12 weeks

This week I've had my ups and downs, but I am starting to feel like there will be an end to this nausea and exhaustion. I'm just really hoping to feel better by the time I go to Vegas. It was torture during Thanksgiving time when there was all this delicious food in front of me and I couldn't really eat or enjoy it.

Here is my 12 week sonogram of the baby taken during my nuchal translucency. This was my first time getting a NT done and it was actually really cool. With my past pregnancies, I got one ultrasound to find out the sex and that was it. The NT is so much more thorough, they showed me the brain, the baby's everything really, and my ovaries (apparently I have a really beautiful left ovary, at least that's what the doctor told me). It was all quite fascinating and the baby is looking very healthy, YAY!

Here I am at 12 weeks. This is the hardest part of the pregnancy for me where I'm not looking pregnant yet, just chubby. Today was the first time I went and worked out in like 2 months. I took it really easy, so I don't really count it as a workout, but I got my body moving and heart rate going. I just don't want the recovery to be as hard as it was after I had Emi (I ate twix candy bars almost everyday and I didn't workout during the pregnancy).

I predict my 2nd and 3rd trimesters to be wonderful, as well as the new year!

I couldn't stop laughing!

This is an old photo that Mase and I came across the other day and couldn't stop laughing (I know this sounds cruel), but Emi doesn't normally look like this. The funny thing is is that Emi knows she looks weird in these photos, so she said she doesn't like these pictures. Anyways, Enjoy!

LOL!!! EMI KILLS ME!!! LOL!!!

11 weeks

I was 10 weeks along when I had my 1st miscarriage and I feel it's appropriate to start documenting this pregnancy now at 11 weeks. Yes, you read that right, I'm 11 weeks pregnant and things are looking pretty good this time. I've been to 3 doctors appointments already and have gotten my blood tested. Next week I'll be going in for a nuchal translucency. I'm feeling confident that this baby will continue to grow and I pray that there will be no complications, but I'm not going to lie, this has been the hardest and scariest pregnancy so far. I've been extremely sick and tired, but I guess that's normal for 1st trimesters, I just don't remember Miya or Emi's 1st trimesters being nearly as difficult. I'm going to skip the details this week. Anyway, here are a couple of my ultrasounds taken at 6 weeks (I thought I was 8) and at 8 weeks (confirming I wasn't 10 weeks along).

(6 weeks)

(8 weeks)

It's beginning to look a lot like...

CHRISTMAS!!!

I know we haven't had Thanksgiving yet, but since we'll be away for both holidays, we thought we might as well start the Christmas season early.

Hipstamatic!

Silly Willy

Miya and I were goofing around with photo-booth. We were trying to see how many different facial expression we could make. Silly Willy!

1st grade for Miya

My big girl starting 1st grade. She woke up super early and was anxious to get to school, so she could be 1st in line. I think she was a little excited.

This next picture is of Miya meeting her new teacher, Ms. Suzuki. She seems to be really nice.

Here's Miya and her girlfriends Maddie and Thea. Can you tell Miya was so happy to see them?

The first day of 1st grade was a success. Miya even had a play date with Maddie after school for a little bit. It was just a short play date because Emi really wanted to play with her sister. Emi ran and gave Miya a hug when we picked her up. I wish I got that on film. I love that my girls love to hangout and play friends. My favorite line they say to each other is, "hey friend!"

Remember...

This picture just makes me happy.

2 weeks

It's been 2 weeks since the last time I wrote and I feel like I should do a follow up for those who might care. First of all, I'm doing so much better now. I had no idea that a miscarriage and D&C procedure would put me out for almost a week. It hurt to walk and I had horrible migraines. I don't know what they did to me during that surgery, but I was definitely feeling it for the week after. Luckily, my mom came and stayed with us for a few days, which was a blessing and such a big help. I love you mom and thanks for taking care of me and my family. After my mom left I started to feel a lot better. The pain in my legs were a lot more bearable and I also had wonderful sisters from my ward bring me delicious dinners. I've been taking it easy, and now I'm able to work and continue with my gymnastics and cheer camps.

