18 weeks!

I have been terrible at keeping up to date this pregnancy! Things have just been so GO GO GO that I rarely have time to sit and blog, especially with the holidays! Merry Christmas by the way!

Anywho, 18 weeks, 2 days today and I am FINALLY starting to feel the baby...I had been feeling the little taps here and there since about 15 weeks, but they were few and far between. But for a couple days in a row, the little movements I am feeling have been unmistakeably the baby.

As some of you know, at 16 weeks, Jeff and I found out what we are having, and waited until Christmas to announce. SO! Drumroll please ********* Its.....A.....BOY! Hooray! I knew it! :) We are so excited about our little bundle! Jeff was so sure it was a girl this time, but I had a feeling! He was not shy at the ultrasound either...just like his big brother!

Made this little banner to hang on the photo to tell my mom!

Couldn't resist!

Taken the day we found out :) This is what I posted on FB

We decided on the name Hudson Joshua, which without even noticing, is the same initials as Hayden, which is kind of neat! To announce he gender, I had my little brothers, Michael and Daniel, read a poem to everyone at my dads house, and my little brother Logan read a poem at my Grandma's house (mom's side). It was very cute! Here's the poem:

Is it pink or is it blue?

We think it's time that you all knew!

The doctor searched while baby turned,

And with their next three words here's what we learned...

The doctor told us it is true,

We will be buying lots of BLUE!

My little brother Daniel and I. I made the boys shirt that say "UNCLE duties starting May 2013" :)

It was super cute and everyone loved it! Then I posted a pic of my belly on Facebook announcing BOY and his name. Everyone loved his name (including me of course)!

Our next doctor's appointment isn't until January 3rd and that will be the anatomy ultrasound where they do the long on and measure each detail and check each organ. I can't wait to see my little boy again! 

Starting in January it's gonna be time to start planing the baby shower, so I am starting to also look at ideas for that. Jeff and I are going to go around 20 weeks to register and look at furniture, so I am excited about that!! 

As for the cloth diapers, I have now purchased 5 various brands and styles of diapers and have an additional 5 Alva minky diapers being shipped today so I am getting a good start on my "stash"! For a reasonable and usable stash, I need about 40 diapers and that will last me from infant to potty training as long as I take care of them. I have spent about $100 on 10 diapers. 10 diapers is about 1 to 1.5 days of diapers so 40 diapers would last me about 4 days assuming I used them while out and about and at night and only did laundry every 4 days (I will probably do laundry every 2-3 days). Since I will probably use disposables ("sposies" as the CDing moms call them) while out and about and at night to start off at least, 10 diapers will probably last me more like 2 days. Like I said, the resale value of these things is crazy good if you take care of them so if it's not for me, I will just sell them! But I do want to try!

Here are a couple of my diapers :)

Other than that, I am just on Christmas Break from both school and work which is nice...headed to Monterey to visit my mom hopefully this weekend....I received a good amount of Christmas money this year from my dad and grandparents so most of that will probably go towards the baby :)

Weeks: 18w2d

Mood: sensitive, happy

Cravings: tuna sandwiches, fritos

Movement: Light, noticeable!

This picture was last week. I am waiting until 20 weeks to take another one :)

A Little Late!

Well, I am prety late on updating this week since I am already almost 17 weeks, but here is the scoop for the 16th week!

Last Sunday we celebrated Melanie's baby shower for little Cole. It was a sports theme and we were all to wear football gear. After looking at the pictures taken, I will NOT be wearing my pre-pregnancy 49ers sweatshirt EVER again. LOL. It was adorable, very intimate, and fun! Can't wait for little man's arrival! He definitely has some cute clothing to sport and an extra cute sign that Auntie Kaila hand-made to hang in his room! :) All the pictures are on my phone so I need to upload them still.

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Monday, Jeff and I found out the sex!! We aren't telling anyone until Christmas, but it was so fun finding out!! Gonna be a great Christmas present for our families. Jeff finally got to see our little one on the big screen in 3-D; baby was moving all around being all cute and squirmy lol!! A couple times, the baby even threw up hand signs like "peace" and "loser" lol!! It was super cute! I still need to upload the pictures from the CD onto my computer, so I will input them ASAP.

