Week 16: Gender Time!

Exciting news for the Vickery's this week, and I can't wait to share with everyone! I am a little over 17 weeks pregnant, and I realize I have been slacking! I missed blogging about my 15th week,  I was so sick and in bed all day everyday, so there really was nothing to share! 

Last week was my 16th week and it was over the 24th of July! Usually every 24th I find myself up in Spanish fork with my grandparents, lighting fireworks, and going to fiesta days! Sadly, this year my hubby had to work, so we stayed in Cedar and went swimming together! After swimming, we decided to go get tropical smoothie and drive around to see all the local fireworks! 

I was really bummed this week because I thought I was going to find out the gender of baby V. We arrived at the doctors office and my doctor told me she didn't want to give me my first ultrasound until I was 20 weeks. I was super sad because 20 weeks was a month away, and we were really anxious to find out. My friends had a gender reveal party planned for me that day, but we had to cancel. :( So of course, if you know me, when I want something I make it happen! I found a really great doctors office in cedar, (my other doctor was in St. George) and I told them my situation, they were more than happy to get me into their office for an ultrasound! 

Tuesday July 29th, we had an appointment for our first ultrasound at 11:15 am. I loved the doctors office, everyone was so kind and gave me all the answers I needed! In the ultrasound room we got to see our baby! The first thing the doctor tells us is "it looks like its a girl!" I was so happy, and I immediately threw it in Logan's face, because he was certain it was a boy. Then all of a sudden the baby moves, and the doctor says"oh hold on I see something sticking out, now I am not sure if its a girl or a boy." The baby would not stop moving, and it was taking forever for my doctor to find a result! The doctor told me we would have to wait a few more weeks to find out for sure. I immediately got so sad because I was back to square one! 

All of a sudden the baby turns over and spreads its little legs and BAM it was for sure a boy! Beckham Bret Vickery is on his way, and is happy and healthy! We are so excited to bring our baby boy into the world come January 2015!

Vickery Wedding Video

Lauren + Logan from Maggie Glendenning on Vimeo.

Week 14:

So I decided to blog every week from this point on about my pregnancy! I wish I started sooner but since I am officially in my second trimester I thought this would be a perfect time to start showing my progress and talking about what went on this week! Now everyone says, "Second trimester is a breeze", well so far that is not the case for me. Not only am I way more sick than I ever was during my first trimester, but I also have zero energy, and pretty bad Round Ligament pains. Not to mention I had to take a trip to the hospital because I was having really bad pains in my back and side. I got really nervous that something was wrong with little baby V. 

After two long hours of getting tests done and lots of waiting, I finally got an ultrasound, and baby V was doing better than ever! In fact, that little guy/girl couldn't stop moving! The baby also decided to give mom and a dad a nice wave to let us know he/she was doing just fine! (We should find out the sex of the baby really soon!) That was a tear jerker for me, and logan was beyond fascinated! The doctor confirmed that everything with baby was perfect and healthy, it turns out I just had some really bad ligament pain, and a bladder infection. My whole family was so worried because of course this had to happen over our family reunion, so my aunt Deb had my uncle Todd, and my cousin Conner come to the hospital and give me a blessing. I am so thankful for that because not only did I feel better, but I truly felt the spirit, and the love my whole family has for me, and this little baby of ours. After that it was smooth sailing for the rest of the night! The next day we had our family reunion on this little lake in Stansburry, Utah. It was so much fun! We played games and ate amazing food. It was so good to see all of my dads side of the family, there were so many people there and I didn't know everyone! Week 14 has come to an end, and I am so excited to see what's in store for week 15! Stay tuned :)

 

Aslo I found the perfect maternity shirt at Forever21 

I am slightly obsessed with it:)

Guess what..

May 8th, 2014 was the day my life changed forever. for a little while I was feeling a little different and under the weather. Just two days before we were leaving for cancun on our honeymoon we decided to take a pregnancy test just to be sure. Even though we both knew it was impossible because we were being safe, we wanted to rule out the option of being pregnant. 3 minutes go by and I have a positive test, so just to be safe I took 3 more.

Yup! Baby Vickery is on its way! Though we are very exited to start this amazing new chapter in our lives, it wasn't exactly in our plans this early. Finding out I was pregnant was terrifying to me. Here I am newly married, with a husband who is trying to go to medical school, and we already have a bun in the oven! I was scared, and I couldn't help but feel like it was my fault. When I told Logan the news I was balling, but he was fine. He wrapped me in his arms, and said, "Lauren this is amazing, and we can do this." Immediately I felt so much better about the situation. I am so blessed to have such a loving husband who can comfort me, and take my fears away.

We sat down and hatched out a plan. First things first; money. How are we going to afford a baby being newly married, and living in a new town? Being young, poor college students, how are we going to provide this wonderful blessing of ours a beautiful life he/she deserves? We decided to apply for finical help, and we got a lot of options that relieved us both. Bottom line is were going to do this, and its going to be ok!

Our first Doctors appointment was May 9th. We had our first sonogram and there wasn't much to see yet but a tiny little sac with a little circle in it. That little circle is our baby! With tears in my eyes I look over at Logan only to see a huge smile on his face. I was over the moon happy. We have a little family! I asked the doctor when this happened, she pulls out this little wheel and does some math for a few moments and looks up at us and says, "your baby was conceived April 19th." Me and Logan instantly shot a look at each other. As you all know April 19th was our exact wedding night. Yes, we made a honeymoon baby!

-Baby V due: January 8th, 2015

P.s we had to announce the news a little sooner than we wanted.. But news was somehow spreading fast! 

(I know I don't know what I am having yet, BUT I have a mother who is just super excited and wanted to be the first person to buy baby stuff. I think its cute for both genders so I was fine!)

The wedding day

So as some of you know I finally got married last Saturday to the man of my dreams, after 9 long months of planning for the day that we finally get to tie the knot! My stress levels were through the roof, there is so much you have to think about like the cake, the flowers, how you want it decorated, the location, and so much more! It gets really over whelming and at times i would think to myself.. I should have eloped. As the day came closer it starts to set in, wow this is really happening I am getting married!

I finally told myself the wedding day is going to turn out how its supposed to and everything is going to work itself out. The night before the wedding my bridal party did a run through of walking down the isle to the music, and I froze.. This is really happening, I couldn't be more excited.

Finally after a night of zero sleep it was time to start getting ready, and before I knew it I was walking down the isle to meet the man I am going to spend the rest of my life with! My wedding day was seriously a dream come true, it was beyond gorgeous. Though at times it was hectic and crazy it still worked out just how I wanted it, maybe it was perfect because I had the best help a girl could get!

Now that the day is over and I am going on one week of marriage I really miss planning a wedding and looking forward to the wedding day! But I am so beyond excited to see what the future has in store for us. I couldn't be more excited to be Mrs. Lauren Vickery!

These photos were taken by the lovely and talented Hayley Bradshaw photography!