2nd Trimester With Baby M

I am 2 weeks late writing this but better late than never (I am currently 30 weeks!) My 2nd trimester went by SO fast and SO much happened!

Fun Facts:

+Baby is a Boy! You can read all about it here

+Baby is healthy and SO active! Especially at 7am and 11pm

+Baby grew from a lemon to an eggplant

+Baby M has a name

Overall:

+2nd trimester was soooooooooooooooo much better than my 1st trimester

+I was looking forward to my 2nd trimester SO much so that I would stop throwing up and being so sick...but that day still hasn't come. I continued to throw up 3-5x a week and was nauseous everyday throughout my 2nd trimester. Luckily it was usually just a few times in the morning and I would feel better after taking medicine but it has definitely been tough some days!

+My mental health has still been overall good! A million times better than I could've ever imagined!

+Could not have gotten through my 2nd trimester without my pregnancy pillow. Oh and Pax of course because he has to help me put on my shoes and get things off of the ground for me now. 

Weeks 15-19

+I started having a little baby bump at week 15! 

+I felt Baby M kicking inside my belly for the first time week 16. Paxton didn't feel him kick until week 23! I have an anterior placenta which made it hard for anyone else to feel him.

+Week 18 I started feeling baby move every single day. It kind of freaked me out at first, not going to lie, but I grew to absolutely love it.

+I didn't have ANY appetite until after week 18. Up until that point I didn't have any cravings, it was more like there was only 1 thing on the entire planet that maybe sounded good. 

+Ligament pain surprised me SO much! I had to be SO careful when turning over in bed and had to brace my stomach before a cough or a sneeze came because the pain was sometimes EXCRUCIATING.

+Once week 19 came around I FINALLY started to understand why everyone said 2nd Trimester was the best! I had more energy & the nausea and puking decreased a little bit.

+Finding out Baby M's gender was one of the most exciting days of my life! I loved seeing him on the ultrasound! So crazy to think the next time we will see him is when he is here in our arms!

Weeks 20-28

+I didn't gain any weight until after I was 21 weeks along (most likely from being so sick all the time!)

+Finally had some serious cravings for Gatorade and Sour Punch Straws. I literally could've had gatorade every second of everyday which is SO weird because before pregnancy I NEVER drank gatorade.

+I started experiencing the beloved back and rib pain. The rib pain was WAY worse than the back pain. The back pain only lasted about a week. The rib pain has stuck with me everyday.

+At 24 Weeks I could no longer fit into a lot of my pre-pregnancy clothes! I began living in leggings, dresses, and maternity clothes!

+26 weeks my appetite finally came back and I'm hungry ALLLLL THE TIME

+We had a little scare and had to go to the hospital to monitor baby and make sure I wasn't in pre-term labor. Everything ended up being perfectly fine!

+I passed the glucose test and had to get a shot for RH factor. I didn't pass out or have a panic attack which was a HUGE win for me!

+I have to wear a heart monitor for the next 2 weeks because I have been experiencing some uncomfortable symptoms and we need to rule out that it isn't my heart.

JUST A FEW MORE MONTHS TO GO!!!!!!

xoxo

Bailey

Our Dental School Story

       

               

   

I have a million things to catch you all up on but don't know where to begin. So let me start and tell you our Dental School Story-

Paxton first applied to dental school June 2015, he got a good competitive score on the DAT and had an incredible application and we were very hopeful. He did not get 1 interview.  NOT ONE! WE WERE SO CONFUSED. We both had felt very strongly that this was the right career path for him and that we should apply this round. We were devastated. People that Paxton knew that had gotten even lower DAT scores and grades were getting interviews and we didn't. It just didn't make any sense. After a few months of waiting we never got any offers. So that whole next year him & I both worked full time and started saving up to retake the DAT and reapply the next year!

He retook the DAT May of 2016 and got an even BETTER score than before and we applied to (almost) the same 15 schools. After a few months the interview offers just kept on coming!! He was offered 9 interviews all over the US but most importantly he got interviews at both of our TOP 3 DENTAL SCHOOLS we wanted. We were so beyond blessed. It was so crazy to look back and think how the first year we got NONE and the next we had SO many options. Anyways. He ended up attending 5/9 interviews and felt good about all of them. 

I was able to go with I'm to his University of Utah Interview and as I was driving around SLC and exploring all the places around the dental school I had a VERY strong feeling we would be living there. It was weird but it felt like home and very familiar. I had thoughts of "I can't wait to move here" pop into my mind without even realizing it.

