Valance is done!

I've begun making the baby bedding. I started with the valance and well that is the only thing I have done! At this rate, it will take me until the baby arrives! My back is burning and I believe I did the quickest piece! No pain no gain right?! Enjoy! P.S. It is bigger, the ends are folded under to fit in the picture ;-)

12 Week Appointment

Hello second trimester, good bye first trimester nausea and morning sickness! Yes, I said it! The constant vomiting and general feeling of awfulness has left the building! We had our appointment yesterday and it was that final added sense of security that everything truely is okay! Yesterday was also extra special as we heard the heartbeat and had an ultrasound and got to see our little baby kicking and jumping all around! So exciting! I just noticed the ticker......under 200 days now!!!

Stats:

Belly: Definetly noticable now! I am wearing almost all maternity clothes as they are more comfortable.

Weight Gain: Up two pounds!

Boy/Girl: I am still saying girl, especially based on the heartbeat it was in the 170s!

Feeling: A lot less sick, I am assuming it's on it's way to gone, because I am not taking the medicines everyday. Only as needed now which isn't to often! I am however feeling pregnant, and noticing my belly occasionally in the way! Sleep is good at the moment and the feeling of being so tired all of the time isn't so prominent anymore!

Cravings: Candy! Other than that not really craving anything. I am enjoying twizzlers though!

Enjoy the photo, again it's not the best since it was taken in office for us. We go for an official ultrasound around 16 weeks. We are not finding out the sex though at that time. We both want to be surprised!

Baby Clothes

Keith and I recently went down to the camper for the weekend, on the way home we hit emence amounts of traffic and needed a walk around break. So we stopped in Wilmington at a local mall and picked out these three items. 1 outfit, 1 sleeper, and 1 sleeping bag. I love the bags, then you don't have to put blankets on them at night! It is full baby mode in our house now! I can't wait to add more to our little bundle's wardrobe!

Nursery Bedding

We have decided to embrace the beach theme for this baby. We found this fitting due to our frequent beach trips and we both have such a love for the beach! I have not purchased the white and tan fabric yet.  I am making all of bedding with the exception of maybe the crib sheets, I am thinking right now on tan,white, maybe a light green for the crib sheets to go with the bedding. I have decided on the quilt, curtains, and cribskirt. The bumper pattern I have NOT settled on a decision! Call me crazy but at 12 weeks, Yes I am feeling rushed to get it done. Sewing takes a lot of time and I have a history of pre term labor. If I have pre term labor with this one, I will not be home to get sewing done. So my goal is to have this all completed by Christmas time! Christmas time would put me at 30 weeks and frankly anything after that is really a milestone for me as far as carrying babies. So yes I am nervous and feeling rushed! But I know me and I know I can get this done! More pictures to come as I complete the bedding. PS I love this fabric! It's so neutral which is perfect since we are NOT finding out what we are having! Although, I'm positive it's a girl!

~10 Weeks~

I am officially 10 weeks today, part of me can't believe it's been that long already and another part of me is wanting it to be over already! I have I swear the official worst case of morning (all day) sickness a person can have! I now am on 4 prescriptions to try and curb the morning sickness. They are Zofran, Vitamin B6 to be used in conjunction with Unisom (yes a sleep aid, not sure how or why that helps) and Pepcid for my throat being so raw from vomiting so much. Unfortunately, with all of this, I am still not feeling much relief. As abnormal as this sounds, my Dr.s assure me that although it's not every pregnancy, it's not uncommon to be this sick! I am keeping my fingers crossed that with the first trimester coming to an end, so does the morning sickness. A girl can wish right!!

Stats:

Belly: A small bump! Getting to the point that my clothes, especially pants are not quite big enough anymore!

Weight Gain: Lost another pound, but the Dr says not to worry, as long as I gain it back in the second trimester.

Boy/Girl: Still saying girl, only one person has said boy!

Feeling: The fullness feeling has went away, but I am still feeling ill almost most of the day, usually in the evening I feel a little better. I'm not kidding when I say this is about 20 hours of the day!

Cravings: Nothing at all. If anything I have food aversions like crazy!

Despite all of this, I am still in good spirits! I am very excited for this precious bundle and trying to keep my mind on that! With school starting in just two weeks we have been very busy school shopping, kindegarten orientations, and trying to get down a sleeping school schedule for Mr. Brock who is still up several times per night! Our goal for Brock is on Sunday evening offer him 5 1 dollar bills. If he sleeps in his bed all night Sunday night thru Thursday night (School nights) he gets to keep the money and buy a treat. If he doesn't sleep all night, on a particular night he has to pay the money back 1 dollar per night! Very hopeful that this will work! Think of our little guys (Kasey and Brock) as they start their first day of Kindegarten August 29th! Both PM!

Stay tuned~

First Baby Purchase

How precious is this?

Boy or girl, this should do just fine!

Happy Birthday!

This past Sunday we had a Surprise Birthday Party for Keith!

Happy Birthday Dad!

From L-R Kyle, Samantha, Brock, Colby, Keith, and Kasey