Pregnancy Update..

I am now 16 weeks along. Some of you already know I've been having some weird things happening with my left leg. I thought I tore my Achilles Tendon about a month ago but didn't think it was bad enough to see a doctor. I kept ice on it and elevated it when possible, but it continued to get worse each day. I also started noticing bumps on my calf the size of a dime to a quarter that were hard and red and were painful like bruises. At first I thought they were bug bites of some sort, but they didn't itch. They seemed to multiply each day and I started noticing them hurting more when my Achilles hurt. That seemed really odd.

I was scheduled for a maternity appointment Feb 4th so I was trying to wait until then to ask the doctor about it, but a few nights ago the pain was unbearable and to the point I could not rest my leg comfortably to sleep. I was up all night painfully tossing and turning and trying not to go crazy. I got up the next morning and noticed the skin on my leg felt very tight and almost swollen, but couldn't really see any swelling. I did some research on the internet and found some things that really scared me so I decided to see the doctor this morning. It only took one look from my doctor to tell me I had blood clots. A LOT of them!!! (12 this morning, now up to 14 and counting) About an hour later he sent me over for an ultrasound (where we got to sneak a peek at our super cute teeny tiny healthy baby _____! yeah, so exciting!) to check and see the severity and depth of the clots. If they are surface clots, I will be ok just taking some aspirin and keeping heat on it. If they are deep clots, then I will have to be put on a blood thinner that can only be injected... EVERY DAY FOR THE REST OF MY PREGNANCY!! :(

I absolutely hate needles and really can't see myself being able to inject MYSELF twice a day. SO, please keep your toes and fingers crossed that these clots are only on the surface and will be easily managed with mild medicine (taken orally).

We will find out the results some time tomorrow. I will keep you posted!

Xoxo.

p.s. I also have a bladder infection, which seems inevitable with my bladder that doesn't enjoy being pregnant in the first place...remember last time? ugh!

BRING IT ON!

no, don't, i was kidding, please go away! :)



Our little Frankenstein....


Anyone wanna guess what we're having???
:D

Thanksgiving Point Farm.

This is taking FOREVER to post so I apologize for the pictures being out of order. I usually like to have things organized, but today everything uploaded in backwards order and in attempts to put them in forward motion, I have made a big huge mess of it all! and now I am frustrated! so, assuming that I care more about this than you do, I am leaving it the way it is... for now.

A huge thanks goes out to my sister-in-law, Sherry, for having her camera on her and taking all these fun photos. You'd think I'd lug my camera gear around constantly, but honestly, I have been feeling overwhelmed by the amount of images and editing/post-processing I've been doing and refuse to add another image to the crowd until I get the ones I have completed.

Anyway, a few months ago, Sherry invited us to the Thanksgiving Point Farm. It was a first time for us, and I was really surprised at how well Branden responded to all the animals. He was very brave.. especially when it came to feeding the goats. Those things even freaked ME out... but he was right up there with the rest of us sticking his hand-full-of-corn in the cage. So cute! Just recently he has learned all of the animal names and sounds so I am really looking forward to warmer weather and a second trip back to the farm.

Holidays.

My family started out the holidays with a battle. Traditionally called a "sock fight" (gathering up all the socks in the house and rolling them up into tight balls), but recently revised to a little "battle of the sexes" with a huge box of light-weight mini soccer, football, and baseballs. We create shields by turning over tables, couches, etc. and divide the teams boys vs. girls. The rest is pretty self explanatory... its a war... and its FUN!

This year, as usual, the girls won :D Here is our victory snapshot.

and a little less humble version...

These are the faces of the L-O-S-E-R-S! haha... sorry, guys!



We took some goofy pictures to send to Taylor on his mission...


and ended the night with a little Chocolate Fondue by Dove. Yum!

We also snuck in a birthday celebration for Rochelle.


and baked LOTS of goodies to share with neighbors...


We spent Christmas Eve at the Glaziers where we enjoyed a surprise visit from Jeff's sister and brother-in-law and their family from St. George.
We had fun painting Ornaments and making Reindeer out of Nutter Butter cookies.

Branden was content just eating the ingredients instead of waiting to see the outcome...

There were lots of presents to be opened. We played the annual "Guess Who This Belongs To" and had a great time.





Branden's favorite gift... A TELEPHONE! "Hewwo?"

not so sure about sharing it with his older cousins though...

and once again, a nice big finish with a fondue dessert by Dove.

Back at the Czirbans on Christmas morning, Branden got a cell phone from Grandma. He wasn't sure if he liked the new one better than the REAL one...

Dad and Shana spent the day watching war movies and reading about soldiers...

while I lost Jeff to a game of World at War: Call of Duty

Annalee was excited about presents, while Branden cared more about the candy...

Xoxo...






in the end they traded gifts and everyone was happy :D

Thank you to both of our families for making this holiday season such a memorable one. We love you!