I had my first doctor appointment

A few weeks ago I had my first doctor appointment. I was really nervous cause I didn't know what they were going to do or what to expect. Well we actually got to hear the baby's heart beat. That was a special moment. I wish I could hear it every day. It would make it more real on a daily bases. I also had to get blood taken out which was horrible, I hate needles, I am hoping by the end of pregnancy I am used to getting poked if not I am in for a rude awakening on the day of labor. 

I am no longer experiencing morning sickness, YAY! I cannot tell you how happy I am about this. I thought I was going to die. I was the worst feeling in the world, I do not wish it on anyone. I am able to eat just about anything. The crazy thing is that lately I have been craving ethnic food like Greek and Lebanese food. When I got pregnant I thought I would not want to be eating those foods but I wish I could have them every day. The other day Jon came home from work and I was having a horrible day and he surprised me with flowers and told me to get ready cause he was taking me to my favorite Lebanese Restaurant in Salt Lake City called Mazza. I love that place. He had read my mind cause just that day I was thinking to myself how good that would be. The other food I am really craving is sushi which I have gone to a few time but can only have the vegetable ones but who cares.

Well I have found out that everyone is pregnant right now. Its so funny. I think most of the girls from back home that I grew up going to church with are all pregnant and due with in 3-4 of me. Its crazy. Oh and then one of my husband's mission companion who lives near and we have been hanging out with him and his wife, well she is exactly 4 weeks behind me. Which is good cause everything she is going thru I am going thru and we even have the same doctor.

Ok one more thing I have to update you on since I haven't been keeping this up to date. Jon and I have received callings in our ward. Jon is the new secretary for the elders quorum and I am one of the teachers for the Sunbeam class. They have 3 teachers in there and I wasn't sure why until I went to it last Sunday. It was crazy. I told my mother-in-law that I think they are trying to make me inactive or something. It was too much for me to handle, had I been in that calling before getting pregnant I would NOT be pregnant right now cause I would have really thought about having children. The little girls are so sweet but the boys are just way too much to handle.

My brother Aaron came to visit

So my wonderful brother came to visit at the end of September. Let me tell you I was so happy to hear him say he was coming out to visit. I really was feeling home sick and wanted to see someone from back home. So this was a treat for me. He had a blast while he was out here and so did we. I love seeing my family, I love and miss them so much.

Jon, Aaron and Ava asleep on the way down to Provo.
At the Hoogle Zoo.
Annie and I at the Pie Pizzeria.
Jon and Aaron being goofy.

My brother came to visit.

My brother Aaron came to visit me. I was so excited, he came at a very good time cause the stores are still not up and we had tons of time to spend together. Plus, I was feeling home sick and so it made me feel better. We all had so much fun having him around. We took him to The Pie Pizzeria in Salt Lake City. Its was cool cause its got that college vibe.

A lot to catch up on.

Well it has been a while since I have written on here. We have moved from Provo to Northern Utah. Since the store is opening soon we decided we needed to live near by. We have been here for about a month and we really like it here. It's a small town so that's kinda different for all of us. Oh we are all living together which is Jon, me, Annie, Ava, mom and dad. Its crazy living all together and kinda hard but its getting better. 

About the store, it will be opening in 3 weeks and we are super excited. The sign is already up and I will have to get a picture of it up on here. Everyone in our new ward is really excited about it and are telling everyone they come across. 

About my pregnancy, I think I am starting to get over morning sickness but let me tell you for a month there I was hating life. It was an all day thing and not fun. I couldn't even leave the house cause I was too nervous that at any moment I would be throwing up. For the past week I have had morning sickness a little bit in the morning but once I have breakfast its gone and then a little at night when I take my vitamins. Once its completely over it will be amazing. I have my first real doctor appointment on Monday, I cannot wait. So I have been really thinking that it might be twins but who knows, I'll find out soon enough. But then the other night I had a dream it was a baby boy and I even remembered what it looked like. Well I haven't gained any weigh yet but my belly is starting to show. 

Morning sickness

It's happening. I thought that maybe some how I was one of those lucky people that do not get morning sickness while pregnant but I'm not that lucky. My mom last week kept saying that if I didn't have it by then it was not going to happen but it did. The last few days have been horrible, it's not morning sickness its all day sickness. I hate it. I don't understand why women do this to themselves over and over. I told Jon the other night as I was about to throw up that I don't know if I could do this to myself again. Adoption is looking really good. Everyone keeps telling me its worth it, I guess I'll have to see in 7 months.  

Happy Birthday Jon!

