Even though I don’t hunt, I figure it’s time for Lexie to become a bird dog.
Week 8
I have always been a great sleeper and an even better dreamer. I have always had vivid dreams that I remember, and unfortunately sometimes think are reality. Since I got pregnant, those dreams are just as vivid (although interrupted because I have to get up in the middle of the night to pee). A few mornings ago I woke up laughing because of a dream. My friends Meryl and Heidi were pregnant (in my dream, not real life… although that would just make my day if it were real). In my dream they got pregnant after me but had their babies before me… on the same day! so I was at the hospital while they were having their babies and was a little sad that I was still pregnant and they got to meet their babies. So I told Brian we had to go get a sonogram to see if there was still a baby in my tummy. {I will spare you the details of my completely warped sonogram experience from my dream}. So when we looked at the sonogram pics I saw a little bitty baby… well it wasn’t as much a baby as it was a 4 year old! It was a tiny 4 year old hanging out in my tummy. He had such a mature face and a buzz hair cut! I hope that is as funny to y’all as it was to me!
So I was talking to Brian’s mom the other day and we were talking about how the baby would look. She said her and Brian’s dad use to talk about what he would look like and that she feels like Brian got the best qualities of both of them. His nose, her body type, her eyes… so I got to thinking about what our baby will look like. Will he/she have my eyes or skin tone, or Brian’s hair or height. I don’t know, but 7 more months is a long time to have to wait to find out!
Tell us if you think it will be a boy or a girl!
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Well this week has been pretty uneventful. We have a few nicknames that have been given to our baby. These names include “waltenbaby”, “waltenfetus”, and “yolky” (because the sono pic looked like an egg yolk). Our “waltenbaby” is still the size of a blueberry but apparently, it has been developing a face, arms, legs, and skin! Woo hoo it has skin! I feel really great. Some nausea here and there but overall I am feeling really good. I am getting back into workout mode. Before I got pregnant, I was in the middle of a “couch to 5k” training. Then, I stopped when I found out I was pregnant. I had crazy thoughts that the running would somehow give the baby brain damage. Now that I’m over that crazy thinking, I am back to working out. Thankfully, we just got a treadmill so I do not have to run in the 100-degree heat. Other than that, it has been a pretty uneventful week, which is perfectly fine with me.
This past weekend Brian and I went with our friends Meryl and Brandon to the Fusch lake house to visit with our other friends Lindsey and Blake. They just had a baby, Eleanor. She is almost 3 months old. She is such a sweet baby and I had so much fun playing with her. Although we really only played for about 30 min. I knew babies slept a lot but I didn’t realize that meant and hour and a half every three hours. I guess I have a lot to learn about babies! The whole weekend was great!
My brother, Bradley, who just graduated from Texas A&M in May started his first “real” job this week. We are so proud of him. Congratulations Bradley!
Week 6
According to the books, websites, and magazines I currently obsess over our baby is the size of a blueberry! Apparently it looks more like an alien though. I’m sure over the next 8 months it will grow into a cute little girl baby! Today we went to the doctor for pictures of our little blueberry. The last doctors appointment left me quite disappointed. I didn’t make my appointment until I was “6 weeks”. However, apparently since I got off the pill my cycle never returned to the normal 28 day cycle. I was more like a 32 day cycle. Anyway that meant that I was only about 5 weeks when we went to the doctor last week. When they did the sonogram they could see the yolk sack (yuck! Makes me feel like a chicken!). Dr Campbell said that is exactly what they should be able to see at 5 weeks. Unfortunately we would not be able to see the actual baby or heartbeat until 6 weeks. I kept asking the nurse to tell me there was definitely a baby in that yolk sack. She said she couldn’t. Then I got anxious. What if there was no baby in the yolk sack? I fully expected to see the baby that day and it didn’t happen. I was so disappointed. After talking to my friend Lindsey I felt better. She said she went to the doctor at 5 weeks and didn’t see the baby either. It just too small. So I pushed all those worrisome thoughts out of my mind and just tried to enjoy being prego! My doctor called on Tuesday and said all my blood work came back great and I am definitely pregnant! As if the 12 pregnancy tests hadn’t already told me that! Still, it was nice to hear. So today was the 6 week appointment. We saw the baby and could see the heartbeat flashing on the screen. The heart beat was 133 beats per minute. The doctor said that was great and it would get faster as the baby grew. My due date is officially January 26, 2011. Here are pics of our little blueberry!
