LOT

after eating

after sitting 

after walking

after talking

I need to pee 

ALL THE TIME!!!

My chest hurts..

NO TOUCHY!!

NO HUGS 

NO FUNNY BUSINESS

But I thought.. Im working to much, Im obviously drinking to much, and my period is around the corner. Then something crazy happened..

I got emotional.

I was working with Juan, and we were watching a movie when i looked up at him and BAM!

It happened... I started crying.. just like that. Nothing happened. Nothing to cry about. Yet here I was crying. And whats worse? I CANT STOP IT! 

I look up at Juan and his face of awe makes me laugh! 

So there I am crying and laugh at the same time!

I have no clue why!!! 

I cant control it.

Juan tries to comfort me by hugging me

and the more he tries the more I cry 

and the more I laugh..

It was unbelievable! 

We later where on our way home and we stopped to get a pregnancy test. I was not getting my period and after my emotional out break we knew something was up. 

I left the test on the bathroom counter and stood by the door as Juan walked in to tell me that..... 

Yours Truly,

Cats out of the bag

It is out!!!!! We told... We couldn't keep it in anymore... To exciting. So we told last night. probably one of the scariest moments of my life. We finished church and went and picked Andrea up went to get Layla Mae and went to take our pictures... Thanks drea for your help

We framed the picture with layla  and gave it to mum and dad


They were a little shocked, but I'm soo relieved that they are just as excited as we are.

So now we wait..

And wait...

Mondays post

Mondays are usually a long day. The start of the week.. a long week.. but today was nice. 

Its nice to be able to spend quality time with hubby. we napped and alas we went to shop..

Its shopping Monday. So we went and FINALLY got food for our fridge. Although it was a nice decoration, I thought we might have better us for it if you put food in it. :) 

We stopped and visited family and now we are home. In casa.

Were we now have cable and are watch t.v. together. He is on the Ipad, and I am blogging. 

Its nice to be married. 

Yours Truly,

Let me explain

His hands...

The day I got my endowments was probably one of the most draining days of my life

(as of yet) 

Its no lie when they say that satin in quick to ruin everything

So getting to the Temple that day was 

difficult to say the least.

But once there i was surrounded with my family, my new family, and my fiance (at the time)

because of my tough day I had a 

MASSIVE

head ache... yet there I was. 

I cant explain much about what happened.

There came a time when I held Juan's hand (he couldnt see me) 

Just then my head ache became overwhelming.. 

and I let go to run to the bathroom to throw up.

gross I know..

I felt awful.

I left him there and he might think im running away.

I quickly regained composure and returned to him

I felt awful.

My head was in so much pressure

My voice was shaky,

I felt like crying 

and I still felt like I could throw up at anytime.

...... but I saw his hand stretched out to me

and I grabbed it

The most amazing feeling rushed over me 

He gave me a tight squeeze and I squeezed it back.

For those moments 

as my hand was shaky, he held it tight. 

I knew he wasnt letting go. 

Not ever.

I remember being scared.. 

but those hands took that away that moment. 

I knew I was safe and I would be ok. 

I never told anyone but I felt truly in love with him as I looked down at his hand.

These hands had already done so much! 

They had brushed of dirt when he fell from high places.

They had help mom in all her need

They had written me love notes

They had taken care of Layla when I was out of town

They had served the Lord

They had blessed many people

These hands were holding me up right then. 

These hands would be holding mine in a few days as we said yes to eternity

These hands would hold my hands as we walk side by side on our journey here on Earth

These hands would whip my tears of my face when I cry

These hands would hold my face close to his to kiss me tenderly

These hands would pick me up when I fall

These hands would hug me when I need love

These hands would someday hold our babies as he tells me how beautiful they are

These hands would give a blessing to our kids on the first day of school

These hands would baptize our kids

These hands would pick up after our dog when the kids dont do it

These hands would work hard to provide for our family.

These hands would serve the Lord again and again.

I knew then that those hands would do amazing things!! But the most special thing they will do for me

is be mine. Forever. 

Yours Truly, 

and i like to smile.

Im happy!! Juan is done with this summer semester and Im happy to get to spend time with him now. Its been two months now! i love him and it has been the best two months yet. We have bumps but after it all O how I love him :) Anyways we have some awesome fun news to share with you all but you will have to wait until we know for sure what we are doing... but for now I feel like....

SMILING

ALOT.. 

:) 

Your Truly,

Get to know Layla

I watched African cats one day with my sisters and my mom. I BAWLED like a little girl!! I watched the oldest female lioness as she hunted to feed her pack and as she protected her cub. If you have not watched this movie and you love animals, PLEASE PLEASE go watch. Actually i found the movie for you! But if you just watch 0:34 to 0:39. Laylas courage the love for her pack. She protects her baby. The love.. Here is where Laylas name came from. This is who layla is for our family!

