Catch up

I feel like the last few months for most of us has just flown by, so like Lisa I am just going to have a little catch up blog to get things back to current times. Though I cant imagine how much more downtime I will have when I have Beckham compared to now...but I will do my best!

Zachs Birthday and Graduation:

Randomly I got to pet a baby ducky on Zachary's birthday

The fourth of July

Quite the outfit. Hat; courtesy of Lisa

Graduation: July 23, 2015
I am a college graduate. I always thought it would be pretty boring to have to graduate again, I mean who really enjoys graduation...? But when my full name, Lori Anne Barnes Pasche, was read ( I started school as Lori Anne Barnes and finished as Lori Barnes Pasche, so I though it only fair to give credit to my entire name) and I walked across the stage to get my diploma I was so excited and felt so accomplished. While it was just my Bachelors, I still put in many hours of studying for Kinesology, Anat & Phys among other hard classes, so as I walked closer to my diploma I felt more proud of myself.
So Congratulations to me =)

Finally, no more assignments!

Pack Up and Goodbye Out West:
The next few days were a complete blur as we had to completely pack up, clean and drive down to Utah to drop me off at the airport and so Mr. Roland and Zach could make the long drive back across the county.  But we made one last effort to enjoy the things out west before we left, one being Yellowstone.

Not the Ol' Faithful, but a very pretty hot spring

Zach enjoying watching the paint pots. There are more pictures, but they are currently on Mr. Roland's camera and Emilie's so Ill post them when I get them

Another thing I did was spend my last few hours in the sewing shop finishing up some last minute projects while I had easy access to industrial machines and every thread color imaginable

My work station

My project board

Julie was very sad to see us go, as I was her. I can honestly say that the two things I will miss the most about being in Rexburg is one working at the costume shop and two, Mrs. Julie. She is an amazing person, I mean how many bosses do you know will come over to your house and do your dirty laundry for you while you are terribly morning sick? I only know of one and that is just one of COUNTLESS things she has done and taught me. I will miss her.

She fed Zach and I dinner while we were packing up our own home.

  I wasn't really that sad to leave Rexburg, while I enjoyed my time there I guess I just felt like it was time to move on.

JAM packed

Poor Farley gets car sick

Leaving Utah:

So finally we get to Utah and wouldn't you know about 4 hours at our friends house I go in the garage to check on Farley and the dumb ol' cat has ran away, or so we thought. We all spent the next two hours looking for him as I drew closer and closer to tears, when finally it is too dark to look. I only hoped that he showed up again before we left at 5am the following morning.  Well the morning came and no Farley so we left him behind. I was so sad, he really was the best cat! I can't seem to get out of Utah with a cat: Milo died and Farley ran away so I am 0/2 so far. But anyways, so Zach and Roland head out and about 12 hours into their trip they get a call saying that Farley was in the garage fast asleep in a box...

Well Zach was too far away to go back and I was in the air so we left our beloved little fluffy friend behind. But we are so grateful because even though our friend HATES cats he kept Farley for an entire month and a half before they finally found him a good home this week with a nice family in their ward. So Farley has a new home with two new little girls to love him. 

It was a really hot night one night so this is where he chose to lay, I will miss him. He is a great cat!

Well I finally said goodbye to out west for who knows how long

Goodbye Utah

and landed in Baltimore. Originally I was only suppose to be in Baltimore for an hour but it ended up being 8 hours because of delays....

FINALLY on the plane....

Atlanta:

Reunited and in NJ:

Then after what felt like way too long Zach and I were reunited when I flew up to Philadelphia to see him.  I hate being away from him, so I was anxious to be reunited.

NJ Mini Golf, Mr. Roland won!

Birthday and Anniversary:

We were also able to celebrate both my birthday and our 2 year anniversary in NJ!

Beautiful diaper bag

My anniversary gift to Zach

Bracelets that he wears instead of a ring

A live lobster for dinner that night!!

I think it really freaked him out when he put his hands on it because he did not know what it was

I love him so much

So after a few weeks here we found out that the insurance was creating a lot of issues so after some thought we have officially decided to head back to Georgia to have this little baby.  While we are sad to leave NJ it will be good to have the baby somewhere where we can afford.

Passed my Glucose test...so that stuff was really gross to drink

31 Weeks and 5 Days!

I feel so big...

So I had another doctors appointment today and I know it has been awhile since I posted my stats so there is going to be quite the jump from last time and this. 

Here are my latest stats:

Pre-symptomatic pregnancy stats:
My weight: 136 lbs.

First Appointment (9 weeks 4 days) stats:
Baby heart beat: 180
My weight 130 lbs.

