UPDATE

It wasn't a stretchmark just a sleep mark!

Belly pictures

Bare belly pictures are a thing of the past. At least one that make it onto the blog. I *think* I have a huge stretchmard running up my belly. I say *think* because it could be a mark from where I was laying down. I knew this was going to happen, but not this soon. What am I going to look like come April!

Thanksgiving

HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL OF YOU!!!!

Early this year I was so excited to hopefully have a very new baby to tote along with me to all these family functions, and I'm not going to lie I planned on using the baby as my way to leave early. ;) Then after the miscarriage I really didn't think I had anything to be thankful for. I was so upset and sad all the time I just didn't think the year was going to look up at all. Then it happened and we got pregnant again. Right now I'm so thankful for this second chance. We waited so long(I know, not as long as some, but a long year still) for this second chance and even though it's still just the two of us(well just me actually Corey is at work this morning) it will be a great Holiday season and come Easter we will either be holding or so close to holding our baby, our baby!

And since you mentioned it Alicia...we aren't going to call anyone to tell them the sex of the baby. As long as the baby cooperates we plan to somehow incorporate it into our Christmas Card picture and you will find out that way. Just a few extra days of suspense and for just Corey and I to know!! ;)

18 weeks

I really don't have much to report this week. I don't think my belly has grown much since last week. I'm still just feeling flutters no real kicks yet. We find out the sex in 2 weeks! The funny thing I noticed this week is that my once very deep innie belly button is getting more and more shallow. I even made Corey feel it and he thinks I'm going to end up with an outie, which is funny becaue I never thought that would happen considering how deep it was to begin with. I mean freakishly deep! :)

Daycare

I knew I was behind on getting daycare lined up but I wanted to wait until school was over. Well, one day a couple of weeks ago I had a few ladies that my mom works with lecture me about how far behind I was and good luck finding anybody now. Well, I proved them wrong.

We live in a small town with in-home daycare only. Now, for our small little town there are a lot of options but not a lot of quality options. Honestly we had about three ladies on our list of people to call. About a week ago, one of the ladies on our very short list, e-mailed me to see if I had daycare lined up and that she would have a spot open in August. This sounded perfect to me, so I stopped by one day last week and talked to her. She will only have the opening during the school year and not during school breaks, which is perfect for this new TEACHER! She charges $20/day and that's only if the child is there, which is also perfect for my COP husband who is home at least 2 days a week. How perfect is this?!?! We could not have gotten luckier! I may have been behind but it all worked out. Oh, and this is the same lady that watched me, my brother, and my other brother at one point when we were growing up! :) How cool is that?

Furniture

We ordered our nursery furniture today! We spent all day going from store to store and ended up buying at the first store we stopped at. The crib and dresser/changer will arrive in mid-December and the rocker will arrive sometime in January.

We ordered the chair in chocolate brown with aloe piping! We are sharing this as our Christmas present to each other this year.

We ordered both of these pieces and the rails to convert the crib to a full bed eventually.

17 Weeks/EDD #1

I would like to start off by saying goodbye to our sweet baby turkey. Today was our first estimated due date. We had looked forward to spending our first holiday season as a family of three for just a few short weeks. Unfortunately, that wasn't meant to be, but we have been blessed with a second chance. I went through the memory box we made for Turkey and read all the cards people sent and held the stuffed animals and read the card I wrote. It was tough but I'm hoping this day will also bring some closure. For the last 32 weeks I have thought each week what week I should be in my pregnancy and while I'm sure I will be thinking about what could have been on Thanksgiving and Christmas this year I will also be thinking of what is to come.

17 WEEKS! Are you kidding me? Where has the time gone? The baby is the size of an onion this week weighing in at 5 oz and measuring 5 in from head to rump. Here are the pictures. I think it's time to retire this sweater?!?!

Appt. Update

Thursday we had another appointment. It went really well. We heard the baby's heartbeat again. It seems like I never get to hear it because we have only hear it for like a second and then the little guy moves. Well the Dr. pinned him down and we got to hear it for several seconds so I finally got to hear it! He also asked if I had been feeling movement and I told him that I thought maybe I was but it seemed to high up. Well, after listening, the Dr. agreed that I was feeling movement and apparently the baby is bigger than we think of higher than we think since I have no torso or anywhere for him/her to go. Everytime I feel it I just laugh because it feels like my belly is spazzing out! We will find out on Dec. 10th whether or not this baby is a boy or girl!!!

