Introducing Sophia Laura Schmeisl!

Sophia is finally here!
She was born June 26th @ 1:06am. She weighed in at 6lbs, 10oz., 19.5 inches long.
Here are some pics from her first week!

40 Weeks!

Well I've officially hit the 40 week mark! Sophie hasn't decided to make her debut just yet, although her due date is officially tomorrow so we'll see! I've been off of work now for about a week and a half. I'm starting to get a little stir crazy. Mostly because i don't really feel like going out much. It's been in the 80's for the past week or so and very humid so sitting outside isn't too fun. I've been staying busy keeping up on little house chores like dishes, laundry and just general picking up and decluttering. I have a doctors appointment tomorrow morning, hopefully there has been some sort of progression since there wasn't at my last visit. Currently, i'm almost 2cm dilated, 80% effaced and the baby is super low at -1 station.

All in all, i feel pretty good most of the time. It's uncomfortable to sit for long periods of time after i eat, and i can't really eat too much at one sitting. That's one thing about being petite, right now the baby is both sitting very low, and high still at the same time. So i have the constant bladder pressure and the pressure on my lungs making it hard to breathe sometimes :-(

I'm definitely super ready to be done being pregnant and meet this little girl inside me. I can't wait to see what she looks like and what her personality is like.

Stay tuned for the big announcement :-)

Sorry it's been so long...

Well i got a little busy the past couple weeks...i meant to put up a post, but never got around to it. It's been a pretty busy couple past weeks. I've had 2 baby showers, 1 wedding shower, and we've been attending our baby classes. It might not sound like a ton, but that pretty much means our weekends have been crammed and at least one night every week, we're not home after work.

We have managed to get a few things on our "before baby" list done around the house tho. We planted our vegetable garden...not sure if i mentioned that in my last post or not. We  have tomatoes, peppers (red, green & hot), cucumbers (although they just died R.I.P. cukes!), lettuce, chives & strawberries. It might be a little much for our garden bed, but hopefully they'll do ok. We're very excited to have fresh veggies just outside of our backdoor in a couple months!

Since all of our baby showers are done now, we can start organizing all of the baby stuff. We started putting stuff away in babys room, it's a total mess right now. We do still need to hit up Target and BabiesRUs to get a few last items we didn't get yet. It's nice to have everything now!

We started organizing the basement (again!) We did it once last summer and again after we moved our office down there, but it doesn't take long to get all junked up again, especially with all of the random baby stuff that's been coming in the door. So once again we're at it. We're purging as much as we can too, if we aren't using it, it's going. Hopefully this coming weekend we can get that project wrapped up and we'll have a clean basement again to watch tv or excersise in. I think nesting is kicking in not only for me, but for Paul too. I guess we figure that starting with a clean organized house will make the hecticness of bringing the baby home a little less hectic (we'll see if that is really the case soon enough!)

Hmm...what else..well like i said earlier, we had two baby shower in the past two weekends. It was a lot, especially for me, since i get tired pretty easy now and anything involving bending over pretty much isn't happening to much anymore. We are very blessed to have great family and friends who got us so much great stuff to prepare for baby, it was so nice to see everyone!

One big thing that happened last friday too was an ultrasound. At my last doctors appointment, she said i didn't seem to grow, so she sent me for an ultrasound to check things out. We were hoping for an ultrasound just to do another gender check! The technician said that everything looked great and the baby was about 5lbs and average size. We also got to see a partial 3d scan of the baby's face and got our gender double-check...we're now relieved that there's still a little girl in there!

I'm hoping the next few weekends will be a little more slow-paced. We do have a few events to go to, but we should have some time to get stuff done around the house too!

ttys everyone!

My soon to be new job!

