The Good and Bad of Pregnancy

I love...
Food. It tastes so good. I favor pickles, mexican food, Chick Fil A, anything cooked at my Mama and Daddy's house and breakfast!


The Excitement. EVERYONE is so happy about this baby! There is no doubt that she will be loved.


The Kicks. Who knew being sucker punched could be so fun! I love it...even at 2 in the morning!


The Holidays. This has to be the best time to be pregnant. Sure, I'm extra emotional and I tire out faster when I'm out shopping. Thanksgiving dinner...crack to a pregnant woman. Plus, all that time with family!


Naps.  I have never been one to nap. Now...I understand the appeal! Also, no one judges me. Naps and rest are totally encouraged!


Nesting. It may drive Will a little crazy but the hormones combined with being at home have tuned me into an organizational nut case. I love it. Just this morning I completely emptied my email inbox. It felt amazing!


The Attention. Come on...Y'all know me. Don't act surprised. I love to be the favorite and carrying Granddaughter #1 has certainly elevated me a little! 


That Sweet Heartbeat. It's amazing. Every time. I look forward to those monthly (approaching the bi-monthly) appointments.  It never gets old. 


Ultrasounds. I am happy that I don't have to get more (cause that would mean that there were problems) but there is just something so incredible about seeing that life inside you.  Seeing already that she has a personality and maybe even that she has my nose!




I don't love...


Honestly, the lack of sleep and the occasional back pain are not ideal but I can't really complain. 
I wanted this so badly.  
I will take the good with the bad. 
Most of the uncomfortable things mean that everything is happening just like it should.  
So, will be happy that my big belly makes it hard to sleep!
Also, this could be worse. 
I could be on bed rest. 
I could still have morning sickness (which was so very brief).
I could also not be pregnant (my heart goes out to anyone that is longing to be pregnant...it is such a hard road for so many.).


So...here I was about to to list my complaints and as it turns out they should only be one list. 


*Note* I didn't sleep very well and I really was looking forward to venting...funny how the morning light and  little reflection can change our minds.

Looking back...Christmas 2010 (Part 1)

Looking back at my neglected blog I realized that I didn't post anything about last Christmas! I LOVE Christmas and last year's was so great.  I would hate to forget all the details!

This was our last Christmas in Massachusetts,

last one in our apartment and

quite possibly the last one that would be covered in snow!

We did our usual decorating...

Homemade gift making...

Baking and cooking...

Recieved some awesome gifts from friends...

Thanks Cher!

 I cooked us a Christmas dinner since we wouldn't be together...

 We put on our pjs and opened gifts together...

One of my gifts from Will was a Creme Brulee` Set (torch included!!!)

Success on the first try!

Then the feverish packing began!!

Please stay tuned for Christmas 2010: Part 2!

Happy Birthday, Hunter!

There is this boy (well...young man) who has had my heart for 15 years! This is my oldest nephew, Hunter and today is his 15th Birthday! I just can't believe that he is 15 years old!

This picture is from last Christmas!

I love this kid! He is a great nephew, grandson and big brother! 

He hasn't had the easiest life but he has risen above all of the hard things and become an amazingly strong young man! 

You know the best thing about him???

He loves his family and would always chose to hang out with us! 

How many teenagers do you know that genuinely think that their aunts and uncles are cool!?

Anyway, Happy Birthday, Hunter! Will and I LOVE you so much and are so very proud of you!

See you soon!

Love,

 Aunt Kimmie and Uncle Will

Baby Story: How we found out!