Second Appointment ( 13 weeks 3 days) stats:
Baby heart beat: 158
My weight: 127 lbs.
My bp: 101/62

Third Appointment (17 weeks 3 days) stats:
Baby heart rate: 153
My weight: 135
My bp: 107/68

Fourth Appointment (20 Weeks 3 days) stats:

Baby heart rate: 162 (he was stressed because of the Doppler and moving around a lot so his heart rate went up)

My weight: 145 lbs. (holy earth I fill like I have gained way too much, but neither Zach nor my doctor were concerned, but this is the heaviest I have ever been so bare with me as the numbers go up, I might freak out a little bit more!)

My bp: 113/73

Baby percentile for weight and height: 55%

Baby weight: 14 oz.

I dont even know what appointment...(31 Weeks 5 days) stats:

Baby hear rate: 140 bpm

My weight: 162 lbs (I am still in my recommended weight gain range, so no concern from the doctor even though this is the scariest number I have ever seen in my entire life).

My bp: 104/68

Fundal Height: 30 cm (The doctor said this was fine because plus or minus two is an ok range)

Gender Reveal!

Zach and I went to our fourth appointment yesterday, finally! That was the longest 3 weeks ever. It was the ultrasound that we got to know if our little apple had a stem or not .   But before I get into that I have to tell you about the appointment itself.

I woke up around 7, even though my appointment wasn't till 9, I was too anxious to sleep so I did some laundry, homework and just straightened up and then finally it was time to get Zach up. We got to the doctors and were called back into the room.

The gel that they put on your stomach is freezing! But it was way worth it because the last time we got to see our little bean was when it was literally the size of a bean and the moment was surreal. We got to see its little legs, its feet and all 10 toes (whew!). We got to see its heart beating and we got to see it move around as the ultrasound tech chased it around my belly. My little bean did not like the ultrasound Doppler pushing on it, so mostly little bean swam around trying to dodge the pressure which made for an interesting game of cat and mouse.

There were no abnormalities on our little beans ultrasound which we are so grateful for and then came the time for the gender. She asked us if we wanted to know and we said that we did, so she went over little beans legs but then little bean moved and we both thought we saw girl but then the ultrasound tech was able to focus on and he was most definitely not a girl!

So we are happy to announce that little bean can finally have a gender specific name of he =)
We are beyond ecstatic. I always felt that he was a he, even when I would say she it felt off, supposedly there was some thing I was reading that was saying that if the mother has no preference for the gender of her child her intuition is 87.5% right, the fathers is 50% right (duh, everyone is 50 % right) and the grandmother (mom of the daughter) is 25% right, so intuition was correct!

Here are everyone else's guesses:

 Our little countdown to when we got to go and find out if he was a she or he

 Papa and Jill both guessed girl, I just put them on the wrong side...I was bored in one of my classes one day thus this piece of informational paper was born

Zach taking off the last ring as we we head to our appointment!

After the appointment we called my parents and his parents and told my parents because his parents just wanted to wait till later that evening when we did a gender reveal with our friends. For those who don't know what that is, it is just a party thing that lets people know what the gender is of your child. There are tons of ways to go about it, from paint to silly string to cupcakes to balloons. We choose the balloon route.

 Sorry for the shakiness of the camera and the angle, I was trying to get as many people as I could in the shot, but it just kind came out with Em in the middle ! But you can still the see the effect of the balloons popping and the gender confetti spilling out!

 Our little angel, he is so stinkin' cute! I cannot get over it and I admit that I look at this ultrasound picture at least 500 times a day. 

Emilie is so happy to be "Auntie Em"

It was fun to have everyone come over and celebrate with us and it was fun to have my family and Zach's parents over Skype to see this fun little celebration too. 

I really cannot wait to meet my little guy, granted I am so nervous! But I am so excited too, I know this little guy was sent to Zach and I for a reason and that thought calms my nerves because if Heavenly Father trust me then I know I can trust myself to be the momma he needs me to be .

Here are my latest stats:

Pre-symptomatic pregnancy stats:
My weight: 136 lbs.

First Appointment (9 weeks 4 days) stats:
Baby heart beat: 180
My weight 130 lbs.

Second Appointment ( 13 weeks 3 days) stats:
Baby heart beat: 158
My weight: 127 lbs.
My bp: 101/62

Third Appointment (17 weeks 3 days) stats:
Baby heart rate: 153
My weight: 135
My bp: 107/68

Fourth Appointment (20 weeks 3 days) stats:

Baby heart rate: 162 (he was stressed because of the Doppler and moving around a lot so his heart rate went up)

My weight: 145 lbs. (holy earth I fill like I have gained way too much, but neither Zach nor my doctor were concerned, but this is the heaviest I have ever been so bare with me as the numbers go up, I might freak out a little bit more!)

