What's Happening on the Stagg Front

April was a busy month for us. Addison had a lot of dance performances as well as spring break. I was able to take the week off of work and stay home with her. Spring break kicked off with Addison performing at a Utah Jazz Game. Here are some pictures from the Jazz game she performed at on Friday, April 3rd.

Here Addison is during their pre-game performance at the Jazz game.


Here Addison is on her last pose of the dance.

Here she is posing for us after her performance.


Addison got a balloon crown made for her at the game. :)


Addison really started getting into cheering towards the end of the game...once the sugar started to kick in. :) In the background here is Andrew Smith. Andrew and Aaron Smith (our neighbors) came with us to the game.


The next day after the Jazz game performace, she had a performance at the University of Utah. Here she is posing for the camera.

After all that performing fun, Addison's Aunt Trish and cousin Lincoln came to visit. Trish went back to Boise and left Lincoln with us. My mom also came down to help watch Lincoln with us. We had a lot of fun. The first day, we went to the Tree House Museum. They both had a blast! Here are some pictures.

Addison and Lincoln up in the treehouse.

Lincoln enjoyed running through the cave and getting scared by Aunt Sari-Bear.
Lincoln found a bridge and absolutely loved running up and over it. He even stopped long enough to pose for a picture.

We not only went to the Treehouse Museum, but Addison really wanted to go to Chuck E Cheeses one night for dinner....so we took her. This was my first experience...and I am thinking perhaps my last (at least for a while). It was crazy, but Addison had a lot of fun and I am pretty sure Lincoln did too. Here is Addison crawling around in one of the tube things there.At the end of that week, we drove Lincoln back to his mom and dad in Boise. It was a lot of fun and Addison was sad that she had to leave. We are planning to go back to Boise in May for Trish's graduation (my sister-in-law). Addison is excited to see Lincoln again.

Two weekends later, Addison had a competition at Roy High School. They took 1st in their division. Addison was able to go up and get the trophy for her team. Here is a picture with one of her team mates and the trophy. All the girls got an individual award. Addison really liked that one.
Onto Our Other News:

So, we had some sadness in the Stagg household this past week. Addison's goldfish, Mila, died. I think Addison was sad for a couple of hours.....then she was over it. Brett held a little toilet-side funeral service and Addison flushed her away. Honestly, I can't believe the goldfish lived for as long as it did. I think we figured it was almost a year! Addison really cared for the goldfish. She propped a book up behind the fish tank so the fish would have a book to read. She would change the pages when she would remember. We will miss our little Mila fish.

In regards to the pregnancy, it's still the same. I still feel sick, but I think my body has come to accept it...no need to fight it. :) I am now 23 weeks along. Still no names yet. I figure we still have some time.

Brett lost his job on Wednesday. I took it a lot worse than he did. He is quite relieved, actually. It has been a really bad work environment for some time now. We will just keep the faith that things will be alright and we will be taken care of. It's great to have such a great family and great neighbors. They have been very supportive.

Addison will be starting swim lessons in June and is looking forward to it. Brett has also been working with Addison's Kindergarten class to make an art project for the school's annual fund raiser/art auction. She is also excited that Daddy is going to be staying home with her for a little while. I am too...now some of those long-neglected projects can get done. ;)

20-week ultrasound with baby #2....

We went to the ultrasound this morning for my 20 week checkup. Addison and Brett were both able to come. The technician was awesome and showed us all sorts of things from the heart, to the kidneys, to the blood flow in and out of the umbilical chord....technology will never cease to amaze me. The technician also checked the spine, heart, brain, organs and face for any issues. She and the doctor said the baby looks great. Oh, and I guess we did find out what we are having. It's a girl!! Addison is so excited to be able to dress her up and help do her hair....and probably makeup. Brett is excited, but now is totally out numbered! I think I want the baby's room purple or green....trying to stay away from pink as much as possible, being that I am not a huge fan of it (sorry Terra).

My mom, my sister, Brett and I were sitting around the kitchen table last week talking about names. My mom was talking only about boy names, which prompted Brett to say, "you know since we are only talking about boy names, it will be a girl"....looks like he was right. So, no girl names as of yet. Addison has given suggestions such as Ali, Fairy, Ella, Princess......we will need to refine these a bit.

