17 Weeks!!

How far along: 17 Weeks, plus a few days

We have a Sweet Potato! About 5.5 inches 5 ounces

What I've Learned from What to Expect: LB's can now yawn. How cute will that be to see on an ultrasound?!

Total weight gain/loss: Still the Same

Maternity clothes: Yep and LOVE them!

Stretch marks: This is tricky...I noticed some of those little pesky marks on my side by my waist...but I know I already had some from long long time ago on my upper legs. So I don't know if these are newbies or ones I've never noticed before.  But I will say I did a close check, so next time I will know if they are new ones...hopefully not too many though.

Sleep: Sleep is good when I'm asleep.  My nightly trips to the little girls room kinda disrupts it though.  Mike is a sawing-logs-snoring-machine (sometimes). Well I normally don't hear him, but once I'm awake, it's hard for me to get back to sleep with him snoring. Sometimes I use earplugs and sometimes I just shake him over and over til he shuts-up.

I'm still waking up on my back, which gets me nervous---apparently sleeping on your back can cause lack of oxygen to the baby---but good news is, I've had several friends let me know that my body will defiantly let me know when not to sleep on my back.

Best moment this week: Doesn't necessarily directly relate to LB, but I had today (Friday) off after having Jury Duty this past week.  So I got to google, search, and pinterest baby things...Oh, mom and I did go piddling yesterday and I got LB a sweet super soft Orange Blanket!

Miss Anything: Nothing comes to mind right now...I think I will always miss just getting to have a glass of wine for dinner though.

Movement: No, Darnet! :( I'm hoping soon though!! I might pee my pants when it finally does happen though, I'm so looking forward to that!

Food cravings: Really wanted Coney Island this week and probably just fruits still.

Anything making you queasy or sick: During Jury Duty, Tulsa County brought in some really funky smells that I had to try to avoid...can't pinpoint what it was, but it was weird! 

Have you started to show yet: Absolutely!  Some people are so funny, I know they aren't being rude intentionally, but they will say things like, I mentioned I was a little over 4 months and some comments were, "Oh your already bigger than my daughters who are 7 and 3.5 months." Gee, thanks lady, way to make a pregger girl feel fat!  No, I really don't feel fat!

Gender prediction: Nope, but I did have a Girl Dream this week...Here goes...(you know it's hard to explain dreams, so I will do my best without dragging it on and on) The dream was we had a little girl and brought her home. We put her to bed and for whatever reason, she didn't like the bumpers on the bed---yes I will be the mom along with 1000's others that will be chastised for using those awful baby bumpers---so Mike and I had to take the bumpers off. In order to do this we had to disassemble the entire crib to take those awful bumpers off. When we went to put the crib back together, when we were finish, we had about 2-3 extra parts left, and they looked like really important parts that should be on the crib somewhere, but we didn't seem to care and put Little Bit Girl back to bed and then I woke up. 

So, I've now had a boy dream and a girl dream, the heart beat has been 175 and 140, can't seem to eat meats but love my chocolate milk...all which seem to be opposite of what the old wives tales will tell ya about gender prediction. Oh well. I did ask my friend if I could come visit her this weekend to see if she can tell us what we are having a bit earlier than when we go back to the doctor.

Labor Signs: Nope.

Belly Button in or out: Still an Innie.

Pregnancy Symptom: Boobs still getting bigger. Niagara's still fallin. I feel I can smell anything! Back Pain. My nails are growing like crazy!!  And I've haven't bit them since I found out I was pregnant, go me!

Wedding rings on or off: On

Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy, feeling great! And Lots of Energy!

Looking forward to: Feeling LB move, Finding out for sure what LB is, planning the nursery, hearing the heartbeat, and Remi getting to play with a new baby!

Hope y'all have a great weekend!  Happy Friday!

Family Pictures!

I got to take pictures of my best friend, Amy, and her wonderful family.  Her sister and family was in town for Christmas, so it was so fun to see them all together and see the sweet cousins together.  Thanks for letting me share this time with you.  So sorry it took so long to get these up!

Bam Bam

The Whole Fam!

Grandparents and Grandbabes

Amy, Eric, & Ms. K

with Boone

Anibal & Bam Bam

Lisa, Anibal, & Bam Bam

Lisa, Amy, and Trent

Cousins!

I just think this is so cute!

Thanks so much! I love your family just like they are my own!

16 Weeks!

How far along: 16 Weeks, plus a few days, about the size of an Turnip, 5 inches & 3.5-4 ounces!!