Some of you already know this, but i have officially made the decision to stay home full-time after the baby comes. Neither Paul or I was really very comfortable with the idea of putting a 6 week old in daycare. If we had a family member who could watch the baby, we'd probably be all for it, but there really isn't anyone available without having to drive up to the flint area every day. There was also the money issue. Daycare is quite expensive. After adding everything up, we figured we wouldn't have enough left over to really make it worthwhile for us to both keep working. In order to make the Stay at Home Mom thing actually happen, we've been working very hard the past few months to pay off enough things (we even sold the Jeep!) to free up money in our monthly budget. We will still be on a pretty tight budget after all of this, but i'd rather live that life than hardly see my baby. I think we can safely say now that we're reached our goal and I'll officially be a Stay at Home Mom after June 15(my last day of work if everything goes smoothly and i'm ok to work that long).

I'm getting excited now that it's only a month away. Not only will it be better for the baby, but Maggie will be happy too i think. We've always felt bad leaving her alone all day at home. She's adjusted well to it, but i think she'll like having company at home. I'm looking forward to being home full time...the house will be clean, dishes will be done, laundry will get done(hopefully!), I can keep an eye on our veggie garden, I can get out and exercise (in efforts to lose the baby weight of course!), and more importantly bond with our baby! And hopefully when paul gets home everyday we'll be able to just hang out as a family!

Baby Update:

Well I'm officially starting my 35th week! We've had a pretty busy week. We started our Childbirth classes and got a new car! This weekend we have another shower! I"m excited to see all of my friends and pauls family and of course get more baby stuff! There's still a lot of stuff we need!

I think i'm officially starting to get uncomfortable now. Of course there are still moments where i feel great and i almost forget that i'm pregnant, but most of the time I definitely feel the effects of carrying around this big belly. It's very easy for me to over-do it. I get pretty tired at the end of the work day and just taking a little walk around the neighborhood (at a snails pace!) makes me tired! Bending over is pretty tough and i've been having sciatica pain on and off for while now. I don't look forward to going to bed at night, except for the fact of actually sleeping. It's hard to get comfortable which makes it hard to fall asleep sometimes and the many bathroom trips keep me from getting a undisturbed good nights sleep. There!...there's my rant on everything that I don't like about pregnancy haha. I have to say tho, i think i've been pretty lucky..the usual aches and pains are the only main problems i've had so far.

Way overdue post!

i meant to write last week, but i just kept pushing it to the end of my to-do list. Better late than never right?
Well, i'm heading into week 34 now! We thankfully had a pretty low-key weekend last weekend which was nice. We were able to get some stuff around the house done! We're slowly widdling away at our "Before Baby" To-Do list. We're making some good progress. We have our veggie planter box all ready to put plants in and i've been organizing all of our little junk areas around the house.

Last week we also celebrated Maggies 4th birthday! We made her our traditional b-day cake (just her food all mashed up) She's grown up a lot in the past 3 years that we've had her. I know that sounds silly to say about  a dog, but it's true. The first year we had her, she tore up so much stuff around the house. Now, she doesn't touch a think except her own toys and she even is a stickler about a 10oclock bedtime hehe! In general she's just calmed down a ton. We were worried that with her being a border collie, she's be a spaz all the time, but she's really an awesome dog! I think she will be a great big sister!

Oh, and here's a belly shot from last week! Enjoy!

Earth Day!

I thought i'd do an Earth Day related post since it is Earth Day tomorrow and all! I have to say, we've been trying a lot harder around our house to be earth friendly. Here are some things on our plan so far:

#1: Start Recycling - We already recycle cans (most people do), but we want to make a better effort to recycle other things too. Our condo has it set up to pick up recycling, we just need to get a bin. Our plan is to set up bins for the different items that can be recycled and either put it out every week or take it somewhere. This month we plan on starting this.

#2: Growing a Veggie Garden - I'm not sure if this really counts as an earth-friendly plan or not, but it's a way we can get some healthy and organic food in our diet regularly. We've done this for the past couple summers, but this year we took it a step further and built a garden box on our back deck. We haven't always had the best luck growing veggies in buckets. I think we screwed up a little on our watering schedule. Our back deck gets tons of sun during the day so the plans dry out quickly. I think having a garden box will allow the plant roots to grow as needed, and since the box is pretty much just sitting on the deck with no bottom, the water can drain out easier. I'm excited for the weather to warm up so we can go get our plans and get it going.

