22 Weeks.

This week has been interesting to say the least. My emotions have been getting the best of me a lot more it seems and my mood changes at a drop of a hat - Luckily for the husband those moods usually being hyper and exhausted. I think Mr. W lucked out that I am not one of those that dishes out a lot of "pregnancy rage" as he calls it.

Baby RJ is a kicker let me tell you, I say it is his way of letting us know he is a soccer player but Mr. W insists that its him saying he is going to be a MMA fighter. Haha, we have such high expectations for this kid already it seems. I'm still adjusting to the feeling of it, it is amazing but at the same time it is still freaky to feel. Mr. W puts his hand on my tummy in the evenings to feel the little thumps against his hand.

We had Thanksgiving at my folks house and then mainly hung out at home the rest of the day. Mr. W had an intense black Friday schedule and needed rest. Speaking of black Friday, I really didn't participate much... I went to Carter's baby and kid store at 6AM with my sister on Friday and got some pieces half off, grabbed a sausage biscuit on the way home, and was back into bed by 7:30. The whole time I was at Carters buying things I just had my next ultrasound in the back of my mind. It is next Wednesday && with how much baby boy clothes I got Friday this kid better be sporting the boy parts as the doctor was "pretty sure" he saw.

How far along? 22 Weeks

Total weight gain: 13.8 lb.

Maternity clothes? No but I am starting to reconsider my protest against them.

Stretch marks? Nope! :)

Sleep: Pretty good. RJ wakes me up on regular around 4AM though with his insistence to kick.

Best moment last week: Mr. W feeling the baby!

Movement: A lot of kicking throughout the day everyday!

Food cravings: Genghis Grill... Still. 

Anything making you queasy or sick? Not really.

Labor signs: No.

Symptoms: Exhaustion is coming back.

Belly button in or out? In.

Wedding rings on or off? On.

Happy or moody most the time? Happy as a clam. 

Looking forward to: Our ultrasound next Wednesday.

Baby Registry Mayhem.

Who knew that a baby would require this much stuff? Seriously. Have you seen the babyrus suggested checklist? It's kind of absurd, and by kinda I mean really absurd. Holy smokes! I get a headache the second I log on to start working on it and immediately log off, or I start but get overwhelmed in 5 minutes change my mind on everything and delete everything on my registry and then log off. Needless to say I am getting no where fast.

I am pretty certain the direction I am going in terms of the nursery. Nursery colors will be yellow, gray, and white (ha.... just so happens to be the same coloring of my blog apparently) and the theme is going to either be owls or airplanes. I am leaning towards owls... mainly because I have a weird fascination with owls. Don't ask, I don't know why - I just love the damn things.

I thought with a general direction of the nursery all this registry jazz would be a piece of cake. Ha. Yeah. What a piece of cake it has become. I've convinced Mr. W that we are going to actually go to Baby'r'us on Friday evening and do it in the store - I am hoping that it makes it easier to have the items all in front of me instead of having a endless selection via the interwebs.

One baby item that I didn't have to stress over. My beloved snoogle. I got it on sale for just under $45. Yes it takes up 3/4 of the bed and Mr. W complains about not being able to get within 6 inches of me thanks to the border that now divides he and I in the bed... But it keeps me on my left side pretty comfortably for the most part. I wake up annoyed every now and then... my body is pissed at me for not letting it even try to sleep on my back and I still have to swing my leg back over one of my husband's legs - I am sure he had finally escaped the one leg drape that I automatically do the second I get into bed, but alas, even though it isn't horribly comfortable I still do it automatically.

If you're knocked up I fully endorse one of these bad boys.

So yeah, that is my baby registry vent at the moment. I am so worn out but look forward to it maybe being a little easier actually going to the store and doing it with the husbands help. If not I am considering letting someone else make one for me. Anyone up to the task? ... Anyone?

Week 21. Holla.

