Can I say how happy I am that March is here? February was of course a happy month because we found out we are expecting but it was also full of sickness. We are all feeling much better in terms of colds and infections, although Eli still has a lingering cough and runny nose. Today I am 5 weeks, 4 days and the nausea has hit. I was starting to think I was going to get lucky and not get sick but nope! It's funny how they call it morning sickness when it's more like ALL day sickness. I just have this underlying feeling of being sick all the time that worsens if I go too long without eating. I don't have enough food in the house to keep up with me so we will be going grocery shopping today! This morning we had the awesome opportunity of going to see some murals that will be placed in the Rome, Italy temple. Our Young Women's Secretary's husband is a very talented artist and has painted a few murals for temples. They are renting out a big shop where they have the canvas nailed to some wood frames in the shape of the actual room. It was so amazing. Him and his wife had traveled to Italy and took thousands of pictures. He has used those pictures to piece everything together into one continuous landscape. I was amazed. He said that he spends more hours on the computer using Photoshop and cropping out pictures than he does actually painting. SO COOL. After that we came home and put Eli down for a nap. I was supposed to work this afternoon but of course my class was canceled. I haven't been getting enough work recently and it worries me. Justin is going to apply for an English teaching job like mine so we are really hoping he can get that and bring in a little extra every month. This month we have some exciting things coming up. Jake and Kayla will be visiting Boise this weekend and next for Kayla's sister's missionary homecoming. I'm trying to convince Justin to skip a couple classes so we can drive out there and spend some time with them. Two weeks after that we will go to Utah for the big Jensen family Easter party hosted by Bruce and Cassie. We always look forward to spending time with family. It's what makes the days and weeks go faster.
Alright, so fast forward a couple weeks since I began this post- it is now Sunday, March 18th. March has been another crazy month! We were able to go to Boise on a Wednesday and spend time with family until Sunday. It was really great seeing Jake, Kayla and the girls. We didn't end up getting to spend as much time with them as we would have liked due to myself and Eli being sick. Eli must have eaten something bad because he threw up all day one of the days we were there. I was still trying to figure out how to manage my nausea so that wasn't fun. We've been back in Rexburg now for a week and since returning home Eli's cough worsened and he just seemed pretty miserable. We finally decided to take him in to urgent care on Wednesday night. They swabbed his nose to test for RSV and the flu. Well, the RSV came back positive. :( They gave us the option to put him in the hospital or we could just watch him closely that night since his oxygen levels were pretty low and he was having difficulty breathing. We decided to just keep an eye on him. They gave him a breathing treatment while we were there to help open his airways. We brought him home and he slept (or not slept) in our bed that night. In the morning I took him in to see our regular doctor to see how he was doing. His oxygen levels were worse but the doctor was confident that we could treat him at home and he wouldn't need to be admitted. He prescribed some steroids for him and we were also able to rent a nebulizer to give him breathing treatments at home. Well, now it's Sunday and he's doing better. He hates his breathing treatments and his medicine but it is helping. He's regressed with sleeping as a result of everything which has really sucked. He wakes up frequently throughout the night and struggles to sleep soundly without someone next to him. We hope he continues to get better! What was neat throughout the whole ordeal was how supported we felt. As soon as we got home from urgent care, all of the family had been notified and everyone was praying for him. It made us feel so loved and cared for. We are so blessed to have such a wonderful family and extended family. As for me and the pregnancy, I still feel pretty nauseous but better as long as I stay on top of my medicine and eat frequently throughout the day. I'm growing so incredibly fast which is weird because I was so tiny with Eli. I will have my first ultrasound next Wednesday and I'm excited!
