The Start of the Third Trimester!

Tom, Jaycee, and I are officially in our third trimester!! We have reached 28 weeks today! It has been an interesting week! I have been worried about Jaycee cause I felt like he was not moving as much as she usually does. I would lay down when I could but there was still little movement! I have had a very stressful week, and I was afraid I was passing that stress on to her! Tom kept telling me she was okay, but I just had my doubts! I asked him to give me a blessing and am so grateful for that gift! He gave me one and I was reassured that everything was still okay and she was healthy and growing like she was supposed to!! It amazes me how the Lord can comfort us in a way that is not possible through any other means! I am so grateful that my husband and the father of my child is worthy to hold the preisthood and can tell me the things the Lord would have me hear! I am grateful for the gospel and the gift of family! I am overwhelmed with gratitude to the Lord today and am so grateful for the blessings I recieve every day! I am happy to report that now that I am laying down Jaycee is kicking her mommy like crazy!! I am so grateful for that little piece of evidence that she is doing well!! It amazes me how huge a roll she has taken in my life and I haven't even met her yet! Next to Tom she is my whole world!! I thank the Lord for this special gift of bonding and feeling so close to this AMAZING spirit already!! I already feel like a mommy!! It's exciting and scary all at the same time!!

Jaycee's Cedar City Baby Shower!!

My mom, Aunt Gaelynn, and Grandma Thompson threw me a baby shower in Cedar City at my aunt's house! I was so excited! We did it early because I don't want to travel after Thanksgiving! I was humbled greatly by the generosity of my friends and family! We got some amazing things that we would never be able to afford on our own and a lot of super cute homemade things that took so much work! Jaycee's daddy and I feel very blessed by all the help we are receiving from EVERYONE!


Here's Mommy at 27 weeks! I am standing next to my bassinet and the dress I was blessed in that Jaycee gets to be dressed in also for her blessing! I am very excited about that!!


Here's Jaycee!


Grandma Henrie, Mommy, and Nana Hughes! These two great ladies have made such an impact on my life and I know Jaycee already loves them! They are going to be so much help after she comes! I am grateful for all they do!


Jaycee was not in this picture yet, but here's her mommy, Grandma Henrie and Great-Grandma Thompson!


Mommy was talking to Daddy on the phone and she was missing him like CRAZY!!


My cousins Andrea and Valerie! I was so glad to see them! It's been too long!


This is how you know Auntie Melinda already loves Jaycee! She wore this diaper thing for a game!


This is my first attempt at the "Moby" type wrap Sarah made for me! It was a lot of work for her and I love it and really appreciate the work! I better learn how to tie it though before Jaycee gets here!!


This beautiful afghan was made by Daddy's Aunt RueThella! It is beautiful and must have been a lot of work!! The great thing is we can use it for all of our kids because the colors are so neutral!! I love it!!


My friend Hanna gave us these cute onsies and a pair of booties and hat that match! She made the booties and hat and they are soooo cute! They will match so many outfits that she already has too which is great!!


This cute little outfit was given to us by Daddy's cousin, Sara Laub! It will look so cute on her!!


This is a cute little stuffed Eeyore that Jaycee's Nana Hughes and Auntie Melinda gave her! I am sure there will be lots of playtime with it!!


My cousin Valerie gave us a cute little outfit, bottle, a dishwasher holder that you put nipples and binki's and whatever else you need to put in it to protect all the stuff but still be able to sanitize them in the dishwasher! I love that!


My cousin Andrea gave us this cute sign that says, "I Am A Child Of God" and a cute little blanket animal thing, and a rattle!! Jaycee is going to love this stuff!!


Grandma Thompson gave us an awesome mobile that has the mobile part, plays music and actually puts a little picture show up on the wall! It is so cool!! She also gave us the softest outfit!! So cute!!


Aunt Lorraine and her girls gave us one of those Boppy type pillows, a cute outfit and a headband she made!!


This cute card Megan gave us! It was a baby with headphones in that said ipood! It was so great!! She gave us a gift card to Wal-Mart! Thanks Megan!! It will surely help with diapers and wipes or whatever else we need!


This is Jaycee's "First Doll"! It was given to her by her Grandma Henrie! It is so cute and I love the Pippy Longstocking hair! I am sure Jaycee will love it!!


This blanket was made for me when I was born by my Great-Grandma Gillins who just passed away recently!! It is beautiful and still looks brand new!! I was bawling when I opened it! Thanks mom for passing it on!!


This was all the yummy food!!

It was a great shower! My Mom, Aunt Gaelynn and Grandma Thompson did a great job and I am so thankful for all the work that they put into it!!

Our Halloween Creations!

This is our pumpkins that we created! They were free from a guy I work with! We had fun carving them! The mummy Tom carved is my favorite!!

Happy Halloween!

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Hope you enjoy this! I love these! Can't wait for the Christmas ones again!! Hope everyone is doing well!!

Happy 28th Birthday to the most amazing man I have EVER met!!

