pics of my babe

baby's 1st christmas

snuggle buddies

whoa! christmas lights!

hi. im a month old.

yeah im super strong

ha!

pretty girl

life is crazy!

sorry i havent been able to update. life is CRAZY with a baby but totally awesome! our little girl has had a rough couple weeks- lots of screaming and crying and mommy crying too. the dr suggested eliminating milk and soy from my diet so it seemed things got a little better after that but this week it got bad again. so now they realized she has reflux as well as the dairy and soy intolerance/allergy. so yesterday she started meds for the reflux and we go see a pediatric gi specialist this month to make sure there isnt anything else wrong with her intestines since her poo hasnt been ideal. and im continuing on my strict diet. seriously look in your cabinet at anything... it has milk and soy in it. but fruits, veggies, and meat are healthy so that is what we will do. and i guess i will save money since i cant go out to eat. after a year (hopefully) of breastfeeding im sure ill make myself sick on real ice cream, bread, fast food. but its worth it all for a happy healthy baby! im hoping we can really enjoy these last few weeks of me being off without too many tears :)

i need to upload our pics and post one of her later. she now weighs 9lbs 11 oz which is great that she is gaining even with all the health issues. the dr was very pleased and so am i! my boobies work!

although its been a rough few weeks, they have definitely been the best of my life! 3 new years ago we started trying to start our family. and now shes here! im so overfilled with happiness and love. i still cant believe my little blessing is really here :)

my little lady

so here it is... thursday the 17th i went to bed at about 930. tyson apparently left at about 950. i woke up at 955 thinking i was peeing my pants but there was no stopping it. it was quite funny really. so tyce came back home and we got going to stl with contractions starting. we got to the hospital and settled in to a delivery room a little after midnight and i was dilated to 3 cm (i was 2 cm 2 days earlier at the dr). they started my iv and pitocin around 140 am. the contractions were very close with the pitocin... about 2 minutes apart. at 320 am i was 4 cm and we decided to get an epidural and get some rest. 2 hours later i was 7 cm and they broke another bag of water that was sticking out in the way. 2 hours later i wascomplete and ready to go... except the dr must have decided to take a morning walk around forest park b/c we waited for an hour and half for her to come and then a completely different dr showed up. thank God I had an epidural while we waited. i pushed for about 20 minutes and out she came! the dr said i was the best first time mom pusher she has ever seen! they immediately put her on my chest and tyce and i just enjoyed some quality time with our little lady. it was a wonderful birth experience! she was born at 936 am and weighed 6 lbs 12.8 oz and was 19.5 in long.

being a mom is so absolutely wonderful. but it is definitely the hardest job in the world. my little lady loves to blister up my nips and make me in horrible pain... so breastfeeding has been quite a challenge but is getting better. and she was born with a sacral dimple and had to have an u/s when she was 5 days old to make sure her spine was okay and that the dimple was closed.. she is trying to give me a heart attack already! now we are into our second week and breastfeeding is getting easier and the u/s showed she is just fine. thank you, God! we are still walking zombies running on very little sleep but it is all so fun! seeing her big smiles all the time makes it worth it at 3 am!

thanks everyone for your prayers along this journey! our rainbow baby is here and she is perfect! here is hazel rose~

she is here!

a quick post for those of you that dont know.. hazel arrived friday at 930 am. i will post the full story later but my water broke at 955 pm on thursday while i was sleeping and off we went! it was a great birth and she is a healthy little gal! will post more and a pic when i get more than 2 hrs of sleep a day. xo

the latest

i had my weekly appt tuesday and im dilated to 2 cm. last week the dr said we could induce the 22nd. this week she said the 28th. after talking about it we decided we would feel better with the 22nd since they arent open the week of thanksgiving to do nonstress tests and fluid checks on the baby. we are too far to risk anything at this point and tyson just wants her here now :) so please say some prayers she comes on her own this weekend... but if not we will be having a baby tuesday (hopefully). its an odd date though... its of course the week of thanksgiving, its tysons stepmoms bday, its the date we started dating, its the date we got engaged, and its the date we found out we were pregnant for the first time. and now it could be hazel's bday! well i just wanted to update everyone. ill post a 40 week pic this weekend if im still around. but like i said, please say prayers she comes on her own soon. thanks xo

other fun pics

month 9-10

38 weeks

This weekend marks 38 weeks being pregnant. At my appt last week I was almost a 2 she said (so pretty much still 1 1/2 cm dilated) and 90% effaced which is good. I haven't done my 2 mile walks in 2 weeks. Tyson was gone so I didn't want to go into labor and then for the past week I've been sick so I've been resting any time I can. I am really hoping to feel better soon so I can start back up... but I feel like I'm running out of time. I'm sure when things are gonna happen, they will happen. Today we had our birthing and breastfeeding class. It was nice to get a tour so we know where to go. Well off to sit in front of my humidifier and watch movies all night. Hopefully when I am feeling better I will post more. Roll Tide!!

