Update

I haven't posted in 20 days. . . life has been incredibly busy.

since i have posted the following has happened in my pregnancy realm of life.....

-I have gone into labor multiple times and needed a trebutaline shot to stop the contractions.
-I have had crazy amounts of contractions--mostly braxton hicks--but annoying nonetheless
-I reached 34 Weeks! YAY!
-We got an official inducement date of January 2nd. (i hope she chooses to come a little before then ut at least i have a surety of an ending in sight. THANK GOODNESS)
-I officially waddle like a duck
-I am officially done being pregnant and would like it to be over soon. annoyed. uncomfortable. anxious to see our baby Mina.

In the other parts of our life
-We moved this weekend. a 3 bedroom apartment!! I am soooo happy to have extra room and be settled enough that I can set up her room and be totally completely 100 percent set up for when she comes. I don't have a crib yet...but my mom keeps telling me to relax and that it is unnecessary to have right away...still anxious about it but i will deal with it and trust her seeing as how she has had 6 children.
-We had thanksgiving. We were bummed because we were supposed to go to PDX but because Mina keeps trying to make early appearances we including my doctor decided it would be a better decision to stay close. We did have fun with my family and enjoyed the smoked turkey Vaughn made.
-Wes and I are officially completely registered for school. i am only taking one class but Wes is taking 4 and i believe he is pretty stoked to be going back!

Well that is all. I will post a picture and update tomorrow when i look presentable.

Our Maternity Pictures

Again I say.....my husband is a stud. seriously a hottie. If Mina gets any looks from him she will be in luck!

The Baby Showers.

this will be my last post for the day.

My friends are amazing. I couldn't ask for better ones. Devin, Ashley, Tara, and Emily all threw an amazing shower that couldn't have been any better. I was absolutely amazed at how much work they put in just for me. It was beautiful. Here are a few pics from the day taken by Ashley :)

We had so many wonderful people come and join the fun. Jennifer, Cydnee, Alexa, Virginia, Alyson, Cami, Margeaux, Carlie, and few other people. ( i have a terrible memory right now...this is why i blog. so i remember stuff like this.)


We also got to open a gift from NaNa Speight and got a bunch of super cute outfits!


I loved the cupcake theme. I loved everything about it really!

This past weekend my mom through me a family baby shower (and a few friends came as well!)
It was also wonderful. We had delicious soup. Vaughn made a cauliflower chicken soup and my mom made very yummy cheddar cheese ham and potato soup. We also had a plethora of desserts.
We had my mom, Kylie, my Aunts Judi, Jill, Becky, Jacki, Holly, Tammy, and Amber. From my home ward we had Christy Layne, Becky Lundberg, Katherine Lambourne, Julie Sanford. My cousins Missy and Brittany and my Grandma Masson. We got tons of cute clothes, diapers, toys, and my Uncle Tracy made an adorable magnet board to hang in her nursery.

Here are some pics from that shower

i am so thankful for all the support we have been given!!

Cancun!!

We went to Cancun and very much enjoyed the vacation! I did struggle when we walked around Chichen Itza a bit because i got tired pretty dang fast. I also took probably close to 400 naps (okay maybe not that many) but i really did take a lot of them. It was a much needed babymoon and it was just what the doctor ordered!

Look at how spoiled you are!!!

You are not even born yet and you are already spoiled!! So excited for you to get here and meet all the wonderful people who love and support you!! i am running out of space to put all your stuff....and this is just the little stuff. Don't even get me started on the bouncy seat, bumbo, crib, etc...

as you can see we are all anxiously awaiting your arrival Mina! (please at least wait till after thanksgiving though!!) We all love you lots!!

the past few days

i have never been one to get headaches. i know....i get everything else on the face of this earth but i rarely get headaches. i can honestly say i have never had a migraine (that i know of) until last thursday.

i wanted to pull my brains out. i wanted to stab my eyes. i was seconds away from cutting my head off. i kept trying everything. lavender, tylenol, coke, EVERYTHING. the only thing that would help would be to lay in a dark dark room and take a benadryl and sleep. my head was pounding.

this went on for several days.