"Loser" LOL!!

Our little man...sorry it's sideways!

Wednesday I had a quick check up with Dr. Dave. Everything is going well and I was able to return to work! I am so glad to be back to work--bed rest is NOT for me, however, obviously I will do whatever I need to do. But for now, I am happy to be back to work!

I have been feeling the baby a little here and there, but still waiting on the first actual kicks and punches that I can feel! Looking forward to it!

I have one more week of work and then am off for Winter Break, so yippee! We/I (depending on Jeff's work) are/am going to visit my dad next weekend, and then are spending Christmas day with my mom's side of the family. Should be very fun. I hope Jeff gets to go to my dads with me.

In other news, I have begun to purchase a few different styles, brands, etc of cloth diapers to try. I don't need a lecture, I have done my research. I know that it may not be for me, but I want to try it. I belong to many groups on Facebook and most of them say the way to go is to start after the baby is a month or two old so you don't get discouraged as easily changing a bazillion diapers a day. Most people don't realize that nowadays cloth diapering doesn't have to entail the old school cloth and safety pins...They have made diapers that work exactly like a disposable and are easy to clean and use. Anyway, I just want to try it, and after I showed Jeff how easy it is, and bought a diaper sprayer (connects to your toilet so you can spray off the poopies before washing) he was game to try it out. It's expensive to start out, but saves a lot of money in the long run, so we shall see. I may even just do it at home and use disposables when we are out...who knows!

Anywho, here is the update on me!

Weeks: 16w 5d

Cravings: nothing really...weird

Mood: Emotional/Sensitive

Symptoms: Round ligament pain at times...sore boobies

Movement: sparatic, very light tapping here and there. 

Updates for this Week!

Okie Dokie, so today I am 15 weeks, 2 days, still on bed rest (hopefully only for another week!), and everything has been going pretty good!

I started back to school and began my "senior year" course work and only have 16 more classes before I FINALLY graduate. The months of February and March I am doubling up so that I can take a few of my easy classes when the baby gets here. Thank goodness for online education!

Lots of exciting things coming up this month: This Friday going to a cookie exchange (will be SO nice to get out of the house), gender determination next week (I have a secret appointment planned so SHHH don't tell my mom! She thinks I am going the 16th and I am going to surprise her going earlier!! She doesn't read my blog....I hope lol!), a Christmas Potluck at church on the 16th, short week at work from the 17th-20th, then Christmas Break and all the fun and exciting Christmas festivities!

We are headed to my dad's the weekend before Christmas to do our celebration and gift exchange with them and I plan to reveal the gender to his side of the family that weekend, and then my mom's side will all find out Christmas day! Everyone else (friends, Facebook, blog) will find out some time after that! :))

Can't Wait!!

I started feeling the little "tap, tap" feelings of baby moving around, mostly in the evenings and it isn't consistent yet, but I know what that means--I will be feeling the acrobatics a TON in no time!! eek! Can't wait for that either!!

Here's the scoop:

Weeks: 15 weeks 2 days

Moods: Energetic, sleeping well

Doctor's Orders: Bed Rest until next week hopefully!

Medications: Lovenox and Baby Asprin (gotta love the 'cute' injection site bruises in my belly shots!)

Cravings: Nothing really this week

Here's the 15 weeks belly shot!

Grounded

Well here I am, 14 weeks, 3 days pregnant and 1 week 1 day into my bed rest and yet, another scare. I swear, I am so neurotic this pregnancy (obviously for good reason) however, I think this kid just has attitude. I wonder where he/she gets it from...

Anyway, last night I suffered one of my imfamous constipation episodes (sorry, TMI), and swore I lost my mucus plug. It happened again this morning so I called my doctor's office and set an appointment, to which they could not see me until 3:30am (I called at 8:00am). So during the agonizing 7 and a 1/2 hour wait, what did I do? What any psycho prego person does--consult Google for my diagnosis.

