Friday, December 26, 2008

"Our" Last Christmas

I realized this Christmas would be our last Christmas as just a couple...just me and Adam. It did make me a little sentimental, but I'm sure next Christmas will be amazing also. It will be our baby's first Christmas, which is a big event! So for Christmas Eve we exchanged gifts, went to my aunt's house with my family, came home and hung out until it was bed time. Christmas Day we went to my parents house watched Elf, exchanged/opened gifts, came home and Adam's family came over then we exchanged and opened gifts with them, then we went to Adam's aunt's house for the rest of the day. Over all it was a nice, fun, relaxed christmas, I'm sure next Christmas will we nice and fun, but not sure how relaxed! Still it's exciting to think that this time next year I'll have a 6 month old baby...CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT?!?!? So for MY last Christmas I got some good stuff and some random stuff. I got shoes, perfume, CDs, belly bands (for my growing tummy), a seat cover for spin class, work out t's, gift cards, video games, a flash light, a flash drive, digital photo frame, a juicer...a bunch of stuff.

Monday is my next doctor's appointment. It's early in the morning and Adam is being such a good "future dad", he is insisting on going to ALL of my appointments. I asked what was going to be going on and they said just a check up and going over my blood work and tests from last time. I'm 14 weeks today and according to babycenter.com I am officially out of my first trimester. Wow, it's weird to even type that! I feel like i just found out I was pregnant yesterday! I think I'll start taking tummy pictures since i'm in my 2nd trimester and starting to feel a little tummy coming on. My jeans are starting to fit a little snugger on the waist! Ok, well I guess I'll update tomorrow after the doctors appointment.

Saturday, December 13, 2008

I See the Light...

There is a light at the end of the tunnel!  I'm officially 12 weeks and 1 day, and starting to feel a little better.  I've been feeling the preg symptoms die down since week 11, but I got a terrible cold so I still felt terrible, but these past few days have been a lot better.  Yesterday I felt a little more energized and I only got sick in the morning (which sounds bad, but it's better than getting sick after lunch or dinner).  I only got sick in the morning today too...believe me, this is an improvement.  Yesterday I went out for, what seems like, the first time in MONTHS.  I saw lots of good friends and was even able to keep up with them (as far as staying up).  It was just the best feeling knowing that I won't be sick forever.  I feel like I can start being a little more excited now...with that being said we've started to discuss names.  These are our choices for a girl and boy:
 
Penelope, Lola, or Lily (middle name undecided), for a boy we would go with something a little more meaningful, Roman.  Roman after Adam's grandfather who passed away when Adam was in college, he was one of the main male figure in Adam's life and we want to keep his memory alive.  Sounds good in english and spanish, but we would be saying it in english. 

Feel free to vote on a girls name :o)  Boy's name wont be changing.  You can make any middle name suggestions...for a boy we're thinking Roman Christopher (Adam's middle name), but nothing so far for a girl.

I have no idea what I think it will be.  Adam is "100% convinced" that it's a girl, but we'll see.  Most people say girl, but I don't know.  I'm fine either way, just want it to be healthy.  Hopefully I'll be able to tell right before Christmas.  I'll keep you all posted.

One last thing, I did an ultrasound on myself for like 5 minutes and was able to see the baby moving like crazy...it was so unreal.  Adam and I were staring at the screen and we just kept saying "that is so crazy" and "no way".  

