30-7-2009 - pregnancy blogs.

My mood while writing this blog: Ok

Okay ladies I'm trying to clean my page up a little bit so I'm going to combine all of my pregnancy blogs into one.

8.30.2008- morning sickness?
well ladies i need your input. yesterday i started feeling sorta nauseous but i thought maybe it was because i had just taken my flinestones [prenatals make me sick] so i just blew it off. well as they day started passing i kept getting little waves of the feeling. not exactly in my stomach but more in my chest; like i was gonna blow chunks. again i just kept blowing it off. now today i sorta feel the same way. is that morning sickness? i never got sick with the last pregnancy so im sorta confused. any input would be greatly appreciated :] (5weeks2days)

9.3.2008- the sweetest thing.
Earlier today as I was hugging the porcelain throne my little chihuahua, Tinkerbell, came into the bathroom and laid down beside my feet. As soon and I sat on the ground she crawled into my lap and laid there the entire time I was in the bathroom. She never left my side as I walked to the couch. All day she has been with me no matter what. I think its so adorable that my babygirl is taking care of me.

My other chihuahua, Bruizer, is the same way except its when I'm crying that hes with me. While my husband was deployed there were plenty of tears and he would always no matter what lick the salty tears off of my cheeks.

Ain't I just the luckiest momma ever? This little baby is going to have an awesome big brother and sister :] Speaking of which this little baby is still letting me know he/she is growing strong. I'm so proud! Although I would like to be able to keep SOMETHING down. LOL. Its all worth it though! (5 weeks 6 days)

9.4.2008-hello. goodbye. hello.
So as you lovely ladies know the past couple of days I have had some HORRIBLE morning sickness. This morning when I woke up I felt sorta kinda sickly but not too bad. As of now I feel WONDERFUL. I haven't thrown up or gotten naseous at all today. IS THAT NORMAL? I'm so worried!!

So what I'm trying to ask is does morning sickness come and go as it pleases? Please ladies let me know if you have ever had it like this. Sick one day fine the next?(6 weeks)

9.8.2008-todays the day
Today I am six weeks and four days. This day of my last pregnancy is when the baby stopped growing; or atleast we think. I had an ultrasound at this time and all we saw was the sac but we hoped I was just off on dates. Then at eight weeks and one day I had passed the baby. I'm praying everything is perfect right now. With my last pregnancy I never really felt pregnant but this time around the little one is reminding me that he/she or THEY are in there :] Twins are in both of our families so there is a chance. LOL. So in nine days I go in and I'm terrified yet excited all in one. Deep down inside I know everythings alright but there is a part of me that is paranoid. So heres to the next miserably long nine days until I get to see our little scooter. (6 weeks 4 days)

9.14.2008- the "sickness" :]
okay so i had a little scare earlier this week. Friday I had NO morning sickness, I never even felt sick. I was so worried it was something bad. Saturday morning I threw up once and the rest of the day was a breeze. So far today Ive only thrown up once. I keep getting sick feelings and gagging but no other throw up. So I'm guessing thats a good thing M/S is still around. MAYYYYBE it just decided to visit me in the MORNINGS. :]

I'm so excited for our first appointment on Thursday! I'm praying that everything will be perfect! :]

Today has been a year since my brother in law was KIA in Iraq. Its been a great day. His wife asked everyone to celebrate instead of cry. So thats exactly what we've been doing. :] (RIP JOHNNY WE ALL LOVE AND MISS YOU TERRIBLY) (7 weeks 3 days)

9.18.2008- 8 week appointment
Today was the greatest day of my life [besides my wedding day]. We got to my doctors appointment at 9 this morning and went almost straight back. She started doing the ultrasound and my husband asked her "Its not two is it?" She giggled and said "N....." and then she just stopped. She looked at us both and goes "I'm not playing around with you but I think there are two in there." We all saw what we thought was two totally different babies. She sent me to the hospital down the road because they have a better machine. The lady looked around for about 5 minutes and told me she could only see one. After the doctors office we ALL still think the second one was just hiding or maybe my doctor was just having wishful thinking. My husband and I were over the moon when we got to see our little jellybeans heart beating away at 177 BPM. They told me that was a GREAT STRONG heartbeat!! I got back in two weeks because she is afriad I'm going to dehydrate because I'm getting so sick. So of course I just agreed because I'll get to see my little jelly bean again :] I posted a picture of the baby and hopefully at my next appointment we will be able to comfirm if its one or two babies :]

