18 weeks

How far along? 18 Weeks

 

Total weight gain/loss: At my last md appointment I gained a total of ONE pound, I am sure I gained about 3 lbs since then.

 

How big is baby? About 5.6 inches, the size of a sweet potato weighing about 6.7 oz.

 

Maternity clothes?  No, I am still fitting in my normal clothes! (:

 

Stretch Marks? Only old ones, no new ones from sweet p as far as I can tell. 

 

Best moment this week?   Feeling my Sweet P move, FINALLY! (:

 

Movement? In the morning and at night, when I am most relaxed or right after I ate

Food Cravings? I don't call them cravings because I still like a lot of the foods I used to and haven't wanted anything super crazy. Mostly, just fruits and seafood.

 

What I miss: Nothing, I am loving being pregnant!

What I am looking forward to:  Feeling my Sweet P move!

Nausea/Vomiting?:None, Thank you Sweet P!! (:

Labor signs? Nope

 

Gender? Hoping to find out on Valentine's Day! (:

Belly Button in or out? Innie for life. I hope

Wedding rings on or off? On.

 

Sleep? Can't get enough.

Weekly Wisdom: Every pregnancy is different. What one woman experiences may be completely different than the next.

Pregnancy Update Week 16

How far along? 16 Weeks

Total weight gain/loss: I'll find out tomorrow for sure, hoping that it didn't drop any because I just haven't been hungry!

How big is baby? About 4 1/2 inches, the size of an avocado weighing about 3 1/2 oz but my sweet p will double in size in the next few weeks.

Maternity clothes?  No, I am still fitting in my normal clothes! (:

Stretch Marks? Only old ones, no new ones from sweet p as far as I can tell. 

Best moment this week?  seeing my sweet little bump

Movement? Um, I can't tell. I'm told that I should feel butterflies any time now and sometimes I think I feel something but then it goes away. So, who knows. 

Food Cravings? I don't call them cravings because I still like a lot of the foods I used to and haven't wanted anything super crazy. Mostly, just fruits and seafood.

What I miss: Not having HOT flashes!

What I am looking forward to:  Feeling my Sweet P move!

Nausea/Vomiting?:None, Thank you Sweet P!! (:

Labor signs? Nope

Gender? Hoping to find out next month!

Belly Button in or out? Innie for life. I hope.

Wedding rings on or off? On.

Sleep? Can't get enough.

Weekly Wisdom: Every pregnancy is different. What one woman experiences may be completely different than the next.

To Our Sweet P!

To Our Dearest Sweet P,

If only you knew how long Mommy & Daddy prayed for you. After we got married we knew we wanted to be parents but we weren't sure when the right time was and we prayed and prayed that God would bring you to us when it was the right time. And Oh, how I couldn't imagine a better time! You have already brought Mommy & Daddy and both sides of your families so much joy! 

I am honored to tell you that your Daddy is an incredible man! You will be blessed with such an amazing man to look up to and to wrap around your little finger! Daddy is a VERY hard working man!! Daddy works in all kinds of weather ( in the freezing winter, in the sweating summer, and even during the rain! ) and he doesn't even complain about it (well maybe sometimes he does) he does it to be able to give US all that we want!r
Your Mammie&Poppie and your MawMaw&PawPaw and your Gammie&PopPop, they are amazing people and I can promise you each of them already love you so much already! You will def be one spoiled baby! You have so much to look forward to with these amazing sets of grandparents! I just know that they will be as amazing grandparents to you, as they are to your big cousins! They were all so excited to find out about you and now they are all anxiously awaiting your due date!

I am also very pleased to say that you will have the most amazing set of God parent's that a child could have!

Mommy & Daddy couldn't imagine asking anyone else to be your God parents, after all, they are the two people we have looked up to since we were younger, they are the two people we pray to be at least half of the parent they are, your Nannie (Abbi) and your Paran (Jared) couldn't be happier to have you as a part of their life to!

Oh, and your big cousins, My poor baby, maybe Mommy should warn you!

Your big cousins are looking so forward to you! Seeing their faces when your Nannie & Paran told them that I had a baby in my belly was the greatest feeling in the world! (: Seeing how many people are happy and excited and how many people already love you just warms Mommy's heart! 