Mon

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

The blanket


In an effort to take my mind off the way I feel physically I decided I would start a project. As I mentioned before I want to knit a blanket for the baby. After talking about it with my mom she said crochet would be easier. So I bought the yarn and the "I taught myself to crochet" set. It's pretty deceiving because it leads you to believe you can actually teach yourself to crochet....ummm...no, you CAN NOT. My mom's been showing me and it's really hard, but I keep telling myself "it's for the baby". On a side note, when I was in college I joined "Texas Knitters" and I learned to knit and made a scarf. I'm thinking I should have stuck with what I know, not that I still remember, but I'm sure I would have gotten it...like riding a bike. When you think about it a blanket is just like a really wide scarf. Anyway, no turning back now. I've only got two rows done. I've attached a picture of the super awesome blanket my mom made me when she was pregnant. She's crazy if she thinks people can just do that if they've never done it before. Mine will unfortuanely not look like that...All I'm shooting for is 4 corners.
This Friday I will be 12 weeks, which means Saturday is my first day out of my 1st trimester. I hear the 2nd trimester is the "honeymoon phase". I sure hope so. I must admit I as starting to feel better, but I have a terrible cold/cough and congestion AND I got pink eye. If I hadn't gotten so sick I think this past week would have been a turn around point for me. I'm trying to be more positive and REALLY trying to get into the Christmas spirit. Hopefully by this time next week I'll be GLOWING ;o) yeah, right!
Oh, btw, I ultrasounded myself at work for a couple minutes and I saw the baby's ARMS AND LEGS MOVING! It was so CRAZY! I was so in shock....I called Adam and he left work to come see and then the baby stopped :o/ I guess it went to sleep! I'll try again another day. It really was nuts though.
Mon

Wednesday, December 3, 2008

If it's not one thing...

Just when I start to feel better, things get worse!  So my morning sickness (that lasts all day) has started to subside.  It's not gone, but it's not nearly as bad as it has been.  Anyway, just when I thought it was getting better I got a terrible cold!  Sore throat, sneezing, congestion, cough....the whole nine yards.  I'm sure I got it from Adam because he was sick all last week.  Hopefully once this passes I'll be all better :o)  Then I will "enjoy" being pregnant, like everyone says I will.

When my brothers and I were babies (in the womb) my mom knit us baby blankets.  It was her little pregnancy project.  I've decided I want to give it a go also.  I don't really know the first thing about knitting, but neither did she and they came out really good!  I wish I had a picture of mine.  (Note to self: post picture of my blanket).  Anyway, I think I'm going to start it this weekend.  I'm just going to go with pink, blue, white, and yellow...safe and neutral.  Like I said, I don't believe the Intelligender Test.  

Once I start showing and once I start getting "cute" ultrasound pictures, I'm sure my posts will be much more worthwhile!  Bare with me ;o)  

Alright, I'm off to bed!  Let's see if I can sleep tonight with this killer sore throat!

Mon

Tuesday, December 2, 2008

New Prego Stuff


Yesterday I had an appointment with the doctor. Adam and I went SUPER early in the morning! We got to hear the heartbeat and see it on the ultrasound again. The appointment was pretty uneventful after that. Just tests and blood work. Haven't gained weight yet (probably b/c I've been so sick), the doctor said that's normal. He said I'll make up for it in my 2nd and 3rd trimester.
I've been feeling a little better, I emphasize the words "a little". I'm starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel. I'm sure it only gets better.
We got the baby furniture on black friday at Babies R Us. I think it's really cute. See Above.

Also, I took an "intelligender test" (a urine test that predicts gender). It came back "girl" but we'll see. I'm pretty skeptical of it since it's got a 50/50 chance. I read that it's not always all that accurate. It was free so I figured I would do it. It's about 4 more weeks until I verify it with ultrasound
Ok, so that's the updates that I have for now.
Mon

Previous Blogs I posted on Myspace

Here’s the scoop... So Adam and I are gonna have a baby! It was a BIG SURPRISE, but we're very excited now that it's sunk in.

I'm currently about 8 weeks, so I'm still in my first trimeser (for another 4 weeks). That makes my due date about 6/26/09. We won't know what it is until i'm about 16 weeks, so like another 2 months.

We visited the doctor on Monday (11/10) and we were able to see the baby in ultrasound...looks like a little bubble. We saw and heard the heart beat. It was really surreal, like I was watching someone else's baby or something. Just hard to imagine it INSIDE ME. It's just crazy.
A lot of people give their little fetus nicknames and we've been calling ours Godzilla. At first it was because one of Adam's coworker's heard him and other guys talking about "names" and he assumed they were talking about dog names. He offered up Godzilla and it kinda stuck. Well now it seems very appropriate, becaust I'm pretty sure only Godzilla could wreak havoc like this. Unfortulantely I've been feeling ALL the worst symptoms that come with being pregnant...you name it, I've got it...but they say it's only bad the first 12 weeks, so hopefully in a month I'll feel better.

Anyway, that's the scoop on the pregnancy so far.

I'll make sure to post any new news as I get it, for anyone who's interested...

Mon