21 weeks and a dr. update

Well went to the ob this morning and everything is checking out well once again. Baby's heartbeat was at 165 (once the nurse found it) and I'm measuring at 23cm which is a little big but she said its within the range and she's not concerned about it at this point. I have an appt to have an Echo done on both me and the baby come the 8th of May and then I go back to the ob on the 22nd of May which means that it will be time for the dreaded Glucose test... not so excited about it but I know it's a necessary evil. On top of the glucose test they want to check my Thyroid as well because of my weight, i'm not gaining too much weight or anything but they just want to check to make sure there are no issues. So I guess thats all the doctor update now on to the baby!

How far along? 21 weeks

Updates on baby: This week it says the baby is about the size of a banana which doesn't really make sense to me considering it was a cantaloupe last week but i guess that's just the way it works LOL! 

Symptoms/Body Changes:  Still all normal just growing... the appetite does get a bit more some days but for the most part it has been normal which is good. I've been pretty comfortable for the most part so thats good but I know it'll change. 

Movement: Still the frustrating question... but I'm pretty sure i've felt it here and there... its not a ton and not necessarily everyday but for the most part at least once a day i feel it moving around or kicking me. 

Cravings/Aversions: Still no big cravings... I did just really want some chocolate cake last night but other than that its been pretty normal which is good because I figure the less cravings I have the better i'll be at keeping the weight gain to a minimum. 

Getting ready for baby: yeah still nothing on this front but we have a date set for our garage sale so I guess that's a step in the right direction. 

What I miss: My Brain! I hate the fact that I am so forgetful these days! It drives me bonkers becaue i usually have an awesome memory and I liked it that way! 

What I am looking forward to: I just want to hold my baby! 

Weekly wisdom: remember that you don't have the energy you once did and you need to rest more often because over doing it makes for a not so great day the following day LOL! 

20 weeks!! HALF WAY THERE!

Well I am officially at the half way mark of 20 weeks! I couldn't be happier to know that its half over and I'm half way to meeting our precious little child!! I know some women are just in love with being pregnant but I'll be completely honest... I'm not one of them and I knew from the get go I wouldn't be. Its a control issue I think, and 10 months of not really feeling in control of my own body is just not what I call enjoyable. Now don't get me wrong there are things I enjoy about the process but overall eh not really so fantastic... totally worth it but still not my favorite thing! Ok well enough of that rambling now on to the update!

How far along? 20 weeks

Updates on baby: Our little baby is now the size of a cantaloupe! No wonder things are becoming uncomfortable LOL!!! We went for a detailed sonogram last week and everything was measuring just the way it should and the heartbeat was at 154 which is good and they were just very pleased over all with how everything was progressing.

Symptoms/Body Changes: The ever growing belly! The on and off uncomfortableness, the tired before you even realize that you've done anything. All the normal stuff.

Movement: Ok now this whole topic has been very frustrating for me because its what people ask me all the time and until about two days ago i've had to tell them well maybe but i dont know LOL!! Am I the only first time mother that wasn't sure about what was a baby movement and what was a gas bubble or something. It's all new to me how am I supposed to know! But I'm almost 90% positive that i have felt her move and kick and such but hey I could be wrong LOL!! Via the sonogram we learned she is pretty lazy and very stubborn...wonder where that comes from :)

Cravings/Aversions: This really hasn't changed any i have no real cravings but I will say that smells have averted me from certain foods but its random, like we had Ted's mexican food one night with friends and i have of my plate and saved the rest for lunch the next day. When I open the box for lunch the next day I could not stand the smell and had to find something else to eat... weird I know!

Getting ready for baby: We've registered that about it.... but I fully intend to get moving on that room very soon!

What I miss: This is still the same, I would love to be able to go go go like I used to with having to rest every few minutes!

What I am looking forward to: I just want to get to the end and hold my baby at this point that's all i care about!

Weekly wisdom: Always write things down because if your like me your brain isn't functioning properly and you are super forgetful!

Boy or Girl? and all the other updates

Well I thought it was time for a little update. We have been busy busy busy so far this month with one thing or another going on every weekend and just the normal general routines with some added extras during the week. Needless to say... all that energy people say you get back in your second trimester hasn't stood a chance to the schedule. But even with all the extra activities it has been a pretty good month thus far.

We started the month off by getting Mr. Gibbs fixed which of course we had hoped would calm him down a bit or at least for a few days while he was recovering... yeah right! This dog was back to full speed ahead the following afternoon and hasn't stopped since. So the week of time when we were supposed to keep him calm and only take him out on a leash and not let him jump on anything or run... yeah that lasted about four days and then we said well if it doesn't seem to hurt him I think he'll be ok because there was just no stopping that dog from doing what he wanted to do.

