17 weeks

I can't believe in 3 weeks I will be half way done with my pregnancy! Amazing!

16 weeks and showing

I got asked for the first time this week, if I was pregnant. It was by one of the soccer players on my team. AND one of the parents said her daughter told her a couple weeks ago (only like one or two kids knew the whole season and for the most part didnt' say anything). She didn't believe her daughter, but told her they would wait a couple weeks and see. Lol Surprise surprise tournament time came around and the mom told her daughter she was right! I officially LOOK pregnant. I think it is mostly because I was wearing a tighter shirt for most of the tournament, but I have definately started to pop out!

I took pictures with my teams after the tourney and YUP, definately have a big ole bump. I keep looking at the pictures and thinking how in the world have I only gained 3 pounds, I look HUGE!

I must say, it is kinda weird having a bump. I mean, before I definately did not have a flat stomach, BUT I used to be able to suck most of it in. Now I try to suck it in and it doesn't move more than a cenimeter! Lol I know it is only going to get bigger, but for now from my perspective it still looks suck-in-able and when it doesn't it just kinda makes me laugh.

16 week appointment

Had our 16 week appointement today! :) Heard the heart beat. It still amazes me! It is soo loud, strong and fast! Such a beautiful sound! Then we heard something else and the doctor was like, Oh! She said it was either a kick or a flip! Soo neat! I still can't believe that this is happening. I guess that is why they call it the miracle of life because it truly is a miracle to think that is where we all came from. When I first found out I was pregnant the baby was the size of a sesame seed... now an avocado and in 5 months... a 5-8lb. baby!! Amazing

Anyway, we go in for our next apt and our BIG ultrasound where we get to find out the gender on June 20!! Yay! :)

Postponed.... until tomorrow.

Today was supposed to be our 16 wk. appointment. but just like our very first apt. my doctor was delivering a baby and had to cancel. The price you pay for a doctor that delivers babies. At first I was mad, but then I realized if I was having my kid in the middle of the week I would want my Dr. there and not taking all of her appointments! So our apt. is now tomorrow at 2:00. Can't wait!! :)

A Look back at my 1st trimester

I thought it would be a neat way to look back and remember what and how I was feeling during my trimesters. So, while I can still remember:

My 1st trimester was probably the most exciting and nerve wrecking time of my life! I will NEVER forget the day I found out I was expecting and how in shock I felt. I kept waiting for some sort of sign that would prove to me that it was real. That didn't happen until the first ultrasound when we got to see the baby and the most beautiful sight, the heart beating. It only got better when we got to HEAR the heartbeat. Amazing.

Some stats:

1st trimester : Gained 3 pounds
Craved: Raspberries... and ate them EVERY day
Sickness: Not really, nauseous in the evenings or after a big meal, but did not throw up ONCE! (knock on wood!)
I felt: Lots of stretching and cramping as things moved around and grew in my stomach. I also started feeling definate boy vibes and think this baby is a boy.
Scariest part: Hoping everything went well with the pregnancy and telling people... I had a hard time telling people.

16 weeks

I was going to wear the same dress every time I took pictures... but I was washing my grey one today and was wearing this dress... so I took pictures wearing this one. I don't know if it is the dress... or what... but I think I look A LOT bigger this week than last week! Maybe I will go back to grey next week and we can compare.

16 weeks

I cannot believe I am 4 months pregnant! Wow. Time sure flies when you are having fun! I go for my 16 week apt. on Thursday and I am hoping that is where we will schedule my next ultrasound. I can't wait to hear our now, little avocado's heartbeat again.

I feel like we are in this scary time of a pregnancy still, even though we are out of the first trimester. It is the time where you can't feel the baby move and you are still kind of small so you just have to have faith that everything is growing and doing as it should and wait 4 weeks to verify that heartbeat is still beating strong. I can't wait until I am bigger and can actually feel the baby move! Then you know everything is ok, because they are there and you can feel them.

Anyway, I will post a 16 week picture later today and I will of course update after our apt. on Thursday!

Oh Boy.........

I have been getting BOY vibes throughout my entire pregnancy. Whether it actually is a boy or not, I have no idea... but it is just wierd. Only boy names pop out at me. Only boy bedding and stuff pop out at me. I catch myself not even looking for girl names or girl things. I wonder if all these boy vibes are accurate?!

I have done all kinds of wise tails predictor things online and everything so far has said boy...

