17 Weeks Down

Today I had a doctors appointment. I was really nervous for some reason. But no fear, the babies heartbeat sounded great. However, my conditon wasn't the best. I had high blood pressure and there was some protein in my urine. The doctor seemed very concerned, which, I guess is good, but it made me more nervous. So I have to collect my pee for a 24 hour period and then take it into the lab tomorrow. Charlee is holding the jug that I am to keep in the fridge with my pee in it. Yuck!! (Don't worry, there is nothing in it yet.)I am worried. I read up on high blood pressure during pregnancy also known as preeclampsia and it sounds scary. I am hoping that I do not develop that. I am not sure if I will get a call about the results or what, but so far my next appointment with my doctor will be on August 25th.

I do go in on Monday, August 3rd for an ultra sound to make sure things are fine and to find out what we are having. I am soooooo excited to find out!!!

Char-ball and I-ball at the Zoo

On Friday, July 3rd, Dan, Charisse, Ireland, Me and Charlee went to the Zoo. Since I have been many times I don't take a lot of photos but this was cute. Charlee got a shirt for her Birthday from her Uncle Kevin and Aunt Jackie (thanks guys!) that matched one that Ireland was wearing that day. So when Ree came she brought Irelands shirt so that the girls could wear matching shirts. They were so cute holding hands.

The Moore's

A couple of weeks ago I took pictures of my friend Paige and her family. It was fun but it sure can be hard to take pictures of kids. I definatly needed another person to be there to try and get little Eli to look at the camera. I hope they liked at least one of the pictures. I was a bit disappointed more of the pictures didn't turn out better. I definatly learned some things that I need to work on. I am hoping that some day I can take some photograghy classes to get even better. Until then, I have Charlee to practice on. Here are some of my favorite shots.

Miriam

(That is Charlee's arm that got caught in the picture.)
Paige, Miriam, Brent and Elijah

Little Eli

(He smiled, just not at the camera!)

This was actually the very first picture that I took.

The 4th of July 2009

Dan, Charisse and Ireland came last week-end to spend the 4th with us. We decided to go to the farmers market at Liberty Park in downtown SLC. I thought I'd get pictures of the girls before we headed out.This is my favorite picture of Char-ball and I-ball.

The girls each got a balloon animal (well, Charlee's was a flower) and Ireland popped when she fell on it. This was her reaction. I thought the picture was cute!

Bazooka lips (as my dad would say!)