Baby boy has been kicking up a STORM the past couple days!! Sheesh. I've been feeling punches and jabs all over the place lately. I keep trying to get Lenny to feel it, but every time I put his hand on my belly, the baby stops moving. Lil stinker! He's doing that on purpose, i just know it! If i knew which end was up and which was down, I would spank his lil bottom!!! ;P
P.S. How come when anybody else kicks you, you get mad and want to punch their face in, but when your baby kicks you, it's the coolest feeling in the whole wide world?
Thursday, December 29, 2011
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Christmas 2011
I'm a couple days late posting this, but I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas! Here is a little recap of our weekend:
On Christmas Eve, we met Keith and my parents at church for the candlelight service, then they came over for dinner and a rousing game of Pictionary by the fireplace. So fun! It was me and Soney against the boys, and unfortunately they kicked our butts. Oh well...we'll get em next time!
Christmas afternoon, we all met out at Dean and Stacey's for Christmas dinner and presents. Paul and Linda joined us as well. It was so nice to celebrate with both families together!
Monday we were both off work and I wasn't feeling all that great, so I slept pretty much all afternoon while Lenny went to go get Bella. Didn't do a whole lot that night other than dinner and a couple games before bath and bedtime.
Tues we woke up and opened the presents we had gotten each other, then the 3 of us (well, 3.5 I guess) headed over to Paul and Linda's to have our traditional Christmas breakfast with them and watch Bellz open her gifts.
It's always nice to be able to spend the time with our families around this time of year. It's funny that the older you get, the less important the gifts are. I enjoy all our time together more than anything. All in all, another great Christmas is in the books!
On Christmas Eve, we met Keith and my parents at church for the candlelight service, then they came over for dinner and a rousing game of Pictionary by the fireplace. So fun! It was me and Soney against the boys, and unfortunately they kicked our butts. Oh well...we'll get em next time!
Christmas afternoon, we all met out at Dean and Stacey's for Christmas dinner and presents. Paul and Linda joined us as well. It was so nice to celebrate with both families together!
Monday we were both off work and I wasn't feeling all that great, so I slept pretty much all afternoon while Lenny went to go get Bella. Didn't do a whole lot that night other than dinner and a couple games before bath and bedtime.
Tues we woke up and opened the presents we had gotten each other, then the 3 of us (well, 3.5 I guess) headed over to Paul and Linda's to have our traditional Christmas breakfast with them and watch Bellz open her gifts.
It's always nice to be able to spend the time with our families around this time of year. It's funny that the older you get, the less important the gifts are. I enjoy all our time together more than anything. All in all, another great Christmas is in the books!
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Gretch: "Oh, the plate looks so cute! Who decorated that, Carson?" Stace: "I DID." hahah. Love ya Stace! :)   Poor Keith has a case of kidney stones and hasn't been feeling well, so he didn't have much to eat that day :(     Family pic - Attempt #1  Family pic - Attempt #2 (Nice Len!!!)  Family pic - Attempt #3. We finally have a winner!  And one with Paul and Linda, too. |
Thursday, December 22, 2011
22 weeks
How your baby's growing:
At 11 inches (the length of a spaghetti squash) and almost 1 pound, your baby is starting to look like a miniature newborn. His lips, eyelids, and eyebrows are becoming more distinct, and he's even developing tiny tooth buds beneath his gums. His eyes have formed, but his irises (the colored part of the eye) still lack pigment. If you could see inside your womb, you'd be able to spot the fine hair (lanugo) that covers his body and the deep wrinkles on his skin, which he'll sport until he adds a padding of fat to fill them in. Inside his belly, his pancreas — essential for the production of some important hormones — is developing steadily.
At 11 inches (the length of a spaghetti squash) and almost 1 pound, your baby is starting to look like a miniature newborn. His lips, eyelids, and eyebrows are becoming more distinct, and he's even developing tiny tooth buds beneath his gums. His eyes have formed, but his irises (the colored part of the eye) still lack pigment. If you could see inside your womb, you'd be able to spot the fine hair (lanugo) that covers his body and the deep wrinkles on his skin, which he'll sport until he adds a padding of fat to fill them in. Inside his belly, his pancreas — essential for the production of some important hormones — is developing steadily.
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
21 weeks
How your baby's growing:
Your baby now weighs about three-quarters of a pound and is approximately 10 1/2 inches long — the length of a carrot. You may soon feel like she's practicing martial arts as her initial fluttering movements turn into full-fledged kicks and nudges. You may also discover a pattern to her activity as you get to know her better. In other developments, your baby's eyebrows and lids are present now, and if you're having a girl, her vagina has begun to form as well. (Guess we don't have to worry about this one)
Your baby now weighs about three-quarters of a pound and is approximately 10 1/2 inches long — the length of a carrot. You may soon feel like she's practicing martial arts as her initial fluttering movements turn into full-fledged kicks and nudges. You may also discover a pattern to her activity as you get to know her better. In other developments, your baby's eyebrows and lids are present now, and if you're having a girl, her vagina has begun to form as well. (Guess we don't have to worry about this one)
Saturday, December 10, 2011
Frogs n snails and puppy dogs' tails...
