Baby bird is 13 weeks old today and we've officially entered the second trimester! For me the second trimester doesn't necessarily mean an end to morning sickness like it does for many people since I have been blessed to have had hardly any nausea at all. Instead, it means the beginning of growing a "real" baby belly, feeling my little one move and kick for the first time and sharing the excitement with Tim, and finding out if my baby bird is a boy or a girl! Lots to look forward to in the coming weeks and I can't wait to share every bit of it with all of you! As you can see, baby is the size of a peach this week at almost 3 inches long and weighs nearly an ounce. Tim and I sure do love our little peach!
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Monday, January 26, 2009
13 Weeks
Baby bird is 13 weeks old today and we've officially entered the second trimester! For me the second trimester doesn't necessarily mean an end to morning sickness like it does for many people since I have been blessed to have had hardly any nausea at all. Instead, it means the beginning of growing a "real" baby belly, feeling my little one move and kick for the first time and sharing the excitement with Tim, and finding out if my baby bird is a boy or a girl! Lots to look forward to in the coming weeks and I can't wait to share every bit of it with all of you! As you can see, baby is the size of a peach this week at almost 3 inches long and weighs nearly an ounce. Tim and I sure do love our little peach!
Monday, January 19, 2009
12 Weeks
I am 12 weeks today and I have the belly to prove it! The baby is currently the size of a lime and since I forgot to purchase a lime, this is my homemade version of one. So, technically baby is approximately 2 and 1/8 inches long from head to rump. He/she is growing fast! Tim and I took a trip to Spokane today to visit the Nordstrom Rack (for him) and the Motherhood Maternity store. We both had good luck shopping and I came home with 3 pairs of maternity pants and 2 shirts. I can tell already that I am going to LOVE elastic during this pregnancy! I have on my new jeans in the picture above and you can't even tell that they are maternity. While in Lewiston the other day for Tim's racquetball tournament, I found a little something for baby that I could not pass up.
Aren't these just the cutest, little ducky jammies? I cannot wait to hold our baby in this because it is so soft.
Hope you enjoy the belly updates because they will be appearing weekly from now on so I can remember every fun change my body makes and so my family and friends can keep up with my ever-growing baby. Love to everyone.
Thursday, January 8, 2009
10 Weeks
This week has been a very eventful one! Monday was my first doctor's appointment and I was told that everything is looking great. The best part was getting to hear the baby's heartbeat for the first time! It was so fast - 170 beats per minute! Tuesday I had some routine blood work done that could not be done the day before due to the crazy amount of snow. Wednesday was the best day, though, because we had our first ultrasound! The baby is only 10 weeks old, but he/she was moving like crazy. The very first thing the tech noticed was that the baby had the hiccups! She said this was the first time she's seen a baby this young with the hiccups. It was by far the most amazing thing I've ever seen. It's so surreal that there is a baby in my tummy that is moving like crazy, but I can't feel a thing. It will be so exciting to finally feel all of those little movements. And now, we would like to introduce you to our beautiful, little baby bird!
Looking at the picture, the baby's head is on the right, feet on the left, and arms in the middle. (Notice the unusual misspelling of my name as well!)
That is one CUTE baby!
Looking at the picture, the baby's head is on the right, feet on the left, and arms in the middle. (Notice the unusual misspelling of my name as well!)That is one CUTE baby!
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Craving or Coincidence?
Until last week I thought that I had not yet had any "real" cravings. When we made a quick trip to the store for food that sounded good to me I purchased only the things you see in the picture above. They aren't fascinating specimens by themselves, but isn't it funny that I was hungry for all things yellow?! Since then, Tim and I have come up with a few foods that I am definitely craving because I am eating them quite frequently:- Baked Lays potato chips (original or sour cream & onion)
- Cheese and crackers
- Subway or Quiznos sandwiches
Monday, January 5, 2009
How it All Began
Isn't it exciting that Tim and I are going to be parents?!!! I will spare you the obvious details about how this baby came to be, but I wanted to share about when we found out I was pregnant and how we shared the big news with our families. Last August we decided to put the bc on the shelf and see if we could conceive a child. Our hope was to get pregnant in the fall so that we could enjoy a birth during the following summer when schedules are a little more lax for us and our families. September and October went by without success, so our last chance at a summer baby was approaching. Although it had only been two months, the waiting was still driving me crazy!
We had wanted to have some special news to share when our families came over to Pullman for Thanksgiving, but it was just too soon to tell - or so we thought! With one set of parents at our house and a mom and brother on the way for the big holiday, we thought that the sickness I had felt the night before may be an indication that we should take a test. (Mind you, since those things are so expensive, we normally would have waited until just the right moment, but we went ahead anyway.) So while Tim was putting the turkey in the oven, I was in the bathroom with a HUGE surprise! I snuck him into our room to tell him the news and we both were in shock. Since we hadn't had time to come up with a creative way to tell the family, we made the decision to wait until we went home for Christmas (only 3 weeks later). I have to say that it actually wasn't that difficult to keep the news to ourselves and it was so sweet to share knowing glances with Timmy throughout the weekend. Once everyone had left we went to the store for another test and confirmed what we knew to be true. Now we could finally plan our big reveal!
