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Tuesday, December 9, 2014

29 weeks!

Finally in the third trimester- yay! I seriously can't wait till baby girl is here. Pregnancy suuuuuuucks. When I first found out I was pregnant, I asked my mom how her pregnancies were- she told me that she wasn't ever sick, and that she had relatively short labors (all under 12 hours). So far, I've been sick pretty much the entire duration of my pregnancy. I was constantly nauseous the entire first trimester and the majority of the second, and once that was over I got CRAZY bad heart burn- so bad that I ended up going to the hospital because the pain was too much to handle and I had already maxed out on my heartburn medications. Mr. Barcenas was really awesome about the whole ordeal. I had woken up around midnight because my upper stomach (where my actual stomach is right now) was hurting really bad. I took my last dosage of tums, took the dogs out (to see if walking would help it), laid down, flipped to each of my sides, tried laying on my stomach (propped up on pillows, of course), drank some milk- nothing seemed to help! So I called my doctors office- no one answered. So I then called my mom (she's an RN and had worked in a woman's hospital for a few years). She told me to go in and get everything checked out. This is when I finally woke Mr. Barcenas and told him I needed to go to the hospital. He didn't even question me! He just got out of bed, put some real pants on, and we went. He's pretty great :) Baby Girl ended up being fine. I just had so much acid in my stomach that it was irritating the stomach lining and causing a lot of pain. They gave me an IV and some meds and then sent me home.

I still have bad reflux, but it's gotten better since I've gotten better medications. The biggest sucky part right now is that Baby Girl keeps wedging herself up underneath my ribs, and then KICKING. It's quite uncomfortable! Oh, and cravings! Don't even get me started on those! I've wanted Chinese food for the past week, now, but there's no where to get good stuff here in Rexburg- I'm just waiting till Mr. Barcenas and I have to take a trip to Idaho Falls. THEN I will get me some Chinese food.

In other news- my baby shower is this weekend! I'm super excited :) I can finally start buying things for Baby Girl once it's over- Mr. Barcenas and I have been waiting till we see what people gift us before we start really getting ready. It makes sense, but it's really hard to resist buying baby clothes and blankets and furniture and stuff. I'll post up some baby shower pics from this weekend sometime next week :)

Saturday, November 8, 2014

Update on Us!

Huh. Seems as if this blog is in desperate need of an update!
 
Our puppy is doing amazing! We ended up naming him WallE, and he is soooo smart. He is now about ten months old, and is no longer a tiny baby puppy.


Look how small he used to be!!! When we brought him home, he was only about  7lbs and soooo tiny. He is now almost 80!!! 
 
 



This last one is the most recent picture that I have of him showing his size. He's such a big boy now. Kinda sad, to be honest. Sometimes I miss his cute little puppyness! 

Mr. Barcenas and I have been making improvements to our home, and I'll be posting some newer pictures of that as soon as I get it cleaned up again. Our apartment looks amazing! And the Mister loves being able to show off his new things.
 
Did I ever mention that Mr. Barcenas got a new job? I can't remember! Well, he is one of the chefs at BYU-Idaho, and is a full time employee, which also means benefits! Which is awesome, because we are finally expecting a BABY!
 
our facebook announcements around 11 weeks
Look at this handsome pup! He's going to be the best big dog brother EVER
first baby picture, taken around 7 weeks gestation

Nucal translucency scan at 11 weeks

when we found out the gender at 15 weeks (on Mr. Barcenas's Birthday!)
anatomy scan at 20 weeks
It's a GIRL!

 
Juan and I decided it was time for us to start our family around November, 2013 but I knew that I was going to have some problems. So I went in to meet with a fertility specialist, and was finally officially diagnosed with polycystic ovarian syndrome. I've had the symptoms since I was 14, but haven't had anyone really believe me or care enough to help me fix it. So my doctor prescribed some meds to help with my weight, acne, and irregular ovulation, and BAM! Pregnant :) only took 7-8 months! It was really hard, waiting to see if the medication would work. Once we had decided it was time for us to have a kid, all of our couple friends decided it was their time, as well. They all conceived and celebrated, while Mr. Barcenas and I just waited. It was upsetting, seeing these other women grow with their growing child and being invited to baby showers that I didn't want to go to. It got to the point where every time I saw a pregnant woman, I instantly hated her because I wanted to be pregnant, too. I'm totally over that, now :) which is good :P

I am currently 24ish weeks, and Baby Girl is due February 23, 2015. She is kicking and moving all the time, it seems like, and is completely and totally healthy (from what we can see). Pregnancy sucks, but I expected that. I don't feel as if I have the right to complain about it, though, because I wanted it so bad :P

Want a bumpdate? Here ya go!
This was taken at 20 weeks. I haven't taken another yet, because my appetite has finally returned and it seems like I'm constantly bloated ;P I'll add some more once I calm down on the eating thing.


Okay, one last update- Mr. Barcenas and I got another puppy.... I blame him! He had been begging and begging for another from MONTHS, and we finally found one that we fell in love with. I know, I know, I'm crazy for getting another puppy when I'm getting a baby in a few short months. It's all good though, Mr. Barcenas and I have GOT this. We can handle it :) 

Bloggers, say hello to Eva! 
We have no idea what breed she is. We got her off of a couple who had decided that they couldn't take care of a puppy, and they told us they thought she might be a German Shepherd Rottweiler mix, but we are thinking that she may be a black mouth cur. Whatever she is, she is adorable!
 
 




Saturday, January 25, 2014

Coming Soon...

So, Mr. Barcenas and I did something kinda drastic... We adopted a puppy!!! No idea what we are going to name him yet, but he's a cutie! He's 4 1/2 weeks old, so he's still with his mom. We get to pick him up on February 12. I'm so stinkin excited! Here's a not-so-good pic of him, because we forgot to get good ones :P

It's kinda funny that we have him. I saw this beautiful dog on our local animal shelters website (an Australian shepherd/blue heeler mix). The shelter opened at 1:00, I got there at 1:06, and he was already being adopted. Sad day :( So I started looking on Craigslist, and behold! Some lady is getting rid of adorable puppies! The mom is an Australian shepherd/red heeler mix, and the dad is an unknown black lab mix. Funny, I still get my Australian shepherd mix! Yay! I am soooo excited, you have NO idea :) I'll put up some more pics when we bring him home!

Any ideas on names? Mr. Barcenas wants it to be something "normal" and "easy." I like retro and unique. We're currently thinking of Wall-E? What's your input?