Thanksgiving

I just wanted to wish everyone an early Happy Thanksgiving!! Tomorrow will be nice to hang out with the family and in my case, EAT EAT EAT!!! Its all sounds so good too!! I am sure I will over eat like always. But I also feel that I have a TON to be thankful for so here is a small list of some of those things.

1.) A forgiving and endlessly loving Savior (even when you are in big trouble)
2.) A job and steady income
3.) A great family
4.) Mark - Even though he can be a pain sometimes
5.) My growing Baby Nagel
6.) My supportive friends
7.) My health
8.) My niece and Nephew-I know they fall under family but they are so amazing to me I love em
9.) Ice Cream Blizzards from Dairy Queen
10.) A day off
11.) Those keeping my safe in far away lands and here at home

A few forgotten moments

Today I got an email and it reminded me of somethings. Of course my hormones are a little higher than normal but I am always emotional and this didn't help. I read the email and it was about a lady passing judgment on a homeless man and her baby bringing her a realization that everyone is special and deserving. But the description of the man brought me back to a time when I met a homeless guy in Salt Lake outside of Temple Square. His name was Shannon and he reminded me of my Grandpa Miller back in Ohio who was recently diagnosed with lung cancer. So then after thinking about Shannon- I thought of my Grandpa. Unfortunately, he lost his battle with cancer on January 29th 2008. I had stayed with him the night before (awake about 26 hours) knowing that these were our last moments on Earth. He had always been stubborn and sometimes mean but always my Grandpa and I miss him dearly. But I had not thought about that sad time for a while because of how happy I had been about the baby. But for some reason today after reading that email - I realized that this was going to be my Grandma's first Christmas alone without him for the last 52 years. It broke my heart but I realized what I have to do and hope to get my other family members involved. My Gramps loved her soooo much and I know he would want us to take care of her and make her happy!!

I appreciate this time of year because of how softened everyone's hearts can be!! I think that even though he is gone, my Grandpa is still leaving his influence with the love he always showed my Grandma when they were still together. In couples like that and moments around this time of year, the word love has meaning!!

On a date

This was a game Mark and I went to. My boss gave us tickets- It was the U of M vs U T game!! We had pretty high up seats but they were free so I will not complain! My camera got great picture though!!

Week 17

Here is a picture of my growing belly, ENJOY!!!

Soo tired

These last few days, I have become extremely exhausted about 2:00 PM. I mean EXHAUSTED. The kind of tired where you could fall asleep in any kind of environment in a matter of seconds. It is terrible. I have to suffer through the next three hours thinking of how good it would to be in my nice warm comfy bed. But not to make matters worse - I got what I really really wanted for my birthday yesterday - A BODY PILLOW. My sister swore by it when she was pregnant and so I HAD to try it and so I took one of Mark and I's free pillows and slept on it and it felt soo good. And since my birthday was coming up soon - I knew what to ask for! Last night I got into my warm bed and tucked the pillow until it was just right and slept so good. Well minus the 3 times I got up to go #1. Other than that - Best rest I had in a very long time!!

Every pregnant woman should have a body pillow!! Remember that too Corey - That will be my congrats gift to you when you get preggo... Another prescription from the Doc :)

Makenna Clair and I

One more picture for viewing pleasure is a picture of my niece when she was a day old.

Kallen Drake

Here is one of my favorite pictures of my nephew

I forgot

I am going today after work to get my hair cut!!! This is very close to what I want but I am going to cut it longer a little bit!! I need something fresh. My hair is long and drag!! It is my birthday gift to myself

A few more firsts

This weekend was pretty quiet for the most part. I was super lazy and relaxed. But for the first time this weekend I felt the baby moving. It was weird at first but I am getting used to it! I felt what I want to call a muscle twitch but my sister said it might have been him/ her kicking me!!
Its all so exciting. Just in time for my birthday Wednesday!! The big 24...Whoo hoo

Oh and today - I am 16 weeks... only 24 more to go ideally!! Lol

Something Fun and Exciting

Team Sports - My employer of 2 years and some odd months is having a special Christmas party this year. We were all invited to attend A Christmas Carol playing at the Stranahan theater on December 6, 2008. Big shocker I even got Mark to go. He fits in very well with the guys here at Team Sports. I am 1 of 10 girls here with about 40 men, some boys. For anyone not familiar with where I work, We are a head to toe sporting goods supplier and corporate outfitter. We do EVERYTHING sports. Its fun & I get lots of perks like Mud Hens tickets and Tiger Tickets, Football tickets and I help out with the National Football Foundation Wister Chapter here in Toledo. Its fun! I get to attend the banquet and listen to the speaker who is usually a pretty big deal in the sporting world. Plus I can get anything I want from like Nike and Adidas and Under Armour for our cost. Which is really really good!

But back to the Christmas Carol, I have already stated I am so excited for Christmas but this is making me so much more excited about the season. I love Thanksgiving and have a lot this year to be thankful for so its not only Christmas I am eagerly anticipating. At the risk of sounding so pathetic - I am seriously happier right now at this point in my life than I have ever been but not without regrets. But I believe I am still entitled to appreciate the gifts I have been given.

Update

Today was my doctors appointment and I have started my rotation. There are three doctors in my OB office and so I had my first appointment with a new one. He was really nice and very warm. I really like him - I think I like him better than my regular OB/GYN. He was the doctor that the ER doctor spoke with to clear me for a CT scan. I cannot tell you minus the scheduler who was actually nice today - how awesome my OB office is. I will never go to anyone else but them, EVER.

