OBX 2010

After many prayers and several Dr appointments in one week and a fetal fibronectin test my perinatologist and midwife gave me the ok to go on my beach vacation with my family! I was terrified that the test would come back positive and I would miss out on the vacation I have been counting down for the last 100+ days!
The Waite family goes to the Outer Banks in North Carolina every other year. It is one of the best vacations ever! My parents rent a 6+ bedroom house on the island just a walk away from the beach! Kristin, Drew and I took a red eye flight out late Friday night and landed in Richmond at 10am. My parents picked us up on their way down to the beach! After sleeping the entire 3 hour ride and getting settled into the house Brooke, Zack and the boys showed up and the party began! Sunday morning came bright and early (6am) with the Corbin and Kyler splashing and screaming in the pool in the back yard. This is just about how every morning began in that house. But who cares when you have adorable little nephew's to wake up to every morning. Whether it is the high pitched girly scream from Kyler or the motorcycles and 4 wheelers being rolled on the wood floors and crashing there seemed to never be a quiet moment in the house during daylight hours. The house was pretty nasty with stains on all the carpets, dead bugs squished on all of the walls, bugs stuck in the cobwebs hanging above the beds, oh the list is long. But the weather and beach was perfect almost every single day! Wednesday was a little stormy and the red flag was up (which means no swimming in the ocean) but we still made a day out of it. Here are a few pictures from an amazing week with my family...


Brooke and Corbin building sand castles


and Corbin destroying it


Kyler passed out in "Gamma" arms


We finally got to see the wild horses on the island


Cute little filly right off the road


Another set of wild horses we saw


Their little filly grazing. So cute!


There was some nice curl on the waves for a couple days






Drew boogie boarding


Brooke riding in a wave


Brooke and Drew riding the wave


Zack, Corbin and Kyler playing in the sand. Poor Kyler could not keep the sand in his eyes


Kyler with a sand beard. I dont know how he did this, but it sure looks like he was eating it


Drew passed out after boogie boarding for about 3 hours straight


Brooke and Kyler after their one of many trips to wash off all the sand


Corbin collecting shells


Zack taking Corbin boogie boarding for the first time


Corbin riding his first wave


I am pretty sure he loved it!





Pretty big belly but Stella had to get some sun too!


The family photo we took the first night (notice how white we are) for Elder Waite.


One of the many friends we had in and around the house! Brings back some memories of Florida!

Vacation's are always amazing, but they always come to an end... unfortunately! Well until next time!

Thank You!!

This post is not going to be about our little baby girl, but I will report that she is doing great and weighs a whole pound now PLUS we have past the 1/2 way mark! It has flown by, and I know the 2nd half will fly by even faster! She is going to be a dancer though, she does not stop rolling, kicking, and moving around, that is for sure! We had our "Targeted Ultrasound" appointment on last week and got to see her in 3D!
But I am dedicating this post to my amazing family and in laws! Mainly my in laws, but I have had a lot of help the past 2 weeks. Well for all of those that dont know, we own a duplex. We have been living in the basement 1 bedroom apartment for the past 3 years and with a little addition that is on her way, we are now graduating to the upstairs portion of the house. Its a bit bigger, with 3 bedrooms and a normal sized kitchen, but needless to say I have been waiting 3 years for this! We have been doing a ton of reno's the past 3 years to the basement, yard, exterior, etc, so now we have finally kicked out our renters, we are able to do a little renovation on the upstairs. We are not doing too much to it, our main renovations this year are going to be new windows for the up stairs, and that is going to cost a pretty penny! But we have been painting, patching holes, and Drew is doing a lot of wiring. So we have been able to be in the upstairs since last Monday, so we have not had much time, but we sure have made a lot of progress the past couple of weeks! And its all thanks to the several crews that have been over here till all hours of the night working hard to get it to my living standards!!
My computer hard drive fried a few weeks ago and it does not recognize my printer any more, so some day when I get that all figured out I will post pictures! But for now, sorry, its all just text!
Here is just one little picture of my little Stella that I just took from the ultrasound picture with my phone. This was the best shot we could get of her face, because she decided to sleep completely folded in half with her toes in her hands at her head. I am telling you she is going to be a dancer!!

The FINAL Say!!

I don't know why this shows up this early, but this was suppose to be posted over 3 years ago, for our daughter, not our son that we are about to have.

