Pregnancy Update: 19 weeks

Here's a picture of what I look like 19 weeks pregnant (you can also see why I so desperately need hair advice). I am feeling good, although I usually need to take a nap every day. The baby has been wiggling like crazy lately. Ryan hasn't been able to feel it yet but I'm sure it will be soon because the movements have gotten so much stronger even in the last few days. We find out next week what we are having!

Help! I need advice!

Well, I really need to cut my hair but it seems I have been in a hair rut for a long time. I have pretty much always had long hair until this Spring (you can check out an earlier post to see the change) and now it is starting to grow back again. I think it is probably time to keep my hair short plus I know I won't do anything with it once I have my baby. On top of all this I am finally starting to look pregnant and as excited as I am, I just feel frumpy and fat so I want to do a little something to pick myself up. SO, here is a picture of what I am thinking. You have to scroll to the bottom to see the "Sleek Medium Cut". http://www.latest-hairstyles.com/medium/shoulder-length.html What do you think? I probably won't go quite this short but I really like the style. PLEASE ADVISE ME! If you have any suggestions, let me know!!!

Baby Names

With our own baby on the way, Ryan and I have baby names on our minds. We haven't made any kind of decision yet, but check out this link for a list of things we are NOT going to name our baby.

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/23631411

Bartron Family Update

Nothing amazingly exciting has happened in the last month (which is why I haven't posted anything) but it's been a while so I figured I could probably come up with some sort of update. Our biggest news of the month is that Ryan finally got a job! Of course we are so excited. He is working in Salt Lake for Discover Card's Financial Services. It's not a great paying job but we get great insurance and once he's been there a while he gets a lot of paid vacation time. The biggest downside to the job is that he works in the evenings. I leave the house at 7 each morning and get home some time in the afternoon. Ryan leaves the house at 11:30 and gets home at 9. I can only force myself to stay up until about 10 so we really don't see much of each other. Oh, well. I will be done with student teaching in a little over a month and then we can spend mornings together at least. Trust me, life could be worse! As fore me, I am just teaching and sleeping and eating. I am almost 4 months pregnant but I really don't look pregnant at all. We are hoping to find out the sex of the baby the next time we go to the doctor but we are waiting (not too patiently) to make an appointment until out new insurance starts working. This will hopefully be in the next week or so. I can't figure out how to add the little poll application to our blog but if anybody has any guesses, feel free to post them.

Here's a picture of me at 14 weeks, looking terribly unpregnant. Two weeks later, I know I am bigger but I still don't look pregnant.

There Really IS a Baby in There!

I went to the doctor today and Ryan and I got to see our baby! This picture is kind of hard to see on the screen but I am still really excited about it. I am twelve weeks along and my due date is April 2. I really hope I don't have an April Fools Day baby but I won't complain if it comes a little early. If you can't tell, the baby is laying on it's back. It's huge head is on the left and it's bottom is on the right. We also got to see it's little heartbeat. It reminded me a little bit of ET when he gets sad and his heart glows through his body and flutters a lot. It was still really fun though! Yay! for the first time I really believe that I am carrying a real, live baby.

It's Been a While . . .

Well, I'm sorry that I haven't updated out blog in a long time and I really hope we haven't completely lost all of our readers due to my neglect. I believe I have a good excuse as it has been an incredibly busy month. Even if you don't agree, I hope that I can at least redeem myself by updating with lots of really fun news.

Graduation

On July 18 Ryan and I graduated from BYU-Idaho. My whole family came to visit and Ryan's sister Janelle came from Arizona with her five kids. We had such a blast seeing everyone. We feel so blessed to have such wonderful support from our family. It was a very special occasion for us and one that we worked really hard to achieve.





Moving to Utah

The first weekend of August we moved from Rexburg to Bountiful, Utah, about three hours away. We are in Bountiful because I am doing my student teaching at Bountiful High School. we found a nice apartment here and so far we really like the area although we really don't know anyone around here yet. I have friends that live in Salt Lake and Provo but we don't get to see them that often. We will only be in Utah for about a year then we will be moving again. Gee, I can't wait. Ryan is looking for a job and will hopefully find one soon!



The BIG news

About a week after we moved to Utah we found out that we are going to have a baby! I think I am due around the beginning of April and we are so excited. I haven't been too sick but I have been REALLY tired.

Student Teaching

I started teaching in the Drama department at Bountiful High School a few weeks ago. So far I really like it. I am teaching the beginning and advanced drama classes and will also be helping with the stage crew class later in the semester. My only complaint is that school starts at 7:30 in the morning. I forgot high school started so early!

We're Graduating!