Thursday, April 23, 2015

Week 22

Week 22...getting bigger!

The word of the week is MOVEMENT!


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Baby boy is moving and shaking...not all the time, but way more than he was in previous weeks.

The first big dance party happened last Friday night at Uncle Yu's with my good girlfriend.

Baby likes Chinese food?

After a few bites of Veggie Chow Mein baby was rocking and rolling, kicking and moving.  

It's the most I've ever felt him move and he didn't stop for seemingly hours.  In fact, we met up with hubs later on and baby was karate kicking me in the bladder the entire time.

It's so fun, and sort of startling all at the same time.  He's really in there!


The kicks are still very low in my abdomen, baby likes to hang out low low low, but this morning I'm feeling some low and some high in my stomach, so I think we've got arms and legs moving around now.



They didn't hurt, they just felt like little zings! 
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At this point I've pretty much stopped riding Pongo.  My trainer said he felt a little funky so over the weekend I hopped on for our usual walk and bumbled around at the trot and canter just to feel for myself.  Yes, he felt a tiny bit foot sore, but nothing to warrant a vet call.  I called all his 'people' aka the chiropractor, farrier and massage therapist to give him one major spa week next week before he moves to his new barn for pasture board.


Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Feeling Baby Move

I've been waiting WAITING to feel this baby do something in here!

Finally at almost 23 weeks (and right on schedule to what my OB said) I am finally feeling him dance around.

I felt his first kick at 21 weeks.  I had just hopped in the shower, belly facing the stream of steamy water and he gave me one little jab in the lower abdomen.  

From there, I've felt flutters intermittently, but nothing that couldn't have been mistaken for something else going on in my belly.

But, at 23 weeks, he's there!  I only feel him a few times a day, usually around 9 or 10 in the morning at work and then again around 5 or 6 with sometimes some flutters/kicks while I'm laying in bed about to go to sleep.

The kicks are my favorite, because there's no mistaking that it's him.

Those little feet!  Keep on kicking buddy!

20 Questions

The baby questions...for me they’ve gone a little something like this…

Pre-Kids...
How many kids do you want?
Are you thinking of having kids?
Are you trying?
Are you pregnant?
Are you READY for kids?

While Preggers...
When are you due?
How many weeks are you?
Have you been sick?
How are you feeling?
Do you know what you’re having?
Are you going to find out what you’re having?
What do you want (gender)?
What does your husband want (gender)?
Did you want that?  (once you’re telling people the gender)
Have you thought of names?
Do you have a name? 
Are you telling the name? (usually followed by 'Come on, you can tell me the name'" after we tell them we are not sharing the name until he is born)
What’s the nursery going to be like?
Have you felt him moving?
Are you breastfeeding?
Are you having a c-section/giving birth naturally?
Where are you giving birth?
Are you going back to work?
What’s your maternity leave like?
Are you READY for kids?

The questions range from reasonable to absurd…my LEAST favorite is the “Are you READY for kids?” question.  Both my husband and I cringe, even though we know people are 99.99% well-meaning when they ask this of us and not actually questioning our ability to keep the baby alive.  We have 3 dogs a horse and each other and no one has kicked the bucket yet…we’ve endured broken bones with the horse, tummy aches from all the animals and this year the joys of major surgery for one of our jack russells.  Sleepless nights, poop in our bed…we’re experts.  

At least the baby can wear a diaper unlike one of our dogs who refuses to be housebroken (good thing for him he’s the cute one). 
VERY cute...VERY leaky!
I smile, I answer the questions asked as best I can and for that one annoying question I’ve just started saying “Well, if it turns out we’re not, are you volunteering to adopt him?”…haha!  I mean, there's no getting out of the predicament of pregnancy I'm currently in at this point in the game ;)

Tuesday, April 14, 2015

Aviation Themed Nursery Plans!

I found out Baby B is a boy on a Saturday and by that Sunday night, the nursery was planned.

For girl nurseries I knew exactly what I wanted to do.  Exactly.  Incidentally, the same goes for names!  We had not one but TWO girl names ready to go...boy names, not so much yet!

