IT'S A GIRL!!

Well you definately didnt hear it here first, but between my work, taking care of skyler after his shoulder surgery, and making death by chocolate brownies, i havent had much time to blog. We found out monday that we are definately expecting a baby GIRL!! WOOOOO HOOOOO!! I am SO excited. Skyler is... also... excited. It took him a couple hours to come around but is adjusting to the idea fairly well. We are now in search of the perfect girl bedding that isnt "too pink" ... and he definately has an opinion. I think we have finally narrowed it down to two.
We made a second attempt at the baby registry creation at babies R us... after a Mcdonalds cup full of captain and sprite he VERY WILLINGLY let me scan some pink items and complete the WHOLE registry. I was REALLY happy to get it done! (so for the record we are registered at Target and Babies R Us) :)
anywho back to the anatomy scan, baby Davis is healthy and growing. Im feeling lots of kicks and rolls in there, and should be felt from the outside here in the next couple of weeks. SO EXCITING! I have only gained 2 pounds, and am under doctors orders to "eat whatever sounds good" to try to put some weight on. HENCE THE DEATH BY CHOCOLATE BROWNIES BAKING RIGHT NOW. They take two hours to set before i can taste... absolutely worth staying up an hour past my bedtime for....
Please excuse me while I devour half the pan. Heres some updated pictures. Baby and the belly. almost 19 weeks... cant believe it!!

here she is!! 18 WEEKS

little baby butt... its a girl!!

Getting there.

I had my 16 week appt yesterday and it went really well. The BEST part of the news is our anatomy scan was scheduled for April 18th at 11:30 am... one and a half more weeks we can say ITS A... girl or boy. !! so excited. Babys heartbeat is going strong at 155 bpm, which the dr says is great. I got the results from my first trimester bloodwork and everything came back normal (MORE YAYS)
Lets talk about cravings.
I was standing in the kitchen last night making waffles and bacon. (My 1 week craving of belgian waffles could not be satisfied by one breakfast so we invested in a waffle iron... smart decision.) I devoured two waffles and 4 slices of bacon and found myself wanting something else. I opened the pantry *as i eye the spaghetti sauce...* "baaaaabe? are you hungry for spaghetti??" whoever hasnt eaten waffles with a side of spaghetti is crazy... its DELICIOUS. Ill add to the list sour pickles (only to be found at harris teeter) as ell as cheeto puff curls and sausage biscuits and gravy. *DROOL* my mouth is literally watering as I type this. They werent joking when "cravings" was added to the list of pregnancy symtoms. it is a SERIOUS matter that has to be addressed as soon they arrive. otherwise you will be waking up at 2 am to pee and thinking about pickles and sausage. *more drool.*
Speaking of waking up at night. Dear lord my hips. I feel like a 100 year old lady. I spent 3-4 nights tossing and turning and waking up in the most awful pain imaginable 8-9 times a night before I drug my large pregnancy pillow back in the bed. Sorry Skyler, (he says it takes up 3/4s of the bed) I cant sleep without it anymore. Thanks baby davis for adding elastin to my joints and giving me hip pain. Problem solved. Skyler can fit on 1/4 of the bed, hes a dude. :)
Thats about all the update for now. Got another belly picture here... 16 weeks 2 days and growing... Ill be reaching for the maternity shirts in another week im sure... half my shirts look like an elementary school student lent me their clothes. WAY. TOO. TIGHT.
1 and a half weeks counting down!!



Update!

Everything has been so non eventful that I havent really written anything... I did go back to my OB for some bloodwork (routine stuff) and they moved my due date AGAIN to Sept. 19. So were back to the 15 (now almost 16 week) mark. THANKS FOR MY WEEK BACK! Nothing much going on in there except a couple (make that 4) baby roll arounds.... so exciting to feel something! Should be another 2 weeks or so before baby can be felt on the outside. We should be finding out around April 18 or so the gender for SURE this time. Our nursery furniture has YET to arrive. sigh. I will NEVER order from jcpenney again. To quote my mother "IM GOING TO WRITE A LETTER!" haha. that'll be the day!
Im FINALLY going to post a belly pic, since theres semi-something to look at now. This is from the FIRST day of week 15. I swear its getting bigger everyday. We had one nice day last week and I tried to squeeze into my cute summer dresses. Ya no... I looked like a pregnant summer slut. Oh well. So here ya go:



Its A....