Speaking of a warm heart, You Gigi and your 2nd cousin Meagan, 

I promise you, Mommy will tell you all about them! You will not go one without hearing about them!

You WILL know them almost as if they were still here with us! 

I know they are taking care of you and your cousin Maleah right now but when you get here, I will tell you even more about them! As well as everyone else in our family, this is my first promise to you.

I promise, you WILL know your GiGi and Meag! (And I just know your big cousins Zaide and Raya will help everyone tell you about them!) 

My wish as a Mommy is to teach you all about God, I promise to raise you from the very start.

Since he gave us you as a gift, I will give you the gift of growing up to know him, he is an amazing person!

You are here because of him and by the time you are able to read this, you will already know ALL about him! (:

My sweet baby, NEVER EVER give up hope, with God, all things are possible and I already know,

you WILL do GREAT things because God, GiGi, and Meag already have their hands on you!

They are taking care of you while Mommy & Daddy prepare for you!

Please, don't live your life in fear, please know that if EVER you need, 

Mommy & Daddy will ALWAYS be here and if you don't want to talk to us about it, God is ALWAYS listening, just talk to him and he will respond, it wont be by him talking back but he is ALWAYS listening.

Another thing, Forgive & Forget, don't ever hold grudges (please don't be like mommy with this) Mommy has had a hard time of not holding grudges but since I have welcomed God into my life I have found it much easier to Forgive & Forget and I pray that you can do it too! Always Always Always Pray! And please, don't you ever ever ever forget why you are here! 

Always know, Mommy & Daddy love you with all of their heart and all of their soul!

You are the GREATEST gift and the GREATEST thing that has ever happened to us! 

We will love you FOREVER, like you for ALWAYS,

as long as your living,

OUR BABY YOU WILL BE!

Mommy&Daddy

 

 

2012 and Pregnancy Update Week 14

Happy 2012!

I am not sure about you, but I am 100% sure that 2012 will be an amazing year for my family and I!

I mean how can it not be when you have two tiny blessings being added onto the family tree?

Maleah Claire will be here at the end of Feb or beginning of March

and 

Our Sweet "P" will be here at the end of June, beginning of July! (:

Here are a few things we have to look forward to!:

January-

A friend get together

Tons of Birthday parties

Feb-

Joey's Birthday

Ellie's Birthday

Finding Our Sweet P's Gender

March-

Maleah Claire entering the world

April-

SPRING STARTING!

May- 

Our Anniversary! (:

June- 

The Summer and spending time with my Mom!

July-

OUR SWEET P will be here!

August-

My 24th Birthday

September-

Tons of Family Birthday's

October- 

Our Baby's FIRST Halloween

November-

Our Baby's FIRST Thanksgiving

December-

Our Baby's FIRST Christmas! (:

Seems to me like it'll be an AMAZING year!! 

My New Year's Resolution is:

1. See the Positive in each and every situation!

2. NO MORE STRESSING! It is not good for my sweet P, if it's God's will, it is HIS way!

3. Go back to shopping weekly and making weekly menu's.

4. Get closer to God

5. Last but not least, get my house organized, cleaned, prepped and ready for SWEET P!

Pregnancy Highlights:

How Far Along: 14 weeks

Total Weight Gain/Loss: 3 pounds, but I am thinking that has a good bit to do with the Holidays, yet could be the baby, as I have gotten a little baby belly

Maternity Clothes: None, my clothes are still fitting

Best Moment this week: having more people find out we are expecting, and watching my belly grow

Gender: We haven't found out yet.

Movement: The baby is moving, just not feeling any yet

Food Craving: so far, french fries and still, seafood!

What I miss: sleeping all night, not peeing every 5 seconds, being able to lift my godchild and niece,

and not getting fussed for the smallest things like sitting on the floor or reaching.

Sleep:I have been sleeping well but having very WEIRD dreams

What I am looking forward to: Finding Out if we will have a boy (CAP) or a girl (AGP), and getting a baby belly!(:

Belly Button: In

Pregnancy Update Week 13

Pregnancy Highlights:

How Far Along: 13 weeks

Total Weight Gain/Loss: None, haven't gained haven't lost

Maternity Clothes:None, my clothes are still fitting

Best Moment this week: Christmas, it was amazing see how many people already love our Sweet P! (:

Gender: We haven't found out yet.