SYMPTOMS: Boobs hurt worse than ever… imagine rubbing your chest against the concrete for a while and them have someone punch them over and over and over… that’s pretty much how it feels. ouch! I am also feeling really emotional. We will see how that works out. Pregnant or not, I do not think people like it when you burst into tears for no reason. It’s uncomfortable.
Week 5
Today we complete our 5th week of pregnancy! Our baby is the size of a PEA!!! Gosh, they just grow up so fast! I get more and more excited about this journey every day. Through all the excitement, I have these little moments of fear. I fear we are not ready. Am I mature enough to me a MOM! I fear that we won’t make the right parenting decisions. I fear something terrible will happen… I know it is all irrational thinking and I just have to push I out of my mind. God has a plan for us and a plan for this baby… gotta learn to go with it!
We told our parents and my brother about our bun in the oven! They were all very excited. We are waiting until Friday (when we go to our first DR. apt) to tell friends and grandparents. I am about to burst with excitement. I just want to tell everyone!
I ordered us some books about pregnancy and babies. One for me and one for Brian. When I came home from work the other day our books had arrived and Brian was laying on the couch reading. He initially said he didn’t want a book because he didn’t want to the book to tell him what to do or spoil surprises! He is so cute! After reading the first few chapters, he said he didn’t know how people had babies before books came out about how to have babies! There is just so much information! Things you can’t do, things you must do, things you can do but only in moderation! Wow! All those rules make me want a cocktail!!…lol! Just kidding!
SYMPTOMS: my boobs hurt SOOOOOO BAD! I sometimes feel a little nauseous but no vomiting! I feel pretty good emotionally and physically!
So we see our Doctor for the first time on Friday! I am super excited! I can’t wait to hear the babies heart beat! I will post more info about that next week!
Week 4
I can’t even express in words how excited I am that we are PREGNANT!!!
I really didn’t think it would happen this fast but ever since it I saw the word “pregnant” on the stick I have been on cloud nine! I am of course feeling very cautious and guarded. I am scared to tell people because I know how common it is to have a miscarriage in the first few months. Even still, I have this overwhelming feeling of joy and excitement. This baby is really all I can think about. I think about how it is going to feel when he/she kicks. I think about how it is going to change our lives. I think about how Lexie is going to love the baby. I know she will be so good with him/her. I think about how great of a daddy Brian will be. He will teach our child every useless fact he knows! I think about my mom and dad becoming grandparents and how my dad looks so great holding a baby and my mom is so nurturing. My brother will be the only uncle to this baby! Brian is an only child, so our kids will be the only grandkids for his parents. That makes them extra special! I think about baby names and what they will look like. I think about swim lessons, ballet, t-ball, boy/girl scouts (Brian will finally have someone who he can take camping). I, of course, think about CLOTHES, BABY DÉCOR, TOYS, & BABY ACCESSORIES IN GENERAL. All of these things are constantly running through my head it is amazing I get any work done at all! When I lay in bed at night before I fall asleep I think about becoming a mom. It will truly change my life forever. I couldn’t be more excited!
I woke up early to see the demolition. I am glad I did. Here is a video I took. The explosions were really loud and you could feel them in your chest. Its crazy how fast it turned into a pile of rubble.
I had grown attached to them, but the dentist said they had to go. I was really nervous that there would be some type of complication, but everything went well. Here I am relaxing on the couch with Lexie and Rosie after the procedure.
The all star game was fun. Sooooo many people there, the total was 108,000 something. It’s one of those things you have to do once.