According to all the measurements, I am still due August 30th. Now I have 20 weeks to get things ready....and Brett has 20 weeks to hopefully find a better job. :)

Thank you all for your prayers. Each baby is such a miracle. I am especially grateful, that there is nothing at this point for us to worry about. The baby looks healthy and looks like all her parts are in tact. :)

What we've been doing--March edition

Addison has been pretty busy this March. Her cousins Hannah and JJ came to visit from Casper. These are Brett's sister's kids. They came during their spring break. While they were here, Addison wanted to go to the Aerospace Museum at Hill Airforce Base. Here is a picture of Addison and her cousin Hannah.
Here is a picture of Addison, Hannah and JJ. Addison LOVED having Hannah here. She doesn't get a lot of opportunity to play with girls, so to have one here was great for Addison. Brett and I had to work on the Friday they were here. Kristin kept Addison at the house and she and Hannah played all day (except when Addison was at school). Hannah slept in Addison's room at night--it was a fun sleepover. Addison was very sad to have Hannah leave. She continually asks when Hannah will be back.

In school, Addison has been doing a reading program. She has been doing very well. She reads two books a week and once she reads 14 of them, she gets a coupon for a free pizza. She has been very excited to read and at getting the coupon.

Addison has been working hard at dance to prepare for performing at the Utah Jazz pregame show in April. Addison's dance was also given the opportunity to perform at a local company's 1st birthday celebration. It was a good dress rehersal for when they would have to perform at the Jazz game.

At the birthday celebration, Spiderman came. Addison wasn't able to see him when he initially came, but she wanted to see him after she preformed. Here is a picture of him.



Here is Addison before her performance. She did really well. When I figure out how our camcorder works, I will see about getting video posted. The other picture is her waiting to go out onto the floor to perform.

Addison also started soccer today. I had thought that when we signed her up it was only for the fall. As it turns out, it is for the fall and the spring. So we got a call from her coach last night telling us Addison had a game today. I couldn't believe it. Luckily the game was after Addison's dance performance. She was excited to play.

I had another doctor appointment this week. I am now 18 weeks. I will go in on April 13th to my ultra-sound and we decided to find out what it will be. Addison is excited to come and see the baby while it is still in my tummy.

I am done with my soccer teams and several women in our ward are joining a rec volleyball team. It will be fun to play again. It has been a while.

So, that's about it for March. Addison will have a busy April. She will be performing at the Jazz game, performing in a competition at the University of Utah, and performing at a competition at Roy High School. I will be sure to try and get video and of course pictures. :)

Not much to report....

This week I am 15 weeks.....almost 16!! It feels like it is going SOOOO slow. I am still not feeling so great, but have come to accept it and trying to find ways to deal with it. My doctor gave me Zofran and Phenegran. They help a little, but they are not the miracle drugs I thought they would be. :( I go in for my big ultra-sound on April 13th. That's when they do all the measurements and I think we will find out the sex of the baby. I am a planner....what can I say?

Addison was able to be in a play for school. The Kindergarten classes put on the play for the school and their parents. It was very cute. It was called "Leo the Longhorn". They are also learning about cowboys right now, so they did some songs about cowboys and square danced. Addison was a singer and dancer. She sang several songs and she did the square dance. It is so cute to see her up there. I still have a hard time believing she will be 6 this year! Time goes way too fast. She has started a reading program at school. She brings home a reader 2X a week. She loves reading them to us before bedtime. She has become quite the little reader.

Brett is still at ABC4. He has been looking for a different job, but hasn't found one. I am trying to keep the faith that there is one out there and that our time will come. In the meantime, I am trying to be positive and grateful that we have our jobs in this economy and a way to pay the mortgage and other bills......not to mention, we were able to get pregnant. We sure have been so very blessed.

My mom (from Wyoming) and sister (from Logan) stopped by when I was at work and cleaned my house. It was a huge relief! I have been so tired and sick that all I want to do when I get home is lay down and go to sleep. That's another blessing....my family! They have all been so supportive and helpful during this time.

I have been keeping busy with work and playing some soccer. I believe I have only 3 more games left and then I will be done playing competitive soccer for now. I'll still try to play futsal with the stake and volleyball....and yard work when it starts warming up. Being active keeps my mind off of how sick I am.

We also had Brett's sister Kristin come with her 2 kids, Hannah and Jeramiah (J.J.). It's been nice having them here. Addison is absolutely LOVING having a girl to play with. I wish there were more around for her to play with.

Well, I guess that is all to update as of now. If I ever get really tech-savy, perhaps I will post video....but for now, I will remain tech-challenged. :) Thank you all for your advice, help, support and prayers. We really appreciate it!

