19 Weeks and 4 Days

This will be a pregnancy update and soon we will reveal the gender. At 15 weeks I had the doctor pull my picc line out. I was able to start keeping the oral medicine down and I hated being tied down to Cedar City because I had to go to the IV clinic twice a day.... It was miserable. With the oral medicine I was still miserable, but it soon started getting better. I think the stress of the IV clinic was causing some of my sickness. I am doing much better. Some days I'm still throwing up and feeling nauseated, but for the most part its completely different than the pregnancy with Dawson. 

Also, we learned that some of the sickness was heartburn- I had no clue what that was, but I'm more than familiar with it now. We had to try a couple different medications to actually get the heartburn under control, but we found the good stuff. I soon found that Pepsi was a cure for keeping things down. There have been days that I've tried all day to keep something down... and then I drink a Pepsi. All of the sudden I can keep it down and food as well! It's magical and soothing.

Around 17-18 weeks I started feeling movement...which I thought was muscle twitches. It was really cool to feel the baby move and it was a reassurance to me that everything was okay.  I haven't been craving ANYTHING except COLDNESS! I don't even have hot flashes .. my mouth just wants to be cold all the time and my body wants the coldest AC blowing on me. It's really weird, but it's a good thing popsicles are easy to find with the summer being around.

Here I am at 19 weeks and 4 days (6/12/2012). I haven't gotten much of tummy, but it's more than I had with Dawson. I didn't show until 26 weeks with Dawson. 

 Dawson wanted to show his tummy side shot too!

  This was the day 6/12/2012 that we went to do the official ultrasound to find out the gender. Up until this point I want to document how involved and attentive Dawson has been towards me and the baby. Anytime i don't feel good he will give me a hug, pat my head or back and say, "It's going to be okay mom." He still tells the baby good morning every day! He will put his ear up to my tummy and listen to the baby. He always says, "The baby wants to go swimming mom." I tell him, "the baby is swimming 24/7 right now..." haha! It's so cute! He sings to the baby, and talks to the baby. He even tickles my tummy pretending that he's tickling the baby.

4th of July

This year for the 4th of July we went to Kanab. We've been rotating between Kanab and Fillmore, and this year it was my family's turn. We had so much fun! I didn't get hardly any pictures sadly! I forgot the camera for most of the day. :-( 

For the parade, Dawson was a champ! I told him that if he waves to the floats that they will throw you candy.... he learned SO FAST! He was waving so much and he was definitely loaded with candy, beads, hats, flags, and all sorts of treasures by the end of the parade. He even stood with arms wide open to get sprayed by the fire trucks at the end! It was SOO much fun! 

J.D. textured the living room of my parents house, and then we headed up to the park for dinner, entertainment, and fireworks. The only thing Dawson really wanted for the 4th was fireworks! He talked about it for days and kept asking if it was the day for the fireworks yet, and it finally was here. He played and played and played on the park slides and swings. The entertainment was amazing because they had a polynesian group come perform! One of the dances they invited anyone to come up and perform...so our little niece Rylee (who we least expected) ran up. 

 The fireworks were pure AMAZING! they were right above our heads and we didn't even have time to look away because we were in awe! Dawson was definitely satisfied!

We then went to St. George and on our way there Dawson put on all of this and said, "Mom! I'm like Oscar the Shark Slayer!" I had to get a picture!

  And then as we waited for Grandma to get home, Dawson posed on the back of the car as she pulled up! It was so stinkin cute! Notice he's trying to cock his leg! I love it!

 Dawson did have the camera for some of the ride to St. George and he snapped this. :-)

It was a great 4th of July! We want to start a tradition of going to Lake Powell every year....so hopefully we can make that start for next year!

Playing with Mommy

Lately I've tried to become creative with playing with Dawson. I made the aprons/super hero capes, the chef hats, a corn drum, a puppet mask, and now together Dawson and I built this!

 We played with all of his cars and it really was fun. Dawson made a slide so the cars could get down from each level! It was so cool!

Then he played with these....Not much i can say. :-)

Outside Camping Again

Dawson has a love for camping...or the mountains. He always wants to go camping, so if he can't go up in the mountains to get it, then he fixes his own problem with this alternative. I think its a pretty good, but uncomfortable solution. 