My bp: 113/73

Baby percentile for weight and height: 55%

Baby weight: 14 oz.

Non Baby Talk:

This weekend Zach and I were able to go and participate in a ward camp out. It was so fun but a terrible nights rest. For starters our friend lent us a "two person tent" no no no, maybe if both people were toddlers, so we were extra snuggly that night. Second it is hard enough sleeping in a bed right now and getting comfortable and while I had a memory foam mattress topper to sleep on the night was a very restless one of tossing and turning trying to get comfortable, but overall it was fun to go. 

 We are the only ones kneeling on the ground

We are on the far right side

Farley of course has to be in my post. So Zach and I were outside playing soccer the other day, or really we were just kicking the ball back and forth and Farley was outside watching and one time I chipped it up and Farley went running after it, it was the weirdest thing I had ever seen so of course we took a video of our cat playing soccer 

After Zach and I are gone all day Farley always comes up and snuggles, poor little neglected guy.

And lastly I made these onesies at work this week, the bunny one is for my friend, she is having a little girl the day after me and the fox one is for our little guy. 

Bubbles, Balls and Babies

BUBBLES:
Last Saturday our ward held a party where they provided breakfast and this fun game called "Bumper Balls". If you have never heard of it once you see the pictures it is pretty self explanatory. The point is to be in a big rubber ball and play soccer basically.

Cutest Dork Ever!

BALLS:
Zach has been able to participate in the local club team here again, called the "Dragons", unfortunately they just got a season all put together for this upcoming Fall which is the pits because we will be back East, but it is fun that he can play now anyways.

BABIES:
Since all I talk about is babies I decided to include some pictures and videos of a different kind of baby. My friend just got a new little kitten and asked me to watch her for them. Since I know Lisa would greatly appreciate it I said yes and went and got Lisa.

Farley was overly intrigued by this little kitten but needless to say the kitten was less than enthused. 

Lisa seeing the little kitty for the first time.

And since I can't get through one blog post without posting something related to my little bean, here ya go. 

18 weeks

Little booties I made girly for a friend of ours that is due in August. I added the ribbon and the little blue butterfly button

17 weeks 3 days

I cannot believe that I am only 3 weeks away from being half way! After the first trimester time really flies, this baby will be graduating high school before I know it...crazy crazy. But let's see, I have been feeling infinitely better, but I have allergies now and the because of that I have a hard time sleeping and the post nasal drip has given me a sore throat (I know, super appealing to think about) but besides that and the occasional queasy moments I don't have anything to complain about.

In the recent weeks though I have decided that I cannot not find out the gender of my little one, or at least I can't wait till birth to do it. I think labor will be enough of a surprise for one day, and Zach, though he still is fine with not finding out, he is ok with knowing in three weeks too and that day is June 16 =).

You guys have to email your responses to mom before then, you know how with every grand baby we always guess when the due date is, the weight of the baby, how long the baby is and what gender it is, well I would also like to do that for my little one so if you could all answer those questions and send it to mom via email that would be greatly appreciated. Here is the information that you need that could be helpful in your guesses.

 Official Due Date: Halloween 2015

My guesses
Due Date: October 15th or 17th
Height: I dont even know what a normal height of a baby is...so 21 in will be my guess
Weight: 6.8
Gender: Boy

Zach's guesses
Due Date: October 11
Height: he had no clue either
Weight: 6.7
Gender: Boy

And according to all the gender predictor myths out there....

 This is the Chinese Calendar, supposedly has a 90% accuracy rate at predicting the gender of your child. You take your age and the month you conceived and voila! Gender predicted. So according to this I am having a boy. Age 23 and Month February.

Other myths:

Chinese Calendar
Carrying: Low
Baby Heart Rate 153 bpm
Ring on a String 
Bad Skin (breakouts)
Sleep on my Right
Craving Orange Juice

 Morning Sickness 
No energy

 So there you have it, Girl: 5 Boy: 4 (but again, these are just fun myths)

 Today we were able to go to our third appointment. I love going to those, I always wake up so early on days I have my appointments, and even though today we just heard the heart beat again and took my regular ol' stats, I like hearing that my little bean is still in there and that I am expanding at a normal rate.

Here are my stats: (ones from previous time included)

Pre-symptomatic pregnancy stats:
My weight: 136 lbs.

First Appointment (9 weeks 4 days) stats:
Baby heart beat: 180
My weight 130 lbs.

