April Freakin Fools....

So looks like we're having a baby GIRL and not a boy..... A few weeks ago my stomach started cramping up pretty good and I got worried so we called the doctor and the doctor said.... Let's schedule you for another ultrasound and Bam! Girl :) And just when we decided on a name for a boy. Oh well, we are even more excited that it's a girl.... and we'll have a closet full of baby clothes for a boy OR a girl. Yay!

WIN-CO and baby Wheeler

Winco is seriously one of my favorite stores.... if you've never heard of it, picture this: Costco and Walmart had a baby, and that baby's name is Winco. We had one in Oregon growing up and I have no idea if this is how they got their name or not, but we always thought it stood for Washington-Idaho-Nevada-California-Oregon.... and now, Utah can be added to the bunch (Winco'u (we made it a Hawaiian name... haha)). The best part about Winco is that because they are a Western states-based store, they carry lots of dairy products from Tillamook.... which means Tillamook ice cream!! Ben said that Blue Bell carries the best ice cream even though I am the ice cream expert in our family and so we just HAD to buy Tillamook.... and I think his vote has changed :) If you're out here, go try some... it is seriously so good! (and fattening.... which is probably why it is so dang good!)

While we we there, I got a watermelon (I've decided that if I were stuck on a deserted island and could only have one food on that island, I would get watermelon). While I was putting it in the cart, Ben said, "Trina, go put it back!" I was really confused why and he basically said that we only needed one watermelon so I should put the one under my shirt back..... Jerk. But it was pretty funny. And no, I don't think that I look like I have a watermelon under my shirt.... maybe a small cantaloupe....

Last appointment, we found our little squirt is going to be a boy! We also found out that my due date is pushed back.... only a week but still! So that puts me right at 20 weeks....The same thing happened to my friend who's about 2 months ahead of me and her doctor pushed her due date back a whole month! So I guess I can't complain too much.... actually, I don't think I can complain at all. So far (knock on wood) this pregnancy has been SO easy, I love it! I think there was something in the water at work because there was 4 of us girls at work pregnant at the same time and after watching them/hearing their stories, I'm super blessed.... I think I've thrown up a total of 3 or 4 times (definitely not more than 5). The nausea part stunk but as soon as I realized that if I ate something, it'd go away, I was fine. The only thing that is annoying is that I'll get mad really easy and then start crying cuz I feel so bad for being a jerk.... until I saw my friend get really mad over a really small thing and then all of a sudden just start BAWLING. She seriously couldn't stop for 30 minutes.... So basically, everything in this pregnancy is going pretty easy! :)

Oh! And I thought of a name (McKay Kalilimoku Wheeler) .... Ben was iffy at first but now he likes it. The only thing is he's saying it's not a first-child type of name..... Um, I'm sorry. I didn't know there were certain first-child names you needed to use so if anyone has that book, could I borrow it? :)

One more thing! Should we do a pregnancy class at the hospital? I'm on the fence with that one....

It's a .......

k.... So the doctor told me that I'm not as far along as he thought I was so the baby isn't as far along as we thought I would be. As far as we can tell it looks like our first is going to be a boy!!!! We're super stoked and now you know!!!!!!!

Blue or Pink?

Actually.... Ben and I were hoping for a puppy but instead it looks like we're going to have a ....




ok, I can't put it up here yet because I've been waiting for Ben to call the rest of his family and let them know before everyone else reads about it but Ben hasn't called yet..... so yes, Lauren, expect a call tonight :)


Isn't there some kind of unwritten blog rule about this stuff? I don't know.... but here's a hint: I have NO IDEAS for baby names yet!!

Oh My Baby!

First of all, since I found out I was preggers, I've already bought my unborn child tons of clothes and other very important, very necessary (Ben doesn't think so) commodities. Yes, my child already has his or her first pair of indoor soccer shoes.... baby size! Our family is going to be stylin'. It is seriously so hard not to buy stuff for baby (or me) when I go out shopping....

In other baby news, the next time I post, I'll let you know what we're having.... we're hoping for a puppy (or a boy or girl...) AND I've been feeling the baby move around (I'm 16 weeks right now but I felt it around 14-15 weeks!!). It feels like there is a bubble in my stomach that I need to pop but I refuse to pop my baby bubble. And I feel like I'm showing but everyone says I'm not.... everyone lies.

Finally, I'm sitting in the computer lab at BYU and there are some hecka-funny people in here. The couple to my left are both sitting at separate computers, listening to Lion King music on YouTube (separately) but totally rocking out at the same time.... do you not realize how retarded you look? And for funny person #2 (I'm going to type fast because she's sitting right next to me....), this girl is seriously right up on the computer screen reading whatever it is she's reading.... seriously, her nose is touching the screen and I'm not lying cuz I just checked again.... and, yup, touching.

The end.

I had to go to the doctor.......

I haven’t been feeling that good for the past couple of months. I’ve been sleeping a lot more, feeling a little nauseous, not able to eat a lot, and even throwing up some. I thought I could just handle it all by myself (trying to be tough and all) but Ben and I figured it was about time I went to the doctor to see what’s up. Basically I have a small growth in my lower abdomen area and it’s only going to get bigger and bigger. No, it’s not cancer so don’t worry. There’s a heartbeat to this growing phenomenon (I’ve heard it twice!) so it’s definitely something alive. According to the doctor, I’ve had this growing in me for about 12 weeks and believe it or not, this is something normal. Looks like I’m going to be stuck with this… growth… for at least another 6 months but hopefully it’ll come out sometime in September, so the doctor says. And I have to go back and see him in a month just to make that everything is ok… But so far, so good!

Oh yeah, I guess what I have is something called...Pregnancy?

Embarrassing Moment #534

You know that awkward phase when you are semi-new at work and you do lots of embarrassing things?

Here's Embarrassing Moment #534 (since I've done plenty of embarrassing things...)

Volleyball season. It was my first practice with the girls and the coach wanted the girls to be able to play while the fans/other team yell mean, awful things at the girls.... I was playing with the 2nd string girls on one side of the net while the 1st string girls were trying really hard to concentrate on the game and not at what the 2nd string were yelling at them. These girls are from the streets. They know how to talk and diss and get under people's skins. I couldn't think of anything to yell so I was pretty quiet. Finally, I get my courage up when the coach brings in the 1st string for a huddle. I yelled really loud something to the effect of "You girls have really big butts!!" right when it was completely quiet.... Is that really the meanest, most hurtful thing that I could say to distract them from the game?! Everyone laughed (at me).

Awesome.