20 weeks and 2 days

35 1/2"

This week I'm noticing that I can see her kicking on the outside of my belly now. My husband saw it a few times so that is awesome for him to see. I have my doctors appointment tomorrow morning :)

19 weeks, 4 days

Here is my belly now:

35 1/4"

I've been feeling alot of cramps and soreness, so she must be growing in there! My husband got to feel her move for the first time last week :) Her pokes are starting to feel stronger, so that's exciting. She always moves alot when I lay down to go to bed so I look forward to that every night. I'm not having any new symptoms lately. I decided I'm going to do a weekly update from now on with a picture and belly measurement so I'll have that to look back on. I'm having my husband take a picture every month, but it'll be fun to see my belly grow from week to week in pictures. My next doctors appointment is December 18th (next Friday). I'm excited to hear her heartbeat again! It's amazing how much I love her already. <3

Monthly belly pics

Here's how much my belly grew in a month!




3 Months (November 4th-14wks1day)


4 months (December 4th-18wks3days)

Christmas is coming!

Here is our Christmas picture for our cards this year:

This is my "is she getting fat or is she pregnant?" belly at 18 weeks 5 days:

(for some reason it looks a lot bigger in these pics...)

Just wanted to share :)

Avery

I just love her!

We're having a........

GIRL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am so excited! After my husband and I found out, we went shopping for a couple hours and got some really cute girly things :) It's so awesome to actually say "her" and of course call her by her name which is Avery Grace. We got some really awesome 4D pictures that I will post later. I'm so in love!

17 Weeks, 4 Days

Here is my belly shot:

It still looks the same as 3 weeks ago and if my shirt is down then you honestly can't tell I'm pregnant AT ALL. I can't believe in a little over two weeks that I'll be halfway done with this pregnancy. I'm still waiting on that growth spurt! Oh well, as long as the baby looks healthy at my ultrasound in 6 days then that's all that matters to me :)

Yeah Baby!

I'm so excited to finally say that I felt my baby move! It happened last night when I layed down to go to sleep. I felt a little poke so I poked back and then s/he poked back at me :) It was so exciting and I can't wait for it to happen again. I've been poking myself since then but nothing yet. I guess there really is a baby in there! The countdown is on: 7 days until we find out the gender.

Nursery

I just thought I'd share some of my choices for furniture and bedding for the nursery. Here is the furniture I want:

Girl Bedding: (I'm not sure if the first one would look good with the white crib?)

Boy Bedding: (also don't know how this first one would work with a white crib?)

Opinions? Oh, and Happy Thanksgiving everyone :)

New name

I mentioned before the names that my husband and I had picked out, but we decided to change the boy name. We're still absolutely set on Avery Grace for a girl but we went from Liam Daniel to Logan Daniel now. Honestly, I like Liam better but my husband changed his mind so we had to pick another one that we could agree on. I can't wait to go buy pink or blue! Also, a new symptom this week is that my stomach is so sore. It feels like I had a hard workout and now my muscles ache. Our little love is growing in there :) Oh, and heartburn sucks. Hello Tums, I heart you.

p.s. Does the humane society commercial have to show so many pics of abused and deformed animals? It gets me every time! *tear*

I'm So Excited!

I went to my doctors appointment today and they checked the heartbeat and said it was perfect :) phew! I worry myself too much. The doctor didn't say anything about my weight so I guess it's normal. They also scheduled my next ultrasound in TWO WEEKS, so we'll get to find out the gender then! I can't express how excited I am about finding out that soon. I thought we would have to wait four weeks instead. I am so going on a shopping spree after that appointment. I am counting down the hours until 9:30 am on December 4th. I can't stop praising God for blessing my husband and I with this little one. I've never been happier!

16 weeks 2 days...worry much?

Ok, so i'm a little confused about how much weight I should have gained by now? I'm also still concerned about my belly size :( At my first doctors appointment at 6 weeks and 3 days i weighed 134 lbs. At my second appointment at 12 weeks and 3 days i lost 6 lbs and went down to 128 lbs. I then went down to 126 lbs and now at 16 weeks and 2 days i'm back to 128 lbs. I'm just worried if i'm suppossed to be gaining more weight by now. My belly also seems to not be getting any bigger since like 12 weeks. Here are some belly pics:



9 weeks (dont mind my pocket and underwear sticking out haha)


12 weeks


14 weeks


16 weeks

I dont see any difference from week 12, and actually it kind of looks smaller! I dont know if i'm obsessing too much over it or not. I also haven't felt the baby at all yet either :( My doctors appointment is tomorrow so I'm going to bring up my concerns about my lack of weight gain or belly growth. Alot of people I've seen pictures of at 16 weeks have alot bigger bellies than me! I'd love to hear some opinions on weight gain and belly growth from anyone. I'm just praying for a strong heartbeat and that everything goes well tomorrow.