At our 15 week appointment, she could not tell for sure and did not want to call it. Plus there was something weird looking about my cervix, so she told me to take it easy and come back in 2 weeks. Well after an excruciating 2 weeks of waiting to find out what the gender of our beautiful little baby, my Midwife finaly came to an official say... After a blessing and many prayers and literally taking it easy (which is hard for me to do) my cervix was looking much better and she told me not to worry any more. Thank goodness I dont have anything drastically wrong, I dont think I could handle bed rest. I am a very busy person and I love being outside, if I had to lay around all day, I would probably have to be put on some anti-crazy pills! Plus I finally gained 3 pounds! My Midwife told me I should have gained at least 8-10 pounds by 20 weeks, so she was a little pleased that I had actually gained a few pounds. So finally at the end of our appointment she finally decided to tell us what it is.. So our healthy little baby is a .....
GIRL!!!!!
So THANKS all those who were thinking Pink and wearing Pink, must have paid off. Or maybe it was just the genetics of it all, but I dont care. We are hopefully will have our little baby Estella in our arms about the first part of December and life just could not be better! I think it would have been fun to have an older brother, but for as girly girl as I am, this little one is going to be spoiled rotten!! Well she already is, but thats ok right? So I am going to attempt to post the video of my last appointment.. I have never posted a video on here, so I guess here it goes. Maybe some day I will put up a couple bump shots since it has finally made an appearance!
Here is Baby Estella...
Sike! I could not get the video to upload. Sorry!

Oh How I Miss You!!!!

So not that I have anything to complain about, I have had a great pregnancy so far. But I would just like to make a tribute to some of the things that I will miss for the next 6 months...

One of my most favorite fast food places is Jimmy Johns.


If I could eat it every day I would. The #12 (Beach Club) with extra avocado on wheat... Holy Great Mother Of Pearl it is like HEAVEN!!!!!! This is probably one of the hardest things to give up, other than my addiction to Pepsi.


And that is sad that Jimmy Johns top's Pepsi.

Another thing that I am going to miss very much is my 7 eleven's



Big Bite's and Slurpee!!!

I do thank my mother for the pepsi and 7 eleven addictions. All those beach trips to Siesta Key, you have to have your Big Gulp mug full of Pepsi or Slurpee and a Big Bite and chips to snack on while your relaxing at the beach. Oh how I miss those days!!

Oh Well, I guess its the price I have to pay to have a healthy baby (boy???). We went to our 2nd appointment last night and my Midwife was not positive, but she thinks its a boy. Dang it! I am so hoping for a girl, but there still is hope!! She is not 100% positive. It is only 11 weeks old, so it is a little early to tell. But she will be able to give us the for sure next month. Here are pictures from our 1st ultrasound..
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Here are a few latest of our baby!

Its a little dark, but it is waving. Well she/he had their had up by their face. It was cute! Kinda still looks like an alien, but at least its better than a jelly bean! It is so cool to see the transformation and to think that it is inside of me... its just CRAZY!!!


Side profile of my little "Rug Rat"!

Well, there you go y'all. We dont get to see our little one for another month, so again the waiting game!!
Until next time!

good so far..

Well it has been a very busy couple of weeks! Well my mom flew out for about a week right before mothers day. We surprised her with a mothers day card and told her the good news. I hope she had a good vacation, but I kept her busy! We bought a glider rocker off ksl.com (like craigs list) for $30 a few years ago and so my mom sanded and painted the chair and then reupholstered the fabric on it. It is so adorable now!! It matches the nursery set perfectly! I cannot wait to get it into the room with all the furniture and get it all set up! Well hopefully our lovely renters will be out by the end of the month so I can get to painting and fixing up the upstairs! Oh man, that will be the day, and I believe a PARTY will be in order when that day finally does come!
Well a couple of days right before my mom left I got fired from my job. I know it sounds terrible, I hate the fact that I have actually been fired from a job. Trust me, I feel like a failure for letting it come to this. Now dont judge, I did not do anything illegal. But it was a stressful job and way too far away. I was going to quit after I had the kid anyways just because I am going to work part time, hoping that Drew will get a decent paying job after he gets his degree! Oh well, if anything it is a relief that I was let go! No more traveling 3 hours to work every day! Such a waist of time. I really was not worried at all that I did not have a job. I had a few days extra that I got to spend with my mom, which was fantastic! But I know that the Lord works in mysterious ways and that everything happens for a reason! I was not upset really at all, yes it was a shock to think about being jobless, but I know that the Lord will help us with what ever hurdles he throws at us!
It was a little over a week of unemployment and I am back to work. It does not pay very well, especially for having a degree, but oh well! It is only a 15 minute drive to work and I only have to work 4 days a week! Although it is 4, 10 hour shifts, it will be nice to have the weekends off and then an extra day off during the week to get things done! It has been my 2nd day on the job and although we (me and my kid) are exhausted, we just need to get use to working 10 hour days! I love the job, once I get things all set up for, hopefully a busy weekend, then I think I wont have to work so hard. I am working at a garden center and greenhouse, and I have been moving all of the annuals out of the greenhouse by hand and setting up displays for the weekend. Its a little ma and pa owned shop, but I hope it will be promising. I hope I can help his business and sell those plants!!
Well an update... I am almost finished with my first trimester and I have not thrown up once! Oh I am so glad I got my mothers genes!!! The only thing that I really have not liken was being hungry all the time the first 8 weeks or so. Now it is not too bad, I have to eat a few snacks here and there, but it is not as bad as the first few weeks! I had a dream a few nights ago.. no one knows about it, I have just written it in my journal, and that is about it. But it was a precious moment that I had with my son. Yup I dreamed about a boy. Oh gosh I so hope and pray that it is a girl! It would be perfect to have a girl! But the decision has already been made, I just have to wait a few more weeks to find out! But things are going on smoothly. I toss and turn at night and my underwear's waist band tend to bug me at night. But other than that, I dont really have a bell yet, thank goodness! Well until next time!

