~Baby Lily and Halloween~

I had another doctor appointment today but everything was normal and there's nothing new to report so I'm going to take a break from the pregnancy posts and blog about two other exciting events!  On Tuesday, October 30th my brother and his wife unexpectedly welcomed their first little angel to their family 1 month early.  She is the sweetest little peanut ever!



Our little Lily weighed in at 5 pounds 10 ounces and 18 1/2 inches long and despite being 4 weeks early, she didn't have to spend one minute in the NICU.  Everything about her was perfectly healthy--just in miniature size!  Mommy and baby are doing fantastic and we are so happy she's part of our family!  Congrats, Blake and Staci!

The weekend before Halloween a group of our High School friends got together and held our 2nd Halloween party and it was lots of fun!  Zach and Heidi aka Fred and Wilma were the generous hosts and put on a great party!  I always love seeing the clever costumes everyone comes up with.

 

Logan and I definitely win the prize for the most boring costumes and that's totally my fault!  He's so busy with school and work and I had absolutely no energy to put something more exciting together.  This picture doesn't show our shirts very well but mine has a skeleton baby on the tummy and Logan's has a cheeseburger and fries haha.  We also had a pumpkin carving contest (each couple did one together) and I think they turned out great!

My personal favorite is the Tyler's BYU pumpkin! I think it turned out awesome!

Unfortunately nobody backed up the Andersen's fun pregnancy announcement from last year's Halloween party but the food, fun and good company definitely made up for that!  Thanks again, Zach and Heidi!  I'm already looking forward to next year's festivities!

Halloween night we were able to enjoy a quiet evening with just the two of us and a few trick-or-treaters until our candy ran out and we had to turn off the porch light.  The night ended perfectly with an opening night win for the Jazz!

On Sunday Logan and I are flying to Disneyland with his family for a few quick days and we are really looking forward to it!  I'm sure it will go by way too fast but the break will be much needed and fun for both of us.  More on that when we get back!





2/3 Done! (Almost)

It has only been a week since my last update so not much is new but I figured I'd make a quick update since I had my 26 week appointment this morning.  I had to drink that nasty glucose drink so they could check for diabetes so that part wasn't tons of fun.  It honestly wasn't that gross but I think my brain made it seem nastier than it really was.  Other than getting my blood drawn for that as well as getting a flu shot it was just a regular appointment (my last 4 week one at that!).  

As of today, I am 26 weeks along and according to babycenter.com, our little Eli is now the size of an English Hothouse Cucumber...how dumb is that?!  Haha.  I've always thought the comparisons are quite odd.

I've heard so many different things about when the 3rd trimester actually begins so I asked my doctor when it really is.  He said if you want to get technical, it begins at 26 weeks and 4 days but as of my appointment this morning, they consider me in my third trimester.  Yahoo!  On top of that, I'm down to double digit days left so that's happy news as well!  It's slowly starting to seem a bit more real.  My weight gain, the growth of my belly and Eli's heart rate were all right where they should be so we left very pleased with not much else to report.  I have to go back in two weeks to get a RhoGAM shot because of my negative blood so I'm not too excited about that but hopefully it's not the end of the world like I'm probably making it.  I know it's important so that's all that matters!

This Saturday we have a Halloween party with some good friends so we're really looking forward to that.  Last year at this party Annie and Tyler announced their pregnancy!  Maybe someone else will have a fun surprise announcement this time around...?! 

~The Bump~

At the request of a friend and fellow CSK, I am caving in and posting my first picture since finding out I was pregnant.  There's really no reason I've refrained from taking pictures other than I didn't want to post one until I felt like there was something actually showing.  People that see me are finally able to tell that I'm pregnant so here it is, my first "baby bump" picture:

~25 Weeks~

(Yes, I purposely left my face out of this picture because it was taken way too early this morning so I probably look exhausted.) 