SOOOOOOO...

Layla is in heat!! Anyone who knows me and reads this mindless rant, knows that I love my baby gal mucho!!! So now that she is all grown up (has been for some time), I spent time thinking about her future as a mommy.
I never got her fixed because I had heard sooo many things about fixing a dog. I know about over population so please save your breath on trying to tell me how awful I am for planning on breeding her. I wont try and convince you that you are wrong so please dont try and convince me of your point of view. I love her and would NEVER EVER do anything to harm her! So when people told me about all the awful thing that could happen to her if I didnt fix her.. I thought about the wild.. and if they can live long lives then so can my Layla.

Yet... I dont take breeding lightly. I would never harm Layla. So what if something where to happen?? and sense I love dogs how will I let them go when ready?  how can I make sure they go to the right family?? and the list goes on.

I got layla from a breeder. So she comes from a great background. I got her tested for all health issues 2 months ago including having her hips x- ray. All checks out. not only does health check out but she is the sweetest baby girl I know. She loves us all and she protects us all. Aubry (my sister) cant sleep with out her.. Nina (my handicap sister)  relies on her as a constant companion. I know that her pups will have a personality of their own but I know that they will have the same love for their humans as Layla has for us.

I talked to Juan and we discussed the pros and cones and at the end I asked myself if it was worth it... to which Juan responded " When you have your child will you fill fulfilled?" Me: "Yes" Juan: "then shouldnt she get to feel that once?" ... Wise man.
So after much thought (trust me ALOT of thought) I decided that we will be having pups by December for Christmas!!!

So those of you coming from my post interested in Great Dane pups Hello! I know this was so unconventional  but when I started posting I realized that I had so much to post about this big decision and adventure that KSL was just not enough room for me. Now that you know a Little about Layla Mae and why I have decided to breed her, I am looking for interested people willing to let a loving giant come and spice up their family.Why am I doing this so soon?? Well I want each family to have time to talk it over and come to a decision together. I want each family to have the opportunity to be involved in the process of getting to know their new family member. My grandmas dog had a liter and I tried something new with her pups. I found families before the pups were born and sent them pictures of the mother as her belly grew and of the ultrasound when it came around. I sent weekly pictures of the pups as they each grew. I saw a great success because each family grew attached to their new family member way before they had them home. Both dogs are still in that home because of that bond.
Some might find this silly and funny. sometimes I think so myself. But dogs are not easy. Great Danes are most certainly not easy. I want each family to bond with their pup, and it was such a fun experiences for the kids! so i want to try that again. Therefor I must start early so that each family can start their bond. :)

411 on great danes:

 I must worn you... Great Danes are amazing, but they are work. They eat ALOT and they go to the bathroom ALOT. I want to make sure that each family knows what they are getting into. Please talk to your kids about responsibility before deciding on a dog. Poop must be cleaned, dog must be feed and brushed, dog needs attention and love( not just when they are pups). Training a Dane was easy! (easier then my 5 lbs poodle) but you must start right way!! I trained Layla as a service dog. So I am willing to help you make your pup a permanent member free of charge ( I want what is best I promise) I will spend time training each one  and I will help each family train their pup for a month, but its up to each family to continue that training. The walking, the potty training, the barking, socializing.
 
Please be aware of the commitment you all will be making.

That being said, you will not find a better dog. I love my dane. people ask about her taking up space.. but she is so mellow that I only notice her when people come to visit and she gets happy. Danes are friendly, loving and mellow. They protect their family when they sense danger but Layla except anyone that I except.
If this sounds like something you are interested in you can text me at 801-787-0047 or leave a comment with your email and I will get back to you! I am expecting no less then 5 but most likely 7-9 pups. This will be first comes first serves bases. I am asking for a 150 deposit to hold your pup, but I wont take deposits tell i have done the ultrasound. But please still contact me if you would like to be a part of this so I can put you on the list. And we can start preparing.

If you would like to get to know Layla Mae more I post about her very often. So feel free to read past posts on her.

Layla at vet apt at 5 months

Layla at 2 months the day I picked her up 

 Layla at 2 months

 Layla at 4 months being trained as service dog

after a long hike.... 

Your Truly, 

Colorado... hello!!

Andres is home!! I am so proud of him and I am so happy :)

our trip went great and Juan and I were able to spend our first 

road trip together. 

His home... and all is well

Your Truly,

Smiles on June 9th