I'm so glad everything was perfect; prayers do work! My next ultrasound should be October 2nd at my next appointment. All I have to do is ask for it :] My doctor is AMAZING! (8 weeks)

9.25.2008- 9 weeks pregnant
I'm so excited to make it to nine weeks. I made it past my two biggest hurdles now I just have a few more. Our last pregnancy our baby stopped growing at around 6 weeks and I miscarried at 8wks2days so as you all know I'm very excited to make it past those two dates. Now our next hurdles are making it out of the first trimester. After that I'm sure it'll be smooth sailing. PFT yeah right! I'm such a worry wart. I'm gonna ask my doctor if there is ANY way I can come in every two weeks. She is a sweetheart so maybe because of my miscarriage she'll let me until I'm in the "safe zone". These past few weeks have flown by it seems like we just found out not too long ago. I found out at 3wks6days and now here we are at 9 wonderful weeks. Everytime I've ran to the bathroom to throw up or couldn't get off of the couch has been worth it :]

I have a few friends that I'm going through my pregnancy with. Most of them are at 15-19 weeks, one at 4 weeks and another at 30 weeks. But its so nice having people to be able to call/IM asking "is this normal?". Hopefully a few special girlies on here will get their BFP this month. *crosses fingers*

10.5.2008- double digits :]
I can NOT believe I'm in week ten; double digits :] I know I'm ten weeks and three days so I'm a little late. lol :] I'm so excited to start getting a little belly. Although when I wear a tighter shirt I feel like I have a buldge. We went to the fair this weekend and the cotton candy was FANTASTIC. The fair is HEAVEN for pregnant ladies. Turkey legs, cheese fries, cotton candy and candy apples; YUM! My mouth is watering just thinking about it. HAHA.

I go to my next appointment October 13th for a pap smear and all of that good stuff. Hopefully they'll give me an ultrasound so I can see our little jellybean! I have SO much baby stuff already! My mom keeps buying stuff and more stuff. She has bought me stuff from diapers to lotions. I ever have a pack n play, swing, and the bedding stuff I want. LOL. The bedding stuff is the rainforest so it would go for either but if we are blessed with a girl I'm sure we'll just buy something else.

Morning sickness isn't near as bad as it has been. I can go all day until around 3-5pm without taking my pill then I start to feel sick. I'm almost out of pills and only have one refill so I need to get that soon. I'm hoping soon my body will adjust to these hormones and will settle down a LOT. Although as long as our little one is healthy I don't mind being sick! I'm sure hubby would like to go to Wal-mart without me taking a barf bag though! lol.

I swear since I found out I was pregnant it seems like EVERYONE around me is also pregnant. It must be in the water. HAHA. Well ladies I think I've rambled on enough about nothing so I'm going to go whoop my hubbys butt in Madden on WII :]

10.13.2008- 11 weeks 4 days appointment
today was.. wonderful. we had our second OB appointment today. we got to hear our little jellybeans heartbeat and she said it sounded PER-FECT. hearing those words come out of her mouth almost made me cry. she said it was in the 160's which is great. she also did a pap smear and said everything looks and feels great. I have my first trimester screening or whatever they call it on Wednesday to do all of those test. I honestly didn't want to do the down syndrome testing but I get an ultrasound of jellybean so I guess it won't hurt anything. Hubby said either way the baby will be loved, which is so true. My next OB appointment is November 10th and I'll be 15 weeks and 4 days so I'm praying that we will be able to see what the baby is. I shoudn't get my hopes up but hey. lol. Everything is great and I'll post my ultrasound picture on Wednesday and belly picture on Thursday. :] Life is great.