So the update - the nurse took my weight and at 15 weeks and 3 days I have gained 6 lbs. I got so sick in the first trimester that it is no wonder I havent gained much. But not bring on the food, I feel great. Also the nurse took my blood pressure it was 112/76. YAY it was way lower than what it was in the E.R. I think (it was close) 132/86 or 136/82 one of those two. It was high. But he said everything looks and sounds good.

Yep I got to hear baby Nagel's heartbeat again. And again I cried - It seems I still cannot get used to the idea of the little baby growing inside of me. I have heard the heart beat 4 times now and it still gets to me each time!! I have felt the baby move once or twice so far but the Doc said I have about another 2-3 weeks before he/she will kick me and I can feel it. I never knew approaching motherhood could be this intense, exciting, and emotional. I am so happy right now

Wednesday

Tomorrow I have my doctors appointment and I am eager to talk to him about what has been going on for the last week. But the two best parts of my day tomorrow are going to be A.) I will get to hear Baby Nagel's heartbeat again and B.) I will be setting my next ultrasound appointment to find out the sex of my baby!! YAY.

On a side note - I love Wednesdays... My favorite show is on and it always has a relaxed feel to it for me. Plus for dinner tonight spaghetti - I am a HUGE pasta fan. Also for lunch today I got a HUGE salad w/ grilled chicken and I ate it all up. It feels good to feed my belly!!

And to finish this random blog with the most random information - Mark's Mom took a retirement package from Jeep after working there for 30 years and decided as a gift to the family to take us all down to Disneyland. So in July sometime with a brand new baby in tote - we are headed off to Florida and I am really excited. Mark has a 5 year old niece Alaina, a 2 1/2 year old nephew Connor, and Colin who is about 7 months old so it will be a fun trip. I cannot wait. My only fear is getting my body back into some sort of shape by then. Yeah right

Little side note

I changed to a Christmas theme background - If you cannot tell I am way too into the Christmas mood this year - So much so that I am listening to Christmas music - I am sure this is annoying since it is not even technically winter until December sometime... Oh well

Its growing....

Today I am 15 weeks and growing - It seems that every morning when I wake up my belly is bigger - which only makes sense but it feels like one day last week I woke up and it was just there!! So I decided to share my belly with you all. It looks weird to me but I am happy so say that most of the weight has gone straight to the front of my belly but the rest has gone to my expanding rear too - not so good. I have only gained about 5-6 lbs so far but I am sure that will change with the holidays...

So now that its starting to calm down

After all the excitement that has happened this week, I am finally coming down from panic mode. I am not so worried about what is going on with myself but I believe that it is my blood pressure. I did get a random bloody nose one day last week but I read that can happen to women who are pregnant due to increase blood flow (or something with respiratory tract lining receiving more blood). This is all still foreign to me...

But the point of this post is to again speak of how I feel about my baby. I was so nervous in the E.R. worrying about the baby... I just wanted to be told everything was okay and that we could both come home. But I could not deny how weird it was to lose my eye sight and to go numb on my hand and cheek.

But I do want to share that I was so nervous and crying in the E.R. begging Heavenly Father to allow my baby to be okay. When I first found out I was pregnant, I was scared and unsure! Since I of course do not believe in abortion and hate every form of it - I knew I was going to have this baby. It was hard for me to accept and be happy about right away, I knew at least 3 other people who deserved a baby before me and I was fighting with a lot of different emotions. I knew better and I know I will have to own up for my mistake someday. But as I was first introduced to my baby via the inital ultrasound, I have fallen in love with the baby. He/she has completely changed my life - Everything I do now is for my baby. I have never had these kinds of feeling and emotions.

Okay so I am done for now! I feel bad and apologize that this is becoming my online journal - But I do not get to see most of you at all and I want you all to know me.

Baby Nagel - Possibly Baby Boy Nagel

This is the little guy just hanging out

More Baby Nagel Pictures

This is my little monkey man sucking his thumb!!!

Very Grateful today

Yesterday at about 4 o'clock, I sat down at my computer to finish placing an order and to my surprise, all of the sudden, I lost partial eye sight. I started to get a headache following that so I shut my computer off and the lights to my office and sat there until I could drive. So I went to my sister's house and decided to lay down and take a nap - I had NO energy and I felt like I was in a hase. Well a few minutes after I lay on the couch, My left hand went numb and so did the left side of my face. That all went away in a matter of ten minutes.

So today I called the OB and my regular Doctor and they made me go to the ER I got looked at and so did the baby. Everything is okay but the Doctors have no idea what happened. STRANGE... But a good thing that came from this- While awaiting the results from my CT scan of the head - A separate Doctor came in and said that he was training another Doctor who was going to Africa and asked if he could do an ultra sound... umm HECK YES So he did and I got to see the baby again... The picture is of my baby sucking his thumb... Now I say his because the Doctor thinks he saw a boy part - But I am only about 14.5 weeks so he said Dont Quote me on it... But yay for seeing my baby. He said everything is okay and developing as it should be. He also has a very strong and solid heartbeat...

During this whole ordeal I kept saying OVER AND OVER Please don't let anything be wrong with my baby - And in the end I got a very special gift from Heavenly Father in the form of a Doctor going to Africa....

All I have to say is .... I LOVE MY BABY

11/2/08

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