What I've Learned from What to Expect: LB's can now hear us and has reactions to different noises.

Total weight gain/loss: None. Thankfully my belly was already a little on the round side, so LB is just filling it in for me.

Maternity clothes: Yep and LOVE them!

Stretch marks: Nope

Sleep: So wonderful with our new amazing bed!! I actually had one night this week that I didn't even get up for a potty break!

Best moment this week: Going to the doctor and getting to see LB!!  And getting a 'guess but don't start painting yet' gender reveal!

Have you told family and friends: Yes! 

Miss Anything: Red Wine this week, Mike and I went to dinner with Casey and Derek and Casey order a glass and it smelled amazing!!

Movement: No, :( I'm hoping soon though!! At our appointment though, we did see Little Bit kicking it's legs and wiggling it's toes, just like mom does!

Food cravings: Probably just fruits still. Oh, and I always think about vanilla ice cream with chocolate syrup. I've been good and didn't have any, but today I did get some Blue Bell Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream when i was grocery shopping, so excited!

Anything making you queasy or sick: Tosh.O had a segment, that if I just even think about makes me want to gag.

Have you started to show yet: Absolutely! It's funny, cause I feel I've been showing for a long time, but on Thursday, three people at work (all know I'm preggers) and they commented about my belly poking out there. Some the kiddos at work are asking too.

Gender prediction: Still nothing from me.  Doctor gave us an idea, but I think I will save that for later :)

Labor Signs: Nope.

Belly Button in or out: Still an Innie.

Pregnancy Symptom: Boobs are getting huge, which Mike is loving and I want to cry....And if you've read Belly Laughs: The Naked Truth about Pregnancy and Childbirth, then I can now relate to the Niagara Falls Chapter...And I woke up to my first Pregger Charlie Horse, it was awful and I scared the crap outta Mike. My calf was still sore the next day. I hate those things!

Wedding rings on or off: On

Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy, feeling great! And Lots of Energy!

Looking forward to: Feeling LB move, getting the nursery cleared out completely...almost done, but still have a couple things that need to find homes and then we can move furniture in! Finding out for sure what LB is and then getting to start thinking of names.  So many people give me a weird look when they ask what names we've thought about and we haven't. Since we are finding out, why do double-duty of thinking of a boy and a girl name, so we are waiting.

And this happened on Friday...What a bummer, huh?! 

Thankfully it still works with it's new look.

15 Weeks!

So, my cousin-in-law...is that right?...Mike's cousin, Sarah, is also expecting at the beginning of July, so we are about 3 weeks apart. She gave me a blog, where this one momma-to-be answered the same questions each week and I liked the questions so we will try these. Thanks Sarah!

How far along? 15 Weeks, about the size of an Avocado 4-5 inches!!

What I've Learned from What to Expect: LB's bones in his/her ears are now in place and can most likely hear our voices! Backbone is stronger now.

Total weight gain/loss: None yet! Woot Woot! but I forgot to weigh myself today so I will check back in later

Maternity clothes? Yep and LOVE them!  I don't know why we need to wait til pregnancy to wear these wonderful things! For Christmas, Rick & Mel got me a gift card to Pea in the Pod. They have some super cute things with a really nice price tag too!  But I found most of my things there on sale. With all I got, I was able to earn $70 Bump Bucks. So this weekend I went back out and finished up my Maternity wardrobe at Motherhood. They have equally super cute things with about 1/2 the price! I also got a few new bras...kinda had a freak out moment when the sweet lady working there told me how big my boobs will probably get!

Stretch marks: No

Sleep: Fine, usually up a couple of times to go to the bathroom...but I think I will be sleeping SOO much better with our new purchase!!

Best moment this week: Buying a NEW MATTRESS and GETTING IT TODAY!!! I am so pumped for the most incredible night's sleep tonight!!

Have you told family and friends: Yes! Pretty sure everyone close knows now.

Miss Anything: Steak!  Only because I like mine Medium and they recommend ordering steaks WELL DONE Yuck!

Movement: Not yet... Hopefully SOON!

Food cravings: If I had to pick, probably fruits, still being eating lots of Oranges at work and tonight I really wanted Mac & Cheese, but settled for butter noodles with chicken.

Anything making you queasy or sick: Man vs. Food usually makes me want to throw up because of all the food he eats, but nothing else I can think of...

Have you started to show yet: Absolutely!

Gender prediction: Still nothing from me, Mike, lately has been thinking boy though

Labor Signs: Nope, but can't even think about what that will be like!!

