16 weeks..21-22 weeks to go!

I heard my little beans heartbeat!! It was 155. All my kids have been around there so no prediction from that. At first he couldn't find it. He went right around where the middle of my uterus was and nothing. Then he went lower and voila. I always carry very low...not fun near the end, except labor is faster, .

I opted not to take the triple screen again. I have seen too many false positives and don't want to worry. Besides that I will love this baby no matter what so it doesn't matter to me. He wants me to wait till 18 weeks to get my u/s :(. I called right after I got out of the office to make my appt. they said "Wanna come in tomorrow?". I so wanted to say yes! My appt is 9/20 at 3:30. I can't wait to find out what this baby is and see my baby again!!

My BP was 135/70..not bad for me. I only gained 1/2 a pound, yay me! So I went and got a wendy's frosty to celebrate!


I am so tired, but very happy. I noticed something today. I was talking with a friend about wishes. I realized I may not have a perfect life, but I must be pretty satisfied. It took me forever to think of a wish. I finally thought have having my home remodeling done. I have a wonderful husband, 2 gorgeous kids, I am carrying a healthy baby. I have great friends, I am atleast halfway done with school, Mike got a raise again! I am happy with my life.

We went camping up near Sunrise Ski Resort this weekend. It was deep in the mountains. I couldn;t believe how lush and green the forest was this year. That is what happens when you actually have a summer monsson season. It was absolutely beautiful! We saw a bear. I wish I could have found my camera. I still haven't found it.

My only disappointment was that I did not see one Elk or Deer this year. I have been up there 7 times for labor day. Each year we see less and less deer and elk. The first 3 years there were tons. Before we had kids we used to take midnight four wheeler runs. I remember on year we rode around Green's Peak and rode almost alonside about 20 Elk. It was awesome. So I was sad at seeing none. They are gorgeous animals!

The kids had a blast playing with their cousins. Poor Emmalee. She was playing with some bubbles and got them all over her hands and rubbed her eyes. We had to flush her eyes. She did not like that. Mike's cousin had some eye patch bandages. She really didn't need it, but she kept saying : "I want Ban aid". So we put one on and she was happy. I am waiting for my MIL to send pics of her with her patch, lol.

It rained a lot. It didn't get too heavy, more of just drizzly. We watched movies nad played cards in the tents alot.

It was a very nice and relaxing weekend. I look forward to next year. We will have an addition to our brood. This will be the first time that only one person on Mike's side of the family will ahve a new baby. Usually there are atleast 2 new babys every 2-3 years. There are 8.5 grandkids. It is cute to see them growing up and loving eachother!