It's almost Christmas! I'm so excited, I absolutely LOVE this time of year. :) It's so crazy to think how this time next year we will have an adorable, handsome, awesome little boy running around taking all the ornaments off the tree and feeding the pups Christmas cookies. I can't wait!
We were planning on going to Nebraska on Wednesday, however there is supposed to be bad weather, so now we're leaving on Tuesday. I can't wait to see everyone and just spend some good quality time with them. We will be there for almost a week and it will be great!
Things are going amazing lately, and I thank God everyday for all the awesome blessings in my life. Zach and I FINALLY felt little man move for the first time a couple weeks ago. It was the coolest thing ever. He was at work when I felt it for the first time, he was going CRAZY in my belly. I wanted Zach to feel it so bad, so I stayed in the exact same position for 45 minutes waiting for Zach to get home from work. So as soon as he walked in the door, I started screaming for him and he came running up the stairs thinking something bad had happened (whoops lol). But by that time little man had already stopped. Bummer. The next day, I was feeling it again, so I had Zach feel it and BAM, he got kicked in the hand. Zach's face lit up, it was the cutest thing ever. And ever since then I've been feeling him everyday, he loves to party at night time..typical newborn. ;)
This past Tuesday I had a bad stomach virus and ended up in the hospital. I called my OB nurse to find out what I could take to feel better and she asked if I had been having stomach cramps and I said yes, and she was worried that from my vomiting I had become dehydrated and that my stomach cramps were actually contractions. I was pretty sure I wasn't contracting, as the pain wasn't unbearable but she insisted we head to Labor & Delivery just to be sure. So off we went, and we were there for about 4 hours while I was hooked up to a contraction machine and heart rate monitor, and I wasn't contracting, thank God! And by the next day I was feeling 100x better.
As the holidays pass, remember to hold your loved ones tight and tell them how much they mean to you. 27 families won't be able to do that ever again in Newtown. That tragedy breaks my heart every time I think about it, I just can't even fathom the pain they must be going through. I pray for them daily and hope at some point they start to heal.
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year! Safe travels if you're traveling!
Sunday, December 23, 2012
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Baby Boy :)
We found out one week ago that we are having a bouncing, baby boy! We couldn't be more thrilled! Zach and I have called him a boy since day one, pretty much everyone said it was a girl, mainly because of his high heart rate...but I proved all the wive's tales wrong, lol. A few wives tales were, high heart rate= girl, breaking out with acne= girl (cause she's stealing your beauty;)), and I even peed in baking soda which the results proved girl. But with all that Zach and I still called him a boy and by his name since the very beginning. I was starting to think how bad I would feel if I had to tell our daughter that we called her a he for the first 20 weeks, lol.
We opted for an elective scan in town, where we pay out of pocket so we could find out on our anniversary. Best $50 ever spent! lol We got to the clinic, where my bladder was about to BURST and thankfully they said they didn't need a full bladder for a gender scan (praise Jesus!) lol, I was able to enjoy the ultra sound SO much more. When she first put the wand (?) on my belly, she said "it" was all curled up, and I thought, "oh no! move! please, so we can find out!" So she had me roll to my side to make "it" move. Zach and I were both awaiting anxiously, until she typed on the screen "I'm a boy!". We were both SPEECHLESS! And the tech says "Oh crap! Did you not want to know?! I didn't even look at your sheet, but you both went silent!" We were like, yeah we wanted to know, we're just speechless! lol It was amazing, I seriously couldn't even speak. She said she could tell right away that he was a boy even when he was curled up but she wanted to give us a better picture of his manly parts. ;)
We were only supposed to get to see him in 2D but she was awesome and showed us 3D too. It was amazing seeing his little ears, and toes, and nose and fingers, eeek it makes me so excited. He kept putting his hands over his face like, "no autographs, or flash photography, please" lol. We were also only supposed to get two ultra sound pictures printed but she printed us like 30! After the ultra sound, we went to the car and called our parents, Zach's grandma, and our siblings, then I texted a few close friends. :) We went to Zach's squadron and showed everyone there. Then we went to Babies R Us and picked up a couple outfits and finally got me a pregnancy pillow so I can hopefully make myself sleep on my left side...which is not going too great.