36 weeks

I am almost there! I have been having cramping and some back pain like I am starting a period on and off the past week. So I had my appointment Friday and she checked me and I am dilated 1 1/2 cm and thinned out some. She could feel her head down really low she said. Which the u/s people had already told me. So I know that could mean something or nothing at all so I am not getting my hopes up or down. But I will take it easy and not do my daily 2 mile walks while Tyson is gone in California this week. But as soon as he gets back I will be walking full speed again and helping things to hopefully continue to progress. So since that news I got notes for sub ready, got the car seat bases installed, and started packing a bag. I have a lot of meetings the next few weeks so I would be find if she decided to hang in there for 2 more weeks but I'm fine if she doesn't either. I guess they will figure things out without me at work.

This past week was our 4th anniversary! Sometimes I can't believe that I love him more each year/month/day. I didn't know it was possible! He surprised me with cooking me supper one night and got me flowers and a card. He had to work the night of our actual anni so we only saw each other for about an hour. Today we are gonna carve our pumpkin :) I love spending time with my TJ.

month 8-9

Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day

I was a little busy yesterday, but October 15th is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day. Thinking and praying for anyone who has lost a baby. Please give support to them and spread awareness and education. Love to my 4 little angels!! xo

great day!

so we had another growth ultrasound today and it was great! she measured in the 60th percentile today compared to 3 weeks ago when she was in the 14th percentile. i always knew their measurements can be way off but to me this seems a little extreme. im believing that the last lady undermeasured and this lady overmeasured and she falls perfectly in between somewhere. last time she weighed 3 1/2 lbs and now she weights 5 lbs 8 oz. again, i dont think these are super accurate. and if so, i hope she doesnt get too much bigger b/c i still have 6 weeks to go!! either way im glad she is doing well. the lady said her head is still reeeeally reeeally low. she has been snuggled in that position for almost 2 months now. we got a few 3d pics too but since her head is down so low it was hard to get a good shot. she looks like she has a chubby little face though.

after that it was time for returns. i returned all my doubles, triples, etc to cottonbabies and got almost $600 back! and i still have $150 in gift cards too. so even though their breast pumps are way more expensive than babies r us i bought one b/c i will never use that money. and i let tj pick out some baby legs he liked and we picked up a few more necessities. im sure ill find more to spend soon! and at babies r us we got almost $400 back plus we have gift cards there too. at least we can always spend money there on stuff.

i wanna work on putting away more baby stuff and playing with the new stuff i got today but im beat. time to put up my feet and watch some dvr. thanks everyone for your prayers xoxo

33 weeks

this weekend is the start of week 33. still so crazy we are here!!! this past week she has been a moving machine! i cant get comfy sitting at work b/c she is just constantly stretching out and moving around. but i so love every second of it. we are so thankful we are able to experience all these things. tyce said to me the other day that how everyone talks about pregnancy being horrible or their wives complaining that he thought it would be different. he said he never hears me complain :) im sure i say ouch or oh my back hurts every once in awhile but i truly do love every second of it and no need to complain. its an experience not everyone gets and i am thankful im blessed to get to!

i had an appt with the dr last week... just the quick heartbeat checks like always. i also just talked to her about my concerns with hazel measuring small. she said not to worry just yet. they will compare growth b/w ultrasounds and see how she is doing. i am still gaining more than needed each month, and i really feel like my belly popped out the past 2 weeks so im hoping she had a growth spurt. but she did tell me at 20 weeks she was in the 45 percentile and now in the 14th. seems like a big jump but i am going to try to keep positive that she has stayed the same or grown. our next u/s is a week from monday. time is moving slow b/w these u/s. still keep her in your prayers please! xo

my biggest update is that we have a new nephew!!! my sister had to be taken for a csection on monday due to some scary stuff happening to her but i am so glad they are both safe and healthy! i know we are partial but seriously he is just the most adorable thing ever!!! maybe b/c im hormonal too but i just tear up looking at him. he is truly perfect!!

