Internet - finally!

As most of you know I haven't had internet at my house for a very long time. And I also haven't had a computer to use the internet on. Well, this Christmas that all changed. Jake and I got a laptop and 3 months of free internet and tv from his wonderful parents. We just got the internet up and running this week and now I'm trying to remember how to use an actual computer, rather than just my phone. Facebook is a lot bigger, it's weird. And it's very nice to have a real keyboard to type blog's on rather than my phone and a teeny tiny screen. So, now I'm going to be working on putting my pictures onto my computer and catching up on blogging. I could never put pictures on my blog using my phone. For now, I think I will just do a quick update of things that have been going on with us: We will start with the youngest member of the family, the baby in my belly. We find out on Jan 31 if that is a boy or girl baby. At the moment neither Jake, nor I have any feelings of what the gender is. Some days I think girl, some days I think boy, and same goes for Jake. At the moment I am just over 17 weeks. I started feeling some movement around 14/15 weeks but they were so faint I didn't really decide that I felt the baby until just last week. There have been some definite kicks since then. Our doctor's appointments have all gone well and so far the baby is growing just like it should. There have been no complications but we did have a little bit of a scare. A couple days after Christmas I had a little bit of spotting. From everything I read online and in my baby books it was nothing to worry about. I mean it was a tiny bit and I wasn't cramping or anything. I really wasn't worried about it. So then I had my doctor's appointment last week. I mentioned it to my doctor and he pointed out that because I am RH Negative I should have called the office and they would have told me to get a RHoGAM shot within 72 hours of bleeding. For those of you who don't know anything about being RH neg or pos I suggest you google it. It would take me a long time to explain on here. Basically, if my blood is neg and the baby's blood is pos and our blood were to mix, my blood would consider the baby's blood a bad thing and create antibodies to try and fight it off. It can create problems for the baby like anemia or brain damage or other pregnancy complications. And it can create problems for me because once my body produces antibodies, they will always be there. Meaning if I were to get pregnant again my body might go into defense mode again and I would probably miscarry. Other problems could come up if I ever needed a blood transfusion as well. Lot's of scary stuff. So when I found out that my body could have already produced antibodies since I didn't get the shot that prevents it from preventing them within the 72 hours (I was 2 weeks late for that), I was super scared. I was sent over to the hospital to get my blood drawn and then had to go back the next day to get the shot. They did a blood test to see if my blood had started producing antibodies or not and if it had then my whole pregnancy would be changing. Waiting that day and a half for the results was awful. I don't think I have prayed that hard in a very long time. I am very blessed because prayers do work. The results came back that all was well, meaning either the baby has neg blood as well (there is really no way to tell before the baby is born except amniocentesis - no thanks) or our blood didn't mix, or my blood just decided to not produce antibodies. Whatever the case may be I am SOOO grateful that everything is fine and as far as we can tell we still have a healthy baby. Now we just pray it stays that way. The good news is I don't have to worry about being RH neg now. The big shot I got from a huge needle going into my hip protects me for 12 weeks and then I get another one at 28 weeks and another one after the baby is born, unless the baby is rh neg as well. I am super excited. Honestly, I hate shots and needles and blood draws but that was the easiest shot I have ever gotten. The most painful, yes. The biggest needle, yes. But knowing that it could save my baby from some horrible things I was more than willing to get a big poke and am more than willing to do it all over again. So just to sum up, all is well with me and baby, no worries. And if you are wondering why you didn't know about this until just now it is because I didn't tell anyone. I didn't want anyone to worry before we really knew if we had to worry or not. Jake and I were the only ones that knew besides Jennifer, cuz we are pretty much married as well, haha! On to the next member of the family, Kyler. He had a wonderful Christmas, now that he is starting to understand all of the excitement. I bought a set of Christmas movies; Frosty, Rudolph, Santa Clause, etc. All the oldies that we have all seen. He loved them...a little too much. Jake and I are tired of them. But now he knows who Santa or HoHo is and all snow men are Frosty. It's pretty cute. He went to the mall and sat on Santa's lap and didn't cry or anything. He was actually excited about it. I was so happy. He is talking - a lot! It is super cute to hear all he has to say. Makes my life a little easier as well now that I don't have to guess what he wants. We are starting to potty train. I didn't really plan to but he started asking to go potty and trying to take off his diaper. I figured if he was asking we would go for it and see what happens. I have no expectations for him. If it doesn't work out just yet it isn't a big deal. The first day he went on the floor 3 times at first and then in the potty 4 times the rest of the day with no more accidents. We did put a diaper on him for his nap and bed time, I'm not ready for that part yet. The next day he did pretty good and then next day was alright. The next day was my doctor's appointment so I had other things on my mind, I left his diaper on for my own sake. After that I have been working on not being so lazy or busy. Some days are better than others but we will get there eventually. The other thing we are working on is eating. The kid still doesn't want to eat. Mom needs to try harder and dad needs to help and Ky just needs to EAT!! I'm frustrated with it but I do what I can and give him vitamins though the things he will eat. Next, Nala. Anyone want a dog? Most days we are ready to get rid of her, we won't, cuz we love her, but it is tempting at times. She is just annoying. She is a very loving dog but she is weird. She licks everything and has this new thing where she just shakes. It is like she is scared and has the shivers but we can't figure out what her deal is. Also, since I have been pregnant she smells bad to me. It's hard to cuddle with her when her smell makes me gag. And we bathe her all the time so I know it's just me. Alyssa - I'm doing well. Still loving my job at the doctor's office and loving being a mom. Sure, it isn't a cake walk but the good points way out weigh the bad. As far as my pregnancy goes I am not nauseas anymore and have more energy. It is pretty nice at the moment. Jake - At the moment he is working as the GM at the Salt Lake Sizzler and loving it, for the most part. He likes having his own store and likes the challenge that the store has given him. Salt Lake is not Utah County - that's one way of putting it. He hate's the drive. Gas isn't cheap and driving in the snow isn't fun for anyone. He has taken the front runner a few times but it is a longer trip and costs just about as much. He takes it on snowy days to put us both at ease, knowing he won't get into an accident on the way to or from work. I hate that he works up there because of the drive and because I don't ever get to visit him at work or stop by and say hi when I want to. I hate that his shifts are just as long or longer plus an extra 2 hours for driving. We are just all praying that he can come back down to the Orem store soon. They said that would happen at the beginning of the year, but there isn't an actual date so we are just playing the waiting game. Well, that's us and this blog entry is long enough, not to mention it is past my bedtime. Until the next entry...night.