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Thursday, September 29, 2011

19 weeks...and 4 days (technically speaking)

So again, I'm slightly late in posting this. Big surprise ;)

Well, 19 weeks, not much is goin' on except for I felt the first big kicks yesterday! Can't wait for Aaron to feel them. Also, I've had this killer headache for the last week or so. I'm trying SO hard not to medicate, so I'm sticking with ice and rest. 

You can't see it in the photo, but my bump has officially moved past the ta-ta's. It's getting big! Now, I just wish it would round out a little more. I'm guessing that's coming within the next week or so. 

I cannot believe that I'll be at the halfway mark this sunday. This pregnancy is going by SO fast. But I can't wait to meet my little man. Aaron and I have been coming up with ideas for the baby's room. It will have neutral colors (since I despise the loud primary colors that come on most of the bedding and decorations), and it will be "adventure" themed. But not too crazy. I want to have a chest in there with capes and pirate hats, marine dress up stuff. Obviously, this stuff wont be in his room when he's a newborn, but once he wants to play, it will be there for him! For about the first year, we're going for a more modern Pooh Bear theme. I have a whole slew of pooh quotes that are ready to be framed and hung on the walls. Who knew that Pooh Bear was so philosophical? 
If you have a Pinterest account, (if you don't I HIGHLY suggest you get one) you can view my board for the baby's room. You'll get a better idea of what I am talking about. 

CLICK here for the board.

Alright, time to go feed the dogs. 

adieu. 

19w 4d and...

We can add some stronger kicks that I can just barely feel outside my belly to the list of all things awesome. Couple weeks or less and I say, Aaron will be feeling the kicks himself!

I love my little baby.

Time is going by so fast!

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

16 week ultrasound pics

I'm 18 weeks now, so this was two weeks ago. I'm a little slow. But I was busy! 

This ultrasound was my favorite one so far. He's still a boy...as you can see below :) But the cool thing was that he was squeezing his hands open and closed. He was, as per usual, kicking up a storm and moving around a lot. In the time that we there, all of 10 mins, he managed to flip himself over. He's got Aaron's ADD already hahaha Can't sit still! 

So this, as it was described to me, is "inside the toilet looking up". I'm one of those ladies who can't see s*it on the monitor. I have no intuition of what anything is, so I ask a lot of questions haha 

The left is his little head, side profile, and I believe that is his little hand there by his mouth. The right photo- we may never know ;)

OK so I finally got some clarity from the tech on why the left photo looks so creepy. He's looking straight at us, basically, and we're basically seeing the eye sockets and nose socket. So that's why it looks so scary. Then on the right we have his long Aaron like foot. Hopefully, he doesn't get Aaron's creepy toes. 

Here's my little guy after he flipped over. You can see his spine there and his legs squished up. 

I can't wait for him to come out! I just want to eat his feet. Those little piggys are going in my belly. 

Monday, September 12, 2011

17 weeks


Alright, I'm getting better at this whole week to week update thing. 17 weeks yesterday (sunday)!! This little guy is kicking up a storm. The last 4 or 5 days I've started to feel him much more. I think he is developing some sleep patterns. I learned what his movements, kicks and hiccups sound like on the doppler. That's totally fun to listen to. 
As you can see, my belly is starting to protrude more and more. Lately, I have been feeling a heaviness in my uterus? If that makes sense. It's getting harder to bend over and forward out of a chair of the couch. I've had to really rely on my arm strength to hoist myself up and out of our death trap of a couch. It's time for a new couch, I think. 
OH, I already have to get my wedding ring resized :( I know a lot of women go without wearing theirs, but  I want to get it resized. I can't go that long without wearing mine. I feel single and naked. And I don't like it! 
We officially have a name picked out, but I'm not sure if Aaron and I are sharing yet. So I'll hold my tongue. But I will give you the initials...JBE

Tomorrow, if I get time between work and editing photos, I will post up the most recent ultrasound photos. He's so handsome :)

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

How I announced on FB

I keep forgetting to post up screen caps of these. I announced on facebook at 10w5d. I left several fun little hints. It was really fun to see everyone's questioning and reactions.