Then came Easter!! I must say I really love Easter and everything it stands for. Growing up we did Easter until I was about 10 years old probably and then my parents decided that my brother and I were both too old for the Easter bunny and there was no need to hunt eggs or do anything festive they just made sure to buy us a little candy so we at least had something special for the day LOL! But in all the years we celebrated Easter it was never about Jesus and what he did for us, it really wasn't till I was older that I understood the story behind the holiday. Well now that we're starting a family of our own I have big plans to make sure that these holidays are not only celebrated but remembered for what they really mean.

We had the pleasure once again this year of spending our Easter holiday with the Killebrew family! This family is so wonderful and I just appreciate them so much more than I could ever express. They are always so welcoming and just make us feel like part of the family! So we had a wonderful Easter lunch and then proceeded to have a big Easter egg hunt! And when I say big I mean there was only one child there so he hunted all by himself and then Mr and Mrs Killebrew hid approx. 170 eggs for us five adults to hunt... it is always entertaining to see who gets the most and to make sure we find every egg!

I couldn't help but think the whole time that Eli was hunting his little eggs all by himself that next year there will be Three children at our Easter festivities. Given my little on and Michelle's newest little one won't be quite big enough to do much hunting on their own but still it blows my mind to celebrate these holidays and think hey next year we'll have a child to celebrate this with!

Now that we've made it through the Easter holiday it was time for what I was looking forward to the most this month and that was having a sonogram done and getting to see our little baby! Well as most of you know if you read this blog at all (or at least have recently) we had a sonogram done while we were in Nebraska over spring break by Blaine's dad which is just the coolest thing ever that we can do things like that! Well I was only 16 weeks when he did the sonogram then but he was pretty positive that we were having a little Boy and we couldn't have been more excited! So for the next four weeks we progressed in baby planning and had a name picked out and had started our registry and all of that type of stuff. But I was still very excited for the sonogram to have another chance to see our little guy! Well low and behold our little guy is in fact a little gal! And not a very cooperative one at that which tells me she will have her mothers stubbornness which really should not surprise me at all since every single person in my entire family has it! So now we are wrapping our heads around the fact that its a girl and not a boy. I honestly would like to say I was just as excited to hear the news of it being a girl as i was when we thought it was a boy but I can't. And of course this already makes me feel like a terrible mother! But lets be honest, I know for a fact I would be much better at raising boys! And my daughter is forever doomed to be a farm country tom boy because that is really all I know!! But I am so very excited for a child no matter what the sex and couldn't be happier that everything is healthy and growing just the way it should! We go back in a month to have an echo done on both the baby and myself to make sure our hearts are both functioning just as they should. We are doing this because I had heart surgery when I was just a baby so we want to make sure there aren't any visible defects on the baby and that my heart is still functioning the way it should and it won't cause me any problems throughout the rest of my pregnancy and during delivery.

And now that we are to current day the thing I look forward to most is going to the farm this weekend for the rattlesnake hunt. There will be about 27 of us that are going up there from my family just to enjoy the glory of god's creation and to enjoy the wonderful family that he has blessed us with and we all look forward to it so much every year!! So thats my long winded update and I promise I will get some pictures up here soon so its not just words all the time!

Another late post!

Well apparently I am terrible at this whole blogging once a week thing. I think I feel like i'm repeating myself half the time but things are starting to change a little and I have some things on my mind today so ya know I figured its time for another post. We had a doctors appt this morning and everything is looking good. We had a ultrasound last week while we were visiting Blaine's family and his dad is pretty sure that we are having a little Boy! Now my actual doctor couldn't tell anything with the pictures I showed her so of course I am very nervous but we have a sonogram appt on the 10th to confirm the gender. But is it terrible that I want it to be a little boy so bad I'm afraid I'll be disappointed if its not?!? I know its sounds awful but I just think I got so excited when we thought it was a boy and now that my doctor seems doubtful i guess I'm just nervous and ready to know for sure and get things moving along! Ok well theres my little spout now on to the update.

How far along? 17 weeks

Updates on baby: Our little baby is now the size of an onion!! And very possibly a little boy!!

Symptoms/Body Changes: I was told yesterday that my belly has popped so i guess I officially look pregnant now. I still don't have a ton of symptoms just getting tired way to quickly, running to the restroom all the time, and the very regular need to eat every few hours! The doctor did say today that I have some protein in my urine which can be signs to different thing but she said that it is a small amount and i have no other symptoms so they are going to monitor it closely and told me to drink more water... which i dont know if that is possible but I guess i will try!

Movement: still no movement but i'm waiting for the day to come

Cravings/Aversions: still no cravings until someone mentions something... then I either really want it or don't even want to think about it LOL! Well and I will basically take chocolate or milk anytime... the chocolate really isn't a change from before being pregnant but I haven't drank this much milk since i was a child!

Getting ready for baby: Still no baby prep going on but we're getting closer to being able to have that garage sale to finish cleaning out the room that will become the nursery. And we are getting close to leaving Gibbs out of the Kennel which is a huge step in that process considering his Kennel takes up half the room!