well it looks like it is nap time now! i guess that fatigue is starting to slowly creep back up but im trying to ignore it. im making myself still walk everyday i can for some energy and exercise. have a great football day-go bama! (iowa is off today or i woulda done a cheer for them too ;) )

month 7-8

doggie update

maddie has still been eating good but wouldnt drink water although she would chew on ice cubes. she has also been really lethargic still-maybe from all the meds and especially tramadol (pain killer). her poor joints hurt her so bad she barely gets up and down and off the porch. they confirmed she does have lyme disease. so yesterday we started a 3rd antibiotic. now she takes 7 1/2 pills in the morning and 6 1/2 at night.... crazy! so this morning i got up she didnt seem interested in getting up but then after she ate she jumped off the porch to get her ball and brought it back to me :) so she is feeling better.

now for bama. he is just a baby. he was just depressed she was gone. he is eating a few bites of food if we arent watching. but if he sees us around he wont eat. i figure when he gets hungry enough he will eat. at least he is drinking water.

so im hoping things are looking up in the doggie department. hopefully after the weekend things will be mostly back to normal.

and by the way... im 32 weeks this weekend!!!! i cant believe it! the end is going by kinda fast! for the most part (besides the beginning scariness) i am loving pregnancy! im so thankful to get to experience it so not too many complaints from me :) okay ill try to post my belly pics now. xo

pics from the shower

gender reveal voting table-there were belly pics and u/s pics hanging

and then people could vote for team blue or team pink

here are our mommies opening the reveal box

pregnant sisters-she is having a boy and im having a girl

all the wonderful ladies who made this day perfect!

my college girlfriends came!!!

updates

sorry I have been slacking on blogging lately. so last week we had an u/s to see how hazel is growing. they give you a large range of 'normal'- 10 to 90th percentile. well hazel falls in the 14th percentile. so normal but still on the small side. so they did different tests and there are no issues with the amount of fluid, blood flow, and she looks healthy. but they kinda seemed concerned so now I have to go back every 3 weeks to make sure she doesn't fall more behind. when i talked to the nurse yesterday she mentioned something about possibly being induced up to 3 weeks early just b/c some babies grow better outside the womb. im just praying everything is fine with her. her parents are small, so im sure she is just small.

so i was kinda emotional that afternoon. tysons mom flew in and stayed with us that night. we went for a walk on the morning of my shower and went and got our nails done. it was a relaxing day. and a beautiful shower! the girls did so great with everything and everyone who came was so generous! i think we have everything we need... now i just need to some how organize all this stuff!

the next morning my friend and i noticed that my dog had been acting very mellow which is so unusual for her. tyson said part of his sandal was chewed off. so we thought she had a blockage but we waited it out. by that night and the next morning we couldnt get her to move, eat, drink, raise her head, or anything. it was sad. the dr told us to take her to the doggie hospital the next day b/c she needed more care then they could give her. she had to stay there until last night. after getting her fever down and rehydrating her she was able to pass whatever was hurting her belly. but they think she has lyme disease (we should know for sure by tomorrow) so she is still lethargic and has a hard time walking (lyme's affects their joints too). she is starting to eat little amounts of food and will eat ice cubes. and our boy dog got depressed and hasnt ate or drank in 3 days. he started eating ice cubes too but is refusing food still. damn dogs stress me out :) but you gotta love them!

so please say prayers for little hazel and for maddie and bama too. momma needs a good night's sleep very soon! xo

I'm a rainbow baby

which one? this, this, and this was one on etsy i really liked but is now gone.

It's a

GIRL!! We had our gender reveal shower yesterday to tell all our family and friends we are having a little baby girl! Her name will be Hazel Rose. We are so excited!! xo I will post some shower pics and monthly belly pics soon.

concerned :/

so im 29 weeks this weekend.... i had an appt yesterday. everything was good but this whole pregnancy i have been measuring about 4 cm (sometimes more when the students do it) behind on my fundal measurement (its like measuring tape on your belly). anything more than 2 cm off is concerning. she didnt act too concerned but we are doing an u/s in 2 weeks to make sure everything is okay with the baby. i was fine yesterday but today kinda concerned. im sure its fine b/c im a small person but im still worried. i dont want anything to be wrong with bullet or not have enough fluid. even though things could be just fine, please say a little prayer for us. thank you.

month 6-7

super sad we lost our camera :( so week 24 and 25 are forever gone. i grew a lot those 2 weeks.