I always find it amazing to see the Lord's hand in my life. I really believe that I was being blessed during these last few weeks. My family and I were being watched out for and just the timing of it all couldn't have been any better. I'm grateful for what I know and believe in because without it I don't think I'd be able to see the blessings or feel the peace and happiness from this trial. Thank you for all your prayers in my behalf, I know Heavenly Father has heard them. It's different to be the one being prayed for, but also a testimony builder because I really felt it.

Next: get back in shape!!! finish cheer and gymnastic camps, then vacation to Vegas!

Goal: start running again, so I'm comfortable to run 10 miles. (can only run barely 3 right now)

Currently: Mason and I are taking an olympic weight lifting class together, it's only 4 classes, but it's something fun for Mase and I to do together.

10 weeks

I never thought this would happen to me. I've been trying the past few years to be so healthy and take care of my body, but when things aren't meant to be then they aren't meant to be. So here's my last story for this pregnancy....

This last week things started to get better. I wasn't so nauseous, I wasn't craving disgusting food, I was just tired. I celebrated my 7 year anniversary on Monday. Tuesday I got my verification of pregnancy taken care of and Wednesday I got my paper work turned in to switch over to prenatal insurance. I thought things were finally going well. Except on Tuesday I had some pain in my lower abdomen, but I didn't really think much of it. I figured it was round ligament pain and it eventually went away. On Wednesday I went about my morning with the girls and took care of all my paperwork for insurance. The girls and I went to Michael's to get craft stuff and then we went out to lunch...it was our "fun day" as Miya put it. Around 2 o'clock the girls and I laid down to watch a movie and that's when the sharp pains and cramping started. Mason got home and I told him I wasn't feeling good and that I think I'm having a miscarriage. I started to spot blood and the pain was pretty persistent, as if I was going through labor. Mason and the girls took me the the ER and we waited till about 4:00 before a nurse saw me to take my vitals and blood. Right after that I went to the bathroom and a gush of blood came out (sorry to be so graphic) I knew it then that I miscarried. It's hard to go through something like this especially when the last few weeks have been hell. I got nothing out of this. I cried in the bathroom then got myself together and went out to get an ultrasound which confirmed the fetus was no longer in my uterus. I thought after that I was done. I thought well, I've lost this baby move on, but of course thing had to get worse. I waited around the ER to see a doctor, meanwhile I sent Mason and the girls home. By around 7:30 pm I was seen by the Doctor. He said I was still bleeding a lot (which I was), so he wanted to see how I was in an hour. Bored out of my mind I laid in a bed with no reception on my iphone, so I played games on my phone till it died. I was still having extremely painful cramps every 5 mins so finally the nurse hooked me up to an IV and gave me some morphine to help with the pain (that helped right away). They also gave me medication that was supposed to help get rid of everything inside me, which seemed to contradict the morphine. This was worse than both of my labors. By 11:00pm the doctor told me I was going to have a D&C procedure done where they suction all the stuff my body was trying to get rid of. So after 2 more hours of morphine and pain they took me down to the surgery room and gave me some better stuff that knocked me out while they did the procedure. I was done before I knew it and Mason came and got me around 2:30am. What a day. And all that for what? I guess so I can empathize with others who've gone through this, but I'm not going to lie...it was probably the worst day of my life. However, I am grateful for all the nurses, technicians, and doctors. They were all so nice and sympathetic. I really needed that last night. I am also grateful that I'm heathy and that I have two beautiful healthy girls and an amazing husband. Thank you friends and family who chatted with me when I was bored and have already extended a helping hand. I know I'm blessed even even during this sad time.

This was right after the D&C. I was feeling pretty good here.

9 weeks

This pregnancy can only get better after this last week which was full of migraines, nausea, meltdowns, mood swings, and pulled muscles. I'm actually embarrassed to even say how last week went because it really makes me sound like some crazy monster, but since I'm trying to document this pregnancy here it is.

