13-17 weeks preggers & Asher is 15-16 months old

I have been deciding if I should blog this pregnancy and I have just decided I will because it documents the pregnancy really well!

The baby bump popped out earlier this time around!!

I reached my previous baby weight and then quickly gained about 5 lbs the first few weeks this pregnancy.

My current weight is about 153 I get up to 157 some days and down to 152 on others but I feel like I am a lot more in control this time around.

I am able to workout longer I feel overall healthier.

In the last few months of my pregnancy with Asher I ate ice cream at least 3 times a week, I ate a lot of frosting, and any candy in sight.

If you know me I don't have much of a sweet tooth, it is usually easy for me to turn down sweets.

So we will see if I can do it!

I've really been trying to work out more this time around, but I had major set backs with being sick constantly the whole first trimester.

I never threw up but sometimes I had wondered if I would have felt better if my body had just let me throw up.

I felt nauseous a large part of my day and I tried to drink a V8 and the thought of drinking it revolted me. Jared was eating some leftover meatballs and I had to run out of the kitchen before I smelt it.

I still can't be around meatballs without feeling extremely sick.

Now at 17 weeks I can't eat too much of anything unhealthy corn dogs, soda, ice cream, candy.

So at least this baby wants me to be healthy!

This is me at 13 weeks preggers.

I am 17 weeks in the photo below.
Yay for baby bump!

Now for Asher he is a busy busy little boy..

He's a little boy! =(

Why is he growing so fast!!

He has been conversing with people a lot, I just wish we knew what he was saying!

You may notice in a lot of the pictures they are blurry, this is because Asher usually doesn't stay still for more then a couple seconds at a time.

He is always running.

If I didn't force him to eat he probably wouldn't, he would much rather be running around.

He can climb up and down the stairs, but the other day he missed a step at the bottom and fell and has been more cautious since then.

He has started to feed himself, and would actually prefer to even though he hasn't got the whole spoon in mouth thing down.

He says a lot of words like dog, uh-o, mama, dada/daddy, yay, go, and so on. he talks so much I'm sure I've missed more then half of the words he has said.
Asher is a pretty awesome dancer, he can't help but dance when he hears a good beat.

He makes Jared and I so happy.

Asher loves his big boy car seat.

Arrow and the Black Canary.

Asher and I watched Frozen and he loved the first few songs and then he was done, oh and he loved the main screen with the snow flakes.

I was getting tired of millions of toys all around our apartment all the time and no where to put them so I created a little nook for Asher and he loved it!

Thanks for visiting my blog!
Have a good one! =)

Remembering Who We Are

"You have forgotten who you are and so have forgotten me. Look inside yourself, Simba. You are more than what you have become."

Disney has such profound one liners that get you really thinking.
I think a lot of people, in Utah specifically, forget who they are.
They have forgotten God.

In the picture above, Christ cannot force himself into your life. YOU have to invite him in.

If you take a long hard look inside yourself you will remember and you will want to let him in.

I have experienced this in my past I shut out Christ.
I thought I would be better on my own.
It is only when I fully let him back in that I realized how much I missed him.
How my soul had been aching to feel that pure love again.
He is the one who made me whole again after being broken.
He has so much love for me, and he never left, he waited for me to open that door and welcome him in.
He saw how he could help me and all I had to do was give him the okay.

I remember in Sunday school when I was about 10 that my teacher held up a long string and then tied a knot in it.
The knot was towards the beginning of the string; it represented our life on earth, and she said something along the lines of, "Do you want to mess up the rest of your eternity for your decisions in this life?" 

We are human and we ALL make mistakes.
Everyone has that one sin that they can't easily shake, and when we fail time and time again it is easy to lose hope, but you can't lose hope because through the atonement of Christ ANYTHING is possible.

One of the many reasons we are here in this life is to find peace within ourselves.
We can overcome it all with the help of a Perfect being.

I am so grateful for Christ; I know that he would have made that sacrifice for just me.
It is mind boggling, but I know he loves me and loves each person on this earth and would do the same for each one of them individually.
He wants us to succeed and to find happiness.
It is easy to sin, it is easy to forget to read your scriptures, or to pray.
I am GUILTY of each.
I sometimes find myself dreading church but I owe it to Christ to give it my best and that is all he asks of any of us.



The Lord is my Shepherd.

Asher over the past few months!

