Friday, March 27, 2009

we would like to publicly announce...

that little baby mckinley will be born on september 30, 2009!!!

crazy, huh? i guess you could say that's why the blog posts have been somewhat sparse lately...we've had a little bit on our minds. but oh my goodness, let me just tell you that it has been incredible! here's a rundown of the past thirteen weeks: (yes, i am 13 weeks along! can you believe it? one week to go until i'm done with the entire first trimester!...sorry to those of you who are just finding out, like i said, life has been crazy.)

anyways, here's the rundown:

1. as of last week, babycenter.com said that our little baby was the size of a lime! it's amazing to me that he/she is already that big! sometimes it's hard for us to believe, because i'm not showing--at all--but we've seen our baby TWICE now, and heard its little heartbeat so i know that its in there.


2. we just told our parents within the past few weeks and everyone is SO excited! on my side of the family, baby mckinley will be grandbaby #3, and danny's parents will be looking forward to grandbaby #4. all of our siblings that have kids had girls first (and thats what i think it is...) but plenty of other people (including danny) are rooting for a little baby boy. either way, we're going to be super excited; it will be fun to find out come may!

3. as far as "morning sickness" goes, i think i'm pretty much done with that whole thing! hallelujah! i've been scared basically my whole life that i would get as sick as my mom gets (she's sick in bed pretty much the entire nine months, and throws up everything...i love her for having five kids!) but luckily i didn't get that from her. at first, i had absolutely NO energy--i'd get home from work and then crash on our bed and take a nice long nap before i had to get to class. i'd take the elevator everywhere because i didn't even have the motivation to climb up the stairs! that went on for a few weeks in february, and then the migranes started. yuckkkk. i only got a few of them, but i seriously thought i was going to die. my vision got all wacky (even more than it normally is) and my forehead felt like it was splitting in two. (sorry for such descriptiveness...) after about a week of horrible headaches i started throwing up occasionally--but ususally it only happened at night. so much for morning sickness. we found out that if i didn't eat anything after about 8:30, it was smooth sailing from there--but unfortunately, it took a while for us to figure that out. the good news is i haven't thrown up in almost two whole weeks, so i'm feeling pretty darn good about life.

4. danny has been absolutely WONDERFUL to take care of me. he works dinners around my crazy cravings and he wipes my tears everytime i feel like we are absolutely crazy for starting our family this early! he is so busy with soccer/school/teaching seminary but he always seems to make time for me and is such a great example to me of selflessness. i definitely married the perfect man for me, and i am so excited to see him with our baby! holy cow it's going to be amazing.

5. among everything else that has been going on, we are MOVING! (what a crazy life we lead...) for those of you that have been to our place on freedom blvd, its not the most baby-friendly place. you have to walk up a steep flight of stairs to get to the front door, and in the summer it stays blistering hot--at all times. from what i've heard, being hot is the last thing you want while being pregnant so we started looking since provo has the absolute worst selection of married housing. kind of ironic, huh? anyways, we found a cute little basement apartment right off of center street in provo with two bedrooms and its perfect. we have to be out by the 13th of april so this next month may be a little crazy...but i'm excited for the change.

6. lastly, all of these changes have really strengthened my testimony of the gospel of jesus christ. it is amazing to me--everything about the process of bringing a baby into this world. danny and i are definitely scared at times, but we are SO glad that we have our heavenly father to turn to in times of doubt/need/worry.

what an amazing time of life!!

24 comments:

  1. wow!!!!!! i'll be the first to comment on this exciting announcement. i definitely had no idea you were pregnant! congrats!!!! you guys are fast movers. that is so neat though! good luck with the move too. lots going on in your life!

    p.s. does danny teach seminary full time? brandon is thinking about doing that so if so... i may have some questions for him about the process, etc... :)

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  2. yay, jessie!! it's public! this means i can tell my family! and i'm so glad it's been 2 weeks since you've thrown up. i hope you're really past it!

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  3. That's so exciting. I'm so happy for you guys. I'm glad your not too sick. Good luck with the move. Call if you need any help. We have three big trucks you can use. Congrats!

