The One With 24 Down 16 To Go....

September 16, 2012

          We have officially made it through 24 weeks of pregnancy....so far so good! We went to the dr. on September 14th. All they did was check the heartbeat with the doppler and ask me if I had any questions. It's always amazing to hear his little heartbeat but these sure are boring appointments compared to the ones with ultrasounds. At home we have been able to watch the baby move now. It's so funny to watch my belly randomly bounce when he kicks me. Petey and I have alot of fun sitting on the couch watching and feeling the little guy move :)

Nausea & morning sickness: Nope, but the hot flashes have taken their place

Belly Bump: 36 inches now WOAH!!!!! 

Belly Button: the top part is starting to poke out.....you cant see it through a shirt yet but I can feel it with my hand on my bare belly...ew

Weird Cravings: Hot wings, McDonalds....anything and everything from there ha gross I know

Mood: Overall, very happy but I'm not going to say there aren't moodswings and random tears

Maternity Clothes: Still not absolutely necessary but definitely more comfortable 

Movement:Lots and Lots and you can see it    :)

The One Where We Reach 22 Weeks

September 2, 2012

          Today we are 22 weeks pregnant. That's more than halfway! It's hard to believe how much is changing so fast. The baby moves so much now. Petey gets to feel him alot. It's the best feeling in the whole world; I get so excited with every single little movement. We still haven't agreed on a name, I swear that's the hardest part of the whole process. We've bought all the stuff for the room but don't have any of it put together or hung up. I have definitely gotten bigger the last few weeks...here's a peak at us at 22 weeks......

Nausea & morning sickness: Ended at 13 ish weeks, none since

Belly Bump: Definitely growing everyday!!

Belly Button: Still an inny but I can tell a difference in it that' for sure

Weird Cravings: McDonald's Fish Sandwich.....i know, i know, how gross can you get?!?! 

Mood: All I can say is......my poor husband!

Maternity Clothes: My dress pants are all maternity, simply for comfort. I can fit in almost all my clothes but the shirts are looking shorter and tighter everyday

Movement: Quite a bit, Petey feel it now. Mostly quick, hard kicks. 

The One Where The Baby Isn't Shy

      August 30, 2012

              I swear we have the shyest baby ever! He wiggles and squiggles ALL the time! He kicks me, moves around, stretches, and whatever else a future karate kid does. I get so excited with every little movement and always make a big deal of it to petey and my friends. Unfortunately, every time I tell someone he is kicking he stops immediately! I have been wanting Petey to feel the baby move for weeks now. On August 30th it finally happened!!!! It was about 12:15am  and Petey had just gotten in from a late flight. We were both laying in bed and the baby was going crazy. Of course, he stopped when I got Petey's attention but I decided to tell Petey to just put his hands on my belly and wait. I remember telling him it probably wouldn't happen but it is worth a try. A few minutes later, it FINALLY happened!!! The baby kicked! Petey said,"Wow, did you feel that?" I'm thinking, are you serious?!?!? Of course I felt it! It was really exciting to finally share this feeling with Petey. I can't wait for it to be more frequent.....our little guy just needs to not be so shy!

The One Where We Are HALFWAY!!!

           As of August 19, 2012, we are HALFWAY there!!!!! It's halftime woot woot! We had the ever so exciting 20 week appointment on August 17th. This was supposed to be the gender reveal appointment but we obviously did not wait that long. This appointment is a total anatomy scan with an ultrasound and measurements. Petey went me me to the appointment. We sat anxiously in the waiting room until our name was called. The tech did about a 15 min ultrasound inspecting every part of our little boy. It was so fun to see how much he had changed since we went to the 3d ultrasound. The tech spent alot of time looking at his heart, saying nothing the entire time. We were so nervous! I was sweating and my eyes were filling with tears until she finally told us that everything looks great and we have a happy, healthy baby. It was such a relief to hear those words. We are so excited to meet our little love!!!

This is what our little guy looks like now

The One Where We Reach 18 Weeks

As of Aug. 5th we are officially 18 weeks pregnant. Weird to think that's almost half way!! I'm just getting to the point where I like being pregnant and now it's almost over. Give me a few weeks and I'm sure I'll be singing a different tune.


Nausea & morning sickness: None, feeling great!
Belly Bump: Belly is bigger than Petey's now haha
Belly Button: So far still an inny but I can already see some change ....my guess is outie by the end
Weird Cravings: 1) Texas Pete mixed with honey and mustard mmmm 2) green olives
Mood: Still moody wiith random tears but overall happy
Maternity Clothes:I am down to 3 pairs of jeans....apparently my butt is pregnant too but jeans fit everywhere but in the booty
Movement: not regularly but def. feeling him, mostly after eating sweets

"18 weeks: Mommy and daddy have been working on my room. Mommy's belly is bigger than daddy's! New craving is hot sauce"

The One With The Gender Reveal Party

July 13, 2012

We had our immediate family over the day after the ultrasound for a small gender reveal party. We wanted to have a big party but it would be alot easier to call just family and say "ooh nevermind, the baby was modest and there will be no partying tonight" than to call a bunch of people who cleared their night for something that wasn't happening. It was so hard to keep the gender a secret until then, I had to shut my phone off to avoid spilling the beans early. My friends even started sending texts that said, "Are you ok?" because I wasn't texting anyone back.

Here are a few pics of our little party...

I asked everyone to wear the color that they believed the gender to be......everyone showed up in blue!!!

My father in law changed his guess to girl when he saw that everyone guessed boy

 

 

 

My quick attempt at a gender reveal cake

 

 

BLUE!!!!!

 

The One With The Ultrasound

July 12, 2012

At 14weeks 5days we went to Baby Dimensions in Newnan to find out the gender of our little one. It was the most amazing experience!!!! We sat in a room in a recliner as we watched our baby move around on a big screen tv. They were not busy that day so our 15 min appointment lasted almost 40 min! The tech let us guess what we thought we are having and then showed us a shot of the anatomy..... definitely a BOY!!!! The wait is finally over!! Now we can shop, pick names, decorate a nursery ...oh let the fun begin! I must admit, in the very beginning I honestly wanted a girl. Then all my friends started having boys and I thought how fun it would be to have play dates, watch our boys play on the same teams and grow up together doing man stuff and I became totally impartial. The minute I saw that baby on the screen though, I can not imagine being ay happier!!! I already love him sooo much! Here are some pictures of our little man

                                                         He's kicked back and relaxing

 

No photographs please!

Hi Mom and Dad

sweet baby

BOY!