Hello!
I hope everyone is having a good 2012. I can't believe it's already almost March! It seems like time has flown, at the same time feeling like I have FOREVER until June. I don't know how time can feel like it's running and stopping at the same time, but it has.
I'm currently 25 weeks along in this lovely pregnancy. I really have had no complications or anything too exciting happen. My kidneys hurt sometimes, which isn't very fun. It has been happening for a few weeks, and all my tests have come back free of any bladder or kidney infection. So I guess I have no idea why it happens! It's pretty painful when it does hurt. I'm hoping it's nothing too serious, but considering the doctors I have talked to don't seem to concerned, I'm not either. Other than that, just getting fat and feeling the little guy move is all that's been going on. I love feeling him, it's getting so fun. He has periods where he's pretty active for awhile, but for the most part he seems pretty mild. I don't have a previous pregnancy to compare him to. I don't really know what's considered "mild" or "active" or anything in between. I'm loving it though! It's so fun to feel him wiggle around in there, but he's not big enough to stick a foot in my ribs or an elbow in my side yet so it's not at all uncomfortable. I guess that's going to change here in the next few weeks. I keep thinking I have all the time left in the world to do stuff, but if he comes on time I only have 15 weeks left! Plus 38 is fully cooked and I'm okay with not being fat and uncomfortable for 2 extra weeks, so if I get lucky and have a 38 weeker I only have 13 weeks left. Eeek! I really haven't done a thing yet. We had a friend paint the nursery last week, that's about it. I have lots of clothes already (none that I have bought, I've been lucky to be given lots of stuff from friends and family) and I got those washed and are getting them organized by size now. My front room is a mess. We still need to finish with the nursery, make the bedding, buy furniture, register, organize.... lots left to do! It's so fun though. I like that I now have stuff to do. The first half of the pregnancy was pretty much just worry, wonder if everything is okay and wait. Now that I'm only 15 weeks away there's lots to do! I'm excited to do it all too. I want the room to be done so I can start buying furniture and organizing clothes and doing all the little stuff. I just want it to be June already, I'm ready to have a baby to cuddle and snuggle and make me sleep deprived!!
Speaking of sleep deprivation, I'm already on the right track to seeing what that feels like. I don't sleep well at night. Between my sweet husband who is a bed hog and snores like crazy, my bladder, and struggling to stay on a side I'm constantly up. I seem to get my best sleep in the mornings after I fall back asleep, but then the dogs wake up and don't want me to sleep in. Lame!
Judd just got back from Germany. It was so hard having him gone for 2 weeks! I understand that it was only 2 weeks and some people are away from thier husbands for a lot longer, but for us that was a long time. We are not the type that can go that long without seeing eachother, it was hard on us both. I'm glad that this was his last annual tour and I won't have to do that again. I told him if he goes away for long again he better wait until we've been married longer and I don't like him as much. He agreed. He had a lot of fun while he was away though. He got to see lots of castles and drink some good German beer. He brought me home LOTS of chocolate too. I told him since he was gone for Valentines and the Germans do good chocolate, to find me something and bring me a little. Well everytime I talked to him while he was away he had picked me up some more. I told him I only wanted a little, and he came home with a smorgousborg of delicous chocolate. I'm not complaining though, it's so good! A lot of it has hazelnuts in it so it tastes like Nutella, and this girls loves some Nutella. Pregnancy is probably the wrong time to be eating tons of German chocolate, since I'm about to get huge everywhere anyway, but it sure does taste so good when I'm having a choco craving. Yumm yum. So it's good to have Judd home, and his chocolate bar friends too :)
Other than that not too much going on with us! I have an appointment in the middle of the month so I'll update soon on how things are and where I'm at on the preparations!! Thanks for listening all!
Judd and Shani
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Saturday, January 21, 2012
Lots of Changes!
I'm thinking my blog is in need of an update :)
Actually, I did update it. A few months ago I decided to add a new entry and I typed it all out on Judds old Iphone, which I now use as a Ipod with internet, and I lost it all. I typed this long thing, viewed the preview, and when I went back it had all deleted. It was such a pain to type it in the first place, so I got frustrated and didn't type it again. So here I am, typing it on a real computer. Much nicer!
