I’m Excited –

…about this book!

This adorable pattern book has all the patterns you need to make the full crib set, a diaper bag, bibs, changing table top and a TON of other cute baby stuff!! When I first saw this book I just knew I would have to make our little one’s bedroom set accessories!! It will mean so much more and I KNOW i’ll have a blast doing it. The next fun step is picking out the material!!

Not only will this book be inspiration for Baby Cakes room, but also for adorable little gifts! Which I plan on having time to do when Baby Cakes is born and I am able to stay home. I’ll have more time to make things and I’m just dying to get there!!

In other news, we got home from a wonderful relaxing vacation in Cali and I must say that the trip home was so much easier than the trip out! I think I got a routine figured out that allows me to be functional and not just have to put up with the sickness.  Which makes me very happy. Considering we will be leaving again on Monday for a two week trip to Lousiana for our work.

Our next Dr appt will be when we get back. Dec 15th will be just over 8 weeks along and the Dr wanted to see us again that soon because she wants to keep us on the ’4wk’ cycle. Normally you aren’t seen at all until the 8th or 9th week, unless you’ve had complications, but we weren’t quite as far along as we originally thought.

As I get projects done for Baby Cakes room, I’ll post!!

Note To Self:

Traveling in the first trimester is not a good idea!

Especially if you JUST started throwing up everything the day before…

This happened to me yesterday {if you couldn’t tell}. We were leaving for CA to visit family and our flight left home @ 6:15, this ment we had to be up about 3:30 AM!! So I did the normal routine of sitting up slowly and eating a few crackers and sipped a little water. I also switched to taking my prenatal vitamins at night in hopes of keeping them down! I felt a little nausea but ok for the most part.

I got up and got ready and decided that since I didn’t know what the airport would be like and when I might get to snack again, I tried to sip a little orange juice for some substance and a little sugar. I proceeded to finish getting us ready to head out the door…

It hit me just as we were leaving… and I lost everything! But I felt much better. So we took off to the airport and got checked in, meanwhile my tummy is growling at me, loud! We take the little concourse train to our terminal and I make a bee line for the nearest bathroom. Apperantly I didn’t get it all at home… so I got it all there at the airport bathroom.

Still feeling shaky, we got to our gate and sat down. The McDonalds was open so Brandon went and got me some Sprite to sip on and hopefully help sooth my stomach. It was, except everyone around me we eating breakfast food and the smells where WAY too much for me…

Once we got on the airplane, I looked to see where the nearest bathroom was, luckely we were very near by! I just concentrated on breathing and staying calm and sipping my Sprite. Half way through the flight I headed to the bathroom to see if I could throw up again, since I always feel so much better afterwards! Of course I couldn’t but standing up felt good and the bathroom actally smelled like a really fresh clean which for some reason helped me  feel better too. So I wasn’t able to get myself to throw up so I went back to my seat.

Brandon had ordered a drink and it was gone, but the ice looked appealing so I started sucking on it and that helped a bit. We landed and we had a lay over of over an hour for our next and final flight in. We had to walk to a whole other terminal and and one point passed a couple of resturants. The smells didn’t do anything, because I had my nose plugged, but I made the mistake of looking at the Krispy Kreme sign and completely lost it… I looked for the closest trash can and used it. Luckily there was a pillar  on my right side and Brandon blocked my left side. But I DID feel better after wards!!

Eventually I was able to eat a cracker and continued one every 5 min or so, very slowly. And Brandon had gotten me a water that had electrolytes in it, so that helped. We finally made it in to San Diego and it wasn’t til we got off again that I started feeling just a little nausea. I belive it’s cause my body was so week since I hardly had any calories in me.

My dad and his wife, Cheri, took us to Seaport villages in San Diego and we walked around a little bit. I was able to sip on a fruit smoothy and get a little substance in me.

I also briefly talked to Cheri’s cousin, who is an OB, and she suggested a few things that have already helped me so far this morning! For one she said to stop taking the prenatal vitamins as they may be the cause of my throwing up. She said right now in the pregnancy I really only need Folic Acid which aids the baby’s brain and heart developing. And to start taking the prenatal again when the nasea subsides. Also, she suggested taking Unisom, just half a tablet and that will help with the nausea {so far it has} and then if that doesn’t work she wrote me a perscription for something that should help also. All of these things are proven to be safe for the baby and many women use them through their pregnancy.

She also said it may be that I live on cold slushies and smoothies for a while as those seem to help sooth the  stomach a bit.

Like I said, so far this morning I have been feeling much better, so she must know what she is talking about!

Another exciting thing is she said we could come in on Wed and she would do an ultrasound for my Dad {Cheri has to work} so he can see little Baby Cakes!! How sweet is that!

