Grateful for...

Today I'm grateful for:

• showers
• popcorn
• good smelling lotion that doesn't make me gag
• game apps
• a happy, helpful husband
• clean unmentionables
• food that tastes good to me
• gum

Today has been a good day. Some of my little victories today are brushing my teeth without gagging, gaining half a pound and showering without feeling too yucky.

Cheers!

Trying to be Grateful

So since I last posted about my pregnancy some things have happened, I'll fill you in.

I've:

• been diagnosed with Hyperemesis Gravidarum (more info in my last post and here)
• continued to throw up a lot
• lost most of my appetite
• have many food aversions
• lost almost 30 lbs
• went to the ER a second time
• am now on home health IV therapy
• found some solace and support here and here.
• prayed a lot

There are more things, but those are the highlights. It's been hard and I'm trying very much to be grateful and have a good attitude these days because I have to take it one day at a time no matter what, and I figure I might as well try to be happy.

Also since it's November, the month of gratitude, I'm going to try to post at least one thing I'm grateful for, and some little victories that I've had for the day.

I'm grateful for:

• my loving, caring husband
• the people that don't leave me alone, no matter how much I ask them to (my mom, dad, and fam)
• my friends
• our ward
• my faith
• prayer
• in home IV therapy
• my picc line
• IV anti nausea medication
• my nurses and doctors
• health insurance
• healthy baby
• fruit roll-ups
• oranges
• strawberries
• popsicles
• Harry Potter audiobooks online
• texting
• pictures and movies of silly nieces and nephews
• Netflix

There's a whole lot more, but I'll save some for the rest of the month. Now that I've got some good bases covered, we can get into te really silly things I seem to be grateful for these days.

Have a lovely day!

Friday Night Date In the ER

As some of you may know, we are expecting a little bundle of joy in May, and we're announcing it this early because my morning sickness is hard to hide.

On Friday night, after a week of keeping NOTHING down,  losing around 8 lbs and feeling completely dehydrated, we decided to have a date night in the ER.

At the ER they gave me a bunch of fluid and some sweet anti nausea meds through an IV, did an ultrasound, and sent me home with a perscription and a diagnosis.

The Diagnosis: Hyperemesis gravidarum, which basically means severe vomiting during pregnancy, and it can range greatly in seriousness and duration from what I've come to learn.

For me, this means throwing up every time I eat or drink anything and trying to choke down and keep down anti nausea medication so I keep something down. I hope this starts to get better. I'll update you more later...

...if I feel so inclined.

Blue and Green Today

Today I feel two color emotions:

1. Blue- because my favorite little town is currently in a state of emergency, and my favorite place to gas up and get a treat--Craving's/Dutchman's Market--is all beat up and covered in muddy water. Not to mention about 30 homes of good friends and neighbors that have been majorly damaged. I wish I could come help today. Maybe this weekend...

2. Green- not really an emotion, but more of a saying, my grandma put it well yesterday "feeling green around the gills," or sick. More of that to come.

Portlandia!!

We decided a few months ago to do something special for our 1st Anniversary. So we booked a big kid trip to Portland, Oregon!! And it's been a whole bunch of fun!

Things we've done so far:
- Visited a few of Britt's mission friends. Wonderful peeps.
- Met Puff the Magic Dragon (he lives in Molalla)
- Walked around the Portland LDS Temple and new Visitor Center.
- Enjoyed the beautiful scenery.
- Went for a spontaneous 4-5 mile hike to the Triple Falls near Multnomah Falls.
- Checked out lots of cool landmarks, like Bridge of the Gods and Columbia River.
- Ate at Chevy's. Amazing.
- Hung out with Sara and Craig (Britt's sister and brother in law).
- Ate Voodoo Doughnuts.
- Got Henna Tatts and a "Keep Portland Weird" T-shirt at Portland Saturday Market.
- Perused Powells's Books, The Legendary Independent Bookstore.
- Walked down Hawthorne Avenue.

Things we want to do:
- Eat at Pine State Biscuits.
- Go to church in Beaverton.
- Enjoy more green scenery.
- Go to the Saturday Market Fair.

We have had SO much fun, and the perfect getaway trip.
Photos to come :)

Blog Sorrows

Sorry my blog posts have been absent for the last month and a half ish, but I've had some technological difficulties. My Macbook won't stay on, I need to get it fixed, but that means forking out cash, and that's never fun. I can post from Britt's computer (what I am doing currently), but he doesn't have all my awesome photos. I could put photos from recently on his computer, but I just don't trust it.

So that's the story.

As for an Update on our little life:

• Britt's almost done with the semester! YIPPEE!!
• We both just recovered from nasty colds. No fun.
• Haven't been running, but hope to get back on the bandwagon soon.
• Had some fun last weekend at the festival of colors that EVERYONE went to, and at the Real SLC game.
• Had some fun this weekend visiting St. George while my brother and his fam are visiting from Texas.
• We booked our first big trip for our 1st anniversary. We're going to Oregon!
  
• Planned out our summer :)

Basically we are lovin' life and each other.

Running Blog

My sisters and I decided to run the St. George Marathon in October. We made a plan and we are going to try to run every day and help motivate each other and stuff. So in order to help motivate myself and for confidence/therapy purposes I suppose, I started a running blog here. The website is called fastrunningblog.com, which is funny because I'm not a fast runner, but whatev. It's cool because you can track your mileage, sleeping, how fast you are and a bunch of other stuff. But I'm just doing the mileage and comments. So it's like a journal that helps me keep track of my running and stay sane all the while. I'm excited and nervous. For extra details, feel free to check out my running blog.