Anyways, a few months passed and on the 1st of December he got his 1st acceptance at LECOM in Bradenton Florida! He got waitlisted for the University of Utah, Roseman, and the IDEP program (his top choice). He probably checked his email a million times every single day that whole month of December, but we knew that Florida is where we would be moving because the chances of him getting off of the waitlist for the other schools were very slim.  We had like a million emotions going through us. I spent 3 therapy sessions crying about it. But eventually we both were excited for this new Florida adventure! He got into dental school and that was a dream come true.

One day in January I got home for lunch and Pax walked over and said "I got accepted to the University of Utah" I just looked at him because I couldn't really comprehend what he just said. "They just called me and offered me a spot at the U." I broke down crying and called my mom and she cried and I was so relieved and overjoyed! But we had a lot of big decisions to make. The whole previous month we had been looking at apartments in Florida, payed a huge deposit, and were so focused on preparing to move across the country. Probably the hardest decision of our life was trying to decide between the U and LECOM because there were so many pros and cons to both and were basically an even playing field. That was a rough week of constant going back and forth between choosing the U then choosing LECOM and all over again. We felt good about both and just didn't know what to choose. Eventually it came down to him liking the learning style at the U more and being closer to our families to have that support during these next long 4 years!

Sometimes I wonder why we didn't just hear back from the U at the beginning of December... Like if we were "supposed" to go and be there why didn't it just happen first thing? It  definitely would have saved us A TON of money and anxiety! But we eventually made it to this point so thats all that matters I guess!! 

So we moved to Utah at the end of June! Paxton started dental school the beginning of August and had his White Coat Ceremony! He definitely keeps very very busy with school but he is liking (most) of his classes and is an amazing student! I just have so much love for my hard working husband and am just a very proud wife! He has made really good friends in the program already and I just feel very at peace that this was where we were meant to be at this time and that it was no accident that we didn't hear back from any of the schools the first time we applied. 

xoxo

Bailey

Life Lately// Mid August- Now

US

+ My college BBF got married so Pax and I went to Utah. We spent a few days there going to the Aquarium, Hogle Zoo, SLC Bees Baseball game, and 7 Peaks. It was so fun to see all my college besties and have a perfect little trip with my hubby. Did I mention my BFFs wedding was perfect? Because it was! 

+We went dirt biking with Paxton's BFF. I was so nervous about it but it ended up being way fun. Pax wants a bike so bad but I just can't say yes yet. 

+We watched unhealthy amounts of Prison Break. Ha. Seriously love that show so much, if you haven't seen it- it's a MUST.

+We both chose a church book to read for Sundays to help better ourselves. I am reading one called Twice Blessed about forgiveness and he is reading the Infinite Atonement. It's been so hard to pick up a book and read just for fun since you spend hours reading in college, but it's been a really nice thing to start!

ME

+I did a fun giveaway with 2 of my bffs and a clothing company! It was way fun! I love helping companies become more well known and I love trying knew new products. I keep going back and forth between wanting to be your #basicblogger and not wanting to care about that stuff but I'm indecisive. 

+ All my sisters were here and we went and had a girls day- shopping and eating at Panera. I love them so much and it's been so fun having them all grown up and liking the same things as me!

+I've been busy with being in the Relief Society Presidency. Planning activities, attending meetings, going on visits etc. But I really have come to love this calling and being able to serve the girls in my ward and get to know them better!

+I have been trying to make improvements with my mental and physical health! I want to feel good about myself and accomplish goals I have had! I want to make this a life style. I've been doing more yoga and meditation, looking up self help articles or videos on Youtube. I've been trying to get myself back into running to show myself I can do hard things. I've started eating healthier and cutting out pop and sweets and following a guide and joining a challenge group to help keep me accountable! I've been watching makeup tutorials and researching different makeup products and brands so I that can become more of a hobby. 

HIM

+Pax started his Fall semester and he has been busy busy busy ever since! I married such a hard worker! I love him for it but I get sad when I can't see him all the time! He's getting SO close to being done and I'm so excited for him.

+Pax started working as a Math Tutor at school. He's so patient,smart, and really great at helping others. It makes me so happy to have married such a great guy. 

+Paxton's knee continues to get better and stronger and he's been able to play basketball more often which makes him so happy! 

+Paxtons 22 birthday was last week! We went to Olive Garden to celebrate one night and then his mom made a yummy dinner for everyone a different night! He's not too big on birthdays, but I don't let him get away with it. 

We really have been so busy around here but I'm just so grateful for weekends and that I get to do life with Pax <3

xoxo

Bailey

Life Lately//July-Now

+Pax took the dreaded DAT. He dedicated so much time and effort into studying for this test and it paid off! Love my hard working hubby! 

