Going Private

It is true! Once again, I am making my blog private. With a lil one on the way, it just feels safer somehow. If you would like to continue reading my blog, comment and leave your email please :)

Also, here are some updates on what is going on in our lives!!
- We moved into our new apartment! We love it SO MUCH. Once I get everything up on the walls that I want, I'll post pictures ;) Our last apartment was bigger, so I was worried I would miss it a lot. Actually, we don't really miss it. At all! That apartment was built in the late 1950's, and really needed to be reconstructed/remodeled. We got lucky, since the guy who lived there before us repainted everything and put up super cute wallpaper. When we put up that apartment to have people come look at it, the first guy walked in and said, "Wow.. if people only knew how nice this apartment was they would all be flocking here!" Or something along those lines. When we walked into our new apartment (built two years ago) we were shocked with how small it was. We had NO IDEA how anything was going to fit. In our old apartment, we had so much room we didn't need to be extra cautious. Once we started moving things in it all fit... somehow haha. Now we are extremely happy with how it all turned out. Plus we now have a washer, dryer, dishwasher, and elevator... quite the difference!
- Joel got a job!!!! We are so happy to just have something :) He starts Monday!
- We are going to the temple with our ward on Saturday! Going to hop on a bus at 7.30 am and head to Denmark. It's just crazy thinking how this will probably be the last time we go to the temple before the baby comes.... Now that is something weird and crazy to think about. This is the first "last thing" that makes us think could be the "last" thing we do before she comes! That made more sense in my head... I hope it makes sense haha.
- I have started a new painting!! I am soooo excited about it. (I plan on selling it if there is someone interested! Stay tuned to find out what it is ;)) I had it all drawn out how I wanted it and got everything out and ready to paint... when I couldn't find my turpentine. How on earth does one loose a huge bottle of turpentine??! I am stunned. I know it can't be my pregnancy brain not knowing where it is because Joel can't find it either. I know it isn't in our storage downstairs where I have some things packed away... so it HAS to be in our apartment somewhere. Joel and I looked so hard the other day and still no sign of it. Hopefully it randomly turns up soon! It would be rather hard to paint if I don't use it ;)
- Joel and I went to a BMW dealership and test drove a car. We about died of happiness and can't wait to get it! Joel works with an affiliate marketing company called Vemma, and once he reaches a certain rank in the company they subsidize your car payment. It is so nice to have an extra source of income, we are so grateful for it. :)
- My parents are flying over in March!!!!!!! My mom is finalizing tickets :) I get so excited and it takes me a while to settle down when I think about them flying over to see the baby! That is how excited I am to have them coming :) The last time they were here was for the wedding and that was for three weeks. I think it will be so much fun to have them here and already be familiar with so many people and places! I honestly can't wait.

Bumpdate: Week 23-24 ish.

I don't really know what week I am in. Because my midwife changed my due date. Again. All these midwives need to get together and decide on ONE date for us poor ladies. So we'll see when she comes ;) until then, the weeks will be iffy I guess! Joel keeps on telling me that I should go with the later date, just in case she comes later. Which is smart to prepare myself... But i feel like being rebellious and going for the earlier date :)

Week 24. Ish. I still feel so small! 

Joel being creative on the backside of the camera. So i had to take his picture ;) 

How far along? 23-24ish weeks. See above information for any questions ;)

Size of the baby? Ummm 30 cm I think. Not sure what that is in inches.. actually I just googled it. She is about 12 inches :) 

(I just had this funny joke pop into my head: person 1 "What's better, google or yahoo?" person 2 "I dunno, jut google it." I think it's funny at least haha)

Weight gain/loss? Still not sure about this one. Not sure I want to know... I just try to be healthy and not worry about the numbers. I am getting better at portion sizes and not being starving all the time!

Sleep? Too good. I catch myself wondering if I am even pregnant sometimes because I feel that good. I literally soak up every night because I know they are just going to get worse and worse! The other night I tried sleeping with a pillow between my legs, just to see if it would help in anyway. I woke up a gazillion times and was SO HOT during the night. No pillows until I need it I guess ;)

Best moment of the week? Getting a TON of free baby clothes from a relief society activity we had! Everyone bought clothes to exchange they didn't need anymore that were still in good condition. When I arrived, everyone said, "Mollie!!!! That's your table!!!"  pointing to the baby table since I am the only one pregnant in the ward right now! Nice to have the table to myself I guess! 

this was all I came home with. I was going to fold it up so you can see how cute they were, but I got overwhelmed with how much I had...