10.15.2008- FTS and our stubborn baby :)
Today was.. AMAZING :] We got to our appointment atleast 20 minutes early and they took us straight back. I had to have a full bladder and let me tell you; OUCH. The nurse put the sonogram thing on my stomach and we INSTANTLY seen our little monkey jumping around. We saw his/her fingers, long legs, and the facial features. The doctor kept saying how beautiful monkey was and how perfect everything was. We got to see/hear the heartbeat of 159bpm. It has slowed down some from 8 weeks. They tried to do the scan on the fluid in the back of the neck but apparently our baby takes after daddy and is VERY stubborn. S/he would move around like nothing while the nurse was looking but the second the doctor took over s/he laid still. The baby was also in a headstand for the most part. I had to get up and empty out my bladder half way hoping the baby would move to the right position but that was a no go. So I had to empty it completely and that didn't help either. Finally they made me go walk around for 20 minutes and eat some candy hoping the baby would turn just enough to get a good shot; HAHA NOT! They were able to get ONE reading. The nurse kept joking and said she calls dibs on spanking the baby for the first time; HAHA. They kept calling it a brat and telling me how stubborn and hardheaded our kid is going to be, GREAT!! I posted a picture of our monkey from today.

10.21.2008- does it EVER go away?
At my appointment Monday [last monday] I had to BEG my doctor to write me another prescription for Zofran. At first she didn't want to give me anymore and said "the morning sickness should go away SOON". Well much to my suprise I have felt like CRAP unless Zofran is in my system. SHOCKER! I hate going anywhere feeling sick to my stomach and not knowing IF I eat something will it stay down or bless me with its presence a second time. If I'm at home its not so much a big deal because I know there is a toilet in close reach. So needless to say my doctor is a liar liar pants on fire. I haven't thrown up in a few days [actually a week] but feeling like its about to come up and gagging is just as bad. I'm ready to feel good again and not have to carry my purse with cheetos, preztels, medicine, and babywipes with me everywhere [babywipes to wash my face off after I explode]. I'm heading back to bed for a while. I haven't been sleeping worth a damn and its catching up to me. :[

10.23.2008- emotional wreck
Today I had my first emotional break down. I'm in Texas house sitting and dog sitting for my mom while shes in Virginia on vacation. She has 5 schnauzers and 1 dumb cat. Three of her dogs I have to put a shock collar on before I can let them out or they'll run away. Earlier today I opened the back door to let the cat come in and the three ran out the back door before I had a chance to shut it. I had just got out of the shower and I was trying to get ready to meet my dad for lunch. My hair was wet and I was barely dressed. The dogs ran a pretty good distance so I got in my NEW [only had for about a month] car and went to find them. When I found them I opened the door to get them in only to realize they were SOAKING wet and covered in MUD! My seats are a light gray and I had just put on pants so I had muddy paw prints on my new seats and pants! My dad called and said he was almost off for lunch and I needed to hurry. I broke down. I was pissed off more than anything at those ignorant dogs. NEVER again will I watch those stupid mutts. My husband called as I was trying to get the dogs back into the house and he kept asking "are you crying" and I just kept saying "no i'm just pissed". He was making fun of me! I'm sure I'll have PLENTY more break downs but this one was embarassing!

I'm finally in week 13. Can't wait for this week to be over so I can move on to my second trimester! WOOP!

10.30.2008- 14 weeks pregnant
Can you believe it? I'm 14 weeks pregnant! It still feels so unreal to me that a little baby has blessed me to be its mommy!! I have enjoyed everyday of this pregnancy; even the ones hugging the toilet. I'm finally in my second trimester. One down two more to go!

Husband and I are both praying we get to find out the sex of our little monkey butt on November 10th when we go to our appointment. If we can't find out at my doctors office because her machine is crappy we are gonna go to another doctor that did my first trimester screening and see if we can pay out of pocket to find out. If not we have to wait until 20 weeks and that just seems so far away! I have been having feelings that we are gonna have a little boy so we'll see if mothers intuition is right! :]

Morning sickness is still blessing me with its daily show. But thankfully now its actually in the mornings. I wake up feeling like crap and by 4 or so I still feel sick but no throwing up. Husband keeps telling me to call the doctor because I can't eat/drink anything but thats part of morning sickness. Right?

I keep reading on these sites that I should start feeling the baby move soon and other sites say in the next few weeks. I'm not even sure what I'm supposed to be expecting. What exactly does a "flutter" feel like? Hmm. I can't wait to feel monkey butt move around so I know s/he is alright.

