2nd Trimester, Here we come!

I am 13 weeks and 1 day. I am really failing at this blogging thing. Its been over a month since I posted something. We went back to the doctor on February 25th. Before the doctors appointment, my morning sickness (nausea) had subsided but I was crippled by stomach cramping and diarhea. Everytime that I would eat, I would only be able to eat small amounts and my stomach would cramp and knot. It was extremely uncomfortable. I just assumed that it was a pregnancy symtom. When we went to the doctor for our second visit, he asked how things were going and I said great minus the stomach cramping. He asked a number of questions about the cramping and he began to express some concern. He said that what I was going through was not typical. He thought that I might have some kind of digestive problem. I told him that it had been going on for about 4 weeks and he said that if it did not start getting significantly better within the week that he wanted me to go see a GI Specialist. I got nervious thinking that something could be hurting the baby.  He ensured me that baby was probably doing fine... It was more me that he was worried about.

Thankfully, the cramping has gotten quite a bit better over the last week or so. I still have it from time to time but its tolerable. Through everything with my stomach issues, I lost 8 lbs. I still have not gained any of the weigh back but Dr. Sherman says that it will come. We got to hear the baby's heartbeat at this appointment! :) 160 bpm! We asked when we would be able to find out the sex of the baby. He said that we will do an ultrasound next appointment at 15 weeks but he wont know for sure until the 19-20 week appointment.

I havent been too tired. I feel tired from time to time but nothing extreme. Food adversions: Meat!!! I still love cereal! Every morning for breakfast! Chips and salsa are a staple in my diet.

I dont consider myself too moody but Ryan might think otherwise. I cried over Barbara Streisand. "She is just so beautiful! I love her!"

Okay, I'm going to hell.... Twice in the last month, I have ignored small children that are trying to sell girl scout cookies or trying to save a dog or something. I blame this on my discomfort, Ryan finds it hilarious!

My dad is in town for 3 weeks. This has brought up its challenges because he is staying at our place. He is being nice but 3 weeks is a long time. I love him and will be sad to see him go but I will be ready to get back into our routine and focus on us and baby more!

I found my uterus! Actually, Ryan did. I am a little on the plump side to begin with so I knew I wouldnt show for awhile but we can feel the firmness of my uterus growing in my lower abdomin. That was fun! I bought my first pair of maternity pants because my jeans had gotten too snug. They are not very attractive but oh well.

We have started to clear things out of the baby room. It was the guest room/Ryan's office until now. Sold some bookshelves, sold the guest bed. Office table is next to go!
We are excited to get working on this room once we know whether is a boy or girl!
I think that is all for now. I will try to post more often again!

Catching Up! First Doctors Appointment!

Morning sickness has stopped me in its tracks! I realized today that I havent wrote anything since Jan. 20th. Somedays I feel like I am just overcome with my morning sickness. I have yet to actually get physically sick but I spend most of my day either being nauseous or my stomach being really crampy. Stomach, not my uterus! :)

We went to the doctor on January 24th. It was originally scheduled for the 25th but the doctors office called 2 days before and asked if we could meet the day before because Dr. Sherman was unexpectedly going out of town. No big deal, altered our work schedule a little bit and made it happen. No way we were going to try and reschedule. We were way too excited for our first appointment.

Everything went great at our appointment. We were the first appointment of the day. Dr. Sherman had delivered a baby that morning so he was running a little bit late. Gloria (Dr. Sherman's nurse) got us started with alot of the tests. I had to pee in a cup and they had to take blood. Silly me had forgotten to drink some water that morning so I was pretty dehydrated so Gloria had to poke around a few times to find a vein that would cooperate. I ended up with a bruise that I still have today and that appointment was like a week and a half ago! Dr. Sherman showed up shortly after. He took alot of time with us! We determined that I was indeed 7 week pregnant on that day. I hadnt been into the doctor in over a year so they did a full head to toe exam on me. I got a call a few days later that all over my tests had come back normal and all my numbers were normal. YAY!!

After the head to toe exam, we went to the ultrasound room. This is where we got to see Baby King for the first time! It was such a great moment! I teared up a little bit! The baby was very tiny on the monitor so I am so glad Dr. Sherman had a big screen TV up above my head which made everything alot easier to see. We even got to record the ultrasound! We got to see the heartbeat and Dr. Sherman confirmed that we were only expecting ONE BABY!! Phew! He explained everything in detail and after the ultrasound was complete we were able to ask him some of the questions we had thought of over the previous weeks. He went over his philosophy about pregnancy. He believes in "keeping things boring" and at first I was confused but he feels that we should let my body decide the timing for everything if everything is running smoothly. He does not like to enduce labor unless there is some harm that could cause waiting. He believes that the body should do alot of the work. But he reassured that he was for pain management as needed or requested. At the end of the appointment, I was just so happy! Ryan and I are both so glad that we chose Dr. Sherman! He even gave me some nausea medication to help me get through the morning sickness!