Second Appointment ( 13 weeks 3 days) stats:
Baby heart beat: 158
My weight: 127 lbs.
My bp: 101/62

Third Appointment (17 weeks 3 days) stats:
Baby heart rate: 153
My weight: 135
My bp: 107/68

Alright non baby talk:
This Memorial Day Zach and I drove an hour and a half to the beautiful town of Jackson Hole, Wyoming, he had never been and I think it is worth the trip. We enjoyed the scenery and the window shopping (I always hope I run into Harrison Ford...but i didn't.)

This was a $645 dollar hand stitched Alaskan hat...I did not wear it very long because we were getting the stink eye from one of the store workers.

And of course Farley being Farley:

He is way too heavy to be sleeping on my chest

Look at the poise of those feet

13 Weeks and 6 days

So I assume most of my posts now a days we be about my pregnancy for a couple of reasons.
1. Documenting things is good,
2. I have never done pregnancy before so it is all new and exciting and,
3. It'll be fun to have it remembered.
So I hope you can all continue to enjoy my blog as I document my remaining 6 months.

First Trimester: I MADE it....oh my goodness. What a miserable 6 weeks I went through (though I cant complain too much because many women feel terrible for so much longer).
I told my mom that I was pregnant around 4 weeks and around 6 ish I told her that I did not feel pregnant because I wasn't having any of the tell tell signs besides sore bosoms and exhaustion, but I should have kept my mouth shut because by week 7 the morning, afternoon, and evening sickness came and did not stop till week 13.

I didn't think I was going to make it through finals, let alone the entire day. But with the constant comfort of Zach and one very teary, tired, and sick of being sick phone call to my mom I did make it through. I have not thrown up now for about a week. It has been amazing. The exhaustion still exists, but I am grateful for that ailment.

I am finally starting to eat healthy as well. My first trimester consisted of mainly poptarts and gatorade, the only two things that would stay down much to my own horror. But this past week I have been slowly integrating good foods into my diet. I eat about half a cantaloupe or pineapple a day which makes me feel so much better. I am also exercising daily, though at a slow pace and even less intensity. I am also finally back at work and school and while I am happy to be at work, I am anxious to be done with school, but 12 weeks and counting to graduation!

I just recently had my second appointment, the one where I get to hear the heart beat of my little bean. So cute! It was absolutely amazing and very fun to hear. My doctor also confirmed that I am indeed starting to show, even though it is a little, I feel huge! I can only imagine how I will feel at week 30...

Also something fun I would like to include is my own personal stats, again you don't have to read these, but it is fun for me to compare as little bean and I go along in this journey. 

Pre-symptomatic pregnancy stats:
My weight: 136 lbs.

First Appointment (9 weeks 4 days) stats:
Baby heart beat: 180
My weight 130 lbs.

Second Appointment ( 13 weeks 3 days) stats:
Baby heart beat: 158
My weight: 127 lbs.
My bp: 101/62

Non baby talk! My boss brought over a new little toy for Farley because her cats were not playing with it, Farley loved it! He played with it for about an hour straight.

Then this is after he was done playing with it...he just passed out =)

Big Surprise

Well since I have told almost all of my family and only extended family looks at my blog I think it is ok if I share my happy news.

Needless to say we are very excited to be parents!
It was shocking at first, but I think whether you expect it or not it will always be shocking, because frankly it is a miracle.
But here is the story of how we found out, sorry if it is TMI. When I was late I took two pregnancy tests and they both  came out negative and I thought to myself ok, well maybe my body is just regulating itself.  So a week later I was sitting at work and kept getting hot flashes and dizzy spells and i knew something was up, even though I did not think I was pregnant because I had already gotten two negative tests. But I decided to test one more time. So I went down to the bookstore and bough one of those dollar tests and took it and low and behold...

...those two little pink line appeared, you can see how startled I am because I am shaking and my shoes are all blurry. So I walk back to work in a daze and try to finish out the last two hours of my shift as undistracted as possible. Finally my shift ended and  walked to the gym to tell Zach. I told him as we were walking to the car and he promptly told me, "No you're not...". I insisted that I indeed was and showed him the test. He got so happy and gave me big hug and kiss and we couldn't stop talking about it the rest of the evening.

Well a week later I told my mom and dad and swore them to secrecy at four weeks. They did a wonderful job at keeping it a secret, even when Christie would talk about who would have a kid next, though Lori would not be the next one because she is going to finish school first ;)

We decided to tell Zach's parents in person since they were coming from New Jersey to his graduation and since it would be there first grandchild.  Since I can't write about it as well as it is shown Ill just post the pictures and videos.
The way that we decided to tell them was get a Mercer Meyer book, "Grandma, Grandpa and Me" and post the ultrasound picture on the inside cover with the due date.
Enjoy! We did =)

Well when I have more news to share I will, but Baby Pasche is coming on Halloween!