Baby Z

When I was younger I was the child you couldn't tell anything to because just the idea of knowing something secret killed me. When Zac and I discovered that I was pregnant I was ready to tell everyone and anyone because I was SO excited but we quickly decided to wait a bit before we officially announced the news. Being busy with graduation, vacationing, packing, and moving helped to keep my mind off of posting about baby Z, but we are finally ready to share our news with everyone. 

How we found out

It was April 15th and we were getting ready to go to campus to study for finals and I randomly decided to take a pregnancy test. When I saw the faint line make its appearance showing a positive result I literally thought I was imagining things. Maybe my mind was making it up because I was baby hungry? Were my contacts fuzzy? Did I even have contacts on? What was happening?!?! I showed Zac who also thought he was imagining it so I took another test and there was that line again. Six tests later we finally grasped that we were not hallucinating or imagining lines. At this point I was one month pregnant!

This was about a month ago at 14 weeks and I just started showing

Current Details and Updates

Due Date: December 19th (I'm really hoping it comes a little earlier and not on Christmas!)

Baby Bump: Pretty obvious. Although, I am always surprised when someone I haven't told or don't know bravely approaches me to ask when the due date is. 

Morning Sickness: Thank goodness that is over. I spent weeks 7-15 sleeping off the nausea and eating saltines and ginger ale. It was terrible! My second trimester has been wonderful (as long as I get a two hour nap somewhere in my day). 

Gender: We just found out two days ago that it is a girl!!!! We are thrilled. 

Movements: Yep. I can feel her. It's not a kick but more like a water balloon vibrating type of a feeling.

Cravings: Fruit (especially mangos),  white RICE, seafood, salt and vinegar chips, french fries, and ice cream.

Food Aversions: Mushrooms, red meat (this one is a surprise because I usually LOVE steak and ribs or anything greasy and meaty).

Strange smell versions: Anything that smells like soap or really strong men's cologne/deodorant/shaving cream really gets me. At first I couldn't exactly pinpoint what was making me so nauseous all the time but when I finally realized it was Zac's deodorant I requested a switch to an unscented type. 

We just can't wait to meet baby Z!

Catching Up

After three months of vacationing, visiting with family, living out of boxes and suitcases, and avoiding most forms of exercise, studying, and anything school/work related we are finally getting ready to jump back into adult life again. Scary, but also very exciting.

Anyways we still have some packing to do so here are just a few updates:

1. We graduated!!! I graduated with a degree in Public Health and Zac in Neuroscience. We did the cheesy walk with your spouse thing and though Zac needed some convincing that this was a good idea, we realized how nice it was to just have to attend one convocation ceremony (although I did have to give in to walking with the Neuroscience class). Zac also graduated top of his class and Summa Cum Laude!

2. We finalized our decision for med school and chose UT Southwestern in Dallas which means we will be Texans for at least the next four years. We will be leaving Utah on Thursday and taking a 16-footer Penske truck with us on the 19-hour drive to our new home.

3. After graduation we spent two weeks with Zac's parent's cruising through Italy, Greece, Turkey, and Croatia. It was pretty awesome. It was my first time in Europe and I thoroughly enjoyed the ruins, the art, the views, the people, the history, and especially the FOOD. A post on the food highlights of that trip is in the makings.

At the canal in Venice

The blue topped homes in Mykonos were beautiful! 

This was the nicest beach ever in Corfu, Greece! We wished we had been prepared with our swim suits. The water was just clear for days

This pretty much summed up Zac's meal experience every night on the ship...at least three different drinks and two main course meals

The ruins in Ephesus were so well preserved! We are in front of their central library

Wind mills at Santorini 

Zac getting ready to race with his dad on the the race track of the first Olympics games in Olympia...although these two would have been disqualified on the grounds of pushing and shoving along the finish line

4. We visited my parents in Fort Worth to find an apartment and got ready for our move and found the perfect place for us in a town called Coppell. We also ended up with a second car thanks to a surprise graduation gift from my parents which will make commuting so much easier with Zac having to go into Dallas every day for school. 

5. When we came back to Utah we had so much fun attending Zac's sister's wedding and his family reunion at Bear Lake, Idaho.

At our last Real Salt Lake game before the move