Well, we had our 20 week ultrasound on Thursday, and it looks like baby U is a BOY!!! Although we would have been thrilled with a lil girl, we were both secretly hoping for a boy on this one, so it worked out perfectly. If all goes as planned, a lil girl will follow a few years down the road. Guess we'll see what God has in store for us. ;)
Everything looked great at the ultrasound. The lil guy was moving all over the place, to the point where the ultrasound tech had to say, "You little stinker! Sit STILL for a minute so I can get your picture!" several times. Ha! She said his brain, heart, and all other major organs looked just as they should at this point in his development.
The doc did say my placenta is sitting kind of close to my cervix right now, but it's nothing to be alarmed about. Apparently it's fine if the placenta is near the cervix, but when it is covering the cervix (a condition known as Placenta Previa), it blocks the baby from getting to the birth canal. In this case there's a higher chance that you may have to have a C section. She said as my uterus grows, the placenta will likely grow with it, so it will be moving further and further away from the cervix as I get bigger and bigger. I guess that's good news.
Have a definite baby bump now. Seems to have really gotten bigger this week!
Here are a couple pics of the lil guy:
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| Profile of the head and belly |
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| Here he is sitting and you are looking at his bottom and legs from underneath. Definitely a boy. LOL! |
Sunday, December 4, 2011
I'm gonna have a birl?!?!
I am beginning week 20 of my pregnancy today, which means we have "the big" ultrasound this week to find out the baby's gender! Therefore, I thought it would be appropriate to cast our votes and make some guesses as to what the baby's sex is going to be. I just spent all morning taking several different gender prediction quizzes, and the results cracked me up. Half of them say I'm having a boy and half of them say I'm having a girl. Ha! Well I would sure hope it's one of those! Lol.
Check this out. Here are the results of one of the quizzes I just took:
Will your baby be a Girl or a Boy?
Q1 - Are you carrying the weight out front or around the hips and bottom?
I went with around the hips and bottom for this one, cuz my belly isn't sticking out too much yet. Plus, unfortunately, I've always had mongo hips. *sigh*
Q2 - Is the hair on your legs growing more quickly or the same as before you got pregnant?
Same as before.
Q3 - Are you carrying your baby high or low?
I'll go with low on this one.
Q4 - Do you sleep in your bed with your pillow to the north or south?
What the #%!^??? What does that have to do with anything? I'm no Magellan, but I think my pillow is more north than south. Gay.
Q5 - Are your feet colder than before pregnancy or the same as before?
Samezies.
Q6 - Do you refuse to eat the heel of a loaf of bread or do you prefer the heel?
Another dumb question. But umm, I always throw that part of the loaf of bread away. So wasteful, I know.
Q7 - Is the dad-to-be gaining weight right along with you or has his weight remained the same?
Lenny has maintained his girlish figure so far.
Q8 - Is your mother's hair grey or another color (natural or dyed)?
Soney's pretty grey. As am I if I haven't hit up the salon in a while. *another sigh*
Q9 - Did you have morning sickness early in your pregnancy?
Nope, not a smidge of morning sickness for this chick. Woo hoo!!!
Q10 - Are you looking particularly good or not so good during your pregnancy?
Ugh, I dunno! I have my days I guess. Some days I feel like a cross between a water buffalo and an elephant, but others I like my cute lil bump. I'll stick with looking good on this one :)
Q11 - During pregnancy, has your chest development been quite dramatic or not too dramatic?
Eh, sad to report it hasn't been too dramatic thus far. The girls have gotten a lil bigger, but nothing major. Still waiting for that pregnancy perk.
Q12 - What was your age at the time of conception?
Big bad 33.
Q13 - Conception took place in the month of ______?
July. TMI??? Deal widdit.
Q14 - Hang a necklace over your belly. Does the chain move in cirles or from side to side?
Tried this and the chain moved from side to side. Oh, and I used my lucky 4 leaf clover necklace for this test, btw. Duh.
Q15 - Is your urine a bright neon yellow color or a dull yellow?
I'd say more of a neon yellow for this one. I attribute that to those wonderful prenatal vitamins.
Q16 - What do you crave more - sweets or salty/sour food?
Definitely sweets on this one. I could eat a cupcake/cookies/candy every day if you let me. And before pregnancy I was always craving the salty snacks. Weird.
Q17 - Has your nose spread during pregnancy or stayed the same?
My hips may be spreading, but my nose has stayed the same. So THERE.
Q18 - Do you crave more meats and cheese or fruit?
Fruit. Definitely.
Q19 - What is your baby's heart rate? Above 140 beats per minute or less than 140?
At my doctor's appointments, the heart rate has always been 150+.