#3: Using Cloth diapers - We don't plan on starting to do this until the baby is a couple months old or so, but we already bought our diapers so we're all ready. I have to say, the main reason we chose to do this isn't just to help the planet, but to save some cash! We will be using more water going this route since we'll have to wash diapers every couple days, but I think that's a lot better than filling up a landfill full of disposables.

#4: Using less water bottles - Last night i went and bought us each one of those Brita Water Bottles. We usually buy cases of bottled water, and half of them end up half drank and we dump out the water. We both have our water bottles with us at work, so this plan is already in action!

#5: Enjoying the earth more - I know one thing we've talked about is making a better effort to not spend so much of our life in front of either the TV or Computer. It seems like almost every night we come home and spend most of the evening parked on the couch. It's hard sometimes at the moment because i do need to rest a little more, but after the baby comes we plan to do a lot less time zapping our brains in front of the TV. We've already downsized our cable a ton. We got rid of the DVR and the 200+ channels and downgraded to just basic cable channels. Most of the shows we watch are on these channels, but it still keeps us from getting caught up in a dumb movie on a movie channel just because it's on. We can't tape anymore shows, so we won't spend a saturday getting caught up on what we've taped. The point of this whole plan is to make us get up off the couch a lot more and either get chores done around the house, spend more time on hobbies, or get outside for a bit. We'll see how that goes after the baby comes. I"m sure at first it will be hard, but i think we'll get a schedule goin after a month or so. I plan to take the baby (and dog) on lots of walks!

So those are the things we've been working on in our house to try and be more earth-friendly and enjoy nature a bit more. i think within the next month, we should be starting to work on them all if not doing them already.

30 Week Update!

Today, i've officially finished 30 weeks, another milestone! Even tho we still have 10 weeks to go, it feels like it's right around the corner. The month of May should seem to fly by, we are pretty busy. We have baby classes, baby showers, a wedding shower & birthdays! I hope my energy level is still ok by then so i can get through it all!

How far along? 30 weeks today!

Weight gain/loss: about 20lbs...trying to to gain too much weight other than the baby.

Maternity clothes? I definitely need maternity clothes now! Yoga pants are my saviour too cuz they're comfy and stretchy!

Stretch marks? still none yet (yay!)


Sleep? I've been sleeping pretty good lately. I could use a little more of it at night!

Best moment this week? Hopefully our breastfeeding class tonight...it's our first baby class!

Food cravings: I was craving pizza a few times last week, but it's still pretty random. I've been working on eating less sugar and eating healthier so i don't inflate in my last few weeks.

Gender: As far as we know, it's still a girl!

Belly button in or out? Still a bit of an innie...waiting to officially pop out!

Movement? Tons of movement!! This kid is a wiggle worm..ALL DAY!

What I miss? Tons of things right now...i miss having my normal body and fitting into normal clothes. I miss being able to go shopping for summer stuff! I miss not having constant back pain. I miss going a full day without a baby kicking me like crazy! I am very grateful and feel blessed that I am pregnant, but am really looking forward to having our baby here with us and to get myself somewhat back to normal....i think i'm just getting to the "get this thing out of me" stage hehe!

What I'm looking forward to: My first baby shower this weekend!!

29 Weeks...

So tomorrow will be 29 weeks...so i'll be starting week 30! It feels good to be two thirds done. Lately we've just been slowly plugging away at getting things ready for baby. We've come a long way on her room (pic below) We pretty much just need to accesorize now..oh and add lots of baby goodies! We've been very lucky so far to have been given/loaned many things so we already have some stuff. My first baby shower is a week from this weekend. I'm really looking forward to seeing my moms side of the family and showing off my baby bump. My next shower isn't until May, so we have about a month break in between.

I think i'm decided on going with cloth diapers. We won't start them until a couple/few months in, but i think it's going to save us a ton of money in the future. It takes a little extra work to wash them a few times a week, but with a box of diapers costing 40+ bucks...that's a big savings. I think when most people think of cloth diapers they think of the ones with the white prefold and the plastic pants that you wear over it. Now, cloth diapers are designed very similarly to disposables. If i'm going to staying home, i'm willing to put in the extra effort in order to save some cash!

