14 Weeks

We made it to 14 weeks and I've only had one melt down. Christmas eve Josh and I were getting ready to go to church and apparently my belly had popped out that day without letting me know. Everything I tried on made me look like I had a gut. I've always had a healthy size rear end but I've never had a gut before. Now, I've been introduced into the world of big butts and guts! When I started crying because nothing looked good on me and I felt fat, Josh made sure to give me a hug and remind me that I'm pregnant and it's just going to get worse.

So enough about me... the baby is the size of a lemon this week, 3.5inches long. That's a lot of growing in the past 14 weeks! Josh's parents got the baby a baby ring for Christmas and I love it! I never had a baby ring but it's a big thing in his family and I'm glad our baby will carry on the tradition.

Josh and I talked at lunch today about names for our little one. I'm still pretty set on Mia Jean and Josh hasn't picked a boy name yet. He likes Amos Joshua but I'm still really leaning towards Kale Joshua and I'm working on bringing him more towards that name.

We got the nursery closet completely cleaned out yesterday and we are now getting much closer to painting. I'm still thinking we wait until we know what gender we are having before we paint the room. I'm thinking neutral colors and then adding pops of color with the bedding, curtains and decorations on the wall.

13 Weeks

Well I'm officially in the last week of my first trimester! I had a sonogram yesterday for the NT scan, my sister Barbie went with me, and the doctor said everything looks great. I got to see our little one moving around and arching its back and I think the baby was sucking its thumb! The doctor also said that by looking at the sonogram the placenta is in between me and the baby so it'll prolly be a while before I can start feeling the baby move around. That's a bummer but at least I'm aware why it'll take a while.

In the picture you see baby's profile. Head is on the left and you can see the belly and part of a leg. Also in front of the baby's face is a little white line and you can't see it very well in the picture but that was the baby's hand in front of its face.

So we did the sonogram and then went to the waiting room to wait for the lady to do my lab work and then the sonogram lady came back out and got me and said she forgot to do a measurement so I got to go back and see my baby again. In just the matter of minutes I was sitting in the waiting room the baby had flipped over and was laying on it's stomach with its little hiney up in the air. That was the cutest thing I've ever seen!

12 weeks 4 days

Last week on the 11th we had another doctors appointment. The doctor laid me back and felt my stomach and could already feel the baby poking up. We heard the heartbeat and it was 157 so still pretty high! I found out that I am RH- just like my sisters and that I'll get the joy of having a big fat shot the same day that I have to do my blood sugar tests. What a great day my 28 week appointment will be!

We will have our NT scan on Wednesday the 19th and will get to see our sweet little baby again! In week 12 our baby is the size of a plum. Why is it that every week I find out what fruit our baby is the size of and then I just crave that fruit until the next week and a new fruit is introduced? I guess I'd better stock up on some peaches for week 13!

I feel like I'm getting a little bit of a baby bumb these days and that is super exciting! After my doctor's appointment on Wednesday I'm going to go look at maternity clothes. I don't feel like I need them quite yet but since there isn't anywhere in Emporia to get them I'm going to have to shop out of town at some point.

We got a crib and changing table last night so that means our first item of baby stuff has officially entered our house! It was a handmedown from the family that has Ranger's mama. So Ranger smelled the crib for a really really really long time and then he puked on the floor. When Josh and I were putting it back together I offered to put in some of the screws and he wouldn't let me. He said that he just likes to use his drill and I think he just wanted to be manly and put together his kid's bed. I guess it doesn't matter, I'm just glad it's done!

11 Weeks and Going Strong!

We are officially 11 weeks pregnant today!
TheBump.com says that our little growing baby is the size of a lime! 1.6 inches long and no longer has webbed fingers or toes, has hair follicles, tooth buds and nail beds forming.
Here are the most commonly asked questions and the answers...

• How are you feeling? TIRED!!! I used to be able to stay up until 10:30 during the week and still be fine. Now I'm falling asleep on the couch by 8:15 at the latest! I'm thankful that Josh gets up so early in the morning because he is so easily convinced that 8:30 is an acceptable bed time. I also feel sick from time to time. The mornings are pretty rough and then I usually have a couple times throughout the day that the sick feeling seems to catch up with me. I get really car sick for some strange reason. Everytime I get in the car I feel like I'm going to have to pull over to be sick!
• Are you going to find out the baby's gender? HECK YEAH!! I had a dream last night that I could see our little boy swimming around and tossing and turning. I guess we'll see if it's a little boy or little girl soon enough. Josh and I have been talking about doing a big gender reveal party where we all find out at the same time because we want to share that time with our close friends and family.

Our next doctors appointment is on Tuesday December 11th and I'm super excited to hear our baby's heartbeat again. Such an amazing sound!

We did family pictures with Josh's family a week ago and we did some pregnancy announcement pictures too. I'm so excited to see how they turn out! A big thank you to MLG Photography, Mandy was wonderful to work with for the pictures! Also thanks to Michele Boyce and Studio 11! I text Michele the day of our pictures and in a panic asked if she could make an awesome sign for our announcement pictures and I think it turned out amazing!

Other exciting news is that the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge (William and Kate) announced on Monday that they are having a baby too!

No one knows their due date for sure but it was announced that she was less than 12 weeks along SO it's a possibility that our babies will be born right around the same time!

That's all for now!
With love from our soon to be family of 3!