Ultrasound Take 2

Our first ultrasound was slightly disappointing because our little girl only wanted to show us her little bottom.  We tried to move her and she just wasn't interested in being seen! So we had to go for a follow-up, and itt was so much more fun this time.  Since Austin has size 14 shoes he is always concerned about the size of the baby's feet.  So even though the doctor thinks we are crazy, we have made sure to track growth.  They were 5.5 cm (which via google is normal).

The best part of the day was when we got to see her sweet little face.  The ultrasound tech got to her face and I saw the cutest pouty lips that I have ever seen. Then she switched to the 4-d and I about died at how cute she already looks.  We had people come in to the room just to sneak a peek.  The tech was so impressed at how cute and chubby she was, and admitted that her own kids weren't that cute via ultrasound.  Austin saw her and immediately made me apologize for giving her an "Asay nose."  However, we both realized that we think she is the cutest thing we've ever seen.  We admit to being totally biased!

Third Trimester!!!

I go to the gym before work everyday, but today I have a lot of extra energy for some reason.  So I obnoxiously woke Austin up to take an embarrassing picture of me pregnant.  I have not taken these pictures because I feel huge and would rather not remember, but I want the baby to have some representation of what I went through! 

 

(excuse our messy bathroom)

Overall I feel amazing.  I don't really have any pregnancy symptoms or cravings beside being a lot larger.  The baby kicks all the time and I can definitely feel her growing.  Austin told me he was 75% excited, 20% scared and 5% apathetic.  Besides the apathetic part, I feel the same amounts of scared and excited.  She is going to change our lives so much! We have had 3.5 years of married life just the two of us.  We are so used to hopping in the car for dinner, movies or even just a trip to Target that having to plan around a slightly demanding diva will be quite the adjustment.  Our marriage has been so strong, fun and fulfilling that I'm scared of the change.  At the same time, though, I can't wait to meed this little girl.  I can sense her personality and can picture what she'll be like.  I see this spunky little blonde that is too mature for her age.  I see a girl that is going to wrap her dad around her little finger and be her mom's best friend.  I can't wait to see if I'm right! 

Less than 3 months until we meet you...

Fall of Parties

I feel like we've been partying everyday for a week! Fall birthdays and Halloween get me every year. This year was no exception.

My sisters both hold Halloween parties for their neighborhoods.  My mom and I helped them get them pulled together, and at Meredith's we fried over 80 doughnuts!
My mom has an even crazier October because she makes all of my nieces and nephews' Halloween costumes.

Austin and I also got to dress up this year.  We do not have the personalities to enjoy this task, but when I thought of doing Juno we both stepped up to plate.  I spent the better part of two days assembling the outfits, and literally visited every store in Cheyenne.  Living here limits what you can find, but in the end I love how they turned out.  I fell even more in love with Austin when he agreed to wear those $2.99 JC Penny's yellow shorts.  I might have laughed every time I looked at him that night. However, this small amount of humiliation won us 2nd place in the costume contest!

To top off the large amount of celebration/baby weight I've gained, Austin's birthday is on November 2nd.  We had his all time favorite food (brisket and pistachio cake) at my parents' house and opened presents.  Since we have been finishing our basement for a year now, all his presents are basement related.  I also might have thought it was funny for him to have to unwrap a toilet.  He loved it!  It's been a very fun week, and if I weren't pregnant I would be doing some sort of cranberry/cucumber water cleanse to help me feel less like a beached whale.   But since I am, I will just enjoy it and use it as a warm up for Thanksgiving.

A Family of 3

Last Christmas I wanted a puppy.  Like 5 year old girl crying to her parents in a pet shop wanna puppy.  I begged, pleaded and guilted.... but no puppy. Then just as my dreams of a puppy under the tree with a red ribbon around his neck faded, Austin gave me something better.  He said instead of a puppy, let's have a baby.  Best Christmas Eve ever! 