So Asher is almost a year old! CRAZY!
I can't believe it, where did the time go?

He has the biggest personality! He is his daddy's son so of course he has a big personality. 

His teenage years may be trouble... He is already flirting with every girl who will talk to him.. Which is a lot of girls... He cocks his head to the side and smiles at them, then he babbles.

I am so glad Asher is the way he is, I wouldn't change one thing about him.

He may be a stinker sometimes but he is mine and he is perfect!!

So over the past few months Asher has learned to WALK!!

And he is learning a few different words he says mama dada baba, yay, & dowie (aka doggie) he might say a few other words but I haven't noticed them.

He waves bye bye, I absolutely love it!

He can sit quietly in church looking at a book, or he will scream either way works right? haha.

He LOVES Mickey Mouse Clubhouse's hot dog dance.

(I will post a video later of him dancing)

Asher is Very curious he has blocks that I got him for Christmas and I put them away every night but he gets them out the next morning and places them in about ten different places, either on shelves,  behind the TV, or under the couch.

Asher doesn't wake up too early, he is up at about seven and I can't complain it's a good time to wake up, unless you stay up all night...

So when I stay up late I wake up at seven with Asher, get his bottle, turn on the TV, & give him a blanket. He is good for a couple hours while I sleep.

He loves to play by himself but he also loves playing with mommy and daddy.

He thinks it is THE coolest thing to hide under a blanket with us.

We did it for about 40 minutes the other day and he laughed and laughed.

Asher started taking little steps here and there a few weeks ago and I would only see it out of the corner of my eye, but I finally caught him walking and it was so cute!!

Now he is walking all over the place and is very cautious about falling.

Asher loves his daddy SO much! Jared left for some training in Wisconsin and Asher was so crabby!

Needless to say I am glad Jared is home for a little while.

Asher has upgraded to toddler foods and is slowly warming up to them.

He loves my food more then anything else though.

I've tasted his food and it's actually pretty good, but he probably just wants my food because it's 'my' food.

He loves little puffs and Veggie Straws.

He absolutely loves bananas and chewing on apples.

He has two teeth and a third coming in, and he loves to bite.

Just like his mommy at that age.

I knew it would come back to bite me.... haha.

What more can I say?

He is more then I could have ever hoped for, he fills up all the holes in my heart and I feel like it could burst with how much love I have.

Here are some pictures!

Enjoy!

He can go from full on melt down to...

oh hey mom. in a matter of seconds.

Daddy graduated with his Bachelors of Science.(I think that's what it is called.)

Asher and two of his cousins.

Jared was promoted to Sgt. mhm! haha

Asher's first cupcake!

Asher is the sweetest, busiest, funniest, cutest, best bud a mom and dad could ever ask for!

I will try and be more consistent with my posts!

Thanks for reading all.

Have a good one!

Ashers 3rd and 4th month

I guess technically it's Asher s 2nd and 3rd month and he's turned 4 months old but whatever....
Anyways...


What can I say?

The more I'm around him the more space he takes up in my heart.

We had a scare this past month...

He had a stuffy nose for about a week and a tiny cough.

Then one day I put him down for a nap and let him cry for a while because he normally just puts himself to sleep.

But he wasn't letting up and he was really mad so I went and got him and he was all phlegmy.

I held him and he fell right asleep.

He soon started to cough more and he had a lot of excess mucous.

I didn't think anything of it.

Then he started to get a cough that was deeper in his chest and I just thought he irritated his throat from crying so much and so intensely.

I went and got dinner came home and watched a show with my mom and she held him for a minute and she got a serious tone in her voice my heart dropped and I knew without her saying a word it was about Asher.

I grabbed him and she said his cough sounds funny.

So I took Asher down stairs and I called the Dr. There was no answer.
So I called Jared and he didn't answer but he finally called and he called his dad.(his dad's a Dr.)
At this point I had taken Asher outside to have him breath in cold air, then I turned the shower on high heat to have Asher breath steam in.
Well anyways we took him to the er once Jared got home,
They looked him over sucked everything out off his nose and it was the worst!
He was scared and couldn't breath =(  then they sent us on our way with no meds. SO frustrating..
Well I didn't sleep the whole time Asher came back home...
I cried as much as Asher did.
I think it was 5am when I woke Jared up because Asher wasn't eating or sleeping and could hardly cry.
So I hadn't slept a wink and Jared made me stay home to sleep while he went back to the er.
I cried for a half hour before I finally fell asleep.
Asher got right in once they saw how white he was and saw how he was breathing.
They got him steroids and oxygen and I believe soon after they sent him to utah valley hospital and they took such good care of him!
I got there at about 11am and I didn't leave his side until he got home.. (even then I didn't leave his side)
He got a couple ear infections but he's been doing great!

