17 weeks

17 weeks have come and gone! It is CRAZY to think how quickly each week has gone by! Bring it on month 5! I am really enjoying my pregnancy so far! I love my growing belly and it is looking more and more like I am actually prego, not like I can't put down the fork. I am REALLY looking forward to getting out of my regular pants and into some comfy maternity pants. It is still that awkward stage that I need to use a rubber band to keep my pants on, but maternity pants just kinda look silly. I have found some great deals online from Gilt and Zulily, so I feel like I have a pretty good start to my attempt to not look like a big mess through this pregnancy. ( New favorite: More of Me Maternity)

I am very excited about tomorrow... I am meeting with a personal trainer to teach me some baby mama work out skills! I have really tried to stick with my routine of going to the gym 3-4 times a week, but right when I found out I was pregnant I stopped going to all the fun classes I was use to and just started the boring elliptical and treadmill...blah! I am thrilled to find new things for me to do that I know are safe while pregnant and maybe will give me a little more energy and less flabby arms!

Oh, I forgot... We went to the doc on Wednesday and heard the heartbeat. It sounded like a big wind tunnel! She said everything is going great and we were able to schedule our next appointment to find out if baby is a boy or girl! November 21! The next three weeks better fly by, cause I am ready to get moving on baby's room. I feel like I can't even wrap my head around what I want to do until I find out. Also, we haven't even thought of names yet, Jeff really wanted to wait until we found out to eliminate 1/2 the stress of name picking (although I have my names already going).




17 weeks



Favorites

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Midnight pajamas by Carol Hochman

most comfortable pajamas ever! I only can afford them when I find them at T.J's or Marshalls, and they are definitly worth it!

                                                        

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                                              Annie's Organic Mac and cheese
                                      ...delicious and covers my cheese cravings!

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                                                         More Of Me Maternity
       I found this brand on Guit and fell in love! Their dresses are cuter than all of my regular clothes!

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                                                       Bubble bath with lavender

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   100% cocoa butter- Even though my doctor says there is really no way to prevent stretch marks, why not try?

16 weeks

  

Our baby's the size of an avocado!

Now, It's about 4.6 inches long and weighs about 3.5 ounces, and big enough that the doctor may be able to hear the heartbeat. 

Tomorrow we go to the doctor for our regular monthly check up. We should be able to hear the heartbeat and schedule our next appointment to find out if baby is a boy or girl!!

16 weeks

15 weeks

  

Our baby's the size of a navel orange!

The average fetus at 15 weeks weighs 2.5 ounces and measures 4 inches -- and its proportions are becoming even more normal, since his legs now outmeasure his arms.

I know I'm a little late, Friday I will be at 16 weeks, but I love seeing how big it gets each week!

I miss...

I feel like these last couple of weeks have gone by so quickly! I am almost at 16 weeks and I have my next doctors appointment next Wednesday. We will get to hear the heartbeat, she said the rest will be boring and quick but we are really looking forward to hearing baby!

I receive tons of different emails from websites that inform me on what is happening to myself and baby. I just learned that our little one is starting to hear and they say it can start to recognize our voices, although I still feel silly if I started talking to my growing belly!

I realized I needed to make a post when I was sitting downstairs with Jeff and he was enjoying a nice cold Octoberfest beer while watching game 1. That is when I started thinking of the little things I have changed, mostly in the foods I am eating, these are some things I really am starting to miss.

Things I miss... already

-sushi
-egg salad
-smoked salmon
-bleu cheese, brie
-medium rare steak
-happy hour after a long day at work

Lubbock weekend

                                                                    14 week belly

Last week was very busy and went by so quickly. Jeff finally returned from his 11 day Chicago business trip, I had two professional development days at work, two days with the kiddos and then we took off to Lubbock on Thursday night to visit Jeff's family.

Lubbock was a blast as always! We spent lots of time catching up with Jeff's parents and sister! We saw Jenny's new house, ate Abuelos and spent all day Saturday tailgating and went to the Tech game! It was a great weekend!

                                                          Me and Jeff at the tailgate

                                                                      Tech vs. k state

                                                                    view driving home

14 weeks

                                                                

 

My baby's the size of a lemon!

At 3.4 inches and 1.5 ounces, It has almost doubled in weight since last week and keeps on growing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'm STARVING

I am hungry ALL the time! I feel like even after I eat I am still hungry! I'm sure I am also just enjoying the fact that people are always telling me " it's okay because I'm pregnant". Because I am eating all day long I really am trying to eat somewhat healthy food, plus I'm not a huge fast food eater (except Chick-fil-a, which happens to be right down the road). I try to go to the grocery when I am not hungry and I am really trying to eat a lot of fruits and veggies! Yesterday while I was at work and about to begin my day of eating, I thought I would make a list of everything I was eating just so I could actually see what and how much I was consuming.... Here is my list so far...