I am just excited that I will be able to eat Turkey day dinner! Atleast some of it 

Baby Cakes 1st Dr’s Appointment!

Dr Etten is who we saw for our first pre-natal appt yesterday and so far we really like her. After I checked in I had to give a urine sample and I will do that at every visit I have there after. I guess it’s to check protien and sugar levels. When the nurse called us back {Brandon come with me, of course  } she weighed me and then took us to a room where she asked me questions about the symptoms I’ve had so far. She also took my blood pressure and talked a little bit about what the Dr was going to do.

When Dr. Etten came in and introduced herself she was very bubbly and seemed excited which was nice because I know she obviously sees a lot of little mommies every single day. And being that it’s our first, I appreciated that she didn’t come in and act like we were just another pregnant couple. She first did a couple exams. And once the ultrasound machine was available the nurse brought it in.

It was so exciting, we were able to see my uterus and then the little bean that is housing our little baby cakes!! In fact baby cakes is SO little we found we are actually not as far along as we thought. According to when my last period started I should be about 7 weeks, but in fact I am about 6 weeks and 2 days today. Which was a little disappointing and normally they don’t even see you until your about 8-9 wks along, but she said it was fine and that she will see us again in 8 wks just get us on and keep us on the every 4week appointment cycle.

The most exciting part about the whole visit was that we got to SEE the heartbeat!! There was this little flashing on the screen and that was baby cakes little heartbeat!! It was so amazing and I even got choked up when we saw it, I don’t know how I will be when we actually HEAR it and see little fingers and toes : D ! What an exciting day that will be!! {And they want to argue that the baby isn’t really a baby yet?!}

So here is little Baby Cakes at 6 weeks… look close or you might miss him! {The little white dot inside the dark one in the middle, that is the sack holding Baby Cakes! The bigger white circle is my uterus.}

So this means that our due date is now set for July 16th.

Baby, It’s Cold Outside! – Err

not…

Is it really one week til Thanksgiving?! Cause by the 70 degree weather we have had so far this week would lead me to believe that it’s actually 4 months til Christmas instead of less than 2!!!

Of course the nice weather is tolerable…. but it’s getting a little difficult to snap out of denile that we only have 36 days til Christmas! So… I thought changing the blog background might encourage the holiday spirit along 

Baby Cakes update:

We have our first appointment in 2 days!! I am getting so excited I can hardly wait!! I will do my best to updat- WHO AM I KIDDING! Of course I’ll post and update on how it goes and what we learn! {I’m personally hoping for some pregnancy sickness tips on how to help deal with it :s }

Then on Sunday we are on our way to Cali to visit my dad and family for annual Turkey day {: D} and we are so excited for a little vacation! We will be out there for a week and i’m looking forward to seeing one of my younger brothers {unfortunately, the other one can’t make it cause he’s up in Northern Cali studing for school  } and we might even get to see one of Brandon’s brothers, if he’s able to come down a couple days {he lives in San Fran}!! So needless to say, we are excited about the upcoming events on our calender.

On another note…

Well Brandon and I are going to wait and be surprised on the gender of the baby when it’s born. Brandon really wanted to do it this way and I could go either way but gave in cause, lets be honest, I knew that if I knew… I would slip! And that would be really disappointing to Brandon. So even though it’s difficult to forgoe the preplanning of gender specific appearal and room decor, we are going to hold out… AND I CAN’T WAIT!

But I should also add that I have this weird feeling, and it’s happened several times to me, that it’s a girl. I don’t know why, but I’ve even had a dream about it. I can truely honestly say that I am perfectly fine with it being a boy or a girl! I am so thrilled to be having a baby that it doesn’t matter to me any more.

As much as Brandon has said he wants 6 boys for his hockey team… he even said he thinks it’s going to be a girl! And he doesn’t know why either… it’s strange.

But let me just say that I am excited to be suprised and whether it’s just a feeling or a true inkling, it doesn’t matter. I just can’t wait to meet Baby Cakes!!

We do have two boys names picked out that we BOTH love and just one girls name that we BOTH love. So if it’s a girl, that will be her name. And if it’s a boy then of the two names we have both agreed on, when Brandon sees the baby for the first time, he will choose which he is : D

We will just have to see… for now it’s Baby Cakes.

Symptoms So Far…

The nausea started a little bit last week. Off and on I would feel it but I could still eat and function. This morning, it was a different story. I felt like I was going to gag at every thought of food or eating. I managed to get to work and by the time I sat down at my desk I felt like I could vomit at any second! My wonderful husband is understanding and was able to drive me back home (the wonders of working together) and then go back to work.

