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

Stretching and tugging and pulling – OH MY! July 28, 2008

Last night was definitely a night to remember. Throughout this pregnancy I”ve felt the occasional tugs down in my uterus but it was nothing compared to the full on stretching going on last night. How to best describe it. Well, imagine being back in 6th grade gym class, its 8am and the coach is making you do sets of situps and those stretches that force you to feel all those muscles you haven’t used all summer. And it burns. Like Hell. And it won’t stop.

If i could have safely taken a whole bottle of tylenol I would have. I ended up curled on the couch, with pillows surrounding me completely in a fetal position (ironic huh) rocking like I was having the worst menstrual cramps ever. And then it hit me. THIS IS NOTHING COMPARED TO LABOR.

I’m more determined now than ever to become best friends with my future epidural-administering tech. Better yet, I may even bake him/her brownies for ..you guessed it…brownie points.

In other news, Chelle and I finally had a garage sale and cleaned up pretty well. The garage is spacious enough now to give us the temporary space we need to hold the nursery furniture that’s coming soon until we paint the nursery and bring it in.  In turn, of course we went shopping and I scored some goodies. Don’t worry , there is PLENTY of stuff on the future baby registry of things to get. hehe.

One of the things that I did get got a test run tonight by none other than the Princess of the house. I’m not sure she’s going to let mijo use this once he comes…she’s going to think its all hers.

ISN’T SHE SO FREAKIN CUTE!

It’s the Great pumpkin Charlie Brown July 25, 2008

I definitely should have taken the time to draw a pumpkin face on my belly for this photo, but it was taken at 7am so my drawing skills at that time aren’t so great. But here is my 5 month pumpkin belly. And literally the LAST pair of jeans in my house that fit me at a size 7 and I’m pushing it here for sure. I do have maternity jeans but they are still a wee bit too big for me at the xsmall size.

The belly ring is still very loose. It must be due to the placement of the piercing although now its MUCH easier to give my navel a swab to clean it since I can see all of it. hehe. Since my belly tanned while in Cabo I also have a white spot behind the round barbel at the top which in some pics looks like stretch marks, but its not. I’m anticipating those anyday….don’t want them, but just anticipating. The scar you see on the left if from my appendix being removed when I was 19.

Baby goes bump in the night July 24, 2008

Sorry the video is so dark..it doesn’t help that I’m really tanned right now either hehe

 

I also remember attending this  concert w/ my brother Steven and crying through this song. This was almost 6 yrs ago, many years before I ever knew whether I would have a family, specifically now a son.  I adored this song and read that she wrote it for her son.

Now I plan to sing this to my own.

Godspeed little man. 

Did you guess correctly? July 17, 2008

 

What a crazy two weeks! At 18wks I started feeling a pattern of kicks, usually after eating chocolate pudding and between 11-11:30pm religiously. It’s comforting that now I can play with the baby and get a response and get that affirmation that everything is ok. While we were in Cabo, I decided to test out the theory that a baby will respond to music. I chose Bendita la Luz by Mana for obvious reasons and got this clip. Sorry its so short, but Youtube wouldn’t let me upload anything longer than this.

 

 

Here’s a photo of us at 19wks and I feel like I”m in good competitions with the mountains in the back

 

I know you’re probably wondering : BOY OR GIRL?

Today was the big ultrasound. The one that would either confirm Ray’s prediction that it was a girl or mine that it’s a boy. For the record, I’ve dreamt 4x of the baby gender and its always a girl with pigtails and teeth.

Ray recorded the video and we had to get creative by playing it on our home TV and using my little digital camera to make a digital video of it. yes, I know, we need to catch up to video technology here! haha hey, but it works right? Again, we had to really shorten the video because of Youtube limits so here we share with you the most important part of the scan…..boy or girl? I’ve gained 4lbs since my last Dr visit.

*note…for whatever reason I can’t get this to play for me, but others have confirmed it’s working all 40 something seconds of it…so if you can’t see it either, please post a comment and let me know*

 

 

and the photos which show more detail of news!

 

 

Let’s dance July 2, 2008

We’ve got thumping! At 18wk3d I officially felt the first REAL thump while sitting at work.

At first, I thought it was just my tummy rumbling from hunger, but I felt it in one spot and then seconds later in another. I was wearing a skirt so I was able to maneuver my hand easily to wait and see whether baby was ready to play and sure enough “thump”. So I thumped back..and baby replied. We played this game for a few minutes and it was just the moment I realized “wow, there is life in there, not just a beating heart!” Later that night when I got home, Ray was sitting on the couch with me and we watched my uterus thump. I must have some really thin walls of muscles to be able to see this already but I didn’t want this to be a “power of suggestion” so I didn’t tell him where I was feeling it nor seeing it, I waited for him to point and he confirmed it each and every time. woo hoo! Ever since then I”m feeling the bouncing around more often. Seems like the baby loves it when I”m eating jello pudding snacks and is especially active around 11pm. I think its just digging the music mama listens to all the time. I can only imagine how active he/she will be when we’re in Cabo this coming week dancing to all that spanish music.