Baby! (haha sorry.)

We went to our first trimester screen today in hopes of finding out the gender of the baby. I found this really awesome perinatal expert in Raleigh and we were lucky to get an appointment pretty soon. So we went in for my 12 week 3 day ultrasound. The dr did the NT scan for down syndrome and other defects and said everything looks GREAT. Baby looks healthy. We are measuring a week behind, but he said it was because my conception dates were miscalculated. SO I am actually 11 weeks 5 days pregnant instead. Our new due date is Sept. 24th. He said baby is measuring right for everything and nothing of concern so far, so thats GREAT! We are very happy. Our ultrasound actually lasted over and hour and we got our OWN SCREEN to watch it on. Baby was sleeping for a majority of the time but we did get to see it move around a bit. We also got to hear the heartbeat which is going strong at 168 bpm!!

Anyway, back to the gender stuff, If we WOULD have been correct with our 12 week assumption, then we could have found out the gender of the baby today. But since we were a little off, he could only tell us 70% that the baby is....  a GIRL! CAUTION he said "he couldnt tell for sure because we are not 12 weeks" but if he had to lean more one way thats what he would guess. So heres hoping.

I also had to get my finger pricked. I was mad. Skyler made fun of me.

Our next appt is set for April 25 for the anatomy scan. We opted to go back to this dr again because he was so wonderful (im so bummed he cant be my OB, but he doesnt deliver babies anymore AND hes in raleigh) So 6 more weeks we will know the gender for sure. Guess ill hold off on buying pink stuff- SIGH.

HEY MOM AND DAD!



Gummy Bear With A Heartbeat!

I just got back from my official first dr appointment with my new OB. I got another confirm ultrasound and it was AMAZING!! I got to see its heartbeat and it was waving its little arms around like crazy ("Hi Mommy!!!") It was so incredible and I am so happy I cant even stand it. Our new due date is Sept. 19th which is just a day off of what we originally thought, and the dr said baby is growing just fine and everything looks good and normal! I have gained 3 pounds so far which is right on track,  goal for first trimester is 5-7 pounds and I am 3 weeks away from being out of it! What a relief to see everything going well. The next appointment is in  2 weeks to go over family history blah blah blah BORING STUFF when do I get to see my gummy bear again? I also have to give 10 vials of blood which im less than ecstatic about so ill pretend its my red cross donation for the next 8 years. I secretly wore my maternity sweatpants today because my belly is swollen and the thought of putting on jeans made me want to yack. I was walking through the hospital looking at people thinking "do they know i have on maternity pants? can they tell?" im sure they couldnt, they look like plain sweatpants just with a roomy-er waist... which is fine with me so i can hide the 3 whopping pounds i have gained. Nap time!!  Oh i suppose you all would like to see gummy bear too!!



FINALLY! HOORAY!

YES! I am SO excited to say that I have finally gotten a dr. appointment scheduled! TOMORROW!! The only bummer is Skyler is out of town for work :( but I will feel so much better once I have a dr. tell me everything is going ok!! Today I didnt even FEEL pregnant... remember when I was complaining about being hungry not being hungry breakouts etc... well ill take all of that back PLEASE because it makes me feel better since it all reminds me theres a baby in there!! Cant wait to share new ultrasound pictures (hopefully) and more good news!! :) Being pregnant is DEFINATELY not as fun without my husband here. womp womp.

Feeling Slugggggiiiiisssshhh.

As a ever so slowly walk my way into week 10 (EEK!) I find myself more and more tired. I cant get through the day without a nap. At least I have my appetite back, and still havent kicked the sweet tooth. Our house is full of brownies, rice krispy treats, and cupcakes, and im guessing Skyler is happy to have skipped out of the house for the week (work trip) so he isnt eating like the pregnant lady. I FINALLY have my insurance, so tomorrow i can hopefully *CROSS FINGERS* get an appointment. I will feel so much better when I can see baby on the ultrasound and hear the heartbeat. Lack of pregnancy symptoms are making me slightly stress and I just want to make sure that little Davis is growing strong in there!! Not much else, im sleeping like no other and feel like I could stay asleep for days at a time. Ready to find out the gender of this baby! the suspense is killing me!!! Thats all for now, im hungry.... Goodbye blog, Hello food.