16 Week Bump

How far along: 16 Weeks 

Gender: Handsome baby boy!

Weight gain: -2 Pounds from when i started

Maternity clothes: Yep... and LEGGINGS

Stretch marks: Yep. Dreadfully

Belly button in or out: In

Sleep: Around 1am I am finally able to get comfortable and pass out

Best moment this week: Getting my hair done.. Seriously I'm always impressed and making new friends at the FRG MCU party. 

Worst moment this week: Our water main broke and we were without water yesterday... 

Miss anything: Deli meat, beer, sushi

Movement: Little flutters and movement but no kicks

Cravings: Diet Coke, Carne Asada Fries, Chinese food, Pineapple... oooohhh pineapple

Queasy or sick: I throw up almost every Thursday... for some weird reason

Looking forward to: Buying my crib next week and my mom to get here Friday!

Until next time,

15 Week Bump-date

This is my 14 Weeks Picture.. But not much has changed

How far along: 15 weeks & 5 Days

Gender: BOY!

Weight gain: -4 pounds from where I started

Maternity clothes: Yep... Lots of cute dresses. Liz Lange line from Target is AMAZING

Stretch marks: A couple... no new ones in the last 2 weeks though

Belly button in or out: In

Sleep: Once I get to sleep it's pretty solid, just getting comfortable is the hard part

Best moment this week: Since I didn't post last week I'm just going to use that... FINDING OUT BABY P IS A HE!!

Worst moment this week: Being SUPER sick Sunday and Monday

Miss anything: Deli meat, beer, blue cheese.

Movement: Little flutters here and there but nothing huge yet...

Cravings: Diet Coke, Pizza, Mexican Food, Fruit 

Queasy or sick: Off and on sickness but pretty nauseated still 

Looking forward to: Decorating the nursery and planning it all out when my mom gets here (:

Until next time,

Week 13 Bump-date

How far along: 13 Weeks

Gender: Unknown for 3 more weeks exactly

Weight gain: Unknown...

Maternity clothes: Not yet but my jeans are getting a little hard to button.

Stretch marks: a couple... so much lotion has been applied I think I need to buy stock in Mustella

Belly button in or out: In

Sleep: Tossing and turning most of the night... the dreams are INSANE

Best moment this week: Getting a postcard from my husband AND talking to him for an entire hour today!!

Worst moment this week: My Saturday night MELTDOWN... thanks hormones

Miss anything: Deli meat, sushi, beer, being able to breathe out of both nostrils... 

Movement: Not yet, just random belly button pain when I'm laying flat on my back..

Cravings: Chinese food, pineapple, peaches, sunny d, diet coke (always)

Queasy or sick: I thought I was done being sick, however I notice if I don't eat within the first hour of being awake I'm hugging the porcelain throne.. Thanks kid.

Looking forward to: The bump POPPING out and the Second Trimester Energy I keep hearing about... I was also told there would be glowing... but so far the only glow is the sweat from trying to button my jeans.

Until next time,

Week 12

So I made this super cute bump tracker this weekend with full intentions of taking my first bump picture to blog, however on Monday I woke up with a nasty head cold I still haven't been able to completely kick. So you get the picture of the tracker this week and I promise I will have week 13 bump up with my Sweet Baby P bump in view.

How far along: 12 weeks (5 days...oops)

Gender: Will find out March 22nd and I couldn't be more excited. Cameron says it's a boy but I just feel like it's a girl, I look at boy stuff and for some reason can't see Sweet Baby P wearing anything but tutu's. 

Weight gain: I need to get a scale for the house so I am not sure

Maternity clothes: My leggings are starting to be the only thing that I feel comfy in, so I'm thinking a trip to Target and Gap are in order soon.

Stretch marks: Two... EXACTLY two on my left hip.

Belly button in or out: In

Sleep: Pretty great when I actually can sleep, but getting a comfortable position is a daunting task.

Best moment this week: Saying goodbye to my best friend/roommate and getting her into her own cozy space in Salt Lake (: 

Worst moment this week: Being sick... 

Miss anything: Like being able to watch Disney movies without crying like a baby? Oh and lunch meat, I never liked ham before hand but all I want is a ham sandwich from Kneaders with their honey mustard. MMMMMMM

Movement: Nothing yet, I seriously cannot wait. I have had some scary dreams lately that make me have to double check the ultra sound picture to assure me they did in fact see a baby inside. It'll be so nice once the baby moves so I know (s)he is still floatin around.

Cravings: Canned Peaches, Red Baron single serve pizzas, lean cuisine, carne asada fries, and street tacos... Just to name a few...

