Baby Bump Thursday: 7 weeks

Hello again! I am 7 weeks today, and I already feel like I have been pregnant forever! Probably because they changed my due date on me lol. But anyway, i'm feeling good, in a little bit of pain, but when am i not haha. 

So in the seventh week, my baby is the size of a blueberry, and is 10,000 times bigger than it was at the time of conception. That's crazy! The brain cells are growing at 100 per minute, the mouth and tongue are forming, and arm and leg buds are sprouting. Sometimes i swear i feel little flutters every now and then, but i might just be imagining things lol.

I took a pic of myself, it's not really a "bump" right now, but i promised a reader i would post them from now on :)

Don't mind the curly hair and no make up : p

Well that's all i have for today. I may take a nap (ami went bye bye with papa). Bye all!

 Don't forget to watch American Idol tonight!!!

Blessings

So i know it's been awhile since i have blogged. I decided i wasn't going to do it on the weekends, and i have had a lot going on the past couple of days. 

Sunday was Mother's day, and i got a wonderful breakfast made for me, complete with bacon, eggs, toast, and hashbrowns. It was so delicious! Then my hubby surprised me with my present, it was a beautiful hand made candle. It means a lot to us too because while we were dating in high school he bought a similar one for me when he went to hawaii with his family. It was much smaller but it was still pretty :) here it is

Ami wanted to pose in front of it lol. It's my favorite color and it's got pretty little bows on it :)

To continue with the day, we decided to spend a day at the zoo. It was so much fun. I love spending time with my family, especially seeing ami get so excited about the simplest things.

When we first got there, there were peacocks just walking around, and i thought that was odd. There was no trainer or anything walking with them, they were just roaming free. So we got a picture :)

Shortly after this was taken, the peacock started walking towards corey and shaking his feathers lol. 

We also got to feed the birds. They gave us sticks with this food substance on it, and we had to hold out our hand and the birds come and eat it. It scared ami at first, so i had to hold it for her. It was pretty cool until two birds started fighting on our stick haha

All in all it was a great day, not too hot and not raining either, just right. 

Now on to a serious note. I have been having some really bad back pain in my lower back, and yesterday it was to the point where i could walk, or sit down, and i couldn't even pick ami up. I was stuck on the couch with a heating pad, crying (that could be the hormones) because i didn't know what was wrong and why i was in so much pain this early in my pregnancy. (this is part of the reason i haven't blogged in a few days) So i went into the urgent care at the ob clinic (right before they were closing). She asked me a bunch of questions, and kind of got me worried. The questions she was asking made it seem like i could be mis-carrying, and of course i freaked out. I had to get a blood test and urine test done, and come back today. My numbers are very good in my blood work, and my urine came back great. So lastly they had to do an ultrasound to make sure everything matched up (the due date and the baby's measurements). Here is our little peanut :)

It's pretty much just a little ball with a heartbeat :) According to this she said the baby is measuring a little smaller than my original due date. So i am now due on Jan. 5th. Of course this could change many times throughout the pregnancy (we all know ami was 4 days late). Either way i'm beyond happy that everything is ok, and the little baby is fine. I can't wait to go home to cali in a few days to see everyone, i just hope i don't get sick on the plane! lol

BTW did anyone see glee last night? amazing! :)

T.G.I.F. New Hair

So i have been feeling really down on myself lately, mainly because of how much i weigh, especially since i'm so early in my pregnancy. I am so afraid i'm just gonna get as big as Shamu by the time this baby comes. SO i decided to dye my hair, to give me a little boost of confidence. I should say corey dyed it lol. Because he really did it for me (he offered!). I must say he did a very good job! there is only one spot that's still kind of light but it's hardly noticeable and i might just have to go buy another box to dye it again lol. Here is a pic.

 

Well that's all li have for now lol. I'm super tired (didn't sleep well last night) and i'm gonna try and nap! I might blog again later :)

Baby Bump Thursday: 6 weeks

So every Thursday is when i turn another week pregnant, so i decided that is when i will do all my baby updates. Today I am 6 weeks, and my baby is as big as a sweet pea! It is starting to form jaws, cheeks, and a chin, also ears. The kidneys, liver, and lungs are also starting to form. Today is also the first time i even felt the slightest bit sick. I never really got sick when i was pregnant with ami, so i'm hoping i get that lucky again! 