Up until he got sick I had a great routine and I was staying on task really well.
But since he got sick I am SO lazy!!
I just do the dishes keep the apartment clean and take care of Ash man.
When before I was getting loads of things done in a day.
I guess my motivations changed a bit.
I started wanting to hold Asher a lot more,
and worrying about everything else less.
Unfortunately he loves to play on the ground, he likes being held when he's hungry, tired and sometimes he lets me just hold him.
He is so easy to love!!
I squish his face a lot haha
He has started getting VERY ticklish..
His giggle is the BEST sound in the world!!
Jared had to stop me from tickling him to let him breath.

The frist couple months were a HUGE adjustment.
I had no idea if I was going to ever get over that hump!
My body hurt Asher cried all the time.
I cried a lot haha...
My sleep schedule was all wonky.
My weight wasn't falling off like I was hoping it would!
But it seems like one day it got better.
It's not that it's all fun and games now, my life revolves around him.
I can't make plans without him, I can't just get up and leave at any moment but I don't mind!
It's other people who don't understand that makes it hard.
I Really do want to go out and do everything but I can't Asher comes first.
I played around a lot before I had him and I'm so thankful for that.
Now that I have him I find myself daydreaming about no responsibilities and then I snap back to reality and think this is where I really want to be.
I look at my sweet baby and he's SO worth it.

He has been so much fun these last two months!
It was the hardest thing having him in the hospital.
Before he went in I remember the look in his eyes.
He gave me this look like please help me, he couldn't breath or eat and just thinking about it makes me want to cry!
He was so strong through that whole ordeal..
He's so amazing!!
Last week (beginning of November sometime)he learned to move himself around a little bit
I looked down from the couch and he was at my feet, he'd moved a couple feet!
He goes from his side to his back side to back. He's SO close to rolling over from his back to his stomach.
Every time I put him on his stomach he rolls over to his back so I get the feeling he doesn't really want to roll over yet.
He is taking regular naps but the holiday season is already rough!
He sleeps for 30-45 minutes at 11am and 2-4 hours at 1pm and starts getting tired around 8:30pm he wakes up usually once in the night at about 4am and in the morning at about 8am.
Or whenever Jared wakes up... haha... Jared really tries to be quiet but Asher wakes up EVERY morning with jared around 7.. But if he sleeps in so does Asher.

Asher LOVES his daddy.
I called Jared and put him on speaker, Asher stopped eating to look around and see where he was but I think he was a little confused as to why he couldn't find him.
I think he knows what time Jared usually gets home and he gets fussy around that time and when Jared gets home and picks him up he is fine! crazy.. But I love that he loves him!!
And Jared man o man does he love Asher.
I see the way Jared lights up when I bring Asher to see him. He's one proud daddy!

(End of November)Asher has reached 13lbs! He is growing so fast I saw some of his newborn pictures and was sad that he isn't small anymore, but I'm happy he's so healthy now!
At Ashers 4 month appointment he weighed 14 lbs and 4oz and was 23 inches long.
He is really sore from the shots.
He cries a bit but is still managing to laugh and smile.
He's a trooper!
He loves sleeping on his side, as soon as I lay him down he rolls to his side.
When Asher plays he goes straight to his side and sets his leg as if he's going to turn over but doesn't.
I love him so much!
He loves to chat and squeal.
In the morning he talks to himself then I come out and he smiles at me I LOVE it
I could brag and talk about Asher all day so maybe I'll cut it off pretty quickly.
Asher is the sweetest baby with so much personality.
I love my baby boy so much!
He's doing so well other then being sore from shots.
And continues to make everyone around him smile.
I'll try and get pictures up soon and try to get next month's blog post up on time!

Sorry if it's messy I have been distracted!
Thanks for reading!

 (I've lost 10lbs since this picture woot woot!)

What a stud! =)

 haha.. Jared hates this.. We don't have many byu clothes.

 

Asher from 1st months to 4th month.. I wish he'd stop growing! =(