Today my wonderful husband turn 25, wow he is getting old, jk. He is such an amazing person, I love him so much. I don't know what my life would be without him. I just cannot believe how lucky I am to have found him. Happy Birthday Love! I love you more than you will ever know.

We found our car, YAY!

I cannot believe this. As Jon and I are driving back from church we see a car that looks like mine and as we get closer we saw the Utah sticker in the front and the Chargers sticker in the back. Jon stayed with the car while I drove up to the house to get a phone since neither of us had one. I called the police and when they got there they told us to go look and see if there was anything in it that was not ours. The person who stole our car was really stupid, they left a McDonald's drink in there a woman's bag in there with baby girl toys. In the bag there was a baby bottle and a sippy cup. The police officer also found a finger print on the rear view mirror. I hope they found who did that and they pay for it. Specially if they had a baby with them when they did it. How horrible. The funny thing is that this person just drove the car down the hill and left it there with the windows open. They must have realized that the equipment in the back was taking the whole back and they couldn't have anyone else with them. And since the equipment weighs about 400 pounds each they couldn't do it themselves. The scary thing is that they must have found the sensor key that mom had lost in there cause the car would not start up. So we now have our car parked in the garage so that whoever stole it can't come back for it. If they looked and found the key and left their stuff in the car they must have thought they were going to come back for the car. Oh well, at least we were lucky enough to have found it. Thank goodness we went to church, right? Well that made our day.

Our car was just stolen!

I don't know what else can go wrong but my white mitsubishi outlander just got stolen. Can you believe that? And the worst part was that we had really expensive equipment for the stores, so we are really upset about it. I thought we lived in a nice neighborhood, lesson learned I guess. You are not safe anywhere, not even in Provo (happy valley). Poor Jon is about to lose his mind. This is the second car in 2 years that something has happened to. Well pray that we can find it in one piece and not burned and that the pizza equipment is still in the car. We just paid a load of money for it.

I got to go to Los Angeles/find out I am pregnant!

Last week Jon and I went to California, again. I went for 2 days up to Los Angeles to stay with my friend Jen. It was such a blast. Jon's parents took us all to Korea town for dinner at a BBQ place, the food was amazing. That same night Jen, Jackson and I went to the Griffith Observatory and I got to see the "Hollywood" sign but it was took dark to take pictures. 

The following day we decided to go the the Americana at Brant, which is an outside mall. It was amazing, tons of expensive stores. We went to this really nice mexican restaurant called Frida, it was for sure the best mexican restaurant ever. We got their tampiquena with mole sauce, it was just amazing food and service. I highly recommended if you are in the LA area. We also got to see the group En Vogue at an outdoor concert it was pretty good.

That night Jen took me to a new frozen yogurt place that is now the coolest thing in California. I fell in love with the place and once I was down in San Diego I made Jon drive for like an hour to get me to one of these, that's how good it is.

Oh my goodness this is a good story. So my period was about 5 days late and so Jen happened to have a pregnancy test at her house. So last thursday before leaving to go back down to San Diego I did the home pregnancy test and within less than a minute there were 2 lines, I woke Jen up cause I couldn't believe it and made sure I wasn't seeing things. And she said it was positive, AHHHH!! I was in complete shock, we were not expecting this. So I tried calling Jon but he wouldn't answer so I called my mom and told her, she was surprised too. Finally I got ahold of Jon and he would not believe me. I didn't want to believe I was pregnant till I went to a clinic and was told by a health professional. But here is the first pregnancy test I took. Ahhh!! I'm gonna be a mom how crazy.

My parent 25th wedding anniversary!

Wow, so today 25 years ago my parents were married. The silver anniversary! That seems like a really long time to me but they tell me it has gone by way too fast. I love my parents so much. I look up to them. They have the best marriage out of anyone I know, hands down. My mom's love for my dad is unbelievable, she does anything for my dad. I aspire to be a wife like my mom. I feel like I have the best parents in the world. They would do anything for their kids. In 25 years my parents have had 4 amazing kids. Lived in Costa Rica about 10 years while married and then moved the family to the USA. They have raised some amazing people. I'm the only crazy one, hahaha. I won't go on cause it will take forever and most are personal. There are so many things that they have achieved. I'm so proud of them. I love you mami and daddy!

Here are a few quotes about marriage:

 

"Coming together is the beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success." by Henry Ford

"Treasure the love you receive above all. It will survive long after your good health has vanished." by Og Mandino

 

"A successful married life requires falling in love many times, but always with the same person." anonymous

"No man or woman really knows what perfect love is until they have been married for quarter of a century." anonymous