:) my heart is filled with joy!!

i am so excited my old roomies are coming to my shower!!! and my bethie too! it makes me wanna cry! so thankful for all of you putting this wonderful shower together too! everyone is so amazing and i love you! and bullet does already too :) :) :) :) :)

even more excited :)

soooo i was gonna go get that used ergo tomorrow. i was excited it was only $65 dollars compared to $115 new but i was nervous about it being used. today i looked on zulily.com (awesome website) and they have boba carriers for $59.99-89.99!!! plus i got a $10 off code so it was only $49.99 for the one i got. plus its new! and a lot of people like boba so yay for a steal! if anyone wants the code let me know :) it might work on $10 off anything?

who loves fall as much as i do?

lets list some fall things we love:

amazing weather

apple orchards-then baking lots of apple crisp

pumpkin patches-then carving pumpkins

football games and hot chocolate

cider

pretty fall colors

grey's anatomy

cozy clothes

4th anniversary

new little baby bullet and little nephew

yipee!!

I think I got a newish ergo for around 1/2 price on craigs list :) woot woot

summer coming to an end

today was a grand day. the last day hub and i will be able to spend together on summer break.... gosh it goes too fast. i had a dentist appt in springfield then we did lunch and shopping. we had to shop for a new camera b/c somehow ours has went missing. i took my 25 week pic with it (so that is gone now) and we havent taken it out of the house since. but when i went to take my 26 week pic, it is no where to be found. i knew we would eventually want a nicer camera once bullet was here. and we wanted something for good videos too. so today we splurged and got a nice canon camera. its a lot bigger than we are used to-we like ones you can stick in your pocket and go! but we reeeeally like it and everything it does. yipee! then we stopped for some ice cream-yum! it was a wonderful day! oh, and don't you love this weather?! i wish every day was like this!

26 week update-nothing new. just growing a lot over the past few weeks. although you wont get to see all that b/c of my missing pics :)

back to school thursday. lets hope it doesnt go back to super hot weather b/c this pregnant chick is the only one in the whole school without a/c or a window. the dungeon gets hot!

today i'm shaking my bootie to this

take home outfit

im such a nice wifey. im letting tj pick out the outfit bullet comes home in. of course he said alabama something. we found a few and im gonna keep searching. this is the one he likes. i think this one is really cute if it was long sleeved. now we just need to find crimson sweatpants i guess :) how cute!

isnt this gorgeous!?

in love with this. and yes i may be addicted to babywearing and not even have a baby yet :)

24 weeks

this week i had another appt. just the usual measure your belly and check heartbeat and ask if you have concerns. my hub threatened me with my life if i didnt bring up our concerns about my anxiety. this week it has taken a turn for the worse with increased heart rate and difficulty breathing. i think its induced by anticipation of work stress. its incontrollable. im actually glad i brought it up b/c the med student totally related to me! its like he found a friend! with everything i described, his eyes got wider and he kept saying, 'oh my gosh i am exactly like that.' when i was talking about people saying 'oh just dont worry about stuff so much', he said, 'well if it was that easy don't you think we would!' finally someone who understand me (besides a counselor). the dr seemed more concerned that i thought necessary. i guess with pregnancy they take it seriously in case people get depressed. mine isnt depression... just anxiety. so she took down a list of all the depression/anxiety meds ive been on over the years and stated that if it didnt get better that they would strongly suggest taking something. she doesnt want it to affect my eating or sleeping. well it has never affected my eating. and i havent slept through the night for almost 10 years or more so im totally used to it. (i didnt tell her that part) she wants me to go back to a counselor. but i dont wanna spend the money. and she wants me to go back in 2 weeks. again i said no b/c i dont have enough time to be taking off work. ha i guess im just a defiant patient. i will continue walking and breathing and relaxation techniques (dont seem to help in my opinion). and ive just been trying to keep busy with getting things ready for bullet. lots of yard work, work on his room, and this week i bought waaaay too many clothes for the little booger. :) today was a little better day. im hoping i can keep focused on baby and not work! oh and i was concerned b/c his movement had seemed to become less over the past few days. but she said my anxiety and stress will not affect the baby at all so one less thing to 'worry' about. well i better get busy with house work to keep my mind off stupid things! have a great week all!!