Ok here they are!






























This was so fun for me! I took joy in confusing a lot of you at first hahaha.


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Monday, September 5, 2011

16 weeks

Here's my little belly! Baby boy is located about halfway between my belly button and the top part of my lower abdomen area....if you get what I'm saying ;) And if you look to the right of the screen, you will learn that he is about the size of an avocado crown to rump. He's getting big! 

After seeing just how active he is at our ultrasound last weekend, I can confirm that I've been feeling him flutter away for a couple weeks now. It feels like bubbling or kind of like popcorn popping. And because we have an at home doppler, we have been able to follow his migration out of my pelvic area and into my abdominal area. So I always know exactly where he is even though I can't feel him with my hands yet.

In other news, my sciatic is feeling a bit better, but my fatigue has returned. And since we found out that we are having a boy, I connected with the pregnancy more and a WAVE of emotions can and will come out at a moment's notice. I was a little emotional before, but now the littlest things throw me into this loud, ugly cry. haha Aaron handles it like a champ though. I know he's going to be a good dad, and this is one of the reasons.

Still no cravings, and I've only gained a couple pounds, which is nice. But I never really want anything. Well, the only things that I do crave at the moment are holiday drinks at Starbucks and pumpkin yogurt at Golden Spoon. But I don't know if those have anything to do with my pregnancy. This happens every year around this time when I am sick of summer. I'm so ready for cold weather!

What else.....

OH! Pregnancy has turned me into a complete moron. I can't remember ANYTHING. Sorry in advance if I'm slow in my response to anyone that has called, emailed, texted, facebooked, tweeted, instagramed, and face to face spoken to me because I probably just forgot haha. 


Well here is the dude's heartbeat from sunday @ exactly 16 weeks. Sounds like horses! 

Our boy's latest ultrasound photos!

It was Saturday the 27th that we went in for an elective ultrasound. It was at this awesome ultrasound place called Unique Ultrasound in Temecula, ca. They had this giant screen where they were projecting on to. They also had a few couches and chairs for family and friends to come and watch. Both Aaron and I thought that was a little weird. 

Alright, enjoy everyone!

How much does this little guy look like his father? Same side profile. Same nose. If you look closely, you can see that he's smirking...much like Aaron does :) He seriously looks like a little man. 
This picture just confuses me. To me, it looks like he's staring right at us. But it looks a little scary doesn't it? But then why is his stomach so round? haha I don't know. I never know what I'm looking at during the ultrasounds. 
The tech says, "OH, do you see what in between the legs there?!" I wanted to see so badly, but I really had no idea haha so I said, "nooo". She moved the wand and asked me again, and I still couldn't see it. So finally I was like, "What is it?!" "It's a boy!" I think my first words were, "oh my gosh!". Aaron, of course, being the smarty pants that he is, was able to see it before the tech even said anything. He said that he had the biggest grin on his face. Aaron got his boy!
I believe that thing that looks like the thing I think it is, is his thing ;)

We will have more photos TOMORROW! Going in for the anatomy ultrasound tomorrow! I know, it's a bit early for one of those. I'll be 16 weeks and 2 days. Not exactly sure why my doc. ordered it so early. Maybe he'll do two? We'll see! The more the merrier. Aaron, thankfully will get to come home from work to go with me. We love seeing our little one. It helps us to bond with him more. He's such an active guy!

Friday, September 2, 2011

Cheez-its

So this morning, I woke up and couldn't fall back to sleep AND had EXTREME hunger. Well, this is almost a daily occurrence. Usually, I just wait it out and go back to sleep. But since Aaron has a nice long weekend, he's here! Sooo I asked him to go get me a cold water and the box of cheez-its I bought yesterday. It's 5am. Haha they were DELICIOUS. Probably the best cheez-its I've ever had. Thanks Aaron :)

On another note, I really need to stop watching 9/11 documentaries before I go to bed. I've been having some freaky dreams.

Ok going back to bed now...



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