La La La

I guess this really is just a blog to catch up on all the time I've been missing writing. I don't know what my problem is. There isn't a day where I don't think to myself, "oh I should write a blog about that"..yet I write every stinkin 2 months or longer even? I changed the url to my blog for various reasons, and I think ever since I've done that no one reads my blog because they don't have the new url. If no one reads it then I guess that means I can expose my deepest darkest of secrets. JUST KIDDING! Realistically, I would really enjoy if I spent more time keeping up with blogs. It seems this part of my life is just racing by and I would really like to be able to document some of it. I think it would make for a really great day to go back and read all the different events and things that were going on in my life..but mostly the changes in Axton and his different milestones, funny stories etc. If there is anyone out there, just tell me every once and awhile to write a freaking blog. Maybe that will make me write more often. I guess I don't have anything particular to say, but that doesn't mean I'm ending my blog here. I have to at least talk about some stuff!

First off, let me just tell you that my little Axton is not so little anymore. He's the cutest thing I've ever seen. I never think its possible to love him more than I do, but everyday I prove myself otherwise. My heart is just overflowing with love for that boy. It is so much fun watching him grow and learn what things are and make really bad attempts at pronouncing words! Even in just the time that we've lived at our new place, he's grown so much. Ugh, just love him to pieces.

Pregnancy is going alright. I have never been one of those women that truly enjoy being pregnant. I LOVE feeling our little girl move around...but that is it. And speaking of which..she is SO active. I can't believe how active and strong she is already. Axton was never like that! She is just off the charts hardcore. I am 24 weeks along today..so 6 months already! I am really really looking forward to meeting her. I have gone shopping here and there for girl stuff and it sure is fun! Boy's clothes aren't nearly as cute. Every girl outfit you can't help but say "awwwwww!" Needless to say, Cody and I are VERY excited for our daughter's arrival. Her name is going to be Zaidyn Marietta Kahl. Cody and I both like different names, which I am very glad for. Okay so tell me how weird this is..when I found out I was pregnant with Axton I made a HUUUGE list of names, boy and girl-which was when I lived in Milwaukee. My stuff stayed in Milwaukee for 3 or 4 months before I could move it back home. I saw the name Axton somewhere (I can't even remember where), looked up the meaning which is "Peacemaker" and fell in love instantly. Once I found out he was a boy, Axton it was. I never doubted it from that day on. When I did actually go move my stuff back home from Milwaukee, I found the huge list I had made when I first found out I was pregnant. Axton was at the top of the list AND highlighted. Meant to be I tell you. This is the crazy part. I did the same exact thing when I found out I was pregnant this time around. I made a list of names that I liked. (I had to make tons of these little lists to ask Cody how he felt and mostly he said something negative about the name) Anyways..somewhere on the internet I saw the name Zaid and I really loved it. Then I thought that Zaiden Tory would be a perfect name for a little boy and Cody loved it. So we had our boys name set but couldn't decide on a girls name. At first we really loved the name Lila. I was even routing for Lucy for awhile. Then I thought to myself, Zaiden for a girl would be super cute too. I wasn't sure if Cody would go for it, since it would be a way different girls name, sorta exotic like..not a sweet so cute kind of girls name. He LOVED it. I thought that if we used it for a girl we should spell it Zaidyn. I've convinced Cody of this. I am very good at swaying his opinion. Then we found out we were having a little girl! When we moved, I found the list that I had made when I first found out I was pregnant and at the top was Zaiden. HOW FREAKING CRAZY. It's just meant to be. Its a sign! Marietta is Cody's great grandmother's name. Since my middle name is Mary, we thought it was a very good choice! Can't wait to meet our little Zaidyn. At my 19 week ultrasound I did find out that I have a degree of placenta previa, which is a dangerous condition where the placenta grows on the bottom of your uterus instead of the top. There are 4 different levels of it. Low Lying placenta, Marginal previa, partial previa, and complete previa. When I first had my ultrasound they detected that I had a low lying placenta meaning it is lower than usual but it is more than 2cm away from my cervix. I would just need a follow up ultrasound around 30 weeks and maybe another one after that to determine the placenta's placement at that point. If the placenta grew down further then I would need a C-section. It was disappointing news but as long as she was healthy it didn't matter. Then last Saturday I woke up to quite a lot of blood. I was so scared but knew I needed to get to the hospital right away. Since at that point I was 23 weeks they had to wheel me to the birthing suites. I had to get a gown on, and then they were going to first see if a heartbeat could be found. I was so scared, I had already been crying since I woke up, and I just felt so helpless. Once they found her heartbeat, the amount of relief was just indescribable. It wasn't intentional but I really was thinking the worst of situations when I woke up. Even just the thought of losing her was unbearable and now I really just can't imagine what it would be like to miscarry. Once they did two types of ultrasounds they found that my placenta in 4 weeks moved lower and was now 1cm within the cervix. The placenta could tear at any kind of distress or even just because. Doctor said I really have to limit my activity, no heavy exercising (which I SO do everyday), no sex -sorry cody!, and no heavy lifting. I have my next appointment April 5th, and at that point we will schedule another ultrasound. I am hoping it corrects itself, but since it moved downward in 4 weeks, my positive thinking is quickly shattering. If it moves down any more and starts covering the cervix, I could be on bed rest until she's born. BOOOOO for bed rest. That's not even plausible. I have a one year old son, how the heck do you expect me to be on bed rest. Anyways, that's all I need to really say bout that..I've done my research about it and have my concerns but that makes for another blog.