According to a few different books/websites, our little man is about 14 inches long and somewhere between 1.5 and 2 pounds.  SO tiny but getting bigger!  I love being able to feel him move around all the time and even though I still have so long to go I can't wait to see what he looks like!

~22 Week Update~ (And the Rest of Our Lives)

Well, it's that time again--another monthly update!  I've gotten into the habit of writing a new post after each doctor visit because then I feel like I'll actually have something to say.  Logan and I went to my 22 week appointment today and all was well.  It was actually the first appointment I had that didn't include some sort of ultra sound or extra testing so we were in and out of there pretty quick.  My weight gain is still on track, my tummy was measuring right where it should and Eli's heartbeat sounded great!  

I've been having Braxton Hicks Contractions pretty often but (as I figured) my doc said it's nothing to worry about and totally normal.  They only happen about twice a day so not nearly often enough to cause any alarm.  I know I still have a long ways to go but I was pretty excited when he said I only have one more 4 week appointment until we move to every 3 weeks for a bit.  Now that Fall is officially here it's starting to seem like not so forever away!

Since my last post at 18 weeks, Logan and I have both felt our little guy kick and move around a ton!  I never recognized any of the "fluttering" or "gas" or "bubbles" that a lot of women notice a little earlier but the night before I turned 19 weeks we were getting ready for bed and I was laying down and felt a little poke that was brand new!  I quickly had Logan come put his hand on my stomach and we felt two more good kicks right then :) Even though I've felt him move all the time since then it's still weird sometimes and makes me so happy every time I'm able to feel him move around.  I know he's still pretty little (about 11 inches and just under 1 pound) but he's starting to get big enough where he'll be on one side of my stomach and it will go completely lopsided.  I feel like he already has no room in there so I can't imagine where he's gonna go when he starts getting bigger!

I made a lot of progress with our little nursery at the beginning of my pregnancy but I've definitely slowed down quite a bit otherwise it would probably be done already!  I think I explained last time that we don't have a second bedroom in our current apartment but we're turning our little dining area into a nursery corner so it will work out well for a little while.  The crib and bedding is set up and next week the dresser we ordered should be here so that's the next thing I have to look forward to!  We've bought a few little outfits and my parents have as well but my favorite thing so far is the two little pairs of tiny shoes we got!  I'm a little obsessed with shoes--especially tiny baby ones :) I'm trying to hold out now till my showers before I buy much else!  18 weeks to go!

Believe it or not, my pregnancy isn't the only thing going on in our lives right now.  School is in full force once again for Logan and he seems to be enjoying his classes this semester. He has quite a full load, 5 classes, as well as work so he's a busy guy!  Just under two weeks till Fall break!

My work is continuing to go well but I feel so bad for Logan because I'm such a bad/boring wife right now.  Unfortunately I've still been sick so I have a tough time making dinner and cleaning as much as I would like to and on top of that I never have the energy to do anything after work but lay on the couch and be a slug.  He's been a trooper though!  I owe him big time for all my slack he's picked up the past several months.

I couldn't be more excited it's officially Fall!  I love this time of year and all the holidays so much.  I got out all of our Fall/Halloween decorations last week and of course had to go buy a few new ones as well.  Logan keeps asking me where we're going to store it all when it's time to put it away but I just tell him not to worry about it :) We've started brainstorming some ideas of costumes so I'm getting pretty excited.  Only 5 more weeks till Halloween!

I am so sorry this is such a long post with zero pictures!  How boring am I?!  One thing that pregnancy has done to me is take away any and all desire I had to take pictures (which I normally love doing!).  Hopefully with the holidays coming up I'll be more motivated from now on.  I promise a much more visually exciting post next time!

~18 Week Update~

Yesterday Logan and I went to my 18 week appointment and also had the full medical ultrasound.  Everything looked great which was so comforting to see/hear.  We were able to see each little finger and toe and even a closeup of Eli's tiny mouth and nose.  He is currently 7 inches long (or the size of a hot dog bun) which, they said, puts him right on track for my original January 29th due date!  

