Jesse and I no longer have internet access at home, thus the reason I have not been posting on our baby blog regularly and will not be able to as much as I had hoped. I will be 34 weeks on Saturday! Whoo hoo. Only 6 weeks to go....so crazy! I am starting to get a little nervous about the actual delivery. I have started having dreams about it. Last night I dreamed I went in to labor and had a cat! That was strange to say the least! He he. Still no name yet! I was leaning toward Malachi and Jesse likes it but it would not be a top pick so we are moving away from that now. We like the name Josiah for a middle name. We have talked about Elias. That was orginally the name I have had picked out for a boy long before we were pregnant, and Jesse likes, but when we actually were pregnant with a boy we wanted to look/think more. We like Esau. Esau Josiah. The Esau from the Bible has a somewhat negative rep though, and it means hairy...which if the baby will be anything like his daddy would fit =)! Plus Jesse loves food and Esau did sell his birthright for something to eat! He he. We have laughed about that. Anyway...we will see. If anyone has any suggestions throw them our way.
Baby showers are in the works now! Yay! We are excited to be able to start setting up the baby's room. We have a shower for Jesse's side of the family on May 30th and for my side of the family and some friends on June 13th at the park in T.R. I am so thankful to those throwing these showers for us so we can have what we need for our coming little one. We also have my sister and relative Cathy, both photographers, taking belly/maternity pictures for us this weekend.
Our boy is still rolling and kicking and moving and stretching! He is now getting the hiccups too - at least I think that is what it is. It is so annoying and strange. He has had at least one set everyday for 6 days now.
Anyway, that is a little bit of information as I play a short game of "catch-up". Gotta jet. =)
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Only 10 Weeks To Go!
We hit week 30 last Saturday! It is so hard to believe that we only have 10 weeks left till our little one is supposed to arrive. Time seemed to go by so slowly the first trimester and now it is flying by!
It has been weird, fun, interesting and wonderful feeling our boy move and how the movements change over time. His movements started out as a flutter way down low and are now bumps, kicks and rolls - and boy do I mean ROLLS - all over. The growing belly is a strange phenomenon. Getting up and down from sitting and laying can be quite a struggle. Shaving has become a challenge. And forget about painting my toenails! I have now asked Jesse to be my toe painter and he has agreed =).
I feel time is beginning to shrink and I am a little anxious about getting all we need and doing all we need to do to be ready for the baby. So far we only have 5 or 6 outfits, 2 packs of some hand-me-down too small for another baby diapers, a bassinet my sister gave me, a bouncy seat my cousin gave me, a stroller, and some things from Nana and Poppie's Christmas stocking to Baby Gaunt. Ahhh! Plus the room baby will use is currently a storage room. Some friends are coming over next week to help me clean the room out. Yay!! I will feel much better when that is done. It is amazing how much stuff you realize you need for a new addition. Under 10 weeks to go and gotta get it all somehow and get it all done. It is exciting though.
I failed my first gestational diabetes sugar test and had to go back for the dreaded 3 hour test. That was NOT fun!! I didn't even keep the drink down. YUCK! I made it 55 minutes and they said that was good enough for accurate test results. Whew! I did NOT want to do that again. But I passed the second test with flying colors and they actually don't understand why I failed the first. Oh well. I am just happy to know it won't be an issue.
I am tiring a lot quicker now. My belly can get so tight at times it is extremely uncomfortable. I have not had any food cravings that I hear people talk about. I am waking up with nausea pretty much every morning again, but nothing to the extent of before and my nausea medicine takes care of it. Jesse is so great at taking care of me, making me take it easy, helping me up when I need it, rubbing my belly and my feet, has even rubbed on belly butter - he really doesn't want me to get stretch marks. He saw some somewhere else and they grossed him out. The last thing I want is for something on me to gross out my hubby!
69 days to go! Whoo hoo!
It has been weird, fun, interesting and wonderful feeling our boy move and how the movements change over time. His movements started out as a flutter way down low and are now bumps, kicks and rolls - and boy do I mean ROLLS - all over. The growing belly is a strange phenomenon. Getting up and down from sitting and laying can be quite a struggle. Shaving has become a challenge. And forget about painting my toenails! I have now asked Jesse to be my toe painter and he has agreed =).