Movement? I love watching my stomach move around. I think it moves like jello. Or a water bed. Anything that jiggles really well ;) I could watch her moving around all day and not get a single thing done, it is kind of addicting.. I love it so much! Just knowing there is a little person in there with her own personality and she is JUST ours. No one else!!! We will be the ones that people hand her to when she starts crying! I can't wait.

Symptoms? Still have a slightly sensitive nose, but it isn't too bad anymore. Very off and on! I also have huge (like ginormous) boobs. Does that count as a symptom? I feel awesome 99% of the time really.

Belly button in or out? In. It doesn't look like it will pop out any time soon. If ever...

Swollen? Nope! Good thing about it being cold out!

What I miss? Feeling in shape I guess. Not that I feel fat or super skinny, I just miss that feeling of having a good hard workout and knowing I can push myself without overexerting myself. I would say I miss my clothes, but I can still wear majority of them (except for the pants) and I don't like them. Any of them. It's a problem really. I make Joel and Cheeto pick out my clothes for me because I don't like it!

What I am looking forward to? moving this weekend!! I'm really excited to move and set up the new apartment and see how it will be with her in it. People keep on asking if we have anything for the nursery yet and I have to keep on saying no.. mainly because we're moving! Plus we will only have a two room apartment, so she'll be with us. Nothing too much I could do with a nursery there ;) We're moving to a smaller place and I'm kiiiinda nervous about that since we have so much space now! It will work out, it's just not knowing how it will :)

Emotions? I asked Joel and he said, "interesting. up and down. crazy. out of control. scary. that is all." I hope all of those aren't true hah! He just said SOMETIMES I'm scary. Thanks for clarifying dear :) This is what happens... I am really good emotionally for a while, and it all comes down at once. The last break down I had was on Saturday going to the temple on a bus three hours away with my ward. Thankfully we were sitting in front and no one could really see me... but I was bawling. I had just gotten some pictures from my mom when she attended one of my good friend's wedding and I just lost it on the bus and got SUPER homesick. Poor Joel had to comfort me for a while.

Here are the pictures she sent me, if you wanna see what made me homesick:

I miss my friends terribly!!!!

We're MOVING

they announced this in church a little bit ago, and we had quite the reaction when people thought we were moving back to the states... unfortunately we aren't.. yet ;) just to a city 30 minutes south of where we live now to be closer to joel's family. i  thought, why not live close to the only family i have here?? plus my sister-in-law is having a baby a month before us and we will live 5 minutes away from them! THAT i am excited about :)

anyways i wanted to take pictures of our apartment before we moved... and i managed to hurry and clean RIGHT before joel brought all of the packing boxes! i took pictures of our apartment a few months after we moved here last december and made THIS post (so you can see how we had the apartment when we moved in, and now right before we move!), and we have made quite a few adjustments in the apartment since then! i tried really hard take pictures of everything, so sorry if there are a lot of pictures ;) kinda fun to see how it has evolved as we got more furnishings for our apartment throughout the year!

let us start off with a picture of Cheeto, shall we?? :)

we created a walk-in closet that was supposed to be a storage space (since we didn't have one in the basement)

notice joel gets two closets and my clothes are shoved into one ;)

i didn't want to post this... because after i took all these pictures i realized i took pictures of the unfinished paintings. oops! hopefully the lady these paintings are for doesn't see this! ;)

cheeto being the creeper she is!

i think Cheeto sleeps here every night... i'm not really sure haha!

and that's our apartment! the clean version i want to remember haha! ;)

Bumpdate: Week 21!

I really felt like blogging, so I thought why not do the question thing again? :)

How far along?  Officially 21 weeks (ish)

Size of the baby?  Somewhere between a banana and a carrot? Crazy how fast she is growing! I swear she use to be an avocado the other day...

Maternity clothes?  Oh yes, especially pants. Still trying to fit into my old clothes for as long as I can, since I am already tired of my maternity clothes... not a good thing :/

Sleep? Pretty good right now! I am soaking up every moment because I have a feeling it is just going to get more uncomfortable and harder.

