Uncomfortable

I have been extremely blessed my entire pregnancy.
I haven't had to deal with morning sickness at all, for the most part my energy has been great, i'm still able to go to the gym and to top it off I still don't ever wake up at night and have to go to the bathroom!! AMAZING! I am defiantly counting my blessings because my cousin, who is still in her 1st trimester, is super sick! She had to go to the hospital on Wed (her birthday) :( because she has been so sick. It is so weird how pregnancy affects everyone differently. I just hope my wrath isn't still to come in the delivery stage!!

As far as the comfort factor goes, today is actually the first day I have actually felt uncomfortable. Cade has found two positions that fit him just great. One being on the right side of my stomach with some crazy body part sticking out. You can clearly see where he is just by one quick glance, I look like I have a rolled up sock sticking out on that side of my body. The second position feels like his little feet are kicking down on my bladder. Each time he moves I seriously feel like I am going to wet myself!

Pregnancy is one of the most amazing experiences ever and I am just so thankful that the Lord has chosen me to experience it!

Sisters

I feel so lucky, not everyone gets to share there pregnancy with there sister. About 1 month after Tyler and I shared the news that we are pregnant, my sister and her husband also had news of there own. After we both had our first doctors appointments we were given our due dates which are exactly 1 month apart. How crazy! While this is our first it is Amy and Jay's second but it is still so much fun sharing this time with her, not to mention the fact that I get to borrow her cloths :)

3rd Trimester

So I have officially started my 3rd and final trimester of this 9 month journey!

Amazing how fast time actually goes by! During the 1st trimester I was a little bit tired but nothing to crazy, the 2nd trimester I felt amazing, the low energy and tiredness was totally gone. Now just a week into my 3rd trimester I feel like I could go to sleep and never wake up! It is the worst and weirdest feeling. This weekend my body felt so tired but I couldn't just sit and relax I had to be doing something. So I cleaned the house, did some scrapbooking, went to breakfast w/ Rachel, had dinner with some friends and ran a bunch of errands.

Now all I want to do is get Cade's nursery all put together. How can I be so tired yet still have so much motivaion?

Crib bedding

So I looked and looked and couldn't ever find a crib set that I just fell in love with. My mom being the talented woman that she is, took on the challenge of helping me make the crib set.
I found the perfect fabric online for a really good price and it finally came in the mail last week. I LOVE IT! So this weekend when my mom was in town she went with me to get all the other supplies we are going to need. Next time she comes to Bend she is brining her sewing machine and we are going to create a perfect bedding set for Cade.

The fabric for the bedding

Finally the Ultrasound pictures

A Great Quote

"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate, our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, 'Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous?' Actually, who are you not to be?"

–Miranda Richardson

NYC

Tyler and I got the chance to get away from home and head over to the city that never sleeps! We spent 4 days in NYC and packed SO much fun stuff into a short trip. We left Thursday afternoon and came home Monday night. Some of the highlights from our trip were the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Hairspray on Broadway, walking across the Brooklyn Bridge, Times square, Ground Zero, Macys, Statue of Liberty, NYC cheesecake, Central Park, navigating the subways, spending time with Brandon and his girlfriend, and lots and lots of walking. We stayed with Tyler's best friend Brandon, he lives right downtown Manhattan on Wall St. 2 blocks from the NY Stock Exchange! needless to say we were in the center of it all.
Here are some pictures of our trip.....

He shall be called.....

Now that we know the gender of our baby, the next step is coming up with his name. I have been sold on one particular name from the beginning but Tyler was having a little bit harder time committing. After a lot of talking it out and saying the names out loud we have finally come up with the final name.

He shall be called Cade Jordan Mackeson.

This is the original name I had picked out; just spelt with a "K" instead of a "C", Tyler liked the name but thought the "K" made it too girly... so we compromised.
It is so fun to refer to him as Cade now instead of "baby" or "him". He still gets "baby mack" a lot which will probably end up being his nick name for quite some time!

It's a B O Y ! ! !

