Craving & Kicking

cravings are funny, sometimes i don't even realize that i am craving something until i have to have it. if i don't have it, well i'm pretty sure the world would come to an end.. 

My cravings seem to have been going through stages, in the beginning of my pregnancy i wanted potatoes, all day every day. anyway i could get them too: mashed, baked, turned into fries. (kahuku grills are my FAVE!) For a while i would wake up, eat breakfast and then prepare a potato to bake in the oven. it would be ready about 45 minutes later and i would magically be hungry again. along with my potato cravings i soon developed a pasta hunger. i think i ate spaghetti for lunch for about two and a half weeks straight. can you say carb overload? once i moved out of my first trimester though the spaghetti craving dwindled along with the potatoes. Yet i still will not turn down a good helping of them any chance i get. I know my body craves things for certain reasons, i have not looked into it to much as to what is good about the cravings i have been having though.

 Lately my cravings for fruit and veggies have kicked in. ANYONE can tell you i have always been a fruit fiend but the veggies have struck me for odd.. like avocados?? really? i never liked avocados, in fact i despised them. i even hated when my mom would make guacamole and not ranch dip. now i cant get enough of them. i scarf them down at work, by themselves sometimes! i have been downing watermelon like it is nobodies business and eating tangerines by the handful. throw in some occasional corn for the heck of it and you would have my snack schedule for the day. 

i am not saying that i am the best eater by far, but it is interesting to track what i do eat. the funny things that if i can not get my hands on i'm pretty sure i'll end up in tears. (those darn pesky pregnancy hormones at work again, we already know how i feel about them.) luckily my pension for sweets has not been to horrible, but cake for lunch isn't bad right? just kidding.. maybe..

kicking on the other hand, lets just say i felt like sigourney weaver in the movie alien the first time my little sea monster moved around. i was positive that next i was going to have a little baby hand or foot protruding from my belly. it is and indescribable feeling. something that is truly amazing but a tad bit unnerving at the same time. i got to experience these first little flutters of movement by myself for a few days. Joey got his turn though, one night as we were relaxing on the couch together little man started moving all over, joey put his hand on my belly and right on cue the baby kicked out pretty hard. The look on Joey's face was not of amazement like i thought i would see, it was more of fear maybe a little unsure about how to react to what just happened. we both started laughing and now joey really enjoys feeling him move all over inside my belly. 

and let me tell you, he is a moving machine! Usually i only feel him in the early hours of the morning or the late hours of night. He does however get excited in the shower and any time i'm in the ocean he goes crazy. just recently i have noticed the little nugget getting more active through out the day. He was up and kicking at 6:30 am yesterday and we felt him all morning till we went on our hike. Once we were done hiking and took a little rest he was right back to wiggling and kicking all evening long. 

i am grateful for this little reminder that he is doing well in there and joey and i are getting prepared for one active little guy! We just can not wait to meet him :)

love,

the williams

Pregnancy Hormones

Woo-hoo! Look at me, two posts in two days. I'm on a roll! Just kidding, don't get to excited it is probably just a fluke.. So, lets talk about pregnancy hormones, shall we?

You know those pesky things that are necessary for your little bun in the oven to grow. They are necessary, right? If they are not I would like to sign up to be excluded from them, ASAP!

Real talk, they have not been that bad for me. Joey may say otherwise, but that is because he is the one who has to deal with the meltdowns and hurt feelings. I know of a few occasions where I tend to get a little heated quicker than usual. Or maybe Joey made a comment and for some reason it really hurt my feelings even though it was just something silly I'd usually laugh at. 

Last night however those pesky little hormones were on overdrive and I was one stressed out, crying, mess of a pregnant lady. I had an activity I needed to set up for and nothing seemed to be going the way I had planned or needed it to go. With only twenty minutes left before said activity was supposed to start I had nothing done and was on the phone with my darling hubby sobbing and telling him I just wanted to come home. Joey deserves a huge reward for his actions last night, he didn't make me feel silly or dumb. He listened and figured out what he could do to help. Then afterwards when all was said and done he bought me ice cream! He sure is a keeper :)

It made me wonder though, I knew normally the little things that happened would not be such a big deal to me. So why is it that this influx of hormones makes women so off balance? I really think it is an unfair part of pregnancy, sure I can handle the morning sickness and all the weird twinges of pain. The constant urge to run to the bathroom, no biggy! But not feeling like yourself and no way to control it, lets just say I'm not a fan. 

So you pesky little pregnancy hormones, I know you are necessary. I am grateful you are aiding in the process of helping my little nugget grow. However I do not like you, I think you suck! 

love,

the williams

Time to play catch up!

I say this often, but I am pretty sure that I am THE worst blogger out there in bloggerland. I do really well at keeping things updated for a few months at a time, and then BAM! I've disappeared off the bloggerverse (you know, the blogger universe). It is a little ridiculous, but do not fear family and friends, I am back :) So here we go lets catch up the last three months...

Biggest news first? Joey and I are expecting our first little nugget. We found out at the beginning of December, but kept it quiet from family till Christmas. <--it was a lot harder than it sounds! We waited to announce it to the rest of the world till we had our first doctors appointment and saw that little nugget. So if you don't already know we're expecting you must live under a rock! 

I think it has been a relatively easy pregnancy thus far. Albeit I do not have anything to compare it to. I did get the whole first trimester morning sickness thing, but all in all it wasn't that bad. I felt nauseas constantly but nothing ever came back up to say hi, thank goodness! I have so far only gained six pound and I am well into my second trimester and enjoying the first little movements of our little man. OH YA! its a BOY! Joey is ecstatic! We will be welcoming this little boy nugget at the end of August, hopefully the rest of the pregnancy goes as smoothly as the beginning!

Joey is finishing up his third to last trimester at BYU-Hawaii. It ends in a couple more weeks and then we only have TWO more left before he graduates! So proud of him and all the hard work he has been putting in to his schooling. It's not always easy on him, but he is amazing and it works out in the end. I know he is looking forward to being done as well, it will be nice to have a mini break from school before he possibly goes back for grad school.. yikes..

Duke is full grown now, and still tiny! He finally has all of his shots and is ready to roam the island like a free dog. We love having him around, he is the happiest cuddliest dog there is. He loves to sleep in our bed with us and he usually takes over our pillows at night. He loves the beach and to dig in the sand but he hates the waves in the ocean and doesn't like being in the water yet. We are trying to change that though! 

My mommy is coming to live in Hawaii with me for two months while Joey is gone over the summer. And Joey and I are finally leaving the island to go home and see family for the first time in over a year! wow! I am beyond excited to see everyone and its all for a good cause too.. DUSTIN IS COMING HOME! Can you believe it has been two years already? Time moves so fast, it's scary! He will be returning in June and it will be nice to have the whole family together again for a few short weeks. 

I can't think of anything else of significance right now, we have been up to a lot of the usual: hanging with friends, surfing, relaxing on the beach, swimming in the ocean.. it's a tough life we live :)

till next time,

the williams

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