Easter 2012

Easter this year was at our new place. We had my whole family over. We ate corn beef, cabbage, carrots, and potatoes. It was also my dads birthday so we had fresh strawberry pies and I made him a carrot cake with cream cheese frosting.

We dyed Easter eggs the day before and Brooklind ended up with a yellow hand. She got to watch while my mom and I finished.

The Easter Bunny came too!! Brooklind loved her baby doll and books. Don't forget the candy!

We had an egg hunt for Brooklind and her cousins (Jessica & Chad). Brooklind got the hang of it really quick!! She loved it.

We went to church too and our ward was awesome!!! We had so man musical numbers and great talks!! The music got me all choked up.

Seeing the Easter Bunny

We went to South Coast so that Brooklind could see the Easter Bunny. It was an animatronic one that talked, but you didn't sit on his lap. She still was freaked out! Hopefully she gets less freaked out so that she will be able to sit on Santa lap this year.

10 weeks 3 days along

I am definitely feeling pregnant these days! I am not showing yet, but the nausea is bad. Compared to my previous pregnancies this one has got to be the worse so far. The ultrasound picture below was taken Feb 16, 2012 - so I would have been 5 1/2 weeks pregnant. So thats why you can barely tell its even a baby there.

I have been so sick that my doctor had put me on zofran to help with the nausea. Also this pregnancy I have been sick twice so far (regular sick with cold, cough,etc.) NO FUN AT ALL!!!

We went to the doctor yesterday and all of my blood work came back normal. Which in the past that is crazy because they always tell me I am anemic. I am so happy I don't have to take iron supplements because you know what that does...not comfortable. I am so relieved!!! The other crazy thing is that since my last appointment (a month ago) I have lost 9lbs. No wonder why my jean have been loose. But I haven't had much of an appetite either.

So my official due date is October 13, 2012. So we will have a Halloween baby I guess :)I hit my 2nd trimester April 6 so I am hoping and crossing my fingers that the nausea will start to go away. We are all so excited and can't wait to find out what we will be having. I will try to start taking pictures of myself when I start showing a little more.

Its offical!

Its official I found out a few weeks ago that I am pregnant with Erwin baby #2. We couldn't be anymore excited!I am 7 weeks as of today and I go to my first prenatal appointment this Thursday to get more details. But I should be due around September 28th. I am feeling okay. Just wiped out and tired. I have only had a few gross days but not enough to make me barf. So that is awesome. When I was pregnant with Brooklind I was barfing already at this point.
We really can't wait until April so we can find out what we are having!! We are so excited and think it will be great for Brooklind to finally have a sibling.

Another Birthday Party in January

We went to another birthday party for a friend of mine. He son was turning 1. Brooklind had a blast running around with all the kids and of course eating, but she enjoyed her cake pop more than anything.

She just absolutely loved playing with the big kids. She wouldn't play with the younger ones, she liked chasing after the older kids. It was funny to watch. She just ran and laughed the whole time.

Diet and losing weight

So I told myself a few weeks ago that I need to lose weight! I just feel gross and miss wearing all my cute clothes. So I am on week 2 of my diet. I have lost almost 4lbs in one week. So I am proud. I am just watching and counting calories. I am working out too. It was really hard to get motivated to start but it had to be done.
I am using an app and website called Sparkpeople.com and I am working out with the 28 day bootcamp from Sparkpeople too. Its a DVD.





Already after about a week and a half I do feel a little better. Just more energy and better that I am not eating as much. I miss all my carbs! This wasn't even a new years resolution. It was just something I wanted for myself so I could feel better about myself

January so far....

Brooklind is just growing way too fast! We are having her 2nd birthday next month (Feb). It just seems like just yesterday I gave birth to her. She just loves wearing her cute clothes (skirts and dresses) to church! She loves dressing up!!
Last weekend we went to a friend's daughters 3rd birthday party.

Brooklind go her hand painted by the face painter that came. She wouldn't let her paint anything on her face. She loved showing it off.When it was Brooklind's turn to hit the pinata she wasn't quite sure what to do. She got the concept and hit it once. But she was laughing and just wanted to touch the pinata. She thought it was funny. She didn't care to hit it with the bat.She had fun running around and seeing all the other kids there.