My very sleepy thoughts!!

So, It is 3:45 am and I am still awake! This week I have been having problems sleeping cause I hurt too bad and can't get comfy, but tonight it's the worst! The last two nights I have tossed and turned and got a little sleep, but tonight sleep isn't coming, which is really a bummer cause I am so tired, but I know that this happens to everyone and it's just something that I will have to live with! Thank goodness for facebook and my blog to keep me busy! I really should be doing homework, but I am afraid I am a little too sleepy for that and wouldn't remember what I have learned and that wouldn't do anyone any good at all. So, as soon as I am done with this post, I will try again to sleep and see if it comes!!
While I was looking at backgrounds to update my blog for Christmas, I decided that this was the only one that represented the real meaning, which I have been thinking a lot about lately! Our Christmas is not going to be an expensive one in any way, shape or form. Friends that we usually buy for are going to have to just get a card or something this year cause we could only buy for family and that didn't add up to much! But as I was a little depressed about this, I realized that some of the best Christmas' are the meager ones. You sometimes are allowed to focus on the Savior more than the gifts!! My parents surprised us with the best gift ever of plane tickets so we could go home for Christmas this year. This was our year to be with my family and we screwed that up by getting pregnant. There is no way I should be sitting in a car all the way to Vegas to get home, so we rearranged things a bit and was going to spend Christmas with Tom's family and Thanksgiving with mine. When they got us the tickets though I was so excited cause we could stay on our normal schedule, but more importantly, it's Kyle's first Christmas since he's been home from his mission, Jane's first Christmas as an official part of the family, and my grandma is going to be there too. She is taking a turn at each of her kids houses each year and there are six kids, so this wouldn't happen again for at least six years! Another reason I am so excited is that my parents will get to see me so far along in my pregnancy. I have changed a lot since my mom has seen me last and even more since I have seen my dad! My grandma, Kyle and Jane haven't seen me in quite a while too, and I am excited for that! Probably the next time they see me, my stomach will have deflated some, and our little Jaycee will be in my arms instead of my belly!!
Wow, I am rambling tonight, good thing I am not doing my homework! Back to the true meaning of Christmas! When we told my mother in law that plans had changed and we were going to spend Thanksgiving with her and Christmas with my family, she was so excited for us! Then her and Melinda decided that they would go work at a soup kitchen on Christmas morning! How amazing is that! If that doesn't say the love of Christ, I don't know what does! I am so excited that Jaycee's Nana and Auntie are such amazing people who know their Savior and serve Him every day of their lives!!
He has done so much for me in my life and I love that this time of year, I can take time out to really think about my blessings and what He has done for me!! I am so grateful for the Atonement where I can repent for the things that I have done wrong, and He takes my burdens upon Him! He actually makes me whole again! What greater love!! I hope that I can teach Jaycee to love Him as much as I do and I hope that she will gain an appreciation for what He has done for her!! I have chosen the best Daddy Jaycee could possibly have to help me do this! Tom is a man who has a very deep testimony of the Savior and what He has done in his life! I am so glad that he is mine forever and that we can take this parenthood journey together!
Well, I better close this before it turns into a book of random thoughts! Have a good night all, and wish me luck for getting some sleep!!

We can't handle any more catastophies!!

