She Moves and Dances!

Elizabeth has been moving around in my belly like CRAZY! Just two weeks ago Justin got to feel her kick for the first time. She kicked his hand, then he put his head next to my belly, to try and hear her moving because she stopped kicking, and then she kicked him in the head! She's done that a few other times since then. It's kind of funny, whenever she's kicking then Justin goes to feel her, she stops kicking until he puts his head by her, then she kicks him in the head.

Well, I have noticed within the last week or so that Elizabeth kicks a ton more when I'm listening to music. Today, while I was watching The Voice (from last night) everytime someone would start singing she would start moving around and kicking. This is helping to support my theory that she is either going to be a dancer or a singer. Or, maybe both.

A bunch of people have asked me what it feels like when she kicks me and I've finally put my finger on what it feels like. It feels like a mix of having gas bubbles in your tummy and having your tummy growl. It's such a funny feeling and totally catches me off guard (especially when she starts kicking me in the middle of taking an order at work).

I am getting so anxious to meet her, October 6th cannot come soon enough! We have already gained such a special bond with each other, and Justin and her already have a silly relationship. The past 5 1/2 months have gone by so fast, and I know that these last 3 1/2 will go by fast too! I love you Elizabeth Ann and I cannot wait to meet you!

It's already June 25th

I can't believe that this month is already almost over. This month seems to just come and gone. We have been extremely busy throughout this month, but it's definitely been a good thing.

On June 5th we started our journey to California. I describe this as a journey because of how difficult it was for us to actually get there. My dad got us our tickets to fly out there, but they were standby, so he continually checked the "airplane loads" so we would know which flight was best for us to take. He told us the Sunday night flight would be best. Luckily we already had Monday off of work, so off we went to the airport. We got checked in early and sat at the airport for about 2 hours. As it got to be time to start boarding the plane we noticed that the screen said there were 9 seats available and we were #10 and 11 on the list. We had a feeling we wouldn't be getting on the flight. We didn't. We ended up having Justin's mom come and pick us up, our luggage flew to California without us, and we flew to California on Monday morning.

We got to LAX around 9:00 in the morning on Monday and just kind of hungout all day. Monday was my sister's birthday, so we went out to dinner with her and the rest of my family. We stayed on Monday and Tuesday with a family from Justin's mission, the Yukihiro's. Tuesday, we went to the beach with their daughter, Jessa. Justin and I weren't very smart and forgot to put on sunscreen, we got FRIED. Wednesday was my brother's graduation, so we went out to lunch with my dad then went to the graduation. We were there until Sunday and had so much fun visiting with everyone. Elizabeth got some cute presents from our family and friends in California. And, she got a ton of hand me downs.

Since getting back from California, we have been working a ton. The week that we got back, I didn't have to work until Thursday, so Justin volunteered me to watch 3 of his nephews for 2 days. We spent those days in the pool, and got lots of sun. It's been super hot here, and the only way I've been able to stay sane at all has been the AC. I sure do love that our apartment has air conditioning.

It doesn't sound like we've been up to too much, but I feel like we have been so busy! I am definitely going to love the AC this summer and the pool!

Trip to the ER

Last weekend was a pretty eventful weekend. Not only was it Memorial Day weekend BUT I also got to take a trip to the ER.

Saturday evening, after I started working (at work) I started having the pains in my chest again. I tried to sit down for a few minutes and relax myself, to see if that would help, but it didn't. I didn't want to leave work, since I had already called in sick earlier in the week due to the chest pain. So I tried to stick it out. That lasted about 15 minutes until my manager came and told me to go home because I didn't look good.

When I got off work I called Justin to let him know I was coming home. He insisted that we go to the ER, so after I got home and changed that was where we went.

I got checked in to the ER, they took my blood pressure and pulse and everything looked normal. I told them the pain wasn't near my heart, but more near my sternum and on the right side. They decided to start doing all sorts of tests, to figure out what it was. They did an EKG, an x-ray, an ultrasound of my heart and gall bladder, a blood clotting test, and a urine test. All of the tests came back normal. We were there for 6 hours and they can't figure out what's wrong with me. So, home we went. It was definitely the way that we wanted to spend our Saturday night. But, good news, Elizabeth is healthy and that's all that matters to me right now.

I haven't really had chest pains lately, and when I do, I try not to think about them, because nobody can figure out what they are. They don't think it's heartburn, since every medicine that is supposed to get rid of heartburn hasn't worked.

Let's hope that it all goes away soon, especially so we can enjoy our California vacation next week! 4 more days till we fly out to California, 5 more days till we're at the beach, 6 more days till my baby brother graduates high school... OMG it's gonna be a fun vacation!