20 Weeks

Well, we have only about 3.5 days til we found out whether Baby Kaye is a girl or boy! We were suppose to wait until Thursday, but I received a call from the Drs office this week asking if we could move it to Tuesday. Move it up 2 days? Yes Please!!!! Even though we swear it's going to be a girl, we will get to officially know on Tuesday! I am excited to get so see another pic of Baby Kaye and hear that tiny fast heartbeat again. It will also be so cool for Ryan to actually get to hear the heartbeat for the FIRST time. He has missed it every other time, so I'm really looking forward to him getting the chance. Maybe it will finally feel more real for him once he does, since I'm the only one that gets to hear and felt everything so far.
 In more good baby news, I got to feel the baby move for the first time last Saturday. It is the craziest, yet coolest feeling ever! I was lying on the couch and the baby kept moving for like ten mins. It was awesome and of course made me cry, gotta love preggo hormones! Since then, I've felt Baby Kaye move a lot this week. I finally got to take a nice relaxing bath this week and the baby either hated it or loved it, because the baby moved the entire time I was relaxing in the tub. If Baby Kaye is anything like me or their grandma, they will love bath time.
I've only taken one baby bump pic recently and can't seem to download it on the computer, hope I can soon though. It's been hard about getting excited to do so when I feel I'm still so small at 5 months and have my husband and everyone else telling me I''ve hardly gained any weight. My pants don't button anymore and my shirts are all tight on me, so to me I know I've gained weight and have a little bump, but its still there!  Oh well, as long as this little canolope in my tummy is happy and healthy, so am I. :)
 The preggo cravings have officially hit full force and it is so weird! I haven't craved anything weird combined like most preggo women say they do. I've just been craving things and I HAVE TO HAVE THEM! I mean obsessive to the point nothing compares or tastes good to I have what I'm craving and spent my days thinking about food until I eat what I crave. I've never had that feeling before. I literally cried one day because I was craving a Chicken Fajita Roll-up with Mexi-Ranch from Applebees so bad and the closest Applebees is Branson, 1.5 hrs away!!!  I even tried to make one myself for dinner because I couldn't get it off my mind and had to have it and it so wasn't the same! Its been the only downside about being pregnant in a small town, they dont have all of the restaurants that I'm craving food from. You think baby would know that and only crave food I can actually get, umm, nope! If I could get some Chik-Fil-A, that would be amazing too! I did have a craving for a sno cone last week and luckily got one of those and yesterday I was craving country fried steak and my wonderful hubby came and took me to lunch to have that! Country fried steaks are usually so huge and I could never finish one all by myself,but yesterday I ate almost the whole thing and boy was it delicious!!!! And crazy thing was, after about 2 hours later, I was hungry again! LOL Well, it is so nice to know that I'm actually getting cravings and want to eat, because a few months ago I was really starting to wonder if I'd ever like food again! Ryan has been so great with my cravings and tries to satisfy them, if they are possible and in Mountain Home's reach. LOL I went to the store last week and bought bagels and cream cheese and told Ryan he could have some and he replied, "No, I didn't want to eat them in case it was one of your preggo cravings this week and didnt want to lose a hand." LOL Well, I'm not that bad with my cravings, but at least he was nice enough to think of me first!

Preggo Cravings

Everyone keeps asking me if I'm having any pregnancy cravings and the answer is yes and no at 17 weeks this week. The only things that I have been craving have been normal and nothing crazy. Ice Cream I think I crave everyday. If I could have ice cream everyday I would. We have this new frozen yogurt shop that just opened up a few months ago and I LOVE their white chocolate mousse frozen yogurt and so does baby! Also, Skittles have been a big craving. I don't think I can go to the gas station or grocery store now and not pick up a package of Skittles, any flavor seems to work too. I liked them before but I didn't eat them all that much and I want them way more now. I did have a week over the 4th of July where I was wanting fried pickles for every meal, but that only lasted a week. Besides that I really dont have anything else that I've really been craving. I do have foods that I cant eat anymore that I use to. Eggs, mustard, and corn are the 3 things that I use to be able to eat and really like and now I just can't do it. It's really weird how your taste buds change when you are pregnant along with everything else. I just figured I'd share a bit since I seem to get asked that question alot. We are just in the waiting stage now, counting down the days til we find out for sure whether Baby Kaye is a girl or a boy! 25 days that is and counting down......

