Location, Location, Location!

Finally! A new permanent place to call home!

Signing day- on our way to the title company, I was starved. I said to Wes "I hope they have cookies for us". He thought I was talking out my ass but they really did have cookies waiting for us! Wes kept one of their pens as a memento. Such an exciting day for The Millers! Thanks everyone for the congratulations! 

I was a little disappointed when we got keys and walked into our new home- the previous owners left it really icky :(. I spent That Sunday just cleaning the kitchen.  The rest of the week I was wiping baseboards, cabinets, floors and blinds.  However, they did leave us a nice note and congrats, and Mormon wine 

This was our old place the morning we moved

With the help of some SUPER AMAZING friends. We got loaded and unloaded in two hours! 

New furniture came! 

Don't mind our mess here, I took this the night I got this stupid cold 

My favorite part of our place is the kitchen!! Storage galore and I can't wait to get some baking done! 

And a pantry!!! I almost peed out of excitement. ( or I may have sneezed hard and some pee came out- just pregnancy) 

A perfect spot for my bakers rack...

And my early Christmas gift has a nice home too

Once we get the bedrooms done, mainly the nursery- I will post pics. 

I got so busy with moving and packing  that I forgot to take belly pics or notice any of my pregnancy quirks. This is it. My energy is good and I feel good most days. Definitely cant hide it now. 

I started getting sick on Sunday. Which , luckily,  my mom made me some yummy Asian chicken noodle soup and fried bananas! The ultimate in Asian comfort food! 

Then I  loaded up on Halls Defense drops and lots of water, and meds ( after I saw that it was okay). I was nervous about getting sick and how it'd affect Blueberry, but my dr's office said it would be okay. everyone is telling me I probably got sick more so from the stress of moving ( I really pushed myself cause I wanted it all done) packing and cleaning plus being around people who were sick. It was probably a way of my body making me finally rest. 

I did get some good quality resting time in

With Ree and friends of course! 

Maddy moved into our old place after we moved out and she is getting married this Friday! Such a big week for all of us! 

My next post will be the gender reveal- I'm totally betting its a girl, we will see!! 164 days til Blueberry arrives! 

The Ung Family Comes to America

 My next installment of The Ung Family coming to America is in the works.

My mom was pregnant with me and brother was only 10!  I thought I would share this Refugee log with you to see their pass into America! When I first saw this, i was so happy to see the name of my grandparents. I never had any growing up and I got a nice sense of completeness after seeing it. I was also happy to see my Mom remembered her parents names, she was an orphan most of her childhood up until her teens, when she reunited with her father, and he had passed away soon after.

My mom and Dad didn't have the opportunity to have a good education. When their kids had it, they pushed us hard, it was everything to them. My friends from Junior High and High School can attest how strict my parents were and my crazy curfews! My Parents just didn't understand all the extra curricular activities. But maybe now, you all can understand why :)

More to come soon! Thanks for reading!

Mission: Baby Miller: Welcome 2nd Trimester!

I remember when I was only 6 weeks, and I felt like this 14th week was SO far away...but the weeks flew by and here I am- all 2nd trimest-ery.

A quick snapshot of weeks 12 and 13

So far, the evening sickness has died down somewhat. I feel like my old self again...which almost scares me cause I think "is something wrong with the baby?" I also have been getting frequent cold sores on my lips. My Dr finally prescribed me some topical medication...expensive medication! $75 after insurance paid $226! Good thing it doesn't expire for a couple years!

I can't believe how my belly has changed..and my hips. Seriously, I feel my hips have gotten 10 inches wider. I go to sit down in some chairs and I'm like Whoa! I never used to feel this way in a chair! Some days I feel like I am bigger than I should be in the belly, but I hear it a lot, that everyone is different. Okay..I feel very different then.

This year, Wes and I didn't do Halloween like the couple years before. I had a fun 80's themed party mid- October and that was as dressed up as I was going to get this year

I also had a great GNO with some of the funniest ladies around! We went to Wendover to see the Men of Playgirl, the show was okay, but the friends made it pretty entertaining! Also my first time on the Fun Bus, which wasn't so fun to me. I hate that feeling of not having control. My time was dictacted by a 50 passenger vehicle that had little Mexico in the back and someone with turrets in the front, then a big booty bus host who tried to be comedian of the year.

October was also a fun month for Wes and Maddy. Wes got to go to a World Series game in St. Louis. even though they lost, he was so happy for the experience! Who knows when he'll be able to go again!

and Maddy, his little sister is getting married soon! They asked me to take some engagement pics and they are just the sweetest couple!

I know I always rave about my Mother in Laws amazing culinary skills, but it passed down to her daughters and now I  think her grand kids...I got to tend Mr. LewBird and he takes a liking to Giada and Rachael Ray

I couldn't believe how self entertaining this child was. I want my baby to be this way, cause it will be a while, if ever, it will have a sibling.

I did some reading up on the benefits of massages during pregnancy. At first, I was afraid that I would harm the growing fetus. I also live above some new parents whose baby cries all the time. I'm not sure if its colicky or if its just a crier..I've never heard anything like it. We get awaken sometimes by its crying. I also wondered if the mother had a stressful pregnancy and that stress got passed to the baby?  I just want a calm and stress free pregnancy so my baby will come out happier and healthy and calm as well. I felt like massages would be the answer for me.

I finally found a massage therapist who did pregnancy massages. I felt like I hit the jackpot! The lady is the Prenatal Massage Director at Sanctuary AND a Midwife! So full of knowledge and so nurturing. I couldn't pass up this opportunity, so I went ahead and purchased a 6 massage package and added 2 more sessions. I am set through my pregnancy! and I get this treatment everytime...

 personalized locker and a fluffy robe

my first few sessions up until 20 weeks, I get to lay face down in this bad boy of a cushion

It's this elevated foam pad with a deep well for my belly and two dents on top for my boobs. It was awkward at first, but then I just sunk into it and I was really comfortable. And I opted for a tangerine essential oil, thats what those drops are...my boobs aren't leaking yet!

