cupcakes & yummy ribs August 3, 2008

After attending my best friends Amandas’ daughters 3rd birthday where I indulged in one too many yummy cupcakes (yet didn’t beat Ray with the 5 he ate), we drove to Salt Lick for some yummy ribs. Seriously, I can never get tired of eating here. The drive is about 15 minutes from our house to Driftwood, but oh ma gawd..SO worth it! While I was eating ribs, the baby was bouncing around in there with pure delight. Either that or he was telling me to chill out on the bbq sauce. Here are a few pics from today and a new updated bump photo taken one day shy of 23 weeks which we reached today!

Below are a couple of belly pics w/ some artistic touches.

The adored onesie – well I’m a huge Bono fan so I HAD to get it!

and I setup this shot in our bedroom once I realized my belly had really grown in the last two weeks

What nourishes me June 25, 2008

Cravings. I’ve always wondered what odd things I’d crave during pregnancy. I read somewhere that some women crave non-edible items like chalk, paint, dirt…ew…really? Alas, my cravings aren’t insane but normal and I suppose that’s good. Today I crave pizza and pizza-ish things.

Lets not also forget good ol re-heated Pizza Hut pan pizza

Makes you want to lick the monitor doesn’t it?

And its only 1:30…technically I’m not even on lunch yet…

oh yes, lets not forget the best part of this morning:

 

Week 17 : Mind boggling factoid of the week: if you’re having going to have a little girl, her ovaries have already produced millions of primordial egg cells, which, within a few weeks, will develop into actual eggs! Phew… just wait till she’s a teenager eh?

We’ve got a baby dancer in there! May 15, 2008

What a long long day. First of all we’re late to our appointment because of a hail storm, but thank god that dr’s are never on time because he didn’t see us until 30 min after we arrived anyhow.

Everything is looking GREAT! Baby is measuring 11w5d+_4d ( I”m 11wk3days) and Dr. is keeping my EDD at 11/30/08. We got to see the cutie pies arms flailing around and I could see the hands so clearly! Baby has LONG arms (that has to be from momma). We got to see its cute legs kick around a bit but they were always pulled close to the body and this was the first time we got a view from “above” because the other sonos have always been from the side or the backside.

So here’s the new updated pic!

I got to have a PAP (blah!) and yes, there was spotting afterwards because of it and that is expected according to the Dr . And to prepare you ladies who are a bit behind me…the paps during pregnancy are certainly more uncomfortable now. And when the Dr. did the internal check and presses down on your uterus, holy moly. That was something new.

I also LOST 1 lb! lol
I”m weighing 119 and Dr said that’s perfectly fine since baby is measuring perfectly and as long as I gain 25lbs for the entire pregnancy I should be ok. He said from what he can tell I will probably carry small and be battered by people who tell me I am not feeding my kid enough. I am slowly getting out of my size 5 jeans and into 7s although I don’t think I’ll fill the 7’s out for a few months.

We celebrated the latest sono with a hefty lunch at PF Changs. Dan Dan noodles, crispy honey chicken, lettuce wraps, spicy shrimp and tiramasu dessert to be exact and it was OH SO GOOD.

Baby certainly loved it!

So thats it! I go back in a month and I believe we get to find out the sex then! God is so good!

Having a baby : The Bad news vs The Good news March 30, 2008

Somehow I managed to forget the perfect selection of fruits and lunch box I had set aside for myself when I left home this morning. Now I’m indulging in a Jumbo HoneyBun…even now this is too sweet for me. Funny how my sweet tooth seemed to disappear more and more as I got older. This morning I found this gem of an article on a pregnancy site. I love it so I wanted to share:

 

Having a Baby: The Bad News…

And the Good News

by Pamela Redmond Satran

The bad news: You gain 30 pounds during pregnancy.

The good news: You lose 22 of that in the course of eight minutes.

The bad news: Labor seems to go on forever.

The good news: At the finish line is the prize of a lifetime!

The bad news:The baby inherited your mother-in-law’s crooked little toe.

The good news: She also inherited your mom’s red hair, your husband’s grin, and your big brown eyes.

The bad news: Months of sleepless nights.

The good news: Napping with impunity.

The bad news:Look terrible in tight pants.

The good news: Look spectacular in tight sweater..

The bad news: Sex drive drops to zero.

The good news: Love drive zooms off the charts.

The bad news: Monster poops.

The good news: Equally gargantuan smiles of relief.

The bad news: Gorgeous baby clothes that get worn only once before they’re outgrown.

The good news: Lots of adorable photographs of baby in an endless parade of outfits.

The bad news: No time for yourself.

The good news: Never lonely.

The bad news: Missing all the great new restaurants, books, and movies.

The good news: The money you save by also missing all the duds.

The bad news:Your life is turned upside down. The good news: You feel like the luckiest woman in the world.

EPS today : creamy cm w/ very faint pink tint.

What to expect when you’re expecting March 29, 2008

The book everyone says is a “must have” is now in my possession. Jennifer gave me her copy this afternoon so I could start obsessing over everything “pregnant” in my life. I flipped through the pages and it reminds me of science books in high school with lots of comparison charts and an abundance of data to absorb. This should keep my brain entertained the next 8 months.Today I came super close to giving into my yearning for curly fries from Jack-n-da-crack, but instead did the right thing and ordered a hearty turkey bacon sandwich from Quiznos – plus those yummy jalapeno chips that I’ll eat until heartburn kicks in and convinces me otherwise. The book said that this week I may start producing extra saliva, but that hasn’t started happening although looking at the other half of my sandwich is stimulating it this very moment.

While I ventured out of the house today for some exercise and found myself getting a wee bit dizzy at Borders. Rather than risk it, I grabbed the only pregnancy magazine I could find and sat down in quiet corner for a while. How strange that a store that easily carries a million books has only ONE lonely pregnancy magazine. Aren’t babies conceived everyday?! I chuckled knowing that I wasn’t flipping through this mag simply because I was curious about its contents, but this time it was because I will soon be living them. At least I pray that I will be. Minus the morning sickness. I can totally live without that.

My curiosity takes me to yet another store, this time searching for a cute “Surprise! You’re going to be a grandma!” gift for my mom and also my grandma. Alrighty…Hallmark, you have let me down. You DO make those kinds of cards don’t you? Because this is likely the 4th store in the past two days that I’ve visited and nowhere did I find such a card. Hmm..maybe its time I start writing for them and banking millions off my creative side. This was the closest thing I found that was not a “babyshower” or “congrats on your new arrival” card.

My mom would think it was some inside joke Ray was playing on her instead of thinking “wow,they’re pregnant!” haha

Did I buy this? No. I prefer to make my mom cry so I will keep searching for something mushy. And I mean that in the most loving way, not mean spirited!

 One thing that was I almost forgot to blog about was my conversation with the nurse today. She asked me for my name and birthday to validate who I was before releasing more info and asks me “you had the IUI on Tuesday right?” I said, “No. And this is the second time you all have confused me with someone of the same name. Are you sure you’re not mixing up our records?” She verifies again and finds my chart and states “Um, the last time you saw Dr. Vaughn was on 3.26.06 is this correct?” I confirmed that to be true and reiterated that I was in the office for the first time since then this past Wednesday….3.26.08. Yes, exactly two years from the day we did our IUI we got our bfp.

How is that for irony?