Belly Button in or out: Still an Innie...when does that start to poke out?

Wedding rings on or off: On

Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy! And Lots of Energy!

Looking forward to: My appointment tomorrow!!  Hopefully we will get to see Little Bit again!

 And here is our new purchase!! We got it this weekend and it was delivered today!! Courtney at Mattress Firm, at 71st & Mingo, was wonderful, and we are so excited to sleep in our new Serta iComfort bed tonight!!  With our purchase, we also got to choose two pillows, for free, and we got the Tempurpedic Cloud. Thankfully Mike was there to keep me grounded and stay in our price point, I'm so proud of him for doing that too, because I know I wouldn't have had buyers remorse with what I wanted to get, but it would put a HUGE dent in the finances. Way to go Mikey!

Hope y'all have a great week and enjoy the Super Bowl!! Who will you be cheerin for?

Little Bit!

14 Weeks!!

Thanks for your sweet comments and emails on my last post!  So fun to get those!

I can't believe it and actually today I am on Day 100 of being pregnant! 

Today I was suppose to go to the doctor, but had to reschedule for next Wednesday :( I'm so sad to have to wait another week to see our Little Bit...which I may start calling LB for short. I need to blog stock some pregger people...I don't really know what all information to share.  So here goes..

So far, still so good.

Thankfully no sickness

I have had lots more energy and feel less tired than before.

With all my energy, I still don't do very much. I need to exercise more...I mean I need to exercise period, but have no motivation.

I love to rub my belly

What to Expect (WTE) says LB is about the size of a naval orange which is about 4.5 in and 2-3 oz.

I still haven't had any cravings, with that said though...

McDonald cheeseburgers are the only kind of burgers I like right now...tried, Smashburger and a couple others, and nothing tastes as yummy as Micky D's

I have about 2, 3, or sometimes 4 oranges a day...I'm not craving, but they are usually always available at work and I have those in my inbetween meals

Meat, in general, just doesn't sound or look good.  I mentioned the fajitas and chili were a no go, pretty picky about burgers, and I tried the Meatloaf at Red Rock the other night and it was a no go too. Which this really makes me sad...because I love my meat!

Mom (my mom) has, I think, finally realized that LB could be a boy and not just a little girl

Been doing some research for childcare and let me tell ya, I almost wanted to cry!

My brain is mush

I have had lower back pain, Mike has been so sweet and will rub my back for me when I go to bed

I had my first baby dream---it was a boy, but we couldn't decide on a name...for a long time in dream time...so Julie called me and told me we could borrow 'Jackson' until we figured out what we would name him, and I gave him apple juice in a bottle---Mike makes fun of most my dreams, because they are usually so random.

With that, I still have no 'feeling' if LB is a cowboy or cowgirl

I had my first 'round ligament pain' according to WTE two nights ago...it felt like I pulled a muscle when I went to turn over. The pain went away quickly

No weight gain

My belly is definately sticking further out there. Some days its still jiggly and other days it feels really firm.

I like it when Nellie rests on my belly purring...I think its a great relaxing sound for LB!

So I think that's it so far.

Here is my Week 14 Belly Picture!

Last weekend, my mom came over to help me clear out the office and move some funiture to start getting ready for the nursery. We moved the desk and file cabinet into the guest room and it actually fits quite nicely. We still have a few more things that we need to remove...the chest/dresser is going to Kira, the TV is going to the dump, the stand, to Goodwill I guess, and the long table back to mom's attic. All the junk under it...it still needs to find a happy home here somewhere. We even cleaned out the closets!

Well, I hope you had a Happy Hump Day!  I am so ready for Friday!!  I feel it can't get here any sooner! Have a good one!

So...

So, if you didn't catch the great news in my last post, the great news is....

There were TWO LINES!!!

There were actually two lines about 4 times!!

So here's the story...get ready, it will probably be a little lengthy, maybe even a little too much info for some, but I think we all now know where babes come from, so I'm not too worried about it :) but we are so excited about our Little Bit! 

 I knew I had missed the first day of my period...thankfully, I'm pretty darn regular which was Tuesday (the week before Thanksgiving). I didn't say anything yet, and just patiently waited for the end of the week and still no Aunt Flo! So, Friday, Mike was watching the OSU/Iowa State football game with a buddy (and thankfully didn't cause any damage at their house) and I was watching the game at home, just hanging out. As OSU was losing their first game of the season and possible blowing the opportunity at a National Championship Game, I couldn't help but keep thinking about No Aunt Flo.

