2nd Anual Girls Trip

This year for our 2nd Annual Girls Trip. Last year was the first one and we went to St George. 

My mom flew us: her, my sister, my new soon to be sister in law Megan and I to Denver to visit my sister Sammy. 

It was so much fun to get away, visit my sister and her family and get to know my new sister in law more.  She is the cutest and fits right in with our family. We also showed her how to shop! She said she's not a super big shopper but after a few days with us I think we changed that! We shopped a lot on the trip mostly for the wedding, it was so fun!!!

And I was horrible at picture taking, this is all I got..

 The flight was super fast but still made me sick, blah! I hate flying let alone flying when in the first trimester.

 It was so much fun to see her two sweet baby girls! Elsie was so big and chubby and so so sweet. She definitely didn't get put down the entire time!

 And sweet Violet loved all the attention. She is the cutest, sweetest little girl. She did great on our all shopping adventures and driving.  I was so sad Finn didn't get to come because those two love each other.

 We shopped, and ate and shopped and ate.  Pretty much that's all we did.  Highlands Ranch where she lives has some amazing shopping, like amazing and some amazing restaurants. 

We ate lunch with my cousin Jami and her family at the Costa Vida they own there, they live there too and it was fun because my Aunt happened to be there that same weekend. We planned to go hang out at her house one night but I got sick at Target, it was a site to see, so we went home.

We also went to see my sisters new house. They just moved in last week so we didn't get to stay there but we did get to see it and the amazingly huge backyard.  They are going to be so happy there. My kids can't wait to go see Aunt sammy's new house. 

We wanted to do some exploring, hiking, but with the babies and me being sick with my pregnancy we didn't do any of that. 

I did pretty good for being 11 weeks pregnant on the trip. I only threw up a few times but was super nauseous and tired most of time.  I was happy to stay home and rest while the babies napped.

One night my sister Amy, who does photography, was going to take my sisters families pictures so we were all going to go to Red Rock one of my favorite places and hike around and hang out while they took pictures, but I just hadn't been feeling well. I seemed to be cramping on and off all day and was just not feeling well. So I decided to stay home and rest while they all went. 

Well, shortly after they left I started bleeding. It wasn't a lot like when I was pregnant with Harry but it was enough to scare me and bring me to tears.  I was all alone in her home and scared.  I called Trent and tried to hold back the tears but they just came. The first thing I said was,  "I'm ok" and then I continued to cry. I explained what was happening and I think I terrified him. Trent is so sensitive still to the loss of harry and almost losing his wife that me being pregnant for him is so so scary.  And seeing as he was miles and miles away in utah, he was helpless and could do nothing. He just told me to rest and he'd say a prayer and told me to call my mom and have them come home. He said later that night he just cried himself to sleep he couldn't help but remember all that happened and worry what might happen. I felt so bad I caused him so much pain!

 I called my mom and explained through tears that I was ok, but that I wanted them to come home as soon as they could I was scared and alone and didn't know what to do. Well, I basically ruined the rest of their night. They finished up pictures fast and hurried home.  They were so so nice to me and took care of me the rest of the trip. They didn't let me carry anything or do anything! We were late to the airport because we got lost, it was hilarious.  Between our GPS, and three phones with GPS, they all told us different ways to go it was nuts! My family wouldn't let me pull my suitcase or carry anything. When we boarded the airplane my mom told the stewardess that I needed assistance with my luggage and I kept saying, I'm fine its just small carry on, but then all of a sudden behind me comes the pilot, he said, I'd be happy to help, he picked up my luggage and followed me all the way to my seat to load my bag. He was so nice!!! I just laughed. My family was so good to me and took great care of me. The bleeding only happened one other time and the cramping too.  I made it home ok. And since I had a Dr appt two days later and it was the weekend, my family and Trent put me on bedrest till I got in to my Dr, just in case.  My RS President even brought us dinner. It was so nice!

It was so nice to get away from life for awhile and just have some fun and be with  my sisters, but i sure did miss my family.  The kids had such a good time with Trent and their Great Grammy (GG). They went to dinner, the park, did lots of crafts with GG, I bet they didn't want me to come home. I was so grateful to my mom for taking us and for getting the time to spend with them. I love them so much! And I'm so grateful to Trent for being such a good dad and letting me go get away for 4 days.

My Dr is amazing and took extra good care of me, as he always does anyway. He did an exam and US to make sure everything was ok. He didn't see any blood clots like with harry, thank heavens, but he did see some irritation to my cervix, which he said was where the bleeding was coming from.  Luckily he didn't see any changes to my cervix and the baby looked healthy and well. 

He told me that if I ever had anymore bleeding or cramping that he would see me anytime. He said I may just have to take it easy this pregnancy and just listen to my body. He said if I started cramping again then to take an easy day and if I started to bleed again or the cramping got worse then I could come in anytime to see him.  But he thought I'd be just fine. It was so nice to get good news and be reassured this baby was ok.

This is the US he took at 12 weeks.  The baby was so cute and we were laughing at how relaxed it was, legs all stretched out, not curled in a ball like normal. 

I've been ok ever since, no bleeding, however one day I did have some pretty bad cramping, it didn't go away and got stronger and stronger and was pretty painful. I haven't been active at all this pregnancy, and I was with Finn's pregnancy and only gained about 32 lbs,  I swear I'm gonna gain 40-50 lbs but due to being so sick and the bleeding and cramping I just haven't been able to.  So one day I was feeling really good so I spend a few hours cleaning the basement and the playroom, I moved the big boxy tv that is down there to plug the DVD player into it, carried the vacuum down the stairs and just did some cleaning and moving around of furniture. I didn't think I was doing anything wrong but my body told me otherwise.   I just laid on my left side and drank a ton of water and after about 2 hours it finally stopped. I go to the dr next week so hopefully everything is fine. I never called because, again it was the weekend and I wasn't bleeding and it stopped. I guess I'm just gonna have to take it easy this pregnancy and get this baby here safely! I am almost 16 weeks so hopefully next week at my Dr appt he will be able to tell me what we are having. CRAZY!!! I am so excited and can't wait.  I really don't care what that baby is. Of course a girl would be so fun for Ruby to have a sister, but a brother would be fun for Finn. so we'll see!