two days ago i had enough. luckily i had a Dr's appt scheduled for wednesday at 1:30. i got off work and got on the bus to ride home. oh my aching head. i put on my sunglasses and closed my eyes hoping the ride would end quickly. finally. we got to the transit center (where i hop on the actual bus that takes me home) as i was getting off the bus i threw up. EVERYWHERE. i threw up on the bus driver. on the concrete. on myself. it was awful. i knew i couldn't ride the next bus home. my back was pounding, my head was pounding, i was barfing. i needed a ride. i called my friend casey who came and gave me a ride to Wes' work to get the vehicle. i drove home and called the dr. the nurse told me to come in to labor and delivery. oh crap.

i got into labor and delivery they checked the baby...everything was fine. IN FACT. Mina was so active she kept kicking the monitor off of her so that we couldn't get her heartbeat anymore. however i was having a crapload of contractions. small ones. but consistent ones. the doctor gave me a whole load of drugs. told me to take it easy. luckily my cervix hadn't opened up yet. which is good. then started on the headache part. she gave me migraine medication....holy moley....my head felt alive again. the dr also told me a large part of my problems was an extremely low level of iron. i could look out the window. the tv and phone screen didn't burn my eyes. i was there for a while and after several hours of observation my dr told me i could go home.. she told me to take my migraine meds, and iron supplements twice a day.

thankfully Mina is safely inside my womb and was given a very strict lecture to wait by her father and i.
dr said there is no need to worry for right now and will keep a close eye on us.

another little story about Mina:
something you may not know about Wes is that he likes Elton John. A LOT. well i enjoy him as well. so every afternoon i put my ipod by my belly and play Elton John. whenever Tiny Dancer comes on Mina starts kicking. i have taken note of this. so last night Wes wanted to feel Mina kick. I turned on Tiny Dancer, put it to my belly, waited a second and WHAM! she kicked Wes' hand. We are proud to say we have another Elton John fan in the family.

We are happy Mina is healthy, and I am thankful for the blessing of getting to carry her and grow her little body inside my belly.

Mina Alyson--our little princess

It's A Girl!!! So exciting! I thought for sure it was going to be a boy! I am so excited to by lots of pretty pink things!!!

We have chosen the name Mina Alyson 

Mina-

In German : Love

In Persian: Flower

In Norwegian (where dad served his mission): Loved Memory

In Native American: First Born Daughter

In Old English: Strong-Willed Warrior

All of these are wonderful meanings. We hope that you will be loving and kind and know that you in return are always loved. You will be as beautiful as a flower...we are sure of it. Every memory with you will be a loved memory we will never want to forget. You are the first-born daughter meaning you will have lots of responsibility for your future siblings just as i had as the oldest sister. And lastly we hope you will be a strong-willed warrior for many things. We hope and pray that you will stand up for what is right in all things and in all places. 

Alyson-

First and most importantly Alyson is the name of my best friend in the whole world. She is a great part of why i am who i am today. She is a very strong person and is always kind and helpful to everyone she can be. She always puts a smile on my face, just as i am sure you will. Most importantly from her i hope you have her strong love of the gospel and the need to do what is right. 

In French: Of noble kind

Old German: Noble, Exalted

You are a daughter of noble birth. You are a daughter of your Heavenly Father.  I hope you always remember that. 

We love your name and have loved it for a very long time. It has a lot of meaning to us. We can't wait for you to come!! 

YAY!! Your first real Kickaroo!

Dear Baby,
Well I have been able to feel you kick for a couple weeks and its been awesome-ness! But dad hasn't been able to! Well today while watching the Bachelorette (which i will now assume you enjoy (or hate)) I felt a real kick! It was awesome! now i can show Wes when he gets home (provided you cooperate) It makes me really excited because it means everything is progressing in a fantastic way!

Well kick away! EXCEPT for when i am sleeping :)

14 Weeks ... and some change!

So we just went to Oregon to visit your Nana, G-pa, Uncle Travis, Auntie Nicole, Uncle Gilbert, and your cousins Sam, Desmond, and Max!

We had lots and lots of fun! Oregon is beautiful! Thankfully you were kind to me and I didn't get sick a whole lot. I was able to eat food and it was FANTASTIC!

 {your cousin Max :)}

 {one of the pretty lakes in Oregon}

 {a starfish along the beach}

{daddy and uncle travis being silly}