10 weeks down! 30 more weeks to go!

Its Official

Well y'all it has finally become official. My eggo is preggo! Yup that is right, we have a little one on the way that should be here about December 9, 2010! What a perfect Christmas/Thanksgiving/Drew's Graduation present ever! It is going to be a busy busy year but we are so excited for this new adventure in our lives! Everything has been great so far! I have nothing to complain about, other than I am hungry ALL THE TIME! I am so grateful that I have not had any morning sickness or sickness at all. Other than when I do not eat! And I pray it stays that way. We were able to tell our mothers in person with an early Mothers Day Card that I made a couple of days ago. My mom flew out to help me get my house together (drapes, pillows, paint, etc) It was so perfect! Neither my mom or Drew's mom even suspected it! Their reactions were priceless! My mom cried, Marsha just looked shocked. But it was a perfect evening and the cards turned out great!
It still has not really set in yet, I think once I get fat I may have a change of emotions about it. But in the mean time, I hope that the weight will hold of for as long as possible!
I know that it is too early to tell, but I am dying to know the gender! The Chinese calendar says we are having a boy, and I did the whole Drano crystals thing and it turned out green, which means its a girl. I am hoping it is a little girl, who doesn't, but either way it will be so much fun! So as always, we will just have to play the waiting game. Has anyone had experience with the Chinese calendar, if so was it right? I have googled it to see if it has worked for some people. But it is a 50-50% chance, so the odds are pretty high... I guess.
Well I am so excited! My mom came out here to help me with my family room and ended up helping me with not only my family room but we started working on the nursery too! I am so excited to get everything ready. I love being prepared, so knowing me I will have everything set up months before the baby even comes!

8 weeks down, another 30 some odd weeks left! Seems like forever!

moving!!!

Well for those of you who do not know Drew and I own a house in Roy, Utah that is a duplex. We currently live in the one bedroom basement apartment and we have renters that live upstairs. I am not going to lie I really hate having to deal with renters, I would not suggest to any one to buy a duplex. Going to school, working, and trying to deal with renters that are a pain in the butt can be just a tad stressful! So after owning the house and living in the basement for 3 years now, we have finally decided we are going to move upstairs! I know it is not that big of a move, but you have no idea now excited I am to have room for all of our stuff! My poor couch (we have only been using the love seat) is still sitting in storage since we got it 3 years ago, collecting dust and who knows what else!? Now we will have an office/spare bedroom and then eventually a nursery! Plus I will have to get use to a normal sized kitchen, not closet for a kitchen, which should not be hard! I just hope and pray that the renters do not give us crap and move out by the end of the 30 days.

My "Momma Jean" is flying out at the end of the month. I am so excited! I am hoping that we will be able to move some stuff up stairs when she gets out here and she can help me paint and rip down tacky wall paper. She has gotten to be so Martha, not that she has ever stopped, when it comes to decorating. She is obsessed with watching he HGTV design shows and trying to modernize her house. She has gotten pretty good at sanding and staining furniture, so I am going to put her to work when she gets out here. I bought a glider rocking chair I bought off KSL ( kind of like craigs list but just for Utah) for $30 that is in great condition, I just want to sand it down and stain it a darker color and reupholster the pads to a little more modern and not 90's mauve! Plus I got a free oak table I need sanded and stained because it has a few nicks and dings in it. And we got a free chase lounge that we are going to make a slip cover for. And a few other pieces that need a little paint too. I am telling you, I am going to keep her busy! We just need to hurry up and move upstairs already so I have a place to put all of this, instead of my garage and shed!
Plus Mothers day is coming up soon and I know I am not a mother, but I am so excited for it!!!
And most important WARM WEATHER!!!!! Oh I am so ready for it!
Well until next time, maybe I will have a little more exciting news, not just moving upstairs!