Stretch marks? none that I have found yet. I have been oiling up my bod for a while now (all thanks to Sherry Holman for introducing it... when I was in high school haha!)

Best moment of the week? Having another ultrasound since at the last one she was being kinda stubborn and her head was stuck under my hip bone somehow... thus resulting in the poor nurses getting frustrated haha. It was quite funny now that I look back on it, but I was able to have another appointment!! Which was nice :) We also got to double check she was still a girl.. which was super comforting! That was the first thing the nurse said when she started the ultrasound, "Yep! Still a girl!" Also the first thing we saw when the ultrasound started.. she was drinking and we could see her little mouth moving and sucking!! Geez it was so cool.

Movement? Yes! Every time I lay down! I've noticed the movements are getting so much stronger everyday! So crazy!! I am so tempted all the time to just lay down and feel her moving... it's kind of addicting in a way haha. I'm starting to feel her more when I'm sitting up too which is fun. Joel hasn't had very good luck feeling her, just a few times. Last night he randomly put his head on my stomach and she kicked him hard!! We loved that haha.

Food cravings/aversions? More aversions still which I find waaay annoying. It's weird... you usually hear the stereotypical pregnant women craving ice cream and pickles, but not the aversion side. I had a hard time with some foods before I got pregnant (with my gagging reflex) and now that has magnified. So frustrating. Especially breakfast foods, which is also the most annoying part I think. All the food I loved to eat for breakfast is such a chore, and I usually get sick halfway anyways and can't finish it. Which stinks because breakfast is so important to me right now. If I don't eat breakfast, I feel like I am dying of starvation! Such a tough situation I'm in ;)

Gender? girl :) woohoo!! I tease Joel all the time that he is already turning into my dad, being outnumbered by me and Cheeto already ;)

Belly button in or out? Still in. Do most belly buttons pop out? I have no idea if mine will, it seems to be staying the same pretty much. I think it is so cute when the belly bottom pops out, but maybe that's just me haha.

Labor signs? Not that I know of. I have started getting some kind of pain in my stomach about once a day, but I'm not sure what that is.

What I am looking forward to? Shopping. A lot. Also having my mom coming over to Sweden! I felt kind of weird/guilty asking my parents to come over, knowing the flew my WHOLE family over in 2012 for our wedding, and now this past summer my sister got married. Not to mention my other sister started college.... But yes. My mom is coming over and I am soooo happy! I really get giddy at night trying to sleep thinking about her being here.The hard part has been figuring out a day for her to come. We were thinking around the first week in March? I guess what has made it hard is up until my last appointment my due date was February 17th, and now it was moved back a week. Boo. So I'm not sure what to think now, because I'd want my mom to spend as much time with the baby, ya know? And us of course :) All I can say is I had better NOT go two weeks over. We'll see I guess!

Emotions? Ehhhmm... Kinda up and down. I still cry over a lot of stuff... which I didn't expect happening haha. It's things like Joel just telling me how much he loves me. Oh goodness I just bawl my eyes out. I almost cry just thinking about him. I guess these past few days have been hard on me somehow. Other than all the crying, I feel pretty awesome :)

PS- I think we have decided on a name! It isn't 100% yet, but it what we both agree on and love :) Before we even knew we were having a girl, Joel said from day 1 that he loves the name Emma. We both made up "rules" that A) the name had to be international (for obvious reasons haha) and be pronounced similarly in Swedish and English. (did I mention that those names are basically already taken by all of Joel's family members?? Yep haha) also B) we wanted it to be a name you can't misspell. I know it may be boring to some, but that is what we both like!
I also wanted her to have a middle name, and I found out my dear grandmother's middle name is Elaine. Totally found that out looking at my family tree! So we have decided on the name Emma Elaine Herrey for now, but it can always change... since we still have four months left ;)

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Something else has been on my mind a lot... women and infertility. I almost feel guilty somehow knowing how easy it was for me to get pregnant (sorry if that was TMI haha). I had my birth control removed in April and my body started telling me a month after that I was pregnant. Which is kind of funny because the reason I had it removed so "early" was because I heard it could take 3 months to a YEAR to get pregnant after coming off of bc. I was in shock for a little while thinking, "are these symptoms too early? what is going on??" Thus resulting in me turning to my mother-in-"love", because if I was pregnant A) it would probably freak my mom out and give her a heart attack and B) I wanted to surprise my family more than anything if I was pregnant. I guess I feel guilty knowing how hard it is for other women. I mean, I feel like God literally handed me a healthy baby (so far) and a healthy pregnancy (so far)... to the point where it almost seems too good to be true.