Yay for cheap things :)

I'm really excited about some things I bought today! While out and about I spotted two pieces of furniture at an antique store that I love. One is a side table for a lamp or whatever for the nursery and the other is a small children's hutch that I'm going to repaint and spiff up a bit. I also bought a cute diaper bag that was on clearance at Pee.bles that I couldn't pass up. There were also some very cute summer baby clothes for girls on clearance (2.99!). I did however hold myself back from buying those because we obviously don't know what the gender is yet for another month. Here are my lovely purchases:

($24) This is the hutch that I'm going to paint white and some other color. Of course my cat likes it!

($11) Here's the cute little side table.

($12) Diaper bag- My camera doesn't really show the color very well, but it's black.

Ya gotta love the cheap finds!

The Tree!

A little random?

I'd just like to say that I may officially be deemed crazy by others. I put the Christmas tree up today :) I know, its not even Thanksgiving yet but I have a good reason to put it up so early. My husband and I are leaving December 19th to go visit family in Massachusetts for two weeks for Christmas, so I'll be taking it down a few days before we leave. There is no way I'm going to leave my tree up for my two cats to destroy while we're gone. They're already biting it! I am also happy to say that all of my Christmas shopping is DONE.

OK, so lately almost every time I walk into my kitchen, one of the bottom cabinets is open. I'll close it and then the next time I walk in there...it's open again! Well, today I caught the culprit:

I also bought our baby their first ornament:

Sorry the picture is so blurry. It says peanut on it and I love it!

As for my pregnancy, I'm 15 weeks and 5 days. I've been having heartburn more often, but thankfully the nausea is almost nonexistent. My belly is slowly starting to show some more, but not enough for other people to notice that I'm pregnant. I have a doctors appointment this coming Friday the 20th which I'm really looking forward to. All I need is to hear that heartbeat and I'll feel alot better. I'll also get to find out if they can schedule my gender ultrasound in time before we go on our trip to Massachusetts. I'm so thankful for this blessing that God has given us!

14 Weeks

Today marks 14 weeks :) Our baby is the length of a lemon! I'm so excited to make it this far and can't wait for my next doctor's appointment in 2 weeks and 3 days. I need to hear that little heartbeat. I thought I was going to make it through this pregnancy without tossing my cookies, but last night after eating chinese food and a caramel latte I guess our little lemon wasn't too thrilled! Hopefully that was my first and last time to get that sick. Unfortunately I'm not showing yet, as I only have a little "pooch". I'm just so ready to have that baby bump and actually look pregnant instead of some extra chub. 182 days until we meet our baby!

More pics..

Sonogram!

My sonogram was AMAZING!!! It was so awesome to see the baby move and the heart beating. I can't believe there's actually a tiny baby inside me :) The tech said everything looked perfect. The baby was so active. It was waving, throwing punches, and bouncing around! I can't wait until my next one, which is at 20 weeks. My next docs appointment is November 20th and if they schedule the sonogram exactly a month after that then we'll be able to find out the gender the day before we leave to go visit family in MA for Christmas. God is good!

11 Weeks, 2 days

There are only 8 days left until my sonogram! I invited my mom to come with my husband and I so that will be nice :) The nausea has come back unfortunately, so eating these days is a chore. I just want to be able to eat normal again and not be so picky. I also had a pain yesterday that was shooting from my bellybutton down to my groin and back up and it was worrying me because it was so painful. I think it may just be gas though because I'm so backed up these days :/ My husband and I have names picked out which are Avery Grace for a girl and Liam Daniel for a boy. We have had the name Avery Grace picked out since we were dating so we knew we were going with that one. Liam was the only boy name that we could agree on and Daniel is my brothers name. I have a feeling that I'm having a girl and my husband has always thought that our first child would be a girl. My mother and father in-law are absolutely convinced that this baby is a girl (wishful thinking) because they already have two grandsons and would love a granddaughter! I guess if I had the power to choose I would choose to have a girl first, but in no way will I be disappointed with a little boy :) I just hope that we find out the sex before December 19th, which is when we are going to Massachusetts for two weeks to visit my husbands family for Christmas. I would love to tell them in person and of course go shopping while we're there. I'll be 20 weeks on December 15th (if my due date stays the same at my sonogram) so I should be able to find out before we go.

Chugging along...

I'm 9 weeks and 2 days and I'm feeling so much better lately! I get more excited everyday about our little baby, which right now is the size of a green olive! The biggest change I've been going through is with my breasts. I'm growing out of my bras :( My pants are also getting a little tighter with my expanding "pooch". It's driving me crazy that I still have to wait 3 more weeks to get my sonogram and hear the heartbeat. I can't help but worry if everything is ok, but I know that I'm in God's hands.