Well the halfway point has come and gone, now we are sitting pretty at just 19 weeks until my due date. I can't really suck in Baby W and the tummy anymore. My bump is out and proud. I know a lot of women who dread when this time comes and the baby bump becomes more significant but honestly I love it. Yeah it is kind of hard to see that scale every month and see those numbers higher and higher every time you have your monthly OB GYN appointment... but it is a necessary part of the baby making process. I kind of love wearing more body hugging shirts to show off Baby W. What we as women can do is pretty amazing, I mean I am making a human being here, it's pretty awe inspiring and I am proud of it. And heck my body is going through some pretty crazy changes and going through a lot to produce this offspring... I am not going to hide it away, that's just silly talk! Galatians 1:5 reminds me that God is forming and knitting Baby W together in my tummy and even before. So yes, you will see me walking around in my Buckle shirts with a cami underneath to help with length, and probably my Victoria Secret yoga pants (I pretty much live in them) and flaunting what God has blessed Mr. W & I with. This beautiful baby boy that we both already adore with all of our hearts.

How far along? 21 Weeks

Total weight gain: Apparently my scale is off... 13lb.

Maternity clothes? Nope just sporting my yoga pants a lot more these days.

Stretch marks? Nope! :)

Sleep: Still getting up only once a night. I'll take it while I can!

Best moment last week: Had our 5 month check up and everything is A-OK.

Movement: I feel a lot of butterfly-ness going on from time to time.

Food cravings: Genghis Grill... Still. And pretty much anything spicy! So thankful that heartburn hasn't haunted me yet.

Anything making you queasy or sick? If I stand in one place for too long I start feeling nauseated.

Labor signs: No.

Symptoms: Feeling some flutters and movements.

Belly button in or out? In.

Wedding rings on or off? On.

Happy or moody most the time? Thankfully I appear to be one of those pregnant women who aren't raging hormonal nightmares when pregnant. I am pretty happy and positive most of the time. Everyone in awhile I get sad but not really angry ever.

Looking forward to: Thanksgiving holiday and some fried turkey!!!

Week 20!

Sound the alarms and a moment of celebration that this venture is half way over and we are that much closer to meeting our little man! Yup yup we are officially at 20 weeks now. Time flies. We had our 5 month appointment today and all is well with baby and momma. Baby's heartbeat is a strong 143 beats per minute and I am starting to get random swirly/butterfly feelings in my tummy which I know is our little one moving around like crazy. I actually felt kicks this week, we have a fetal heart doppler at home - I know ladies who use their doppler every day but I only check in on him every other week or so usually in between doctor appointments. I checked today and found him pretty quickly however within seconds of feeling him I felt him kick the doppler wand and then swim away from that spot. I found him on the other side of my tummy and again he kicked the doppler. It was such a weird feeling and I can't quite explain what it felt like other then being distinctive.

How far along? 20 weeks! AKA the halfway point!

Total weight gain: 11 pounds

Maternity clothes? Nope just extra long shirts and hairbanding my jean buttons still

Stretch marks? Not yet thankfully

Sleep: I get up once a night, usually around 4 to go to the bathroom. Other then that I am sleeping pretty soundly.

Best moment last week: I got some of my energy back!

Movement: Not a whole lot. I did feel kicking today though.

Food cravings: Genghis Grill... like everyday all day

Anything making you queasy or sick? Standing up too fast makes me dizzy.

Labor signs: No.

Symptoms: Not being able to get off my couch as easily as I use to.

Belly button in or out? In.

Wedding rings on or off? On.

Happy or moody most the time? Thankfully I have been happy.

Looking forward to: Feeling my little buddy some more!

To my Dearest Husband

Devin,

This time last year we were hours away from pulling off a pretty secret affair that only a few family and friends were aware of. I still don't quite know how I managed to keep it pretty much under wraps with my track history of secrets, but some how we kept it quiet. I found the perfect little white dress weeks earlier with some blue suede heels... I had worked on a button bouquet for weeks on end and it all led up to me curled up on the couch anticipating the next day. Although we intend to celebrate June 7th as our wedding anniversary, October 31st will always hold a dear memory for me as we gathered in a small court house with our parents, siblings, and some close friends and officially exchanged vows to become man and wife.

