Halfway There!

Today marks 20 weeks or halfway through! I can't believe I am already to the halfway point. The first few months were full of fun thoughts and planning. Now I am starting to feel the need to get ready! We bought our furniture last Friday and we started looking at different items that we actually need (stroller, car seat, pack and play, baby carrier, and the list goes on). I started a post all about the baby gear but I am not finished with that yet. It is so hard to make decisions! I love having reviews available but sometimes I think I look too deep into them which makes buying hard. 

I told my students last week that I was pregnant and word has started to spread to kids in other grades. It's so funny to see students staring at my belly! Since I told my own students there really hasn't been any other talk about but we'll see if that changes as I get bigger!

So far I have gained about 5-6 pounds (depending on the day!). I still really haven't felt any definite movement yet although there has been a few times I wasn't sure. I'll keep waiting (since there isn't really any other choice).  I haven't had any food cravings or mood swings or pains or really any other things that have changed since becoming pregnant. Seems weird but I'll take that over any complications! So for now, just enjoy the pictures!

19 Weeks

This weekend Clint and I were pretty busy. Friday night we went to a Pacer game with my dad and stepmom. They won 7th row tickets right behind one of the goals and they were great seats! The game was close until the Pacers blew it wide open in the 4th quarter and ended up winning by about 20. We have never really liked NBA games but we both had a lot of fun!

 Saturday I spent all day trying to fix my half-broken computer :( Yep, it was only working correctly for about a week! So I am in the process of saving important files but it is very slow and/or freezes often so it's taking a while. Then I will reboot :(

I also ordered several things! From the pictures we just had taken, I ordered a large print to hang over our bed, 3 medium prints to hang somewhere, one canvas to hang in our bedroom, Christmas cards, and invitations to our gender reveal party! One bad note - yesterday morning I realized that I forgot to put the date on the invite! FAIL! We'll see what I can do.

Sunday we headed to Menards to buy a new bathroom vanity, faucet, and floor for our extra bathroom! We took the old vanity out to put in the house that Clint is fixing up to rent; it was ugly and the floor is uglier! We are nearly finished! I grouted yesterday and now Clint just needs to install the faucet and put the toilet back in. I would really like it painted before Thursday but we'll see!

 

Yesterday was semi-eventful! I was chatting with Emily and Augusta and randomly sprained my ankle. I was just standing there and all of a sudden my ankle turned sideways and made the loudest cracks I have ever heard! Emily even heard it across the room. Our school nurse brought me an ice pack and I chilled in Emily's room for a bit and then drove home. Luckily I drove the truck so I didn't have to use the clutch (it was my left foot).  This morning it hurt something fierce, so I decided to head to the dr. just to make sure it wasn't broken. He didn't say it wasn't broken but he was pretty sure and he wouldn't do an x-ray since I'm pregnant. So he gave me a much better ankle brace than what I had. We'll see how it feels!

 

Today I hope is much better! I am 19 weeks...almost halfway!

Still haven't felt any baby movement but I hope I can soon! The Dr. said in about 2 weeks I should since the placenta was out front where you feel most movement. Fingers crossed :) Not much else to update! See ya!

Gender Reveal

Last Wednesday at my doctor's appointment I had another ultrasound! It is so awesome to see the baby and watch it move. We got to see all the important parts like the heart (and watch it beat!), the kidneys, the spine and ribcage, and we even got to watch blood flowing by the heart. We also learned the sex of the baby! 

Thumbs up! Everything's going great inside mommy's tummy!

Can you tell if it's a boy or girl??

  We originally thought that we might try to keep this a secret until we had the baby but we have decided to do a gender reveal party in December. (I know that sex and gender are not the same thing but I don't want to call it a sex reveal party :) One reason I want to have a party is because my mom and sister live out of state (California) and they won't be here for most of my pregnancy and/or a baby shower. So I decided to let them have some fun with me! I have a few ideas already for the party and I am getting excited! It will be right before Christmas so definitely expect lots of red & green!

18 Weeks!

like my new pj pants?!

18 weeks down and 22(ish) to go! Tomorrow we go to the doctor and we get to do another ultrasound! I can't wait to see how big (and more like a baby) the baby looks now!! Hopefully we also get to find out the gender too. Of course, most of all we hope that everything is going well and our little niblet is healthy!

