Well, I am now 24 weeks! I have noticed people are starting to stare at my belly when they see my and I have gotten plenty of people touching it without asking.  It is a lot of fun seeing her kick and move! It always seems to distract me from whatever I am doing- I just don't want to miss any!

This is what I see when I am at work

Stewart is in a ceramics class at BYU and he is making all kinds of cool bowls, bottles, and cups that we get to keep! I am so excited to see all his finished products and be able to use them!  He taught me (well, tried) how to throw on the wheel.  It was a lot harder than I thought it would be and have so much more respect for people who are good at it!  Here he is working on trimming one of the many bowls he made for our kitchen.

At the hospital they have a ceramics shop but all the patients get to do is paint molds that the staff made.  The instructor wanted to make sure the Rec Therapy staff knew how to do everything so she let us do a project.  I did this little turtle piggy bank. Not anything close to how impressive Ste's stuff is

We have been golfing more recently.  I am actually getting a lot better so it is more enjoyable for the both of us! It is a nice physical activity that doesn't wear me out (besides the times I lay on the ground waiting for the people in front of us to finish).  

It's a....

Most of you already know... but.... 

Here is an update on how everything is going:

Ever since I started Prilosec a couple weeks ago, my heartburn and nausea have gone away! Thank goodness! I can finally enjoy the foods I want again! Kind of celebrated this with a nice big Rancherito's burrito.. Yummm

She was measuring about 10 days further along.. so maybe she will come 10 days early?? Wishful thinking..

She sure is a busy little girl.  She will move around at around 6am.  I will lay on my side and it feels like she is jumping from my hip to my ribs.  For some reason, she LOVES the right side-even when I am standing up.  Sometimes I literally have to try and push her because there just isn't enough room for her to squirm about on my side! It has been fun to see my belly move when she kicks or moves around, kinda freaky at the same time.  haha

As far as names go-no, we don't have any. Well, I guess we have like 30 we are trying to choose from. haha Still kinda difficult for us to figure that out. But hey, we have four months left to do that.

I haven't had any strange cravings at all.  Mostly, I see or eat a little of something and just want it really bad.  One time a girl was eating some really greasy chips at work and I was going to the store after work so I grabbed a bag.  I opened the bag as I was leaving the store and almost ate it all by the time I was home... There was also a time we drove past Krispy Kreme and I said, "Man, if that hot sign was on, I would totally go get one."  So Ste had me turn around and we went and got a couple donuts.  I ate the first one and was going to save the second one (a chocolate icing one with kreme filling-my fav) but Ste took a bite out of it.... And I kinda-ish yelled, "What are you doing??"  He told me he is has never met anyone who is more competitive over food.  Then I got pregnant and it just got worse.  Mac and cheese has kinda been my go-to meal this pregnancy.  Mostly because it was the only thing I could eat.  The last couple weeks I haven't had too much of it just because I have missed other foods.  But cheese in general has definitely been a big part of my diet.  Actually, dairy has.  Like two bowls of cereal every day, yogurt, string cheese, white cheddar popcorn... And most of our dinners include cheese, too.

I am certainly love being pregnant.  I have kinda forgotten what it felt like throwing up almost every day, but maybe that's a good thing so I will have more children.

4th of July Weekend

 On the morning of the 4th Grandma and Grandpa had a family breakfast with some delicious french toast, butter syrup, lots of other goodies, and lots of family!

We were lucky enough to go to Stadium of Fire!!! It was so cool and a ton of fun!! I love Carrie Underwood so I was really excited :)

Stewart enjoying some Carrie Underwood

Saturday night we went on a date to Trafalga to play some mini golf and Stewart did the batting cages.  He was surprised at how good I was at the indoor blacklight mini golfing and knew he couldn't just make it easy on me.  When we got to the outdoor one, I started to do a ton worse.... haha It was a lot of fun though!

I am now 21 weeks! Over halfway now!!

Washington

A couple weekends ago we were able to go to Washington for a quick trip for Rissa's reception and the Saul Gallegos Memorial Run.  We got to spend some time with the hilarious nieces and nephews, eat lots of Cafe Rio, and Stewart ran his first 10K!!!

Stewart played softball with Rock and Ryker and whoever was the catcher would say 1 or 2 for fast or slow.  It was fun to see the catcher say what the batter didn't want haha

Jensley and I decided that cheering the boys on and eating lollipops was more appealing.

Stewart before his race!!!

He did AWESOME! He got third place in his group! 

This year they rededicated the memorial after some repairs and updates were made.  I am so happy we were able to come up for it and hear the story of how materials and people came together to make it an even more special place.