I feel time is beginning to shrink and I am a little anxious about getting all we need and doing all we need to do to be ready for the baby. So far we only have 5 or 6 outfits, 2 packs of some hand-me-down too small for another baby diapers, a bassinet my sister gave me, a bouncy seat my cousin gave me, a stroller, and some things from Nana and Poppie's Christmas stocking to Baby Gaunt. Ahhh! Plus the room baby will use is currently a storage room. Some friends are coming over next week to help me clean the room out. Yay!! I will feel much better when that is done. It is amazing how much stuff you realize you need for a new addition. Under 10 weeks to go and gotta get it all somehow and get it all done. It is exciting though.
I failed my first gestational diabetes sugar test and had to go back for the dreaded 3 hour test. That was NOT fun!! I didn't even keep the drink down. YUCK! I made it 55 minutes and they said that was good enough for accurate test results. Whew! I did NOT want to do that again. But I passed the second test with flying colors and they actually don't understand why I failed the first. Oh well. I am just happy to know it won't be an issue.
I am tiring a lot quicker now. My belly can get so tight at times it is extremely uncomfortable. I have not had any food cravings that I hear people talk about. I am waking up with nausea pretty much every morning again, but nothing to the extent of before and my nausea medicine takes care of it. Jesse is so great at taking care of me, making me take it easy, helping me up when I need it, rubbing my belly and my feet, has even rubbed on belly butter - he really doesn't want me to get stretch marks. He saw some somewhere else and they grossed him out. The last thing I want is for something on me to gross out my hubby!
69 days to go! Whoo hoo!
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Ultrasounds & Baby Registries
We have 104 days to go! Ahh! That seems like so long. Our little bugger is kick-in up a storm. He is getting really strong. I have started having some Braxton-Hicks contractions. My stomach gets really tight all over, there are tender spots, and pain can shoot across my tummy. It can be really uncomfortable. It is normal at this stage in my pregnancy and they say it is actually good for the baby - massages him and gets him used to and ready for the birthing process. So, I'll take it =)!
I thought I would post a few of our ultrasound pictures. These are from week 21, when we found out we were having a boy. They are pictures of pictures so they are not all that clear.
This is a profile shot and he has his hand in the air.
This is a shot of the bottom of his feet. I love this one!
Here is a shot of his legs. They are stretched out and you can see his bones. So cool.
I registered at B
abies-R-Us recently and had a blast. My favorite part was deciding on the nursery decor and registering for the crib set - sheets, bumper pads, quilt, etc. It is called "Pop Monkey". The colors are plant green and brown with monkeys and vines. There are wall stickers and a changing pad cover and diaper rack to match. I also registered for a bath set - all you need to help bathe your child from baby to toddler/sink to tub - frog design- so cute. Of course there are other things: bumbo, bobby pillow, pacifiers, burp clothes, washclothes and towels, sling to carry him in, baby sleeping p
ositioner, changing table, play mat, bouncy seat, etc. I am excited about being able to set-up his room, at some point. Jesse and I are not sure where we will be living when the baby arrives. I will not be working over the summer because I substitute teach and I'm going to stay home with the little one after he gets here. So, we want to find a place with cheaper rent than our current apartment. We are not sure what that means or where we will be. Please pray that God shows us where to make our home and provides a place that we can afford.
I am officially not fitting into my regular clothes anymore and embarking on the hunt for maternity clothes. I am currently using rubberbands to keep my jeans closed. He he. Jesse is enjoying watching my belly grow and smiles when I have trouble bending over and doing something that used to be thoughtless. When he leaves for work in the morning he's been rubbing my belly first. So sweet!
I thought I would post a few of our ultrasound pictures. These are from week 21, when we found out we were having a boy. They are pictures of pictures so they are not all that clear.
This is a profile shot and he has his hand in the air.
This is a shot of the bottom of his feet. I love this one!