yipee!

this morning we went to bullet's daycare. this is the daycare we will use when she is about 2-6 months. she will be going to an in home daycare after that b/c they don't have an opening til NEXT fall. we really loved everything about the daycare and are almost tempted to continue going there through school age but we will save more money at the in home. and the most exciting thing of the tour is that they will use my cloth dipes!!!! so excited! off to order more daycare dipes now :)

belly shot

i did it

i applied for an extension of my maternity leave. yikes! lets hope for the best!

month 5-6

babies r us

why do you change things so much? the car seat i register for is no longer available. or the pack n play. or the cute little winter hat i wanted for only $9.99. and yesterday my ergo was an online only item and now its an in store only item that i cant view. and i registered for 'white onesies' as labeled on the print out from the store, but online the same item number says 'pooh outlined', 'teal overall', and 'minnie jean'. (i hate pooh by the way) guess i will have to go in store and update my registry a 3rd time once my shower invites go out.

craiglist

hmmm wait to see if i get it off my registry or get this one for cheaper? i have already bought way too much baby stuff b/c of cheaper deals and maybe a little impatience combined with that.

baby kicks

its so neat feeling bullet kick! and they are hard kicks. ive just been noticing them so much this week. tyce got a few hard kicks to the hand this morning. i love seeing him smile so big :) oh things have just been so exciting and happy lately i cant take it :) ill be in the 3rd trimester when we start back to school... how crazy!!!

healthy choices and being pregnant

making healthy choices was a lot easier for me in my past 4 pregnancies for some reason. not so much this go around. i go through weeks where i am so good and get in veggies, fruit, protein, calcium, whole grain, etc every day and then i go through weeks/months of eating buttered noodles and cake all day. this week has started out good. i think b/c i got back to walking and exercising a little. now if i can just keep that up. ready, set, go!

side note/question to self: why did i buy the fish sticks and mac n cheese my husband wanted at the store today? oh and the snicker ice cream bars that i wanted (3 boxes :/ )

gah!

so ive been checking babysteals.com everyday for an ergo carrier to go on sale and i swore i checked yesterday (maybe i checked too early). but finally after months of checking it daily it was there, and i missed it :( for 50% off!!!! grrrr.

but i wanted to post this site for you other mommies and there is a sister site for kidsteals too.

im gonna hate myself for the rest of the day.

22 weeks

Man! Time flies when you are having fun :) Can't believe we are 22 weeks! Not much new this week besides growing more. My ass has doubled in size. And last week I could fit into all these shorts still that were always so big on me, and this week I can't get anything over my thighs and hips. I didn't even notice things were growing behind me.

Other than that, just getting things in order for Bullet's room. This past weekend my stepmom and I went shopping and got fabric for curtains, sheets, pillows, and changing pad cover. She said she would have it finished already sometime this week. I ordered a few prints for the walls. And have my eye on a few storage bins and accessories to add color to the room. I'm excited to see it all together!! I really hope most of it is finished before I start work so I don't have to worry about much when crazy time begins.

Well back to movies and relaxing with TJ while we can :) have a great week all!

baby bump vs food bump

sometimes i think i have a baby bump but then it shrinks. but i really think its here to stay now! this is what it did in jamaica:

now you see it

(3 days later) now you dont

it hasnt shrunk really since then so maybe its here to stay :) and maybe im eating more and its a food baby :)

21 weeks

yipee!!! i realized this week a little fear has went away. but then i freak myself out and dont wanna get too excited til bullet is finally here. but it is nice to be enjoying things lately. i still dont feel like its totally real though. i havent thought much about birth yet. i know im SO excited for it. but maybe when things get closer it will become more real. he has been moving a lot lately and i love it! tyson has even got to see my stomach move a little. im surprised this early on but the u/s lady said im small so that i can see it sooner? its neat. but tyce hasnt got to feel him move yet. every time we put our hand on there he stops.

one new thing i love is my belly button. it hasnt popped out but it is no longer in. i love the front view of my belly. you can tell its tight and a little munchkin is in there.

