18 weeks

I feel bigger than last week. I can feel the baby kick all the time now. it feels so wierd but cool at the same time. It is definatly addicting and I don't want it to stop. It is such a magical feeling to know that you have a little one growing inside of you. I can still fit into one pair of non-maturnity jeans which I am wearing in the picture. I wear them as much as possible. I can rap a rubberband around another pair to keep them up. My mom and sister are making me bella band, which is streachy and it goes over your pants and under your shirt, so that I can wear my pants longer and the bella band will keep it up. I'm excited about that. I have my next doctors appointment a week from tuesday. They will have me then schedule the ultrasound and I will be able to find out what it is. I have had a really hard time waiting for my ultrasound. I am excited and nervous at the same time. I still have no clue what it is. I am carring high but that doesn't mean anything cause every person carries different and it doesn't mean that if it is high it is a girl, and low is a boy. Well anyway, my body had been changing. I feel sexier and have more confidence in myself now that I am showing more and people can tell that I'm not just fat. Hehe. Well that is about it. You all have a great day!

Baby bump Picture

18 weeks baby bump.

17 weeks update

I am 17 weeks. Wow the time has passed so fast. My goal is to put up pictures tonight or tomorrow. I am definatly growing. The baby bump gets harder all the time. Its really cool to see it grow. I'm trying to put coco butter on everynight. Its difficult to remember. I just need to gett in the habbit. Its so awesome cause now it feels real that I am pregnant cause I can actually see it growing. I have still been really tired and have a lot on my plate. I gain an inch a week around my waist. Right now I am 43 in around and I started out at 39. I have only gained 2 and a half pounds since I weighed myself last. I love it when Ben kisses and talks to the baby. My abs still hurt all the time. Its hard to get comfortable in chairs. I start to cramp up and my back hurts. The baby is kicking alot and it feels stronger everyday. It feels like someone is poking me. I smile everytime I feel it cause I know that it is doing well and growing. Only 3 weeks till we will know what we are having and be able to call it by name, only in private, since we aren't telling anyone the name. It will be hard to keep that secret but I think it will be a good surprise. I'll hopefully be able to put pictures up soon.

17 weeks

I have noticed a big difference in how I am carrying the baby. At first I was carring low and now it is way high. I will put pictures up next week. I am still not sure what it is but I feel that I am getting bigger and bigger everyday. Its nice to finally see the progress of the babies growth. I have 3 more weeks till I have my next doctors appointment on March 10th. I'll be able to schedule my ultrasound and then find out what we are having. Both Ben and I are anxious to find out. Other than the position of my belly, nothing has changed much.

Update

I had a doctors appointment yesterday. I went with my sister and it was a really good bonding time. I got to see my handsome nephew too. Well I am going to get blood tested for down syndrome and something else. I know my sister told me but I don't really remember. My blood pressure was good, we heard the heartbeat, and the doctor said that the growth of the baby is good and where it should be. I have been feeling the baby move every once in a while. Its different cause it feels like someone is poking you from the inside. I also can feel my uterus growing and stretching. It feels like I have been working on my abs for hours cause it is so sore. I have also been experiencing bloody noses every morning for almost 2 weeks. Its kinda annoying but very normal. I decided that a humidifier might be just what we need. I am just very thankful that this baby is doing well. I was also told by the doctor that he likes to do the ultrasounds at about 18-20 weeks that way you can for sure know what the sex is. It still may look like a girl before 18 weeks and change to be a boy later. So I will have my next appointment on March 10th and I will be 19 weeks. So then I will be able to schedule the ultrasound hopefully soon after that. It will be exciting. I ask for prayer in that God will give me what I need to get through everyday. That I wont take for granted what I have already been blessed with. Thank you and my plan is to put up another picture soon. I can tell that I am getting bigger but it may not be a huge difference.

11 weeks sonagraph

Baby at about 11 weeks.

Baby bump Picture

Sorry that it is sideways. It is my baby bump at 14 weeks.

Picture trouble

I am trying to get pictures up but for some reason it isn't letting me. I will get them up as soon as possible.

Our story

I have never really had a blog before. Its kinda cool to write all of your feelings down. My husband and I just found out... well I guess we have known for 11 weeks, that we are expecting our first child. We will find out what it is in about 5 weeks which is so cool! Well I guess I can tell you my husband and my story. I met Ben 6 years ago at The hights community center. We started dating a couple months later. We dated for 3 years before he asked me to marry him in late June. My mom, sisters, and I worked very hard for a month and Ben and I got married on July 29th, 2006. We were married and I'm not saying that it wasn't hard but these last three years have been amazing. I have gotten to know an amazing guy. He has stood by my side through thick and thin. I am amazed at how God worked in giving me this guy that I can say is my other half. He completes me.

Anyway, We found out on November 22, 2008. I knew before then but that is when we took the test. It was so awesome to see that we were finally getting our dream of starting our family. the funny thing is that it only took a month. We got health insurance on November 1st and started trying right away thinking that it would take a couple of months. We were pregnant on the 4th of November, although we didn't know it at the time.

My body has changed so much. I am starting to show which is so cool. About a week ago I started feeling the baby inside me. It feels like butterflies are in my stomach. It is so cool to already have bonded with this little one inside me.

So today I am 14 weeks and 1 day. I am in my second trimester and I need to start on the room. Right now we have done nothing except buy a rocking chair. Ben's dad has a girlfriend and that girlfriends daughter is going to give us a crib and everything so we don't even have to buy it except for a new mattress.

Well anyway that is about it.