I'm off to get lunch...I promise to post again soon!

The Dirty 30!

This past friday was my 30th Birthday! I really can't believe that i'm that old already because i definitely don't feel it. This past weekend was pretty busy with celebrations! Friday night Paul put together a birthday dinner with all of our friends. It was super fun to have a night out and see everyone! Saturday and Sunday my parents came over to go out to eat. It was super busy, but a good weekend. 

Baby Update:

Well i made it another week...and am now officially in my third trimester! The baby is supposedly about the size of an eggplant. She definitely feels like she's getting bigger in there. She's still super active almost all day and even into the night. I'm happy that time is flying by! We almost have the baby's room pretty much done. We have the dresser in now and just have to add the finishing touches and baby gear! I'm really happy that we got it done early so we're not scrambling at the end. 

I found out today that i passed my glucose screening test for gestational diabetes! That's one less thing i'll have to worry about. I'm looking forward to my first baby shower in a few weeks. It will be exciting to get some baby stuff and see my family. Have a great week everyone!

Goodbye 2nd Trimester!!!

Today i'm heading into my 28th week. I thought i'd share a video i took last night of the baby moving all around. This is probably the best video that i've gotten yet. It seems like usually the baby will be kicking like crazy, but as soon as i hit record, she stops moving! Enjoy!

The baby moving at 27 Weeks from Laura Rapcka on Vimeo.

26 weeks!!

How far along? 26 weeks today!

Weight gain/loss: Still not exactly sure...i still think around 15lbs

Maternity clothes? More and more tops are getting tight but i'm going to try to get by with what i have now for as long as possible.

Stretch marks? still none yet (yay!)

Sleep? I haven't gotten the greatest amount of sleep this week, i think it's because of the time change. I wish i had a couple more hours each day to sleep.

Best moment this week? Getting our new carpet!! It's not really baby related, but it does mean that the baby's room has the go ahead to start decorating!

Food cravings: It's always very random, nothing really in particular.

Gender: It better still be a girl because we're starting to girlify her room

Belly button in or out? It's getting close to being flat!

Movement? Lot of movement...last night i felt like i got punched in the stomach.

What I miss? Being able to go from laying down to sitting up easily...i fell like eventually

What I'm looking forward to: Working on the baby's room!

Here's what our carpet looks like:

25 Weeks! We have a Rutabaga!

How far along? 25 weeks today!

Weight gain/loss: Still not exactly sure...i think around 15lbs

Maternity clothes? More and more each day...i've really popped out in the past few weeks. There are some pre-pregnancy pants i can wear if i attach a pants expander....Yoga pants are still my saviour, i wear them a lot to work with a nice top and you can't really tell.

Stretch marks? still none yet (yay!)

Sleep? I definitely need sleep. I can usually fall asleep ok after a little while. The baby is SUPER active when i lay down for bed, so i usually lay there for a bit just to feel her move around. It's getting harder sometimes to get comfortable tho.

Best moment this week? Last night was kinda cool. We were feeling her at bedtime and there was a spot, a little above my belly button (i'm assuming it was the top of my uterus)...but if i pressed there, there was a hard spot. A few seconds after touching there, it felt like the baby slid a body party across my hand. It's hard to describe, but the baby just seemed to be to close to the outside, it was like almost touching her.

Food cravings: Still lots of sweets. I still enjoy Coke a lot too!

Gender: It better still be a girl because we're starting to girlify her room

Belly button in or out? Still and innie, but i think it's starting to get more and more shallow

Movement? Kicks and punches are getting a lot stronger! Sometimes it feels like someone is lightly punching me in the stomach. You can see it more and more from the outside really good. I have some videos to upload of that.

What I miss? Having my memory back (hopefully!) Being able to bend over!

What I'm looking forward to: Carpet on Monday! Going to a mom to mom sale this weekend!