Okay, now back track a week or so...I had gone to Amy's to have pizza and wine with her and Jen and their babes. They just knew I was preggers then, but like I said I was being patient. They wanted me to take a test that night, but I wanted to make sure if we were or weren't, Mike would be the first to know.  I love my Ames and Jen, but my Mikey comes first! So Amy sent me home with a few pregnancy tests.

Okay, back to Friday evening. I was bummed about OSU losing and just not playing up to par, so I decided to take a test. I had one hiding in under the sink and also had Amy's. I did my thing and watched anxiously. Didn't have to wait too long and I had the absolute biggest smile come across my face!  There were TWO lines! Amy's also showed two lines, that's TWO Positives!! So the rest of the evening as OSU lost, I couldn't think about anything else other than our future Little Bit!

Geez, just writing this brings back, that amazing feeling of becoming a mommy!

Since I was alone, I teetered back and forth between calling Mike or not, then I knew he would be really upset about the game, and thought I might call Amy, then I had heard about someone texting a random number they were pregnant.  I didn't do any of that. I enjoyed that time for myself and our new baby. Something I am so thankful I did, to have just that time for me.

Now, Mike came home late, I was already in bed asleep, but the next morning, he was still mourning about the game and he had to work. While he was out working I went on a mission to find our little bit their first OSU gear. I wasn't quite sure how I wanted to tell Mike. And honestly, I wasn't sure how he'd react. Obviously we knew what could happen and he was okay with it when we talked about it, but I didn't know exactly how he would take it when it actually happened, which it happened pretty fast! So, I left the onesie and a note in the bathroom, knowing he would immediately be showering after work. That way he also got to have his own time in enjoying our new news. Once he got it, he came to the kitchen and said, "Really?" with a huge smile, I said "yep", and his response, (which I love) "Bad ass!"

This is what I left for Mike. 

So Mike and I enjoyed our little secret for a bit. We originally thought we'd wait to go to the doctor before we told our families. Well, that went right out the window, when I called Monday morning and the sweet receptionist said, "okay, we'll see you at 10 weeks, which will be December 28th."

I was so sad!! I couldn't believe I had to wait 10 weeks before I got doctor confirmation that we really were pregnant. I guess they did better tests or something. I did mention that this was our first and would we need to come in any earlier, her reply in the sweetest voice, "Oh, Congratulations!"

So, I obviously couldn't keep in such fun and exciting news till after Christmas and Thanksgiving was this week!! Mike and I decided we would then tell them after Thanksgiving.  For me, it was so hard to talk to my family and friends. I normally talk to my mom everyday or every-other day. And I avoided her pretty much all week except on Thanksgiving. I didn't call any of my friends to chat that week. Thankfully it was a holiday week, so it didn't seem too out of the ordinary and Mike's family was in town, so we were spending lots of time with them. That was hard too, Joanna had even made a comment about me not having any wine at dinner one night. I have no idea how I was able to keep a straight face...I'd definitely be one that you'd want to play poker with!

On the Friday after Thanksgiving we were having dinner with Mike's family. I asked him how he wanted to tell them, his initial response, "I really don't want to say anything, I kinda just want everybody to just know." My lovely husband, doesn't like any kind of extra attention. So, I suggested we give  his mom her birthday gift early and we write a note on it, he was good with that. It was fun to share with all his family and celebrate.

On Saturday, we were going to tell my family. I texted mom if her and dad were home because we were going to take Remi over to play with Maggie. Which is weird, because we drop Remi off all the time without calling or anything, so she texted back yep we're here. Well, when we get there, dad was gone, I asked where he was and she said he'd gone to Casey's to help him with stuff. So we gave her the bag with this... 

On a side note, this was the first year mom and Rick (Mike's dad) and Doris (Mike's Grandma) had put a grandbaby, or two or three, on their Christmas list.

Funny story, mom first just pulled out the onesie, you know like a child who just looks at the present and doesn't look at the card, and didn't get it, she asked "who do I know that's pregnant that you want me to give this too?" I told her to read the card and she immediately got and of course did her scream that I knew she would do. She was so excited.

Mike had to run some errands, so mom and I went to Casey's to share the news and I gave the same bag to dad, and he knew immediately. Everyone was so excited and it was fun to share with Casey and Sara and Jack and Kira too.