By the time I arrived at the doctor's office a freakish 45 minutes early, I had determined I had lost my mucus plug, was going into preterm labor at any moment and had an incompetent cervix. Dr. Dave had a lot to say about this: "GET OFF GOOGLE"....as my poor friend Anna who has to hear my whining via text 24/7 told me, "STOP the madness!" lol!! The Doctor checked my cervix to which he determined all was fine, although he did mention my cervix gets irritated quite easily. He then did an ultrasound and gave me a couple cute pictures of our sweet little blessing who constantly scares mommy half to death (I know, I know, this is only the beginning). All was well and the doctor even said the baby was smiling and opening it's mouth! Super cute!!


After all was decided that baby and I were just fine, I got a lecture. I am now grounded from going around and running errands like I confessed to doing while on bed rest, and I am grounded from googling anything. Dr. Dave said that if I have a concern to just come in and that I do NOT have the credentials to be diagnosing myself...tee hee....but I thought everything on the internet was true!! LOL...


Anyway. I am just glad all is well and happy with the little munchkin. Here is the latest update:

Weeks: 14w 3d

Symptoms: Lots of round ligament pain and constipation

Movement: Lots at night time, the little goldfish is swimming around! Only a matter of time before I get socked right in the gut!

Cravings: Cookies and Yogurt (Those were Jeff's determinations lol)

Days until Gender determination: 17, yippee!!

Here's a little snap shot of this little turkey!

Bed Rest & Blessings

Though it may sound like it, I am truly not "complaining" about having to be on bed rest during my pregnancy. In fact, it's turned out to be somewhat of a blessing after I have begun to look at it differently. You see, I would do anything for this child and those of you who know me, know what I must do to give this baby a chance at coming home to live with us. You know that I give myself a shot every day in my stomach which is covered in bruises,  and that I inserted 6 pills 'down stairs' every night for 9 weeks to hopefully not miscarry early, and that I take an entire palm-full of pills every day for this little one. And to be honest, I feel blessed. I feel blessed that those medications and doctors have the knowledge and answers to help me have a family. It truly is a blessing, inconvenient or not. I have no problem doing everything in my power to get this baby here and cannot wait to hold my precious gift in my arms.

However, this whole bed rest bit has been extremely difficult. If I wasn't 'ordered' to be on bed rest, it truthfully sounded great to be able to lounge around all day. But now that I am here and it's happening, it is really, really difficult. I am pretty lonely and yesterday found myself in a bit of depression. Jeff works a lot so he isn't going to be able to be with me 24/7 and I don't expect him to just sit around rather than do something fun with his friends once in a while. It would just be kinda nice to be able to go run my own errands, go out to lunch, etc. After a really good talk with Jeff last night, I feel much better about the whole thing. We got Jeff a book called "Dude, You're Going to Be a Dad!" and we started reading it together last night. He agreed that he could take more part in trying to be 'involved' with the pregnancy, so I do feel much better and blessed to have gotten it all off my chest. I also feel blessed knowing that my groceries will be delivered tomorrow to my doorstep without having to lift a finger. Not only that, it's free for my first time! I am also blessed because I will have tons of time to truly soak in and absorb my Advent Bible study. I think this is a perfect time to get in tune with God and thank him for all He has given me. So, that being said, bed rest has been a lesson for me, and it's only day 4! I am hoping that I don't have to be on this regimen for long period of time, but if that is what is in the plans then so be it. I will get through it with the help, guidance, and blessings from above!! :)

Already with an Attitude!

Well, the 13th week has definitely been...what I would refer to as eventful! With our large Thanksgiving extravaganza, which turned out to be 58 people big, underway and the First Trimester Screening Ultrasound which I almost missed by 4 days already being 13 weeks 2 days, the week was quite full!