Last Thursday, was Miya's Kindergarten graduation, a day of gymnastics camp, and the worst day of this pregnancy thus far. So, I started the day by going to the gym and did the stair master for 30 mins. at super low intensity. Afterward, I took Miya to school, by the time I got back home I was not feeling good at all. I started to see light spots and then the migraine came on. I drank as much water as I could and laid down. Mason had to leave for work, so it was just me and Emi. Emi was being super cute drawing me pictures and just trying to help me out. I felt so bad at this point that I started to cry, not just a few tears, but I'm talking about crazy sobbing like a baby throwing a tantrum just wanting my mom. I couldn't believe what I was doing and what I couldn't seem to control. Emi was shocked to see me crying like crazy. I was praying super hard by this point and finally decided to call my mom. I cried on the phone to my mom wishing she were near by to take care of me. She was about to jump on an airplane to help me out, but I assured her that that wouldn't be necessary. So, I told her I'd call my visiting teachers and ask for some help. After I got off the phone I realized I didn't know who my visiting teachers were, so I laid in bed with a horrible migraine and kept crying for about 3 hours till I realized I needed to be at Miya's school for her kindergarten graduation at 12:15 and to work at 1:30. I said another prayer and decided to just get out of bed and deal with it. So I did. I drove to 7-11 grabbed myself some ginger ale and saltines, then went to Miya's school. After Miya's little graduation party, I decided not to bail out on my work, so I took the girls with me and took it easy at work. I started to feel better once I got there...Heavenly Father answers prayers!

So, that was one day...pretty dramatic in my book. A few days later as I was working out, I pulled a muscle/pinched a nerve??? Honestly, I'm not sure what I did, but it hurt so bad I had to stop working out and go home right away (4 days later it's still hurting). Did I mention I threw up at the gym too? I did learn that with my hormones changing so much that I'm more susceptible to tearing tendons and ligaments, so I decided to take a week off from the gym and hopefully I'll be able to resume my work outs soon.

My hormones are really making me crazy...one minute I feel like crying, the next minute I'm calm as a butterfly. Who knows what this next week will be like. On the bright side of things, I didn't really feel nauseous today, I'm still tired as a mug, but I felt good enough to make a Thai Crunch Salad for dinner and brownies from scratch.

Here's my 9 week photo...(You may get sick of seeing side poses of me)

Here's Miya's class. Can you find Miya? (Hint Emi is sitting on her lap)

Here's Miya and her friend Kaiya on the last day of school.

8 weeks

Here I am only a week later and my belly feels like it has doubled in size. The morning/all day sickness is in full gear now. I'm having a hard time finding anything that sounds appetizing, except for foods like: cheese pizza, panda express orange chicken, nibs, ice cream. I'm almost disgusted with what I'm eating these days because it's not "clean eating" like I'm used to. I'm really trying to get over it and just eat so I won't feel so nauseous. Another thing that's really making things hard is how tired I am. I've really forgotten so much about being pregnant, it almost feels like it's the first time all over again. I have been fortunate enough to have Mason do so much around the house. He's been doing the laundry every week and making sure the girls get fed and lets me take naps everyday. I'll try and pick up my role as a house wife in about a month. Meanwhile, Miya tries to make dinner every night which consists of cut up cucumbers, celery, and nectarines all neatly placed in different bowls like a buffet. It's really cute, but I'm worried she feels like she has to step up and help because her mom is too tired/pregnant. I have a feeling I'm going to get a lot of help with this baby.

Here I am. My abs pretty much gone...ahhh so much work! (It's worth it!)

Miya's Buffet dinner.

7 Weeks Pregnant

Yup you read that right. I'm Pregnant! Never thought this day would come. We're all super excited about having a new baby come into our family. The girls are especially excited. I would love to have a boy, but 3 girls would be fun too. Mason wants another girl, Emi said she wants a brother and Miya wants another sister....we'll see.

So, now that I'm pregnant I guess that's something to blog about. I'm really nervous to see my body transform again, but also kind of determined to stay fit during this pregnancy, so it wont be so hard to get my body back. I still have that future goal to compete in Figure, but who knows?

At 7 weeks, I've started the dreaded stage of my pregnancies. In the past I've lost 10-15 lbs, just because I couldn't keep anything down. This time, I'm feeling nauseous, but have been eating a lot more. As long as I force my self to keep eating I feel okay. I just need to eat more healthy foods, otherwise I'll be 150lbs before I know it.

I thought it might be fun to take pictures every month and slowly watch my abs disappear and the rest of my body inflate. So here I am.....7 weeks.

Happy 6th Birthday Miya!

My Miya is 6 years old today!!!!