Moving ahead, finally to 10 weeks!! Mike and I went to the doctor and we got our first ultrasound!!! SO AMAZING!!! The doc showed us Little Bit's heart beat and kicking it's feet...unfortunately, Mike and I didn't really see that, but we did see the head for sure!  Definitely felt like Rachel off of Friends! Doc said everything looked great and then she let us HEAR the heartbeat, brings tears to my eyes...the most beautiful sound I've ever heard! Here are a few pictures from Little Bit's first photography session. 

This one shows the heart beat. That really thick white dot in the last inch or so on the line is me laughing.

Little Bit's heart rate is 175.

This one shows the head. The brighter white spot is the heart and then there are also two little feet, you'll have to get creative on those, I don't really see them, but the doc said they're there :) CRL means crown-rump length and at this time Little Bit was about 1.5 inches.

Go Pokes Baby!

And now to present time...I am in my second trimester starting today! I think I may start doing weekly belly shots, but we'll see. Yes I did purposely hide my face in this one. So here's the first belly shot.

13 weeks!!

Hope you enjoyed hearing all about our future Little One. We are so excited. I will really try to be better about doing some posts.

Some of my symptoms:

no sickness, yet

only some mild nausea in the first 3-4 weeks

tender breasts

tired all the time, although, not as bad in the last couple of weeks

I do have to make sure I have something eat and something in my belly about every hour or two

No weight gain as of yet

I'm a very light sleeper now...I heard Nellie (all 8 pounds of her) walking on the carpet and woke me up

No cravings

I am easily swayed to foods though, if I see something on the TV or someone talks about a certain food, I will then want it

Couple of food aversions to Chili and Fajitas

I did like calamari, which I hated before pregnancy

Holy Moly!

Wow, so it's been just a bit since the last time I had blog post...I wonder if I still have some readers.  Well if I do, there's been a lot that we have been up too and I promise to try to get to all of it eventually!  Firstly, I hope everyone had a fabulous Christmas and are getting excited about ringing in the new year. We have plans to go to a friends house to celebrate.  We (Mike and Derek) looked into going to some bars, I wasn't ever really a fan of that idea, but was going with the flow, but it just seemed like such a headache and eventually Dustin and Rachel said they'd have people over...WooHoo!

So just a slight recap on some things going on in our lives:
-if you don't remember, I got to go to St. Louis for a conference, which I took pictures at and am still working on
-again, if you don't remember, Mike's parents took us to Italy in October, which was the most incredible trip ever, and I am still working on pictures from there too
-OSU had another fabulous Homecoming celebration and a win over the Baylor Bears
-I co-hosted a surprise Sip'N'See for a dear friend and her new bundle of joy
-We experienced our first Earthquakes...in Oklahoma! I thought it felt so cool!  We had friends over to watch the OSU/K-State game and all just hanging out after the game and then all of a sudden a friend asked me if I was doing laundry...umm, no...then we all started to feel the house shake.  It seemed to last forever.  A while later there was a second one, I think they measured them around 5.6-6! 
-The OSU family and womens basketball lost four members in an airplane crash
-OSU then lost the first (and hopefully only) game of the season against Iowa State
-I found out I was pregnant with two positive pregnancy test that same night, so the loss didn't really effect me
-Rick and Mel (Mike's parents) came in for Thanksgiving
-We had a fabulous Thanksgiving celebration with my family and then later that evening with Mike's family.
-Joanna and I kicked some major butt in Hand and Foot
-OSU kicked some OU butt and became Big 12 Champs!
-I decided to burn my hand
-Had Girls Christmas Dinner
-Took pictures of Amy and her wonderful family...still working on those pictures...are we seeing a trend here or what?!
-Rick and Mel in town for Christmas
-I've been pretty tired lately
-Julie and Luke in town too
-Missed Christmas Eve with my family to be with the kiddos as work for a party thrown by a wonderful and generous family
-Had everyone over for Christmas Day Brunch
-Celebrated more Christmas at Grandparent Evans place
-Back to work, but thankfully only half days this week
-Heard a the most wonderful and beautiful sound ever
-Jo and I lose majorly in Hand and Foot
-Sarah (Mike's cousin) came to visit
-It feels like Spring here in Oklahoma with temps in the 60's!!
-The house is still a complete and utter disaster from Christmas morning, possibly even hazardous, due to the festive red and green mold on the left over food we haven't thrown out--yes I am very embarrassed about this, but hopefully it will get my butt into gear to clean up!!
-And here we are today!

Pictures and more to come soon!  If I don't make it back by 2012 have a safe and glorious New Year!