Home Sweet Home

Mike has been working feverishly to get the house ready for the baby. As I told you before we wanted to get rid of that nasty carpet and put in wood flooring. Jonathan came and helped us quite a few times (Mike and I are really impressed with him, Mike said he took initiative and did an awesome job!) I swear there was mold underneath the carpet! (It wasn't mold, but it may as well have been with how nasty it was!) So Here are some pictures of the finished product. Mike is amazing! He cut all of the wood at perfect angles, and the stairs look great!

This is the baby's room.-mike wont let me add any recent pictures since he isn't finished. He surprised me and painted the room, and added white paneling. So cute!

Our bedroom

Yeesh, I'll get a better pic. haha

The Front room

Dining room

The Family Room

 The Stairs

Our back yard has been quite a pain. It was so bad that as a service project the stake came out to help us! They did an amazing job! 

I can't find any pictures of the yard from before so you can't see how bad it really was, but here is what I do have

Before: 

 After: about half the grass has made it so far, but it should grow back next summer. Mike did an amazing job with the sprinkler system. Jonathan and his friends came over and hauled all of the grass into the back, and even helped a bit with the sprinklers. Jonathan was sweet and yelled at his friends for "making the pregnant one hold the chemicals" haha Mike said the sprinklers were hard to instal and "will never do that ever again!" haha

 As you can see we ran out of sod-this patch above actually didn't have enough dirt so we went around it

 Mike is also making a little deck for us, and will be putting in a fire pit. I'm So excited for that part!

Here are some pictures of the dogs in their socks, so cute!

Belle

LuLu

Athena

Yummy!!!!!!!!!

Ok guys, I officially sale Scentsy so check out my website http://kjera.scentsy.us/. Hollar if you would like to have a Scentsy party, or would just like to try the flavors out :)

updates on updates

I'm sorry I'm such a slacker. I haven't added pictures of the house yet because we are still waiting on the stairs to be put in, then we are completely done! Mike hasn't been able to work on them due to his demanding schedule. Not only is he working a full time job and going to school, but he is also working a part time job at the glass company he used to work with. We need a higher income to qualify for some adjustments on our mortgage we are trying desperately to make. Poor guy is working to the bone. I'm very grateful for him though and all he does, and the baby is too :).

The baby is doing great. I'm kind of paranoid about eating a drinking right (at least 64 oz of water a day)  for him, so hopefully that will pay off (and continue after I have the baby). Although I do allow myself a Pepsi, or coke here and there, never exceed 2-3 a week and usually split the can with Mike. (0 a week is just so hard sometimes!) As I'm sure you've all read I have been craving roast beef sandwiches from Arby's. There are two reasons this is odd. 1 I haven't eaten meat for almost 11 years, and 2. I HATE Arbys! Here are all the things I've craved so far. They are ALL strange since I haven't had some of them in years, or some I don't generally like.

1st trimester
(these were the only things I could eat without it coming back up)
-Nachos
-Slurpee's
-root beer
-salads and fruits
-olives (so gross, but so good)
-mashed potatoes and gravy
-chicken fingers

2nd trimester
-Baskin Robins chocolate ice cream with peanut butter
-Arby's (so gross, but so good)
-Sixlets
-Mrs Fields peanut butter dream bars
-pineapple

Its funny to be in class when he starts kicking, and doing his somersaults. I've noticed a few people in class staring at my belly a bit freaked out like I have an alien in me. Its not so funny in the middle of the night, or early morning when I'm trying to sleep. The little guy is lucky I already love him ;) But Mikes cousin lent me her body boppy. I don't know how I ever slept without it! It is amazing! Thanks again Viv!

updates

Ok guys, I'm sorry it has taken me so long to blog (Cicily). Here are some pics of my beautiful stomach wasting away. haha jk.

12 Weeks

14 weeks

16 weeks

19 weeks

22 weeks

Our wood flour is finally in, and we are loving it. The floors are beautiful. There are only 2 down sides to the floor. 1. you can see ALL of the hair Belle sheds (solved that with a basketball court dust mop-amazing!)

2. you can hear the dogs every step. 

I had to order dog booties because the dogs slip around, and it freaks them out. It is also so annoying trying to sleep when you can hear them walking around our bed. For some reason Belle walks back and forth from my side to Mikes. ALL NIGHT! It drives me BONKERS!

We also noticed that the collar we have for LuLu is way too thin. Her neck is so big that we had to buy one of those ultra fat ones. While at petsmart Mike wanted to look at the lizards (he has wanted one since he was a kid) Being Labor day weekend they had a ridiculous sale, and we ended up taking home his early birthday present. Athena the Chameleon. She is beautiful!

This is a video of Athena trying to reach Mikes other hand, its cute when uses her tail to stand up, or hang. 

I never though I'd say this but I'm grateful for the decline in temp. Since I've been pregnant I swear I have a built in furnace. Our A/C is broken, and the cool temps have helped a lot. We've had a few quotes from $3,500-8,000. So looks like we're gonna have to tough the rest of the summer out till tax season.

This last year has also been a very rough one. We've had our ups and downs as everyone does, and are so grateful for all the love and support we've gotten from you all. Things have been a lot better, and we have been feeling a lot better about things. Mike found a quote today that I thought was awesome, and SO true!

"Harboring resentment is like taking poison and waiting for the other person to die." - Unknown

I have felt a lot of weight lifted off my shoulders since I haven't been so angry about things that were out of our control.

PS. Pay your tithing on time, or Bank of America will steal your money! It took us 4 weeks to get the extra mortgage payment back that they took out. Yikes!

I will post some pictures of the floors, and Athena when I get home

I hardly ever wear make-up, I NEVER shave my legs, sometimes I brush my hair, and everyday Mike tells me how beautiful I am. Poor guy, hopelessly in love :)

Ultrasound #2

This last Wednesday we had a little scare because Kjera had a fever and some stomach pain and cramping. Fortunately, everything is going good still. It turned out to be good news. Our baby is still growing, and still seems healthy. It's even starting to look like a real baby! Its face is starting to form, and its starting to develop distinct fingers and toes! I love you Kjera for giving me two things that I've wanted more than anything else:

1. A beautiful wife to share my life with, and 2. the chance to be a dad one day. I love you