We didn't really post it on facebook, only a handful of family and friends know, but i was in a minor car accident last friday on the way to work. It was super icy that day and my car slid coming to a stoplight and turned sideways as it was sliding and hit the back of a truck. I was sliding slow, so it didn't hit that hard, but hit hard enough to smash in the rear quarter panel on the drivers side. It happens to be the side where i put gas in the car, so i couldnt drive it at all. I've never been in an accident, so i was pretty upset. I was fine, but we went to the hospital to get checked out just to be sure. We spent 3 hours that day there, 1 hour hooked up to a fetal monitor, 2 hours waiting for them to let us go (they are sooo slow there!) Everything checked out good tho! My car is currently in the shop and should be fixed in a couple weeks. I have rental car until then so i can still get where i need to go.

Everyone have a great weekend!! see you probably in a week!

We're Registered!

We registered at BabiesRUs

Click Here to see the Babies"R"Us Registry

 and Target. Click Here to see the Target Registry
You can search for Laura or Paul Schmeisl.

If you live down in the metro detroit area, you can use 20% Off Bed Bath & Beyond Coupons on any non-essential (diapers, formula etc.) or furniture item!

Our nursery colors are purple, orange & yellow!

Also, keep in mind, we don't need any clothes for pretty much the first year, unless they're on our registry. We were lucky to have been given LOTS of clothes from our friends.

23 week baby update!

YUMMY Papaya!

How far along? 23 weeks, 4 days

Weight gain/loss: 12 lbs or so

Maternity clothes? I'm definitely into the maternity stuff now. Every time i think one of my old shirts will fit, it's too tight!

Stretch marks? still none yet (yay!)
Sleep? I'm not super tired during the day, but i can definitely tell when i don't get enought sleep.

Best moment this week? ordering our new carpet for the upstairs! We can finally work on getting the babys room done now!

Food cravings: Lately, healthier stuff like fruit since i've been sick.

Gender: Girl!...its starting to sink in now!

Belly button in or out? Still and innie, but i think it's starting to get more and more shallow
Movement? Lots of movement all the time...the most is a few minutes after i lay down at night to go to bed
What I miss? More and more things each day!...i just miss being slender person lately..
What I'm looking forward to: Painting the baby's room this weekend!
Milestones: I made it another month! 4 more to go!

4 months to go! This month on my birthday i head into the third trimester. Time is flying by now! I was sick this past week (still kind of am actually..but getting better each day!), which could have been worse actually, but it was a real bummer knowing that i can't really take any medicines. I basically just have to suffer through it. Thankfully, after a day off from work and some extra rest i'm starting to feel better now.

We finally went and ordered carpet this weekend for the upstairs. The carpet in our house isn't in super terrible shape, but it has a lot of stains and was there when paul bought the condo. Also since we want to get in on the market in a couple years, that was the last big thing that we needed to do inside to get it ready. Now the baby will have a nice new room to come into.  We have a few busy weekends ahead now...painting and starting carpet removal this weekend, carpet removal and moving furniture next weekend!

The top color will be in all of the upstairs, the bottom color will be on the stairs down to the basement.

Officially sick :-(

I tried so hard to avoid it, but I think it's official that i'm sick :-( I think it's just a bad head cold, but there really isn't much of anything i can take for it. I stayed home from work today to try to get some extra rest. I'm hoping that it will help me recover faster...we'll see! Maggie is taking good care me by being my couch potato buddy!

Clothes Crazy!!

So, the past couple weeks or so, we've gone kind of baby clothes crazy! We had already gotten some baby clothes from our friends, but i think my nesting has started kicking in because i felt like i needed to start stocking up! A local thrift store had 50% off coupons off of your total purchase, so i thought i'd check it out to see if I could find some baby stuff to get cheap. Well to my surprise, i was able to find about 10 or so things that were brand new and i got them for next to nothing! This made me super happy because i know how babies can ruin many outfits in a day or outgrow things before they get a chance to wear them. Then, we were at a friends house this weekend and they gave us about 8 or so bins FULL of  brand new baby stuff to last us for the first year or so! It's pretty safe to say that we won't be needing too many clothing items at our baby shower!