So, I just thought I would let ya'll know about our weekend! Well, actually it started Thursday night! At about 7:00 pm ish I got a phone call from my mother-in-law, Linda! She sounded happy enough as she said, "Guess where I am?" When I asked where, she said Jordan Valley Medical Center. I asked why, thinking she was there visiting someone she knew, cause she is always doing things for other people. She told me she was in a car accident. She didn't exactly know how bad it was, but they brought her by ambulance on a back board and wouldn't let her get off. She drove a 1991 Honda Civic Hatchback, and was hit by a 3/4 ton Chevy. He rearended her going 45 miles per hour as she was coming to a stop. She said that she was going to get someone to give her a blessing, and I told her if she would wait we would be there in like 15 min. Tom was asleep and he woke right up when I said that and was asking me who it was and what was going on. I told him and of course he was kinda freaking out!! Linda had a spinal fusion when she was 14 years old as a result of polio and would be in a lot of trouble if one of those cracked! I told her to call Melinda and let her know what was going on and we would swing by and pick her up on the way to the hospital. Well, we got to Melinda's and she didn't answer her door or phone, so I just kept calling and when she finally answered I asked if she was ready to go to the hospital with us. She had no idea what I was talking about and I had to tell her what had happened. That was horrible, but as soon as she got out to the car, we got a hold of Linda and she was able to talk to her. She happened to be in the shower when Linda tried to call her and when she had seen that she missed so many calls, she tried calling Linda and couldn't get a hold of her. Anyways, we made it to the hospital and she was off the back board, but still had a neck brace on. Tom gave her a beautiful blessing and blessed her that she would be able to get well! After a while they took her for x-ray and ultrasound. While she was gone, some other friends came and helped give Tom and Melinda blessings to help them feel at peace! They are just a bit uneasy about anything happening to anyone in their family since they lost their dad, which I think is pretty understandable! Well, she got back from radiology and we waited for the results. Everything looked great!! We were so relieved! We were able to take her home and Tom and I ran to get her perscription. It was about 1:00 am by the time we made it home and we were all exhausted! We said a few prayers of gratitude and all tried to go to bed. Tom and I stayed up for at least a half hour more trying to decide if it would be better for me to go to work or stay home at 7:00 am. I really wanted to stay and take care of Linda, but she had Melinda and Tom there and I wasn't sure how much she needed me, when we were so short staffed at work! I decided I was too tired to decide then and set my alarm for 5:00 am and decided I would figure it out then! I kept waking up because I was having acid reflux that was really hurting me, and at 3:00 am I woke up with the worst acid reflux I had ever felt! I decided I needed to go throw up. I got up and threw up quite a bit and it burned SO bad! I needed to go to the bathroom so I yelled for Tom to get me a bowl I could throw up in. That's when I started throwing up blood! Lots of it! We decided that we better go to the hospital. I got to IMC ER and they, of course, sent me over to Labor and Delivery. They put me on the monitors and while they were getting my history I threw up more blood! This time at least it was less! They brought me in something for nausea and something to help reduce the acid in my belly. They took some blood and of course my blood count was low, but not dangerous yet, so if they could reduce the acid and stop me from throwing up, I would probably be okay and they wouldn't need to scope me! I did not want to be scoped! I didn't want to be sedated while I was pregnant, and I wasn't about to do it unsedated! We were able to go home about 9:30 with a perscription for acid medication! We went and picked up Linda and went to see the car. It was TOTALLED!! The truck had hit the back, where she had her massage table, which rammed into her seat bending her seat back over the massage table, and the bent part jammed into her back. This gave us the reason for the big bruise and cut on her back, and let us know how truly blessed she was to not have any of those fusions separate! Then we took her to the doctor to have a follow up and decide what to do to get her better and working again! We got home and made dinner and ate and all of us crashed! We were all so tired, especially where Tom and I had only gotten an hour and a half of sleep! We do feel very blessed however that even know all these things had to happen, neither one of us were injured beyond repair!

Tom's Song

Have you ever heard a song that has touched you so deeply, you just couldn't stop thinking about it and what it meant for you? Well, usually I have that happen with a country song or a church song, but this time it was with a rock song! I have no idea how that happened. At Thanksgiving time, when we were on our way home, Tom had a CD in. It was just quiet and I was actually listening to the words. It was crazy, all of the sudden it hit me! I asked, "Is this like your theme song?" Tom was caught off guard and he listened to it again, and was like, "Wow, it kinda is!" I love this song because it talks about a boy who was picked on as a kid, but when he got older he had such a great life and wanted everyone to know that he had succeeded in life. Well, even if that's not what it means in real life, that's what it means to me! Tom had a hard childhood. He wasn't the most popular kid and a lot of kids made fun of him for one reason or another. People told him he would never succeed in this life! Well, I am here to tell them they are wrong! He is a huge success as a man, preisthood holder, husband, father, son, brother and part of society! He has had a lot of pain in his life for many reasons, but through his faith he is able to work through the pain! He is the most amazing man I have ever met and I am so glad he chose to spend the rest of eternity with me!! I honestly don't know what I would do without him in my life! So I say to all you who used to put down my husband, take a look at all the blessings he has! And know that he blesses my life every day just by being who he is!! Enjoy! This is Almost Over by Limp Bizkit

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!!

Jaycee Hughes

We have decided on a name!! Jaycee Hughes!! We can't wait to see our sweet little Jaycee!! We love her already and are trying to be the best parents we can be!!

It's A GIRL!!

And Mommy and Daddy couldn't be more excited!! We were pretty sure we were having a boy, but when we found out it was a girl, we were SOOOOOO excited!! It totally feels right!! Now the only problem is the girl's name we thought we liked, didn't feel right to either of us during the ultrasound! So now the search has started for a new girl's name! On another good note, she looks healthy and everything is going well! They did change our due date to Feb 9, it was Feb 6. I was a little bummed, but 3 days is at least less than a week!! We'll see what happens!! So, I know you wanna see pics of our cute little bundle of joy, instead of listening to me ramble, so enjoy!!

Definitely a GIRL!! I am pretty sure "Daddy's Little Girl!!"

I love this one of our limber little angel!! Her feet almost touched her head!
I love her hand just above her nose!!

20 Weeks, A Fever, and A New Job!

So today, I am really wanting to go to church! I love being there and feeling the Spirit! It always helps me through my week. I can't though cause I have a fever, a hacking cough that is settling in my chest and I ache all over. I get a little upset when people are sick and go out in public cause I don't want what they have. So, I better stay home! I think I will read from the Ensign and the scriptures, but I thought a great way to start was by thinking of and expressing some of the things I am grateful for today!