The sad part about the Spa going forward, no steam room :( that was my favorite part! I'd always go early to sit in it and then sit in it after my massages for like 15 minutes. However...I do get a marvelous foot soak before every session now. uhm..oookaayy!

Hopefully this trimester is as great as everyone says it is! We find out the gender next weekend at 15 weeks at Fetal Foto! I'm so anxious! I took one of the chinese gender tests and it totally says girl! Boy or Girl, we will be happy no matter what

What a blessing it is to be this far along in our pregnancy and to live the life we have. We have been very fortunate and are grateful every single day. We have so many great supporters around us that wish for our well being all the time. I can't thank you all enough❤️ It means so much to us!

I will keep the posts coming! And, I won't lie, I can't wait to make a blog book about our journey after it's all said and done, hehe. 

Mission: Baby Miller : We're Finally Pregnant!

Finally, we can announce to the world we are expecting!

Wes can tell you the approximate date we conceived. It's really a funny story..I will try my best to sound like him.

It was mid August, a Sunday  and Wes just got home from his weekly round of golf. Wait, let me state that during the month of July and August, I was a stress case...taking on 3 weddings out of the blue. Sexy time , or 'running errands' as i sometimes called it, was the last thing on my mind. Poor Wes.

But on this Sunday in August, he made me. And I was like..'Alright' pouting the whole way.  Not to bother you with all the details but at one point Wes asked "are you ovulating?" okay- is it odd that he knows when I am ovulating? No, not really..when you have been trying and have counted your days as long as we have..you know, and your spouse knows. But I lost track of the days in the month cause I was just so busy and frantic with all this wedding stuff. So my answer was " I guess so, we better hope it catches!"

If you look, I wrote down the time of morning I took these. I think it's funny I tested at 6:30, went back to bed, then tested again at 7:51. Just making sure! 

Besides the obvious pee sticks (4 to be exact- all different brands too- I am such a weirdo!) , how did we know we were pregnant? I was late..like a lot late. I'm never late. I put off the pee sticks as long as I could cause I was afraid of being disappointed and heartbroken, feelings I was all to use to. Wes would keep saying "you're pregnant" and I would almost get mad at him, I didn't want him to jinx it.

The surprising part of all this, on top of our one timer bedroom activity, is that we weren't on any hormones!  So it was nice to have it just happen. That's always how the stories go though right? It will happen the moment you aren't thinking about it. My doctor had another explanation for it too, but I can't remember, something about hormones filling in the gaps.

Happy and Excited and Relieved. That is how I felt because I already had a plan for September: 3 more months of Femara, if that didn't work, 3 rounds of IUI. Luckily, we don't have to go through any of that :)

We called our parents immediately. We recorded them on the speaker phone with each other's iTalk. My mom was the funniest, I think.   Then we trickled out the news to a few other people. And now, we can tell the world!

We told our friends at the Homecoming game in Logan. It was a fun day. I went to bed early cause I was tired and pregnant this time, not cause I was puking up my alcohol.

Just bloated in all sorts of ways..nothing too amazing to show :( also im not sure if 8 weeks is really two months in pregnancy terms..i think im really technically only 6 weeks here.

Still just Bloats McGotes..like, bloatiness I've  never experienced before.

Finally a little tiny bump! and still bloated 

My yummy crisp meat burrtio...Im afraid this might last through my whole pregnancy, like hating the bacon thing. There were some girls who swore the chicken ones were the tastiest things ever, and they weren't. I didn't like them.

I had Wes snap this for me before he left for Orlando.

My friend Cassie got me this amazing 'Pregnancy Survival' Basket. It included all sorts of yummy treats, Mints and sleeping aids for my nausea, Tums for later on, bubble bath and some unmentionables, but i've heard i will use them at some point!

I went out and got us some books as soon as we found out

My morning cereal obsession. I didn't even eat cereal before i was pregnant, then out of no where, I eat it all the time!

I had an enormous craving for donuts one morning and my awesome boss brought some in for all of us! It was the best donut experience of my life. I had 4.

Time for flats.

They are delicious and helped me some mornings with my morning sickness

I went a little crazy at Old Navy and bought some clearance maternity clothes. ZuLily, Motherhood Maternity and A Pea in a Pod have also received many visits. 

I can't wait to wear this! Wes is going to be so stoked!

at 6 weeks, they could already see a heart beat. It was just a little flicker. So amazing.

at 9 weeks, it started to take on a baby form. we had to get this ultrasound done at the hospital because my doctor couldn't see anything or hear anything in his office. Super scary! He wanted to make sure it wasn't a tubal pregnancy. Good thing all was well. I cried, of course, relieved and happy that I could continue to carry this little thingy. 

We are under contract to buy a home, such an exciting time to be pregnant and moving into our first purchased home as a family.

Looking back at our journey- although my months seemed emotional, and sometimes hopeless- I wouldn't change anything. Wes and I got to experience many things and learn alot about each others strengths. Among all this, he even got a promotion! And I was able to really sink my teeth into the wedding planning and got 3 done this year- such an experience!

I saw a saying that read "Sometimes Good things Fall Apart so that Better things can fall Together" it really was the case for us.  We had a lot of things in place that just weren't coming together as we wanted them, and seemed like things were really falling apart, then one day- it all came together-plus more!

 I am beyond happy and elated. Feeling very, very, very blessed. God has answered so many of our prayers.