We prayed for the right time and were quickly blessed with the best news ever!  When I told Austin he just kept kissing me.  We were ecstatic, and  I felt like I was living a dream. Until 6 weeks hit and then I was banished to the bathroom.  Hence the delay in posting about our elation! 

To say it was a crazy summer is an understatement.  In July I decided to take a couple weeks off due to the nausea and feeling like it was unfair to patients for me to work on them in this state.  During this time I was approached to work at Healthworks.  I debated (and threw up) for the couple weeks and when I went back to work I felt like switching jobs was the right decision.  I put in my notice and prepared to enter the world of public health! 

Austin and I ended up telling people much earlier than planned since I was not functioning very well. Since most the people I told got, "I'm pregnant, but feel like death.  I'm miserable!" I was determined to tell the Facebook world with a cute announcement! So during a trip to Estes, I made Austin take this somewhat corny picture.  Even though it doesn't quite pick up the way I felt at this time... it meant the world to have a picture describing how I wanted to feel!  

I'm 24 weeks now and just weened off of a great combo of unison/b6.  I am feeling great 95% of the time and loving returning to my previous level of activity.  I have been feeling kicks and turns for about 2 weeks and it seems to fade the memory of "morning sickness."  For months I have been telling Austin that this will be our only child, but with every kick I feel my only child decisiveness dwindle. 

So far I love the job, but even more I love getting ready for our DAUGHTER! We feel so unbelievably blessed to have great jobs, a growing family and each other.

Since Graduation

It's been one year since I graduated dental school. A year full of terrifying, challenging and rewarding experiences. I may have bitten off a bit too much this year (excuse the dental humor), but I couldn't be happier where I am! So to welcome me back to the land of blogging I am going to list off the top 10 things I have learned this year. Without further ado...

1) Don't let your husband break his foot 1 week post new house move.  Make sure he knows how many stairs are in your brand new staircase and that he doesn't need to fix the wireless while descending upon said stairs.  Trust me on this one.

2) Speak loudly. Besides the backlash from the broken foot, Austin and I tend to speak at the level of mice.  This works for us, but for the rest of the worlds' population I have found that I need to take it up a notch.  So when I explain the difference between a root canal and an implant I now yell... as loud as my 10 year old sounding voice will go.

3) Enjoy nights.  It took about 6 months for the pit of my stomach to realize that when I leave work, I actually do leave work.  Gone are the dental school nights of studying, waxing, plastering and scheduling.  I cherish these. I now have a rigorous TV schedule to maintain, and I love every minute  of it!

4) Be proud.  One day while I was getting ready for the day I looked in the mirror and saw my scrubs.  It became clear that I WAS A DENTIST! All the years of school were complete and I had achieved my goal.

5) You can't save every tooth.  I went to dental school envisioning that I could save every tooth I met.  I was going to be the evangellical preacher of dentistry. Then I went to dental school and became a dentist. One day a young girl came in with a badly decayed tooth. She was younger than me, and I was distraught to have to pull her precious tooth.  The other dentist in the practice gave the sound advice that I couldn't keep her teeth for her.  While I still struggle every time I have to pull a tooth on a young patient, I am learning that I can't go home with patients to brush their teeth.

6) Decorate and re-decorate. In the year we've been in our house, our dining area has changed 5 times.  I have a problem.  In stores I really like this sea green color, but when I get it home I remember I really don't. 

7) Remember if you have met the patient before.  If you aren't sure... look at patient records. Turns out people don't like to be introduced more than once.  Really it's a good life lesson.  If only people on the street had a legally binding patient record accessible at all times. 

8) When your husband gets offered a job at Microsoft... take it.  We spent way too much time questioning this decision.  Turns out Microsoft is wonderful.  Epic win for our year.

9) Patients hate the dentist.  You aren't going to change this.  It's been going on since the beginning of time. Get thick skin and hope they don't have any cavities. 

10) Love where you live.  I'm still working on this.  I miss Omaha. Wyoming is hard to love sometimes.  There is no one our age here and there are no good restaurants.  It snowed 12 inches last week, but it does have a few redeeming qualities. 

#nofilter