Q20 - How do you feel about OJ? Do you not like it or have to have it every day?
Ooh this is a tricky one. I DO like OJ, but I wouldn't say I've been craving it?!? Guess I'd gave to say have it every day on this one.
Q21 - Are you having headaches?
Yep. I've been having them almost every day for the last couple weeks.
Q22 - Does your abdomen look more like a watermelon or a basketball?
Watermelon. MMMM...watermelon sounds really good right now.
Q23 - If someone asks you to show them your hands, you show them palm up or palm down?
Palm up. Strange question.
Q24 - Last question! Do you pck up a mug by the handle or the body of the mug?
Another weird one! I always pick it up by the handle. Doesn't everyone? Otherwise you'd get burnt.
And the results are in........drumroll please........
Congratulations!
You have a 55% chance of having a girl!
And you have a 44% chance of having a boy.
My mother's intuition tells me I'm having a boy, but I don't have a great track record when it comes to guessing the sex of friends' babies, so I guess we'll see... What do you think? Boy or girl???
Check this out. Here are the results of one of the quizzes I just took:
Will your baby be a Girl or a Boy?
Q1 - Are you carrying the weight out front or around the hips and bottom?
I went with around the hips and bottom for this one, cuz my belly isn't sticking out too much yet. Plus, unfortunately, I've always had mongo hips. *sigh*
Q2 - Is the hair on your legs growing more quickly or the same as before you got pregnant?
Same as before.
Q3 - Are you carrying your baby high or low?
I'll go with low on this one.
Q4 - Do you sleep in your bed with your pillow to the north or south?
What the #%!^??? What does that have to do with anything? I'm no Magellan, but I think my pillow is more north than south. Gay.
Q5 - Are your feet colder than before pregnancy or the same as before?
Samezies.
Q6 - Do you refuse to eat the heel of a loaf of bread or do you prefer the heel?
Another dumb question. But umm, I always throw that part of the loaf of bread away. So wasteful, I know.
Q7 - Is the dad-to-be gaining weight right along with you or has his weight remained the same?
Lenny has maintained his girlish figure so far.
Q8 - Is your mother's hair grey or another color (natural or dyed)?
Soney's pretty grey. As am I if I haven't hit up the salon in a while. *another sigh*
Q9 - Did you have morning sickness early in your pregnancy?
Nope, not a smidge of morning sickness for this chick. Woo hoo!!!
Q10 - Are you looking particularly good or not so good during your pregnancy?
Ugh, I dunno! I have my days I guess. Some days I feel like a cross between a water buffalo and an elephant, but others I like my cute lil bump. I'll stick with looking good on this one :)
Q11 - During pregnancy, has your chest development been quite dramatic or not too dramatic?
Eh, sad to report it hasn't been too dramatic thus far. The girls have gotten a lil bigger, but nothing major. Still waiting for that pregnancy perk.
Q12 - What was your age at the time of conception?
Big bad 33.
Q13 - Conception took place in the month of ______?
July. TMI??? Deal widdit.
Q14 - Hang a necklace over your belly. Does the chain move in cirles or from side to side?
Tried this and the chain moved from side to side. Oh, and I used my lucky 4 leaf clover necklace for this test, btw. Duh.
Q15 - Is your urine a bright neon yellow color or a dull yellow?
I'd say more of a neon yellow for this one. I attribute that to those wonderful prenatal vitamins.
Q16 - What do you crave more - sweets or salty/sour food?
Definitely sweets on this one. I could eat a cupcake/cookies/candy every day if you let me. And before pregnancy I was always craving the salty snacks. Weird.
Q17 - Has your nose spread during pregnancy or stayed the same?
My hips may be spreading, but my nose has stayed the same. So THERE.
Q18 - Do you crave more meats and cheese or fruit?
Fruit. Definitely.
Q19 - What is your baby's heart rate? Above 140 beats per minute or less than 140?
At my doctor's appointments, the heart rate has always been 150+.
Q20 - How do you feel about OJ? Do you not like it or have to have it every day?
Ooh this is a tricky one. I DO like OJ, but I wouldn't say I've been craving it?!? Guess I'd gave to say have it every day on this one.
Q21 - Are you having headaches?
Yep. I've been having them almost every day for the last couple weeks.
Q22 - Does your abdomen look more like a watermelon or a basketball?
Watermelon. MMMM...watermelon sounds really good right now.
Q23 - If someone asks you to show them your hands, you show them palm up or palm down?
Palm up. Strange question.
Q24 - Last question! Do you pck up a mug by the handle or the body of the mug?
Another weird one! I always pick it up by the handle. Doesn't everyone? Otherwise you'd get burnt.
And the results are in........drumroll please........
Congratulations!
You have a 55% chance of having a girl!
And you have a 44% chance of having a boy.
My mother's intuition tells me I'm having a boy, but I don't have a great track record when it comes to guessing the sex of friends' babies, so I guess we'll see... What do you think? Boy or girl???
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