Here is a shot of his legs. They are stretched out and you can see his bones. So cool.I registered at B
abies-R-Us recently and had a blast. My favorite part was deciding on the nursery decor and registering for the crib set - sheets, bumper pads, quilt, etc. It is called "Pop Monkey". The colors are plant green and brown with monkeys and vines. There are wall stickers and a changing pad cover and diaper rack to match. I also registered for a bath set - all you need to help bathe your child from baby to toddler/sink to tub - frog design- so cute. Of course there are other things: bumbo, bobby pillow, pacifiers, burp clothes, washclothes and towels, sling to carry him in, baby sleeping p
ositioner, changing table, play mat, bouncy seat, etc. I am excited about being able to set-up his room, at some point. Jesse and I are not sure where we will be living when the baby arrives. I will not be working over the summer because I substitute teach and I'm going to stay home with the little one after he gets here. So, we want to find a place with cheaper rent than our current apartment. We are not sure what that means or where we will be. Please pray that God shows us where to make our home and provides a place that we can afford.I am officially not fitting into my regular clothes anymore and embarking on the hunt for maternity clothes. I am currently using rubberbands to keep my jeans closed. He he. Jesse is enjoying watching my belly grow and smiles when I have trouble bending over and doing something that used to be thoughtless. When he leaves for work in the morning he's been rubbing my belly first. So sweet!
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Baby Gaunt!
We wanted to start this blog so grandparents, family, and friends could keep up with what is going with our pregnancy and later the baby - plus what is going on with Jesse and I. So this our attempt...
We found out we were pregnant in early November! Prior to, and over one weekend, I was not feeling well and slightly nauseous. After a few days I noticed the nausea was not going away and made a joke with Jesse that we might need to get a pregnancy test. We both laughed at this and thought nothing more about it. We were not trying to get pregnant and were not aware of it being a possiblity at all. Then I started to notice a few other symptoms I had heard come with pregnancy, so I started to think back and really consider the possiblity of being pregant. Then the pieces started coming together:
1) I remembered my cousin Melody and I joking that I might be pregnant. Melody got married on Saturday, Oct. 18th and I helped her with her wedding. Thursday night before the weddin
g we were at Garden Ridge getting wedding stuff. As we were standing in line to purchase our stuff, I mentioned to Melody that I felt funny and that I was having wierd cramps. That is when we joked that maybe I was pregnant. Little did we know that I WAS!! 5 days pregnant. (Crazy!)
2) THEN I remembered that the weekend before Jesse and I had attended another wedding - a friend of his family's - on Oct. 11th. On the way to the wedding, we had to take a detour due to a roadblock in the middle of downtown Anderson. This got us off track with our directions, and eventually ended up in a big, but silly argument between us. We arrived at the wedding without being able to settle our dispute and having to get out of the car. I hate when that happens. So, we were really feuding, be we had to put on our smiles and be around lots of people and pretend all was okay. It ended up working out, as afterwards we talked and later we "made up". (And not knowing it at the time - "made baby"!! Sorry if this is TMI for anyone - he he.)
3) THEN I remembered (I have the craziest memory and can recall the tiniest details at time), having ALMOST made a joke with Jesse around the weekend of Oct. 11th. A friend of mine, Missy, had recently mentioned to me the best time to try for a baby. She had mentioned a specific symptom and I noticed this symptom in myself. After noticing, I remembered walking into the living room and almost saying out loud to Jesse - hey, if we want to try for baby, now is the time! But I didn't say it out loud.
4) THEN I put all the peices together. I realized that we did indeed take advantage of that time without conciously doing it, that we didn't take precaution, and that I indeed could have been feeling symptoms when I was with Melody.
It is still so crazy to me that all of this happened and came together and we were so oblivous to it all. We had not set out to get pregnant and I have heard of so many people having trouble or planning for a baby and having to "try" and I just assumed when we conciously decided to have a baby that we would have to plan and try. And I secretly had a fear that I would be unable to have kids for some reason. I did not think that it would be sooo easy for us! But, we had always said that we wanted to wait at least two years after we were married (it was now three years) and we wanted to wait till Jesse graduated (it was November and he graduated in December) and till he had an architectural job - the one peice that has not fallen in place yet!