Back Story: (to get straight to the baby part proceed to the 3rd paragraph)


Anyone that knows me at all probably knows that we were having some trouble getting pregnant. We didn't wait to start trying after we got married (we knew we wanted kids and we knew it wouldn't be easy for us). We tried for a year and then sought some help. I had/have (no cure) endometriosis and polycystic ovaries and a severe case of both.  I had surgery and it turned out that some of the cysts had grown on my tubes and they were blocked.  Luckily my wonderful doctor was able to repair all the damage and was hopeful that we would be pregnant soon. Long story short...we obviously didn't get pregnant.  I did feel good for awhile though. Even lost a little weight and started having regular cycles.  This unfortunately, didn't last long.  I finally listened to my bff and went to who we lovingly refer to as our Witch Doctor. Email me or comment if you would like to know more, I am happy to share and will probably post more about it late. I do credit nutritional response therapy (NRT) for my being able to finally conceive (that and the fact that I believe it happen exactly when it was supposed to as part of God's plan for us, more on that too).


Anyway...I tell you all of this to say that we still didn't get pregnant right away but we expect as much. This healing approach (unlike surgery) isn't a quick fix. It takes time to heal our bodies naturally. I did again, feel better and have regular cycles again. At any rate, by this time summer was nearing and bringing with it our move to Texas. For the first time in 2 years I was too busy and loving life too much to be thinking about why I still wasn't pregnant. We packed up, vacationed, road tripped and had a blast!


Not long after we arrived in Texas we adopted a puppy (thinking...it's just not our time to have a baby). That same week I realized I was late and this made me sad. I didn't think that I was pregnant rather I thought that because I hadn't been following my treatment plan and was relapsing back to having irregular cycles.  On Saturday, July 30th, I took a pregnancy test (first time in a while...which is saying something) and there was a faint second line.  The old me would have jumped for joy and ran off to share the news. The me that took that test just could believe it. I decided to dismiss it and go shopping with my Mama! The next morning, Sunday the 31st, I felt like I should really take another test. This one was brightly positive and it didn't even take the recommended 2 minutes.  We were speaking that morning in church and I just couldn't bring myself to spill the beans just yet!


After church everyone wanted to nap and my mind was running full speed on how I wanted to tell Will.  He was almost asleep when I just couldn't take it anymore.  I went to the bedroom (my old room at my parents, we were still living there while we worked on the house) and asked him if we could talk about what I wanted to do to the bedroom that was across the hall from ours (I was constantly droning on about all the plans I had for our home).  He sleepily agreed to hear my plan.  I started describing how I wanted the room to be arranged with a crib and rocking chair...at first he didn't catch on until I said that we should probably get it done by next spring! We hugged, laughed and cried and it was the most amazing moment that we have shared since we became husband and wife!!

Get back up.

Back in February I wrote this.

I had gotten so down. I let what I didn't have put me down.

I wrote this a few weeks later.

The idea of prayer and gratitude being a pathway to healing pulled be back up.

Letting my Savior in, focusing on my blessings and trusting that there is a plan, brought me up.

I came quite a distance. Not alone, mind you.

Those last months in Boston would have been wasted while I pouted.

Precious moments lost.

Thank goodness that didn't happen.

Instead I have wonderful memories of time spent with friends and great trips with Will.

The moral of this story:

There are moments that are sad. Some even tragic.

Some things bring us down and maybe we should be down sometimes.

We weren't meant to stay there.

We were meant to get back up.

Overdue Update

I'm trying to reintroduce myself to blogland and I know my last post was also an "update" post but I'm hoping to get back in a grove of posting. Until then...one more update!


*We had an AMAZING SUMMER! We took lots if trips while we were still in New England. Vermont, Bar Harbor and many trips to Boston. (Trips will be posted individually...I have LOTS if photos).


*Road Trip Extravaganza Summer 2011 was AWESOME! We started by heading down to Washington D.C. to visit with one of my oldest friends! My high school buddy, Jessica was kind enough to host us and be our tour guide!

*Then we drove on over to Ohio to stay with the fabulous Ashton Dene'! This was our first face to face meeting and it was glorious! Baseball game, day at the zoo and Glee Karaoke! #blogfriendsarereal

*Next stop: Illinois! We visited with Will's family and took a trip to St. Louis to go to Six Flags with our niece and nephew! That might have been the best day of the entire trip! Of course we took a drive to visit Grandma Worthen...I love that little lady! The last few days we spent alone in Nauvoo and it was so wonderful! Visiting sites filled with our religious history was a great experience and certainly one I would like to repeat. The pageant was spectacular, moving and so spiritual! 