Today is Tom's 28th birthday!! I love this day every year because I get to just think about my man and how amazing he is and how blessed I am that he chose me!! This is going to be a mushy post, so if you have a weak stomach you better just move on right now!! I get so emotional thinking about how this amazing man has changed and blessed my life! He did the most wonderful thing October 15, 2006! 3 years ago today we got engaged! When he proposed, I was actually feeling quite devastated because I really thought he might be breaking up with me! He didn't though! He asked me to marry him!! I was so thrilled!! Then he did something that I would wish for everyone! He took me to the temple so that we could be sealed for time and all eternity!! I will never forget what an amazing day that was!! We have been through a lot the last 3 years and most of it has just been great!! He is such a hard worker and understands how important that is! A quality that I find so attractive!! He is so funny! One night we were staying at my Grandma Thompson's house. We were in the same room as my parents and Uncle and Aunt Lance and Gaelynn! Tom kept us up for over an hour making us laugh so hard. The rest of the family who was upstairs was laughing at us cause we were all just cracking up! And he just kept saying the funniest things!! He is so sensitive! He is always caring about my feelings or how I am doing! If I am having a hard day he can always make me feel better!! He is such a strong preisthood holder! If I ever need a blessing, I know that my amazing husband is worthy to give me that blessing. He always tells me exactly what the Lord needs me to hear!! He loves his family!! He is so good at taking care of his mom and Melinda! He always makes sure that they are doing okay! He also takes good care of me!! He already loves our little Jaycee! He gives her a kiss every day through my tummy! It is so sweet! He is so excited for the day when she starts kicking hard enough so daddy can feel!! He is my best friend! If I ever need a shoulder to cry on or just someone to talk to he is always there for me!! I would rather be with him than anyone else on the planet!! We love just to be together. It doesn't matter what we are doing! He loves the show M*A*S*H! Anyone who really knows me, knows how important this is!! We really enjoy cuddling on the bed while we are getting ready to go to sleep watching M*A*S*H! Speaking of cuddling, he is first of all a big teddy bear even though he looks scary sometimes, but more importantly, he is the best cuddler!! He holds me and makes me feel so important and loved!! Along with that he is a GREAT kisser!! I love kissing him and most days can't get enough!! Don't worry, he's amazing will all kinds of affection toward me! We're prego, need I say more!! TMI I know, but it is definitely something I love about him!! He is so kind!! He tries his best to help whoever he can!! There are so many more things that I could talk about, but there isn't enough room on this website!! I get so emotional thinking about how much I love him!! This morning I was actually crying at the thought of leaving him especially today!! I know my hormones are making me emotional, but this was more than that!! I can't stand being away from him! We are constantly texting each other and telling each other how much we miss and love each other!! I really hope that's how we continue for eternity!! I hope we don't let "life" get in the way of us telling each other how much we love each other all the time!! I love this amazing man and look foreward to spending forever with him! I think I made a good choice in choosing him to be my eternal companion and father of my children!! Thank you baby for all you do for me!!! Thank you for choosing me!!

Being Sick Sucks!!

So this last week I have been sick with the Swine Flu!! I was so worried about Jaycee at first but the first day that I was being treated Tom and his friend came and gave me a preisthood blessing!! That calmed me so much and I was able to relax and let my body heal, well, try to let my body heal! I have felt like CRAP!! I have had a sore throat, fever, exhaustion, achey, chest and head congestion, cough, nausea and a lot of vomiting!! Also I get this lovely side effect when I get a virus where my bottom lip swells up and I have this fat lip! It's cute! Let me tell you!! I couldn't return to work until today cause I was still contageous, and I was actually really excited to go back! I haven't been able to go out of the house because I didn't want to give this to anyone, it is no fun! I kindof feel like I am under house arrest! I hate not having the freedom to do what I want, but it is a weird feeling when you have felt so yucky, that you kindof get used to it and still want to get out! I didn't really want to get out necessarily, I just wanted to do something different!!! I was still feeling so sick today though! I had a headache when I woke up and couldn't even get out of bed, except to throw up!! I am still really achey. My boss called me today and asked what was going on. We talked about the fact that maybe my immune system isn't quite what it should be, maybe due to the pregnancy, we don't know, but I do know that this is taking WAY too long to get over!! Tom gave me another blessing today and it said that my body was having a really hard time getting rid of the disease!! No good, but I am going to work tomorrow!! No matter what! I shouldn't be contageous any more, so I need to be doing something!! I still don't feel well, at all, so this should be interesting!! We'll see how it goes!!

I do have to say that I have an AMAZING husband!! He has been so patient with me!! I would totally understand if he was frustrated, but he hasn't been at all! I love him and am so grateful for him and all that he does for me and Jaycee!!

I guess this will have to do!!

I hate taking pics of myself! I especially hate when I have to stand completely sideways because I know how wide I am front to back and it's very evident in the pics, but people have been asking so I did the best I could! Hope this will satisfy those wanting to see the baby bump pics!!

This is week 22. We had a MD appt today and he said that Jaycee looked healthy. My placenta is low so I have to watch really close for bleeding, but he said chances are good that I will be able to deliver vaginally and my placenta will be just fine!! Here's hoping! Just as long as Jaycee is healthy, that's all her daddy and I care about!!