Pregnancy Update

I'm in the last week of the second trimester! I can't believe it's gone by so fast. I'm still feeling pretty good. I'm tired ALL THE TIME and am experiencing heartburn for the first time in my life, but other than that, I'm feeling great. This is the last week of classes of my last semester at BYU. Next week is finals and then I'm officially finished! I can't wait for it all to be over. I'm just so tired.

I had a prenatal Dr. visit yesterday and everything is just about normal. I had the glucose screening test and passed but was low on hemoglobin levels, so they suggested I take an iron supplement. That's probably contributing to my general fatigue.

Here are the latest preggy pics of yours truly:

At 20 weeks.

At 22 weeks. Week 21 has been the only picture we forgot to take.

Week 23. I had a bad hair day. I think i look like a grasshopper.

Week 24.

Week 25 with an even worse hair day. This one is not even grasshopper hair.

Week 26.

Week 27 - this week.

As you can see, I'm getting bigger. I'm getting more and more excited for the little one to come! Peanut is supposed to be the size of a cauliflower now. He kicks a lot and I now get nauseated over almost anything. I almost threw up in primary. One of my 7 year olds picked his nose and I had to run outside with my hand over my mouth and clear my head of the images of his booger on his finger.

I can't eat most meat, which is probably why I'm borderline anemic. Chicken and hamburger taste like cardboard. Turkey tastes like.. on second thought, I'll spare you on what I think turkey tastes like. I do, however, still like chicken nuggets. And the only thing I ever feel like eating are 7-layer burritos from Taco Bell.

I'll try to put up one of those pregnancy tickers soon.

Thanksgiving Break

Happy Thanksgiving!

We had a great break filled with friends, family, and lots of food. We were lucky enough to be able to attend two Thanksgiving dinners, which were both delicious. We had lunch with my family. Dan and Choka did a great job with cooking all that food. Dan's turkey is delicious but my favorite part was his sweet potatoes. I could have eaten the whole pan. The best part was that Dad, Bree, Mom and Woody came to celebrate with us.

We had dinner with Tyler's family after that at a church in Lindon. It was a lot of fun to be around Tyler's extended family on his mom's side. We had turkey and ham, mashed and sweet potatoes, and three different kinds of pies: chocolate, key lime, and cookie. We were very full by the end. We played a couple of games (I won both games we played) and Wayne and Yvonne sang karaoke.

I carried around my camera all day but this is the only picture that was taken:

Christof and Kensington dancing

Tyler took the picture. I don't know what my deal was. I should have been taking tons of pictures, especially because I actually tried to look nice that day! I'm glad that if only one picture was taken, it was this one. It was a really cute daddy-daughter moment.

Dad, Mom, Woody, Dan, Choka, Bree, Zayaa, Danny, Ariunaa, and I met Tyler at IKEA on Saturday for lunch. I was so sick that I didn't really feel much like meatballs, but I ate some noodles. I started feeling sick Thursday night and still don't feel all that great. I don't know what it was, but I think it suffices to say that I won't be able to eat any kind of Thanksgiving food for a very long time. Anyways, back to IKEA. We love IKEA. We even took some pictures to document the trip.

Headless. Speechless. Can you tell which one is me? And I don't know why I didn't move my hand. I should have. That kinda looks silly. Oh well. I still love this picture.

Mom and Woody

Ariunaa and Danny

Cute cute baby.

Danny loves chocolate cake. He loves chocolate anything, really.

Awww. Cho and Nina.

Sisters.

Dad, Bree, and crazy Chuluun.

After IKEA, Tyler and I went home to say bye to Bree and Dad. We took a nap. Then we went up to Gardner Village to shop and dine with Mom and Woody. Mom picked out some beautiful quilts. My favorite store was "Sassy Baby" where we picked out a present for Peanut and Danny. Woody bought Danny a dinosaur puppet and Peanut got the cutest little polka dotted beanie. Here's Tyler enjoying the "kid's only" playroom:

Aww, isn't he cute.

Woody bought me a present too. I fell in love with this diaper bag by Petunia Pickle Bottom. It is beautiful! I cannot wait to use it! It was really nice of him to spoil me that way. Thanks, Woody!