This was, I believe, at 18 weeks.  I need to get a picture now for 20 1/2 weeks, though!

Remember when we had Marissa pin the speedo on Javier at her bridal shower?  Well, I went to Marissa and Javier's one morning, suuuper early, because Stewart had to take the car to work and I didn't want to walk from Grandmas's.  They had laid out a blanket... and a nice picture of Stewart.  Javier just got me back for what we did for him.

What's your guess?

So we have an ultrasound scheduled for two weeks from now and I have been going through all the "old wives tales" to see what they predict the baby to be.  So, here is what we have found!

Week 16

#1. Chinese Gender Chart: According to the Chinese, we are having a boy!

#2. Carrying high? or carrying low? In all honesty, I have no idea... haha What do you think?  Low=boy High=girl

Week 18

#3. Moodiness? Well, I was definitely more moody in the first trimester but it has gone down recently.  However, this may be more of a question for Stewart than me ;) I will say girl to be safe

#4. Dreams about the sex of the baby: They say that if you dream about a boy, you will have a girl. And if you dream about a girl, you will have a boy.  I don't know if you remember or read it, but I had that dream that I had twin girls.. so it looks like it's predicting boy again!

#5. Clumsy or graceful?  Well, I am for sure more clumsy. Which means boy

#6. Morning sickness: Definitely a girl. 

#7: Mayan calendar: Boy!

#8. Baby's heart rate: Well, the first time it was above 150, pointing to a girl, but this last time it was between 137 and 140, pointing to a boy. This one just might a split,

#9. Craving sweet or salty? Salty for sure, so boy!

#10.  Feet colder or warmer/same? Same, so girly girl!

#11. Skin dry or soft? Well, my skin is always dry... so I will say dry so boy

#12. Rounder or wider? I think rounder.. boy

#13. What side do I sleep on? Well, I prefer my back actually (which I have been told probably isn't the best) and right side usually gives me heart burn.  So... left? haha I preferred left before I was pregnant anyway.  I will go with left and say boy, though.  

So... what do you think?? Most people have predicted boy but my mom is rooting for a red headed girl.  I personally have no clue! Stewart is convinced it's a boy.  I guess we will see in just a couple weeks! 

Baptism!

Last weekend we got to go to the baptism of one of our nieces, Kaci. It was the first baptism either of us have been to of a niece or nephew. It was a fun and spiritual baptism.  Afterward, we got to spend time at Lori's house to eat delicious food, spend time with family, playing some crochet, and later go swimming at someone's sweet house!

 Ste getting pushed around in circles by cute little Jackson

Lori and Boone- Lori is due with her first baby boy next month! 

They have four girls so they were ready for a boy! 

Ste and his mom playing some water basketball

A nice redneck truck

Pregnancy Dreams

Pregnancy has brought on some weird dreams....  Here are a few

So, I just gave birth to twin girls and went to my grandparent's house.  I left the girls upstairs with people and a couple days later I realized that I FORGOT I HAD BABIES.  I went upstairs and my grandma was super upset, the babies didn't have clothes on and their was poop EVERYWHERE.  I woke up feeling the biggest guilt that I forgot I had given birth, to twins.

I was told by someone that a guy was coming to torture me by electrocuting me and there was not way I could escape.  When the guy came I yelled at him and said, "If you hurt me, you hurt the baby!"  He then said that instead, I just needed to do 52 volleyball attack line slides in the living room.  I finally got it out of him who sent him to do this to me.  He said it was my mom.  I then approached my mom and asked her why she would ever do that.  She said she wanted her art back.  I asked her what art and that I would give her back whatever she wanted; she didn't have to torture me! Then she said, "You have already started your stash,"  while pointing to a hair ball hanging from the bathroom ceiling.

Stewart and I were walking on Green Avenue in Manson, at the turn to go down towards Lindsea's and Janet's.  So, we were walking and we found a small rattlesnake so we decided to take it with us.  Stewart had it on his arm then he had to run ahead a bit for something so he gave it to me, but I had to hide it in my sweatshirt.  So, I let it crawl up my sleeve.  It was hanging out on my back when we realized how stupid of an idea it was to have a rattlesnake in my sweatshirt.  Stewart then helped me get it out and it was flung under some apple trees.  Then this homeless man comes and starts trying to pick it and one of my cousins goes to talk to the homeless man and is totally all about him.  Stewart and I start walking away, then we turned around and saw a bunch of cops and firefighters pointed guns, bombs, and lasers at the snake.  And there was this super old man is holding this huge laser gun, trips, and accidentally blows up the area where the snake was.