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  4. OH MY WORD!!! As I was reading this I was so giddy for you guys! haha. Congratulations!! I am very jealous I have to say! You will be one cute pregnant lady! So excited for you guys. CAn't wait to see belly pictures! :)

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  5. Hey this is Curt your cousin, it is kind of crazy and fun that you can keep in contact with those you would normally not see or hear from much. Congrats on being pregnant. Also I noticed that you mentioned that your husband is teaching seminary, where is he at in the process?

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  6. AHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I wish you could see me frantically trying to find my phone right now. How COW!!!! Congratulations! WOW WOW WOW! Ok, we need to talk asap. I love you and will LOVE your baby. AHHHHHHH!!!!!

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  7. Oh, and Josh just pointed out that if you're 13 weeks along that means you were pregnant at Jess' wedding which means I've officially seen you pregnant. :) Again, I love you and your baby.

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  8. YAY!!!!!!! We're so excited for you guys and even more excited to meet baby McKinley in a few months! And if you need help moving, we'd love to help. We need to do lots of fun things this summer so time goes by fast and then your baby will be here! Hope all continues to go well with the pregnancy. Can't wait to see you guys!

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  9. I am SO excited. You have no idea.

    You're going to be an awesome mommy and I can't wait to share those moments with you!

    Our babies will be a month apart and hopefully, you'll have a boy and I'll have a girl and we can arrange their marriage :-)

    Love you!

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  10. HAHA JESSIE!!! I am so excited for you. Way to get crackin on bringing those gorgeous children into the world. We all said you would have model babies haha. That is so crazy and so exciting!

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  11. YAY!!! I'm so glad that it's finally public! September's going to get here faster than you know and before we know it baby Brenny will be here!
    ps. can't wait to see you next weekend and celebrate your big 21!

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  12. So I'm going to comment one more time (please forgive me) but I have another friend who just had a baby, and when they were pregnant they went to http://www.makemebabies.com/ You put in a pic of you and Danny, and they generate what your kid will look like. Anyways, their baby ended up looking almost exactly like what the website showed! Maybe they just got lucky, but it's fun to try! (I may of may not have already done it a few times with pictures of Josh and I...haha!)

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  13. congrats! im SO excited for you! you are going to be such a cute pregnant lady AND more importantly such a cute mom!

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  14. LITTLE JESSIE!!!! Congratulations!!!!! I'm so excited for you! You will be the cutest pregnant girl ever!!! I love you!

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  15. OH MY GOSH!!!!!!! That's so crazy and exciting!!! I really will definitely have to call you soon cuz I want DETAILS...all of them...and you were PREGNANT at my WEDDING!!! Wow!!! This is so exciting, I can't wait to talk to you in person...ok, so Britt needs to come down here, and we all need to get together and have a get together to celebrate all our 21's! And your wonderful news! You have to let me know where off of center street, cuz we live off of center street too! AHH, it's so exciting!!!!

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  16. I am so excited for you. I already know what a great mom you are going to be because I have seen you in action! (It will take several months before your baby can knock on your door with one finger to wake you up though)She doesn't do that anymore :(

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  17. Congratulations! Jessie I am so excited for you two. I almost started crying. I am so happy:) You will make a great mom.

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  18. Congratulations!!! Steve told me you guys are moving into our ward. I am SO excited as I hardly know anyone since we are new too. Can't wait for you to join us. We will do this whole baby thing together! I'm hoping you're having a girly so they can be girlfriends. I am so excited for you guys!!!

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  19. Jessie!!! Oh my goodness!! Congratulations!! I am so happy for you guys! Now we REALLY need to get together...I'll take you out to lunch at GURU's!

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  20. Aaaah!!! How exciting is that?!! Perfect timing I think... don't worry about "it was too soon" or what not because no matter how long you don't or don't wait its always to fast or too slow for SOMEONE so I'm glad you let the spirit do the guiding :) I am so happy for you!! Wow!

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  21. Congrats Jessie!! I just saw your blog today and I was so surprised!! You will make a wonderful mother!!

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  22. Wow!!! congrats! That is so fun!! Maybe I will be next :) haha. probably not. Sounds like you are over the worst of it!! I wish you smooth sailing from here!!! I hope it is a boy...only because that is what I want first :)

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