10 Week

How far along? 10 Weeks 1Day

Weight gain? Still fluctuating a lot

Maternity Clothes? Not yet, still usually wearing pajamas (not "out" of course - usually).

Stretch marks? Nope

Sleep? Almost too much of it, but I'm definitely not complaining. 

Best moment this week? Not feeling sick anymore! Oh man, it was perfect timing too. I still feel sick occasionally when I don't eat but other than that I feel great.

Miss anything? Having energy.

Cravings? Nothing really

Any Aversions? Most everything

Showing?  Nope, bloated but I don't think that is "showing".

Belly button in or out?  In

Wedding ring on or off? On

Happy or Moody?  Both, but I feel more happy this week.

Looking forward to? My appointment next week to hopefully see the baby again!

Vince & Katie Move to Arizona

Last weekend, Andy was amazing and let me go to Arizona with my parents, 

Vince & Katie and her parents. 

Vince & Katie had a company pay for all of Vince's school if he gave 5 years back to them.

This company took them down to Arizona.

I'm not too upset about them living there!

It's a great place to visit.

We left after work Thursday and headed down to St. George. 

We stayed the first night in St. George then early in the morning 

headed out for the rest of the drive to Arizona. 

Even with kids, I was impressed how we really didn't stop that often.

I really didn't take a lot of pictures during the weekend because we were busy moving.

These are from one of our rest stops to get our legs moving!

Here are a few pictures of our time in Arizona.

On Saturday evening, Katie's parents were kind enough to watch the kids while we ran to the temple to do some sealings.

It's been a while since I've been to the temple and it was perfect.

I was missing Andy so much, but could feel his love as well as the Lords love as I sat in the celestial room with my brother/sister and parents.

The Gilbert temple is about 5 minutes from their house, which is so cool!

This is their house in such a cute neighborhood.

Everything about their situation is going to be so great for them!

It was sad to leave this cute family behind on Sunday.

We miss them like crazy already, but are very excited to visit lots!

Our Big Announcement to our Families

Last night we went to dinner with my family to one of our favorites, Shoots.

According to my family, we were celebrating Vince finishing taking the boards, and them moving at the end of this week.

But we had it planned that it would be a little more special than that!

We ordered fortune cookies from Etsy that had custom sayings in them.

We had them chocolate dipped so that they would look just like the Shoots fortune cookies.

Everything went so perfect.

They brought out the cookies at the end of dinner and Vince was the first to read his.

Of course his said, "Good things are coming in due time...September 2015 to be exact!"

He just thought it was a pretty specific fortune and wasn't sure what it meant exactly. His birthday is in September so he just was thinking how cool that fortune was.

Then Phill opened his which read, "Baby McDonald, coming September 2015".

So he said, "Bailey?! Do you have something to tell us?"

But Chase and Lucy hadn't even taken a cookie yet, so I just smiled and looked at them and said, "take a cookie!"

Then everyone got super excited and was so thrilled for us.

It truly couldn't have gone better.

We are so blessed with the family that we have.

They all want what is best for us and it's the most amazing feeling.

No one even had a clue that it was coming which was the best part!

These were all the different fortunes that everyone got.

Everyone was so excited to see all the different ones.

To announce to everyone on social media, I had Andy photoshop the last line on this fortune.

VIDEO:

In the Video:

Kendrick was way cute and if you listen closely to him in the video he mentions that our happy news was what his wish was and that it "actually came true"! 

(Before he came into the restaurant he made a wish into the fountain outside.)

Thanks for being there everyone to celebrate our exciting news!

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For Andy's family, he said that we probably 

didn't need to do anything as big as we did for my family.

So their announcement was much simpler than my families, but still perfect nonetheless!

Most of Andy's family was away at Disneyland for the week, 

so I took this picture of the gift we gave to Andy's parents and said, 

"Thought you'd all like to see the present we gave Kelly for his retirement!"

We got tons of texts back from everyone, they were all so thrilled. 

We are truly so blessed with the families we have!