So now for our update. We've been having lots of changes going on in the Jewkes home. I know that with my first blog entry when I was introducing us I said we weren't going to have kids for awhile. Well, I guess we are! We wanted to wait until I was further along in school to start trying, but decided that it was the right time for us regardless of what else was happening in our lives. It was actually a sudden decision. One day I told Judd I was 2 weeks late filling my prescription, and I asked him to go get it for me because I had to go to work. He had to go hunting of course, so he said he couldn't. Later that night I got a text from him suggesting we don't fill it anymore, and just see what happens. This was on a Tuesday. So in a short text conversation we were suddenly ready to be parents. It was kind of scary, but seeing as I've always wanted to be a mommy I was more than thrilled. That Thursday I went to my doctor to get checked out and recieve the "okay to start trying for a child" bill of health. Everything went great and it was full steam ahead! I guess I can't say we really started "trying" at that point, because it was going to be a few weeks before it was possible. So I got excited, got a fertility app on the Ipod, and was determined to start tracking once a new month started. I wasn't exactly sure when that would be, but I had an idea. Well that day came and I was abnormally crampy, meaning I was barely crampy at all. (I just decided that this might be a little TMI for a blog, but... well.. it's the story. This is how it happened and I guess I'm sharing all the lovely details!) For some reason I decided to grab a pregnancy test on my way to work. Don't ask me why. I did not think for a second I was pregnant, but the thought came to me to get one and I rolled with it. So stop by the store, grab a box of 2, and head to work. I took one right when I got to work and the dumb thing wouldn't register. The window never showed that it had recieved my lovely sample and so I threw it away. I went about my shift at work not even thinking again about the other test, until about 3 hours later. I had to pee again, so this time I decided to just take the second test. Again, not really knowing why I was and calling myself ridiculous for even wasting my money on them. So I pee and dip the stick in and it won't register either! Ugh. I tried for a little longer, moving the darn thing around until it would move up into the window. When it did... BAM... instant positive. Oh. Okay. This has never happened to me before. Um.....
So at this point I'm kind of freaking out, but not really because I was sure it was an error. I went back to the floor and the nurse I was working with was like "what's wrong?" I was very flustered and pulled the positive urine pregnancy test out of my pocket (lid was on, no worries) and was like "Uh, is this a positive?" Her response? "Oh my hell." Haha. She makes me laugh. So I explain to her that I think it's an error because it wouldn't work, yadda yadda. Well, I work in a hospital so she tells me to run down to the outpatient pharmacy and buy a test. I boogey on down there and I can't find them! I asked the guy behind the counter and sure enough, they are out. Oh good gravy, don't they know this is an emergency!?! So I run back to the floor, tell the nurse they are out, and she tells me to clock out and run to the store. Done. I go to the store and come back with 4 more pregnancy tests. Yes, 4. I bought 3 of the high tech, way too much money, digital screen ones, and another of the cheaper one line is no two is yes one. The whole time I'm driving there and back I'm drinking a can of Mt. Dew so I can provide another life altering sample once I return to work. So I get there, grab a cup, pee in it, and stick the tips of all 4 pregnancy tests in them. I lay them out in a row and I get Pregnant, Error, Pregnant, Pregnant. Wow. That means I've had a total of 4 positive pregnancy tests and 2 error tests. Something tells me I'm pregnant.
Now, this was Thursday Oct. 6th. Judd sent me the text saying we shouldn't go back on birth control on Tuesday Sept. 26th. 9 days before I found out I was pregnant. I was shocked to say the least. I had no idea my life was going to change so fast. I knew Judd was going to be shocked, and I was kind of scared to tell him! I mean, I knew he wanted this, but so fast? When he told me we should start trying he said "You've been on birth control for 12 years, I bet it'll take a long time before it actually happens". I sure thought the same thing too! So was he going to be ready for a baby so soon? I sure hoped so.