CONGRATS AGAIN TO MINKYMOO! I'M SO FREAKIN' HAPPY FOR YOU DARLING. YOU AND YOUR HUSBAND DESERVE THIS MORE THAN ANYONE I KNOW. TAKE IT EASY AND LET THE LITTLE GROW!! EVERYTHINGS GONNA BE GREAT THIS TIME :]

11.7.2008- 15 weeks pregnant
Today I am 15 weeks 1 day pregnant with my little monkey butt and I fall more and more in love everyday. Husband is so cute when it comes to this all. He is just as anxious as I am to find out the sex of our little one. He is ready to start decorating and he thinks he is right that its a girl; I swear its a boy. We'll see! HAHA. We have a bet going on so it'll be fun to see who was right. We have our 16 week appointment on Monday and I'm praying my doctor will atleast look to see if she has any idea of what we are having but again I'm not gonna hold my breath because her machine is crappy! As long as monkey butt is healthy and growing perfectly I won't leave too upset. HAHA. Yesterday I felt so pregnant, it was actually weird. Usually I just feel fat and blah but yesterday I felt pregnant and good. Hopefully the belly will come along soon so others can tell I'm pregnant.

Morning sickness is still here. I think its here to stay actually. Its no where near as bad as it was in the beginning but I have to eat two pieces of cinnamon toast the SECOND I come downstairs. As long as I eat toast in the morning I won't throw up unless I eat something my body doesn't agree with. As long as monkey butt is healthy I'll take whatever you throw at me.

I posted a 15 week picture yesterday. It looks huge compared to last week. HAHA. Furniture should be here today/monday so as soon as its put together I'll post pictures :]

Minkymoo you are in my thoughts and prayers. I pray the doctors can give you some sort of answers of why this keeps happening. My heart is with you darling.

11.7.2008- My due date
today is my due date for my angel and i've done pretty good. no tears have came and i actually didn't think about it until an hour ago. i feel bad because i didn't let myself get upset but i can't. our angel has blessed us with its brother/sister and i'm thankful for that. we never heard/saw a heartbeat with our last one so my husbands theory is that maybe there never was a baby; but i know there was. am i a horrible person for not getting upset today? instead today was a day of smiles. husband and i went on a "date" to see role models and it was great. hmm.

Rest in Peace our sweet angel. mommy and daddy will never forget you. please continue to watch over your brother/sister and mommy. we love you.

11.10.2008-16 week appointment
Plain and simple-todays appointment was POINTLESS. We waited in the waiting room for an HOUR than got back there to find out we weren't getting an ultrasound. She came in and listened to the babys heartbeat [in the 140s] and told me my results from the FTS were normal and informed me that I have no STDs... DUH! So we were only in the room for 5 whole minutes. Needless to say hubby and I were both really disappointed. It would cost $100 to get an ultrasound just to see our little one. UGH! We go back to my doctor December 8th and she'll schedule me for my gender ultrasound. So the countdown is back on. YAY :[

I've lost 3 more pounds which is good in my eyes but I'm sure I should be gaining something. She wasn't worried about it right now but I'm sure if there is no change by 20 weeks she'll be concerned.

I'm off to buy me some damn draino. Maybe than I'll get a guess of what I'm having because these next 28 days are gonna draaaag.

11.11.2008- OH MY...
I had been feeling "flutters" but I've been doubting them. There is NO doubt that what I'm feeling is our little monkey butt playing around!! I can just lay on the couch and I'll feel little "pops" and "swooshes" and I just smile. My doctor told me yesterday more than likely I won't feel "kicks" until 18 weeks or so but I know these are what people call "flutters". I just LOVE it. Just had to share this ah-may-zing news with you wonderful ladies! ahh i'm going to bed with a smile on my face.

11.28.2008- Thanksgiving and 18 weeks
To start off Thanksgiving was WONDERFUL! My dad came down and my cousin is here for training so he came over. It was my husband, myself, my daddy hawk, my cousin, and my two neighbors. Dinner was great and it was nice to stuff my face and not get looked at like "geezum shes a fat butt". I didn't eat as much as I thought I would but left-overs are gonna be my friend for a few days!