How time flies by. I really can't believe Miya is already 6 years old. Her kindergarten year is almost over and before I'll know it she'll be in high school. There is too much good stuff to say about this girl. She's been an amazing 1st daughter. She's super obedient and really loves to please her family. She's a leader (she even got the leadership award at school) and makes friends with everyone. Miya, you're an amazing little girl! I love you and Happy Birthday!

Time to update

I know, I know...I really need to update this blog, but I just never have the time. Sorry!

This just might be the end of the Allred Ohana blog.

A Late post

My mom and grandma came a couple weekends ago. We had so much fun having them here, but it went too fast.

The girlies in front the the Japanese Tea Garden

My mom making the most delicious sushi dinner for us.

Easter Egg Hunting

Miya and Emi with their best friends

Miya and Emi in their new Easter dresses...Thank you Baba!

What's New?

As I was downloading pictures from my camera I noticed Emi had taken a hundred photos of herself. She's is so silly...

I know it's out of focus, but I couldn't stop laughing because she's making a kissy face. I swear I don't make that face in pictures.

Yesterday was a beautiful day, we went to Berkeley Marina park and ran around.

We wore our bathing suit and pretended we were going to the beach.

Today we went to the Oakland Temple and since it's the first day of Spring, here's a picture of my girlies posing with the beautiful tulips.

After the temple, we went to this Mexican restaurant (as pictured above with one of the workers) that's near our place. We've been wanting to try it out because it looked cute and the sign said "Authentic", so when we walked in to see that it was ran by a Korean couple we wanted to leave (I know, I know...that's a bit prejudice), but I thought I'd give them the benefit of the doubt and stay and eat anyways. Mason and I ordered the steak burritos and the girls ordered a hamburger. The conclusion....waste of money and we should have stuck with our instincts and gone somewhere else. Our steak burritos turned out to be some sort of cartilage and pinto bean burrito...it was not good. I think I'll stay prejudice when it comes to Koreans serving Mexican food.

The Leprechaun came

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

This morning the girls woke up to a surprise. A trail of footprints and gold were left behind from a Leprechaun. At the end of the trail were some gold fish and sun chips.

Miya and Emi were so excited with what was left behind.

Miya sporting a St. Patty's wig from her grandma Tu-Tu. Thanks Tu-Tu for the package of goodies!

The Leprechaun even turned our pancakes green!

Ahhh! Green Pancakes!

Emi looks like she's not sure what to make of this trail of footprints.

We also celebrated Mason's birthday on Sunday with our buddies the Beesley's. We had a high school flashback party where we each presented how cool we were in high school. It was fun to see how different we all were, but yet all so cool...lol!

Sharon sharing her scrapbook she made in high school...very COOL!

Ella, Miya and Emi singing Happy Birthday to Mase.

Owen trying to blow the candles out for Mase.

Happy Birthday Mason!

Happy Birthday Mase!

I love you so much! You are such an amazing husband and father to our girls. Thank you for being so wonderful and for being such a sexy looking man!

Still nothin' really interesting

Thanks to my buddy Jessica, we've got some cute family pictures. Thanks again Jess!

With Spring coming, the cherry blossom trees are blooming. It's so beautiful to see all the white and pink blossoms. Sorry this picture doesn't do it justice, but it's the only one that didn't come out blurry.

Miya also received the citizenship of the month award for "leadership". So proud of my little leader.

Things we've been up to

Emi had her yearly check up. Her stats:

Weight: 28lbs

Height: 3 ft

Shots: 2 shots (no crying, just "Ouch! That hurt!")

Bumble Bee treats...

Turtle, Porcupine, and Alligator cheese bread...

Miya's 100th day of school party...

Our new friend the Raccoon.

Miya's creations

Here's a photo Miya took of her barbies

Miya showed me how to make kale pizza like she learned in cooking class

(from scratch)

Emi enjoying the pizza Miya made her

I was so impressed with Miya's cooking skills. She made the dough from scratch, I helped knead the dough, but then she did the rest. She saute'ed the Kale with some onions and grated the cheese and baked it all. Lastly, she topped it off with some fresh lemon juice.

It was delicious!

I love that I'm able to learn from my girls and that my girls are getting old enough to cook and clean.