Everything has been going pretty good besides the morning sickness. My boobs are tender. I am very tired alot. I have more mood swings now. I am cold all the time it seems. I get bloated really easily. I have to be careful about my fiber intake to make sure that I dont over do it or I am miserable! Its just hard sometimes. I feel like my emotions are just right there on the surface. I feel like the littlest things make me want to cry. I have absolutely no motivation to do anything. I just feel worn out. I just want to take a nap! Most days on my lunch break, I will do just that... I will eat lunch really fast and lay down and take a 30 minute nap.

Oh, CRAVINGS! I love to eat Cereal! Specifically, Captain Crunch!

All in all, I am loving every minute of this! I love being pregnant! I love the thought of growing a baby inside of me!  I love the thought that in 7 months I will be a mommy!

God Bless Ryan for being so patient with me! I love him so much! He has been such a great support system for me through all of this! He isnt judging me and all my weird symptoms. He is being very loving! I am grateful for this!

Below is the first ultrasound of Baby King at 7 weeks!

Will my body ever be the same again?

Sunday, January 20th: 6 Weeks and 3 Days
It has been a good week! Alot of changes have occurred in my body over the past week or so. Last week it was the heartburn that was running my life but this week it is the queasiness! I am not actually getting sick but I feel queasy almost all day now. It is not the greatest feeling in the world. I almost just want to go ahead and get sick and get it over with so I can feel better for a little bit before it all starts up again. I wake up every morning and eat a handful of crackers. This does help some. I even took some to church with me today. I put them in a little tupperware so I could eat them quietly without disturbing anyone else. It did help.
I'm so glad little to no one is reading this blog because the symptom I will mention next is definitely awkward! I already am a very well endowed woman when it comes to my boobs but holy guacamole... They are growing like crazy! A very close family friend, Callen Maggart, is getting married in March. I am in herewedding and I took my bridesmaid dress to get sleeves added and THE DRESS DIDNT FIT!!! I tried this dress on like 3 weeks ago and had no problems and now the top of the zipper is seperated by like 2 inches!!! So stinkin' bizarre!! My bra is even uncomfortable if I have to wear it for long periods of time. It is really strange! I am only 6 weeks pregnant... What are my boobs going to look like in 7 months?!?!
Heartburn has not been that bad this week. I sometime wake up with a little bit but never a huge issue. I am drinking alot more water this week! I am trying to consume about 80 ounces of water a day. Mood swings occur from time to time but nothing too extreme! I found a couple gray hairs on my head this morning and wanted to cry!
We have our first doctors appointment on Friday, January 25th at 3:45pm. We are really excited! I think it will begin to feel real at that point when we can see the baby and see the heartbeat and all!
Ryan is doing well with all of this... He laughs at me everytime I have a moment that I feel like I might get sick! He has been very supportive though. Always checking on me and making sure that I am comfortable! I feel very blessed to have such a great guy! He is going to be a wonderful dad!

Jalapenos = Rough Night!

Good Morning! It is yet again a very early morning post. It is 3:22am and I have been up for the last hour and a half with heartburn. Yes, thats right... the pregnancy symptoms have set in this week! Oh goodie!
I have had a rapid heart beat that will come in intervals... Every hour or so I will even be sitting still and my heart will begin to race. I wasnt freaking out but it was definitely alarming. Well... come to find out, I was dehydrated! I'm not a huge water drinker but I had been drinking about a glass or two more than I would normally do. That wasnt enough though... Baby Pepe needs more water than I thought. Yes, we have named our little bundle of joy "Pepe" until we find out if he/she is a boy or girl. My mom says it sounds like a drunk mexican. She wants to name it "Fifi" and there is no way that that is happening. Okay so back to the water... so yesterday I dug deep into myself and drank 64 ounces of water and my rapid heartbeat went away! Guess who is going to be drinking more water... This mommy!
Another symptom, I craved spicy food yesterday! I am not a big spicy fan but as Ryan and I have been married I have started to like it more. I used to NEVER eat jalapenos but now I like them diced up in some dishes that he makes. BUT last night, I was popping jalapenos on my nachos at Chili's like they were going out of style. Ryan just looked at me like I had 4 heads. Dinner last night was amazing! It had everything I wanted at that moment. We got salsa and chips before our entree and then my nachos with extra jalapenos and extra sour cream too! I was on cloud nine! Ryan says that I was bouncing in my chair and was like the happiest kid in the world! I dont even know if I would even call it a craving, I just thought mexican/spicy food sounded amazing at that moment and it did! We even went out to DQ for ice cream after! Hey, I ate super healthy all week for baby so I had a cheat night!

