Week 14

Zoe just couldn't resist making an appearance!

Today I am in week 14...26 more weeks to go :) I am on Fall Break this week and next, which is fabulous!! I leave tomorrow for California. I am going to see my sister. I was hoping to see  my mother too, but guess where she'll be? At my house with Clint! She has to come to IN to do her defense for her PhD and this was the week they scheduled :( Oh well, Christmas time isn't too far off!

At my doctor appointment yesterday, I officially have gained one whole pound! I have no idea how my belly sticks out so far sometimes and how I can eat so much more and not gain any weight yet. However, I won't complain. As long as the dr. says I'm healthy and the baby is healthy, I'm happy. We also got to hear the heartbeat again...160 bpm. We also could hear the baby moving when she had the monitor on my belly. It was really cool. So many cool things!! The only uncool thing so far is that I have started having a little pain in my butt! I don't mean Clint either :) The dr. says that it's my sciatic nerve. Hopefully it starts to feel better soon because I don't really care to see a chiropractor or a physical therapist. She told me to lay down on the floor and prop my legs up on a chair. My mom said that when she had that pain, laying down like that helped.

In other news...I made me a new dress!! Isn't it fabulous!? I'm assuming you agree :) I made one dress Sunday but it came out way too big (the bottom skirt portion) but on the bright side, I will probably be able to wear it in March or April, so look for it then! So today I took my new fabric (that I was saving after my trial run) and took extra care with, including double stitching everything so it doesn't fall apart. I sewed it all together except the hem and tried it on. And ooops. I didn't make it wide enough for my hips/butt. NO butt jokes here people! Technically I could get it on, but I felt like I was in the movie Memoirs of a Geisha. So after a quick Skype session with my mom, I added a triangle-ish panel in the back, and woo hoo! It fits wonderfully! I'm so excited I got it done in time to bring with me to California! The second dress took me about an hour and a half (not counting the time I had Clint tear out a seam and remove the thread :) I found the tutorial through Pinterest but here are the websites I used as reference:
Elle Apparel - Shirt Dress
Elle Apparel: Questions (for the ties)
Imperfectly Polished

Side note: my computer is temporarily sick so I'm stuck using Clint's lame-o laptop, which does not have Photoshop!!! That is why my picture editing stinks a big fat one! Hopefully I'll fix it soon, so my pictures look better!
Well, I need to pack and rest my sciatica! Toodles!

Spoiled!

I have not felt this spoiled in quite a while! I got home today to find another package at the front door! My mom whipped up another three things for me! Well, actually for our family. She sewed two baby bags:

This one is definitely my style! Corduroy and funky patterns!

This one is more meant for Clint.

Both have lots of pockets and room. I'm not sure if Clint will carry the one she made for him but I know it will definitely be used. I think Clint is more into the backpack-as-a-diaper-bag-thing. 

Then she also made this cute blanket:

The puppies are meant to look like Zoe if you didn't catch that. It is nice and thick so it can definitely be used as a floor-type blanket. 

Isn't my mom just faboo!?! Here's her blog again if you want to peruse her craftiness (house things, sewing, and more).

Now I'm off to get my sewing skills sharpened...I am going to make a dress! Updates will follow later (as long as it works out!).

Week 13

I am officially in the second trimester today!

I had parent conferences all night so I couldn't take my picture til this evening. Hence, the bigger belly! By evening, it really starts to stick out! Somedays the scale says I haven't gained any weight but other days it says I've gained 2 pounds. I go for my second appointment on Monday!

Now that everyone knows the news, I am not so concerned with trying to hide my gut! With that gut growing, I have decided to do a little shopping. Not that I need bigger clothes yet, I just want things that fit better or fit a different style. The tunic sweater I wore today is new from Target! I also got it in another color (creme with thin blue stripes).

  I decided that anything long that goes with leggings is a plus! I also got this new blue sweater from Target that I wore for our pictures Sunday. Here is a picture without me in it:

I bought a few other things, but I'll save those for later!

My Mom is Awesome

My mom is pretty awesome. She sent me a package the other day and the items were all handmade gifts! Double bonus!! I love getting packages in the mail and anything my mom makes is cool. If you didn't see my owl purse in person or even just the post (below) then let me tell you that I really like cute owl things.

hat and rattle

baby blanket

close-up of the owl on the blanket

 We don't have a theme or anything decided for the baby's room yet but these things are just too cute! Be sure to check out my mom's blog Tough Kittie Puffs!

First Baby Things

I love shopping. Most people already know that about me. So naturally I want to go and do some crazy shopping right now! Not knowing whether or not you are having a boy or a girl makes that pretty hard though! So I have refrained from buying too much. Here are a few things we I have purchased or received as a gift:

 Mom sent the Long Beach onesie and beach hat, Lindsay sent the Chico State onesie and socks, and Gail bought the cute fuzzy sleeper!

 

 When we told my dad, stepmom and sister the big news, we gave them each a present! I bought the cute dinosaur shoes from Target because they are so stinkin cute!

 

My favorite purchase so far! We are most likely going to end up painting this, but I love it already! 

As you can tell, nothing too crazy yet! But just wait!

My birthday and 12 weeks!

Today is my birthday! I am celebrating 28 fabulous years and this birthday is different than all the others because of our growing baby! Today I am also 12 weeks along. The baby is now the size of a lime at about 2 and a half inches long. So far I have had a pretty easy pregnancy. Early on I was tired all the time and felt queasy for a lot of the day. I've never thrown up (woot woot!) or actually felt sick enough to not do anything. I hope this is a sign of good things. So far I haven't gained any weight even though it sometimes looks like it. By the end of the day it sure feels like it! I go for my next appointment on October 15th and then the one after that is hopefully the gender reveal! We think that for now we aren't going to share the gender but who knows. Sometimes I can't keep a secret! Especially something so exciting!

And then there were three!

This summer Clint and I celebrated our 5th anniversary! It has gone by so fast! We had planned some things out before we got married and thought that we would have kids after 2 or 3 years but when that time came, we realized we weren't ready. We have always been a couple that loves to do things! We like to camp a lot, go on vacations, and pretty much spend money that you probably wouldn't if you had kids. Basically we wanted to experience life as a couple for a while. This year we decided we were ready to add to our family. So we decided to try late in the summer to fit in with my school year, and voila!

We found out after my first full week of school, which explained why I came home every day from school and took a nap!

Well we finally got to go to the doctor September 21st. Right away we got to do the ultrasound! We heard the heartbeat and even got to watch the baby move! That was so exciting!! They did a regular ultrasound and they also did a 3D one, which was a little bit weird. Our official due date is April 16th, 2013! So right now I am 11 weeks and 4 days.

regular picture...so cute

3D picture..little strange but will be cute later!

I found a really cute blog through Pinterest a while back and loved her weekly chalkboard updates. So I decided to make my own! I'm not too keen on the chalkboard I have now, but we'll see if I can spiffy it up. The plywood was sanded when we bought it but it is still kind of rough. Clint is going to make a frame for it when I decide whether or not to keep this one. So stay tuned for an update!