J.D. is good enough to go out and lay with him for a bit! If it were up to Dawson, he'd stay out all night. 

 Dawson is definitely my son as you can see him play with his own hair! It's so cute! He made this bed all by himself!

Hunting

For the pheasant/turkey hunt, J.D. was SUCCESSFUL this year! He even managed to take Dawson a couple of times- which you could tell how much fun Dawson had! It's fun to see J.D. teach him how to hunt and watch the love for hunting grow inside Dawson. I think for Dawson he just loves going out in the mountains and being with his dad- which is the best part for J.D. too. 

Here is the pheasant! Dawson didn't watch J.D. clean it or anything, so when J.D. walked back inside with meat in his hands Dawson kind of had a break down. We had to teach him that it's just like chicken at the store and that's what you do after you hunt. We made orange chicken with it and Dawson did end up eating it. After he realized it tasted good, he stopped having his break down and I think he grasped the concept. 

 Here's the turkey! J.D. was stoked to get one! He clean it up and we were going to eat it.... but J.D cleaned it in an apartment he was working on (dust and chemicals), so afterwards when we realized the place he'd cleaned it probably wasn't the best idea we ended up chucking it. I was totally fine with it. lol!

I love knowing that if anything were to happen in this world where I couldn't get meat from the store... I have a reliable hunter on my hands who would never let me starve! Thanks hunners! You are so amazing!

Father's Day

We didn't do much for father's day this year. We mostly relaxed and took it easy because I still struggle with being sick some days, and it was stake conference. Dawson did manage to snap some pictures of J.D. though! 

For a Father's Day gift I let Dawson pick out something and then I picked out something. Dawson got J.D. a Sponge Bob puzzle. When Dawson picked it out he said, "Hey, me and dad can do this together." It was so sweet and I loved how picked something he could do with his dad! I got J.D. some new basketball shorts.... and on the card I wrote, 

"TO: DAD

FOR: MOM

FROM: MOM"

The story behind this... J.D. gets frustrated because I keep wearing his basketball shorts and then he doesn't have any to wear. My side of the story is that his shorts aren't too tight around my waist and don't make me sick like my shorts do. SOOO when J.D. read the card first he just busted up laughing! He couldn't stop laughing after he saw what the gift was! It was hilarious! 

It was a great Father's Day. I'm so grateful for J.D. and how amazing he is. He works so hard and never fails to let his family come first. He is the greatest father to Dawson and will be for this one as well. He plays with Dawson and always gives him so much attention. I love watching them play together and see Dawson learn so much from him. He always lets me know how much he loves me! Plus- he's so hot and extremely good looking! Happy Father's Day Hunners- I love you!

Chef Dawson

I can't remember if I've posted about our little chef running around here yet, but if so...here's some more. He is quite the little cook! I made some aprons/super hero capes out of J.D.'s old shirts. I took the shirt, and cut out the front and arm holes (keeping the collar and back side). Dawson colored the back and slipped the collar over his head. I am going to cut the collar and put velcro on it... and WAALLAA- an apron/super hero cape. It's perfect, and cost $0.00.

He then asked me to make him a chef hat like the rats (ratatouille). So with 2 pieces of paper and 8 staples later, he had himself a chef hat. He was SOOOO excited! We decided mac and cheese was the lunch option for the day, and then the cooking began. Dawson grabbed the oven mits, his apron, his chef hat, and a spoon! It was so cute and he put it all on by himself! He is so creative and smart!!

 He is so funny! He has the funnest facial expressions!

 He helped cook it all until it was done! He finished the job and it tasted so good! I would dare say he might be able to cook mac and cheese by himself within a year....lol!

I am pretty sure his talent for cooking comes from his dad- J.D. doesn't mind cooking at all and usually does it more than me. Dawson likes helping with all the cooking and is getting so much better at eating it! He always reminds us that he's going to grow up and get strong like his mom and dad one day. He tells us that he needs to eat so he can get strong muscles! It always suprises me about how much he puts together and understands- he truly is so SO SMART!