If you're reading this and are family or a close friend, keep that in mind for the shower! If you do buy clothes, we'll need clothes for 12 months and up!

Baby at 22 Weeks!

Anyone for spaghetti squash?

That's how big baby is this week!

How far along? 22 weeks tomorrow!
Weight gain/loss: Not sure...i think around 10 at this point

Maternity clothes? I'm starting to search for some maternity pants at thrift stores. I need comfortable work wear. 

Stretch marks? still none yet (yay!)
Sleep? I definitely need a good nights rest!
Best moment this week? getting a great deal on some brand new baby clothes at a thrift store!

Food cravings: Coca-Cola..with lots of ice!

Gender: Girl!...its starting to sink in now!

Belly button in or out? In, but i can tell it's slowly starting to change

Movement? There's more and more every day..it would be nice if she'd sleep a little more, but it's nice to know that the kicks mean everythings ok in there.

What I miss? I miss being slim...i'm starting to the weight on my lungs and i don't like the heavy feeling.

What I'm looking forward to: Going to a mom to mom sale!

Milestones: just more and more baby kicking...not sure what milestones to look forward to next.

21 week baby belly!

Ok, so you here are some belly shots to satisfy everyone's belly shot request! Enjoy!

Naked Belly...

eeek!

Week 21!

How far along? week 21
Weight gain/loss: 7 lbs
Maternity clothes? I've still only bought a handful of maternity clothes. I'm trying to get as much use out of my regular clothes...it's getting harder to modify my pants to fit tho.
Stretch marks? nope
Sleep? yes please!
Best moment this week? Feeling the baby kick more and more...and deciding on a room color!
Food cravings: cake!
Gender: Girl!...its starting to sink in now!
Belly button in or out? In

Movement? I've definitely felt the baby kick, both inside and from the outside. If i push in on my stomach a little i can feel the baby's little punches..paul can too!

What I miss? being able to bend over..it's getting harder and harder to do that. Also, my stamina isn't what it used to be...i get out of breath just going up and down the stairs a couple times.
What I'm looking forward to: Painting the baby's room
Milestones: The baby kicking...That's been the highlight so far.

I had my monthly doctors appointment today. Everything looks good so far. The heartbeat was 170...very fast! I've only gained 7lbs which i'm happy about...with the way i've been eating junk food, i thought it would be more!

Purple Fever

i always knew that if i had a girl, i would not do pink for the nursery. The baby will get enough other pink stuff, i didn't want a pink overload. So we're sticking to purple since it's my favorite color! Below is a little snapshot into our nursery vision. Enjoy!

We've been testing out paint colors for the past week...we finally decided on the RIGHT purple

...the top one.

This is our overall color scheme. The walls will be purple and then we'll accent in the other colors.

I want to make something similar to these prints for the walls.

These two pieces fit together, the purple one is a drawer for the hanging organizer. I'm gonna get a couple of these for the closet since we'll need all the storage we can get. 

Kitty for baby!

Happy Snow Day! 

I came across this super cute kitty apparel recently, isn't it cute? Even tho we have a dog, i grew up with cats around all of my life. We'd probably have one now if paul wasn't allergic. At least I can add some cute kitty items to the baby's wardrobe!

Where to find kitty shoes and hat

Possible halloween costume??

Week 19!

How far along? 19 weeks
Weight gain/loss: I weighed myself tonight and i was about 130, so i think i've gained maybe 8-10 lbs so far.
Maternity clothes? I've grown out of most of my pants...only where i button them tho. I made an elastic pants expander so I can still wear a lot of my pants without buying a bunch of maternity ones.
Stretch marks? nope
Sleep? yes please!
Best moment this week? Feeling the baby kick quite a bit

Food cravings: dessert and coke!

Gender: Girl! I still can't believe it, i was totally feelin boy!

Belly button in or out? In

Movement? I've definitely felt the baby kick, both inside and from the outside. If i push in on my stomach a little i can feel the baby's little punches!