Ick...

is how I feel ALL THE TIME! I'm 8 weeks today and the nausea is just getting worse. I've tried ginger snaps, peppermint lifesavers, ginger ale, & saltines and nothing seems to be taking the nausea away. I actually found that chicken noodle soup is the only food that doesn't turn on me. I made an awful mistake of eating a garlic pretzel today & lets just say I can still taste it hours & hours later. :( My skin is also breaking out and looks horrible! One more month till my sonogram & I can't wait! Pregnancy is turning me into a beast, but it's all so worth it. :)

Doctors Appointment

I went to the doctor today and got a new due date, which is May 4th, 2010. I'm 6 weeks & 3 days :) I had blood work done and now my next appointment is October 23rd for my first sonogram! I am so excited to see my baby and it feels like 6 weeks is forever to wait! I'm so thankful to God that everything is good so far.

Symptoms

The only symptoms I've been having are really sore boobs, cramps, and being nauseated. At first I was scared about the cramps but I hear that it's normal to have slight cramps in the first tri-mester. The cramps mostly happen at night and are better in the morning after I've rested. I also notice I have more gas! Being nauseous has just set in the past two days. It's not too bad and doesn't last very long. Also, I have been having a hard time getting comfortable at night and sleeping (probably because i'm too excited, but even when I try not to think about it, I still can't sleep well!) According to my last menstrual period, i'm 4 weeks and 5 days today :) Only 8 more days until my doctors appointment! I am so excited to have my first prenatal appointment! I thank God for this blessing everyday :)

Doctors appointment & Such

The day after I found out I called the doctor and made an appointment for September 11th (which seems like forever away to me). They said that I would see a nurse first and then have my first prenatal appointment. I'm not really sure what they're going to do? Take blood? Physical exam? I'm so new to this that I don't really know what to expect. It's kind of tortuous not knowing if everything is ok in there though! I'm just trying to not stress about it and know that I'm in God's hands :)

Yes!!!

I'M PREGNANT!!! I actually ran to the store at 10:30 p.m. to get an early result test and took it last night. I am so happy right now! Now that it's happening, its kind of surreal. I immediately started crying when I saw that beautiful positive sign :) My hubby and I are so excited to finally be parents...wow...i'm going to be a mom! I can't stop praising and thanking God for giving me this gift. God is faithful and the power of prayer is unbelievable. Now, I have to make a doctors appointment (kind of nervous) and figure out some creative way to tell the grandparents to be!

Could it be??

Today I took a pregnancy test and it was a faint positive!!! The line was really light but definitely there! The test was one off of early-pregnancy-tests.com (which i've never used before). Well, a few hours later I took another one (couldn't help myself) which was a different brand (Walmart brand) and got a negative. That kind of worried me so I'm trying not to get my hopes up too much, but kind of too late for that! I'm going to test again in the morning with a first response and hope that it's positive. He is faithful!

Keep holding on :)

Ah, the stress of trying to conceive! As the months go on, trying to conceive is definitely taking a toll on my marriage. Wanting so bad to be pregnant eventually consumes me and it is all I can think about. I need to take a step back and realize that we are in this together and not let this tear us apart. This has been tough but I plan to keep facing it head on and be grateful that I have a husband that loves me and is behind me 100%. I'm going to keep holding on to hope with my love at my side.

I think I can, I think I can!

I have a good feeling about this month! I don't want to get my hopes up too much but I can't help but think about it all day everyday! The two week wait always seems like forever. I think that we timed it really good this month, though. I just can't wait to be pregnant :) My husband and I officially started trying in October of 2008 so it's almost been a year, but we also skipped a few months due to bad timing and other things. I decided if I don't get pregnant by October though I'm going to go to the doctor to see if something is wrong with me. It'll be better to check now instead of trying for another six months to find out that something is wrong. I need to find other things to focus on while i'm waiting to find out! I've got baby on the brain 24/7. I can't even explain the joy that I will feel when I finally find out that God blessed us :D

I heart ovulating

Well, today I got a positive ovulation test! I'm pretty excited and am just praying to God that this is going to be it for us :) The hubby and I will be busy the next few days trying for our bundle of joy! Is it pathetic that i've already had names picked out for a while and have a stash of baby clothes laying around??? (shhh)

BORING!

I'm BORED! I'm having a pretty tough time lately adjusting to living in Pennsylvania. Nothing exciting is happening in my life :( I feel like i'm in a rut with no job, friends, or anywhere to go! My life could pretty much be described as mediocre...at best. I guess I need to do something about that.

Take 10...action!

Today is the start of a new month of ttc :D. I'm pulling out all the stops this month! I'm just sooo ready to be pregnant. I know that it will happen when it's supposed to...but can that be now please?! My baby fever is getting worse by the day!

The Green Monster

Well, today I heard some news that made me a little jealous...well, actually EXTREMELY jealous! Let's face it, life just isn't fair. Good things happen to people that I think are less deserving than I am, but the truth is is that it's not up to me to decide that. God is in control. God has a plan for me and I need to learn to appreciate what I DO have and not what I don't have. "For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." Jeremiah 29:11

The First!

This is my first blog! Anyway, my husband and I have been trying to start a family now for "about" ten months (a few months we didn't really try due to bad timing). I'm praying that God will bless us very soon :)