McKynlee Ann

We think she has my nose :)

20 Weeks-Halfway there!

Pregnancy Highlights

How far along: 20 weeks, 2 days.

Total weight loss/gain: About the same, I think. We'll find out at the appointment on monday.

Maternity Clothes: None yet!! My pants are slowly becoming more uncomfortable, especially after I eat. So far, I am by far most comfortable in basketball shorts. I live in them on my days off.

Best moment this week: it actually happened about an hour ago! I was sitting here on the computer, gathering photos for inspiration for the baby shower to send to my decorator. My arm was lying across my stomach....and I felt a soft kick. I thought it might be gas, so I poked around a bit, and she kept kicking back! :D

Gender: Girl

Movement: She's VERY active at night. I feel her move a lot when I lie on my left side, kind of on my stomach. It tickles!

Food craving: Jamba Juice Chocolate Moo'd. I HAD TO HAVE ONE!! and it was SOOO good! :D

What I miss: cooler weather. I am SO hot all the time. doesn't help that we hit 100 degrees today.

Sleep: I sleep an average of 10-13 hours a night. And even then, I'm ready for a nap halfway through the day.

What I am looking forward to: my baby belly finally popping.

Belly Button: Still very much in

Symptoms: Sleepy all the time. small baby bump....I look more bloated than anything.

Week 19

Pregnancy Highlights

How Far Along: 19 weeks

Total Weight Loss/Gain: I've gained back about 5 pounds. Doctors cautioned me to be very aware of what I eat and drink. They'd like me to keep it as low as possible. The past few weeks though, I've felt pretty icky, so I've been eating whatever I can just to feed me and baby :)

Maternity Clothes: None yet!!! Got a very small baby bump

Best Moment this Week: Our Ultrasound. We have to go back on April 4th for another one, because baby wouldn't stay still long enough for the tech to get a good picture of the heart and stomach. What they did see though, everything looks fine. :)

Gender: ITS A GIRL!!! We're SOO excited!! We can't wait to meet McKynlee Ann in August!! :D

Movement: Same as last week. If I apply counter pressure to my stomach, I can feel her kicking and rolling. She's VERY active!

Food Craving: None, really. Still want cantaloupe. Its still not in season. Dang you, cantaloupe. :p

What I Miss: same as last week. Just energy.

Sleep: I could probably sleep all day, if I was allowed to. I napped twice today. I adore my sleep.

What I am looking forward to: finally having a baby belly. So far, its pretty non-existant. I swear, if I didn't have ultrasound pictures to prove a baby was in there, nobody would believe me. :p

Belly Button: Still very much in.

Symptoms: Still pretty nauseated in the morning. I take at least one Zofran a day. Heartburn is taking over my life lol. Very tired all the time. I have some sciatic nerve pain. Its usually how I can tell if she's moving or not. She shifts and sits on that nerve, and its just....painful.

Week 18

Pregnancy Highlights

How far along: 18 weeks, 3 days

Total weight loss/gain: 20 pounds lost, that I know of.

Maternity Clothes: none yet! my pre-maternity clothes are too big for me now!

Best Moment this week: feeling butterfly flutters when Clint was listening to my tummy. He does this daily, but this week, I started feeling movement when he was applying pressure to my belly. :)

Gender: Ultrasound is scheduled for 8:50 am on Monday morning! :D

Movement: see "best moment"

Food craving: nothing really. I haven't had much of an appetite at all. I tend to force myself to eat.

What I miss: energy. not feeling nauseated all the time. sleeping through the night without getting up to visit the bathroom. :p

Sleep: as long as I've got my maternity pillow, I'm fairly comfortable. I've had some sciatic nerve pain, and that sometimes makes getting comfortable for sleep a little difficult.

What I am looking forward to: finding out if its a boy or girl! can't wait to start buying gender specific items, planning the nursery, etc. :)

Belly Button: Still very much in!

Symptoms: fatigue, nausea, back pain, "chest" pain (if you catch my drift LOL), some "cramping" sensations. These are caused by my ligaments becoming more elastic as the baby grows (according to my book :p)

Oh hai there....

SOO this is my first post of 2011. Fail, huh? First thing I notice is that my background is non-existant. I vaguely recall getting notification that they'd be changing things around, and so my background would probably be erased. BUT, I forgot. First order of business was to update that so I have a pretty background again. :)

We have been up to absolutely nothing. Work, work, and more work. Our lives are thrilling. Truly, that's all we have done. I'd be lying if I said we did anything else.

Baby is growing strong. Heartbeat has been at a steady 150 bpm. With the exception of a couple weeks ago, when it was down to 136. I had the stomach flu, I think poor baby was stressed. But, it was still in the normal range, so doctor wasn't concerned. I sat around the house for a week to get rehydrated and get over the nasty flu. Then I got a double ear infection. Oh, dear sweet baby of mine....you're killing Mommy's immune system . You're going to be immune to every antibiotic known to mankind when you're older. But, we love you more than anything. :) We get to find out if the baby is BOY or GIRL on March 21st. That's in TWO WEEKS! We're SOOO excited!!! We have no preferance one way or another. We want baby to be healthy. :)

That's about it, for now. Nap time is quickly approaching. I get SOOO tired nowadays.

That time we found out we were Pregnant :)

So, it has been a LONG time since I last posted. Fail. I know. Its been a super busy few months. And I can't even remember everything that has happened. However, as you may have guesses from the title, we're having a baby! :D The story about how we found out....Its a funny one. Or, I think so, anyway.

On December 22nd, I was due to have my tonsils taken out. They've caused me a lot of issues with strep throat and such. So my doctor wanted them out. For a couple weeks leading up to the surgery, I'd felt sick. I chalked it up to nerves over the surgery. Clint pestered me to take a test, but I insisted that wasn't the reason. I was tired, all that jazz. Chalked it up to working too hard before the holidays. SO there I was, in pre-op, on the 22nd. I've been IV'd, gowned, and I'm ready to go into the OR. They had taken a urine sample, and they always test for pregnancy in women, as a safety precaution. The nurse came running in, with a grin that went from ear to ear. She says "I think we gave you an IV a little too early", and puts a little piece of plastic in my face. It has two lines on it. She says, "honey, its positive." My mouth just dropped, and I burst into tears. I kept asking "are you serious?? seriously???" I was crying so hard, that she asked "is this a happy thing??" Absolutely, it is!! I was just in such shock. Clint and I have never protected ourselves against pregnancy, and we were beginning to think we couldn't have children. It was becoming discouraging. Clint immediately called his mom, who didn't believe us. Clint's such a joker, so I can see why she was doubtful! Needless to say, surgery was cancelled. I can't be put under, its too dangerous for baby. We went to wal-mart, bought pregnancy tests, and took them. All 3 also came back positive. We were in total shock. We still kind of are. But we are so, so excited!!!! We cannot WAIT!

On the 23rd, we went to the doctor. They tested again, and confirmed that we are, indeed, pregnant. They did a full exam, asked some questions, and gave us a due date of August 1st. Which means I am just entering my 3rd month of pregnancy. We have an ultrasound on January 3rd. We'll get to hear a heartbeat. See how big the baby is. We cannot wait. We are beyond excited to be parents. My parents are SO excited to be grandparents. My grandparents are so excited to be great-grandparents. Basically, everyone is just super excited. :D

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