Hey baby!! Whats your name???

My baby boy has a name!!!  After some long and hard thinking.  His name will be Judah Christian.  I love it.  Such a strong name for my little trooper.  I can't believe how that time has flown by I'm now 5 and a half months along.  Each day is one day closer that I get to meet him.  Words really can't express how ready we are to set eyes on this little baby. 

This was a FAIL!!! lol

The other day I was at Babies r Us and I saw this sitting on the shelf.  Counting the last time that I went to the doctor I have heard my pumpkins heartbeat about 4 times.  You just have to believe that it is the most beautiful sound in the world.   Well I saw this and thought - okay if I get this I could hear his heart and movement-  okay so not exactly what I thought it would be.  I got home and unwrapped it.  I made *D* go downstairs to find me a battery.  I followed the instructions and strapped this sucker to my belly.  Ahhhhh.... both *D* and I put the ear buds in AND.... static.  We couldn't help but laugh.  I guess that some how I thought that I would hear all kinds of sounds.  I guess that it was too soon or perhaps my fluff got in the way.  Anyhow my mission is now to find the perfect spot and time of day where I can hear my baby!! :)

Good Eats... Prego style!!

Up to this point I have gained about 1lb during this pregnancy.  Let just say that I started this pregnancy a little.... fluffy!  Yes, fluffy!  I also get full really fast but I think it's because my little pumpkin is taking up more and more room.     As far as cravings go, I haven't had many.  I mean there are things that sound good but nothing that I have just absolutely been DYING for.  Like today,  this is my lunch.  Peaches and cottage cheeses! MMMM..... this was so good and filling :)

Feeling a little crafty

So the other day I went to Joanns craft store and got an idea to make some burp cloths from some cute fabric that I found. Well here they are.  They came out soooo cute.  I was so excited after I was done that I went to the store to get some more fabric and  towels.  Well about 30 dollars later I have a TON of them.  Let's just say that I got a little carried away.  Burp cloth total= 55 !!!  Crazy I know.

My nephew *I* is only a few weeks away from getting here so we will defiantly be sharing.  :)

5 Months Pregnant

Today I am five months pregnant!  I can't believe how fast the time has passed it really feels like it was just yesterday I was praying that one day I would meet you.  Well because I'm five months already I got to see you again.  Actually, it was me, your daddy, grandma, tio, and tia.  They all wanted to see you and find out whether you are a little girl or a little boy.  Well today we found out that you are a little baby boy.  My son.  I can't believe it.  I honestly thought that you were a girl, sorry love.  Now I really can't wait to meet you!!  You were all over the place.  Moving and squirming all over.  For a split second you came right up to the place were the tech had the wand thingy and waved right at us like you knew that we were there watching. :)  Feeling you move inside of my belly is one of the most amazing feelings.  I promise you that I will be the best mom I can be.  

Everyone is so excited.  Especially your daddy.  He talks to you and about you all the time!  You are going to love him.  I know that he is going to be such a great dad.  I love you will all of me!

A

Dear Cupcake,
As of tomorrow you will have officially been growing in my belly for 19 whole weeks.  I can't believe how the time has flown by.  I remember the day that we went to the doctors office and he showed me you very first picture.  Just a tiny little embryo ready to be put back in my tummy.  Words will never describe how I felt on that day.  It was so amazing.  I laid there praying for God to hear my prayer and let you grow inside of me.

According to baby center you are now the size of an heirloom tomato.  Oh baby, I can't wait to meet you!!  I love you with all of my heart.

Love,
A

Marriage

I really have the best husband in the world.  Last night he walks in from work with a bouquet of pink tulips.  They are so pretty and it made me feel so good that even though I know he was tired and ready to come home he stopped to get those for me. :)   I am so BLESSED.

*D* and I have been married now for 3 years and 3 months.  Since the beginning of our marriage we have counted each other as one anthers best friend.  I honestly think that there is no better man out there for me.  Over the years we have had our share of hard times from trying every month to conceive to fertility treatments, surgeries and the physical and emotional stress that all of these things bring.  But there is one thing that has never wavered and that was his love and commitment to me and my love and commitment to him.  Just the other day I woke up with an upset stomach which ultimately led me to have my head in the toilet and there behind me was my husband searching for his lost contact on the floor and I thought to my self "I am the luckiest woman in the world " and this is my perfect life.  I though about this picture of us the remainder of the day.