I was able to keep down liquids and saltine crackers as well as a little tiny bit of chicken noodle soup. Other than that, the nausea just comes in waves. One minute I think I’m doing so much better and the next I’m holding my mouth shut and concentrating on keeping it down…

Despite the discomfort of feeling like vomiting all day, I have to say, I’m SO EXCITED to be feeling PREGNANT!!

What can I say, this is exciting!!!

Week 6 And Counting!

Just thought I would share an update on how ‘we’ are feeling since we are about 1/2 way through our first trimester!!

I’ve been taking a prenatal vitamin that I bought over the counter. It’s a honkin thing! I’m just taking that for now since I won’t see the Dr. for another week. At my appointment I plan on asking what I should be taking or if I need to be on a prescription vitamin. If the dr. doesn’t have a specific recommendation I might look into some supplements that a friend I work with sells. I’m just so leary about vitamins, I mean I know I should be taking them and I am for now, I just always wonder how much they are used and how much I actually pee out.

Speaking of peeing…

As far as symptoms go, waking up to go pee at least once in the night has been pretty routine now and was present even before we even tested. That was one of the reasons I thought I might be. It’s pretty annoying too! I have a hard time getting comfy as it is and when I wake up… have to get out of bed {and it’s usually cold!}… go pee… and then come back to bed a get re-comfy only to have the alarm go off seconds later {at least it feels that way!!}. Not really, it’s usually a couple hours before I have to get up for work but once my sleep cycle is interrupted it’s hard to feel like I had a good nights sleep. I guess this is just prep for when Baby Cakes gets here!!

The other symptoms I’ve had is light nausea, but no vomiting yet {whew!}. Still feel like a bottomless pit!! I think Brandon is worried I’m going to gain about 200 lbs before this baby comes, he always gives me funny looks when I say I’m hungry after I ate at least an hour ago. He finally realized that I really am hungry when not 20min after we ate dinner he could here my tummy growl… from across the kitchen! His eyes got so big  The other symptom I’ve had and didn’t realize it was one common in first trimester is dizziness. I’ll be sitting at my desk at work and all of a sudden feel like the room is spinning! At first I thought something was wrong, but I was reading my book this morning and it listed it as an early symptom. I’m just glad it’s normal cause I was getting worried!

So it’s been about 2 weeks since we’ve known we are pregnant and I still have the 2 pregnancy tests I took sitting my by bed side. I think I like them there because when I see them I can remind myself… YES! You really have pregnant!! It’s probably gross to hang on to them, but they have caps on them!!

Brandon is so helpful though. He loves to read with me about what’s going on with my body and trys to help and encourage me in anyway. Luckiley there hasn’t been too much icky stuff for him to have to deal with … yet! Another thing I think is so cute is that he is always asking questions to the guys that he works with {his shop is pretty close and they are a bunch of really good guys} who have been through pregnancies from the guys point of view. And then he tells me what they tell him and it’s so funny to hear their take on it all!!

A Little Praise Is Needed!

So PRAISE THE LORD!!

Have I mentioned how much I believe God is good?! He continues to pour out His love and grace on us and I am just so thankful!

Today Brandon was talking to a guy he works with, they were both in today working on the holiday for some fly bys, and this guy offers a crib, a night stand and dresser/changing table to us for about $200!! He said it’s oak and in really good shape and the crib is the kind that folds down into a toddler bed!! I couldn’t believe it when he first told me. But after he assured me that it was the truth, I think I almost started crying I was so excited!!

Now I’m super motived to gut and paint the nursery so we can get the new furniture in there and start decorating!! Although none of that will probably happen until after the holidays, but hopefully we can get a good start on it before I get too big!

Tomorrow I am going to try to stop by the Play it again Sports store by our house cause a friend of mine said they had a jogging stroller that was used but looked brand new for about $70 bucks!! I would love to get one of those cause I plan on taking MANY walks and just being outside once Baby cakes gets here!!

Just thought I would share the excitement 

3,000…

Diapers. Thats how many we will use in a year, at least according to the Babys ‘R’ Us associate who helped us set up a registery yesterday. {Do the math, that’s 8 diapers a day?!?! Sound right mommys??}

We had a blast doing our registery yesterday! We went down mostly because we were curious about all the things we were going to need for a baby and who can turn down ‘shopping’ with out spending money!! Brandon did the ‘Dad’ thing and looked at strollers and car seats for safety features and durability while I did the cute thing and picked out a few cute apparel type things and other ‘cute stuff’ like bedding decorating stuff.

We didn’t go too crazy cause we know it’s pretty earlier, but it was fun and we enjoyed every minute of it.

Still no syptoms besides being a bottomless pit. I suppose in a couple weeks I will most likely be wishing I was back at this stage… with out the nausea! We’ll see….

