{ Easy as Pie.... mmmmmm }

14 weeks and growing!  This week has been by far the best week since we found out we were expecting!  Energy levels back up and feeling really good.  Getting my gym routine back and not feeling quite so moody and grumpy!

We've got a couple more weeks before we find out the gender!  I had a dream last night that the doc emailed me and said it was a boy! I remember in my dream contemplating whether or not to tell my Mister that the doc told me that it was a boy.  Our appointment to find out the gender is in Bloomington on the 15th of December and i was really looking forward to the trip up there to find out gender and then to shop!  So in my dream, i thought "i'll just not tell him so we can still go up there and i can go shopping!" ha!  Funny pregnancy dreams :)

I'm doing some shopping with some other pregnant friends tonight!  Really looking forward to that!  Cute comfy clothes and the food court --- does it get much better than that!?

Only real complaint I have from this past week is the out of control headaches i've been having lately.  They last a couple days and are not fun at all.  Any recommendations besides, cold compress and oils are welcome! I can't take the good stuff!  Although, i did get some oil from Aveda that seems to have helped quite a bit, but still doesn't compare to just having a good old Diet Dew --- don't judge me. I like the diet dew :)

What's baby up to this week?
This week's big developments: Your baby can now squint, frown, grimace, pee, and possibly suck his thumb! Thanks to brain impulses, his facial muscles are getting a workout as his tiny features form one expression after another. His kidneys are producing urine, which he releases into the amniotic fluid around him — a process he'll keep up until birth. He can grasp, too, and if you're having an ultrasound now, you may even catch him sucking his thumb.

Here are some shots from this morning that i know some of you are just dying to see... or... not so much!

Tyson's face is priceless :)

And he's over it.... 

Pregnancy Questionnaire:

Total weight gain/loss: Not sure, haven’t had the guts to step on the scale since the first appointment! J

Maternity clothes? LIVE IN THEM!!!

Stretch marks? None yet --- fingers crossed it stays that way!

Sleep: OMG! So much better!  Only a few pottie breaks but that’s it!

Best moment this week: Sending a pic of my bump to AJ and him writing back “hey kiddo!”  just cute!

Movement: None yet, lots of times just lying there hoping I’ll feel something.

Food cravings: Actually wanting more healthy stuff lately, but have had a weird craving for meat when I’m not a big meat eater normally.

Anything making you queasy or sick: Still not a fan of the smell of coconut

Have you started to show yet: YES! I don’t care how many of you say “oh come on, that’s nothing, I look like that when I’m bloated!” --- I’M SHOWING DANG IT! Ha!

Gender prediction: I was thinking for the longest time that it was a girl.  But now I’m really leaning hard towards boy.  J These meat cravings, the fact that I didn’t get all that sick the first trimester, and I had a dream that my doc emailed me and said it was a boy :)

Belly Button in or out? Still in

Wedding rings on or off? on

Happy or Moody most of the time: A lot HAPPIER now :) Energy back and feeling good!

Weekly Wisdom: Take lots of time to get up walk around.  Find myself sitting at my desk for too long without standing up to walk around and keep the blood flowing :)

Have a great week everyone!!  -- Until next week.... 

My baby he'll always be!! 

{ Gobble Gobble - Hello 2nd Trimester! }

VBaby is growing like a weed!  Today is 13 weeks! Some definite changes this week that I've been able to tell.  Getting a more solid bump instead of a squishy "flat tire" -- which makes the whole process a little more exciting, and less uncomfortable.  I'm really anticipating all the hype about how much better the second trimester will be compared to the first.  

My Mister may not agree with me, but I'm feeling like I'm coming out of my terrible moodiness and feeling a little more energetic than I was a few weeks ago.  Finally getting some good nights sleep which helps a ton! Although, I do go to bed at like 8:30 or 9:00 and sleep until almost 5:30 most mornings!  So VBaby is still requiring me to do lots more resting than I normally would!

I had my first experience at a maternity store last week.  Not going to lie, went in super overwhelmed and told the associate immediately "I hate this, and have no idea what I'm looking for, but I'm wearing a rubber band around my button on my jeans right now and it's not comfortable, and I'm crabby"  -- ha! The poor lady took it like a complete champ and walked me through all the clothes and what works best for my figure, size, how far along etc.  Needless to say, SO glad I made the leap into the maternity clothes.  They are amazing!  Still cute, but yet so much more comfortable!   Hello to stretchy cotton fabrics and scarves, as it'll be my new wardrobe for the next 6 months! (The jeans in my picture are maternity-skinny jeans --- sounds a little bit like an oxymoron doesn't it!? :) )   

What's going on with the baby this week:
Fingerprints have formed on your baby's tiny fingertips, her veins and organs are clearly visible through her still-thin skin, and her body is starting to catch up with her head — which makes up just a third of her body size now. If you're having a girl, she now has more than 2 million eggs in her ovaries. Your baby is almost 3 inches long (the size of a medium shrimp) and weighs nearly an ounce.

