Baby Hunt: Week 14

Is it just me, or is this flying by??
I went to the doctor on Thursday and got to hear the heart beat! A strong 153 :) We go back in 4 weeks when I'll be 18 weeks, not sure if that's when our anatomy scan will be or not. We're planning on finding out the sex of the baby at a gender reveal party that some friends are going to put together for us. I'm ready to know so we can get the baby room ready to go!

How far along? 14 weeks. Hello second trimester!
Baby is the size of: A lemon! About 3.4 inches from head to rump and about 1.5 ounces
Maternity clothes: Nothing new
Sleep? Great! until my alarm goes off...
Best moment this week: Getting to hear the heart beat
Movement? Not yet
Food cravings: I haven't been craving anything specific, but if something sounds good, it sounds really good!
Miss anything? I did some work outside on Saturday planting some things in our front yard and a Michelob would have tasted pretty good after coming inside!
Gender: Not sure yet
Belly Button in or out? in
Wedding rings on or off? on
Looking forward to? I'm ready to have a baby bump and not just look like I've eaten too many burritos

Bump pictures coming soon. Promise!

Baby Hunt: Week 13

I'll make this one short and sweet. I was home sick for 2 days this week with a stomach bug. Yay for public school germs...
I feel like my morning all day sickness is making its way out the door! Finally. So hopefully I'll start feeling so much better and I kick this bug.

How far along? 13 weeks
Baby is the size of: A peach! about 2.9 inches from head to rump, and about .81 ounces
Maternity clothes? Nothing new
Sleep? I caught a stomach bug this week so I was down for the count for a few days. I got a ton of sleep but feel so tired.
Best moment this week: I would have to say extra cuddles with the pug since I was home sick for two days. She's not going to know what to think when October gets here :)
Movement: Nothing yet
Food cravings: Nothing this week
Miss anything? Not wanting to puke all the time
Gender: Too soon to know :)
Belly Button in or out? In
Wedding rings on or off? On
Looking forward to? Our next appointment next week!

Baby Hunt: Week 12

Happy Easter! This is such a sweet time of year for so many reasons.

We get to celebrate our savior dying on the cross and coming back three days later just as He said He would. Hallelujah.
It's starting to feel more and more like spring. Hello warmer (and windy) weather!

Summer break is so close I can smell it. #47moreworkdays

Baseball is back! #gorangers



We had a pretty low-key Easter. We went to church this morning. We're teaching the 3,4,5 year old class this month so that's always fun! I made a brisket in the crockpot last night and a couple friends came over to eat. It was a good day!


Here's a little update on the little peanut:

How far along? 12 weeks
Baby is the size of: A plum! about 2 inches from head to rump, and about .5 ounces
Maternity clothes? I bought a pair of jeans. #elasticwaistbandftw
Sleep? So tired. All the time.
Best moment this week: My favorite time of each week is being at church or with our community group and knowing that this baby is so loved already by so many people.
Movement: Not yet
Food cravings: Strawberries and slushes from sonic
Miss anything? Not wanting to puke all the time
Gender: Too soon to know :)
Belly Button in or out? In
Wedding rings on or off? On
Looking forward to? Hopefully this nausea will be making its way out soon!

I don't think I'm showing yet, but when there's a bump I'll start putting up (hopefully) weekly pictures!

Hallelujah

What a Savior

He is not here; He has risen, just as He said.
Matthew 28:6





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Let's get caught up with the baby news, shall we?

So John and I started talking about starting a family almost 2 years ago. I had found out that I didn't get into grad school (again) and were trying to figure out what our next step was. So we started playing chicken- ya know, not really trying but not preventing anything. This went on for about a year. We decided that I should try for graduate school one more time and see what happens. I didn't get it. Thanks TWU.

I have several friends that have PCOS and after talking to them about their symptoms, I called the PA at my doctor's office and scheduled a visit. We found out that I have hypothyroidism and he started me on meds right away to get my thyroid straightened out. This was in August. By December we found a happy dosage and my thyroid was acting how it was supposed to. Let's jump to February.

I got home from work on the 10th and John wasn't home yet. I knew that I had a box of tests in the bathroom and taking one wouldn't hurt anything. It was just going to be negative like every other test had been over the last year, right?

Wrong.

So wrong.

2 immediate pink lines wrong.

Woa.

My jaw hit the floor. Of course my first thought was that the test was faulty and it had to be wrong. So naturally, I went to the dollar store the next day and stocked up on those cheap tests. They all had to be faulty too because they ALL turned positive over the next few days! Ok, so that makes at least 5 positive pregnancy tests. One would assume that would be enough. On no. Not me. I was still in such disbelief that I had to go buy just one of the fancy schmancy ones that spell out PREGNANT on the screen. Thank goodness for the fun money we each get in our monthly budget :)
And you guessed it, the digital one said pregnant too!

This was the week before Valentine's Day and I wanted to do something cute to tell John. Like get a cake or something. Yeah I can't hold in surprises for more than a day.

Wednesday night was the drawing for the big powerball thing. Here's how our conversation went:
J: I bought some powerball tickets.
Me: Oh yeah? Want to know what I bought?
J: What?
I handed him a baggie filled with all the thousand tests I had taken
J: What is this? Are you serious? OMG!

We are both so surprised that it only took two months after getting my thyroid leveled out to finally see those 2 pink lines.

Stay tuned! More baby updates to come :)