17 weeks!

We have made it!!!! I finally feel pregnant! This will not be my normal update but hopefully it will be just as informative!

   We did the gender test a few weeks ago and I was really hoping to be able to load the videos up onto my blog. I am working on that still! It was alot of fun and I hope you enjoy them! We should be finding out the babies gender within the week! Hoping for next Monday!

    I am feeling so good, though have my moments of being so uncomfortable, which is crazy to me since I am not very far along and not very big! As you guys can see from the photo I posted earlier this week, I am getting a small baby bump, which I am very in love with!

    I have officially started to feel the baby move!!!!!!!!!!!!! It is the best! It has been about 2 weeks since I was confident I was feeling baby, but this week he/she has really picked up and it is more a bunch of little kicks instead of butterfly wings! Now I am just waiting for Jonathan to be able to feel this baby, he is going to be so cute! He is already so cute, he talks to my belly and is always rubbing and kissing on it! Such a fun experience!

 I have a midwife appointment today so I will try and do an official update tonight or tomorrow! ( I have no idea why the videos loaded in the middle of the blog post,  but I am sure you will enjoy them anyway!)

17 weeks photo!

Here is a picture everyone

What is baby tests!!!!!

I am going to so a post on all the old wives tales about gender prediction. Be looking for it. It is going to be so fun!

I am having a great week. I really am feeling great and just can't wait to start really feeling this baby move!!! In the evening I am starting so look more pregnant and believe it or not, I can't wait to get bigger!!!

I am so excited to pregnant with some of my best friends ( not sure if it is public knowledge yet). This is going to be such a fun year!!!

Week 13!!!

How Far Along: 13 weeks!!

Size of Baby: The baby is the size of a Peach this week and measures about 4.1-4.5 inches. Baby is getting bigger, he has doubled in the last week!

What You’re Doing: Sorry it has been so long, I really hope I start doing better on this blog! Lena made it threw her surgery like a champ and it is like she is a new child, she sleep great and is now pain free. We had a great week of Christmas and enjoyed many family get together! I am on a brake from school for a couple more weeks and I am enjoying this very much.

Cravings: My newest craving is hard boiled eggs; I am getting of protein for sure!!! I have also wanted pickles but I don’t like saying that since it is such a prego thing to say!

Sleep: I am still not sleeping well, I talk to my midwife about it yesterday and she suggested a few vitamins to try and help with this. I do think I have restless leg syndrome and she suggested some things to help with this as well, hoping to figure this all out soon so I can start sleeping!!!!

Sex of Baby:  So I have a few different things I want to do for this section before we actually find out, this week I will go off of the heart beat. They say if the heart beat is over 140 it is a girl and below this number is a boy. Yesterday the babies heart rate was in the 160’s so that would make up team GIRL. There have been a lot of studies to disprove this old wives tale but it is fun to share!

Girl – 2            Boy - 2

Weight Gain: At my 9 week appointment I was back down to 131 and yesterday at my 13 week appointment I was at 132 so I have gained 1lb so far!

Maternity clothes: I have worn a few pants here and there, I mainly wear them in place of sweatpants if I am going to be going out all day!

Symptoms: I am pretty much symptom free!!!!!!!!!!!! It has been about 2 weeks since I threw up last and I am getting some energy back, which my house is very thankful for. The floors were starting to get pretty dirty! I still have some stretching and pulling in my belly but no other large symptoms!

What you’re looking forward to: I so want to feel this baby move! I know it could be a few more weeks, I don’t remember when I felt Lena move. 

What baby is doing this week: Baby is pretty much complete and will now grow and gain weight. His brain and lungs will still mature but he has all the same parts as we do!


Thoughts from Ellena:  She told me this morning that she will not love it if it is a girl. She only wants a boy baby! “I am wishing that he would grow so fast!”

What is a Kumquat?

Here is a picture is a kumquat. They are a small fruit that no one has every heard of!!!

9 Weeks!

How Far Along: 9 weeks!!
Size of Baby: The baby is the size of a kumquat this week and measures about 1.75-2.4 inches. It is still so very very small.  
What You’re Doing: The past 3 weeks have been really busy. We enjoyed our vacation to Nashville last weekend, and are settling back into life afterwards! I have been trying to get school wrapped up for the semester! It has kept me overwhelmed and I will be so glad to have it finished next week! Lena is going to be having a oral surgery this coming Friday, because she is so little, we will be doing the procedure at LeBonheur Children’s Hospital under general anesthesia. We would appreciate all your prayer.
Cravings: I have had a few more craving, tonight I just NEEDED choc. chip cookies! As a whole I have loved fruits and really cold water! I am having a lot less food aversions, though red meat does not sound good in theory, but I am fine eating it!
Sleep: I am still not sleeping well; I don’t remember having to use the bathroom so much this early on with Ellena! And the dreams, I feel like all I do is dream which equals to me feeling very unrested.
Sex of Baby:  If you're breaking out like crazy, blame it on your girl babe. The belief goes that girls steal their mother's beauty, hence, those annoying zits. If you have clear skin you have a boy on the way! I have been pretty clear, not feeling like I am any more broken out then normal! So we must be team BOY this month!
Girl – 1            Boy - 2
Weight Gain: So I not bought a scale yet, but I have weight myself a few time while at my mom’s how and as of last Sunday I weight 132 lbs, so that is 2 lbs so far! Not sure if that is good or not?
Maternity clothes: Jonathan is really starting to say things about my belly rounding out! I am small enough naturally that I am sure, just like last time, it will be a while before other people start noticing my belly but I can tell my low belly is rounder then it normally is! I am not wearing anything maternity, but I have stopped wearing belts with most of my jeans!
Names: I am not sure we have talked any more about name! Though we really should decide more on what we like for a girl. If it is a boy I would like to use the name Pierce for his middle name! It is my Grandfathers middle name and I have always liked the sound of it!
 Symptoms: Well, this comes and goes. I did a lot of dry heaving in week 7 and then last week I was feeling pretty good then Friday hit….. I have started actually throwing up! Some days I throw up more than others, but my stomach is starting to hurt from all the heaving! Other symptoms are the increased tiredness; I have some stretching and pulling in my stomach.
What you’re looking forward to: I am ready for this week to be over, school would be done and Lena would be through surgery! I have my first actually midwife appointment on Thursday so I am really excited about that. I will be 9 weeks so it might still be to early to hear the heart beat, but I can hope, right?
What baby is doing this week: So little one is now considered a fetus. All his internal organs are now formed and fully functional. The heart is just finishing up dividing into the four chambers. The baby is now drinking and some even say he can taste some of what I eat.
 What your body is doing: My uterus is now the size of a large orange or small grapefruit! Hormones are flowing so mood swings will start showing their ugly head (sorry honey).
Thoughts from daddy: Honey I have no idea…. (This is not his favorite thing to do) He would love for me to start feeling better!
Thoughts from Ellena:  “The baby is so cute!” 

9 week photos!