Hey all...My name is Candi. I'm 22 years old originally from Baltimore, Maryland but I'm currently stationed at Minot, North Dakota. Iam a member of the United States Air Force and I'm currently pregnant with my soon-to-be husband's and my first child. I'm 15 weeks along exactly today. Just wanted to meet new ladies to share the experience of being pregnant because this is my first child. Hope to hear from you ladies and pics will be up soon.

11March08- Ok...welll, I'm almost 16 weeks now. I feel like this is dragging by sooooo slowly and I still don't think I look as pregnant as other women around the same week as me. I think I'm starting to feel some movement from the little one, but it's mostly during the daytime. I'll be putting belly pics up soon.

March 20th, 2008- Okay , I'm 17 weeks now and getting bigger by the day. I want spring to hurry up sooooo bad. I HATE the weather! I HATE North Dakota (sorry to all the natives) but I'm from a huge city with PLENTY of things to do and places to eat. I'm bored out my mind here. I'm going to go bonkers if I don't take leave soon. I just want it to get warm so I can try to look cute. I'm dreading the summer...no amusement parks, no roller coasters, no skimpy bikinis *cries*!!!! I don' know how the hell I'm going to manage. I'm still trying to figure ou if I'm going to get a *gulp* bathing suit for this summer. I think I will if I'm one of those lucky ones who doesn't get stretch marks on her stomach (so far so good thanks to my lovely fiance's cocoa butter ritual he has me on EVERY NIGHT). Ill try to look fly this summer though. My man has been great. Everything I could ever ask for. I swear I don't even deserve half the stuff he does for me...but he does it anyway. My bi*chy attitude can send ppl running for cover, but strangely enough he seems immune to it. I dunno. 2 weeks until my gender ultrasound. I'm kinda excited but I feel like I'm carrying the next muhammad ali inside me. I swear, it's gotta be a boy the way my organs get abused and by the way he was showing out on the sonogram. I dunno though. We will have to just wait and see.

April 4th, 2008- 19 weeks finally!!! I find out what the sex is on April 7th. I'm sooo excited, even though I feel like I already know what I'm having. I haven't even gained a whole bunch of weight...about 3 pounds in the last 2 weeks or so. I have a belly now...but it's isn't big at all. My navel is shallowing out and I can still wear my belly button ring. I had the WORST heartburn ever yesterday...My man gave my some pepto bismol and it didn't help much, but then he got me a huge glass of milk and that did the trick :) We are getting married in august before the baby is born so it will be one less thing to worry about when we go home to see all our relatives. I'm so excited. I'm going to be a mommy and a wife!!!!!! My fiance makes me feel so beautiful, even though I'm getting bigger and bigger and he still spoils the hell out of me. I swear I'm going to turn into a spoiled brat because of him...lol. I found some cute clothes for the summer too. They are flowy tops and cute shorts and skirts. Not maternity clothes either. My mom and his mom are really excited and I have a great relationship with his family and my mother LOVES him. Enough of that...overall things are going great!

April 7, 2008- IT'S A BOY!!!! Wow... I went to my ultrasound for a fetal evaluation and I found out that the little person who is inside me kicking up a storm is a BOY!!!! I'm happy and my fiance is over the moon. The ultrasound tech had the hardest time getting good pictures of him because he was sooooo active...that is until is came time to get a gender shot, then it was like he POSED for the camera, legs cocked wide open and all. Lol. He has long legs too...he has been stomping on my bladder for the past week or so. I'm so excited!!!!!

April 14, 2008- Okay...so I'm tired and worn out from absolutely nothing. I just want to climb into bed when I get off from work. My fiance' isn't gooing to be home til late cause he's still gonna be at work (he's in the Air Force just like me). Blah. The only thing I like about this base is that I don't really have to worry about deploying as with other bases. So we can get settled in with our son before we switch bases (I'm sooooooo determined that we are gonna get orders out of here). Lil sly has been doing good. His movement has decreased a little bit while I'm at work, but it picks right back up when I get home and I'm laying down. It's feels great outside and I can't wait to get home. My last Drs. appt went great. She said I only gained 6lbs the entire pregnancy. That's awesome. I snack healthy so that definetly helps. I'm about to take myself home now. Later ^_^

May 1, 2008- Okay, so I'm finally 23 weeks! It feels like it's going by soooo slow. I'm not really too much of a rush to have my little man though. I have been feeling good lately, I just feel like I have been gaining a little bit of weight. I may be up to 10 pounds or so total weight gain, which is good. I eat a whole lot of fruit and I try to stay away from the stuff that isn't too healthy...although sometimes I can't help myself and I give in to the craving. I feel my son kicking me all the time now and his kicks are so strong. My fiance can feel him kick from the outside now. It feels strange. He has still been the best man ever. I love him so much. He has been everything I could dream for in a man. I cannot wait until we get married in August!!!