BUT

I am feeling it right now. I have heartburn pretty bad. I took some Tums about 30 minutes ago and the heartburn is getting better but it was bad enough to wake me up.
I have had moments of quesiness but no morning sickness yet! I know it is probably just a matter of time. One of my best friends, Shurron (she just had a baby about 6 months ago) says that morning sickness is like being sick with the flu... She says when you are actually sick with the flu, you are miserable before, during and after but when you are sick with morning sickness you will throw up, brush your teeth and be back to normal like nothing happened. I am hoping for that. Actually, I am hoping for no morning sickness at all. Wishful thinking right?

Not many others symptoms. I havent noticed too much tiredness... Which is nice because I am in the middle of working 8 days straight. Cedar allergies have me sneezing pretty bad. Ryan has a bad cough and we are hoping that it is just allergies. I really would hate to get sick right now and not be able to take anything for it!

All in all, I am loving being pregnant! September seems so far away but its hard to believe it has already been a week since we found out we were expecting our wonderful bundle of joy! Continuing to pray for a successful and pleasant pregnancy! I am feeling better so I am going to try to go back to sleep before I have to be up in 3 hours for work!

Can't Sleep...

I thought I was supposed to be extra tired at this stage of the game. Every morning I will wake up at 2am wide awake. I feel like I have slept for a solid 8 hours and ready to start a new day. What the crap?!?! Oh well, I figured I would write down some updates while I was wide awake.

For the last 48 hours I have been abnormally cold. I am usually a very warm natured person. Ryan and I keep the house at 68 degrees at night and most times through the day when we are home. Yesterday, I had the heater on to 73, I was so cold! Ryan and I looked it up and apparently that is pretty normal.

I am also visiting the bathroom more regularly for both reasons. I dont know if it is just because I am drinking more water or if its pregnancy stuff too. I pee'd probably 6-8 times today and that other thing, 3 times!!! No bueno! HAHA!

Ryan's parents came over to see us today. They were so cute! So happy to talk about the baby and how excited they were for both of us! Ryan's mom was already asking about babysitting. We havent even gotten that far yet!

All in all, I am really enjoying the excitement of all this! It is scary sometimes to think that in 8 months I will be a mommy!! I feel very blessed! Ryan and I only tried for about 3 months and here we are!

With God's will, lets just hope that everything goes smoothly and not too many hiccups along the way!

We're Pregnant!!!

Ryan and I started trying to have a baby in October. I have endometreosis and it took my mom 4 years to get pregnant with me so we decided to give it up to God and see what happened. Besides, trying is one of the best parts, right? :)

On Saturday, January 5th, I woke up before my alarm went off and I just relaxed in bed and looked at Facebook on my phone. I realized I had to pee but didnt want to get out of our warm bed. I laid there for a few more minutes and I just got the idea to take a pregnancy test. I hadnt had any symptoms or anything so I knew it would come back negative.
As I watched the results, there was a faint second line showing up and then it got darker. Holy Guacamole, that's a positive pregnancy test! At this point, all these thoughts are racing around in my head. I had been working on trying to find a great way to tell Ryan but the cute bib I had ordered online hadnt come in the mail yet so I raised around the house (quietly because Ryan is still sleeping) and find nothing that I can pull together really quickly. Besides, I am just way to excited at this point to get my mind clear enough to be creative. So, I just go into our bedroom and Ryan is still dead asleep. I get down on my knees on his side of the bed with the test in my hand. I nudge him with my other hand and he starts to wake up. I never wake him up unless it is an emergency so he is startled and has the face of concern. I pull one of his ear plugs out and tell him that I am going to turn on the light.
"What's wrong? Are you okay?" Ryan said.
"Oh yes, perfectly fine!" I said.
I turn on the light and its bright so he is doing that really squinty eyes look.
I pull the pregnancy test up and point it towards him so he can see the results screen. His eyes still squinty get quite a bit bigger.
"Is that a good thing or a bad thing?" Ryan said.
"Thats a very good thing!" I said.
We were both pretty excited. Ryan isnt a morning person at all so he was trying really hard to be excited but he was still kinda cranky. I dont think it has hit us even today so we havent really cried. Ryan said he got a little emotional when ready from his new daddy book I got him. We decided that morning that we wanted to tell our parents before anyone else so we both selected few people to tell that day that we are exceptionally close with.