This is my favorite picture :)
(Sorry the quality is so crappy--I couldn't get my scanner to work properly so I had to take a picture of it with my phone)

I know I still have forever to go and it probably won't really hit me that this is our baby until we're taking him home from the hospital but it all seemed so much more real after the ultrasound.  To know that he's growing healthy definitely makes for one happy mama! 

The nausea is finally starting to fade a little bit thanks to the medicine my doctor gave me at my last appointment.  It makes me exhausted but I'll take that any day over the sickness.  I was very happy when I got on the scale at the doctor and it showed that I had gained 5 pounds!  I had only gained 2 the previous 15 weeks so I was definitely pleased with that.  

Even though I'm only 18 weeks, we've already purchased the crib and crib bedding and of course I had to ask Logan to set it up right away.  Most people that see it up already think I'm crazy but I'm way too excited to wait!  My mom and dad also already got the car seat/stroller travel system thing we wanted so that's ready to go as well :) I have a feeling I'll be prepared for this little peanut way too early which will probably make for a long end of my pregnancy.  Good thing I'll have the holidays to keep me busy!

Sticks and Snails and Puppy Dog Tails...

...that's what little BOYS are made of!!  Logan and I couldn't be happier that baby #1 will be a little Logan!! AKA Elijah Logan Jorgensen :) When we went to my first appointment at 11 weeks, there were new signs around the doctor's office that said they are now offering an ultra sound at 15 weeks for gender check only so we (or I) jumped all over that!  We didn't tell anybody we were planning on finding out because we wanted to come home and surprise everyone.  I was so excited to find out that I couldn't sleep very well the night before.  We hadn't had an ultra sound yet so as the nurse was getting everything ready, Logan says: "What if there's two in there?!" I would have died.  There's definitely only ONE baby.  It was so cool to actually see the baby for the first time.  I can't really explain the feeling but all those mommies out there know exactly what I'm talking about.  She measured the heart beat first, which sounded great, and then froze the screen and said: "Okay, it's really obvious what you guys are having, can you tell??"  I had absolutely no clue and Logan guessed girl and she was like: "Nope, it's a little boy!"  There was something so neat about hearing her say that!  We were both so excited!  Because I'm only 15 weeks, she didn't do any of the medical/anatomy check yet but we were able to watch him flip around for a few minutes and she took a couple profile pictures for us :) It all still seems pretty surreal but we couldn't be happier!  After the appointment we went to the mall and bought little Eli his first present!

We have had so much fun the past few days calling Eli by his name rather than saying "baby" or "it" or switching off between "he" and "she" :) A lot of people are surprised to hear that we decided on a name so fast but I'm happy we did!  If we were having a girl I doubt we would have agreed already but Elijah Logan is a boy name we've both really liked for a while so it was a pretty easy decision!  I can't wait to meet our little man and hope Logan is ready to make the money I now plan on spending! :)

...Then Comes the Baby In the Baby Carriage...

As some of you may have noticed, I have failed to update our blog anytime recently.  This isn’t because there’s been nothing to post about—there’s actually been a lot going on!  My excuse for being so behind is that I’ve been trying to figure out how to best deal with this whole mommy-to-be-constantly-sick-and-tired self of mine!  All that aside, Logan and I couldn’t be more thrilled to announce the anticipated arrival of Jorgensen Baby #1 in late January!  We feel incredibly blessed and grateful for the opportunity to become parents and wish the New Year could get here quicker!  As of today, I am 12 weeks and officially done with the first trimester—Yahoo!  Not only does this mean we’re 1/3 of the way there, I hope it also means some of the sickness will start to fade.  (Anyone out there with advice on how to help ease this fun pregnancy symptom, I’d love to hear it!)