*Our final stop before crossing the Red River (it was rather low to be called a river) into Texas...Claremore, Oklahoma! Jenn is my sister from another mother! No. Really. We even share our birthday! We get together as often as we can and we just had to stop in on our way home. It was the perfect ending to the Road Trip Extravaganza! We lounged in the pool and soaked up some sun and had lots of laughs!


*Once in Texas we crashed at my Mama and Daddy's house while we waited to close on our house (which took forever)! There were family gatherings and lots of good times!! Once we got into the house there was lots of work to do and more parties to be had! 


*We adopted a sweet puppy and her name is Reba! We love her!


*We are moved in and pretty settled but still working on a few home improvements!


*Oh and we are expecting a little girl due at the end of March! We found out just after we adopted Reba! (lots more to come on this subject!!!)


There is more to come so please come back and check in!! We are just loving life and enjoying the holidays and being with family! I want to share all of these new changes with you and I have also become quite crafty (thanks to being a stay-at-home-almost mom) so I want to share that with you as well!!! 


See you again soon!


XOXO
Kimberly

Oh Hello Little Blog

*Blows very thick layer of dust off this sweet little blog*

Hey Y'all! Its been so long.  The last time that we visited Will and I were gearing up for a long NYC weekend! 

We had a FABULOUS time and things have been CRA-A-ZY since!  We have been working, traveling, entertaining visitors and buying a house. You read right...the Worthens are about to be HOMEOWNERS!!

We close on this little piece of heaven on July 18th! 


Will and I have our trials but we have been blessed in so many ways.  Finding this house is one of them.  We visited Texas for about 5 days in May and we spent one day driving around with Mama and Daddy looking at houses.  Not with a realtor, mind you...just browsing around.  We had some things in mind that we were hoping for and price range that we needed to stick to so we just wanted to see what was out there. We stumbled on this one and from the outside it seemed to have everything that we wanted and the price was perrrfect. We called up a realtor, saw it (and a few others), got pre-approved for a home loan and made an offer.


All. In. ONE. DAY. 



If you know us then you know that this is how we roll.  It is kinda how we got married :-) (if only making babies was this easy for us...)


We are so excited about the move and couldn't be happier about having a home to go to when we get there! 


I promise to check in more and share more about what we are up to! I have so much to share with y'all...if you are still out there!

Really?

Whatever....it is a 3 day weekend. I will deal!
I hope you all have a happy Friday and a great weekend!!
NYC bound at sunrise!!!

Pray Myself Better

Last night I woke up after being out cold for a couple of hours.  When I couldn't get right back to sleep I started thinking of all the that I wanted and didn't have.  The list isn't long at all but the want goes pretty deep. Anyway, I was swimming in self-pity when something snapped. I crawled out of bed and got down on my knees and started praying.  It was more like an outpouring of gratitude.  No complaining. No "woe is me". Just "thank you".
I really am blessed.  I have so much to be thankful for.  By focusing on the things that aren't perfect I am becoming someone that I don't want to be. Some bitter, unhappy person. So if I start feeling those bitter feelings I am going to force myself to think of my blessings. To pray myself better.  Let my Heavenly Father help me.  Today is already better. Sometimes we just need a little help.

easy like sunday morning

I did not enjoy dating. It was awkward. It was confusing.

I want to be friends and he wants more.
He wants to be friends and I want more.

Yuck.

You know what I loved? Dating Will. It was different than any other relationship I had ever been in.

It was easy. Comfortable.

Being married to him is just as easy. He knows what I need.

Like that I needed to get in the car and drive today and just be together. Like that I needed to soak in the tub for an hour without being interrupted.
Like that I needed a back rub before bed last night.
Like I need to be a little crazy and unreasonable from time to time.

I love him and it gets a little stronger every day.

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28.

Yeah.  Thats how many years young I am.