I think it started to hit me after I read THIS blog. (I highly recommend reading it... she is of my favorite bloggers, who happened to have this woman as a guest blogger on her blog.. if that makes any sense haha) I knew how hard it must be on other women watching other women getting pregnant when they want it so badly, but I honestly had no idea. Reading this woman's thoughts pierced my heart. For me, once I had made up my mind that I wanted a baby I wanted it NOW. There was no going back, and it was time. Just that feeling of wanting a baby became the main thoughts of my mind.. all I could think about really.

Well, I have been thinking of how to end this post and I really have no idea haha. I guess I felt like I wanted to post my thoughts about infertility and my heartache for all those women out there. My heart literally aches for those women, knowing  how hard it must be on them wanting the only thing they can think about. Every time I post something about being pregnant or the baby, I almost hesitate to post it and my heart does a little squeeze knowing there could be a woman out there struggling... and reading my blog could be the last thing they needed to read that day (or something like that). I suppose I can end by saying how much I love you and hurt with you (even though I have no idea what your are going through), and that I know God loves you.. From my religous point of view, I found THIS TALK about infertility and personal growth.

Bumpdate: Week 20 a.k.a. HALFWAY

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That was Cheeto's contribution. Why do cats like to walk all over keyboards?... I am too lazy to delete it haha.

Anyways, today I am officially halfway done with this pregnancy!!!! I never thought this day would come. It's kinda weird. I still love this stage I'm in! I feel her move all the time with no pain so far, and I'm not huge yet ;)

So not much has changed since last week when I did those question things, but something awesome did happen today!!!! I felt her hiccup for the first time. Let's just say it was sooooo coooool. I loved it! I was lying in bed this morning and felt her moving around as usual, but eventually the movements seemed more precise and more on rhythm. Thus resulting in me realizing I finally felt her hiccuping!!

So this is me at 20 weeks!! Still feel like I haven't grown really, but I thought I'd document it anyways. :)

In My Life as of Lately, I am...

Cooking : brownies. before dinner hehe
Drinking : my lovely VeMMA products that i absolutely love :)
Reading: Bloom. A story about a remarkable woman and how she handles life when she delivers a beautiful baby girl who has down syndrome. I am so touched by her story, and I would highly recommend her book. HIGHLY.
Wanting: my mom and whole family and friends to buy tickets right now to come to Sweden in February to see our baby. 
Looking: at pinterest for a lot of DIY's.
Playing: Mexican Train. this was on Friday, but it was the last thing I "played".
Wasting: time on FB. i hate it. my goal is to only get on once a day, and if i am tempted i try to look at something else! like read a book. scriptures. anything really :) crazy how much time i realized i wasted on the internet when i saw my habits and how often i was tempted to get on.
Wishing: i could paint all day.
Enjoying: spending time with joel. we've watched a bunch of movies lately, and spent some much needed time together. my love language is "physical touch", so I am pretty happy when we can have a good cuddle sesh on the couch! 
Waiting: to feel our little girl move more and more every day. what a miracle :)
Liking: spending time with my mother-in-'love' (she prefers me to call her mother-in-'love', and not mother-in-law. i think it is the cutest!) everyday. today i rambled on and on about my life as a kid.
Wondering: if we should breed Cheeto. Anyone know how to breed cats or how it works??
Loving: our apartment, and loving the idea of our next apartment we are moving into in a month. it will be smaller, but newer. we are SO excited to move on and do new things in our lives!
Hoping: our baby is really a girl. haha.
Marveling: at the miracle of life. i know this post is a lot about baby stuff (i seriously tried to think of different answers so it wasn't all about the baby) 
Needing: more clothes. makeup. scarves. that list is long ma friend.
Smelling: joel's skin. he seriously has the best natural smell ever. ask anyone who knows me, and they can tell you how obsessed i am with smells. and joel smells GOOD. all the time. unless it is after the gym.
Wearing: ma pj's. soft monkey pants and a bright orange shirt that makes my boobs look huge(er).
Noticing: how dark it is starting to get in Sweden already. We loose 1/2 an hour of sunlight every week now. kinda depressing, so i try to think about the coziness of it.. only way to survive really.
Knowing: how much i love joel, and how he inspires me to be a better person every day. he is way into personal development right now (if you follow him on FB or insta, you would definitely know this... speaking of it, he is listening to talks and speeches right now) and it is helping our marriage blossom.
Thinking: about one of my dearest friends Alyssa Davidson coming home off of her LDS mission NEXT TUESDAY. I just got an email from her (literally two seconds ago) saying, "talk to you next week!" and I almost died of happiness.
Feeling: excited about the future, and what is in store for our little family!
Opening: Instagram. WAY too often. (i'm the same way Madeline!!)
Giggling: at joel's farts. i don't know why i find them funny, but i sure do. 