What I miss? Feeling normal after I eat...it seems like most of the time i feel really bloated after I eat. I have to be careful not to eat too much because i'll feel super full for a long time. It's also hard to sit down after i eat for very long, i need to walk a little to get it moving through my system.

What I'm looking forward to: Feeling the baby more and more.

Milestones: My belly has definitely started growing and the baby is kicking more and more. I feel it every day now!

Cool Room Designer Site

I found this cool site where you can design your own baby room. It's called Rooms By You, you can choose from all types of fabrics and wall colors.  Here's what i put together for our little girls room. Of course it's not exactly how it will look, but it's pretty much my inspiration. As you can see...no pink! I'm not totally against pink, i know we'll get tons of pink girly clothes and toys, but for her room i'm using very little if any of it. I feel like it's just typical to do a girls room in pink and i'm always trying to do things a little different. Anyway...see what you think!

Ultrasound Results..

1 More day of the Unknown...hopefully!

Hopefully tomorrow is the last day we'll have a mystery baby! Friday is our ultrasound appt...i'm hoping so bad the baby will show us his/her goodies so we can see who's in there!! :-) 

I'm can't wait!

Week 18!

I'm in my 18th week now...almost half way! This weekend we made our first trip to Babies R Us! We took a look at strollers. It's amazing how different they all are..different weights, different ways the carseat fits into it, and different ways it folds up. Thankfully, we were able to narrow it down to a brand that we like. We also took a look at gliders. Those too go from very simple to very elaborate. We left with our first baby purchase...diapers of course! We're planning on stocking up on diapers so we have a few months worth. It's easier to get them now when they're on sale!

Friday is the big day! We have our ultrasound and hopefully baby will show us his/her goodies so we can see what gender is in there. I can't wait to start planning the room colors and picking fabrics. I'm planning on making  the baby bedding and curtains myself so i can get the look i want.

How far along? 18 weeks
Weight gain/loss: I've probably gained a pound or two since my last doctor visit.
Maternity clothes? My pants are starting to get tight...but i'm determined to wear as many of my own clothes for as long as i can.
Stretch marks? nope
Sleep? yes please!
Best moment this week? Hopefully our ultrasound on Friday!

Food cravings: I still like a lot of fruit and desserts!

Gender: Find out friday!
Belly button in or out? In
Movement? I think i'm starting to feel some fluttery movements but they aren't regular, so when i feel one, i don't have something to compare it to.
What I miss? Having a drink now and then
What I'm looking forward to: Finding out what the baby is..

Milestones: My belly is slowly getting bigger!

Belly Shot - 16 Weeks

Ok, so we FINALLY got around to getting a belly shot. I feel like i look so huge already in this pic, it was at the end of the day. Anyway...enjoy :-)

What do you think it is????

Heading into the 5th month!

How far along? 16 weeks
Weight gain/loss: Doctors scale says I am up 5 pounds from my pre-pregnancy weight
Maternity clothes? my belly isn't quite big enough for maternity pants yet. I wear a lot of yoga pants.
Stretch marks? nope
Sleep? yes please!
Best moment this week? My doctors appt today, got to hear the heartbeat again

Food cravings: I still like a lot of fruit and desserts!

Gender: Dunno yet...hopefully we'll find out on the 17th
Belly button in or out? In
Movement? I don't think i've felt anything yet
What I miss? I miss feeling normal and being able to work out if i want to.
What I'm looking forward to: Finding out what the baby is..

Milestones: I think i'm actually starting to get a little belly now!

So, i had my monthly checkup today at the doctors. Everything is going great, the heartbeat was 156 and i'm up 5 lbs. Not too much else is new around here. We organized and cleaned the basement. We need to move our office down there to clean out the baby's room. I think we're pretty much ahead of schedule so far. Next up, is we're getting new carpet upstairs. After that we just start stocking up on baby stuff! I'm excited to be able to pick out gender appropriate stuff and focus in on a name! It seemed like the first few months really crawled by, but time seems to be going faster now! I'm almost at the halfway mark! 

Well stay tuned for the gender announcement! What do you think it will be?