According to the pregnancy books, my uterus is the size of a cantaloupe right now and the baby is approximately 5-7 inches like the size of a can of soup.
So insert B into A and this is what I’ve got going on right now

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?

Tiny bubbles June 23, 2008

For the last week I”ve been waiting to reach 17 weeks, to see if I would feel all those textbook signs of my bebe moving around in there and finally yesterday I knew we were playing a game with each other because I felt “tiny bubbles”. That cute lil feeling that you know isn’t gas (because by now you just feel the difference, ugh) and because only a baby in your belly would play around with you when you poke and prod around. Even Kim felt it earlier in the afternoon and then Ray did last nite. Really exciting moments! Can’t wait until I feel a real kick without bugging my baby to come out and play!

Tonight Ray really wanted to go out for some Jason’s deli, but I just got home and wanted to do nothing more than get into a comfy pair of pjs…and this is when I realized that I’ve outgrown my tank and how awesome ribbon tied pants are. ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. Finally comfort. Those jeans are just getting too tight!

And here we are at 17wks1d – comfy and content and waiting for dinner to arrive.

The surprises of pregnancy June 17, 2008

Well I have to post this from the pregnancy point of view since i’m only 4 mo along right now

1) Not having any clue I was even pregnant to begin with. I thought after 4 yr 8 mo TTC that i would JUST KNOW when we finally caught the egg. The bfp hit me like a dumptruck. Everything I expected in the 2ww of that cycle NEVER happened. The one thing I do recall was complaining to DH that I wished his boys wouldn’t hang out in there for a couple days after we BD and then come flooding out when I”m wearing a new pair of pretty panties, but now I think those boys were in there cheering the “winner” along.

2) The fact that I have had no nausea. I was certain I’d hate food and puke my brains out. Nope. the opposite. My heartburn is gone and i WANT more spicy stuff. This is where I am most of the time at home.

3) I can’t stand sweets right now. I LOVE the smell, but once I have more than a couple bites of anything : cakes, cupcakes, icecream, cookies…its blah city. I don’t puke but I just need to get it out of sight.

4) The lowerback pain – I thought this would happen when I really got a belly! I have gained 0 lbs so far (yup at 4 mo no gain, hate me I know) and yet, my back hurts like I”m carrying my DH on my back.

5) Body temperature – WHY THE HELL IS IT SO HOT IN HERE?! AND WHY IS IT SO COLD IN HERE NOW?! Seriously, I think I just need to buy some stripper wear to easily remove and reclasp my clothing.

6) Vivid dreams – whoa. nuff said.

7) PMS x 20 – Bitchiness turns to tears. For anything. Even when my computer won’t shut down fast enough. Sigh.

8.) Skin and hair changes – Where was that instant pg glow the first 3 mo? Pfft…instead I dealt with baby acne on my face, dry itchy skin and my hair trying to turn into a mop of curls ( I blame my mother for that one). Now in my 4th mo. my skin is finally becoming appealing again, I”m glowing a bit more and I’ve learned to just work with the curls instead of spending 30 min trying to flat iron them all out with the Chi.

9) Fear – fear of the unknown. whether I”m taking enough vitamins, eating the right stuff, getting enough rest and most of all being mentally ready to be a mom.

10) Which brings me to the big one – LABOR. Knowing that I AM going into labor in a few months. No if ands or butts about it. I will be pushing out a watermelon outta my little lemon. Mommy hold me.

A new photo marking 4 months

Warning : if you’re at work and some nudity would freak out your boss, don’t scroll further. I can only afford to save for diapers but not to cover your paycheck.

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I was hesitant about posting this next one, but I feel that the caption accompanying this image captures the spirit of the image perfectly.

A love for turquoise June 15, 2008

During the summer months, I always love wearing turquoise. It reminds me of the beach, our trip to the Riviera Maya, staring into the depths of beautiful turquoise lake waters at Emerald Bay (ok that’s more green hence the name) but still..I think this color rocks. Before I realized I was pregnant, I had already shopped for my bikini for our trip next month to Cabo San Lucas and I really really love it so I’m worried I won’t fit into it when we get to 19wks by then. My fears were put to rest when I tied it on today and viola, it fits! And while I certainly don’t even look at day pregnant in this photo at the river, when you look at the next photo its apparent that when I stand up gravity gives this pregnancy away. Both photos taken hours apart.

Taken by daddy at 16wk1day in our backyard.