Summer Buzz!!

These boys were ready for a summer buzz.  Most haircuts they both fight and scream the entire time.  This time Henry was super excited for his buzz, which made Wes super excited for his buzz.  As you can tell from these pictures whatever Henry does Wes does.  Wes loves Henry and the saying "Monkey see, Monkey do"  definitely applies to him.  Henry will say something to me then Wes will copy him, Henry will bust a dance move and then Wes will, Henry loves his blankets so Wes loves his blankets.  I love that these two are turning into quite the little buds and it is sure fun to watch them.

Ranch with Friends

This last weekend we enjoyed the Ranch with a group of our friends.  This group of friends is awesome because all of the husbands have been the best of friends since they were little boys.  It is now so fun watching our kids make such good friends at such young ages too.  We had a jam packed weekend.  We hiked, creek jumped, shot guns, BBQ,  played card games, had some intense dodge ball games and then spent plenty of time relaxing and enjoying the company.  We always have such a great time up at the Ranch and feel lucky to have such an awesome place to go be with family and friends.  

The old belly bump

I've had two previous pregnancies and have never taken the time to document anything about them.  I thought third time is a charm.  I am almost half way so I really am not doing too great of a job this time around either.

This pregnancy like all others hit me really hard at 6 weeks.  Once I reach the 6 week mark I usually head to my bed and have to take it easy for a little while.  This time around I crawled in bed and literally on some days could not get out.  I had 4 weeks that were horrible.  The first two weeks I could not keep anything down and lost 15 pounds.  I was feeling pretty worthless not being able to take care of Henry and Wes and not helping Bryan out so I decided to try the at home IV and Zofran pump.  The IV definitely  helped, but I am still unsure if the Zofran helped or if it was the timing of the pregnancy where I eventually just started feeling better. After two weeks on the pump I was able to get through my mornings and just had to take it easy afternoons and nights.  Around 14 weeks I was starting to make it through my days but still had no energy.  Now at 17 weeks I am feeling good.  I can get through my days with my kids and still have energy left to cook and clean some.  

In each pregnancy I have moments where I have never felt so low in my life.  Being so sick and feeling so worthless at times is hard on me physically and emotionally.  However, in these low moments is when I have always felt so close to my Heavenly Father and felt his strong love for me.  I am so glad to be feeling back to myself and to be blessed with another sweet spirit in our home.