I can NOT believe I'm 18 weeks pregnant [and 1 day] it was flown by! When I took my picture yesterday I couldn't believe how noticeable it is that I'm gonna have a baby! I finally had someone rub my belly the other day; my neighbor said "ashley you are finally looking pregnant" while she started rubbing my belly! I LOVED IT! :]

I felt the little one on the outside the other day. I was scratching my belly and I just left my hand on my stomach and s/he said "HEY MOMMY!!". It was so amazing; I can't wait until my husband gets to feel it. It seems like anytime he touches my belly I feel NO movement or if I do its in a completely different spot. LOL. Our monkey butt is already very very hardheaded just like its daddy.

Well ladies I just wanted to give a little update. I know I'm a day late but with everything going on yesterday I didn't make it to the computer long enough to blog. I have MOST of my Christmas decorations up and finally got my tree up. I love this time of the year! :]

12.4.2008-19 weeks pregnant
I am blessed. Thats all that comes to my mind. These past 19 weeks have flown by and this pregnancy is starting to feel real to me. I can't believe that I'm almost half way through this pregnancy and half way closer to meeting our little monkey butt. I'm so ready to be able to call our little one by him/her or its name instead of monkey butt or IT. lol!!

I have been having these burning sensations in my nipples. Is that normal? The other day I was just randomly walking through Wal-Mart and I felt a shooting pain in my boob and it went to my nipple then it felt like my nipple was on fire. LOL. My husband just thinks its funny when I curl over and grab my boob!

The past two weeks I have felt monkey butt moving around a LOT but so far this week I've only felt it a few times a day. Hopefully s/he will start moving around more. Its a nice reassurance to feel little kicks and prods throughout the day!

12.8.2008- ITS A...
TINY FINGERS, TINY TOES.
LITTLE ITTY BITTY CLOTHES.
FOOTBALL, BASEBALL, LOTS OF TOYS!!
GUESS WHAT??
ITS A BOY!!

AND HE IS PERFECT!!

Today is by far one of the best days of my life! I had my first appointment at 9:15 with my OBGYN and got to hear the heartbeat. It was in the 150's. She never really gives me an exact number. Then I had to run next door to give them some more of my blood; not like I need it anyways. LOL. After giving them more of my blood I came home to wait on my husband to get off for lunch. When he got home we headed to town. We went to eat at Taco Bell and then headed to my next appointment which was at 1:30. She took me back by myself at first so she could measure everything [not sure why he couldnt join but whatever] and then after she took pictures of every limb and whatnot so went to get my husband. He came in grinnin' ear to ear, you could tell he was just as excited as me. She showed him the spine, the arms, the profile, the stomach.. then she showed us the butt. I automatically knew what I was looking at, trust me there is NO mistaken. Well, she pointed out the legs to us and goes "and thats the parts" and he goes "ITS A BOY?". It was so cute. She said "yes its a boy!" I KNEW IT! Mothers insticts are right ladies!! So Carson Levi is what he'll go by. It'll be nice to refer to my baby as HIM or BOY instead of IT. He is all around AMAZING! I can't wait until 30 weeks when we are going to go have the 3D done :]

I love my son so much already! :] As soon as I can scan the sonograms I'll add pictures.

12.11.2008- 20 weeks pregnant
I can't believe it. I'm half way done with this pregnancy! I have enjoyed every single second of it; even the morning sickness! I'm finally out of the teens and moving on up! Only 20 more weeks until I'll be holding my beautiful son, Carson. Ahh.

Things are pretty great around here. Now that we know we are gonna have a little prince running around we can finally get started on buying stuff and decorating his room. I'm really wanting to try to find someone to paint a huge giraffe on the wall and some monkeys on another wall BUT my husband decided today he is going to re-enlist in the military. Which means he was due to get out of the Army in August of next year but with the economy how it is we both figured its better off staying in the Army. So we have no idea whats in store with us. They could leave us here in Louisiana or they could move us to New York for all we know. So I'm not sure about painting a lot of stuff on the walls. Heres to being in the ARMY until December 2011. Guess that makes Carson an ARMY BRAT!!