Couldn't ask for better brothers, sister-in-laws and brother in-laws!

9 Weeks

How far along? 9 Weeks 6 Days

Weight gain? Nope, maybe after the Super Bowl because I ate so much food!

Maternity Clothes? Still not yet, though I almost can't wait!

Stretch marks? Nope!

Sleep? Tons, it's really nice. I'm savoring it right now.

Best moment this week? Telling our families our news! It was amazing. So much support. 

Miss anything? Eating anything and everything.

Cravings? Salty things for the most part, but really nothing that I'm really "craving".

Any Aversions? Basically everything, especially things that have strong smells.

Showing? Nope!

Belly button in or out? In

Wedding ring on or off? On

Happy or Moody? Mostly happy.

Looking forward to? Nothing in particular, just for this baby to continue growing big and strong inside!

8 Weeks

How far along? 8 Weeks 2 Days

Weight gain? None, some days when I can't eat I lose a few pounds but nothing drastic.

Maternity Clothes? Nope, but I mostly wear pajamas all day since I have no where to go.

Stretch marks? Nope.

Sleep? Right now, I'm sleeping okay. I wake up tired but all in all I sleep fine.

Best moment this week? Seeing the baby again. We thought we had miscarried friday, so when we went to the doctor she told us that she didn't think we had but we could do an UltraSound again just to be sure there was still a heartbeat. There was and it was the best thing to hear ever!

Miss anything? Not being sick. I thought I was sick before, but ever since my appointment on Monday I've been so nauseous.

Cravings? I still only can really eat apples, saltines, GingerAle, and sometimes yogurt.

Any Aversions? Most food smells. Even if something sounds good to me, when I smell it, I feel sick.

Showing?  No, bloated yes, but not really showing.

Belly button in or out?  In

Wedding ring on or off? On

Happy or Moody?  Both! Depends on the day.

Looking forward to? Being far enough along to hopefully not be sick anymore.

7 Weeks

How far along? 7 Weeks 2 Days

Weight gain? No, actually fluctuating up and down 4-5 pounds

Maternity Clothes? Nope

Stretch marks? Nope

Sleep? Uncomfortable, but mostly from my stomach hurting

Best moment this week? Seeing the baby for the first time on the ultra sound/seeing the heartbeat

Miss anything? The thought of food being amazing not nauseating

Cravings? Crackers, salty things, not really a craving but more that's all that sounds good.

Any Aversions? Most food. I look on instagram and see food and I get sick.

Showing?  Nope

Belly button in or out?  In

Wedding ring on or off? On

Happy or Moody?  BOTH!

Looking forward to? Telling our families and close friends about the pregnancy!

New Year's Intentions

This year I know to be a good year.

Of course, there will always be trials that we face, but Andy and I have confidence that we can work better this year as a team.

There are lots of exciting things that will come our way.

We have lived a blessed life thus far. 

We are striving to live the life the Lord has set for us.

To be guided by His loving hand.

If we do that, we'll be just fine.

I hope that you all continue (if anyone is), 

reading our blog and reading about our adventures for the upcoming year!

Here is a list of my New Year's Intentions this year:

Spritual:

1. Read Scriptures in the morning and at night.

2. Say Prayers in the morning and at night.

3. No more swearing.

4. Go to the temple every week.

5. Attend all 3 hours of church.



Physical:

6. Exercise more often.

7. Drink more water.

8. Eat healthier.

       

Personal:

9. Wake up and get ready for the day.

10. Wash face at night.

11. Journal.

12. Eat Breakfast.

13. Make the bed.

14. Have a positive attitude.

15. Make time for myself.

Social: 
16. Make time for others.

17. Serve more often.

18. Always think the best of others.

Marriage: 
20. Work on communication.
21. Date night every week.

22. Forgive often.

23. Love always. No matter what.

Home:

24. Clean house before bed.

25. Make a schedule and stick to it.

26. Make it a safe place for all that walk in the doors.

Financial:
27. SAVE SAVE SAVE

|| just be the best person i can be ||

and love unconditionally