7:30am- Odwalla Superfood smoothie
8:00am- 1/2 grapefruit w/ splenda, strawberry yogurt
10:30am (my school lunch time)- mini choc chip Cliff bar, cut up fruit mix of strawberries, kiwi and grapes, chocolate covered banana chips
1:00pm- handful (or two) of some food reinforcers in my classroom- pirates booty puffed corn and veggie chips- It definitely pays to be a sped teacher and have food around me all day!
4:00pm- cut up cucumbers and hummus, string cheese
6:30pm- Pizza with good friends ( I'm definitely not eating healthy all day, I feel 1/2 the day is plenty)
8:00pm- Frozen lemonade popsicle

And A LOT of water ALL day! I'm so sick of water!

It is truly amazing when I really have my mind set on something that all my smart eating habits mean nothing to me and all I want to think about is how quickly I can get what I want to eat! At the very beginning I remember thinking that cravings were all in your head and that was just excuses people used to indulge on things we normally wouldn't allow ourselves to eat. I now take all that back! I am so lucky that I am locked inside a school running around with kids all day that I am not able to leave and get food. So what I bring is what I get that day (there is no way I'm going near the cafeteria). But when I leave and I feel like all I want is a grilled cheese sandwich with munster, provolone and well any other cheese in sight, that is ALL I can think about! I would have to say that my go to snack so far would probably be hummus and veggies or pita bread!
Looking at all the food and thinking about the day to come... I think baby wants me to go on a walk!

Favorites

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                                           Random Marshalls purchase- BEST lollipops EVER!

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I am a huge GILT groupe fan, and now I have found zulily which is pretty much the same thing at gilt, where you can buy designer clothes at discounted prices, but zulily has everything from home to maternity to kids!

                                    

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                            Rubber band- It has kept me going in my regular jeans for the time being


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                                                                 New polish colors


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San pellegrino- orange soda water

Belly

The progress of my growing belly!

                                                                       7 weeks

                                                                                                                  12 weeks

                                                                    13 weeks

5 things to continue...

Tonight I had dinner with my sister. This is something that is a very common thing for me and something I truly enjoy doing. As I was driving home I started to think about all the things that I really enjoy to do and that make me really happy. I know some things are simple and may not seem like a big deal but I wanted to start a list of things that I love to do and allow myself time to continue them ( in moderation) when the baby arrives. Now I understand that anyone that is a mother is probably cracking up and thinking this is super silly because believe me I fully understand that EVERYTHING is going to change, but I also think it is going to be so important for me to still have things that keep me, me! So here is the beginning of the list of things I love and hope to continue.

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Take my dog for a walk

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paint my nails (even though I pick it off everyday)

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have lunch with my sister

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keep up with our regular tv shows, maybe cut back on a few (dvr of course)

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grocery shopping by myself

13 weeks

My baby's the size of a peach!

It's about 2.9 inches long and weighs about .81 ounces, and -- proportion-wise -- the head's now about 1/3 the size of the body.

 

Busy Sunday

I feel like I accomplished a lot today....

I woke up at 6 am to drive Jeff to the airport, and I have most of my energy in the morning so I knew if I wanted to get anything accomplished I needed to get moving!  I started by going to the gym, I feel like I need to move a little for how much I have been eating! I then realized I needed to finish my Halloween decorating...

                                                         

Sparkle orange and brown candles

 


Halloween door hanger

 


Fairytale pumpkins

( I still need to get one more tiny one for baby)

 I feel like for the first time I actually waited until October to put out my Halloween stuff, normally I am that crazy lady who has pumpkins out at the end of Sep! I still need to buy Stewart his Halloween costume... not sure what yet, because it is pretty hard to top his turtle and squirrel costumes from the past couple of years!

I am looking forward to this week, I am in my 13th week so I guess this is the last week of my first trimester? I get so confused keeping up with all the weeks. Before I was pregnant I never understood why people didn't just say how far they were in months, it seemed so much easier. So if you feel like I did then I guess I am starting my 4th month! WOW that is crazy, it is going by so quick! I know there is so much to do before bringing a baby home, I just really don't know what all that is yet. Thank goodness one of my best friends has a 2 year old and has so graciously offered to help me with all these stressful questions!

Belly Warning

I just want to put a friendly warning out that I will soon start posting my lovely growing belly! I will try to give plenty of warning.. and don't worry, there will be no bare belly ( that even creeps me out a little, so I know for sure yall don't want to see)

Fall and Facebook

I finally posted our pregnancy on Facebook! I know it's silly, but it was for some reason a little stressful knowing I had not said anything on Facebook. It is really sad that a social networking site can have that much impact, but once it's on Facebook, it is out there for EVERYONE! :)
Today was also pretty special for me and Jeff because this day 6 years ago, we met at a water ski tournament. It is crazy that it has already been 6 years! If you would have asked either of us then, we would have never dreamed to have been as lucky as we have, let alone even be dating a week later... haha. I guess it was all meant to be!!

This is the first day that it has actually felt like fall to me! Even though it is still 95 degrees, something about the first day of October is always makes me happy! If you know me well, you know I LOVE Halloween, so I am looking forward to finishing my fall decorations!!!! Also, I am still able to enjoy my favorite fall beverage (decaf) pumpkin spice late!