today i finished putting the crib together. its perfect! well almost... the drawer seems a little off so i might need to see if i can move it a little. but im proud of myself for putting it all together and holding up 3 pieces at once and screwing screws at the same time. im a little carpenter. next weekend my stepmom and i are picking out fabric for the sheets. ill be excited to get that in there and start decorating a bit.

nothing else new but my little girl maddie has something wrong with her face :( it looks like someone beat her with a bat. i think she got stung or is having an allergic reaction to something. her eyes are almost swollen shut and big welts on her face. i gave her benadryl hours ago but it doesnt seem to be going down. so for now she is inside trying to cool down and hopefully it will help the swelling to go down. im sure her brother is pissed he is still out in the heat while she is in here. pray that she is okay and its nothing major.

lately

so jamaica was AWESOME! so gorgeous and relaxing. we laid by the pool a lot, went boating and snorkeling one day, went shopping one day, experienced margaritaville, and had massages. and baby was kicking a lot which was reassuring since i didnt have my doppler. but the last day we got FRIED and im still hurting.

flying back home was neat on the night of the 4th b/c we got to see fireworks from all over. i couldnt sleep that night b/c my burn was so bad. my bday and bullets u/s was the next day. lots of tears that day from having a fever from being dehydrated and achey from the bad burn. but it was good to see little bullet. we didnt get a good pic of her. we got a left foot, right foot, and a gender shot. then in 4d we got a side shot of the head. all you can see is her ear. the lady wasn't super nice like the last one we had so i think she could have cared less to get us some good pics or act excited throughout the whole thing. but she seemed good at looking at all the major organs so thats important. she said her brain, lungs, kidneys, heart, and other major organs seem to be functioning normally. that was great news. she showed us her ten fingers (that were curled up in a little fist) and toes. the nose and lips look good she said although i couldnt make out the image. so it was a relief to get all that good news.

reminder: i am not telling gender til the shower. so you never know if i will use he or she when talking about bullet. but you can try to guess :)

the rest of my bday was good (with more tears in b/w events due to pain). we had sushi, then another dr appt, then home to spend time with fam. the next day my mom and i went shopping, to the melting pot, and to the muny to see the little mermaid. thursday we headed down to dinner and the cards game with another couple but didnt actually make it to the game b/c of rain. so we ended up at a bar instead.

i have a busy weekend ahead but i am looking forward to slowing down next week hopefully. i hope everyone had a good 4th and has a great weekend ahead.

baby room colors

i want the babys room to be similar to this. what do you think? i have neutral walls, modern furniture, and just want some pops of color. its hard to find a light aqua crib sheet thats not outrageously expensive or that looks the right color! i think my stepmom might be making that part.

month 4-5

broken furniture

so as i said a few posts back, a headboard on my crib was broken. well they sent the replacement piece last week and it was broken too!! so now we are waiting on the 3rd shipment and hoping its the one! yesterday i went and picked up bullets furniture in springfield. well one of the tracks on the drawers is broken!! but maybe its a blessing in disguise b/c when i called to get a replacement drawer i noticed the furniture was on sale even more than before!! so now i got some money back and a new drawer is coming. today im gonna try to get more of bullets crib put together without that piece if i can. once i get things more together i will post a pic :)

18 weeks

ive noticed one thing this week (besides a bloated belly)-skin touching skin. ive never felt this before in my life. but now my boobs touch my skin underneath and my ASS is touching my legs! i didnt even know my ass was growing! but i guess its a good thing b/c ive never had boobs or an ass. thats really the only new thing ive noticed this week.

happy fathers day to all the daddy's out there! today i gave tyce this little daddy book collection i got him a few months back. it is really cute! we read the stories to bullet this morning and she really liked it. i also gave him this grilling cookbook mmm. well we are off to the cards game to celebrate fathers day with his fam! :)

roll tide baby

cute but still no luck in finding a cloth dipe for game days. daddy would love that! i have seen so many football dipes on babycenter now where the hell do i find them?? maybe mommy in law can make one? hmmm. thanks for letting me think out loud.

yum

today tyson and i made a homemade pecan pie. we even made a homemade crust. it is amazing.