PS. I may have stolen the idea for this from Madeline Casey who stole this idea from The Daybook who stole it from Meet Me at Mike's. Yes. :)

Bumpdate: Week 19

A few nights ago Joel and I stayed up pretty late watching The Great Gatsby. We couldn't finish the movie because things got in the way and we eventually had to go to bed! It's the end of the week, and I was just exhausted yesterday morning waking up. So tired in fact, I forgot I was pregnant. Yes. THAT tired. Thankfully our little girl kicked me 'back to real life' and scared the crap out of me. I was thankful for the reminder ;)
After this incident occurred I was with Joel and he said, "Mollie! Hurry and look to the left!" (there was a pretty sunrise goin on) and I looked to the right. Yep. Still tired I guess! And I missed the sunrise.
I have also started forgetting little things here and there. Is this what pregnancy brain is?... If so, it does not work well with being tired.

So I felt like doing those baby questions again! Gives me something to blog about other than more random and embarrassing stories ;)

How far along? 19 weeks. Basically/almost halfway there!!!

Size of the baby? a bell pepper, large mango, dragon fruit, or a pickle. Take your pick :) Yes, my apps are confusing! Basically she is 15 cm, or 6 inches I think :)

Weight gain/loss?  I still have no idea, and I am kiiiinda scared to look. I know I am gaining weight of course, but it is still hard seeing those numbers go up to places I have never seen before. I am trying to be extra cautious of how much I eat (because I want to eat EVERYTHING. For five people, too) soooooo hopefully the weight gain is going to the "right places"

Sleep? Better. I'm not waking up near as much to pee, but I did have my first leg cramp this morning waking up.

Best moment of the week? Finding out our baby is a GIRL. We may have a name already picked out, but it isn't set in stone yet! Also feeling her move more and more!! I for sure thought she was a boy... I still don't think I have grasped it all yet. At the ultrasound last Tuesday they needed to get a measurement of her head, the most important measurement to track how she is growing. Unfortunately for the nurses her head was kinda stuck behind my hip bone somehow, so they tried and tried to shake her to get her to move. I felt bad because they were so frustrated, but at the same time two wonderful things occurred!! I went  up to go to the bathroom to see if her head would move, and when I came back her legs moved so we could see if the baby was a boy or girl!! Before I was so so sad because her legs wouldn't budge either, and we would have had to pay 400kr (60$) to go to a specialist another day to check the gender. But her head was still in the same position, so I get to come back for another ultrasound in a couple weeks! So I get to see her again hehe :)

Symptoms? Oh do I still have a sensitive nose! I have a hard time being with a large group of people unfortunately, just because of all the smells they bring I guess. Church is probably the hardest for me. Oh, and riding the bus and train. People really stink on those things haha. I feel like I am in this perfect stage of pregnancy right now! People keep on asking me if I am sick, and I am long past that (hopefully haha). I'm not huge yet, my back doesn't hurt and I feel her move all the time. Not as much pain, and I feel the baby. I'd say pregnancy is perfect right now haha!

Food cravings/aversions? No super strong cravings yet, although buffalo wings sound divine right now, and I guess the past few days actually. I also can't stand the smell of coconut cream. Super weird.

Labor signs? Nada (thank goodness!)

What I miss? Being able to smell normally.

What I am looking forward to? starting to buy things for her!! 