So now for how I told Judd. Wow this sure is a long blog update. Thanks if you're still reading :) I was sitting at work wondering how I was going to tell Judd. I was going to go to the store and buy a cute little outfit and think of a fun way to give it to him. Or maybe I should do it with the positive pregnancy test? I just wasn't sure. Then about an hour or two before I was to get off work I get a text from him telling me how sick he is. Like flu sick. He was miserable and throwing up and was going to go to bed, but he'd see me when I got home or in the morning. Darn. Now I'd either have to wake up my sick husband, or wait until the morning to tell him. Ha, ya right. So I decided I'd just head home and wake up my sickly man. When I got home I made sure to make a big ruckus so he would think I woke him up on accident. He had his back turned to me and I asked him how he was feeling, not good. What did he think he had? He wasn't sure, maybe the flu. Then I said "Well I don't think it's the flu, I think it's sympathy morning sickness." .... why, are you pregnant?... Well you see the thing is... yes! Then I show him all the positivie tests and tell him my story on how I took them and so on, so forth. He was so shocked, but so excited! I felt bad telling him such exciting news when he felt so icky, but he was thrilled and I'm sure he wouldn't have wanted me to wait until the morning.
So... there is the long (again, sorry) and sometimes too much information (and again, my bad) story on us finding out that we are pregnant! It was a rough first trimester. Being a first time mom and freaking out about everything, plus the nausea! Oh the nausea. I've been very lucky though, and have had a healthy pregnancy and so far a healthy looking baby boy! We will be 20 weeks this coming Monday, the 23rd of January. We were told at 14 weeks that it was a boy, with a confirmation (a definate confirmation, he wasn't shy) at 18 weeks. Our anatomy scan will be Feb 1st and we will make sure then that everything is still looking healthy on our little guy. We already love him so much and can't wait until June (the 11th is our due date) to meet him. I will try harder to update my blog more often, now that I have interesting stuff to blog about :)
Actually, I did update it. A few months ago I decided to add a new entry and I typed it all out on Judds old Iphone, which I now use as a Ipod with internet, and I lost it all. I typed this long thing, viewed the preview, and when I went back it had all deleted. It was such a pain to type it in the first place, so I got frustrated and didn't type it again. So here I am, typing it on a real computer. Much nicer!
So now for our update. We've been having lots of changes going on in the Jewkes home. I know that with my first blog entry when I was introducing us I said we weren't going to have kids for awhile. Well, I guess we are! We wanted to wait until I was further along in school to start trying, but decided that it was the right time for us regardless of what else was happening in our lives. It was actually a sudden decision. One day I told Judd I was 2 weeks late filling my prescription, and I asked him to go get it for me because I had to go to work. He had to go hunting of course, so he said he couldn't. Later that night I got a text from him suggesting we don't fill it anymore, and just see what happens. This was on a Tuesday. So in a short text conversation we were suddenly ready to be parents. It was kind of scary, but seeing as I've always wanted to be a mommy I was more than thrilled. That Thursday I went to my doctor to get checked out and recieve the "okay to start trying for a child" bill of health. Everything went great and it was full steam ahead! I guess I can't say we really started "trying" at that point, because it was going to be a few weeks before it was possible. So I got excited, got a fertility app on the Ipod, and was determined to start tracking once a new month started. I wasn't exactly sure when that would be, but I had an idea. Well that day came and I was abnormally crampy, meaning I was barely crampy at all. (I just decided that this might be a little TMI for a blog, but... well.. it's the story. This is how it happened and I guess I'm sharing all the lovely details!) For some reason I decided to grab a pregnancy test on my way to work. Don't ask me why. I did not think for a second I was pregnant, but the thought came to me to get one and I rolled with it. So stop by the store, grab a box of 2, and head to work. I took one right when I got to work and the dumb thing wouldn't register. The window never showed that it had recieved my lovely sample and so I threw it away. I went about my shift at work not even thinking again about the other test, until about 3 hours later. I had to pee again, so this time I decided to just take the second test. Again, not really knowing why I was and calling myself ridiculous for even wasting my money on them. So I pee and dip the stick in and it won't register either! Ugh. I tried for a little longer, moving the darn thing around until it would move up into the window. When it did... BAM... instant positive. Oh. Okay. This has never happened to me before. Um.....