Queasy or sick: I was pretty much bed ridden from weeks 6-10 but I got a prescription for Diclegis and although it's pricey (thanks tri-care for not covering the one script I need) it is SO worth it. I take it right before I got to bed and I'm pretty stable for the next day. 

Looking forward to: My next OB appointment on the 10th and the Gender reveal on the 22nd!

Until next time,

Big Announcement!

Wow y'all I'm so sorry I've been MIA for almost 2 months. So much has been going on and I just haven't had the energy to blog. So I'm back now and I'm not planning on going anywhere again for a while. 

So if you follow me on Instagram or are friends with me on Facebook you know by now that I'M PREGNANT! 

That's right, the Peterson family is adding two little feet to our family! Also, if you've followed my journey from the beginning (first post here) you know that I'll be going through this entire pregnancy without my husband. That's correct, not only did he manage to knock me up but he managed to be able to skip out on ALL the lovely things that come with it. Like morning (or all day in my case) sickness, the 2am cravings for a dirty diet coke from Swig or Maverick, and last but not least the MOOD SWINGS! I'm talking crying over ever ASPCA commercial that comes on because those poor animals don't have loving families. 

I know that him being gone is not ideal for him in any way because he has to miss out on the good things too, like the ultrasounds, appointments, feeling the baby kick, etc. but somehow I have done pretty well at incorporating him into the pregnancy as much a I can. I send him weekly bump (bloat) pictures, I send him messages on how the baby is developing almost daily, and we even got to skype during the ultrasound! So among all the chaos there are still some great memories and happiness all around,

I bet y'all are wanting to know all the details.. No? Well I'm going to tell you anyways!

It all started while we were in California over Christmas, I had had really sore breasts and I was peeing every hour starting from about the 27th forward. I was also about a week late. I tested that morning and the test was a blue dye test (which now doing my research have heard are faulty) and it came out Negative. Alright well, maybe the stress of deployment is delaying the arrival of Mother Nature. Fast forward to  New years eve, I was having some wine and my dad wanted  to do a shot of whiskey and whiskey is MY FAVORITE well we cheers our shot glasses and as soon as that smell got half way to my nose I was instantly gagging. TOTALLY not like me I'm usually a damn good shooter. So that was kind of my final clue that something wasn't quite right. We finished the night watching the ball drop in Times Square and we were off to bed. 

The next morning after my dad had left to go golfing and my mom was at my sisters I grabbed the box I had and took a digital test. I sat and waited while staring at it and about 30 seconds after I put it down it popped up "Pregnant." I waited until the 3 minutes it told me to was over and the word "NOT" which I had seen so many times, never appeared. I wanted so badly to do something cute for Cameron to tell him he was going to be a dad after almost 10 months of trying but I was just TOO excited and walked to the front room, said "Happy New Year" and handed him the test. 

I was OVER THE MOON excited and just couldn't stop touching my belly. All I could think was that there was a little one cooking up in there. We went to lunch that day with his sister Katie and her Fiance Dylan and it took everything in me not to blab. But I kept my mouth shut until we got back in the car on our way home and just couldn't stop talking. We surprised my parents with cards about "Grandparents" and face timed Cameron's parents shortly after to tell them the news. Everyone was so happy, my dad cried, my mom was in shock, Cameron's mom didn't believe us until the next day, and his dad was speechless. 

Cameron left for Utah the next day and that afternoon I was hitting a state of denial. I didn't believe I could actually be pregnant, I couldn't be pregnant a week before he left for quite a long trip. It just wasn't true. So I went out again, and bought a box of 2 red dye tests (from what I've read they are the most accurate) I took those tests in the early evening after drinking water all day to see if it was still positive after I had hydrated for a decent amount of time. Guess what? 

Withing seconds the second line popped right up, dark red and so OBVIOUSLY there. 

So there we have it! Pinterest boards and lots of ideas are just a small bit of what I've been doing with my spare time. I can't wait to find out if Sweet Baby P is a He or a She only a few more weeks until we find out!

December 17- 23

I am oh so sorry that I have not written in TWO WEEKS! Yeah, bad Payge. It's been crazy hectic in California so far this holiday season and it will probably still be crazy until I go home Sunday. I will go as far as my brain is mentally able to tonight so bear with me.

I guess I can start at the beginning. I got into San Diego airport on the 17th and was just over the moon to see my daddy. It was the the best feeling ever to see him again. It had officially been the longest we had been apart, ever. It was so nice to see him and spend some time with him before we went home, we got stuck in so much traffic that we ended up in the car together for hours but honestly I was not complaining at all to get some one on one time with him. We stopped and got Round Table Pizza on the way home because it is my favorite pizza in the ENTIRE world and we don't have one in Utah.