Before our Christmas break began, I purchased two baby bibs, one for my in-laws and one for my mom. These were to be their special "pre-Christmas" gifts that would suprise them with the news that they were going to be grandparents. Once we arrived on the west side of the state, my mom's house was our first destination. We gave her a bib that said "What happens at Grandma's stays at Grandma's" and her first reaction was only somewhat enthusiastic because she though it was something from her grand-dog(!). After opening it all the way she realized it was actually intended for a human grandchild and she asked excitedly if she was going to be a grandma. Her reaction from that moment was absolutely priceless and I will never forget it! Let's just say there was some jumping, some hugging, some crying and the words, "this is the best Christmas present EVER!"
The story of how Tim's parents found out is quite different, but very memorable as well! Their story actually begins a few days before we left Pullman for Tacoma. After being gone to the store for longer than expected and unknowingly missing a few calls from Tim, I come home and am given the caring advice that "pregnant wives should not go out in the snow and not answer their phones." Once the conversation had ended, it was realized that Tim's (fancy) iPhone may have accidentally dialed his dad's number. I became a little worried that they may have heard the words "pregnant" and "wife" over that call, but his dad called back and made no mention of it. Fast forward to the Saturday we drove down to Tacoma from Everett in a snow storm of epic proportions. Once we finally arrived at our meeting destination - Starbucks, of course - we were ready to give them their "gift." After a few excited, but not shocked exclamations of glee, Tim's mom presented me with a gift as well that happened to be a gift card to Babies R Us! They KNEW! We laughed and swapped stories of that fated phone call. Our conversation had actually recorded on his dad's voicemail and only showed up on his phone the next day. They told us how they had listened to it quite a few times and how they thought it may have been Tim's creative way of telling them the news. Needless to say, they were still ecstatic to find out for sure that they were going to be grandparents!
We had wanted to have some special news to share when our families came over to Pullman for Thanksgiving, but it was just too soon to tell - or so we thought! With one set of parents at our house and a mom and brother on the way for the big holiday, we thought that the sickness I had felt the night before may be an indication that we should take a test. (Mind you, since those things are so expensive, we normally would have waited until just the right moment, but we went ahead anyway.) So while Tim was putting the turkey in the oven, I was in the bathroom with a HUGE surprise! I snuck him into our room to tell him the news and we both were in shock. Since we hadn't had time to come up with a creative way to tell the family, we made the decision to wait until we went home for Christmas (only 3 weeks later). I have to say that it actually wasn't that difficult to keep the news to ourselves and it was so sweet to share knowing glances with Timmy throughout the weekend. Once everyone had left we went to the store for another test and confirmed what we knew to be true. Now we could finally plan our big reveal!
Before our Christmas break began, I purchased two baby bibs, one for my in-laws and one for my mom. These were to be their special "pre-Christmas" gifts that would suprise them with the news that they were going to be grandparents. Once we arrived on the west side of the state, my mom's house was our first destination. We gave her a bib that said "What happens at Grandma's stays at Grandma's" and her first reaction was only somewhat enthusiastic because she though it was something from her grand-dog(!). After opening it all the way she realized it was actually intended for a human grandchild and she asked excitedly if she was going to be a grandma. Her reaction from that moment was absolutely priceless and I will never forget it! Let's just say there was some jumping, some hugging, some crying and the words, "this is the best Christmas present EVER!"
The story of how Tim's parents found out is quite different, but very memorable as well! Their story actually begins a few days before we left Pullman for Tacoma. After being gone to the store for longer than expected and unknowingly missing a few calls from Tim, I come home and am given the caring advice that "pregnant wives should not go out in the snow and not answer their phones." Once the conversation had ended, it was realized that Tim's (fancy) iPhone may have accidentally dialed his dad's number. I became a little worried that they may have heard the words "pregnant" and "wife" over that call, but his dad called back and made no mention of it. Fast forward to the Saturday we drove down to Tacoma from Everett in a snow storm of epic proportions. Once we finally arrived at our meeting destination - Starbucks, of course - we were ready to give them their "gift." After a few excited, but not shocked exclamations of glee, Tim's mom presented me with a gift as well that happened to be a gift card to Babies R Us! They KNEW! We laughed and swapped stories of that fated phone call. Our conversation had actually recorded on his dad's voicemail and only showed up on his phone the next day. They told us how they had listened to it quite a few times and how they thought it may have been Tim's creative way of telling them the news. Needless to say, they were still ecstatic to find out for sure that they were going to be grandparents!
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