Movement and Heartbeats and STUFF!!

I know it's been awhile but a lot has been going on. The major stuff is starting to happen. I felt my baby girl kick for the first time a few weeks ago. Also, we were able to hear her heartbeat at our last doctors visit. I don't know the words to describe how that feels. It's pretty surreal.

Now that I take a look at the baby's nursery I am beginning to understand what people mean when they say that babies need a lot of stuff. Holy Wow Cow! For something so small, we already have so much stuff. And we're not even done getting things. In fact, we haven't even had the baby shower.

We must thank the D's. We have gotten a lot of stuff from these good friends who have a 3 year old girl. They're so happy to be able to give it to someone for most of their friends have boys. We are lucky to have these good friends.

I know things are going to start happening fast a furious now so everyone hold on!!

Don't look now but Wow!

Okay, so a few days goes by and bam, hello mama! A lot of growing has been done in the past week. Maybe it's just the new top that she's wearing. It's starting to really set in. I've also heard that this is the time that the "glow" starts setting in too. I can see that. Maybe it's the fact that she got her hair done a couple of days ago. Maybe it's everything I always knew was so amazing about my wife.

No it's not the beer I had. I've only had one so far and that was quite a while ago. I'm getting ready for number two now! Seriously though, I'm beginning to see why this is such a neat time of my life. Even though she sleeps a lot, I'm being rewarded with so much. The rewards will only continue, if you don't think about the lack of sleep to come. We'll deal with that later. I'm taking advantage of this wonderful time!

Maybe Not?

So maybe we're not quite out of the woods yet with the nausia. Certain foods or drinks should go on the "not while pregrant" list. Number one- Naked Blue Machine Juice drink. That gave her some serious indigestion and led to her ultimately losing it at the sink. Wow! I really can not do anything for her during that "time" because I will lose it myself. That is one odor I cannot handle. Of course most people feel the same way.

I hope to not have to add anymore to this list. I'm sure there are lots more that are on the list but hopefully we will get past this point soon.

Um, 19 weeks?

Time is flying by. Things have smoothed out since we hit the 18 week point. My wife is doing better from a food/nausea perspective. That is really nice. She even made dinner a few nights this past week. Wow! The thing that's still tough is her work shedule. Working nights makes her days off backwards until she gets used to the time changes. She seems to be handling it pretty well. Except for the days off that she ends up sleeping most of it on the coach and then gets up at 3:30 in the morning. I guess she needs to rest. So maybe resting until 7 or 8 in the morning will be better? Hint Hint :-))

Now that we're in the 19th week, we have pretty much come close to the midway point and we should enjoy this time. I have heard it starts getting tough pretty soon. I think I can go with the flow. I just need to keep asking about times and dates and keep trying to stay ahead of schedule. Schedule?? What is that? I am trying to stay up on all of the times and duties and what not by reading a lot of stuff. What should we be doing now besides enjoying our rest? I have read a lot of things about looking into planning for day care, planning the nursery, starting to make lists, etc... What really should we be doing if anything? Ideas?? Time is going to fly by so get ready...

We're having a little Princess!!

I got the call today and it was good.  Good news all around.  The results of the amnio came back and everything looks great.  That was quite possibly the best news I have ever heard, so far (except for the initial "I Do!" and then several years later "I'm Pregnant").  What is even better news is that we are expecting a little Princess 'Addison-Lee' in early June.  That is so cool! 

I would have to say that things are pretty good now.  I can get used to things like lavender, paisley, purple, light green and blue, and yes, even pink.  Bring on Hot Pink too if you dare!  I'm game.  As long as it's Daddy's Little Girl we're talking about, I can handle pretty much anything.  I don't quite know about handling a lack of sleep.  We'll cross that bridge when we get to it.  But for now, all is right with the world. 

Size Does Matter

This week we saw the first real increase in the size of things. It really happened in a rather short amount of time but wow did it ever. My wife noticed that it feels like a softball. It's kind of strange but in a good way. It means life is getting on with things.

I have been asking my wife to start taking belly pics so we can see the progression and so we got some yesterday. It makes it the first day of the 16th week so we'll probably do one a month so we can compare. I think it's a good way to look back at the progress. I'll post when we get two to compare.

Amnio Visit Done!

So this wasn't as bad as was forecast. My wife and I had the Amnio done to make sure everything is going well and so far it looks good. We asked for them to try to find out if it's a boy or girl but the baby was curled up very high and was not showing very well. One of the Doctors did lean towards thinking it was a girl but we won't know for sure for another 2 weeks. That makes for a great New Years gift!

The ultrasound was very cool. They looked at a bunch if different angles and it was neat to see the head and the heart and everything. They showed the flow of the blood. Very cool.

I am still hoping that all goes well and nothing strange comes up when we get the results. I'll admit that I am starting to get more nervous. This is a feeling I have never had and it's actually pretty neat.