Recent Events

Since we found out its a girl we (well mostly me) have been very excited to decorate the nursery. My mom and I found adorable bedding, we are enjoying this whole new world of shopping open to us....and Rowdy and my mom painted the nursery. I forgot to get action shots but I took a couple quick pictures of the room with miscellaneous things in it but you get a little glimpse of the beginning. Also included is a picture of a cake I made for a friend's bachelorette party, I'm just a little proud of my creation so I had to post a picture, its a little racy for the babies so shield their eyes :-) Lastly is a new bump picture, I don't think much has changed but this was taken at 22 weeks 2 days so it is very current. Ultrasound Thursday so more pics to come....

20 Weeks

I am about 20 1/2 weeks now so just past the halfway point, yay! I had my monthly doctors appointment today and am measuring between 22-23 weeks but she said its no reason to change due date right now. They want to do another ultrasound because they couldn't get enough pictures of her face because of the way she was positioned. They said its normal and that everything looked good but they like to get more pictures of the lips and mouth area and they didn't get as many as they wanted because just like her mom, she likes to sleep in some weird positions :-) I have decided to brave it and include a little picture of myself, its crazy to see it in a picture! Not too much else to report right now other than we are in the great name debate though I think we have it pretty much narrowed down, stay tuned! We are also working on the nursery, well, right now we just have it cleaned out but just having fun picking colors and decor, its so fun to be so girly right now! Well, I will have some fun new pictures of growing baby girl in 2 weeks!

We're having a ~~~GIRL~~~ !!!

We went in on Tuesday for our 18 1/2 week ultrasound. We knew we were going to find out the sex at the ultrasound and were so excited. Of course, I was worried that we wouldn't get to find out and asked the ultrasound tech as soon as we got in there how often it happens that they can't tell. She said in 4 years she had only had one baby that she couldn't tell. Well, of course our baby didn't want to cooperate. She was in a breach position and shifted over to my left side. Oh and of course she had her legs crossed too! Finally after some painful jabs to my belly with the ultrasound wand thing the baby started to move around a little more and the ultrasound tech said, "well, I can definitely say its a little girl." We are just so excited and can't wait to meet her. Now we can finally start decorating and, much to Rowdy's dismay, I can start shopping :-) She has been kicking and moving around a lot more. Its still pretty light but yesterday she gave me three pretty solid jabs right to my ribs, I'm sure it will hurt later when she does that but I loved it!

waving hello!
cute little crossed legs at the ankle

Its a girl :-)

Sweet little profile

This is what happens when I get bored.....

Well, my doctor wanted me to stay home yesterday and today and stay off my feet. I hate just sitting on the couch and watching tv, don't get me wrong, I love tv, but I can't just sit there. Since we don't know if it's a boy or girl yet I decided to play with these onesies and here is what I came up with (Its a goofy owl in case you can't tell, I think I could make it boy or girl depending on the accessories) :-) .......

16 Weeks!

Well, I’m now 16 weeks and there hasn’t been too much going on. No more morning sickness, wahoo!! Just waiting to feel some movement in there. I felt a few little things that I think might have been the baby but nothing that I am convinced is the baby. I heard the baby’s heartbeat again yesterday, it just never gets old. Now we are just waiting patiently (or not so patiently on my part) to find out if it’s a boy or girl. Just 2 ½ more weeks and it feels like forever. Our ultrasound will be on Sept. 8th!! No major cravings yet though I did eat some chips and chili con queso and then I might have had a strawberry pop tart right after, Rowdy was pretty sure I was going to throw up but sadly, it was delicious. Since there really isn’t anything exciting to report right now I have included a picture of the crib we like so there is at least something to look at. I will post a picture of the bump soon since its starting to stick out there a bit now, once I get the courage that it doesn’t just look like I had a big lunch. Will be back in 2 ½ weeks with some exciting news (as long as the baby cooperates)!!

11.5 Week Ultrasound!

Our ultrasound today was amazing! We spent about a 1/2 hour in there just watching the baby move around. When we started the baby's head was up by my head and feet by feet and then during the ultrasound it flipped and was upside down for the last half. It was so fun to watch it move it's arms and legs around and now it finally looks like a baby instead of a bean! She even took some 3d pictures which was pretty awesome.

This was one of the 3d pictures, my camera doesn't do it justice, the baby is looking right at us and the arms are on either side waving hello :-)

More ultrasounds....

Well because there have been some strange happenings and little complications with the pregnancy so far I have had lots and lots of ultrasounds (don't get me wrong, I am not complaining, I love the ultrasounds). Today we had our 5th ultrasound I believe and my mom got to come and hear the heartbeat since Rowdy had to work so that made it extra special. It actually is starting to look like a baby and less like a bean, we could see the head and body, very exciting. I looked to be around 9 weeks 2 days so that darn due date is sticking at February 7th but as long as the baby looks good thats all that matters. We have another ultrasound in 2 weeks and after that we should be going to just regular appointments. The ultrasound machine ran out of film or whatever it uses so hopefully I will get a good picture in a few weeks to post and I'm sure I will eventually get the 7 1/2 week picture up but I think its pretty much only exciting for Rowdy and I. I have been blessed with some time at home due to Dr.'s orders and tomorrow I go back 1/2 time for a week and then back to full time. Glad to have 1 more week of 1/2 time to get me almost out of the so far very unpredictable 1st trimester since I have been napping on a pretty regular basis, I'm going to miss those noon time naps but I guess I need to suck it up like the rest of the pregnant working ladies out there : -)