What I miss: I miss being able to do the smallest things with out feeling exhausted!

What I am looking forward to: I'm looking forward to really getting to work on things and feeling like this baby is going to be here soon because right now it still feels so far away!

Weekly wisdom: I don't think i have any wisdom today... nothing inspiring!

14 weeks

I know I managed to some how skip another week of updates! It's been a tiring week between getting sick and work and helping a friend start planning her wedding! But luckily I am in the more energized phase of this pregnancy!

How far along? 14 weeks

Updates on baby: Now our little baby is about the size of a Lemon and growing everyday!!

Symptoms/Body Changes: Def. feeling the expanding stomach these days. People who don't see me everyday can't really tell a whole lot yet but I can tell and most people who see me all the time can see a change as well.

Movement: No movement yet but I know its coming!!

Cravings/Aversions: I still don't feel like I've really had any cravings. I just know what does or doesn't sound good once someone says something. But there isn't anything that I just have to have!

Getting ready for baby: Still no new things on the preparation front but I'm sure we'll get a lot more excited about that part once we find out what this little baby is!

What I miss: I miss being able to cough or sneeze without it hurting my belly! I know its silly but with being sick has not been pleasant!

What I am looking forward to: This hasn't changed I'm ready to find out what were having!!!

Weekly wisdom: Don't even both mentioning how you don't like the way you looking now that your growing because if your family is like mine they will just go on and on about how cute it is even if you don't think so! Also don't feel bad if you don't love being pregnant... some women do and some women don't and there is nothing wrong with it either way!

12 weeks

Yes I know I skipped week 11 but we were in the Bahamas on a cruise and just enjoying a vacation so I'll just skip that week but really nothing has changed between then in now so no worries you're not missing anything. And no worries I'll make a post about our vacation too!

How far along? 12 weeks

Updates on baby: The baby is now the size of a lime! It still blows my mind to think about how much this little precious baby is growing inside me!! We heard it's heartbeat yesterday while at the doctor and it measured at 166bpm. very strong little heart for our baby :)

Symptoms/Body Changes: The last couple of weeks I haven't felt pregnant AT ALL! Which of course has made it a bit paranoid!!! But I've been feeling great so I am very thankful!

Movement: Still no movement! And the doctor told me it'd probably be another month or two before I could really feel it. Not really the news I wanted to hear but I know it's all in the process!

Cravings/Aversions: I haven't really been having cravings the last couple of weeks which is probably because i was a on cruise where i could eat whatever I wanted whenever I wanted LOL!! I did very well not over doing it though and I ate salads and fruit everyday to balance it all out! But no cravings for me!

Getting ready for baby: Yeah we haven't done anything since cleaning out the room a bit a few weeks ago.

What I miss: Since I haven't been feeling very pregnant I dont really miss anything at this point. Still wish I had a bit more energy but that's really about it.

What I am looking forward to: I can not wait to go have another ultrasound and find out the sex of our little bundle of joy!!! I think once that happens I will be getting lots more done!

Weekly wisdom: Don't be paranoid!!! It's so easy to get worried and nervous about everything little thing but really all you can do is pray and listen to the doctor and trust that your little baby is growing happy in healthy even when you can't feel it!

10 weeks

I'm in the middle of my 10th week and I think I get excited more and more each day. I'm a quater of the way through and I still feel like I just found out! My post for week 11 will probably be a little later because I will be on a cruise next week but I won't skip it I promise!

How far along? 10 weeks

Updates on baby: This week the baby is about the size of a kumquat. It is only about an inch long and still weighs little to nothing. But organs are growing and even fingernails are forming. It still blows my mind the miracle of growing a baby!

Symptoms/Body Changes: Nothing has really change although I feel bigger then i did last week even though I'm sure i'm the only one who can really tell. But still no morning sickness which has been so wonderful!

Movement: Still No movement but I am patiently waiting. A little less patiently everyday but I know It'll happen when its supposed to and it'll all be with it. I just can't wait for that daily confirmation and affirmation that everything is going good.

Cravings/Aversions: I've had a few cravings here and there but its never the same things. It just hits and I know exactly what I wants to eat!

Getting ready for baby: We cleaned out the nursery to be and stored a bunch of stuff away in the attic this past weekend. It's still full of stuff but its all stuff for the upcoming garage sale!

What I miss: Being able to stay up past 9 to watch castle! I fade so quickly come evening times it makes it very hard to stay awake past 9 or even 8 somedays!

What I am looking forward to: At this point I just want to go back to the doctor and hear that little heartbeat again and be reassured that everything is progressing just the way it should be.

Weekly wisdom: Don't let what is happening in everyone else pregnancy or previous pregnancy make you wish differently for your own. Everyone is different and yours is special in every way because it is yours!

Well that's all for now!! Lots to do this week to get ready for our cruise! But I am so excited to vacation and just enjoy some time with the hubby!!