Wednesday, my mom, Jeff and I headed to Dr. Helm's office for the NT scan at 7:30am. For those of you that know know, this is an ultrasound measuring the baby's various organs and body parts in search of any abnormalities. They do a series of these tests to help prepare parents in case there is something abnormal. In addition to the ultrasounds which they do in both the first and second trimesters, they also do blood work along with it both ultrasounds to compare. Anyway, everything looked good with the ultrasound and baby was super cute and active! By the looks of the ultrasound, I think it's a boy, but who knows! I say that because the baby looked so much like Hayden, but you never know! Anyway, so after the ultrasound, I headed to Costco to pick up some pies for Jeff's work but also snagged Dumbo and The Lion King on both DVD and Blu-Ray (for those of you who don't know I am trying to collect all the Disney classics for the baby!).

After that, I came home and scrubbed down the house to get it ready for my Aunt Angie and her boyfriend Sasha to come stay with us for Thanksgiving. That afternoon, around 4:00pm, I went to the bathroom and to my horror, saw that I was spotting. I was home alone and immediately freaked out and called the Doctor. Dr. Dave was out of the office, but his brother Dan was there and looked over the ultrasound I had that morning. I had to wait two hours for them to call me back with a verdict. In the meantime, I am so thankful I have a heartbeat monitor because baby's heartbeat was pumping away, nice and strong. When the nurse called me back, she said that the ultrasound looked normal and that I probably over did it and will need to be on bed rest the next two weeks and off work. The next day was Thanksgiving and I was so worried still about the baby. I am so thankful that Jeff was home because we were in charge of making two hams and 30lbs of Mashed Potatoes. Bless his heart, he followed by directions and did it all! So thankful for such an amazing husband. The day was good and the spotting became almost non-exisitant (and light brown). We had a wonderful time and I took it as easy as possible. It is hard to be on 'bed rest' at a family gathering like that, but I did okay. Today, there has been nothing, and I am staying down the rest of my bedrest time. So, lots of rest for me and no more scrubbing the floors! This kid is not even born yet and I am already getting attitude!

Something else exciting: Since we didn't get to find out the sex this week, we have an appointment on December 16th at 10:00am to find out the sex! SOOO excited that we will be able to reveal on Christmas!! :)

An update on me:

Weeks: 13 weeks 4 days

Cravings: "healthy" foods like salads and fruits

How I feel: A lot more energetic, and of course worrying every second!

In other news, here are some pictures of our little Turkey :)

Cute Little Face :)

Arms and Top of Head :)

Legs (I think I see a boy part!)

12 Weeks! Coming Up on a New Trimester

Well, I have to admit, I feel pretty awful. I don't feel like I blog nearly as much this time around as I did with Hayden...Maybe a part of me is scared to, or too lazy to, or I dunno, but I need to get on it!



Anyway, This week has been fun. Saturday evening, some friends of ours held a Thanksgiving Potluck-style dinner party at their home which was super fun. It was freezing outside but felt good by the fire. The little ones were all running around, playing and enjoying the night as well. It was a lot of fun, and obviously, the food was incredible. I would know, I am now a food connoisseur.

Sunday to Monday my mom, Nana, and I went to Solvang for a Dr. Appointment my mom had. We laughed, talked, ate, shopped, and had a blast. It was so fun! The room we stayed in was like a little cottage with two bedrooms, a full kitchen and dining area, and a fireplace. It was adorable. We also visited a Lavender Farm where my mom treated me to some freshly made Lavender body butter and some Lavender hand sanitizer which both smell AMAZING! Here are some photos of our trip:

I announced the pregnancy on Facebook on Sunday as well (woo, big step, LOL!), and lots of people seemed to be excited with me, as I am obviously ecstatic I have made it this far into the pregnancy. It was fun and felt good to finally be able to share our exciting news with everyone.

Next week, on the 21st, I have the first Trimester 'screening' where they do the neural translucency check etc. Praying the results come back good and I am just looking forward to seeing our precious baby on the big screen again.


Dr. Dave did an ultrasound yesterday and all was looking good! We saw the little heartbeat and the baby squirming all around, ugh, I am so in LOVE! The picture he wasn't great because my bladder was empty, but it was great to be able to check in on the baby and see that everything was okay, especially after the little bit of spotting from last week (which disappeared by the way). I can also totally feel the baby starting a couple nights ago. It's the softest tap, tap, but I totally feel it! Usually it's when I lay on my side at night. I LOVE it!!!