Dana's top registry item picks

Babies r us has a top registry items list, but this is mine :)

1. my cloth diapers

2. ergo baby carrier

3. aden and anais swaddle me blankets

4. aveeno baby wash and lotion

5. my diaper bag

and if my mother in law hadn't bought my crib and if my mom hadn't bought the stroller and car seat, they would be on there too :)

a laugh for the day

this blog always makes me cry laughing!!!

17 weeks

gosh each week i am just in disbelief that i am here! i have waited so long for all this and i could just cry thinking about it. oh my gosh this is really happening!! :) thank you, God! you are great! i know i wont be completely at ease til the baby is here healthy and in my arms in November. but things do feel very hopeful!

so things that are new this week... well like i said last week, a little bump is appearing. it is so fun! a few weeks ago it just felt like i had gained some extra lbs but now its starting to look like a real baby bump :) well to me at least! im sure a stranger wouldnt know i was pregnant. like when people see me rocking a bikini in jamaica they may kinda think hmmm maybe she shouldnt be wearing that ;) but i cant wait! im sure you will see the changes this month when i post the pics. also this week, im pretty sure i have felt some movement!!! being a first time mom (well sort of) i think you are unsure of what you are feeling. but im pretty sure its baby. every once in awhile i just feel like something rolls. like i feel it on my bladder or insides or something. its new so im going with its baby :) in the next few weeks im sure ill know for sure and hopefully feel it more and more. cant wait til tj can feel it too... but that will still be awhile.

well im relaxing today and maybe church this afternoon. yesterday was busy and baby and i need to rest! have a great sunday all!

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i like this

especially b/c the word 'fluke' is in the title and i have heard this so many times from drs. xo

busy day

today we have been busy bees! lots of spring cleaning things done. and we got all the furniture out of bullets room and delivered to the new owner! i got the room cleaned and started on the crib while tyce was gone. (probably not the best idea to be pushing around a big box like that). well i got all the pieces out and everything looked perfect until the last piece in the box-the headboard is broke!! i noticed a hole in the box when we got it and kind of wondered. so after talking to 4 different people at babies r us, they have put in a request to the manufacturer. we will hear next week if i have to figure out how to put these 100 pieces back perfectly into the box and ship it back or if they can just send me another headboard. put a damper on the 'getting my house clean and organized' plan today. boxes and wrapping are scattered everywhere! but in the midst of this i received my sleepywrap in the mail :) i read the directions and i think i already have it down! now i just need a baby here to test it out! now relaxation before taking reid to greasies as a thank you for helping us get all the bedroom furniture out! mmmm cheese smack here i come!!!

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baby stuff is so fun!

i sent in my registry to cotton babies last week but its still not up on the website yet (i check a couple times a day b/c im a freak!). and monday before my appt we started our registry at babies r us. it was fun til i was getting dizzy and sick and tyson stole the gun and scan a bunch of lame things. i wonder why babies r us keeps all their cute stuff online only. its annoying b/c people probably arent going to find much at the actual store to buy for us. and yesterday i ordered my sleepy wrap! im so excited for it to get here so i can practice with it lots and be ready when baby gets here!

our toddler carseat came monday that my gma bought us. that, along with our crib in the box, and bassinet are making the living room quite crowded. i cant believe i have been busy everyday of my summer break thus far! we are gonna start cleaning the babys room out friday so we can get organized.

ahhh so much to do and learn in the next few months! but it is sooo exciting :)

oh and appt went well monday. they are so quick-a heartbeat check and you are outta there. i got some bloodwork done too. some for the research study thing and some for our sequential screen. this is where they take more bloodwork and combine it with our 1st look results and give us hopefully even a better number for the chances of the baby being healthy. this also checks for spina bifida i think. i think we get that back in a week or so. and i wont have another appt til my bday where we get to see bullet again!! i can't wait to see her but kinda nervous since they will be looking more in depth at all her organs. praying she is very healthy and there are no problems! now i am just waiting to feel her move :) i will let you know when that happens!!

16 weeks

so you have seen my pics from week to week and there isnt much of a change but maybe a little bloating here and there. well this week the bloat bump has stayed. even in the mornings its there. can't wait to see the bump grow bigger and bigger. the thing i have been most excited for for year is to feel the baby move. that will be happening hopefully this month :) yay! other changes are black hair on my belly, uncontrollable constant gas, and constipation. and my husband still thinks im sexy :) appointment tomorrow!

diaper bag

isnt this pretty?

month 3-4

month 2-3