We had work that day so we both got ready for our day and left for work. When I got to work, my coworker (who has 3 kids of her own) that has been an amazing friend and answering alot of questions for me, she was already in the office and I asked her to come over because I had something to show her. I had take a picture of the test and when she came over I showed it to her. She started to cry and we both did a quick happy dance but had to quiet down because my other coworker was coming in. Her and I enjoyed the day just talking about different things and what to expect. She even had me take another one during the day just to make sure. The second one came back positive as well.
Ryan would text or call throughout the day and ask if I was still pregnant. It was funny! He kept telling me to drink water and eat something! It was really cute!
Needless to say, I felt very unproductive at work. I was thinking about ways to tell our parents and how to tell everyone else. Ryan and I decided to tell our parents first thing. Ryan at first wanted to wait until after my first doctors appointment but, I was on cloud 50 and new that I just wasnt going to be able to keep it in.

That night when we got home from work we called my mom and told her to get on skype. As soon as she got on skype and we started talking, I sent her a text with the picture of the test. She grabbed her phone while we watched her look at the picture. Her eyes got big, her jaw dropped and then the tears started coming. She was very excited and we talked for a few minutes before we had to go to call the other parentals.
Then we called Ryan's parents and told them to get on skype. Before I could even send the picture, his mom goes, "So are you pregnant?" It was funny! I guess she kinda guessed! :)
They were happy too! We chatted for a couple minutes and then had to go again to make more calls.
I emailed the picture to my dad and tried calling him. He is always home at 6pm so didnt think there would be any exception tonight. He didnt answer. Oh crap, I just sent him a picture and he is going to see it and not have heard it directly from me.
I called my sister Carrie and talked to her in the meantime... She is really excited for us! It was a good conversation. I call my sister Cheri but she doesnt answer. I fell bad about leaving a message but I really wanted her to know. Sometimes we do phone tag for weeks!
Ryan and I leave to go to dinner to celebrate and when we get to Longhorn Steakhouse we have to wait for about 30 minutes so during that time I go outside and try to call him again. He answers. Phew!

I ask him to go downstairs and check his email. He complained that the Vikings/Packers game was on. I told him that I was sorry but he needed to go downstairs and check his email. He ended up doing it, but the email hadnt come through. His computer is a little ancient I think. So he keeps refreshing it and emails are slowly coming but not mine! He finally just asks me to tell him what is going on so I tell him that I am pregnant. He said congratulations! Being the protective father that he is, he starts asking me all these questions... Do you have baby sitters figured out? Do you know how itll workout with work? It was kinda funny! He was just being dad. He congratulated me again and we hung up so I could go eat dinner!

After dinner, we went to Target and got some things for our big reveal and came home and started working on it!
This is what we posted online last night, January 6th.


We got so much love and support last night! It was wonderful! We know it is still early and hope everything goes smoothly but know it is all part of God's will for us!
I had made an annual physical exam before I found out that we were pregnant. It was scheduled for Friday, January 25th @ 3:45pm. I just called my doctors office to tell them that I am pregnant and they said they would keep the same appointment just switch to an OB appointment! So, we will know more on January 25th!

As a personal update: Still dont feel anything. The only thing weird has been that when we went to the Longhorn Steakhouse for dinner. I went in thinking I wanted a steak but once we sat down... I had absolutely no desire to have a steak. I had a salad instead! Never do I miss out on a steak! So that was kinda funky. Other than that, nothing really different.

If someone reads this, I know it gives alot of detail... I am writing this more as a journal to keep for the baby! If people read it, great! If not, not a big deal either!

Ryan and I moved into our first place!

Ryan has lived in a log cabin for a couple years now! This house is adorable but we had two roommates and the bills were going to make it hard for us to save any money! I work for Camden Property Trust (a nationwide apartment management company.) I am a leasing consultant for them and one of the perks of my job is the fact that I receive 20% off my rent if I live at one of our communities!

I had my favorite floorplan at the property that I worked at and one came available about a month ago. I asked Ryan what he thought about potentially moving into my work and after talking about it for a couple days and weighing out the pros and cons, we decided to do it!

On December 1st, we started moving into our new apartment!

Pictures will come soon!

Abby is Ryan's dog that I guess I have kinda inherited through the last year! We have been keeping a close eye on her over the last couple of days! She has lived in a house with another dog for so long that we wanted to make sure that she transitioned well. She seems to like it! I go back and check on her every couple of hours and get to spend my lunch break with her! I love that dog! Not as much as my Darby but she is a very close 2nd!