Backtrack to 8 Weeks Ago:

Logan and I found out I was pregnant pretty early on—around 4 ½ weeks.  It was such a joy to take the pregnancy test together and see the double pink lines!  We enjoyed the realization that we were parents-to-be for a couple days with just the two of us before telling either of our families.  We knew they would be ecstatic at the news but decided to enjoy it alone for a short time first.  I was dying those two days waiting to tell them!  As expected, we visited our families separately and told them the exciting news and they were overjoyed!  This will be grandbaby #4 for Logan’s parents and #10 for mine so it will be fun to add to the cousins!

Around 6 weeks the fact that I’m pregnant really hit me because that’s when the nausea hit me as well—yuck!  Each time I’m feeling crappy I remind myself how fortunate I am to be pregnant and how excited I am for this opportunity and that usually helps me feel a little better :)

The major highlight definitely came last week at week 11 when I had my first appointment and Logan and I were able to hear our sweet baby’s heartbeat for the first time!  That was such a neat experience and major relief to hear that everything sounded fantastic.

Today, week 12, is another moment we’ve been looking forward to very much so we could tell everyone else! (We decided a while ago to wait until now to tell anyone other than family members.)  I am so excited to share this time with the many wonderful moms and moms-to-be that I am lucky enough to know.  Send any tips and tricks you might have my way because I’m sure I’ll need them!

As far as our preference/hunch goes as to whether it’s a boy or girl, we genuinely don’t care and don’t really have much of a guess either!  (We’d love to know what you think, though, so let us know over on the right!)  Obviously this is our first baby so we will both be extremely happy with whichever comes first and in the end would love to have at least one of each :)  Half of my family is adamant it’s a boy and the other half “know without a doubt” it’s a girl so it will be fun to see who’s right.

Although I love my job and am so grateful to be able to work full time, I couldn’t be more excited to fulfill one of my life-long dreams of becoming a stay-at-home mom.  It will be such a neat experience to raise and nurture our children and be a full-time wife to Logan who I know is going to be an incredible dad!  I can’t wait to see him with his first little baby and I know he can’t either!  Let the countdown begin!

Update on the rest of our lives:

Since I last posted about Memorial Day, several exciting things have happened that I would like to quickly document rather than write an individual post for each.

-At the beginning of June I was able to go with my parents and grandpa (unfortunately Logan had to stay home to go to school and work) to Minnesota for my nephew’s baptism.  My sweet Will had a fantastic day and I was lucky enough to share a quick talk on the Holy Ghost so it was a very special time.  We loved spending a week with them and can’t wait for them to visit us here in Utah in a couple days!

-While we were in Minnesota, my brother’s wife had their 4^th baby the day before we got home!  We were super bummed we missed the delivery but were able to see her the next day and she is adorable!  Welcome to the family, baby Amelia!

-June 30^th was a very exciting day for me and Logan!  We celebrated our 1 year anniversary that day!  We thought it would be fun to stay in the exact same room at the Grand America that we stayed in on our wedding night so we did that on Friday night and went to breakfast and did some shopping on Saturday.  It was so fun to talk about the last year and all the amazing memories we’ve already made!  I can’t believe it has been a year and can’t wait to see what year 2 brings to the table!

-The 4^th of July has always been one of my all-time favorite holidays.  It’s a little sad not having my brother Paul and his family here with us because his kids love the parade and it’s my brother’s birthday but we still had a ton of fun!  We went to the parade with my family in the morning, saw the new Spiderman movie with Logan’s family in the afternoon, had a BBQ for dinner with my family in the evening and then capped the night off with fireworks at Logan’s parent’s house.  (Thank goodness our parents live about 2 minutes from each other!)

As far as the rest of the summer goes, we don’t have too many major plans.  I can’t believe it’s already the middle of July!  My brother’s family gets here on Friday from Minnesota and will stay for about 2 weeks so I’m sure we’ll do lots of fun things with them while they’re here.  It will be a lot of fun to have all the cousins together again because it only happens about once a year now.  Logan and I are going camping with a group of friends in August so we can’t wait for that!  I can’t believe the summer is going so fast!  I hope everyone is having a fantastic summer and enjoying this HEAT!