At 18 weeks along, the baby is the size of a bell pepper! It is about 5 and a half inches long and weighs around 5.3 ounces...still so tiny! The baby also has fingerprints! Better not let the police catch you now little baby! 

I am less tired everyday except Fridays it seems. Last Friday I fell asleep about 8:30! That may be in part to getting 4 new students in a week (I now have 25 students!). I cannot sleep in on Saturdays and Sundays; I have been getting up between 7 and 8 - even if I go to bed late. Better get used to it I guess. Weird thing is that Monday-Friday I can't get out of bed ;)

Not much else to share tonight but I keep meaning to blog in between my regular Tuesday posts. I don't want this blog to only be about babies :)

Week 17!

Today I am 17 weeks along! I am finally starting to get a little belly...although it kind of looks more like I ate too much for dinner! Next Wednesday is our doctor's appointment and I am really excited to see another ultrasound!

I received several maternity tops for my birthday and have bought a few myself but hadn't really needed to wear them until this week. I only have one pair of maternity pants (that Lindsay got me for my birthday but I need to exchange for a different size). I have been using the hair tie around the button method for the last week but my pants are starting to be a little too snug at the waist! I don't even want to talk about dress pants! You can't use a hair tie to get them to stay together so I think I might have to do some shopping. I did a couple new pairs of comfy pants because clearly those are important!

The worst symptom I have had to deal with recently is acne! It has started to attack me! Face acne is never good but just imagine have cleavage acne!! Ugh!

I have never been much of a drinker, just a margarita after school on Fridays but boy do they smell good! I may have to break into the margarita mix that Augusta bought me for my birthday (alcohol free!)!!

I have been able to sleep through the night way better than I did early on, although I am getting up at least once a night to pee! Getting out of warm blankets in the dark is no fun! I also have not been to tired like I was when school first started. I'll be glad to have more energy now!

Well I am missing election coverage so I'll wrap this up now!

Pictures

First note - my computer is working!!!!!!! I am beyond excited!

Second, we received our CD with our pictures that we had taken a few weeks back. Here are a few that I liked.

There were definitely some that I really liked but unfortunately not a whole lot that I did like. Part of the reason I think was the weather and the fact that Clint has the worst smile for pictures. He hates fake smiling! Also, long hair and high winds do not mix! Oh well! I can probably bug my sister to take some that I had in mind.

Happy Halloween & Week 16

Yesterday was officially week 16 but I was too busy to get to my post. And I know all my fabulous fans wanted an update last week, but I was too busy spending time with my sister in California. 

 We went geocaching in Bidwell Park. We found several but there was one that we just couldn't find!! Lindsay quit early, but I kept searching! Still empty handed. The picture above is the cache we (I) found that looked like a rock.

We love games so we played several rounds of Guess Who.

We love to try on hats so here is one of three hat sessions!

 The last night I was in CA we went to one of Lindsay's friends' house and played more games and then did some karaoke. When we weren't singing "I'm Too Sexy" or "I Like Big Butts" we were the back-up dancers. It was so much fun!

More hats...this time at Target (our fave store).

Overall California was a great time with lots of resting up!

On to more baby updates!

I am currently at 16 weeks. I have gained 3 pounds that are finally sticking for the most part. But luckily I don't have any bad 'side effects' (not sure what to call the symptoms that come with pregnancy). My sciatic nerve pain only shows up when I am being a slug and slouching, which happened on Fall Break a few times :) Now that I'm back to being a productive member of society, I don't lay around as much!

Our next doctor appointment is November 14th! We should be able to determine the gender but don't hold your breath on seeing that news here! We still think that we are going to keep that our own secret but if we change our minds, I'll share here! I'm a little bummed that my gender poll got messed up :( Before it restarted the tally was 9 voting girl and 4 voting boy. Feel free to vote again!

We also got our family pictures from a few weeks ago and I will post them here when I have the actual CD. Can't wait to see and share them!

Another side note - if you are viewing this on your phone, scroll to the very bottom and click on view web version to vote in the poll and see my actual blog design :)