Someone mentioned my belly yesterday too. It wasn't a stranger but it was out of the blue. I had been wearing my jacket and when I took it off she acted shocked and said, "oh, you have a baby belly". I just laughed and said yes I did, it's little but it's there. I'm going to take a picture from my angle and show you how much bigger it looks from the top than from the side. It's shocking!

Here is the picture. There are no feet in the picture! WEIRD! I actually can't see my feet over my boobs it really has nothing to do with the belly right now.

16 weeks

The baby is the size of an avocado this week. My nurse friend doesn't agree with this and says an avocado is too big but I'm going to go with it. I have my appt tomorrow and I have to say I've been nervous all week. I've been having cramps all week. Not menstrual cramps but more of a crampy, achey feeling. It's enough to make me worry and to send me straight to the bathroom to check for blood. I just pray that everything will be okay. Here are the pictures for this week. Please excuse my silly face, I was mid sentence when Corey decided to snap the picture. UGH! Oh, and yes I have 3 different colors of blue but forgive me I was just lounging around the house.

Quick Update

Since I'm home today I thought I would give you all a quick update. I've been feeling pretty good lately except for the fact that my sinuses are finally draining and my throat is killing me. Pregnancy wise I'm feeling great through. I'm not quite as tired as I had been, I'm still tired just not as much. My boobs aren't as sore either. I'm still have RLP which can hurt pretty bad at times. I finally weighed myself and I'm only up 2.5 pounds at this point. I have no idea how that can be true but apparently it is. I called Corey at 10:00 this morning and told him I was ready for lunch already. He just laughed and told me to find a snack. I had already ate a pop-tart, some leftover mac&cheese, and a granola bar. Now I'm just waiting for lunch and time seems to be crawling.

Corey came home the other day and said he was thinking about Angus for a boy name. Apparently, my look answered his question because he then said, "it was just something I heard on the radio and kind of liked." I told him that Angus is a cow and not a child so no we would not be using it. Now he says he was just kidding when he said it but I don't know if I believe him.

I went to a baby shower yesterday and I'll admit, it was a little difficult. The mama-to-be found out she was pregnant the week before my miscarriage and is due on Dec. 7th but she is having a C-Section on Nov. 25. It's hard to think that she is going to have the little Thanksgiving baby that I was supposed to have. Luckily, she is a great friend of mine and has been through a miscarriage herself so she knows how I was feeling is very supportive of those feelings. Plus, our children still get the chance to be in the same class and pretty much have the coolest mom's ever, right?!

There is my update. I will post belly pictures on Wednesday and an appt update on Thursday.

Stick a fork in me...

I'M DONE!!! Today was my last day of student teaching and I'm so ready for a break. It was a long 12 weeks but I'm sure by the week after next I will be missing my kids and wishing I was still there. We had a ton of treats today. I brought cupcakes, my cooperating teacher brought brownies and we had a birthday in class so that girl brought treats too. YUM! My cooperating teacher stocked me up on stickers, and also a notepad, and cute notecards that are pink and black with a big "S" on the front, and a picture frame that she said is for the baby! :) The notepad cracks me up, it says "I will not yell in class. I will not throw things in class. I will not get mad and hit anyone in class. I will not have a temper tantrum, and I will always be good because I am the teacher, I am the teacher, I am the teacher..."! How true is that? All my kids made me cards in computer class and were so proud of themselves for keeping it a secret for the whole week! It was a good last day and I feel like a huge weight has been lifted off my shoulders.

15 Weeks

I'm still tired...all the time!! Baby Bunny must be growing though because my belly is. Plus it itches like crazy all day long! My week by week email said today that if I shine a flashlight on my belly the baby will start moving around. I'm tempted to try it just to see if I can feel the movement. I know it's probably still too early but I thought if I intentionally try to feel it maybe I could. The baby is the size of a navel orange this week, which is funny since I haven't been able to get enough of them for the last few weeks, and weighs about 2.5 ounces.

My bare belly looks huge!

I only have two more days left of student teaching! I'm ready for a break. I've decided to sub through the end of the school year, well at least until mid-April hopefully, and look for a job for next school year. I'm also planning on looking to get daycare lined up once I finish up at school. I have a few people in mind here in town so hopefully one of them will work out.