So, as I realized being pregnant could really be possible, I tracked Jesse down in the bedroom on Sunday night and explained why we really might want to get a
test. So, Jesse brought home a pregnancy test the next day after work. I was asleep in the bed, still feeling bad. He gave me the bag and I went to take the test, still not thinking that I was REALLY pregnant. And sure enough, within seconds the vertical line popped up on the test - a line that only appears if it is positive!! I opened the bathroom door with a big smile on my face, feeling like I had bug eyes, and told Jesse we were pregnant! Still in disbelief. He looked at me quizzically. I explained that there was a vertical line already, and that this line only appeared if the test was positive. He mentioned that the directions for the test said you needed to wait for 2 minutes when you take the test. I explained that it could take UP TO two minutes, but that if it was positive it could show as early as 30 seconds. The horizontal line had not popped up yet, to complete the + and Jesse said that he was not looking again until two minutes were up! And he went into the kitchen and tried to preoccupy himself, as he paced and smiled. I laughed at him, knowing this vertical line was not going to disappear. But I waited the two minutes and showed it to him again. He was still in disbelief, and even though I knew it was really a positive test it still didn't feel real. As I was sitting on the couch in shock, Jesse came over and got down on his knees, took my hands, and prayed with me - thanking God and praying for me and the "possible" baby, and us. After his prayer and he kissed me I called him "daddy"! He told me not to call him that yet, because we still were not sure!! (What would it take?!) But he was a believer by the next day as we did tell both of our parents. Then the following day I confirmed it at my doctor!
Even after the doctor confirmed it, and we knew we were pregnant, it didn't feel real to us. My nausea only got worse and I had an extremely sick and difficult time every day, every hour, every minute, for over 6 weeks. This was actually a very difficult time for both of us and we had not been able to become excited about it all, because of the sickness and hardship. But around the beginning of January, pregnancy week 11/12, I started to improve. Then we had our first ultrasound in January and we saw our peanut for the first time. That is when it finally felt real, and related to an actual baby, for the both of us. And that is when we both started to be extremely excited! Now we are thrilled and can't wait for HIM to get here. We found out on Feb. 18th that we are having a baby boy! We are still contemplating names and don't have one nailed down yet. My dad is rooting for "Ford" to be in there somewhere, being my dad's middle name - it is also part of my grandfather and great-grandfather's names. I would do it for sentimental reason, but Jesse is not a fan.
Our baby boy wiggles and moves all the time! I love it. Jesse has felt him move about a time or two. I am definitely looking pregnant as my belly grows. As of last week I had gained 5 pounds, but it is all in a big round ball in the front. The doc said ideally one gains 5 pounds in the first two trimesters - as I have - and 20 pounds in the third trimester. Twenty?!? So, I have 20 pounds to go?!? Wow. And I think I feel full and bloated now. Had trouble painting my toenails the other day. I think it is only the beginning. . .
Well, that is the basics of our baby story thus far! =)
We found out we were pregnant in early November! Prior to, and over one weekend, I was not feeling well and slightly nauseous. After a few days I noticed the nausea was not going away and made a joke with Jesse that we might need to get a pregnancy test. We both laughed at this and thought nothing more about it. We were not trying to get pregnant and were not aware of it being a possiblity at all. Then I started to notice a few other symptoms I had heard come with pregnancy, so I started to think back and really consider the possiblity of being pregant. Then the pieces started coming together:
1) I remembered my cousin Melody and I joking that I might be pregnant. Melody got married on Saturday, Oct. 18th and I helped her with her wedding. Thursday night before the weddin
g we were at Garden Ridge getting wedding stuff. As we were standing in line to purchase our stuff, I mentioned to Melody that I felt funny and that I was having wierd cramps. That is when we joked that maybe I was pregnant. Little did we know that I WAS!! 5 days pregnant. (Crazy!)2) THEN I remembered that the weekend before Jesse and I had attended another wedding - a friend of his family's - on Oct. 11th. On the way to the wedding, we had to take a detour due to a roadblock in the middle of downtown Anderson. This got us off track with our directions, and eventually ended up in a big, but silly argument between us. We arrived at the wedding without being able to settle our dispute and having to get out of the car. I hate when that happens. So, we were really feuding, be we had to put on our smiles and be around lots of people and pretend all was okay. It ended up working out, as afterwards we talked and later we "made up". (And not knowing it at the time - "made baby"!! Sorry if this is TMI for anyone - he he.)