So at this point I'm kind of freaking out, but not really because I was sure it was an error. I went back to the floor and the nurse I was working with was like "what's wrong?" I was very flustered and pulled the positive urine pregnancy test out of my pocket (lid was on, no worries) and was like "Uh, is this a positive?" Her response? "Oh my hell." Haha. She makes me laugh. So I explain to her that I think it's an error because it wouldn't work, yadda yadda. Well, I work in a hospital so she tells me to run down to the outpatient pharmacy and buy a test. I boogey on down there and I can't find them! I asked the guy behind the counter and sure enough, they are out. Oh good gravy, don't they know this is an emergency!?! So I run back to the floor, tell the nurse they are out, and she tells me to clock out and run to the store. Done. I go to the store and come back with 4 more pregnancy tests. Yes, 4. I bought 3 of the high tech, way too much money, digital screen ones, and another of the cheaper one line is no two is yes one. The whole time I'm driving there and back I'm drinking a can of Mt. Dew so I can provide another life altering sample once I return to work. So I get there, grab a cup, pee in it, and stick the tips of all 4 pregnancy tests in them. I lay them out in a row and I get Pregnant, Error, Pregnant, Pregnant. Wow. That means I've had a total of 4 positive pregnancy tests and 2 error tests. Something tells me I'm pregnant.
Now, this was Thursday Oct. 6th. Judd sent me the text saying we shouldn't go back on birth control on Tuesday Sept. 26th. 9 days before I found out I was pregnant. I was shocked to say the least. I had no idea my life was going to change so fast. I knew Judd was going to be shocked, and I was kind of scared to tell him! I mean, I knew he wanted this, but so fast? When he told me we should start trying he said "You've been on birth control for 12 years, I bet it'll take a long time before it actually happens". I sure thought the same thing too! So was he going to be ready for a baby so soon? I sure hoped so.
So now for how I told Judd. Wow this sure is a long blog update. Thanks if you're still reading :) I was sitting at work wondering how I was going to tell Judd. I was going to go to the store and buy a cute little outfit and think of a fun way to give it to him. Or maybe I should do it with the positive pregnancy test? I just wasn't sure. Then about an hour or two before I was to get off work I get a text from him telling me how sick he is. Like flu sick. He was miserable and throwing up and was going to go to bed, but he'd see me when I got home or in the morning. Darn. Now I'd either have to wake up my sick husband, or wait until the morning to tell him. Ha, ya right. So I decided I'd just head home and wake up my sickly man. When I got home I made sure to make a big ruckus so he would think I woke him up on accident. He had his back turned to me and I asked him how he was feeling, not good. What did he think he had? He wasn't sure, maybe the flu. Then I said "Well I don't think it's the flu, I think it's sympathy morning sickness." .... why, are you pregnant?... Well you see the thing is... yes! Then I show him all the positivie tests and tell him my story on how I took them and so on, so forth. He was so shocked, but so excited! I felt bad telling him such exciting news when he felt so icky, but he was thrilled and I'm sure he wouldn't have wanted me to wait until the morning.
So... there is the long (again, sorry) and sometimes too much information (and again, my bad) story on us finding out that we are pregnant! It was a rough first trimester. Being a first time mom and freaking out about everything, plus the nausea! Oh the nausea. I've been very lucky though, and have had a healthy pregnancy and so far a healthy looking baby boy! We will be 20 weeks this coming Monday, the 23rd of January. We were told at 14 weeks that it was a boy, with a confirmation (a definate confirmation, he wasn't shy) at 18 weeks. Our anatomy scan will be Feb 1st and we will make sure then that everything is still looking healthy on our little guy. We already love him so much and can't wait until June (the 11th is our due date) to meet him. I will try harder to update my blog more often, now that I have interesting stuff to blog about :)
Monday, October 10, 2011
Fall is here!!
So for starters, I'm trying to find a template I like for this here blog. I didn't really find one I loved, so I will probably be messing around with the backgrounds and stuff until I find one that suits me! I don't really know what I'm doing either, I'm just pushing buttons and trying to figure stuff out :)
I LOVE fall. I love when the weather starts to get a little chilly, and the colors all start to change. I love Halloween and Thanksgiving. Mainly because it's the start of baking season! I love to bake, and this time of year is prime baking time. I love halloween, although I never dress up. I bought a costume for my friends Halloween party last year, but I think that was the first time I had dressed up since I was a teenager. I looked like a dork too. Although I'm not into dressing up, I still love it. Every year since I've been dating Judd I've had my niece and nephew over on a Saturday night before Halloween to decorate cookies and carve pumpkins. My family started coming with them and last year I made a couple pots of homemade chili and we layed down lots of plastic and had a pumpkin carving party in my front room. It was a lot of fun. I love doing it. It's coming up this year, and my dad wants to do deep fried chicken or turkey instead of chili. Let me tell you the deep fried chicken experience....