May 27,2008- I know it's been a while since I gave an update but no much has happened in the past few weeks. I ended up gaining 15 lbs so far...which isn't bad. The baby moves all the time and growing nicely. The only problem is my gallbladder...At first I thought it was bad heartburn, but the doctor ruled that out b/c it was reoccuring and the pain went to my back. They said they can't do anything for me until I have the baby so they give me meds but I'm scared to take them so I'll just tough it out until the end of my pregnancy. Other than that...all has been well, still no stretch marks *knocks on wood* and I feel good other than my gallbladder bothering me. Only 3 more months to go!

June 6,2008- Hey ladies...just thought I'd come back with an update. Nothing really new happened. I went home on leave for a few days and had my baby shower which was awesome. Alot of my old co-workers, friends ans family came. I got some great stuff for Sly jr so I'm happy. When I came back from leave, I had my drs appt. They did my glucose tolerance test and it really wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. They gave my the orange drink and it so cold so it tasted good to me...I dunno; maybe I'm just weird. Anyways, my doctor said that all is well with Sly jr. I'm measuring normal, which is good. She did say he is sitting really low inside me(maybe that explains why he keeps kicking my cervix and my bladder!!!). So I have another appointment next month at the beginning to see her again. I can't believe I only have 3 months to go then my little munchkin will be here!!! I'm so excited and anxious at the same time. He kicked me sooo hard this morning. It looked like someone punched me from the inside. He moves around all the time and it's sooo facinating. I have gained more weight than I thought I gained. I'm up to 168 now. Before I got pregnant, I weighed 146. I'm all boobs, belly and booty though. Ill post some recent pics really soon. I have to figure out what I'm going to get my fiance for fathers day. He got me the sweetest mother's day gift. It was a pair of emerald(my birthstone) and diamond earrings. They are so beautiful! I have to figure out something nice to get him. Anyways ladies...I'm about to head out ttyl!

8July2008- 32 1/2 weeks!!! I'm almost there! The baby is doing well, moving as usual. I haven't gotten stretch marks on my belly but I have little ones on my thighs and butt that should go fade hopefully after pregnancy. At my last appointment, I measured 29 weeks when I was really 32 weeks along. My doc said that that's okay though cause the baby is growing. I'm now at 181 as far as weight gain. I was at 145 prepregnancy so I have gained a substantial amount of weight. My feet and hands have began to swell, which sucks. I still going to work full days but that's just cause I don't feel bad enough to stay home all day. I swear being pregnant and in the military is tough. Kudos to all my military moms/ prior militay moms out there. People don't understand how difficult it is to balance to two...especially if you are mil to mil. Yeah, you two are both military but that doesn't mean that you will always be together. One person might stay on station while the other one gets deployed, leaving one mil member to take care of the kids and to go to work and who knows how long your work day will be depending on your job in the military and very few military jobs I know aren't less than 10-12 hours a day. Usually they are long days so factor all that in with having to take care of kids...it's tough so I just wanted to say a huge KUDOS to other mil/ prior mil moms who understand where I'm coming from. Other than that...all is well and I'll keep you ladies updated. ^_^

August 13 2008- Sorry I havent on here to update lately...I have been going through a lot lately wth my little one. Sly Jr was born on 8-8-08 via emergency c-section. He weighed 4 lbs 2 ozs. My little munchkin wasn't due for another 3 weeks. My preelampsia was affecting the placenta which wasnt giving him the nutrients he needed to thrive so they said it was best that they deliver him early. He came out screaming and crying so that made me feel a little better. He is in the NICU right now. I stayed in the hospital for 5 days and had to go home without him...it broke my heart. They said he is doing well and getting better everyday. He has to work on keeping his temperature up by himself and he has to learn how to eat from a bottle. He had a tube going to his stomach they feed him through that goes through is nose. He is catching on to breastfeed well though. DH and I go to the hospital 3 times a day every single day. I breast feed him when I go to see him and bring pumped milk with me every time so he has enough when they fed him when I'm not there. It's so hard to leave him in the hospital...I have been crying on and off since I have been home. I know it's for the best but it still hurts. Ill keep you ladies updated on his progress.