Feeling Better!

I have been feeling better thank goodness!! I think the morning sickness is going away and that makes me sooooo happy. I know it wasn't too bad but being sick still isn't fun no matter how bad it is. I still get hungry all the time and I do start to feel sick if I let myself get very hungry but that I can deal with. Really hoping I'm not just having a run of good luck and that it doesn't return. Now that it seems the morning sickness has gone away, I am feeling pretty good. Not anymore tired then usual. I have noticed more sensitivity but Cory says that's just me. He may be right. :) I am so glad to almost be done with the first trimester, which means we are that much closer to finding out what we are having! Super excited about that. Excited to call our child by him or her and by it's name, to do a registry and everything else I have dreamed about for years. I "shop" online all the time but it's so hard to shop when you don't know what you are shopping for.

 I told my mother in law the names we picked out and she said we would probably change our mind 10 times before the baby got here, she must not know me very well. We've had names picked out since before we got married. So ready to "officially" announce the name. I'm finally getting a belly. The three month picture I took makes me look a lot bigger then what I really am. Course the way I'm eating, I might really be that big. I have a couple of friends who are pregnant also and it is so fun to see their weeks creeping along also. Makes me excited to be at that point.

I finally told my class that I was going to have a baby, all their eyes went from my face to my belly. It was so funny. I then explained that the baby was really small right now and as the baby grew so would my belly. They were so funny and excited. Little smiling faces with a big secret to tell. Was too cute!

Fall is finally here and I am loving every minute of it. We are in Branson this weekend and everywhere you look is Christmas decorations already. Seems crazy to me that Halloween hasn't even came and they already have Christmas stuff up. I do have to admit it has gotten me in the holiday spirit!! Ready to get out the Christmas decorations and wrap presents!

Hope you have a great weekend of rest and relaxation. I'm hoping to get a lot of Christmas shopping done!!

3 Months

Pregnancy Highlights:

How Far Along: 12 weeks

Size of Baby: When we went to the Dr. on
Wednesday he did an ultrasound and
said the baby measured a little bit over
an inch.

Gender: Don't know yet. I asked at the last appointment
when he would let us find out and he said it wouldn't
be until 20 or 21 weeks. Seems so far away. I was really
hoping to find out before then but guess I will
have to wait.

Maternity Clothes: None yet. But I have started to
notice things not fitting as well. I'm in the weird time
where the regular clothes don't fit but maternity clothes
are too big.

Weight Gain: 4 pounds and at the rate
I'm eating I'll be as big as a house.

Movement: None yet. Still too early.

Sleep: I've been sleeping ok. I fall asleep
fine but get up atleast 2 times to use the bathroom.

Symptons: The morning sickness has set in. Though
I can't complain because I know several people who
have it way worse then I do. Mine is at night sometimes
and if I let myself get hungry. I am also starving ALL the time.
There quite a few things that make me gag like brushing
my teeth, smells, and certain foods. There are also certain foods
that I cannot eat or even think of eating; like spaghetti, chili,
 and hummus. I have alway had car sickness
but the pregnancy has seem to made it ten times worse.

Cravings: Orange Juice, Chocolate Milk, creamy
things, if that makes any sense lol!!


Best Moment of the Month: My mom getting
to go to a dr. appointment and getting to see
an ultrasound. I was hoping she would get to go to
one but didn't figure she would since
she lives so far away. Loved that she got to go!!

The not fun part of being pregnant

I wrote this post last week and never finished it. So here it is I guess.

My day was good, until right before lunch. Not sure what happened. It just hit me. And once it hit me that was it. I had to immediately run to the bathroom and yell at the secretary to please watch my kids. Thank goodness she was in the office because nobody else was. It was not fun. Running to the bathroom to throw up is not fun at all. I really thought I would feel nauseous for a little bit and then have to throw up. Nope, not this time. It hit me and that was all she wrote. I did feel better after that but the experience sure wasn't fun. Really hoping this is not of things to come. Still very thankful that I haven't been too sick. I know things could be ten times worse.

On a good note, my mom is on her way to my house as I write. She called me yesterday afternoon to ask if I wanted company this week. Always!! And she couldn't have come at a  more perfect time. Tomorrow is another dr. appointment and now she will get to go. I was really hoping she would get to go to at least once. And Cory just told me that he may not get to go because he might have to go to a meeting tomorrow. So now I won't have to go alone. Not that I can't go alone, I just really don't want to. Hoping everything with the appointment goes well. I don't figure he will do an ultrasound since I had one last time and I'm still too early to find out what it is, but it sure would be nice for my mom to get to see one. Keeping my fingers crossed. Maybe since I'm high risk he will want to do one. 

Now I Know

Before I got pregnant, I would hear other people talk about pregnancy symptoms, how they felt, etc. I always wondered how I would feel and what symptoms I would have. I always wondered if when it happened, what I would feel like and if it would be something I would know I was definitely pregnant. Well when it did happen, I did not know. In fact I assumed I wasn't. I really didn't feel any different at all. The only thing that was different was that I had major heart burn and I had never had it before. That went on for about a month, but I haven't had any since then. Other then that, for about a month and a half I had no symptoms. No morning sickness, which I was VERY thankful for! And hoping it stayed that way the whole pregnancy. I really didn't feel pregnant and was freaked out that maybe I really wasn't. I was so happy to go to the dr and he confirm that I was.