My dad bought Judd and I a deep fryer earlier this year because I told him to bring his up to our house and we'd do chickens. Instead of bringing his he just bought us one. Okay, that's fine with me :) So Judd had his buddy over on New Years and he had brined a bunch of chickens and brought his fryer over and made us the BEST chicken I had ever had. I was determined to recreate this delightful chicken for my family. So I made the brine, threw the chickens in there, and got everything ready for my family to come up and have a great dinner. We started the chickens when my dad got here, and at first I thought it was going really good. They were taking forever to cook though, and starting to get burned on the outside. When we would pull them out they were still pink on the inside. I didn't know how we were failing so bad, but we were. So by the end of the night we had a bunch of burnt raw chickens. I had read the directions, had the temp right where it said to, and thought I had done everything right. So now my dad wants to try again and redeem ourselves from the disaster that was our chicken last time.
So now I'm stressing about the chicken. I don't like having thing go wrong when I'm entertaining, and undercooked chicken is definately on the "went wrong" list. So I either need to try it out before they come over and make sure I've got it right, or tell them we're having chili again and avoid the problem. I guess I have to face the deep fried bird sometime, might as well be now right? Maybe I'll just have a pot of chili on reserve, just in case!
Having my family over to carve pumpkins, eat a good meal, decorate cookies, and visit is one of my favorite things about fall! I'm getting excited, because after that means Thanksgiving, then Christmas. I love both of them! Christmas shopping is one of my all time favorite things to do! Only for Judd and the nieces and nephew, everyone else is stressful and too hard to shop for!
So once I start my Halloween/Thanksgiving/Christmas cooking and baking of treats and goodies, I'll post my favorite ones for you all to try if you'd like! I better get started, family comes over next weekend!!
I LOVE fall. I love when the weather starts to get a little chilly, and the colors all start to change. I love Halloween and Thanksgiving. Mainly because it's the start of baking season! I love to bake, and this time of year is prime baking time. I love halloween, although I never dress up. I bought a costume for my friends Halloween party last year, but I think that was the first time I had dressed up since I was a teenager. I looked like a dork too. Although I'm not into dressing up, I still love it. Every year since I've been dating Judd I've had my niece and nephew over on a Saturday night before Halloween to decorate cookies and carve pumpkins. My family started coming with them and last year I made a couple pots of homemade chili and we layed down lots of plastic and had a pumpkin carving party in my front room. It was a lot of fun. I love doing it. It's coming up this year, and my dad wants to do deep fried chicken or turkey instead of chili. Let me tell you the deep fried chicken experience....
My dad bought Judd and I a deep fryer earlier this year because I told him to bring his up to our house and we'd do chickens. Instead of bringing his he just bought us one. Okay, that's fine with me :) So Judd had his buddy over on New Years and he had brined a bunch of chickens and brought his fryer over and made us the BEST chicken I had ever had. I was determined to recreate this delightful chicken for my family. So I made the brine, threw the chickens in there, and got everything ready for my family to come up and have a great dinner. We started the chickens when my dad got here, and at first I thought it was going really good. They were taking forever to cook though, and starting to get burned on the outside. When we would pull them out they were still pink on the inside. I didn't know how we were failing so bad, but we were. So by the end of the night we had a bunch of burnt raw chickens. I had read the directions, had the temp right where it said to, and thought I had done everything right. So now my dad wants to try again and redeem ourselves from the disaster that was our chicken last time.
So now I'm stressing about the chicken. I don't like having thing go wrong when I'm entertaining, and undercooked chicken is definately on the "went wrong" list. So I either need to try it out before they come over and make sure I've got it right, or tell them we're having chili again and avoid the problem. I guess I have to face the deep fried bird sometime, might as well be now right? Maybe I'll just have a pot of chili on reserve, just in case!