Nursery? Nothing yet :( It's times like this where I wish I had my mom and sisters to come shopping with me. But, I do have a wonderful sister-in-law and mother-in-law that can help too ;) I did go into the baby store for the first time a few days ago (I have been forcing myself to stay away until we found out what the gender was.. and now that I know I just couldn't stay away any longer!!) and got SUPER overwhelmed. I realized how much we have to buy. I just don't know where to start!! Any suggestions?? I tried narrowing everything down to the necessities when she comes, but even that was overwhelming.  

And here is our little girl! with her stubborn head in an inconvenient position ;)

We Finally Know.

I have been waiting for this day my whole entire life.

Even as a kid, being a mom was a dream to me. I would shove pillows up my shirt all the time, and sneakishly read my mom's "What to Expect When You're Expecting" book and mark all my favorite pages. Today was the day when my pregnancy became real. As if being sick didn't make me feel pregnant... I just felt like I was getting fat.

Even though I have been feeling the baby move off and on for a few weeks now, it still hasn't become a reality. Until today :)

Yesterday we found out we are having a little girl!

Knowing that there is a human INSIDE me that is a girl amazed me really. I was sure the baby was a boy, since that was my first instinct from the beginning.. even though I was hoping for a girl. I asked the nurses so many times if they were sure! I was in shock, and still am! That is how positive I was that our baby was a boy. Girls are all I know! I have four younger sisters (who are the cutest, by the way) and no brothers. Boys are verrry foreign to me, hence the reason I was hoping for a girl.

I have over used the words, "We are so excited!!" today. But we are :) all of her organs look healthy and working well!! We feel extremely blessed. ♡

Yes... she is sitting on her head. 

I felt like blogging today.

I was nominated by Madeline for one of those cool little bloggy awards called the Liebster Award. The Rules are such -

"Liebster" means dearest in German, and it's awarded, blogger to blogger, to up-and-coming blogs with less than 200 followers.  The rules for accepting and giving the award are pretty simple.  Once you accept the award, you just have to do the following in a blog entry:

Answer the 11 questions posted by the nominator on her blog

Give 11 facts about yourself

Nominate 5-11 other new, up-and-coming blogs with less than 200 followers

Make up 11 more questions to pass on to the bloggers you choose to nominate

Thank your nominator by linking back to her blog

Upon your post going live, contact your nominees about your nomination for them

Facts about me.. you can find HERE)

1. What did you eat for breakfast today? I am bad at eating breakfast, so all I ate was a kiwi. Horrible, I know.

2. What is your favorite story to tell? How Joel and I met!! Quite the story and honestly I've been thinking about making it into a story book to read to our kids.

3. What is your best article of clothing? Oh dear. Anything comfortable at this point. I am at this awkward stage where my normal clothes don't really fit and maternity clothes drown me. But it has been fun getting new maternity clothes :) I'm sure I'll get sick of wearing them though!

4. If you could buy anything right now, what would it be? Gosh this list is endless. Does baby stuff count as one? I want a bed, stroller, clothes, etc... Like I said, that list is endless.

5. If you could switch lives with someone, who would it be? I've always wanted to be black for a day so I can dance and not feel like a lil white girl trying to dance. Sooo anyone cool that is black? :)

6. So the new iphone just came out. What color would you get? Not planning on getting an Iphone after my Samsung Galaxy... sorry ;)

7. Do you like it rainy or sunny? why? After living in Sweden for a year and having the darkness and cold during the winter that buries deep into your bones, I like the light and sun. A lot. But don't get me wrong... it is nice to have the sun evened out with the rainy days. Still, I like the sun :)

8. Favorite Amanda Bynes movie before she went psycho? I always liked She's the Man, but watched it recently and it was almost too much for me haha. But I really did like her in Sydney White, that was a super cute movie!!

9. Describe your future home. I always want to have the love of Christ in my home. When others come in, I hope that they immediately feel loved and at home! I always try to strive for that peaceful and homey feeling. I want a normal sized home but not too small where we all want to kill each other, and not too big where we can get lost. Something nice in the middle! There are a lot of things about houses in Sweden that I love. And since I am American, there are things about American homes that I love. If I ever find a way to mesh those two together somehow, I'll let ya know ;) I definitely want carpet. Nice, soft carpet. I also like the idea of a rambler? (I am not sure if that is what it is called..) house. Two floors that are big I guess. This is really hard to write what is in my head by the way...