+Pax had knee surgery 2 days after taking that test. He has had bad knees for a few years now and they were getting even worse! He went and saw a Doctor and they said he just had early onset Arthritis but we both felt like there was more than just that! After a month of doing what the Dr suggested we had them do a MRI and they found a Meniscus tear. He went in for surgery and there wasn't a tear, the MRI had been wrong! He ended up having  a Lateral Release instead and they had to shave of part of his knee cap and realign it because it was tilted and twisted.  Luckily they saw that there was a tear because that's what got us in to have surgery in the first place and who knows if they would've figured out that this Lateral Release was what he needed.  recovery has been going well and we will have to go in and have the same thing down on his other leg in a few months!

+We became an Uncle & Aunt to our new beautiful niece Blakely! She has SO much hair and is the cutest little bug! She makes me sooooo baby hungry!

+We spent the 4th of July with his family and my family! We went and spent the day at the Green Belt. We played games and got our favorite Mexican Crazy Corn and Reeds Dairy Ice cream. The firework show was incredible as always.

+We got to take a break from life and head down to Utah to see friends and family! We went to the Aquarium, the Puppy Barm (Pax wants a puppy soooo bad), I had a sleepover with my college BFFFFFS and we all got spray tans, went to Aubreys bridal shower, spent quality time with my BFF and got manicures, ate at all my fave places, reunited with Sodalicious, and watched another amazing firework show for Pioneer Day

+ Spent a fun weekend with my family celebrating my BFF who married my cousin's little babies birthday. Did that make sense? (BFF+ Married my cousin= baby= cousin) We went to Rexburg Rapids and got fried....and had a cute little BBQ. 

+We went to Wyoming with Paxton's family to celebrate his grandparents 50th. We stopped an got the famous Square Ice Cream, we did the Alpine slide- SO fun, spent some time looking at the cute shops, and went to Bar J Wranglers- such a fun experience!

xoxo

Bailey

Life Lately.

Top:Penelope Olive Pants: Called to Surf  Necklace: Hope Ave 

Picture Credit: Anna Christine Photography Facebook,  Website , Instagram 

When I was younger I kept a journal like it was my job. I would write almost every single night! About EVERYTHING!!! I have kept 48 complete journals since I was 8 years old. It was never difficult for me to write or to keep a journal. It was one of my favorite things ever and just 100% habit. I'm so glad that I kept those journals when I was younger because it is so fun to go back and read all the things I wrote in 3rd grade-5th grade about my husband. Once I got into college it became less of a habit because there was just SO much going on. Then when me and Pax started dating it went down even MORE. And those are the times I wish I would have kept a journal! I literally barely have anything written from when we were dating/engaged/married. But it just wasn't a priority at the time and I just didn't make the time for it. Boo. So I need to be better. But it's been really hard for me to get back into it! Luckily there's social media where I can document stuff but I really do miss writing A BUNCH. Like this blog here that I need to be more committed to. Anyways, my rant if over. Life Lately--

+Pax and I hit the 6 month of marriage mark and went out for dinner then went to Sodavine, the place we went to "catch up" after 10 years and started to fall in love. #presh

+Pax has been studying SO Hard for his Dental Entrance exam. I'm so proud of him and all of his hard work! I married such a dedicated and strong guy. He impresses me daily. 

+I've been working hard at becoming happier. Just in general. And I feel the best and most "me" than I have in a really long time and I have just learned a lot in the past few months. 

+ I became a brand ambassador for Ruby Twelve Jewelry  and have been doing a few collaborations with cute companies! It is something completely new I am starting but I have enjoyed it and it has pushed me out of my comfort zone!

+ My little bb sister graduated from High School! It was so weird being back in my old High School gym and reflecting on all those memories. Not to mention it completely freaked me out because I feel like I graduated 1 year ago but like no, it was 3 years ago.

+ Pax and I went hiking to a gorgeous lake with some of our favorite friends for Memorial Weekend! I LOVE doing outdoorsy things. We live in such a beautiful place.  

+Pax got me flowers just because. I love him. He thinks flowers are dumb and the way he shows his love for me through service. Mine is physical touch, words of affirmation, and gifts....and ALL of them cause i'm needy hahaha.  So it was a big step for him and it made me appreciate him and the flowers SO MUCH.  

+Pax and I started playing tennis together and we bought a wii, even though he wishes it was a puppy instead

+I started doing Insanity Max 30 and it makes me want to die. I've done it consistently for 3 weeks now and I have a whole other month to go! It's tough to stick to something so hard but I'm glad that I'm doing it and hope to see SOME results.

+ Took my 2 little sisters to get manis and pedis, spent the evening hanging out with our family, and then watched The Intern- such a cute movie! 

xoxo

Bailey