16 almost 17 weeks

We found out last Thursday that we will finally get to find out whether Baby Kaye is a boy or girl on Aug. 25th. About a month away and yet that seems like forever. Ryan and I both have already decided that Baby Kaye is going to be a girl, while we will be happy with whatever God has picked for us, we would be very surprised if we were told that its a boy. Ryan's going to be a great dad no matter what, but seeing him have a little girl wrapped around her little finger will definately be priceless!
 I got to hear the heartbeat again on Thursday at that appt. and I cry every time I hear it. I think that I've decided that I need to record it next time I get to hear it, that way on my days where I'm just miserable from being pregnant, I can listen to that and it makes everything worth it. I've definately had a very hard pregnancy. Between severe morning sickness, 6 hospital visits to get IV fluids, fun aches and pains, no appetite, and lack of sleep already because I can't get comfortable. I've had it rough. Getting to hear the heartbeat and knowing how great it will be to hold that little one in our arms in January is the only thing getting me through it all!
 I really haven't gained all that much weight since I've been so sick, every time I start to get a bump it seems like I get sick and lose it. :( I am starting to notice how my clothes just don't wanna fit anymore. I'm in the in between stage where my clothes don't wanna fit and yet I'm still not quite big enough for maternity clothes. I'm hoping to go maternity clothes shopping in Branson to get some stuff to get me by next month. Right now, I'm living in Ryan's t-shirts at night because they are the most comfortable thing I can wear right now. Now, if only I could just get away with  wearing those to work. :)
 We did get some really good news this week! My Dad called and he wanted to get us something for the baby and he saw this car seat and stroller set and thought it would be perfect for us! Ryan and I saw these pics and it was exactly like what we had been looking for in both, so here they are in pics of course. We should have them in a couple of weeks! Baby Kaye just now has a ride home from the hospital and something to ride in to help Momma lose a that baby weight that I;m to FINALLY get! LOL YEAH!

                      And look, that stroller even has a beer holder at the top for Ryan! LOL

12 weeks

It has been amazing how much better I have feel this last week! Getting to 12 weeks and the end of my 1st trimester also seems to be the end of being soooo sick! Thank goodness for that!!!! I'm finally started to feel like a real person again and I couldn't be happier! Time to move on to actually enjoying this pregnancy like I've been wanting for so long. :) I will actually be 13 weeks tomorrow and I decided today that I'm OFFICIALLY Pregnant! LOL Yes, while I've been pregnant for the last 13 weeks, but today I had to eat 2 lunches!! Yes, you read that right, 2 lunches! I ate the lunch that I had brought from home and the snacks I brought for the afternoon and was still hungry so I went and got a burrito from Taco Bell. I was so excited!!! I know that I sound like a pig, but after 12 weeks of hearing the word food or seeing food, and just wanting to puke, its so nice to be wanting food! Ahh, the little things that excite me in my life as a pregnant woman! LOL
I wore a swim suit for the first time 2 weekends ago and I've gotten to the point where I just look fat instead of pregnant. I took my sister Cammie, who was in town for the week last week, to the pool last Thursday and of course past these super skinny beautiful teenager girls who looked alot older than they really were. And we past them and I of course I could just feel them looking at me thinking I was too fat to be wearing the 2 piece suit that I was. I wanted to walk past them and say, "I'm pregnant, not fat!" LOL I know that I should have just cared less, but hey I'm like most other women, I care!  I know that in just a few short weeks I'll have my bump and you'll be able to tell that I really am pregnant and not just fat!

