16 week belly

I went to the doctors on Friday... my regular OB and they listened to the heartbeat and she told me everything was normal, the heartbeat, my weight gain (which does not feel normal, it feels like too much), the headaches, and the sharp pains I get when I stand up too fast or lift my legs to get dressed.

Next Saturday is the 3D 4D ultrasound.. I can't wait to see my cute little baby again :)

Here's my belly at week 16. The baby is the size of an avocado but it sure seems like more...

We have a secret!

I had a doctors appointment today. This one is to check on my cervix to make sure I don't need a stitch. I have to go every 2 weeks until week 24... fun! The doctor told me everything looked good, and I probably won't need a stitch but they just want me to come every 2 weeks to be on the safe side. He also told me what the sex of the baby is. :) Jason and I decided that we are going to keep it a secret for the most part and just tell family until next weekend when we do the 3D 4D ultrasound... next weekend I will post pictures and we will make the big announcement. Sorry, you have to wait.

Another doctors appointment tomorrow at my regular OB. This baby is keeping me busy!

Monkey See Monkey Do

So I am determined to decorate the baby room with some kind of monkey. My nickname when I was little was monchichi (I probably spelled that wrong) which is a baby monkey, and I have always LOVED monkeys. I think they are cute and the baby decorations with monkeys are adorable.

I went on a little online shopping spree today so I can decorate the baby room. Here is what I bought :) I tried to get things as gender neutral as possible so the next baby could use it too.

a valance
decals for the wall 
wall hangings 
a rug  isn't the monkey cute?!
and a changing table 

I can't wait to get the room looking all cute. I guess we should probably paint the door and put doors on the closet too. :)

Pictures of the baby

I went to the doctor today and the baby is actually looking like a baby now.

They also told me that I have an abnormal shaped uterus   It looks like a normal uterus but it has a dip or indentation at the top.  The doctor said it could mean that the baby comes prematurely. They are going to have me come in every 2 weeks to make sure I don't need a "stitch", whatever that means.

Bump pictures

This is my belly at 8 weeks.

This is my belly at 12 weeks.
These aren't the best pictures because I took them infront of a mirror in a dim room with a flash. When it actually starts looking like a baby bump I will have Jason take the picture with my good camera. Right now I just feel like I'm fat... it's probably all the food im eating.. nom nom nom

It's alive!

I had a doctors appointment today. Just my regular monthly checkup. They were going to do the normal stuff and listen to the heartbeat with the Doppler. They tried to hear the heartbeat but all the could find was mine. I was laying on the table having a mini panic attack because they couldn't find the heartbeat. The doctor finally gave up and took us to the sonogram room where she did a sonogram. Not only is the baby still alive but its moving around! I can't feel it move yet but Jason and I saw it move twice. So exciting!

A new addition to the baby room

Well we don't have it yet, but my wonderful mother and her awesome boyfriend are giving us the crib that they had in their house.



It is in GREAT shape... it doesn't look like it has been used much at all. It will go great with the rest of the room, which I am not sure how it will look yet, but I know it will go great. It makes me want to decorate and stuff, but there is still so much time.

I have been doing great. No morning sickness really, just random moments that I haven't felt great but very few and far between. I am VERY tired though (It's about my bed time right now actually). I still only want to eat sweets. I thought I would beat my cravings by packing a salad for lunch that had strawberries, mandarin oranges, apples, and walnuts, with a raspberry vinaigrette, but I got sick of that after a week and a half. All the foods I normally love are not appetizing to me. I don't even want to see them, let alone eat them, but give me a hamburger, or chicken nuggets and I am all over that... I very rarely eat that crap.. but now it's all I want.  I don't know what to eat anymore. Hopefully I won't be 500 pounds at the end of this journey.

Anyway, like I said... time for bed.