I am grateful for an understanding Father in Heaven who knows me and my stuggles and helps me even when I can't see it!

I am thankful for the blessing of being pregnant! This has not been an easy time in our lives. We had not planned on moving foreward with this until after Tom finished school, but I feel like if we are obedient we will be blessed!

I am so grateful that yesterday I hit the 20 week point! I am halfway to seeing our little miracle! Pictures will come on Thursday!!

I am grateful for the days that I don't feel quite as nauseated as most other days!! Those are good days!

I am grateful for ultrasounds and we will be able to find out the gender (hopefully) on Thursday! We are very excited!!

I am so thankful that the Lord allows us to feel the movements of those little ones!! I can only feel them if I am lying on my back and there is some background noise going on, like the radio or TV. I have to really concentrate, but I can't deny that those little flutters are there!! I can't wait to feel them more strongly!

I am very grateful for friends and family that are going through the same thing I am right now and how close we have become because of it!!

I am grateful for parents who were so patient with me and taught me the right way! I am so excited for them to come stay after the baby comes!!

I am grateful for in-laws that are the best anyone can ask for! I am excited that they will be involved in our child's life!!

I am so grateful for brothers and sisters who love us and support us!

I am thankful for a job that helps me pay the bills and allows me to work with great people, even though lately it's so hard for me to be there!!!

Last but not least I am so grateful for a loving husband, a partner in this life and for eternity, a daddy for my baby, and the love of my life! He has had a hard time lately because he really wants to work in the electrical field. He is going to school to become an electrician. If you knew him, you'd know how perfect of a fit this is as a career for him! Because of the current economic crisis he hasn't been able to find work as most electrical companies have had to lay off most of their staff because of the lack of work!! He has always told me, ya make more money flipping burgers than you do doing nothing!! He promised me from the time we were engaged that he would support his family, no matter what! Well, today he starts his job at Auto Zone! He has worked there in the past for 3 1/2 years and vowed he would never go back! His friend is the manager of a store up here in SLC and offered Tom a job! Even though he hates the idea of going back to retail, we are so greatful he has a job and he is excited at the prospect of working with his friend!! His first day is today and he just arrived there ready to be put to work! It has been very nice having him be available for whatever needs to be done, but we are even more excited to be paying off bills!!

Thank you baby for being such a wonderful husband and example to our baby!! I couldn't have picked a better father for my children!! I love you so much and look foreward to the many wonderful things this life has in store for us!!

Tauranga, New Zealand!

Sorry this one is even later!! It's not cause I didn't want to share it! I have been so sick that I can hardly get out of bed for work, and when I am there, I can't be completely there! That bothers me so much, but I guess this is better late than never! We had so much fun there, and you will see a lot of pics with not a lot of commentary. The landscape was just so beautiful and that's what we took most of the pics of!! Hope you enjoy, cause we sure did!!

This is OUR Blog!!!

and with it being our blog, I feel like we feel like we should be able to share our thoughts, fears, dreams, concerns, happinesses and whatever else we feel like sharing. I got a very rude annonymous comment on here telling us that we don't know how lucky we are and that we should just be grateful for what we have and stop complaining about how long it took us to get pregnant! Well, first of all, we have NEVER complained, and second, I was telling of some fears I have because I have some infertility in my family, and I am sorry if this is stupid to anyone out there, but this was a valid concern to me!! I do realize that we got pregnancy fairly fast, because the chances of getting pregnant are so small anyways, but it was still hard for me to see those negative tests and anyone who has been in my position knows exactly how I feel! The numbers don't matter! It doesn't matter that it took someone else a lot of time, what matters is what I have felt and am feeling!! I am not sharing anyone elses feelings on this blog!!! That's why it says The Hughes Family at the top!! If you don't want to know what I am feeling, don't read it!! I have recently taken off the option to leave annonymous comments on our blog, just so that person knows, and I have deleted your comment because I don't need someone being so negative on here, it's not welcome!! We do know how blessed we are and are grateful for all the Lord has given us!!

Sorry for the rant, and most of you will not understand this, but there is one person that will, and I would appreciate if they didn't comment like that any more on this site!!

Melbourne, Australia

We flew to Melbourne after we left Brisbane! We stayed with Tom's aunt and uncle! They were so great and we appreciate all they did for us! We spent time at Victoria Market which is the largest outdoor market in the world.

We got to do work for Tom's family at the Melbourne Temple!

We found the whole experience of driving on the wrong side of the road in the wrong side of the car a little weird!!

We went to Old Melbourne Gaol (Jail) It was really neat!

Us at a medevil castle close to Melbourne.

The rest is us at Sovereign Hill a mining Town within the place where Tom's dad was born called Ballarat.