My body is being so weird. I'm so achy all over yet I'm not even barely showing so how am I so uncomfortable? My ribs right under my arms hurt so bad but I think that might be from sleeping on my sides. The past few nights I've woke up on either my stomach or my back. I'm not too worried about it cause I figured if I'm not supposed to sleep on either my body wouldn't be comfortable enough to stay that way. lol right? When I go to bed I have this body pillow that I sleep with under my leg. I'll lay on my left side and throw my right leg over the pillow and then sorta scoot my butt back so I'm basically half way on my stomach but the pillow is keeping me from being flat. Does that make ANY sense? LOL.

Welp ladies. I think I just wrote the most POINTLESS and boring blog ever. HAHA. Hope you are all doing great and the bellies are growing wonderfully :] Two weeks until Christmas!!

12.15.2008- belly dance party.
Okay a friend of mine always refers to her son having a "dance party" in her stomach and I always wonder what it felt like. Well, last night I got to experience a RAVE in my stomach. It was amazing he was moving for atleast a good 5 minutes without stopping, or if he did stop he must have been catching his breath. I had my hands resting on my belly and I could feel him turn over then I would have a kick here and a punch there. Hes a pretty darn good dancer might I add :] Now Jamie our sons can dance together. HEHE. I think I was aggrivating him last night as well. He would move around and then stop so I'm guessing he got all nice and comfy then I would roll over and there he goes back to kicking me again. I couldn't help but laugh! Daddy FINALLY felt Carson kick for the first time and his eyes just lit up. It was so adorable! I posted my 20 week picture and I'll post another belly picture on Thursday :]

Christmas is getting so close and I'm so excited. I love getting to see all of my family and watch them open their gifts! Carson actually has something for Christmas from Meme. I hope all of you ladies have a FANTASTIC Christmas and a wonderful New Year. Hopefully I'll have a new blog by then but if not MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY NEW YEAR!! HERES TO 2009!

01.2.2009- well hello there
to start off. HAPPY NEW YEARS!! :]Well it went GREAT. Usually I have to sit in the waiting room for ATLEAST an hour just to see her for a whole 5 minutes. Well, today I had some other errands to get done and I got them all done before my appointment so I got to my 11:15 appointment at like 11:05. I went back and gave my sample and the second I sat back down they called me back in; SWEETNESS! She listened to his heartbeat [130s] and measured my belly. I'm measuring in at 25 weeks; I think I have a whopper in there!! I'm only 23 weeks and 4 days and hes measuring more than a week further. I've only gained 6 lbs so I guess thats good. She isn't too concerned about it so neither am I. I just knew I was gonna cry when I saw the scale but I guess I'm all baby. She gave me a prescription for my horrible cough but told me to expect to be crappy feeling for atleast a week because with being sick it'll take my body longer to fight it off. So I go back in a week for my glucose test and 28 week appointment. Hopefully I can talk my husband into going with me so I don't have to sit there alone for an hour. Welp ladies thats my update. I'm going to eat something for lunch then crash! I'm so exhausted!! Between this horrible cough not letting me sleep and waking up at 4:30 to get hubby to work since we are BACK to one car I need a nap!! [we are back to one car since my husband decided to rear end a car on December 16th and they totaled his car; they are both fine we are just back to car shopping].

okay. So i know Ive been MIA lately. The holidays always seem to keep me busy. My husband and I headed to Texas [home sweet home] on the 23rd and I was so excited. I was starting to feel home sick. We had a wonderful Christmas and got so much stuff we wanted/needed. We got a sony camcorder for when Carson gets here :] ah-may-zing! Early on the 26th my mom, sister, nieces, nephew, and I headed to south texas to spend some time with our family. It was nice to see them all but as always i was ready to get back home. We left there on the 30th and headed back to east texas. My husband came down that next night so we could spend new years together. We went to a HUGE party of a family friends and it was so much fun. and finally we are back home as of earlier today! I'm so glad to be back in my own house with my own bed!!