Gaining weight from being pregnant just sucks. I enjoy the belly..I like the look of being pregnant far more than not pregnant. But I don't just gain weight in my belly. It's like this curse. I swear I started gaining weight in my face day of conception. Put it on my ass, my thighs, and heck give me some love handles. But my face? Why oh why? I wish I could be one of those super cute pregnant ladies..but it's just not in the cards for me. This summer I'm going to be a walking sausage. WATCH OUT.

I think one of these weeks I'm going to do a week long blog. I will write a blog about what I make for dinner each night, providing a picture and also a recipe. Why you say? Well because I sure as heck wish someone else would. I'm running out of ideas. I love trying new things, but I don't like complicated stuff. If it something I can barely pronounce and you wouldn't normally find it in my cupboards, then I sure as heck don't wanna make it. I need to get my own blank recipe book and write down everything I make because I find myself forgetting about certain meals. Anyways, don't hold me to this...its just something I've been wanting to do for awhile.

I am honestly going to try to write more. Cody is now into this whole Halo thing which is just super lame. Maybe when he plays I'll make myself write a blog to keep myself occupied.
Until then...Love to all.

New Placeeeee

So we are ALLLMOST done moving. I still have to do some cleaning at the old place, as well as gather all of the stuff left there that is either going to goodwill, my moms for the garage sale this spring, or my step mom's consignment store. I will be SO relieved once I don't have to deal with that anymore! It was really nice to have a full week of being able to move instead of one day....because I honestly don't know how we would have done it all in one day. On the other hand, if we were forced to do it in one day, we wouldn't keep putting things off as well. All I gotta say is I had to move when I was pregnant with Axton, and now I'm moving pregnant this time around. What the heck! I never wanna move ever again until we buy a house!

On a more exciting note, last week we had our ultrasound and got to see our baby for the first time! With Axton I had an ultrasound at 8 weeks, 12 weeks, 23 weeks, and 27 weeks. It made things so much more realistic to see the moving baby on the screen! At first she didn't think she would be able to find out the gender since the baby was in a weird position, but when it came down to it, we found out there is a little girl in there!!! I would have been SUPER surprised if she would have said its a boy because I had aaaaaaaaaalll girl instincts! Her name is going to be Zaidyn Marietta Kahl :) :) I am so excited to meet her! I am 20 weeks so already half way! I hope the second half goes by as fast as the first half did!!

