32 weeks

Yep, that's right, I now officially only have two months left! That means in two months I'll have an adorable little girl that will call me mommy for the rest of her life! :) I'm so excited! I'm starting to get into the uncomfortable stage of pregnancy. On days when I've been busy and done lots (mainly being on my feet for longer periods of time) my belly aches as well as my back. It's loads of fun! I'm excited to be coming to the end...especially since Veja's movements have become more pronounced. It's so much fun to feel her move! She's definitely getting stronger! And bigger! My belly is getting bigger and bigger every day it feels like! Here are some pictures. :)

Jon takes this picture and tells me to stop pushing out...

That's really how big my stomach is...I'm not "pushing out" or anything!

Good bye feet...see you in a couple of months!

Family pictures

My family decided to take some family pictures while we had everyone here over Christmas. It's a good thing we did too because our last family picture is from 2009 and we've all changed since then (some more than others of course) and we've added two new members to our family, Jon and Chelsea. Also Kaleb left on his mission so the next time we'll have everyone together for a family picture will be 2 years from now when he gets home. By then we'll have at least one new addition to the family, if not more! In terms of grandkids of course. Veja will be a year and a half by the time Kaleb gets to finally meet her! CRAZY! Anyway, here are some of our pictures.

And of course a goofy one...I wasn't very goofy. My face reflects exactly how I felt that entire day. Yeah...it was the day I had the flu.

30 weeks

I can't believe I'm already at 30 weeks...meaning there are only 10 more weeks to go! :) So I decided that it's about time for another baby update. Like I said in my last post, I've upgraded to Dr's appointments every two weeks! Well I got a letter from the Dr's office telling me that they couldn't get a hold of me. Come to find out they didn't have my phone number (even though I had given it to them a couple of appointments before) so i called and they told me the results of my glucose test. My blood sugar was slightly elevated (big surprise...I was sick, my body is definitely not going to process sugar the same way) and I'm slightly anemic. So I got to go in for a 3 hour glucose test! Tons of fun...lucky for me I had a good book to read. :) I noticed something funny though. I was at the Dr's office for a long time which means I got to see lots of other ladies come through to get blood work done for various reasons and almost every single one of them turned their heads as the needle was in. I got poked 4 times that day...and guess what. I watched every single one of them. I used to not be able to watch shots or anything like that, but now it doesn't bother me. I think I'm ready to get my nursing degree! ...if only I didn't still have to wait another year. But hey, on the bright side that means I have a year with my baby before I have to leave her with her grandmas and grandpas or aunts and uncles so that I can go to class. :)

6 down and 3 to go

Yeah, that's right I'm 6 months pregnant! In 3 short months we will be welcoming a beautiful baby girl into this world! My belly is still tiny, but it's growing. I swear I'm getting bigger by the day now! I finally look like I'm really pregnant...now people don't have to question it. :P I had a Dr appointment last week where they did the glucose test (yuck! I do not recommend doing this while you have a cold!) and did an ultrasound. I was told during the ultrasound that our little girl is in the 88th percentile! She's a big girl! But they haven't changed my due date whatsoever, so March 23rd is still the day we're looking forward to. I'm in awe of how she can be so big and yet I stay so tiny! Also I got to "upgrade" to Dr's appointments every 2 weeks! Time is flying by! How has 6 months passed so fast?!

Here's a picture of me between 28 and 29 weeks! What do you think? Still small?

24 weeks

I know it's a little late seeing as how now I'm almost 27 weeks, but here is my 24 week picture. I was really starting to have a baby bump. Now 3 weeks later it's bigger...but I'm still tiny. No one would be able to guess that I'm 6 months pregnant by looking at me! I've decided that this is because I have a tall torso...giving the baby lots of room to grow up before she starts having to push out. :P I'll get another picture up soon of my current baby bump, but until then enjoy this one. :)

Really I'm 24 weeks in this one.

Also, keep voting for Circle of Support! We're moving up, but we need all the extra help we can get! www.refresheverything.com

November

We went to the Gilbert Temple groundbreaking ceremony on November 13th. Elder Claudio R. M. Costa of the Presidency of the Seventy presided. Him and his wife spoke. They are from Brazil and spoke with Brazilian accents. :) Listening to them speak brought back good memories! You see in the Winter semester of 2009 my roommate, Michele, was from Brazil. Hearing the Costa's speak took me back to the days of talking to Michele. My favorite was listening to her talk on the phone in Portuguese! Anyway, of course we took advantage of the opportunity to take pictures of the temple site! :)

Jon and I "breaking ground"

Jon and I in the middle of the temple grounds

Josh, Ben, and Eli "breaking ground"

Brandon and my mom "breaking the ground"

Before the ceremony started this police helicopter flew over the site. It was kind of fun to see, but different at the same time because it was a church setting.

All the people that showed up! All of the chairs were filled by the time the ceremony started!

The stage and all of the people.

All in all it was a wonderful experience! One that I will never forget and one that I will treasure always in my heart! I can't wait to start seeing the temple go up! Right now, as far as I can tell from driving past it every day, they're still moving a lot of dirt around. But progress is being made! We are getting a temple in Gilbert!

Circle of Support

I don't know who knows about my in-law's non-prophet organization called Circle of Support. Circle of Support is a non-profit organization that provides pediatric therapies for special needs children. The services provided include physical, speech, occupational, horse habilitation and now an intergraded pre-school. I am currently working with my brother-in-law, Jaron, through Circle of Support. Last month they were in the running to get a $250,000 grant from Pepsi. They ended up ranked 67th, but they needed to be in the top 2 to win. But we just found out that since we were in the top 100 we have one more month to get votes to win the grant. You can help out by voting once once a day for the entire month of December. Please help us and pass this on.

You can vote by going onto www.refresheverything.com when this page opens go to the very bottom of the page on the left corner and click on sign in. Type in your email address and then click the button that says "No I am new here." A new page will appear. Fill in the form with your information. When you get to the box that says prove that your not a robot, and if you can't see the letters clear enough, click on the refresh image that is to the right of the box and it will change the image, do this till you find one you can see clearly. Or you can sign in using facebook as well. The easiest way to find Circle of Support is by searching for it. Then all you need to do is click on the "vote for this idea" button. Make sure that the number of votes you have goes from 10 to 9. You can also vote every day through texting by texting the code 104020 to 73774. You'll get a confirmation text after you text in your vote. Please help us by voting and passing it on to all of your friends who are 18 or older. Also, you don't have to live in AZ to vote, it's a national contest, so get everyone you know to vote! :) Thanks in advance for your help!