For a boy nursery I had no clue what I wanted to do.  As I thumbed through sites and looked at bedding and pinterest boards I got to thinking...

Since this is a boy room, what does his Dad like that could maybe be carried into his son's room?

My husband is into Jeeps and Airplanes.  Nearly every night as I am nodding off in bed, he is on his iPad watching youtube videos of airplane take-offs and landings.  It's his thing.  As I thought about this, I realized that is exactly what my guy and my new little guy are going to be doing together, rocking in a chair, late at night, watching those airplane videos. 

From there, the airplane nursery idea took flight!

The theme of the nursery is more vintage aviation than say Disney planes.  I wanted the room to have touches of 'baby', but not be overly colorful or cartoonish.  I wanted calm, cool colors with a old timey feel.

Luckily there was plenty to choose from! I started buying the pieces (which are from stores like Restoration Hardware - Baby, Pottery Barn, Pier 1, Pilotmall.com and wayfair).

The items have started arriving one by one!  We still need to pick out a crib and a rocker, but we're getting there!  The absolute Pièce De Résistance is the crib sheet...a flying jack russell doggie pattern from Aiden & Anais...it adds a touch of puppy dog personalization and baby whimsy too perfectly accent Baby Boy B's nursery.


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Looks just like our dog Louie!
Lou-doggy

Grammy bought the steamer trunks, she found them at a Danville consignment store.




Social Media Reveal

This post is a bit late since we announced Baby B's arrival a couple of weeks ago (the day of the 20 week ultrasound).

Here's how we chose to tell the world...or at least those connected to us via instagram!


And on April Fools Day no less, but rest assured it was no joke!  Baby B is coming!

I used my horse, Pongo to help share the big news.  After all, he's one of my very first fur-babies.  I'll have had him for 8 years in September this year.  Time flies.

Wednesday, April 8, 2015

The Big Reveal!

Happy Easter to all!

Last night we got to find out if Baby B is a boy or a girl…and…



While we didn’t care boy or girl, we knew God would give us what was perfect for us, we’re so excited to be having a boy! 

I feel even more connected to this little baby now knowing he is a he.  Something about knowing just makes him that much more real and exciting to me.


We love this little dude tons already and are having the best time getting ready for his big arrival in a few short months!

The party was a hit too, we had about 20 of our best friends and family come over to find out which was so special.  Baby B, you're already so loved by so many and...have a gaggle of baby friends and babysitters who can't wait to meet you.
THE card from the ultrasound place...no peeking!
The guests' votes 
Yellow Peep Cake
Blue cake with pink filling - confusing!! Totally my bad when ordering this thing!
Easter decor!
Sugar high for everyone!
The bouquet is handmade by my neighbor, it has 9 blooms that go from tiny in size to large in size, one for each month of pregnancy.
The Grandparents all voted BOY...and they were right!
My parents - voting BLUE!
My husband's parent's - ALSO BLUE!  

20 Week Ultrasound

I’ll get to the great news first, Baby B is healthy and perfect at 20 weeks!

We went in for the BIG ULTRASOUND (that’s what everyone calls it apparently) last Wednesday.  I was more than a little nervous as they took 45 shots of Baby B.  The doc looked at the heart, heart chambers, organs, spine, brain and head along with measuring all the major bones like the femur and what not.  She explained here and there what was on the screen. She was fast as lightening as she took her images and carefully minded our wishes not to know the gender…yet.  I don’t feel like I got to enjoy this ultrasound as much as the 13 week one, mainly because I was trying to not see the gender.  I watched the screen but in the flurry of limbs and organs and changing views I didn’t get to really see the baby as much.

The doctor came in to review the results with us and give us the good report that Baby B is developing normally.  I felt a huge relief, almost like I had permission to really embrace and enjoy my pregnancy officially.  From there we made the official social media announcement – I’m only on Instagram, so I think most everyone on there already knew I was expecting, but still…

20 weeks, halfway there and healthy baby!  I couldn’t ask for anything more.

Heart and heartbeat (147 bpm)

Baby's face, but baby didn't cooperate

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Two little feet!