Girl Scout Cookies? YES PLEASE

Girl Scout cookies are my absolute fav! I love when that time of the year comes around and I can order my brains out. I am limiting myself to 4 boxes only this year however. I don't have much room in my freezer :( I always get the thin mints and the Samoas, although when I lived in Milwaukee they called them Carmel Delights? Not sure about the name situation, but name shmame doesn't matter to me, they are just SO good. When I run out of thin mints, I fix my craving with the cobbler thin mint cookies..which taste very similar..but not as good as the reeeeeal thin mints! So tomorrow morning when cookies are in hand, consider me a VERY happy person ;)

Movin and Groovin

So it turns out that I LOOOOVE moving. <-- That is a very much sarcastic statement. I have moved all my stuff soooooooo much since my freshman year in college that I could care less to move ever again. I really really like the place we currently live in, but we decided that we need to downsize a bit, and make some sacrifices. We would like to be able to save money for our wedding, and with baby #2 coming, downsizing seemed to be the only way to be able to do that. The place we are moving is still 3 bedrooms, but it is one level instead of two, and has 1 bathroom instead of two, and one detached garage instead a 2 car attached garage. It might take some adjusting, but in the end it is what is best for us! Our lease wasn't up until June, but with the baby being due July, I really felt I wouldn't want to unpack a million boxes while being ridiculously huge? It has been quite the task finding someone to sublease, but we finally got things worked out. We even get first months rent free at the new place, so that will give us some extra money to get some things for the baby. We find out if the baby is a boy or a girl TWO WEEKS FROM TODAY! I can't believe it! Cody and I are so excited!! My pregnancy seems to just be flying by. A week from tomorrow is my birthday (not that it is relevant AT ALL), on the 23rd I am going to a Alexi Murdoch concert (LOVE HIM!) and we get the keys to our new place on the 21st! We get the keys to the new place a week before we have to be out of our old place. I think this will be really really nice. We don't have to hurry our butts off and move in one day. We can get all the little stuff moved first and save the big important stuff for last. Maybe this way we can manage for Cody not to have to take a day off of work. (Although I LOOOOVE when he doesn't work!) With everything going on this month, on top of packing all of our belonging...moving and settling in our new place...I think the next 2 months are going to fly by! Lots to do! I am just crossing my fingers that everything works out as planned and goes smoothly. :)

MOA

Today was a wonderful outing! My sister, Dexter, Rachel, Sammie, Jessie Walton, and I went to the Mall of America! Usually I am sooo not a fan of the Mall of America. It just is always so busy and its just so unnecessary to go to shop there when you can go to any regular mall and go to the same stores. We wanted a change of scenery, and just wanted some exercise. None of us really had any shopping we wanted to do, which was awesome! (I am a by myself kind of shopper. I am impatient and don't enjoy waiting for other people to try clothes on and browse, so I do myself and them a favor by shopping by myself.) I have not gone clothes shopping in probably 2 years but that is a different story. Anyways, we got TONS of exercise, and I even got to indulge in QDOBA! My favorite fast food joint ever! I went there seriously 3 times a week when I lived by Milwaukee, since they were everywhere and so delicious! They are NO where here except the Mall of America, so I definitely hit jackpot with that one. Watching Axton and Sammie play together is just so cute. Axton sees Sammie and his eyes just light up and he gets the biggest smile...but Sammie wants nothing to do with Axton. Its like, he's already after girls, but she's still in the ewwwwwwwwww boys cooties. She walks so fast, Axton can hardly keep up with her and once he does sneak up on her, she sees him and runs the other way, its hilarious! Anyways, I suck at keeping up with my blog and I have no idea why. I can find time to go on facebook everyday but not to once and awhile write a blog. So I'm going to make an effort to change that. (Even though I say that all the time).

Logically Logical

Just some random tidbits of information I'd like to inform you of at this moment in time.