Things are a little different now. I am 10 weeks and 5 days and have symptoms. Darn symptoms. Now don't get me wrong, I am NOT complaining. It's just not fun to be sick. I have been getting a little morning sickness at night, but not terrible. I just feel a little nauseousness but nothing to run to the toilet for. I have always gotten car sick but being pregnant seems to have made it ten times worse. I usually feel sick but usually never actually throw up. Now I take Dramamine before we go anywhere! And I am starving ALL the time! If I let myself get too hungry things get bad. My head starts killing me and I feel like I'm going to puke. One day I felt so sick I went home after work, tried to get some soup down because I knew that was my problem and ended up going to bed at 8:00. I bought some snacks and am taking them to work and hoping that helps. I also gag at just about anything, brushing my teeth, the hand soap in the kitchen, smells, and food! Food I have always liked. Now there's a lot of things I can't even think about because the thought makes me want to throw up. I absolutely love garlic lovers hummus and now just the thought sends me running. I hated orange juice before and now I can't get enough. I want things that are creamy, sweet, or bread and pasta. I was weird about food before, but now it's bad. It's about to drive Cory crazy. Poor guy.

I go to the Dr. on Wednesday. I'm anxious to see what he does this time and find out how the baby is doing. Hoping this little bit of sickness goes away and doesn't last the whole time. Still feeling like things are going really slow. When I think about that I am ten weeks, I think really is that it?? I hate to feel that way because I know with how crazy hectic our lives are right now it will go fast. But ten weeks just doesn't feel very far along. I'm def ready to look pregnant. I want people to be able to look at me and know I am for sure pregnant, and not have to wonder if I am just fat or if there something in there. I'm ready to feel the baby move and find out what it is. Not ready for it to be over, just ready to  for things to be more far along.

Still so thankful that God has blessed us with allowing us to get pregnant. Praying things continue to go well and that the baby is healthy and there are no problems or complications. 

I Still Remember

I love my Meme! She is an amazing women and I have always cherished the time we get to spend together. She is so sweet and always has an insightful opinion. She is never quick to judge and takes you just as you are. She keeps you on your toes and brings you back to your roots. I pray that my kids will get to know her and my mother the way I know them. I thank God everyday that they are both in my life. With out them, only heaven knows where I would be.

I say all that to tell this story. I got a letter from Meme today. It was a sweet card and I didn't understand what she was talking about until I opened up what she had printed off for me. It was a post I had written only months ago, a day that I was not having the greatest time. Though it has always been in the back of my mind since I got pregnant, she brought it all the way to the front. She reminded me of the struggles I was having just two months ago. Oh how quickly we forget. God gives us what we want, we are happy, and we forget. We forget to be thankful, we forget the misery, we forget how hard it was. Since day one I had been thanking God for His blessings and for hearing my prayer. But the past couple of weeks I had forgotten. I had forgotten just how blessed I was. How amazing it was that everything is going good with the baby, how I haven't been sick at all, how my husband is ok with the thought, Then Meme kept me on my toes and helped me remember. For that, I am thankful! I want to always remember how hard the struggle was to get pregnant. How sad I was. How much I had to lean on God and my family and friends. How I had to have faith and remember He has a plan. How, when someone else comes along who is struggling like I did, I can help, encourage, and pray for them.

So thank you Meme, for helping me remember!

2 Months

Pregnancy Highlights

How Far Along: 2 months

Size of Baby: size of a kideny bean

Gender: Do not know yet, but I'm hoping it's a girl. But

I will be happy with either. Cory is hoping for a boy.

Maternity Clothes: None yet. Haven't even noticed anything

getting tight yet.

Weight Gain: None, I am still losing weight.

Not a ton, just a couple pounds here and there. I know

it's because I am so busy with work and don't have time

to snack all day.

Movement: I do not feel anything yet. The past couple

of days my stomach has been twitching a bunch but no

baby movement yet.

Sleep: I have not been sleeping good at all. I get

up constantly to use the bathroom and have had a

couple of nights where I couldn't fall asleep.

Symptons: Chest tenderness and constipation. No

morning sickness so far. Praying it stays this way.

Cravings: I have always hated orange juice and

now I can't get enough of it. I also craved peanut butter

for a couple of weeks. I crave chocolate milk all the time.

 I love hummus and bought some before I found out I was pregnant.

Now just the thought of if makes me want to puke.

Best Moment of the Month: Getting to see the babies

heart beat! It was so amazing to see and know that

as small as it is right now, it's little heart is pumping away.

I go back to the Dr. October 12th. I am very excited to go

and to start feeling/looking pregnant in a good way.

I hope I am a cute preggers girls, instead of just fat.

1 Month Down..............

.........8 To Go

This is actually five weeks, but I had to

throw a one month photo in there. And

the date was actually September 2, 2011 but

we weren't posting anything or actually telling anyone

at this point.

Pregnancy Highlights:

How Far Along: 5 weeks

Size of Baby: About 1/17 inches, about the

size of the tip of a pen.

Gender: Don't know yet.

Maternity Clothes: No, but I am excited to be

able to wear some.

Weight Gain: I've actually lost 6 pounds. I think

it's because I'm so busy with work and don't have

time to snack all the time.  

Movement: Nope, just feels like I'm about

to cramp but never do.

Sleep: Good for now!

Symptons: Tender chest, major heart burn and I have

never had heart burn, and others that you don't want

to hear about.

Cravings: Nothing yet.

Best Moment of the Month: Seeing two lines

instead of one!! Best moment of my LIFE!!