Having my family over to carve pumpkins, eat a good meal, decorate cookies, and visit is one of my favorite things about fall! I'm getting excited, because after that means Thanksgiving, then Christmas. I love both of them! Christmas shopping is one of my all time favorite things to do! Only for Judd and the nieces and nephew, everyone else is stressful and too hard to shop for!
So once I start my Halloween/Thanksgiving/Christmas cooking and baking of treats and goodies, I'll post my favorite ones for you all to try if you'd like! I better get started, family comes over next weekend!!
Saturday, October 1, 2011
Well... I guess it's time to start updating my blog!
I guess I created an account who knows how long ago, then never did anything with it. I have no kids so my life really isn't going to be that interesting, but I'm going to blog about it anyway. :)
Judd and I got married last year, on July 31, 2010. We have one year of marriage under our belt and a lifetime more to come! I love him more and more everyday and I still can't believe I have been so lucky as to snag him. He's the man of my dreams and I can't wait until he's the worlds best husband AND dad! We're waiting until I'm further in school to take the mom/dad plunge, but we're both excited for when that day comes. We do have 2 "daughters", our 6 year old chocolate lab Kc and our 10 week old boxer Stitch. They keep us entertained for now. Puppies are hard work, a baby would be easier. When they wake up in the middle of the night I don't have to throw them in the grass and stand there for 20 minutes while I wait for them to do their thing. Plus I'll have help! I don't make Judd get up with the puppy unless I'm not home, but when it's our child he'll get half the duty too!
Judd and I met in the Air Force reserves in June 2008 where we are both medics. We dated for a year and a half until we got engaged, then the next summer we tied the knot. He loves hunting, camping, 4 wheeling, softball, watching football, and hanging out with me :) I like cooking and baking, and I'm getting more into crafts and sewing. I live to entertain and have people over, and spending time with my family. We live in Hyrum Utah in a little red brick house with our 2 dogs, 1 cat, and occasional beef cow. He is a weekend supervisor at Tremonton Autoliv and I am a unit clerk at Cache Valley Specialty Hospital. I'm currently doing my prerequisites for nursing school.
So there is a little background about us! I will from here on out keep my blog updated so if anyone is interested you can take a look! P.s. I typed this on the iPhone which I am AWFUL at typing on so hopefully there aren't too many mistakes!
Shani <3
I guess I created an account who knows how long ago, then never did anything with it. I have no kids so my life really isn't going to be that interesting, but I'm going to blog about it anyway. :)
Judd and I got married last year, on July 31, 2010. We have one year of marriage under our belt and a lifetime more to come! I love him more and more everyday and I still can't believe I have been so lucky as to snag him. He's the man of my dreams and I can't wait until he's the worlds best husband AND dad! We're waiting until I'm further in school to take the mom/dad plunge, but we're both excited for when that day comes. We do have 2 "daughters", our 6 year old chocolate lab Kc and our 10 week old boxer Stitch. They keep us entertained for now. Puppies are hard work, a baby would be easier. When they wake up in the middle of the night I don't have to throw them in the grass and stand there for 20 minutes while I wait for them to do their thing. Plus I'll have help! I don't make Judd get up with the puppy unless I'm not home, but when it's our child he'll get half the duty too!
Judd and I met in the Air Force reserves in June 2008 where we are both medics. We dated for a year and a half until we got engaged, then the next summer we tied the knot. He loves hunting, camping, 4 wheeling, softball, watching football, and hanging out with me :) I like cooking and baking, and I'm getting more into crafts and sewing. I live to entertain and have people over, and spending time with my family. We live in Hyrum Utah in a little red brick house with our 2 dogs, 1 cat, and occasional beef cow. He is a weekend supervisor at Tremonton Autoliv and I am a unit clerk at Cache Valley Specialty Hospital. I'm currently doing my prerequisites for nursing school.
So there is a little background about us! I will from here on out keep my blog updated so if anyone is interested you can take a look! P.s. I typed this on the iPhone which I am AWFUL at typing on so hopefully there aren't too many mistakes!
Shani <3
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