hello! so it is a beautiful Thursday afternoon and I'm actually sitting at home procrastinating on my homework. It has been a day full of surprises (some not so good, nothing for you to worry about though), but I've added one more thing to our future nursery: a rocker-glider! (thanks Merrisa!) I am in the process of looking for some replacement cushions, because they are currently a bluejean style and I'd like something a little more modern, but I'm so excited to save the money on such a key piece! Hopefully starting next weekend we will be able to go shopping for some things to start a registry and get our first "baby-boy/girl-specific" item. :)
I guess this will be a short post this afternoon, since I am a few hours from my first class of the day and I need to get a bit of my homework done ;) Things to keep in mind though:
1. the baby can hear everything these days! SO- Daniel has started randomly talking to his kid, which I think is totally adorable and sweet.
2. getting excited for next Wednesday! Daniel and I are headed to our second big prenatal appointment and second ultrasound. Hopefully I will be posting BOY or GIRL before lunch. YAY!
3. Next Friday is my birthday. So...that's that.
That's it for now. We will talk to you soon!
Love- me and baby
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
me and baby update
Stole this from a friend who is due only one day before me! :) Thanks Mere!
How far along: 16 weeks, 2 days (week 17)
Total weight gain: Well, since I lost about 11 during weeks 9-13 and I've gained back 8. I'm at -3
How big is baby: about 5 inches/4oz (ish), the size of an avocado
Maternity clothes: My mother-in-law gave me some great tops (mostly "normal" ones but they work as maternity ones wonderfully!) besides that, I tried on some jeans but I'm not big enough yet. Pretty much in love with rubber bands, my BellaBand and sweats!
Stretch marks: Nope! Started using some awesome lotion (thanks mom-in-law!) already though.
Sleep: Doing much better now that I'm not up peeing a couple times a night, but my back is pretty stiff/sore so it's not the best sleep. Expecting it to only get worse though :/
Movement: Yes! Been hard to pinpoint, but I'm pretty positive I have felt it move at night a few times in the last couple days. Daniel is anxious for his turn soon!
Food cravings: All the time, but constantly changing. Only really consistent thing is salty foods.
Food aversions: Not really, but I'm still having a lot of trouble with smells making me gag like NO other. Almost worse than just throwing up. Pretty much can't open the pantry...
Belly button: no change yet
What I'm looking forward to: seeing the baby again next week and picking out things for the nursery.
Weekly wisdom: Be in the moment! I know we will miss the days when feedings meant feeding mommy and going to the store didn't require a pack-mule.
Weekly joy: Feeling the fishy in my belly and deciding to rent a home by our parents for a year!
How far along: 16 weeks, 2 days (week 17)
Total weight gain: Well, since I lost about 11 during weeks 9-13 and I've gained back 8. I'm at -3
How big is baby: about 5 inches/4oz (ish), the size of an avocado
Maternity clothes: My mother-in-law gave me some great tops (mostly "normal" ones but they work as maternity ones wonderfully!) besides that, I tried on some jeans but I'm not big enough yet. Pretty much in love with rubber bands, my BellaBand and sweats!
Stretch marks: Nope! Started using some awesome lotion (thanks mom-in-law!) already though.
Sleep: Doing much better now that I'm not up peeing a couple times a night, but my back is pretty stiff/sore so it's not the best sleep. Expecting it to only get worse though :/
Movement: Yes! Been hard to pinpoint, but I'm pretty positive I have felt it move at night a few times in the last couple days. Daniel is anxious for his turn soon!
Food cravings: All the time, but constantly changing. Only really consistent thing is salty foods.
Food aversions: Not really, but I'm still having a lot of trouble with smells making me gag like NO other. Almost worse than just throwing up. Pretty much can't open the pantry...
Belly button: no change yet
What I'm looking forward to: seeing the baby again next week and picking out things for the nursery.
Weekly wisdom: Be in the moment! I know we will miss the days when feedings meant feeding mommy and going to the store didn't require a pack-mule.
Weekly joy: Feeling the fishy in my belly and deciding to rent a home by our parents for a year!
day 3
So I dropped off the train already! Or fell off the bike or out of the boat....whatever. Point is, I'm back. The past 10 days have been wild and crazy, but I'm in a surprisingly good mood and very relaxed! Homework has taken over most all of my spare time, but thankfully house hunting is over (for this year) so I have my weekends back. Daniel and I did an overhaul on our apartment this weekend and spent some time watching football with friends. All in all it was a great weekend and I was thankful for the break.
On the baby side of things, I feel like I have grown 3 inches around this week and I am more than filling out a C-cup (amazing!). Most of my shirts are tight around the belly (which, to me still looks too much like a spare tire instead of a baby-bump), but Daniel swears I look like a "momma" already. The other very exciting thing is that I that I have been able to feel the baby moving in the last couple days. Once or twice before bed, if I'm laying still and quiet I can feel what I can only describe as a fish doing somersaults in my lower tummy. It's hard to catch and it rarely comes again right after, so not much chance for feeling it from the outside yet. Daniel tried to feel it on Sunday night and we thinkthink we could feel him/her moving- but again, it's so hard to pinpoint it since we don't really know what to look or feel for yet. Hopefully in the next couple weeks it will get more clear and strong.
Only 8 days till we go to our next ultrasound to see if he/she will cooperate and let us know if we are waiting for Jackson or Isabella! My gut (no pun intended) thinks it will be a girl, but I will be so darn excited either way. We are praying whoever it is spreads wide so we can do some shopping over my birthday weekend. :)
The other interesting thing is that apparently this kid LOVES salt. I have been craving all things saltly and sodium filled. Pretzels have been high on the list, but yesterday I wanted Chinese so badly I ordered about $30 worth of delivery between work and class. Daniel died laughing when he got home. I guess he figured I was exaggerating when I said I was really really hungry when I ordered and we would have Chinese for a week. I wasn't kidding.
I better go now, though, because Lon is having a bad day. She is sick and clingly and I better give her some love before she cries again. Since my little baby is hearing clearly now, I don't need two cranky babies around! Love you all. I'll do my best to get back on here soon...
On the baby side of things, I feel like I have grown 3 inches around this week and I am more than filling out a C-cup (amazing!). Most of my shirts are tight around the belly (which, to me still looks too much like a spare tire instead of a baby-bump), but Daniel swears I look like a "momma" already. The other very exciting thing is that I that I have been able to feel the baby moving in the last couple days. Once or twice before bed, if I'm laying still and quiet I can feel what I can only describe as a fish doing somersaults in my lower tummy. It's hard to catch and it rarely comes again right after, so not much chance for feeling it from the outside yet. Daniel tried to feel it on Sunday night and we thinkthink we could feel him/her moving- but again, it's so hard to pinpoint it since we don't really know what to look or feel for yet. Hopefully in the next couple weeks it will get more clear and strong.
Only 8 days till we go to our next ultrasound to see if he/she will cooperate and let us know if we are waiting for Jackson or Isabella! My gut (no pun intended) thinks it will be a girl, but I will be so darn excited either way. We are praying whoever it is spreads wide so we can do some shopping over my birthday weekend. :)
The other interesting thing is that apparently this kid LOVES salt. I have been craving all things saltly and sodium filled. Pretzels have been high on the list, but yesterday I wanted Chinese so badly I ordered about $30 worth of delivery between work and class. Daniel died laughing when he got home. I guess he figured I was exaggerating when I said I was really really hungry when I ordered and we would have Chinese for a week. I wasn't kidding.
I better go now, though, because Lon is having a bad day. She is sick and clingly and I better give her some love before she cries again. Since my little baby is hearing clearly now, I don't need two cranky babies around! Love you all. I'll do my best to get back on here soon...
Friday, January 15, 2010
day 2
176 days to go. seems like forever, but so did waiting for my high school graduation, wedding day and Florida vacation. But in the end, each of those came in their own sweet time, quickly passed and are now memories on my digital camera (note to self: get those printed sometime before I'm 30). I guess I am in the mood to think about how much time I have, and in other ways don't have, right now. For every that I have on my "To Do ASAP" list there are at least as many on my "...days till" side. In the meantime of waiting for the latter to hurry up and get here, I celebrate checking one more thing off my list and getting one more step closer. Today I checked of a few things already! For example, this. Check! I've also finished one homework assignment (of 12)- but still, Check! And I've done laundry; granted it is someone else's, but I did it. Check.
Going back to the 176 days and counting till our due date, I am reminded of my mom's go-to-advice for me: "you're going to miss this." And I'm positive she is right, especially now that I am done throwing up my oatmeal and am back to craving mint-chocolate-chip ice cream constantly. I will probably greatly miss the days were all I had to do was work and classes and homework. I will definitely miss calling my landlord when something breaks. The list could go on. Thus making my point that there will be many, many things that I will miss about only being a nanny, student, office assistant, and wife. And yet, I can't describe how much I am looking forward to adding 'mom' to my bag of tricks (and Ima to my mother's).
Well, I have to run. Lon has woken up and needs help making her noodles "not hot." :)
Going back to the 176 days and counting till our due date, I am reminded of my mom's go-to-advice for me: "you're going to miss this." And I'm positive she is right, especially now that I am done throwing up my oatmeal and am back to craving mint-chocolate-chip ice cream constantly. I will probably greatly miss the days were all I had to do was work and classes and homework. I will definitely miss calling my landlord when something breaks. The list could go on. Thus making my point that there will be many, many things that I will miss about only being a nanny, student, office assistant, and wife. And yet, I can't describe how much I am looking forward to adding 'mom' to my bag of tricks (and Ima to my mother's).
Well, I have to run. Lon has woken up and needs help making her noodles "not hot." :)
Thursday, January 14, 2010
day 1
I won't be here but for a second. Mostly because I'm starving and really want to eat lunch and have an excuse to watch some Fox.com instead of reading for class. But also because this is my first post in a while and I want to set the bar really, really low for the rest. You understand. So, to sum things up, I am nearly in my 16th week of pregnancy. Daniel is getting so excited to be able to start feeling the baby soon. On Feb 3rd, a few weeks from yesterday, we are going in for our second ultrasound to (hopefully) find out if our little one is a boy or girl! Most people are guessing girl, besides Daniel and my uncle Bob. Daniel wants a boy because, well, it would be a boy! I not-so-secretly think that it is more because having a girl scares him shitless. Uncle Bob thinks it's a boy because, I quote, "I just can't imagine Caly having a boy. She is too much of a brute, too macho." WTH does that mean? I know he meant it all in the best sense. I guess my athletic background and ability to kick his butt in backyard football just says, "mother of boys" to him. Either way, we will the the happiest, most overjoyed and totally excited parents of whatever child we have.
Better go eat. This kid is craving something salty.
Better go eat. This kid is craving something salty.
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