When we first met I was head over heels.  I imagined the ideal life with the babies that I would have and the life that we would live.  After the wedding and after the initial "high" faded life began to wash away the shades of tint on the rose colored glasses that I had put on.  At first I struggled with the fact that things were not going according to my plan.  But as time has passed I have learned to love my husband in a different way -a deeper way. I think back on all the times that he has wiped my tears away, held me tight when I just needed a hug, or made funny faces at me to get me to laugh and cheer up , just done something just because he was thinking of me, or held my hand and whispered a prayer when I needed it the most.  And I think this is what true love is.  All the candy and the flowers and the gifts are nice, don"t get me wrong, but none of this could add up to all that he truly and so openly gives to me everyday.  

17 weeks

February 26, 2011

In order to save you from the mess that I really look like today I just drew a picture for you.  Today was one of those not so happy days.  I woke up this morning and stepped on a bug pile of emotional crybaby and it stuck with me pretty much all day.  I asked my husband if he would take me to a flea market to day, I just wanted to get out of the house and he tells me "I really don't want to go but I will take you".  And so it began. We got really and were heading out down stairs, both of us with growling stomachs.  I serve a bowl of cereal for the husband and prepare to make me some eggs, yes I knew that we were rushing out of the house but I REALLY wanted some eggs with ketchup.  So he passes by and says "REALLY?" and pretty much the day went down hill from here.  I was sad and offended even though he had apologized more than a couple of times.  Well sorry hunny for the emotional overdrive today.  :)   Now after a bath and a 3 hour nap I'm much better.  Hoping and praying that tomorrow will be a better day.  

BTW... still feeling GIRL!!  Can't wait to find out.  Only a few weeks.

This is *D* my loving, caring, awesome husband.  This summer will be four years with this wonderful man.  I'd like to take this time to say how much I love this man.  He has been such a strong person throughout all the fertility craziness that we have gone through.  He is so cute.  The other day he came home and played with the  dog for a little while in the back yard and then he turns to me and says "honey, I can't wait to have my baby.  I want to be able to come home and play with my little one ".  If he is as great of a father that he is a husband then there is nothing that I have to worry about.  This pregnancy has not been the piece of cake that I thought it would be.  Someone has seemed to put my emotions on super high.  And the majority of the time this is where I vent, sorry hunny, you really are a trooper.  :)

February 22, 2011

This by far has been the best time.  Its so surreal.  Sometimes i look back at all that we went through and all I can do it thank God for allowing us to get pregnant.  Well its been a few days since the last time that I've blogged, well okay more than a couple of days.  Well the stress level is WAY down!  Finally got everything settled in and put away.  And I think that I'm passed the feeling of being nervous about the baby.  I cant believe how fast the time is going by.  Almost March.  I went to the doctor on the 16th and got some routine blood work done,  and got to hear the heartbeat again.  Beating at 150 bpm.  I got a call from the doctor today with the lab results of the blood work that she took last appointment and I am happy to report that everything is GREAT!!!   My tummy is getting bigger.  Oh yea and the other day I felt the baby move for the very first time :D It was so sweet.  Everyone was telling me that it would feel like butterflies.  Well for me getting butterflies means getting the feeling that i might vomit.  SOOOO. Didn't quite understand it but then... I felt it.  Ahhhhhh.  To me it felt like the twitching that my eye gets sometimes.  I cant believe that we get to find out if its a girl or a boy next month.


So the other day I went shopping for some maternity clothes.  Not as fun as I initially thought.  I went to several stores and nothing.  Either the clothes were too small or they were too big.  or super expensive.  I found kid to kid :)  great store.  I think that this is where I will do most of my shopping.

What a day

2-7-11




Today was one of those days that you wished you had just stayed at home under the covers. Well to start it was crazy trying to catch up from a week off. Then our entire building was getting new computers so it was so chaotic with people coming in and out of the building and in the middle of them setting up our computers the power shuts off. :( Well the power was off for a couple of minutes and in the middle of the craziness I'm called into the bosses office. Well to make a long story short the school district that I work for is doing MAJOR cuts due to the budget shortfall and guess what position they are cutting... you guessed it. Mine. Yep, after June 6 I will be laid off. Ahhh, what can I say I can't really be upset. What good would being upset right? I have to trust God and know that He is in control. Plus I can't let it stress me, can't let my cupcake get upset. We are 14 weeks along and have a doctors appointment a week from Wednesday :)





We find out if its a boy or a girl in March!!!!