1. I am sick of my background on here and want to change it. Considering I am way too lazy, it probably won't happen for awhile.
2. I am in love with Aldi plain bagels. They are like no other bagels. After being toasted, they are crunchy yet so fresh at the same time. It literally is the only breakfast I can keep down. I have been eating a plain bagel with cream cheese on it for breakfast everyday since the beginning of November. I look forward to it when I go to bed at night.
3. Axton should be called the destroyer. I get he's at the age where he is so curious of his surroundings but DANG. I've never done so much picking up in my life. I'm only going to be doing more of that once the baby comes. YIKOLAS! I guess it wouldn't be so bad if I wasn't such a neatfreak. Let me clarify, I am not a neatfreak as a matter of fact. I just really don't like clutter. Aka, Axtons toys taking up every square inch of my carpet. Wouldn't it be luxurious if he could pick a toy out of his toybox, play with it for a bit, and then nicely return it as he picks out a different toy? Pffffff, I'll keep dreaming! On a positive note, I do love watching him explore and learn about his surroundings. He's just so precious.
4. Morning sickness plus Axton's new time for pooping (morning time) is not a good mixture for me. It really is a challenge.
5. Axton does this thing where when he is eating at his highchair and he is done eating, he starts slyly throwing his food on the floor so it looks like he's done. I just wish he could understand what I'm saying when I say to him on a mealy basis, "Axton, I really don't mind if you are full and can't finish your breakfast/lunch/dinner. But please understand that it is not necessary to act like you ate it all by sneakily throwing it over your shoulder or to the side. It actually creates more work for me than if you would just leave it on your tray".
6. Bills suck.
7. I just got Instant Netflix since Cody got an Xbox 360 w Kinect for Christmas. Man is it nice. Instant Netflix ROCKS.
8.Goodbye for now.

Long Time No See!

So it has been literally ages since I have written. There really isn't much for Axton to do in our spare bedroom where the computer is so its hard to find time to come on here and write! I will have to update you on everything going on in my life!

I am so excited for the holidays, it is my favorite time of year! Family, Food, and Fun! Axton is getting so big! In less than two months he will be one years old! I can't wait until his first birthday party, it will be so much fun! I'll probably be an emotional basket case but who cares! Time is going by so fast, and it seems Axton does something new every single day!

On another note, Cody and I have set our wedding date! We will be making our lifelong commitment to each other on September 1st, 2012! I can hardly wait! I am definitely NOT the wedding planning kind of person. At. All. Good thing I am the least fancy dancy kind of person ever so it shouldn't be difficult. I know we want our wedding outside, and the ceremony to be private with closest family, and closest friends. But of course we will have a reception for many to be apart of!

Some more exciting news is that Cody and I are expecting another baby! I am currently 8 weeks along and my due date is July 16th. I think anyone that knows me knows that I am soooo not a fan of the whole pregnancy thing, but that is just part of the deal! Ready or not I am taking on the roller coaster of a challenge again! When I found out I was pregnant with Axton there was just a lot of stressful things in my life that came along with it. It was a really hard time for me with a lot of big decisions to make that would change the path of my life. The first couple months of my pregnancy with Axton was very very rocky and emotional. In the end of course, everything turned out just the way I wanted it to and I can't imagine him not being here! With this pregnancy it has already been so different. There aren't any huge decisions to make, across state moves to make, etc etc. It is just Cody and I celebrating the fact that we are creating a life, and boy do we feel blessed! Sure, it would have been nice to be married first before having another baby, but Cody and I aren't going to let anyones personal thoughts about that get us down! I have never felt so lucky in my whole life. A wonderful Fiancé, lovely son, and now we get to look forward to making our family one person larger! What a gift! We weren't going to let the cat out of the bag for a while yet. We were going to tell everyone on Axton's first birthday party when everyone would be together! It didn't turn out that way because I am already showing and there is just no way of hiding it! With Axton I wanted to start showing as fast as possible! With this pregnancy I had the knowledge of how hard it is to find clothes etc for a growing belly so I wanted my belly to take its time in starting to show our bundle of joy! Not the case however! I have heard from many people and read online that your second baby you show waaaay sooner than your first. And that is definitely correct. I am showing now at 8 weeks like I was at 12 weeks with Axton. Its crazy! So far, I am feeling horrible, tired all the time, you know..all that good stuff! Every morning and throughout the day I feel soooo sick! Like I could vomit at any point in time. I just am not a fan of that what so ever, can't wait until it passes! I plan on keeping updates on my blog of my pregnancy, so if I don't write for awhile someone just say something to make me!

I made this this morning and couldn't stop laughing so feel free to enjoy!
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