I've pretty much been on cloud nine since finding out. When I sit and think about raising a son, it overwhelms me with emotion. We get to teach him how to be a gentleman, and how to treat women, but we also get to see him just be a boy, and hopefully take up his father's hobbies like working on cars and hunting (even though I don't believe in it, lol). Any mood I'm in just thinking about him makes me so happy and giddy.
Yesterday we had his anatomy scan. It was pure torture, I had drank a crap load of water and when you have a bladder the size of a walnut like me, it seems like even more water. I couldn't even walk I had to pee so bad, and then he was bouncing the wand all over my belly, I honestly thought I was going to pee on the table! Everything looked great and he weighs 13oz, which the tech said is accurate within 2oz, so he could be 11oz or 15oz (in case you struggle with math ;-)). I haven't felt him move yet but I have a anterior placenta, meaning my planceta runs down the middle of my belly (I guess), so that could be why. Can't wait to feel him move!
Sorry if everyone is sick of my posts and statuses about him, and our new found excitement, but no one is forcing you to read. :) I want to document all of this excitement, and since I live so far away from everyone blogging and facebooking is the easiest way.
This weekend Zach and I are going to Green Bay to watch the Packers! I'm excited, but super sad to be leaving my fur babies. :(
Anyway, that's enough for now. Thanks for reading!
P.S. He has a name, we have just only shared it with close friends and family for now. :)
We opted for an elective scan in town, where we pay out of pocket so we could find out on our anniversary. Best $50 ever spent! lol We got to the clinic, where my bladder was about to BURST and thankfully they said they didn't need a full bladder for a gender scan (praise Jesus!) lol, I was able to enjoy the ultra sound SO much more. When she first put the wand (?) on my belly, she said "it" was all curled up, and I thought, "oh no! move! please, so we can find out!" So she had me roll to my side to make "it" move. Zach and I were both awaiting anxiously, until she typed on the screen "I'm a boy!". We were both SPEECHLESS! And the tech says "Oh crap! Did you not want to know?! I didn't even look at your sheet, but you both went silent!" We were like, yeah we wanted to know, we're just speechless! lol It was amazing, I seriously couldn't even speak. She said she could tell right away that he was a boy even when he was curled up but she wanted to give us a better picture of his manly parts. ;)
We were only supposed to get to see him in 2D but she was awesome and showed us 3D too. It was amazing seeing his little ears, and toes, and nose and fingers, eeek it makes me so excited. He kept putting his hands over his face like, "no autographs, or flash photography, please" lol. We were also only supposed to get two ultra sound pictures printed but she printed us like 30! After the ultra sound, we went to the car and called our parents, Zach's grandma, and our siblings, then I texted a few close friends. :) We went to Zach's squadron and showed everyone there. Then we went to Babies R Us and picked up a couple outfits and finally got me a pregnancy pillow so I can hopefully make myself sleep on my left side...which is not going too great.
I've pretty much been on cloud nine since finding out. When I sit and think about raising a son, it overwhelms me with emotion. We get to teach him how to be a gentleman, and how to treat women, but we also get to see him just be a boy, and hopefully take up his father's hobbies like working on cars and hunting (even though I don't believe in it, lol). Any mood I'm in just thinking about him makes me so happy and giddy.
Yesterday we had his anatomy scan. It was pure torture, I had drank a crap load of water and when you have a bladder the size of a walnut like me, it seems like even more water. I couldn't even walk I had to pee so bad, and then he was bouncing the wand all over my belly, I honestly thought I was going to pee on the table! Everything looked great and he weighs 13oz, which the tech said is accurate within 2oz, so he could be 11oz or 15oz (in case you struggle with math ;-)). I haven't felt him move yet but I have a anterior placenta, meaning my planceta runs down the middle of my belly (I guess), so that could be why. Can't wait to feel him move!
Sorry if everyone is sick of my posts and statuses about him, and our new found excitement, but no one is forcing you to read. :) I want to document all of this excitement, and since I live so far away from everyone blogging and facebooking is the easiest way.
This weekend Zach and I are going to Green Bay to watch the Packers! I'm excited, but super sad to be leaving my fur babies. :(
Anyway, that's enough for now. Thanks for reading!
P.S. He has a name, we have just only shared it with close friends and family for now. :)
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