Movement: The baby is moving, just not feeling any yet

Food Craving:Milk and Seafood

What I miss: Sleeping all night without waking up to go to the bathroom

Sleep: Not sleeping well

What I am looking forward to: Finding Out if we will have a boy (CAP) or a girl (AGP)Belly Button: In 

 

Our Sweet P

 

Baby P's Christmas Gifts! (:

 

Pregnancy Update

I had a few friends email asking how we found out, if we were trying, if I knew, and a tons of other questions so I decided to Update you all a little bit.

First, I just want everyone to know we weren't actively trying but we weren't actually preventing it either. I also had no idea that I was pregnant besides a few little maybes of the normal symptoms.

The day I found out:

I had the day off, so I was just lounging out on the sofa, watching The Doctors and they were ironically talking about pregnancy and babies. I was talking to my friend, who just had a baby in September and I realized that I had to pee again, for the third time that morning (Which by the way is so not like me, I can usually pee in the morning then not again till the afternoon) so, I decided to take the test when I went to the bathroom. Well, I pee'd on the stick and then stuck the test back in the wrapper and stuck it in the garbage, I just knew it would say negative after all the other times we "thought" I was but I wasn't, so I just knew this time would be the same, after all, we weren't trying so after I was done, I came back to finish watching the doctors and talking to my friend. Then, I had a huge feeling that I needed to go check it just to make sure it said negative. Well, I walk in the bathroom and my phone started ringing, so I go back to the living room to answer my phone, I talked for probably 10 minutes and forgot what I was going do. So, I sat down and finished talking to my friend. Then, I remember, I went in the bathroom, picked up the test and remember saying,

God, if it says Negative that is fine, but if this test is Positive, Thank you, Thank you for the greatest gift ever!

So, I slowly pull the test out of the wrapper and see,

a small space then..

T then the N then the A then the N then I couldn't take it anymore,

I quickly took the rest out and saw ..

Pregnant!!

I sat down on the side of the tub and thought to myself,

OMG, I am finally getting the one thing I have always wanted!

Thank you God, Thank you God, Thank you God!

I just couldn't stop smiling and I just couldn't stop rubbing my belly (knowing that the baby was as big as a .) So, I quickly run to the computer to look up cute ways to tell your husband.

I found a way, got dressed, went to the store and got a card and bag, came home and wrapped the stuff, then put the bag on the bed room dresser because when he gets home he ALWAYS goes put his stuff on it. Well, that day he decided to put his stuff on the coffee table. So, fast forward to 7:30, I was pooped, so I went lay in bed! (Thankfully, it was dark!) Well, he comes in and sees the bag and says whats this? I said, I don't know a just because gift. So, he takes it and goes in the kitchen to open it. He comes back to the bedroom with a BIG smile on his face and says, "Why didn't you call me to tell me!?" I just laughed and told him because I wanted to make it special! 

We are beyond excited!

My first doctors appointment was on Dec 6 and he said everything looked PERFECT! (:

We made and appointment for the 20th for Our first Ultrasound and we also sent out our Christmas cards on the 19th. Well, as I am sitting down in the chair to have the ultrasound I get a text message from my friend, she got the card (ALREADY!!) So, it was GREAT that we got to see our baby for the first time and everyone found out about it the same day! Let me just tell you, the first ultrasound makes everything so real! I cried tears of joy! Seeing the baby growing inside of me and knowing that WE made this is so sweet! Not to mention the FIRST thing we see is the baby sucking it's thumb, HOW ADORABLE!!? Then we heard the heartbeat (cue in the tears!) let's just say it is MUSIC to my ears! I wish I could see and hear my baby at EVERY visit! 

We go back again on Jan 17 at 2:10 just for a follow up appointment, then hopefully, my next visit we can find out what we are having!! (:

Right now, the baby is the size of a plum!

And is 3 inches long! (:

 

We will soon be expanding our family tree and would love to annouce...

Our Pregnancy!! (: 

 Our Christmas Card (How we told family and close friends)

We had our very FIRST Ultrasound today and the first glimpse of our baby was of it sucking it's thumb, call me crazy but it was the world's CUTEST thing I have EVER seen! (:

Check for yourself! ...

 We are 12 weeks and 1 day

and are due July 2! (: