Week 19 (Only one day till the ultrasound!)

Well, in less than 24 hours Nathan and I will have gotten to see our baby for the first time. And, as long as baby wants to cooperate, we'll know a gender so I can be better prepared for the nursery and I can finally call baby by their name!

This week baby will be about mango-sized (all the food size references still crack me up) and they'll be developing more and getting cuter =) So, they'll be cute for the ultrasound pictures tomorrow!

Last night was my bachelorette and Nathan's bachelor party, which was a great time. The girls and I went to Mellow Mushroom for pizza, and to the movies to see Crazy Stupid Love, which was amusing. We didn't get back into Berea till about 1am, then Courtney and I started watching Bridesmaids, sadly I fell asleep partway through, and now today is a homework day. Well, mostly homework. I also need to do some cleaning, the boys bachelor party left my house a little messy. It's really not that bad (thankfully!) but it does need a little TLC.
Well, I may blog again tomorrow night complete with ultrasound pictures and a name, but it may also wait till after my giant history paper is due. 

18 Weeks (only 22 weeks to go!)

I finally got Nathan to take a picture so there's more than just my tummy, of course, I also took one of the belly. Baby is 5" long this week, and I'm almost halfway through pregnancy! Everything still seems to be on track, no real movement to report (sadly) and I'm still counting down the days till the ultrasound to know the gender!

Friday night I got to spend time with another soon-to-be mommy. I don't think I've mentioned it before, but one of my very good friends will be having a baby very close to the same time as me, she's due about 2 weeks after my due date, so we've been able to help each other with pregnancy symptoms, learning what to do, and just being there to support each other. I love it, I love having someone so close that I can relate to and get support from.

Of course, Nathan has been trying to be supportive too, but there really is only so much he can understand about it all.

This morning I started looking online for more baby stuff, it's all so stinkin' cute! Girl or boy all the baby stuff is adorable, and it's so so tiny! Whenever I think about how small the baby will actually be when it's born the more afraid I am that I might hurt it because it will be so itty biddy.

Well today I'm going to spend some time getting ahead on hw, cleaning the house, and getting things accomplished because the next three weekends will be completely insane. Next weekend are Nathan and I's bachelor and bachelorette parties, the following weekend we'll be in Ohio for Thanksgiving break, and the weekend after that is the wedding! Time is just flying by and there's still much to do, hopefully we can get it all done in time!

Week 17

Well if there were any doubts about my bump showing up, they've vanished. It's funny to have people come up to me at classes and around campus to try to rub my belly. Sometimes it's a little awkward, but most of the time it's just cute.

And since baby can hear, I now talk to her all the time. She's like a walking journal, she knows everything! I also sing to her a lot, hopefully she likes my singing voice, otherwise when she gets bigger she may let me know her dislike with little kicks!

Friday was another doctor visit, and everything checked out wonderfully. The doctor was happy with my blood tests, weight gain, blood pressure, and we were all thrilled about the very strong, easy to find heartbeat. Instead of making us wait until week 20 we're going to go in on November 21 to get the first ultrasound and (hopefully) find out the gender! Unless of course baby is hiding, which is possible. I really hope she doesn't though, because I would love to start calling her by her name. Or his name, if so appropriate lol.

The wedding plans are going wonderfully, there's not too awful much left to do! Right now I'm just trying to keep up with the RSVP list. I'm so blessed because so many of my friends are traveling down (or up) to come to the wedding to support us! And a lot of our friends have said they'd love to help up with set up and decoration and all the other things that will have to happen the day of! Sometimes I'm not really sure how I got so lucky, but I have some of the best support in the world, and some people that I know would do anything for me and Nathan and itty biddy.

Well, I don't think there's much else I wanted to update on, just that things are going well, Nathan and I are happy (he's excited the baby can hear too, at night he'll lay down beside me and talk to my belly so baby will know his voice too), baby is healthy and growing, and our little family is getting stronger every day <3

xoxo

A Non-Baby Update

I will never understand why a simple task, like maybe registering for classes, has to become such a hassle. Okay, to be fair, I forgot registration was this morning. I've been a little busy, a little stressed, and had plenty of other things on my mind. But, thankfully, I wasn't really able to sleep so I saw a facebook update about registration and freaked out because it was 6:53. Registration begins at 7:00.

I run downstairs, grab the computer, and naturally there's an error on myberea. So, I can't register. Or look up classes. Or enter my pin. Or... well you name it I can't do it. I spend the next few minutes diligently hitting Refresh and hoping to god to eventually be able to register so I can get my classes. Hallelujah it goes through! I get one class, then two, except then I try to register for EDS 480, you know, one of those required classes that must be taken my pre-professional term, where there are limited spots available, and no. Denied. I don't meet the prerequisites. Except, I've taken EVERY EDS course I need, done EVERY portfolio and jumped through EVERY hoop that has been put in front of me. So now, I have to figure out how to get an override into a class that, by all logic, I should meet the prerequisites for.

Ugh, this has been the start to my day. Somehow, I'm not very optimistic for it to get much better.

Also, I will baby update soon, but I don't have the camera with me right now so I can't upload the picture yet and I prefer to have a picture with my updates.

xoxo

Weeks 14 & 15!

So, I remembered to take a picture last week, but ran out of time to post a blog (oops). I'm doing my best, I swear! But wedding planning, being a senior in college, and being pregnant are exhausting!

First is my belly at week 14, it's funny to watch it grow little by little. People have started noticing the bump at this point and asking if I'm pregnant, which is amusing. Nathan told me I should tell people no, that I'm just having issues with my

weight just to embarrass them, but I don't have it in me to be quite so mean.

Anyway, last week itty biddy was about the size of a lemon. Which is pretty darn big! She has all her fingers and toes and probably began sucking her thumb.

This week she is the size of a small orange, about 4 inches long! She's moving a lot, and soon I should be able to feel it, which is amazing, and she may have even gotten the hiccups for the first time! When she gets bigger I'll be able to see my belly shake when she has the hiccups, which is apparently very common for babies.

Here is my belly as of tonight:

Week 13 (I got a little behind)

We're at trimester two! Itty biddy and I have made it through the first third of pregnancy and we're that much closer to meeting each other face to face. This past Wednesday Nathan and I heard the heartbeat for the first time. The strong, fast, healthy baby heartbeat that leads our doctor to believe that I am carrying a HEALTHY baby and that we are right where we need to be in development. Our next appointment isn't until week 16, so in the meantime I just have to keep eating (mostly) healthy, getting sleep, and avoiding the things that are dangerous for itty biddy.
Nathan and I have decided on the theme for the nursery, and it's gender neutral. Lion King animals! If we have a girl we'll make it girlier animals of course, but the carpet in the nursery is brown and the walls are pale yellow, so a lion king theme with baby lions, elephants, and other safari animals would be adorable. I got the first items for the baby as well. A tiger blanket and monkey rattle and blanket. They're so cute!

Nathan and I have been doing really well as well. Hearing the heartbeat made him really realize that he's going to be a dad and that I really am housing our baby. He looked like he was nearly in tears when he first heard the heartbeat.

Well I think that's about all I needed to update on, things just got a little crazy for the past month, moving to a new apartment, some financial distress, some future family insanity. Now things have finally returned to calm and normal and I can focus on school, nathan, and staying healthy for itty biddy =)

Engaged and Week 8!

I got my engagement ring yesterday, and it is PERFECT. The diamond came from my mom, which means every time I look at it I think both of her and of the love of my life. It really makes the wedding feel more real as I continue diligently planning for it. My wedding dress is hidden in Cassie's closet, 2 of my bridesmaids have their dresses, and I call to rent the hall on Tuesday morning!
Nathan is being so good about it, he's excited too which makes it even better. Plus he's excited to incorporate Disney into it as well!
And itty biddy keeps on growing! This week she'll be the size of a large raspberry and developing more and more every day. However, since it's my body that's creating hers I'm exhausted all the time. She makes me super super sleepy sometimes, but I should get my energy back in the second trimester. Of course the real downfall is morning sickness, I hate feeling sick while sitting through 2 hour lectures. But I know it isn't itty biddy's fault, it just isn't really fun for me.

Soon enough will be my first doctors appointment and ultrasound! That's exciting, then, as I keep mentioning, the heartbeat. Oh and then before I know it I'll be able to feel her kick and flip and move! I hope she's an active baby =)

And I really feel the need to mention that I love how supportive my friends are. My real friends at least lol. They keep reminding me that I'll be a good mommy and that I can do this. Oh, and they let me know that they will help. And spoil.

Well, that's all for now, I'll update again soon!