Birthday Cake

Ethan is preparing early for his birthday. He made his own cake today.

14 Weeks And All Is Well!

Well, I had my 14 week appointment with the doctor yesterday. Everything looks good at this point. Baby's heart rate was at about 140 beats per minute, which is great. I was excited to hear the baby. It's always such an awe inspiring experience.

As far as how I'm feeling, I'm doing okay most days. Morning sickness hit me late in this pregnancy. Prior to 12 weeks, I was mostly just nauseous all the time, not really getting sick much. After that 12 week mark, baby decided to be finicky with what I could and could not eat (and when I could eat, and how much I could eat). Hopefully that will pass soon. I actually lost 2 lbs. from my first doctor's appointment so that brings my total pregnancy weight gain to +1 lb. That's good for me though. I have lots of "food storage" for the baby. Hopefully he or she will take advantage of it.

Another good thing happened at the doctor as well. I got to schedule my ultrasound appointment. It's the "big" one where we'll find out if we're having a girl or a boy. It's scheduled for mid-June, so I'll keep you posted!

As far as everything else in the pregnancy, things seem to be going well. I'm just having to slow down a bit on some days. Ethan is kind of getting it now. I asked him where the baby was yesterday and he said it was in my tummy. I guess we're making progress. The last time I asked, he said it was in my toe. He has such a silly sense of humor.

I'm excited to be this far along in my pregnancy. I'm surprised that I have my ultrasound in just four weeks! That's so crazy that we're already almost halfway!

Until next time...

Missing Her Already

My cousin, Lariann passed away on Saturday. I love and miss her so much already.

Lariann Evans Bredthauer

Lariann Evans Bredthauer 1982 ~ 2009 KAYSVILLE - Our "miracle" Lariann Evans Bredthauer, 26, valiantly fought a brain tumor, giving us almost three more years of happiness, passed away May 9, 2009 in Salt Lake City. Born in Bountiful, Utah, December 7, 1982 to Jerry L. and Lorraine Evans. Married Scott Nelson Bredthauer, May 16, 2003 in the Salt Lake Temple. A devoted and faithful member of the LDS church. Her testimony and love of the Savior was always evident in her daily life. Sunshine describes her positive attitude, humor and fun loving personality. A truly virtuous woman. Graduated from Davis High school and received an Associate Degree from Weber State University. She loved being part of the color guard in both high school and the university marching bands. Giving birth to her "miracle" daughter, Lucy, while receiving radiation treatments was a sign of her great strength and courage. A talented wife, mother, daughter, sister and friend. She loved being Lucy's mom, Scott's companion, family, family activities, watching sports-especially football and baseball, the outdoors, crocheting, cooking, good movies, music and cultural events. Lariann is survived by: her husband, Scott, her daughter, Lucy, her parents, Jerry and Lorraine Evans, her grandmothers, Barbara Nelson and Marian W. Page, her siblings, Scot (Heidi) Evans, Kristin (Scott) Christensen, Jared (Julaine) Evans, John (Elizabeth) Evans, Rachel (Devin) Razee, her in-laws, Paul and Debra Bredthauer, her brothers-in-law, Tyler (Brooke) Bredthauer, Greg (Stacey) Bredthauer, sister-in-law, Alison Bredthauer and many beloved extended family members and friends. Funeral services will be held Saturday, May 16, 2009, 1l:00 a.m. at the Kaysville Tabernacle 198 West Center St. Viewings will be held Friday, May 15, 2009 from 6-8 p.m. at the Russon Brothers Mortuary 1941 North Main, Farmington (across from Cherry Hill); and 9:30-10:30 a.m. prior to the services at the Tabernacle. Interment, Kaysville City Cemetery. Our sincere thanks to the Huntsman Cancer Institute, Dr. Jensen, Dr. Duhan and Lariann's entire team as well as the staff of the Neurological Critical Care unit of the U of U. A fund has been setup for the family at Zion's Bank. FAMILIES CAN BE TOGETHER FOREVER Online guest book at www.russonmortuary.com

Why The Hiatus?

I used to update my blog a lot more regularly than I have been over the last couple of months, especially when talking about the infertility stuff. Why have I been slow to update? Well, the long answer is, there have been a lot of things going on with me that I haven't been ready to share here yet. The short answer is, I'm pregnant!

After being diagnosed with PCOS (Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome) in January, my reproductive endocrinologist put me on Metformin and Clomid to try to get me to ovulate. Well, it worked and I got pregnant the first month on it! Pretty amazing stuff.

The reason why I decided to start sharing now is because I'm over 12 weeks along now. I'm in the second trimester.

Dan and I are extremely happy that we have a new little one coming to our family. I'm due November 15.

I haven't been feeling too awful. Just the normal tiredness and the nausea. It still isn't as bad as it was with Ethan though. So I'll keep posting as I know more, but things are looking good here.

Boys Will Be Boys

Well, we've had our first emergency visit to the doctor. Last night was quite the adventure. I got into the car to visit my parents with Ethan and little did I know I'd be ending the night, rather late, after visiting the doctor.

Ethan was running and playing, as usual, and he knocked over a metal weight my dad uses to hold the garage door shut on windy days (the garage is one of those old fashioned lift up doors rather than roll ones). Well, he knocked it right on to his little foot. This, of course, caused blood to be everywhere and him to be screaming. When the bleeding wouldn't stop after I had put pressure for a couple of minutes, I called the Instacare and told them we were coming in.

Ethan was hurting so my dad drove us in his car and I sat in the back with him. I explained that we would go to the doctor to fix his foot. When we got to the clinic, we held him while we waited. He had cried so much, he actually fell asleep in my arms in the waiting room.

When we finally got back to see the doctor, they gave him some Motrin, cleaned out his foot, gave him a sucker, and decided that he needed an x-ray. We went to have the x-ray done and sure enough, he had fractured the tip of his big toe. You can't really see it too well, but the little dark line on the top of the x-ray is the fracture.

Thankfully, he didn't need stitches. After they irrigated the wound, which Ethan thought tickled, they found that it bled a lot, but wasn't very deep. They wrapped it, sent us home with some antibiotics, since the fracture was in such close proximity to the cut, and gave him a post op surgical shoe to wear for the next two to three weeks, or until he doesn't have any pain. What a night! By the end, I was so tired. Ethan seems to have bounced back today. He's still careful on his foot, but he has been good about wearing the shoe. His foot isn't hurting him so much today either so that's a good sign I guess.

I guess that's what you get when you have Hufstetler for your last name. I'm sure this will be the first in many visits over the years for various things.