Beings that it's Thanksgiving tomorrow it'd probably be best to say the things I'm thankful for! So, I'm completely blessed and humbled that my family and friends are the best I could ask for and everyone is healthy and full of life.  I have an absolutely wonderful husband that deals with all my crap and still wants to kiss me goodnight every night.  My job and coworkers are great, and I never ever leave a day at work and think "god, i do NOT want to go back tomorrow!" - and I know there are very few people that can say that!  My current baby, Tyson, loves the crap out of me unconditionally and seriously just wants to do whatever I want to do whether it's sleep, eat, go for a walk/run, or watch TV.  And last but of course not least, is the fact that I'm carrying this child which ,in and of itself, is such a miracle that it blows my mind!  Couldn't be happier that I'm getting the opportunity to carry this child and love the snot out of them when I know there are plenty of others in this world that aren't able to.

Ok, enough of the sappy stuff!  A little gear change here --- something I need to get off my chest.  What is the deal with people instantly staring at your belly the second you tell them you're expecting?  Like are they expecting a the child to kick out and say "sup!?" --- It's kind of like if someone told me they had bad gas, I wouldn't walk behind them and stare at their toosh! right!? Anyways... just a little thing I've noticed, as I'm not a huge fan of the Belly Gawkers. 

And finally, some photos - cuz i have a camera and I can :)

My Baby Nugget -- Who seems to know
something is up. He follows me
EVERYWHERE! Perhaps he has a 6th sense?!

How cool is this chair!?  I bought it for
5 bucks at a sale, and Mister has re-stained
and fixed it up!  This will be perfect for
VBaby!

Mister installed 7  new windows in our house
this past weekend!  This is the new one in the
soon-to-be nursery.

Our Work-In-Progress Nursery.  Taking some before pictures
and will include more as we make some progress!

One of Those Flat Tire Kind of Days

So today marks 12 weeks for V-Baby!  Mister and I tried taking our first belly photos this morning.  Needless to say they are awkward to take and I'm absolutely not comfortable at all with this whole "stare at my belly" thing yet!  Kind of feel like I've got that "flat tire" look going on around the waist!  I know this all part of the gig, but doesn't make it any more comforting.  

This week I've definately felt my mid section growing.  It's not the same as the bloated feeling, but more of a "there's no way i can suck this in" type feeling! :)  It's great to know that the baby is growing at a fast enough pace now that I can actually tell a difference.  Mister still wants to be touching the baby bump but I'm not quite there yet!  Guessing in the next couple weeks things may change a bit, as the baby goes from being the size of a lime at 12 weeks to the size of an apple by week 15!  

 What else is going on with the baby right now? 
The most dramatic development this week: reflexes. Your baby's fingers will soon begin to open and close, his toes will curl, his eye muscles will clench, and his mouth will make sucking movements. In fact, if you prod your abdomen, your baby will squirm in response, although you won't be able to feel it. His intestines, which have grown so fast that they protrude into the umbilical cord, will start to move into his abdominal cavity about now, and his kidneys will begin excreting urine into his bladder. - Taken from babycenter.com

Our next doctor appointment is December 4th.  We'll be nearly 15 weeks at that time.  Hoping to hear a good healthy heartbeat and hearing that everything is right on track the way it should be.

Week 12 Questionnaire:

Total weight gain/loss: Approximately 1 lb since the appointment on the 6th.

Maternity clothes? I've ordered some, but of course they are huge! although, i wore one pair of maternity leggings to work and felt like i was in sweatpants all day <3 loved!!


Stretch marks? None yet, but i have a pretty good friend who was looking out for me and hooked me up with some great body butter that i cake on DAILY! 

Sleep: ............. what sleep? ha!  Still pretty tired but having trouble getting a good nights sleep.  Wake up more often than not to get up and watch a couple hours of TV before falling back asleep.  I've now seen almost every episode of Fraiser that's on the Hallmark channel between 1:00 am and 4 am :)

Best moment this week: actually being able to physically see the bump start to form and checking myself out in the mirror constantly to see if it's still there! 

Have you told family and friends: yes!  we told them right after the doctors appointment on the 6th!  They had a really hard time with keeping it quiet! 

Movement: none yet that i've noticed

Food cravings: Really liking cereal and cheese and crackers

Anything making you queasy or sick: the smell of coconut... ish!

Have you started to show yet: yuppers!

Gender prediction: I'm 85% positive it's a little Lady in there!

Belly Button in or out? In, way in... ha!

Wedding rings on or off? Still got that bad boy on!

Happy or Moody most of the time: MOODY!  Poor Mister -- hoping the swings stop soon for his sanity!

Weekly Wisdom: SLEEP SLEEP SLEEP and then drink some water, pee, and SLEEP more!

Oh and here are our ultrasound pictures from our appointment.  We went in on November 6th and we were thinking we were just under 10 weeks pregnant and to our surprise we almost a week farther along then we had thought!  Here's VBaby at 10 weeks 6 days.

Body View (head is down)

little tiny nugget feet and tooshy! :)  Doc said this
would have been the "money shot" if looking for gender!

Another body shot (head down)