Carson is doing GREAT! He is growing like crazy. While I was in South Texas my belly button started to flatten out a little more and my husband was amazed in just a few short days my belly changed so much. I love it! I feel him constantly and you can see him jump around on the outside :] I have my 24 week appointment on Monday and hopefully she'll start measuring my belly then. It would be nice to know if I'm measuring right or not. I'll update after my appointment I'm sure :]

I'm also getting sick. It started with just a sore throat but now has moved on to vomitting, sore throat, fever, sore body, and coughing. I'm not sure what I can or can't take for it so I'm trying to tough it out until my appointment. Hopefully its just a little cold!

Welp ladies its only 8:45 but I'm exhausted so I'm about to crawl upstairs, take a nice hot bath, then get into my wonderful bed with my new snoogle pillow!

oh yeah. we got our travel system, swing, high chair, and a few other things for Carson :] Its finally starting to come along! When I get all of it here and put together I'll post pictures!

01.5.2009- 24 week appointment
Well it went GREAT. Usually I have to sit in the waiting room for ATLEAST an hour just to see her for a whole 5 minutes. Well, today I had some other errands to get done and I got them all done before my appointment so I got to my 11:15 appointment at like 11:05. I went back and gave my sample and the second I sat back down they called me back in; SWEETNESS! She listened to his heartbeat [130s] and measured my belly. I'm measuring in at 25 weeks; I think I have a whopper in there!! I'm only 23 weeks and 4 days and hes measuring more than a week further. I've only gained 6 lbs so I guess thats good. She isn't too concerned about it so neither am I. I just knew I was gonna cry when I saw the scale but I guess I'm all baby. She gave me a prescription for my horrible cough but told me to expect to be crappy feeling for atleast a week because with being sick it'll take my body longer to fight it off. So I go back in a week for my glucose test and 28 week appointment. Hopefully I can talk my husband into going with me so I don't have to sit there alone for an hour. Welp ladies thats my update. I'm going to eat something for lunch then crash! I'm so exhausted!! Between this horrible cough not letting me sleep and waking up at 4:30 to get hubby to work since we are BACK to one car I need a nap!! [we are back to one car since my husband decided to rear end a car on December 16th and they totaled his car; they are both fine we are just back to car shopping].

01.21.2009- double digits part II
My first celebration of "double digits" was when I hit 10 weeks, now its cause I have 99 days left until the estimated due date of our son. :] That means ladies I have either less than or a little bit more than 99 days until I'm holding my beautiful son in my arms! WOAH. I can't wait.

Tomorrow I'll be 26 weeks pregnant. Where has all of the time gone? I remember finding out when I was 3 weeks and 6 days and thinking "this is going to take forever", oh boy was I wrong. The first 18 weeks of my pregnancy were miserably amazing if that makes ANY sense. I was sick as could be but the happiest person about growing a little one in my belly. I wanted everyone to know I was pregnant, now theres no denying I'm pregnant. :]

I always sit here and think about what birth is going to be like and sometimes I start to scare myself. I'm worried I'll be in so much pain I won't be able to enjoy it or that my labor will last a really long time. Either way as long as Carson is healthy and beautiful it will ALL be worth it.

I had my first braxton hicks contraction the other day when I was leaving Wal-Mart. I was almost in tears because I was walking to the car and it was sorta sprinkling and my stomach started to tighten up really bad and I was having cramp like feelings in my lower abdomen but I had no where to sit down. I kept telling my husband I didn't feel right and my stomach was hurting and he just laughed thinking it was from me walking around so much; what an ass. I wasn't so much in pain as I was scared shitless because at the time I had NO IDEA what was going on. If that was just a practice contraction I don't want to know how bad a REAL contraction is going to kick my ass. LOL.

I'm going to schedule my 4D ultrasound for right after Valentines Day and I'll be 30 weeks. I'm so excited to see my little guy again! I doubt my doctor will do another ultrasound so I'm just going to pay for one! :]

Alright ladies I'm going to end this almost pointless blog. LOL. I'll post my 26 week belly picture tomorrow!

02.02.2009- 28 week appointment
My appointment today was pretty uneventful; like always. I've gained 7 MORE pounds which puts me at a total of 13 lbs. My doctor didn't think it was too funny when I explained I had got addicted to rice crispy treats. lol. I'm only 27 weeks and 4 days but my stomach is measuring..... 30 weeks! HOLY CRAP! Does that mean my due date might change or just that I have a toddler growing inside of me? LOL. I go back in three weeks and than every two weeks after that. Makes it so much more real that I'm almost done with this pregnancy. EEK!