All in all, it was a great Thanksgiving break. I'm kinda sad to be back at work and school. There's only 17 more days left of the semester! Wish me luck on my research paper, diagnostic report, quizzes, tests, and finals that all have to be completed within the next couple of weeks!

A Love Song

"I Will Show You Love"
sung by Kendall Payne

I will show you love like you’ve never loved before
I will go the distance and back for more if you just say the word

You will come alive again and call the trying times your friend
The pain that you have suffered through will never get the best of you
You will hope in something real that won’t depend on how you feel
When you call my name then I will answer, answer

I am on your side though the wind and waves beat against your faith
You were on my mind when the world was made
Trust in me my child, Trust in me my child

Walk out on the water where you have no control
So scared to death of failure you sacrifice your soul, please let that go

You have climbed an uphill road, You have worn a heavy load
You have cried through endless nights and nearly given up the fight
Watched your dreams like falling stars the heartaches made you who you are
Now looking back you see that I have always been there

Where you gonna hide? Where you gonna hide from Me?
Where you gonna go? Where you gonna go that I can’t see?

I have heard you cry and it breaks my heart for I love you so
I would never lie, this is not the end there is still a hope

I am on your side though the wind and waves beat against your faith
You were on my mind when the world was made
Trust in me my child, Trust in me my child

I first heard this song on one of my favorite television shows, "Grey's Anatomy." I fell in love with it immediately and bought it on iTunes as soon as I could. Having just heard clips of song on the television show, I assumed that the song was about a romantic relationship and was able to relate to it on that level. "I have heard you cry and it breaks my heart for I love you so." Isn't that what it's like you love someone? You hurt when they hurt. You're happy when they're happy? I listened to it again when I found out that I was pregnant and it had another special meaning to me in a parent child relationship. But the more I've listened to it, the more I'm convinced that the parent child relationship in this song is a heavenly one. I think it's about the perfect love our Heavenly Father has for each one of us as his children. It's a song of hope and comfort. It is beautiful and I just wanted to share it.

Tyler's Birthday

Happy Birthday to my Tyler!

I decided to throw him a surprise birthday party. It was on really short notice, but it still turned out pretty great. I kept thinking, "This is really going to be a surprise!!" I guess I wasn't as sneaky as I thought. He guessed it. So he wasn't all that surprised. He was still grateful though and I hope he felt loved. Thanks to all those that came!

Isn't it nice to have a livingroom full of people you love?

I was dressed all nice for the party, but of course, the only pictures of me are when I had changed into pajamas.

Again, happy birthday, Tyler. You are my world and I love you.

Halloween

I know it's a little late...

Happy Halloween!!

Tyler and I didn't do much for Halloween. My goal was to stay at home all day and relax but that didn't happen. I had a really good day though! My friend, Lorna, and I went to lunch and to Babies R Us. I also had the opportunity to put a little bit of sparkle on Tinkerbell Zayaa. She looked like a little doll. Here she is:

I didn't do much for the rest of the day. Poor Tyler had to stay at home with his grumpy pregnant wife on Halloween night. I didn't feel like doing anything. I was really looking forward to handing out candy to the neighborhood kids but when the time came I was in one of those hormone induced bad moods and I couldn't even bring myself to get off of the couch.

I was cheered up, however, by Dan, Choka, Zayaa, Danny, Ariunaa, Shanda, and Kensington stopping by! I just have the cutest nieces and nephews there ever was.

Cute family!

Cat and mouse! I wish that I had put her ears on her for this picture.

Minnie and Mickey Mouse. (Ariunaa and Kyler)

Kitty and kitty! I love this picture.

Raaaaar!!!

Snow Day

I don't like to leave my house when it snows. I would rather just stay inside with some hot chocolate, a big blanket, and enjoy the warmth of my house. Today, on my walk across BYU's campus, I was so grateful that I was outside. The snow was magical today. I felt like I was on the inside of an enchanted snow globe. I hope everyone else has a beautiful snowy day.

I'll try to put some recent pictures on here soon.