12 weeks and counting....slowly.....

I am at 12 weeks now. I go in next week for my first real check up. I have still been pretty sick and really hope that it doesn't last much longer. I don't know how much more I can handle having to go to work and being this sick. I am on Reglan right now, but that doesn't seem to really help. I have been given suggestions to ask about another medicine...so I will be asking about it at my next appointment.

Well, enough of that, what has been going on around here? We have also been getting a lot of snow here. I think in the last week we probably got about 2 feet. Addison continues to grow like a weed. She has started a reading program at school where she brings home readers 2 times a week. She is doing really well and is enjoying reading. It is so hard to believe she is getting so big.

Brett has been working at trying to get some freelance work. He got in contact with a friend from Casper to do some work for him. Now, all we need is 12 jobs like this a year and I can quit....but anyone who has done freelance knows it isn't something you can bank on.

That is the update as of now. Nothing too exciting happening around here. :)

Introducing..........Baby #2!!

Today was my first official doctor visit. It was a very welcome one. I have been very anxious to know that everything is alright with the baby and how far along I am....and of course, is the baby due on Addison's birthday?

I will start by saying that on Sunday I woke up and was bleeding a little. It really freaked me out. I called the doctor on call and he said that since I haven't had any heavy bleeding or severe cramping, it is alright, just don't do anything strenuous. I decided to stay home from church since I was already not feeling so good (since I am still pretty sick). I stayed in bed all day and finally when Brett and Addison came back from church, I decided to get up and get ready to go to stake choir....I had to get out of the house, and sitting and singing isn't strenuous. After choir, I was standing up and something very scary happened. Needless to say, there was A LOT of blood. I was extremely scared. Again, the doctor said that since I hadn't had any severe cramping and the blood stopped right away things should be okay. I had Brett give me a blessing and I stayed in bed and decided to call my doctor for an apt first thing in the morning. I got into the nurse practitioner on Monday and she did an ultrasound and found the baby and saw a heartbeat. She said because of that she thought it looked okay and when I go into my regular doctor appointment on Wednesday she can see if there is anything more to be worried about.

On Wednesday, Brett and I went to the doctor for the ultrasound. She said that everything looks good and there is nothing that would cause concern. I had stopped bleeding and the baby was moving and we could see the heartbeat. She measured the baby and found that I am 9 weeks along. My due date is August 30th, which is 10 days after Addison's birthday. Here is a picture of our little "alien peanut", as I lovingly call it.


When everything happened on Sunday, it was great to see how many people in our ward called and talked to us and cared. I am sure that we were so blessed by their prayers. We are excited for the next 31 weeks....although I am sure they will go by way too slow. :)

We're Expecting!!!

So, I guess I better get this posted on our Blog. I am pregnant! It has been a long time in coming, but it is finally here. It still doesn't seem quite real. Monday I went to my first doctor appointment. Because I have Poly-Cystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS), my cycle is all messed up, so the doctor and I have no idea how far along I am or when I am due. With today's appointment, the doctor thinks I am about 8-12 weeks. I will not get a 100% for sure idea until the 28th of January when I go in for my ultrasound. I am hoping that all goes well and no complications arise.

Back in 2006, I went on Chlomid to see if that would help me get pregnant, but I didn't even ovulate on a regular basis while on it. So, we stopped that. I just had a feeling that I would get pregnant without all the medical "help". Finally, in November of 2008, I was feeling so icky and I was so sick of my body not feeling "up to par" that I got a referral to an endocrynologist to start the process of trying to figure out what is up. Two Sundays before my appointment, while sitting in Church, during the Sacrament, I had a feeling that "you are pregnant." I thought it was my wishful thinking again, but I decided to take another pregnancy test (I have been taking a test every 3 weeks for the past 3 months) to be able to rule that out when I go to my endocrynologist....however, HUGE surprise, it was positive!! I called my OB and they had me come in to take a test there at their office. It too came back positive. They had me give some blood and I made my appointments.

Like I said earlier, this is so unreal. I still can't believe it has happend and at the same time, I hope and pray that it is real and everything goes well. I know I have many of my family members and their prayers on our behalf to thank, as well as friends. It is amazing how the Lord answers prayers. As it stands now, I will have to go back to work after the baby is born. I hope and pray that something will happen that will allow me to stay home. Thank you all for your love, support and prayers!