10 weeks

This week I'm 10 weeks along! So much for me started to feel better with my morning sickness, I was doing so well too. Woke up Sunday am and got sick and by Monday I couldnt keep anything down again. By Tuesday afternoon I was back in the hospital getting IVs of fluids again. I'm learning that some day are just going to be bad with morning sickness and some days are good. It comes and goes and you never know whats in store for the day. I'm hoping that since I'm getting closer to the end of my first trimester that I will soon have morning sickness be a thing of the past. Ryan and I have really gotten excited lately with starting to get some things for the baby. Ryan seems to be a pro at yard sale bargain finding and has found some great deals for us. He already found a school desk for the baby, a lil early I think,but hey when Baby Kaye starts school Baby Kaye will have a place to do homework. Ryan also picked up a diaper changing table. It needs a new paint job and it will be fun to redo it together:)
   Ryan and I did get a chance to go to a cookout last night and hang out with some friends. It was nice to be able to get out of the house for a little bit and do something besides feeling sick and being at home. I'm trying to make sure and push myself to get out and do things so I'll feel alittle bit better. I think I actually ate more last night then I have since I've been pregnant! I was pretty happy about it! I still haven't gotten a little bump yet, I seem to just be losing weight with getting sick and not feeling like eating much. I am definately ready to start looking pregnant along with just feeling pregnant!
I'm hoping that this week goes by fast, my sister Cammie is coming to visit again this year for a week started on Friday! Ryan is going to pick her up in Branson and I'm so excited! I love hanging out with my sister and we all had so much fun last year when she came to visit so I'm really looking forward to her visit! She will be here in Arkansas for a week and then my mom, grandpa, nephew and my other sister will be here to visit for the weekend!!! I cant wait!! I love my family and I don't get to see them enough, but thats why when I do it makes the visit that much better!

9 weeks

I am 9 weeks as of two days ago and Baby Kaye is about the size of a small strawberry! I'm finally starting to feel better and not feel like all I can do is be attached to our couch! Yeah! Its been a tough couple of weeks, two weeks ago I landed myself in the ER from being so dehydrated. I think in one day I literally got sick about 25 times!!!! I couldnt keep anything down and so I called the Dr. and was told to get to the ER for an iv of fluids. I then went and saw the Dr. the next day and again had to go and get iv fluids. I was beginning to think I wasnt going to be able to keep anything down and then after the 2 ivs I was finally able to keep some food down. Sonic Ice has become my favorite thing lately! I think that we could invest some stock in Sonic this pregnancy with all the money they will be getting from us. LOL It least they have half price drinks from 2-4pm daily! Its actually just been the last couple of days that I've been craving any food at all, but for the most part I'm still not very hungry and have to rely on the clock and my wonderful husband to make sure I eat when I should. I gotta keep this baby getting bigger! I thought I was starting to show a couple of weeks ago, but it probably was just me bloating and then with me being so sick I've been losing weight instead of gaining any. The Dr. says thats normal, but hopefully I'll start getting my bump here soon.:)  

It's a Blueberry!

I am 7 weeks pregnant as of two days ago and I've read that our baby is the size of a blueberry this week! Hearing that, I can't help but laugh but it makes me think of the movie, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory where they are in the factory and Violet chews the gum and it tastes like blueberry cobbler and she turns into a giant blueberry. Her dad then goes, "I have a blueberry for a daughter!" LOL Well, we don't know what we are having yet, and while Ryan's hoping that its a boy, I still think its funny and its what came to mind when I read it was that size.
     So far all of this baby has done is make me sick and I mean litereally. Morning sickness has hit me and hit me hard! And whoever named it morning sickness had to be male, because mine has been more like all day sickness. I'm nauseous all day and all night long, but morning time is definately the worst time when I actually get sick. I'm so hopefully that this phase will quit by the end of my 1st trimester like most people say it does. It's been a struggle just to go to work everyday, but I'm done it and haven't missed a day yet! I totally get why pregnant women get so cranky, you have 50 million things happening to you and your body why wouldn't anyone be a lil cranky? I usually feel the best between 3pm-5pm, so I have a couple of good hours. I know that in January when I'm holding that cute little baby in my arms all of this morning sickness will be worth it!!! Today I've just started to show and I'm going to wait until next week to take and post any pics. I'll be 8 weeks and it will be Memorial Day weekend so hopefully a good weekend.