We had our ultrasound on Friday and it was amazing!
What a rush to see our little baby up-close like that. Tyler was super nervous going into the appointment, which made me all nervous. He kept saying "it's just going to make things more real to be able to actually see it". More real was right!
We no longer refer to it as an "it" it's now a HE, and he is growing and developing right on schedule. I was a little nervous when we first got there because our ultrasound tech was "in training" so I was afraid we weren’t going to get good shots or pictures of our baby. But I was all wrong, she was amazing! Especially since baby Mack was an active little thing.
He cooperated great for the first 1/2 of the ultrasound, just long enough to get a shot of his "manhood" then it was off for a game of chase! Just as she would have the shot or body part she needed he would roll over or turn the other way. He is very active and taking after his daddy already! I do have two pictures from the ultrasound but I need to have them scanned so I can post them for everyone. I will try to get it done ASAP!

Now the fun can really begin!

Time to start planning and decorating the nursery and getting our registry set up!

By popular demand....

18 weeks.

I will post another picture along with the ultrasound pictures on Friday!

2 more days!

Ultrasound

We have scheduled our appointment for the ultra sound for April 18th! I can't wait to see if we are having a boy or a girl. I'm ready to start shopping for the nursery!

Birthday Weekend

Amy(sister), me, mom

Jaxon being his funny self

My birthday and Easter were so close together this year so we got to head to the valley to spend time with our families. We had so much fun! We spent Friday night and Saturday with my family just hanging out at home. Saturday night my parents took us to dinner at Olive Garden. We were all pretty nervous becuase Jaxon hadn't taken a nap that day, but the trooper held up really well! (family picture above, minus my brother)

Sunday we spent Easter at Tyler's parents. I had a really bad headache and ended up sleeping most of the day but it was good to get to spend time with everyone!

The start of a belly

13 Weeks

Take A Walk

The weather was really nice the past few weekends in Bend! Tyler and I took advantage of the sunshine a few weeks ago and headed out for a walk along the Deschutes River. Now don't let the sun deceive you because it was FREEZING cold! Not only was it still really cold but the trail was still pretty much covered with snow and ice. It took us about 2 hours to walk a trail that normally only takes 45 min to an hour. It was quite interesting trying to walk, or shuffle up and down the hills covered in ice.

Even with all the obstacales it was still really fun to get outside and breath some fresh air!

Wedding Pictures

I was looking through some of my pictures and came across some of our wedding photos. Here are some of my favorites from our amazing day.

There is nothing about my wedding day that I would have changed!

Weekend with the Luoto's

So the weekend with The Luoto's has already come and gone. Jenna, Kirk and there baby Landon came to visit the weekend of Feb 8th. It was the weekend of Winterfest so we took advantage of the activities down town. Friday night I made us some yummy taco soup then we got all bundled up to go watch the fire works at Drake Park, however the fireworks never happened! It ended up being too windy so they called it off. So we went and watched the rail jam for a while then the ice carving. After we were all good and cold we made our way back home to hot chocolate, rainbow chip cake and a LONG game of Settlers of Catan.

Saturday we had a very lazy morning catching up, drinking coffee and relaxing. After lunch Jenna and I did some shopping while the guys went and watched the Warren Miller movies at the Tower. That evening we took them to one of our favorite places in Bend Deschutes Brewery. After dinner we walked around Winterfest a little bit more then headed home.

Sunday we all made our way to church then after lunch we had to say good bye. It is always such a blessing to get together with these guys. Even though we live on opposite sides of the Mountain, we can always pick up right where we left off like no time passed. That is true friendship!

Jenna and Landon

Kirk and Landon

Yum! Yum!

Waiting patiently for dinner

Best Friends

Doc Appt

So yesterday we had our doctor’s appointment to hear the baby’s heart beat! It was so amazing to finally hear the little life inside of me even if it was just a swooshing sound. Now that we have that out of the way I am able to put some of the worry aside.

I am 11 weeks and still feeling really well. I haven’t had morning sickness at all which I am so thankful for. I have been really tired and really hungry but I can deal with those things!

Happy Valentines Day

Love Is In The Air

Valentines Day is right around the corner!

I am really excited for it this year which is different because I'm usually not. The best Valentines Day for me was when Tyler proposed, so I really can't beat that! But this year we have some pretty fun plans. First off we are going out to dinner. We got the last available reservation at our favorite restaurant Baltazar's. After that we are going to a play at the Tower Theater called "Defending the Caveman". Everyone says it is a really good and we have wanted to see a show at the Tower for a long time, so what better time to do it! I'm curious to know what everyone else is doing so post a comment and let me know!

We’re having a baby!

That's right you read it correctly, I am pregnant! I had my 8wk appointment last Monday and my due date is September 10th. We are super excited for this new season of life. Keep looking back here for updates!