Today i had my first appointment, but it was just paper work and they told me my due date (Dec. 29) and went over family history. I had to tell them of any kind of diseases in my family and corey's family. So it went well. And ami even sat like a good girl the whole time! After that i had to go get blood drawn =/

 But i got a cool green band! yay!

I didn't pass out so that's always a good thing!

My next appointment is June 6th, and i will be able to hear the heartbeat for the first time. The only crappy part is corey will still be gone at the field, so that's just another thing he is gonna miss (gotta love the army).

Well I'm off to try and nap while ami is asleep! (making a baby is hard work! hehe)

Baby Names!

I know i already posted today, but i'm just curious, what do you guys have in mind for baby names? girl or boy? I would love to hear people's ideas although we have a few that are our favorites. Let's see what creative ideas you can come up with!

Play dates and maternity clothes :)

Happy Wednesday!

So i am part of a group on meetup.com and it's basically a group created by military moms that live here at Ft. Lewis, and so far it seems pretty cool! Me and Ami went to an easter egg hunt with a bunch of kids, we had a meet and greet at Raindrops and Rainbows (which is right by our house), and today, we had a play date with 2 other moms. They were both really nice, a little older than me, but still very friendly women. They each had 2 kids, and one of them is even pregnant too! We played at the park right behind her house, and blew bubbles! Ami is still kind of timid around other kids. It's almost like she doesn't know what to do around other kids! lol. It was a fun day though, except for my back hurting really bad (we walked since she lives so close but ami decided she was over it halfway there lol)

 I have a new app on my phone, and it lets me create cool effects with my pictures. It's called instagram in case anybody with an iphone/ipod wants to download it. Isn't she the cutest? :)

So since we have moved to Washington, i obviously gained weight, (well not so obvious for those who haven't seen me in a month) and i was getting pretty down on myself. But finding out i was pregnant again totally lifted my spirits, and made me realize that's probably one reason i was gaining weight. So i already had to bust out the maternity clothes from my first pregnancy since my clothes are starting not fit. Yay to elastic bands around my pants and not so cute clothes anymore! lol

Gosh time really flies way too fast. I feel like I just had ami, and now we are already planning another one! I can't wait to meet another blessing just like this one :)

So precious <3

I hope everyone has a wonderful day! Tell all your friends to follow me! I would love to have a bunch of people read my story! P.S. American Idol is on tonight! woo hoo!

My First Post!

So I got sucked into the blogging! HaHa. Well I figure this is a good way to take up my free time while Ami is napping! I can also share how life is going with all my friends and family back home! Let me warn you I'm not a very good writer, so forgive me if i'm not "gramatically correct" lol.  Here we go.....

We finally announced yesterday to everybody that we are pregnant again!
Here is the proof lol (i didn't realize how bad the quality of this picture was, but i promise there are 2 lines!)

We found out on Good Friday, and i called Corey at work, crying, because i couldn't believe it! I was so happy! We decided it would be fun to tell all of our loved ones in person when I go home in a couple weeks, because with our first baby we were living in Georgia, and it kinda sucked not getting hugs from anybody lol. So i have been holding it in for a little over a week (which is a long time for me hehe). But yesterday while we were skyping with my parents, i whispered to Corey that we should tell them! Luckily he said yes haha. He drew on a onesie and it said "I'm going to be a big sister"

My mom realized it first and she was very excited! My dad i think was just shocked because he was speechless! lol From there the text messages started buzzing through the air and i'm sure the whole family found out within minutes! I was so relieved to finally tell everybody!

I have my first dr. appointment on thursday, and i'm so excited!  I don't think we get to hear the heartbeat or anything, because it's just an informational appointment. So we get to go over family history and all that fun stuff...maybe even some blood work if i'm lucky! (sarcasm)
Thank you to everybody who sent us well wishes! We are beyond happy and can't wait to meet another little baby this holiday season! We might be looking at a white christmas too! Yay!