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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!!