10. Do you have a job? If so, what is it? I do! Thankfully, I am really blessed to have one actually. I work for my father-in-law, helping him sell his book! His secretary, in simple terms I suppose!

11. Why do you blog? I blog because my family will forever be split in half, and having a blog is a great way to keep family and friends updated on our lives. A little more personal than facebook as well ;)

Now I am supposed to tag some other folks to answer these questions:

1. What's your zodiac sign? And do you read your horoscope?

2. First kiss story!

3. Shuffle your Ipod and tell me the first 3 songs that come up.

4. What's your favorite website/blog/tumblr?

5. Who's your celebrity crush?

6. Top 5 ways to win your heart?

7. Tell me a joke.

8. No money reservations--where would you live/visit for a month?

9. 3 things that you always have in your purse/backpack/car/pocket?

10. What book could you read over and over again?

11. Your favorite TV series?

I tag (and I know you all read my blog since I got all your names specifically off my "traffic sources" page on my blog ;): Eva Herrey, Annette Wilson, Megan Rose, Micquellyn Jackson, and Shantel Peaden 

Bumpdate: Week 16

Hello everrrryone!! Sorry I haven't blogged in forever. I wanted to wait and blog until I would know what we are having.... but I can just blog again right??
Anyways life has been good. An adjustment for sure, especially after 6 weeks of vacation... haha. Tough life right?? ;) Now there is a plus side of living in Sweden! You are required to have 5 weeks of paid vacation ;)
A friend of mine is pregnant right now, and has been doing an awesome question thingy that I am totally going to steal from her! I want to blog about my pregnancy and such... but haven't quite decided how to talk about it really. So here I go :)

Not the best picture, but it is the most recent! Plus I love it because Cheeto is in it of course ;)

How far along?  16 weeks and three days

Size of the baby? An avocado! I hold one in my hands everyday and everything is becoming so much more real to me! It's ridiculous. And fun.

Weight gain/loss?  I think so.... actually I am pretty sure because I feel like an oompa loompa... but don't really know how much.

Sleep?  Eh. I want to invest in a body pillow! Maybe that could help sleeping at night. I wake up every night to go to the bathroom once or twice and that is annoying. Usually the first one is right on the dot at two a.m. Another thing that is hard is we don't let our cat sleep with us since she is super annoying. When I have to open the door to go to the bathroom she tries to bolt into our room. Every. Time. She stresses me out at two a.m. every. time. It's rather tiring trying to keep her out of our room...

Best moment of the week?  Earlier this week I felt the baby move 6 or 7 times in one day. For the past few weeks it has been once a day MAYBE if I pay reeeeally close attention. But one day this past week it was so much! I loved it.

Symptoms? Nothing too much.. except I get super car sick! And I always feel tired... I am growing a human, ok??!

Food cravings/aversions?  The only craving I have kinda had is spicey food. I just want spicey food all the time!! Nothing to do with other cravings yet, which I am a little disappointed in I guess! You hear about all these pregnant woman craving such random things instantly, and I haven't really had that. Before I was pregnant I was already sensitive to eating certain things... Like bananas for example. I really like bananas, but for some reason I can't eat them. Maybe it's the texture?.. So all the things I couldn't eat before I REALLY can't eat now. I gag on certain things. (like bananas)

Labor signs?  Nope. And hopefully not for a while.

What I miss?  Not getting car sick. And feeling skinny, and somewhat in control of my weight, diet, and exercise.

What I am looking forward to?  Feeling the baby move more! And finding out in a couple weeks if it is a boy or girl!! And spending alllll our money on baby things hehe ;)

Nursery? Nothing yet, and this makes me sad!! I haven't bought a single baby thing. AT ALL. I am proud of myself for resisting!! Since coming back from the states we have been tight with money (where we spent plenty of money hehe :) and since Joel wasn't paid during the summer, so we are on one income right now until the end of September!! Then I figured we will both be paid, and we will know what is in there!! We are also moving to a new apartment about 30 min away, so I don't want to buy anything too big because we will just have to move it anyways.

That's all folks!! I hope all of my thoughts that I have attempted to put down make sense :)