February 2, 2011- 9:00 pm

Today is Wednesday February 2, 2011. I'm sitting here in my new scrapbook room. We are finally moved in!! I took Monday off from work to finish up some things. I was SOOO tired. Thanks to my familia we got EVERYTHING moved on Monday which turned out to be perfect because Monday night the clouds opened up and poured out every drop of rain which turned into ice in the middle of the night. Our first night here at our new place... we didn't get to sleep till about 1 am. I was so pooped. Tuesday morning we woke up to an ice wonderland. I had already requested the day off but guess what... no school!! We got everything set up and put up; again another late night but everything is almost put up. Baby was making so exhausted! :) Well last night I was so worried that me and the little one would have to skate to work but then... SCHOOL CANCELED! WOOHOO! And then again tomorrow. I have soooo enjoyed having the time to relax and hang out with the father of my baby. :D




Today I'm officially 14 full weeks. 4 month appointment is in 2 weeks. I can't believe that time is going by so fast, only 5 months to go. I've had some light cramping, which is normal, nothing to worry about just my body shifting and stretching making room for my cupcake!!

January 29, 2011

We are just days away from moving into our new place. Things around here have been kinda crazy. My apartment is a MESS!!! I can't wait till I can get settled in and not have to dig stuff out of boxes. Monday night is the big day!! Woohoo. The other night I went of visit my friend Wendy I had such a good time just having girl talk with her. :) We caught up on some things and talked a little about the way that I had been feeling, nothing physically wrong just was feeling a little blue the past few weeks. Nothing major, I think it was the surge of hormones that I have been having the past couple of weeks plus the move that was making me a little..... emotional. But all is better now. I'm just glad to be moving from here.




I'm just at a little over 13 weeks now I'm beginning to feel like I'm putting on a few pounds. At my last appointment which was at 12 weeks I had gained 3 lbs in two weeks. :O This is good though. I had lost some weight due to the morning sickness that I was having. Today I wore my very first pair of maternity pants and they were sooo comfortable!! Thanks sis for the pants. :)

My they made me feel so big though, I'm in this weird transition time where my stomach is not really big but I'm not looking thin either. Oh well, I will do it for the good of mankind. :) Will be posting pictures of my belly soon.




Today: Totally feeling GIRL- We find out in my March appointment.

Lazy Saturday afternoon....

1-15-2011

What a beautiful day it was today. We went out for a drive this morning and stopped by this toy store, we were actually there to go to Pickles and Ice Cream- a maternity clothes store but they were closed. Well this store had the cutest stuff. I cant wait till I get further along and we know what we are having AND to be able to go shopping for the baby. Anyhow this store was closed so I came home and decided that I would do some looking online to see if I'd find any good deals. OK, so why is this clothes so expensive I mean you only use them for a short time... I even ran across this ad where a lady was selling her jeans for over 50 dollars a pair!! Really, if there was a clothing dollar store I would so be on that!! I'm glad that I really don't have to worry about that for another couple of weeks. The rubber band in the pant loop is working just fine for me thank you very much. Oh yea and for being so expensive most of the stuff is not very cute. Well. Only a few more days till I get to see my little cupcake at 3 months. :D

Woohoo!! 10 Weeks Along

This past Wednesday (1-5-2011) I went for my first ob visit. I really like this doctor, she seems very sweet and willing to answer any questions that I had. I was told that I would not be getting a sonogram done and I was a little bummed out but when I got to the room she said that I would get one so she could see how my little one was coming along. This sonogram was amazing. I cant believe that the pictures came out so clear. When she started the sonogram I saw my baby having a field day, doing flips and wiggling his or her arms and legs around. It was so sweet. So here are the pictures... most beautiful baby in the world :D I'm due back at the doctor on the 19th- I will be 12 weeks yay :)

Christmas Day

What a great time we had this Christmas. Yesterday was our annual Christmas Eve party at my sisters house and we got to tell our family about our baby news!! My family was thrilled, I made my mom read her card out loud and she didn't even finish it when she started to cry!! Ahhh tear fest! I am so glad that we waited to tell everyone. Thank you to my sisters and my brother in law for "keeping their lips zipped" lol. Then we drove to my mother in laws house to tell her and my brother in law. She was so surprised. They are so excited! Then last but not least my grand parents. Well my weto started to cry!! Talk about a tear jerker. I am so blessed. I honestly have the best family ever. I can't wait to share more special moments with the people I love the most. A big thank you to all of my family and friends that supported us through this whole process, we honesly could not have done it without the prayers and encouraging words. You all will never know how much you have truly blessed me and *D*.