I also got to stop the progesterone this week since the placenta has fully taken over :) Hooray for that! Still on the Lovenox though and will be until they induce me at 37-38 weeks. Other than that severe low back pain thingy I got with Hayden too, I am feeling really great. My stomach is awfully sensitive to anything I eat though and my sense of smell is so keen that at times it makes me gag. But ultimately, I am feeling good! Here is a belly shot from this week!

Weeks: 12 Weeks

Symptoms: Low back pain, round ligament pain

Medications: Lovenox, Baby Aspirin

Cravings: Biscuits and Gravy and Cheesecake

Movement: Little thuds here and there when I lay on my side :)

Until next time, xoxo

Gummy Bear

I am just really enjoying being pregnant this time around. Despite the nausea, vomitting, back pain, sore boobs, and acne, I am just so super excited to be a mom. Of course with Hayden I was excited, but I truly think I took my pregnancy for granted. I am just enjoying every aspect of it this time around, not to exclude the fact that I am constantly worried unless I am currently looking at the baby squirming around on the ultrasound monitor.

Last week, my mom and I went to Destination Maternity in RiverPark....UM...HEAVEN! Any prego that hasn't been there NEEDS to go. I love that Destination Maternity, Pea in a Pod and Motherhood are all available so that everyone can afford it. Upon arriving, the very nice saleswoman offered my mom and I a complimentary juice or water and granola bar. There was an awesome play area for those who have toddlers and even a 'dads' area with sports on TV and guy magazines. It was awesome!! My mom bought me some new bras for these gigantic masses I have growing and I bought myself a new outfit. It was super fun!

I am having the hardest time figuring out how I want to announce to everyone. I don't want to just put it on Facebook and I don't want to just call people. I don't know, maybe a photo card with the ultrasound pictures or something. Speaking of ultrasounds, I went to visit Dr. Helm today. He explained what I will expect for the rest of this pregnancy: Lots of monitoring, ultrasounds, staying on Lovenox, stress tests twice a week after 26 weeks, and induction at 37 weeks. He did a super quick ultrasound, just to be sure the baby had a heartbeat, which it did, and then we were out of there. Luckily, one of my cheer moms works as a nurse literally next door to Dr. Helm and asked one of the techs, Jeff, to do an ultrasound for me...it was amazing!! I am so blessed that this happened. He gave me a disk with the pictures and I got to see the baby moving all around and opening and closing it's mouth and hands; it was amazing! I will post the pictures below. I go back in a couple weeks for the Neural Translucency test so we will see baby again, yay!!

**Currently having a little scare: I am spotting a tiny bit of brown blood....crossing my fingers that all is well.

Weeks: 11 weeks 3 days

Cravings: Hot Dogs, anything carb filled

Mood: sensitive

Symptoms: Sore boobs, exhausted

Here are the Ultrasound Pictures from today:

Appointment Numero Dos

Today was my second appointment at 10 weeks. Dr. Dave took a look at the baby with an abdominal ultrasound and we saw the little bean wiggling all over the place! We also saw the heartbeat. Unfortunately, baby was camera shy and was turned away from us, so the only picture we got was of it's back (which is obviously the most beautiful back in the entire world). I received both my fetal doppler and my Halloween shirt (pictured below) when I was 9w2d. I was and have been able to find the heartbeat every day except last night and it has been in the 160's/170's. So fun to hear!! I took a video with my phone but it's the dumbest phone ever and won't let me e-mail it to myself! SO frustrating. On the other hand, I am so excited to wear my little skeleton baby shirt on Wednesday!! So far the only people who know are my mom and stepdad, Jeff's dad and niece, and handful of close friends, and my cheerleaders LOL! So, the skeleton shirt will be the reveal for my Step-dad's side of the family. I mailed a hand-made puzzle complete with my ultrasound to my dad, stepmom, and little brothers so they should be getting it soon! I took pictures of that too, but again it's on my phone....piece of ****! I plan to announce to the rest of the family by announcement cards and Facebook. I see Dr. Helm in about a week and a half so I will likely get to see they baby at that appointment (which is at 7:30AM!!!!) as well; YAY! Overall, things have been going good! Just can't wait to get through the first trimester and NEED/MUST start eating better!! I have been so lazy, cooking has been out of the question, but I gotta get it together--Taco Bell can't be good for the little one! And I gotta exercise! I swear, I started today and I gotta keep it up. I posted a belly picture from 9 weeks. I am not going to take another until 12 weeks so there will actually be a difference, lol.