I got home and saw my mom and stuffed our faces and bullshitted a little bit, I had only seen my mom twice since she moved and both times it was only for a weekend each. I never thought when I was younger that I would become so close and such good friends with my mom but honestly I call her for everything and being able to talk to her in person was beyond words.

About a half hour later we left again for my sisters house to see my sister and my niece and nephew. Anyone who knows me, know that my niece is my whole world. No little human has ever held such a giant piece of my heart like she has. Since she came into my life my world has been brighter. Whenever I have a bad day I know I can call her and everything will be better. My nephew has become the best version of a little boy you could think of. He is so grateful, big hearted, and genuinely nice to everyone he meets. I am so proud of the man he has become and I can't wait to keep watching him grow.

I got to see them for a little while and then it was off to home for a much needed sleep.

The 18th I had promised my stump that I would pick her up from the bus stop, take her to gymnastics, and have a sleepover. Just like old time I helped her get ready, I did her hair for gymnastics and we colored until it was time to go. We took her to gymnastics, then we went to the mall that I have been going to since I was 5 or 6 and returned things and grabbed stocking stuffers for the kids.

We finished there, got cupcakes, and then picked up stump from gym. We grabbed mexican food, REAL mexican food and attempted to put the star on the tree. It was a big tree so she ended up getting onto my shoulders and I climbed up onto a step stool and we tried, it was super crooked but it worked! At the end of the night we watch "The Blind Side" and went off to bed, stump insisted on me sleeping with her so we could cuddle, well the last time we cuddled she didn't have a 150 pound lab that liked to cuddle as well, we all snuggled up in her bed and went to sleep.

I woke up early the morning of the 19th and went back to my parents house and got ready with my mom to go back to my home town Temecula and get some lunch and walk around a little bit. It's so crazy how much things change throughout the years but some things don't change at all. We had such a great time at the Old Town Sweet Shop if you are ever in Old Town Temecula, this place is a MUST best fudge around hands down. They also have an amazing ice cream parlor with orgasmic banana splits. Once we were done there we went home and I watched the the U of U beat BYU in the Vegas Bowl, it was soo cool to be able to watch the game even in California.  

Jessi turned the big 3-2 and to celebrate we went out to a comedy club, usually the first act is just a warm up but honestly the first guy was 100 times funnier than the main act, we ended up leaving early but it was still fun to get out with her like old times.

UTAH WINS!

 

On the 20th Cameron got in town and we hung out at my dads house all day. It was so nice to have my whole family together again! We went over to my sisters that night so the kids could see Cameron and to do family dinner. Overall it was a slow but fun day. 

Stump loves her uncle Cameron.

On the 21st I took stump to lunch and get our nails done. We had a blast, we went to some hole in the wall mexican food place hat had a great beef quesodilla. Once we were done with our matching nails we went and picked up the nugget to have a sleepover at my parents house. Cameron and nug played xbox while me and stump did arts and crafts. We ended the night watching Treasure Planet, well they watched treasure planet while I fell asleep with stump curled up in my arms. 

The morning of the 22nd mom and I woke up early and headed out to my Grandmas house in Fillmore. It was so nice to see my grandma and grandpa.  The one thing that I do EVERY SINGLE TIME I go to grandma's is look at her photo albums, she has them outlining every year from 1930-2003. I swear every time I look through them it's like I'm looking through it for the first time and traveling back in time. 

My grandpa has a pretty severe case of Parkinson's Disease. For those of you who don't know what Parkinson's is it is Parkinson's disease is a progressive disorder of the nervous system that affects movement. The disease worsens over time. My grandpa was a California Highway Patrol officer for over 30 years and fought in the Vietnam War, he has never been a huge talker but the Parkinson's makes him nearly silent all the time according to my grandma. However, if I can get him talking about history or General Custer, the man just doesn't shut up and I wouldn't have it any other way. 

Due to the Parkinson's on the morning of the 21st he was in the bathroom and fainted, when he fainted he fell backwards into the tub and gashed his head pretty badly. My Grandma is a sweet woman but she didn't know just how bad it was until my mom and I showed up and were helping him change the bandage. They ended up taking him to the ER while I stayed at the house to finish dinner and watch a few hours of HGTV. When they got home that night we had our dinner and went to bed. Other than the ER it was a really good trip! 

The cover to my new rap album, apparently I've been a gangster my whole life.

On the 23rd we got up and drove back down to Canyon Lake to go to my sisters for Bake Night. It was soooo much fun, nothing is better than wine and baked goods. My sister even got these super cute aprons that look like they are from the 50's. It was the perfect girls night (plus nugget.)

Overall the first week with my family was absolutely incredible! I will post about Christmas Eve and Christmas in my next post!