Baby Bumps!!

Today I am officially 8 weeks pregnant. Honestly, I cant believe it time has flown by. Tonight I find myself looking through pregnant belly pictures trying to gauge how big I'm supposed to be. Is that creepy? Well for those of you who know me know that I am not a petite person so I was just wondering how big my belly is supposed to look. Let me tell you that looking at all those pictures did not help a bit. There were women who were 6-7 weeks along that looked like they were more 6 or 7 months along. And then there were those who were itty bitty at like 10-12 weeks along who just looked like they had just had a big lunch. I don't care though all I want is to have a healthy pregnancy and to have a beautiful healthy baby in August. I am so excited to tell the family! As far as I know there aren't too many family members that know about the pregnancy but come Friday we will be letting them know. I thought that the Christmas party would be a perfect time to tell. It's been so hard to keep this a "secret" for so long, we just wanted to be able to surprise everyone.




First ob/gyn appointment is set for Monday. : )

7 Week Sonogram!!!!!!!!!

12-17-2010 Today was an amazing day!!! This afternoon *D* and I got to see our baby!!! YaY!!!! The last time that I went to the doctor I had to go by myself but this time the hubby was with me. I was so excited all day to go. This was my last trip out to Frisco- so glad for that. AHHH, then came time for the sonogram. I remembered my camera and had *D* record the sonogram. Honestly words really can't express the joy and the love that I felt. I mean really who wouldn't love the sound of that little beating heart!! It was amazing to see that little baby that the Lord had promised us. Today I think that both of us really thought back on this journey and all we could do it give thanks to God for this little miracle. I can say that all that we went through was worth everything today. So I still have nausea and the pants are fitting just a tad on the snug side but other than that not too much has changed and oh yea still really tired.

Speechless!!

This morning I got up as usual to get ready for work. Turned off the alarm and went to the bathroom *TMI WARNING* and saw that I was bleeding a little. Okay so I start to freak out and pray at the same time. As soon as the doctors office opened I called and let them know what was going on. They checked with the nurse and she wanted me to come in and see her as soon as possible. My appointment was set for 10:00. I laid back down for a minute and told *D* what was going on. *D* being the person that he is just said "honey we have trusted God all along this journey, He will take care of us- don't worry" and said a prayer. Well then I got up and we left the house. Unfortunately, he wasn't able to go with me since it was so last minute. The drive up to the doctors office, which is about an hour away just seemed sooo much longer than usual. I sat in the parking lot and prayed and talked to the baby too, told him/her not to be scaring me and that everything would be a good mom if they just stuck with me. When I got in there they take me back right away and the nurse she is so sweet starts by telling me that sometimes you can't see a heartbeat or see one so soon so if I didn't not to panic. DEEP BREATH and hold. And there it was just as beautiful as I imagined our little baby with its little beating heart!!!! Then I got to hear the heartbeat, I was literally speechless!! Next and last appointment with our RE set for Dec 17th.

Nausea..

Dec 8 2010


This morning started off just not good. First of all I wake up late and I am super sleepy, it feels like I have not gotten any sleep. Second I wake up to find my pants still in the dryer feeling a little damp...uggg! My vitamin is especially disgusting- my body is now finding that swallowing that little pill unbearable so I'm gagging as I'm trying to breathe and not throw up. Also, now brushing the inside of my teeth and tongue makes me gag too. :P blaaahh. So I'm now in a rush and as soon as I have a seat in my car to drive to work. And I get "that feeling"!! So gross!! Thankfully it wasn't too bad but still made me make these horrific sounds of gagging while driving to work...wonder what I looked like from the other cars point of view? Well I get to work and my lovely *T* offers to get me some saltines. They helped but the feeling was still there. The nausea lasted for a good...hmmm... two hours. Maybe that will be all the nausea I will have. Well at lease I can dream right??