Week 5, Day 1

It’s slowly sinking in that we are expecting and I think right now the exitement is higher than the nervousness because I just want to get a little furthur along already! The nervousness is sure to catch up the closer we get to due date!

My mind seems to be going about 100 million miles an hour with thoughts and ideas! I want to start on the baby’s room and mostly just want to be further along than we are so I can actually feel pregnant!!

So far my eating has been a drastic change to my daily life. I have been so much more cautious of what I eat or don’t eat. And I’ve been eating the proper portions of all the neccessary food groups.

To keep track I have created a chart using my new book about pregnancy to keep tally each day of what I have eaten so I can see where I am missing the mark when it come to the nutrients I need. From what I have read so far eating is the most important step right now because vital parts of the baby are developing to include the brain and heart!

Besides eating, I’ve been going to be earlier to get a better nights rest which is difficult having to get up and pee in the night… And I am actually motivated to stick to a excersise routine of walking for at least 30 min 4-5 times a week plus in the evenings with Brandon.

POSITIVE

This time from the blood test at the Doc’s office! I got the call this afternoon and it is affermative. Looks like our due date will be on or about July 9th 2009. We will know better when we have our first check up on the 21st.

So far so good… haven’t had any early syptoms yet {knock on wood} and the only thing that seems to be different and I don’t know if it’s related but I am ALWAYS hungry!! I have changed my eating habits quite a bit though. Yes, it’s true I was an addictive junk food eater before and since we have found out I immediately cut out all the junk food {ok not all, I had half a kit-kat yesterday… but you can’t expect me to quite cold turkey?!} but my new baby cakes diet is very strict and super healthy and so far it’s working great! It seems like I am eating so much more but really I’m just eating good stuff! Or good for me stuf

Week 4

I went to the doctor this afternoon to get a confirmation test {mostly so someone could tell me that I’m not just hopefully imagining the positive stick… twice} and Brandon went with me. He is so stinking supportive and excited and just wants to be so involved & I LOVE IT!! {He even picked out a book when we were at B&N for ‘dad’s’ that are expecting and it coaches him through how to react and help comfort me!}

So they made me pee in a cup… that was smaller than a measuring cup… gross.  And it came back ‘weakly positive’. What in the heck does that mean?! And doesn’t the fact that I’ve had three pee tests come back positive… not 1, not 2… BUT THREE mean anything?!! I have heard that false positives are pretty uncommon so I would hope the odds would say that I’m pregnant!!

The doc recommended that I get a blood test done and that would confirm for sure {you know, what we pretty much have confirmed already?!} So I agreed cause there is still some doubt in my mind floating around, especially since I haven’t had any symptoms really. But it’s early still too. The blood test will take about 24hrs so she said she would call when she recieves the results.

For now we are going with a yes, so here is belly pic #1:

As you can see baby cakes is very little! About the size of an apple seed!! But already baby cakes brain and cardio vasular system is forming… the heart will start beating before the end of this week!!

My first appointment with the OB/GYN is on 21 November @ 10:15, they usually don’t see you before you’ve be pregnant between 8-9 weeks.

Meet Baby Cakes!

By now many of you have heard our great and exciting news. And if you thought we have been busy so far… it’s about to get busier!!

Two days ago, in the morning and in the afternoon I took two different home pregnancy tests just to be sure. I haven’t felt any of the early pregnancy symptoms, I’m just 5 days late. It was just two months ago I was still taking bc and Brandon and I decided to together that we wanted to just let things take their course so we agreed to not ‘try’ but we weren’t preventing either.

The first month after, we tested but it was negative. This time it was good news!

We have both admitted to each other that we are a bit nervous and a little scared. WE HAVE NEVER been parents before!! So while it’s extremely exciting it’s also very nerve racking.

We sat down and talked about some things last night and Brandon made a good point that while this new baby in a new world will have to learn everything, so will we as parents and we’ll be learning together! I know that Brandon is worried about being a good dad and he has a difficult time picturing it right now (as do I being a mom!) but I can see so clearly that he will be an amazing daddy! He loves little kids and can have real converstations with them because he relates to them at their level and they look up to him (and not just literally…) Every time I’ve seen him with little ones not only is it evident that they are drawn to his playful nature, but he lights up and seemingly instantly lights up as he goes to play!!

Even though we are both nervous we are so excited and welcome the ups and downs ahead of parenthood! We are both truely confident that this life is from God and He wouldn’t have granted us the privilage of having it as our own with out purpose and I know we are both grateful and humbled by the miracle and blessing we will experience and love. Much like our Father in Heaven loves us, His children!!

PRAISE JESUS!!