23 and 24 weeks!

 23 weeks

With my ulcerative colitis I am on medicine that will not hurt the baby but the medicine works when my body takes to it. At 23 weeks we had a HUGE scare. How we know I am out of remission is I have blood in my stool. I woke up one morning and had just that. I immediately started to cry and worry about baby Kohen. If I were to get our of remission he would still be ok but I would have to get on steroids till he is born. Kellen was at work but luckily my mom had a break from school and was home. I ran upstairs to her house and was crying in her arms, freaking out! We went into the "no no room" as the kids call it, the living room and my mom said a prayer for Kohen and I. The craziest thing ever happened... I am still in remission and have been fine. I watched what I ate and drank making sure I stayed away from things I know will upset my stomach (Milk, lettuce, red meat, juice). This has never happened!!! Once it starts to go downhill it usually just keeps going down and down. Some people may say it was just luck? that it wasn't blood? but I think it was my heavenly father watching out for Kohen and I, making sure we are healthy to welcome him into this world! With having UC and being on medications my doc, ultrasound doc, Kellen and I decided that an ultrasound of Kohen every 4 weeks to check and make sure he is growing accordingly would be best. I am not sad about this at all :) seeing him more often will be so great!

 24 weeks

We started our hypnobirthing classes this week. I was excited to go see what this class had to offer and that Kellen was right by my side:) I was a bit more skeptical about the information than Kell. He was SO into it! He is so excited for us to keep going to the classes and to use this technique during labor. What he did realize about this class was that it could help more than just in labor. It could help me with my anxiety, with my stress to help calm me when I have a colon scare. We are excited!

 24 weeks, 6 months! We are getting closer:)

exercise

before we found out we were expecting I enjoyed running. I was not a daily runner but when I did run I enjoyed it:) A couple cousins, my mom and I were in a boot camp class and oh my heck was that hard! Every single time I went I was throwing up a ton in the bathroom and could not figure out why I was the ONLY one throwing up. 2 weeks into the class I find out I am pregnant lol I knew I wanted to keep exercising but Kellen and I have been so paranoid with this pregnancy. We make sure I am eating what I need and not lifting an ounce more than I should. We don't want a single thing to happen to our baby we wanted for so long. I walk, I walk every day! (except Sunday I just walk to church and back) I refuse to run even for a second. I love my daily 2 mile walks more than I thought I would. I love how I get away from everyone and I just walk. I enjoy how I feel after I walk and I love knowing that maybe it will help me even after baby comes to get my body back.

My friend went to California for a vacation. She watches a lot of other kids and so I took 3 of them for her while she was on vacation and I still had the one I watch. OH MY  HECK! All the mothers out there who have a lot of kids and then get pregnant are amazing. I only had them in the day and by the time they left I ate dinner and went to bed. I am grateful for all the money we made during that time but it was work for sure lol My babysitting days are officially over, except for watching my family memebers of coarse:) I was kinda sad to say goodbye to them all but knowing I will finally be a MOM, I will get to raise this kid how Kellen and I want and not have to answer to any mom's.. this is going to be amazing!

seriously though, pregnancy is so long! Kellen thinks it has gone by fast but I keep thinking, February.. SO FAR AWAY! hurry up already :)

his name

my 21 week picture!

naming your kid,

possibly the HARDEST thing to do! We have liked a little girl name for years but boy names I have always had a harder time with. Boys get teased so easily and I don't want it to be a baby name because we all grow up, unfortunately! 

I really liked the name Beckham but Kellen was dead set on the name Kohen that we had picked out when we were trying to get pregnant. I LOVE the name Kohen, I LOVE IT! I just sometimes worry it is so close to Kellen's name. Kellen also loved the name Kale but we decided that one was to close to his name lol

If I had heard the name Kellen on the street and that wasn't my hsubands name I would use it! I love his name so I guess having a name close to his dad's name is going to be great :)

Naming a person has so much thought that has to go into it! but I am confident that our baby will be a Kohen and will love his name all growing up. Even as an old man :) lol

Kellen and his uncle Travis finished putting up his crib! It is making me so excited and I am in love with the crib :) now.. if we could just decide and agree on a theme for his bedroom....

21 weeks!

 20 weeks!

listening to Kohen's heart beat :) I am a nerd and love to read just about everything and anything that has to do with my little baby boy growing inside me. I had read you could hear the heart beat now with a stethoscope and so I asked my brother Jeremy to bring his the next time we see him so we could try it out :)

We are 21 weeks along and feeling GREAT! He likes to stay really low which in the end has caused a few accidents but we still love him! He has already let me know that he is in charge, not me! lol


We have been talking about how I want to deliver. Should we go natural? skip the pain and get the epidural? or try a water birth? In the end Kellen, Kohen and I are the ones who will get to decide but hearing some stories and opinions makes me lean more one way than another. Some women are all about the natural way. They say it is better for me and the baby. They say that I have such horrible period cramps that I can do it! I love how much confidence they have in me but that also makes me nervous. If I do whimp out are they going to think I am a big baby?
Then there is the epidural fans. They say why do it natural, they have the drugs for a reason! or some say the second you feel the first contraction you will realize its to hard.
We have decided to go to some classes and to make a list of things I have to try before getting an epidural. If I end up with an epidural, that is ok! I just will be happy he is here and healthy but I want to know that I tried and gave it everything I could.

Recently I have been told of many cute friends/family members who are also expecting. I am so beyond excited that Kohen will have so many family memebers and friends close to his age! Play dates will be a must :)

Our ward had a parenting class a couple weeks ago, Kellen and I decided to go with my sister, her husband and invited our friends Austin and Ashli to this class. We seriously LOVED it! I still have one little boy that I watch and that next week we tried a couple things out on him to see if this would even help at all.. we were both in shock at how well it helped! Even just the littlest thing.  We have learned a lot watching the three boys for 2 years and still think it is crazy we are getting a boy of our own! We hope we can use the technique the speaker gave to us and make a happy home.

We can not wait for Mr Kohen to get here! We are more than half way done :):):)

How far along? 21 weeks
Total weight gain: 11 pounds. It is so hard gaining weight but I feel great and I know he is healthy and going crazy  in there!
Maternity clothes? He is so low that I can not wear my normal pants anymore without getting sick so I am now wearing maternity pants :) greatest things ever!!!
Stretch marks? nope!
Sleep: sometimes great, sometimes achy.
Best moment this week: feeling my baby kick constantly and being able to see on the outside of my stomach how crazy he is in there :)
Miss Anything? I sometimes look in my closet and miss some of my clothes I don't wear anymore.
Movement: oh yes.
Food cravings: nope
Anything making you queasy or sick: If i don't get in bed as soon as I am tired.
Gender: boy :)
Labor Signs: nope!
Symptoms: just getting bigger and bigger!
Belly Button in or out? in but slowly coming out
Wedding rings on or off? on
Happy or Moody most of the time: happy!
Looking forward to: The holidays and putting up the rest of his crib :)