I wanted to take a minute and thank you for the best year of my life, from marrying me, to our amazing trip to Jamaica, to giving me the greatest blessing yet... the opportunity to be a mother. There is no one in this world I would rather spend my life with. I feel so fortunate to have married my best friend. You're such an amazing individual and I will follow you to the ends of the earth. The life you have given me is more then I could ever ask for and I feel so overwhelmingly blessed, happy, and thankful to call you my husband. I don't know what I did to deserve so much.

I am so excited to start this new chapter in our life, the best part of this whole experience is knowing I get to see you be a dad and how amazing it is going to be, that it will just be me and my boys. So here is to the last year and the lifetime to go hand in hand. I love you, I love you, I love you.

Week 19!

Holy mackerel! It's crazy to think that next week I will be all excited to be halfway through this pregnancy. Last week was crazy with all the news and such, and this week I feel is going to be an emotional one for me. My boss of 5 years has moved on to (much) greener pastures and took a position in Florida. Thanks to these hormones of mine her leaving has hit me much harder then I had thought it would. So this week I have to accept some change in my life rather I want to or not.

Halloween parties were this past weekend, and being this is my last kid free Halloween we decided to go to a party. I have to say it's totally different being all preggers and having jello shots and beer pong surrounding you. We had fun all the same. My mom did my face/stomach painting as well as Mr. W's face. I was a cat and I had my mom draw a fish bowl on my tummy. We only made it to about 12:00 and by then I was getting sleepy and restless so we called it a night, but E for effort and trying!

I started looking for a small part time job to pick up on the evenings during the work week here and there and on the weekend... Just taking an extra step in saving for when our little boy gets here. Anyways... here is what you really came for.

How far along? 19 weeks

Total weight gain: 9 pounds. HOLY SMOKES!

Maternity clothes? Nope, I went to look at maternity jeans and my prediction was correct  they didn't have any long enough for me - The longs looked like high waters.

Stretch marks? no

Sleep: I got a pregnancy pillow this weekend which keeps me on my side, I am still adjusting.

Best moment last week: Found our we are having a bouncing baby boy!

Miss Anything? Sleeping in - Have to get up early every day to go to the bathroom.

Movement: A little.

Food cravings: Nope.

Anything making you queasy or sick: Nah.

Labor Signs: No

Symptoms: A every growing tummy and being overemotional.

Belly Button in or out? in

Wedding rings on or off? on

Happy or Moody most of the time: Ecstatic.

Looking forward to: The hub's and my anniversary!

Ultrasound #2

We had our second ultrasound this morning, so much has changed since 2 months ago let me tell you! My OB GYN sends all his clients to a high risk doctor for our second and third sonograms out of the three we get during pregnancy. So the husband and I were off to see a high risk doctor this morning. Luckily the wait wasn't too long. The scale was depressing. They had to make 2 attempts to get accurate blood pressure and then it was off to the patient room. Our tech came in with a student and that is when the real fun started. We got to see little Baby W who didn't look so much like a little Skelator anymore. We saw limbs, the heart, the head, although the tech had a very difficult time trying to get a shot of the kid's face, little Baby W was not a willing participant in this ultrasound. Face down and curled up in a ball, legs clamped close not giving a money shot or anything. about 15 minutes in she froze the screen and moved the cursor on the screen. "See that right there? It's a boy." luckily she screen captured because it was only visible for a second, she picked up on it a couple more times as well. She gave up with the face and said maybe the doctor would have better luck and maybe he would get a better capture about the baby's gender.
Dr.B was super nice, automatically made both Mr. W and I feel real comfortable.He took out the ultrasound wand and got to work. This time Baby W was deciding to make the heart difficult to see, but at the same time finally moved the hands and arms out of the way of the face so we could see the little nose and mouth. Then the doctor started trying to verify gender. Again he screen captures and says he is pretty sure that is a boy. After finishing he stated he wanted me back in in 4 weeks to do another ultrasound because he wasn't completely happy with the way this one turned out and he wanted to verify the sex which he said at this point he said it was 90 to 10 odds it was a boy, but that there was a lot of umbilical cord floating around in that area so he wanted to make sure, and he wanted another shot at the heart. So we will be back late November for yet another ultrasound.
In the mean time we have announced that we are having a handsome baby boy!