I never really imagined having one gender over the other. So I really never had a preference either way. Although now that I have myself like 90% convinced it is a boy, it is kinda sad cause I keep thinking of all the cute girl things I might miss out on and what if I NEVER have a girl?? But then I see a commercial with a cute baby boy or a picture of a cute little boy and I think about all the little momma's boys out there and that kinda melts my heart! lol We probably have like another 5 weeks or so until we actually find out, but it seems to be consuming my mind lately! Mosty cause I want to start shopping already!!! :)

15 weeks

So I always thought I would be one of those crazy people that would take pictures every week so I could see the growth of my belly throughout my pregnancy.Well.. then I got pregnant and I got lazy and haven't taken a single picture. But since I have been starting to get a bump I thought I might as well start my picture gallery. So, here is my 15 weeks picture. I plan on trying to wear the same thing in every picture, so you can really tell the difference. Which works well for me because I LOVE this dress it is the most comfortable thing I own right now! :) If only I could wear it to work! Lol

Worry Wart

I am a self professed worry wart. I worry about everything... all the time. It is just the way I am, I can't help it. I am on this forum with all these other ladies who are also due in November. They have been posting pictures of their bumps and it is making me very self conscious that my bump doesn't look like their bump! I know it is silly.. but I can't help but fret over it. Everyone's bump looks all round and cute and I feel like I don't really have a bump compared to theirs and what I do have isn't round and cute. This of course makes me worry that maybe something is wrong. What if I am not growing like I should or the baby isn't growing well. I know this is silly, but I think that because I dont FEEL pregnant that I am constantly looking for some sign that I am actually pregnant. (The fact that I haven't had a period since January and that I don't fit into any of my clothes isn't a big enough clue I guess...) I can't wait until I can FEEL the baby!

Also I go to the Dr. on the 26. I believe it will be similiar to last time, really quick and just checking the heartbeat. BUT we should be scheduling our next ultrasound that day... the big 20 week ultrasound where they do the anatomy check and will tell us the gender! :)

Ok that is all I have! Off to try not to worry!

And we have a bump!

I have definately noticed that I am popping out a bit more and this weekend Ryan even, said it just seems like it happened just this week!

Hello MAY!

I just ate 2 pickles. I never eat pickles. I just ate 2. Yesterday I went to chuch with a rubberband securing my jeans together. Hello May!

Nesting?

(Warning: I put links in here on the bottom, but I am a looser and have no clue how to make them actually links, so you have to copy and paste them if you really want to look at them.)

Last weekend Ryan wanted to rearrange the bedrooms because he wanted to see how the beds and everything would fit. We originally had two twin beds in our one spare bedroom and nothing but a desk, bookshelves and a filing cabinet in our office spare bedroom. We decided to split the beds up. Keep one bed in the baby's room and move the other bed into the office. We had to totally rearrange the office and get rid of a bookshelf, but it looks good... but not as good as the baby's room! Which we have determined is much bigger than the office room. We don't have a crib or anything, but we put our family heirloom bassinet in the spot where the crib will go and I literally go into the room everyday and look at it! Lol My amazing next door neighbor actually already made us a diaper cake so we have the diaper cake and the bassinet as our only baby things, but it is still fun to look at and invision what it will be.

Speaking of thinking about what it could be... I got bored today and already started looking at crib bedding! I know, I am ridiculous, but its ok! :) So for a girl I have always loved pink and brown. Not too much pink so it looks like a bottle of pepto, but a nice subtle pink. And for a boy... I had no clue, but in my online searching today I kept finding myself leaning towards polka dots for a boy. So this is what I got.

Girl - (It is the website for the crib, but I like the bedding and the bedding website was worse. :) ) http://www.target.com/Avington-Crib-Toddler-Rails-Tobacco/dp/B002RNMKLK/ref=br_1_2?ie=UTF8&id=Avington%20Crib%20Toddler%20Rails%20Tobacco&node=2742717011&searchSize=30&searchView=grid3&searchPage=1&sr=1-2&qid=1304309392&rh=&searchBinNameList=subjectbin%2Cprice%2Ctarget_com_primary_color-bin%2Ctarget_com_size-bin%2Ctarget_com_brand-bin&searchRank=pmrank&frombrowse=1

http://www.target.com/gp/detail.html/178-4684125-4665132?asin=B001P77U46&ci_src=14110944&ci_sku=B001P77U46

Boy - http://www.overstock.com/Baby/Blue-Polka-Dot-9-piece-Crib-Bedding-Set/5298467/product.html

http://www.target.com/Tiddliwinks-Cozy-Blue-Crib-Bedding/dp/B003ZKESDW/ref=br_1_27?ie=UTF8&id=Tiddliwinks%20Cozy%20Blue%20Crib%20Bedding&node=2245094011&searchSize=30&searchView=grid3&searchPage=2&sr=1-27&qid=1304309754&rh=&searchBinNameList=target_com_gender-bin%2Ctarget_com_category-bin%2Cstyle_name%2Ctarget_com_primary_color-bin%2Ctarget_com_character-bin%2Cprice%2Ccollection_name-bin%2Ctarget_com_brand-bin%2Citem_styling&searchRank=pmrank&frombrowse=1

So I guess I was wrong...

You can tell I'm a newbie at this whole pregnancy thing. My first trimester is totally not over! Lol But it is close to being over! So you can disregard that post about the first trimester being over! Although I still feel pretty good considering my Dr. told me that once you hear the heartbeat your chances of a miscarriage goes down to less than 5% so that is pretty comforting. Just thought I'd say I was wrong! :) That is all!