No One Told Me It Would Be This Hard!! (The Second Time Around)

So I know that I haven't posted anything in a while, but for whatever reason felt the need to complain a little bit, and since this is my blog I can do and say whatever I want right?! I have decided that being pregnant and having a toddler is a lot harder than I thought it would be. I also think that with this pregnancy my body just isn't handling it as well as the first time...I know I"m a little older but man am I feeling it. Yesterday's weather was quite nice so I decided to take Ian for a walk, and at the same time drop off reminders for Activity Days...since I'm an activity days leader for our ward. After my 20-30 minute walk I was so sore!! I couldn't believe it! I have been staying active with this pregnancy since the beginning to avoid this type of pain. I swear I pulled my hip flexor muscle and now I try to walk and siatic nerve pain shoots down my leg. SO needless to say not only am I doing the "waddle walk" but I also look ridiculous because I don't want to put too much weight on my sore leg. Apparently being 27 weeks pregnant and pushing a stroller isn't a good idea. All I want to do now is sit and never move again, but for anyone who knows Ian you know that isn't even possible. Hopefully in the next few days I will be able to walk with less pain and less "waddling" but we will have to see.

As for everyone else...Jared is working really hard all the time. He is quite busy that sometimes by the time he gets home from his other job I'm out as a light (which doesn't take much now a days). Ian is getting big and always has something to say. He knows all his colors now and whenever he sees anything he has to tell you what it is and it's color. It is quite cute. He has been in nursery for the last few months and is finally starting to enjoy going. His favorite primary song right now is "Follow the Prophet" because he gets to run around all over the place while you sing the song. I think Jared and I sang it 10 times last night before telling him that the prophet went to bed so Ian needs to be in bed too. :) I will hopefully get some updated pictures posted soon, so keep an eye out.

Ultrasound Pictures

This is the infamous gender shot. The ultrasound tech assurred me that we were definetly having a girl. Although I will have them double check when I go for another ultrasound at the end of March.




This is a profile picture of Girl Andersen....and yes we still have no idea what we are going to name her. Jared and I compared this profile to Ian's and they are extremely similar (I think they are identical..but Jared is hopeful that this baby will look a little more like him than me.)

This ultrasound was a little better than Ian's. Ian was moving all over the place and the tech had a really hard time finding the necessary things. This baby was totally chill and very well behaved....I'm hopeful that will still be the case when she arrives. Besides it was nice not having an ultrasound probe jabbed into your side to "hold" the baby still. :)

Drum Roll Please....

Well the results are in from my ultrasound today. We are having a girl!! I"m really excited, and glad to level out the playing field. I will try to post pictures if I can figure out how to get my parents scanner to work. As for new things with our family, there really isn't anything new going on. Ian is still a ball of energy and doesn't stop till it is time for bed. Jared is working really hard all the time to provide for us, and I am trying to keep my house clean from the tazmanian devil I call Ian. :) Other than that it is just the same old stuff going on here.

It's Official!

So yes those silly rumors are true! For anyone who has seen me recently you were probably wondering why I have waited so long to say something...or you just thought I was gaining weight again. It's like my body said, ok you're pregnant and stopped fitting into my normal clothes! Jared and I are crazy and have decided to have another baby, but we are really excited! My due date is June 14th, 2010...exactly 25 months to the day apart from Ian...and I am currently starting my 13th week of pregnancy on Wednesday(tomorrow). I will try to keep everyone posted on whats going on and we will definetly announce the sex as soon as we find out. (Hopefully in 6 weeks or so.)

Ian's One Year Pictures

These pictures were taken on June 10th, 2009. I know that Ian is almost 13months old, but you do what you can when you can. Enjoy!!

Ian's Turns One!!

Ian had a great time eating his cake. Many might say that I took the easy way out because his cake was covered in fondant instead of traditional icing; however, in my defense I wasn't given an option and when your mom is paying for the custom cake to match the party theme you don't say a thing.

Ian's first bite of deliciousness! That was all it took to get him hooked. By the end of the evening he ate half of the cake and slept it off the next day which was great for me!

Ian's cake. The party's theme was Baby Einstein.

This was the cake for everyone else who attended the party. The cake was great and if anyone wants the contact information for the decorator I will gladly give it to you.


This day was a bittersweet day for me. I'm sure any other mom would agree. I was sad that I didn't have my cute little baby anymore and I reminesed of the days when I could just hold him all day and stare at him. The days when he wasn't moving and into everything! Jared says that if I miss it that much it is time to have another but I'm not ready for that so don't get any ideas!!

Graduation Day!!

Jared wasn't choking Ian, although a picture says a thousand words huh?! He was definetly done for the day and was trying to launch himself out of Jared's arms.

Me and my Dad.

Graduation Day was fun and it was actually the fastest graduation ceremony I have ever attended. I was really thankful for that. Which is easy when you aren't graduating 700+ people at a time. My sisters high school graduations were forever long. My Dad came down from Oregon and stayed with us which was fun. With graduation being in the early evening the sun was conveniently in your face no matter where you stood.