I really have mixed emotions about this.  Being 28.  

But that is a can of worms best left closed...at least for now. 

Right now I want to bask in my birthday glory.  

Cure for the winter blues

Summer Dream. 

Bare shoulders,

hot sun,

sticky heat, 

the quiet of early morning fishing, 

the noise of the jet ski and boat, 

camping, 

watermelon and 

tan lines. 

These are the things that I dream about to get me through winter. I miss Texas summers. My family spends lots of time camping at the lake and I CAN'T WAIT for this summer!

These are a few photos from my last summer in Texas...

Dream on! Winter can't last forever!

What I learned from reading Real Simple

I used to LOVE magazines.  Lots of them. 

Now I love two.  People and Real Simple. OK...the occasional US Weekly depending on the cover.

Anyway, I love the "The Simple List" Your monthly dose of useful tidbits, timely trivia, and catchy conversation starters.

This is usually the first "reading" page in the magazine past the first 10-12 pages of advertisements. 

I always learn something interesting and so I thought I would share...

9

"The number of words Alexander Graham Bell said during the world's first telephone call."

Do you know what he said??

I am sure that once upon a time I knew but have long since forgotten. 

"Mr. Watson, come here. I want to see you." 

Yep. That's it.

That was in 1876.  In 1984 the first cell phone was introduced. 

Any guesses on how much that 2 pound monster would set a person back??

$3,995. 

Yeah. And people bought it. 

OK. That's all for now! I will check back throughout the month with more from The Simple List!

I hope you are all having a great week...too early to tell, I know! 

On getting what I want

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I obsess

If you know me then you know that I lack patience and that I can be a bit obsessive.  I am kinda what one may call a, er, um...brat.
What do I want? A baby.
What don't I have...you guessed it.
This is the main reason why I haven't blogged.
Its kinda all I think about.  It doesn't really make for fun reading.
No one likes a complainer.
Anyway...
I just knew that after the surgery I would get pregnant right away.  My Doctor was SO positive that we were going to be "parents to be" in no time. Almost 4 months and nothing but problems.

I have been a little depressed lately.  I don't use this word lightly.  Its not a word I throw around when I have had a bad day.  I have been seriously sad over this "not getting pregnant" thing.  Every month I get a little lower.  I hate being this way. This is so not me. I am a happy person. I am fun and people used to enjoy my company.  Now...well I am pretty sure that Will is only person that enjoys my company or rather tolerates my presence.

Anyway, we also just found out that the OB GYN that I have been seeing for 2 years is not in my network.  We will be paying for a significant portion of the surgery. Yay.
So now I am doctorless and lost.  We were supossed to be starting a new treatment plan this cycle but now I guess I have to start over with a new OB GYN but I am moving in 150 days (oh yeah...the count down has begun)! I just want to stay in my apartment until we move and start this all over then.

Ok there it is. This is what is on my mind.

I am super excited about the move but this other mess is dragging me down.  I do not like it.

THE END

Marching Orders

So...
It is almost transfer season for the Coast Guard.
We have waited and waited and, oh yeah, we waited some more.
Our new orders have finally come...
We will be packing up and moving back down to TEXAS this July!
I honestly can't believe that our time here is up.  Well, in our current situation (buried under 100 feet of snow) I would move tomorrow.  Seriously, I can't believe that is has almost been 3 years!
We have had such an AMAZING time here and have made some amazing friendships.  
There is this one friend that I honestly don't know how I will live without and many more that will have a place in my heart (and in our spare bedroom...should they choose to visit) forever.


Boston will always be special to us.  It is where the "married" chapter of our lives began. 
We traveled all over New England and have seen some pretty awesome things. 


Please know that this is the first of many sappy "Boston, We will miss you" posts...now that I am writing again. I am thinking that I will share a photo a week of something that we love about this place! 


I have SO much to write about since I went on my unannounced sabbatical...I am even going to talk about why I stopped writing (because I know that you are all dying to find out ;-) 


More posts to come!!