3) THEN I remembered (I have the craziest memory and can recall the tiniest details at time), having ALMOST made a joke with Jesse around the weekend of Oct. 11th. A friend of mine, Missy, had recently mentioned to me the best time to try for a baby. She had mentioned a specific symptom and I noticed this symptom in myself. After noticing, I remembered walking into the living room and almost saying out loud to Jesse - hey, if we want to try for baby, now is the time! But I didn't say it out loud.
4) THEN I put all the peices together. I realized that we did indeed take advantage of that time without conciously doing it, that we didn't take precaution, and that I indeed could have been feeling symptoms when I was with Melody.
It is still so crazy to me that all of this happened and came together and we were so oblivous to it all. We had not set out to get pregnant and I have heard of so many people having trouble or planning for a baby and having to "try" and I just assumed when we conciously decided to have a baby that we would have to plan and try. And I secretly had a fear that I would be unable to have kids for some reason. I did not think that it would be sooo easy for us! But, we had always said that we wanted to wait at least two years after we were married (it was now three years) and we wanted to wait till Jesse graduated (it was November and he graduated in December) and till he had an architectural job - the one peice that has not fallen in place yet!
So, as I realized being pregnant could really be possible, I tracked Jesse down in the bedroom on Sunday night and explained why we really might want to get a
test. So, Jesse brought home a pregnancy test the next day after work. I was asleep in the bed, still feeling bad. He gave me the bag and I went to take the test, still not thinking that I was REALLY pregnant. And sure enough, within seconds the vertical line popped up on the test - a line that only appears if it is positive!! I opened the bathroom door with a big smile on my face, feeling like I had bug eyes, and told Jesse we were pregnant! Still in disbelief. He looked at me quizzically. I explained that there was a vertical line already, and that this line only appeared if the test was positive. He mentioned that the directions for the test said you needed to wait for 2 minutes when you take the test. I explained that it could take UP TO two minutes, but that if it was positive it could show as early as 30 seconds. The horizontal line had not popped up yet, to complete the + and Jesse said that he was not looking again until two minutes were up! And he went into the kitchen and tried to preoccupy himself, as he paced and smiled. I laughed at him, knowing this vertical line was not going to disappear. But I waited the two minutes and showed it to him again. He was still in disbelief, and even though I knew it was really a positive test it still didn't feel real. As I was sitting on the couch in shock, Jesse came over and got down on his knees, took my hands, and prayed with me - thanking God and praying for me and the "possible" baby, and us. After his prayer and he kissed me I called him "daddy"! He told me not to call him that yet, because we still were not sure!! (What would it take?!) But he was a believer by the next day as we did tell both of our parents. Then the following day I confirmed it at my doctor!Even after the doctor confirmed it, and we knew we were pregnant, it didn't feel real to us. My nausea only got worse and I had an extremely sick and difficult time every day, every hour, every minute, for over 6 weeks. This was actually a very difficult time for both of us and we had not been able to become excited about it all, because of the sickness and hardship. But around the beginning of January, pregnancy week 11/12, I started to improve. Then we had our first ultrasound in January and we saw our peanut for the first time. That is when it finally felt real, and related to an actual baby, for the both of us. And that is when we both started to be extremely excited! Now we are thrilled and can't wait for HIM to get here. We found out on Feb. 18th that we are having a baby boy! We are still contemplating names and don't have one nailed down yet. My dad is rooting for "Ford" to be in there somewhere, being my dad's middle name - it is also part of my grandfather and great-grandfather's names. I would do it for sentimental reason, but Jesse is not a fan.
Our baby boy wiggles and moves all the time! I love it. Jesse has felt him move about a time or two. I am definitely looking pregnant as my belly grows. As of last week I had gained 5 pounds, but it is all in a big round ball in the front. The doc said ideally one gains 5 pounds in the first two trimesters - as I have - and 20 pounds in the third trimester. Twenty?!? So, I have 20 pounds to go?!? Wow. And I think I feel full and bloated now. Had trouble painting my toenails the other day. I think it is only the beginning. . .
Well, that is the basics of our baby story thus far! =)
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