I was also supposed to do my glucose test today. Well, this morning I called my doctor and asked if I could eat something before coming in and they said YES! So I enjoyed my normal bowl of cheerios than headed to my appointment. When I went to give them my blood the lady asked if I had been fasting and I said no. Well APPARENTLY they will not do the glucose test unless you have not had anything to eat/drink since midnight the night before. So needless to say I have to go back on Wednesday. UGH!

Anyways, just wanted to update a little bit. I'm going to take a nap. Carson kept me up all night and then when he decided to fall asleep a lightning storm hit so that kept me up; which also kept daddy up. So I'm gonna go crash! :]

02.19.2009- 4D sonogram!!
Well our little muchin is growing just fine! They weren't able to tell us how much he weighed though because she wasn't do that kind of scan. Oh well! They also were having a lot of problems getting clear pictures because him umbilical cord was in his face the whole time and with me being pretty small he didn't have much room to move. He is head down and she said he will more than likely stay that way :D So we are set for go! HAHA. My gosh I couldn't help but smile the whole time we were watching him. He kept yawning and swallowing; he even smiled a few times. I can't wait to meet the guy in person although I'll wait until he's ready to come out!! Here are the pictures. Some are kinda blurry but hey!!

He was smirking at us :D

You can see the umbilical cord in front of the left side of his face.

He is so handsome.

I could just stare at his chunky cheeks all day!

I think he was wanting to sleep while we were harrassing him!! lol

I love him so much; and I've never even met him!

LOOK at those cheeks!

my FAVORITE picture. he is smiling at us :D

Looking straight at us; kinda freaky. lol

both of his little feet. you can see the outlines of them if you look really hard.

02.26.2009- ARE YOU SERIOUS?!?
Palmers Cocoa Butter Formula for stretch marks; YOU SUCK!

I have been lathering myself with this stuff every morning when I get out of the shower and again at night after I take my bath. I was so excited thinking "yay I won't get any stretch marks" because I had made it this far. PFT, last night I went to take a bath and I just happened to look at the very bottom of my stomach [the part i can't see when i look down lol] and I'll be damned!! They aren't too bad I guess but if I'm just going to keep expanding over these next 9 weeks I'm sure they'll get bigger.. and bigger... and bigger! My husband goes "there goes your stomach" GEEZ THANKS HUNNIE!

On a MUCH happier note I'm 31 weeks pregnant today :) So that means in just 4 weeks my doctor is going to start aggrivating my cervix :) A friend of mine brought me some of her 3 month olds clothes that he can no longer fit and I think I'm set on onesies 0-3 months. LOL. Watch Carson will come out too big for 0-3 months! haha. Well, I'm gonna go lather myself up some more in hopes I won't get anymore then eat something for breakfast!

31 week picture up as well :)

03.09.2009- hospital bag.. help!
I will be THIRTY THREE weeks pregnant this Thursday. CAN YOU BELIEVE IT? :) I can't!

Anyways, I want to get a head start on packing my hospital bag and I have NO idea what I'll actually need in the hospital. So for you lovely ladies that have recently had babies or have had more than one can you PUH-LEZ give me some ideas of what to have packed!! I would greatly appreciate it :)

When did you put the carseat in your car as well? My cousins were telling me to do it around my next appointment; 35 weeks. Is that too early?

Any answers are greatly appreciated! :)

03.26.2009- thirty five weeks
THIRTY FIVE WEEKS DOWN & THIRTY FIVE DAYS TO GO!!

SERIOUSLY?!

It is unbelievable. I'm not sure if its that for the last 35 weeks I have been carrying this precious son of mine in my stomach or if its the fact that in less than 35 days I'll be holding him in my arms!

I have been blessed to have had such a healthy and wonderful pregnancy and I pray that I will have a fast and easy labor/delivery and my son will be a healthy bouncin' baby boy!

I can't wait :)

yes, i just made a blog just to say THAT. lol