Ughhh. While I type this, I sit here and burp up my DISGUSTING prenatal vitamins. EW. I bought the gummies because I just can't handle it any more.

Anyway, here's the 4-11 on how it's going so far:

Weeks: 10 weeks
Cravings: Anything starchy--bread, potatoes, crackers, etc and cheese
Symptoms: Major mood swings, gas, laziness? (poor Jeff lol), nausea, exhaustion, right side low back pain (just like with Hayden
Medications: Progesterone (600mgs per day), Lovenox, Baby Aspirin
Gender Prediction: Girl
Heartrate: 165 bpm average


Until Next Time!!

5 weeks...profile

10 weeks...spine and leg

Fetal Doppler and Skeleton Shirt!

9 Weeks Prego!

Change of Weather

In short, not only is the weather here in Fresno beginning to cool off (it IS mid-October, so thank you for finally declining into the low 90's...) but the plans for our life, our family, and our future have in short, changed. For those of you who don't really know know me and my story, please read my other blog when you have time (LOTS of time...and tissues are recommended for some) HERE. After three losses within the last year and a half, one being third trimester loss and the others being early miscarriages at 5-6 weeks (which I refer to as false hope at times), my husband, Jeff and I decided to change the plans for our family. Adoption seemed like the perfect option for us. We had attended an orientation at the beginning of August at an agency we felt completely at home with, I had come to be perfectly fine and even looking forward to 'not trying' any more, and so we paid our application fee and looked forward to January 2013 when our Adoptive Parent classes would begin. Everything felt so right. I was getting so excited that I would not have to worry about another pregnancy, another loss, another time period of feeling like a failure. We began to save money for the adoption and I began to blog about the start of our adoption process HERE.
Then, September rolls around. You know what was pretty neat about this past September? There was a Blue Moon. What else? I felt myself ovulate....ON the Blue Moon. I could tell that Jeff throughout the time of the adoption process still had some reservations, and though he reassured me more than once that he was just as excited as I was, I knew deep down that he really did want to try again for our own child. Reluctantly, as I felt the cramp on the right side of my pelvic area, I asked him to be honest with me if he would like to try again. We did have all the way until January before our adoption classes started, so I knew that if it did happen, which I highly doubted, we would be able to notify the agency in plenty of time. He became excited and said he would really like to try. So, we did. And boom. About six days later, I FELT the process of implantation. People think I am crazy, but I felt all of it. I knew that a week later, I should take a test. Boom, again, I was pregnant. A positive pregnancy test on September 22nd, right before my eyes and yet, I didn't believe it. Honestly, I didn't want to believe it. We had tried for so long before to get pregnant and I was still wanting this adoption so badly that I was slightly saddened I had gotten pregnant so quickly.
By the dates I measured based on my feelings and calculations I was a little over 4 weeks. I knew there was a lot that could happen between now and the first trimester, let alone birth, so I didn't allow myself to become excited. The symptoms were different than other pregnancies: nausea, soreness in my ta-tas, lower back pain...Of course, I thought this was all in my head. I scheduled my doctors appointment, understanding that this could be another glimmer of false hope, and attended the appointment along with Jeff at 5w2d. They gave me the typical run-down: first trimester blood work lab slip, "the blue folder" with all the information, warned me to get tested for cystic fibrosis if my insurance covered it, checked my cervix, yada yada yada. Then Dr. Dave brought out the big guns: the report from Dr. Helm (the perinatologist I saw during my pregnancy with Hayden and after for genetic counseling). He gave me the run downs of what to expect for this pregnancy to be as successful as possible, mind you, none of these measures were taken with previous pregnancies because I had begun spotting prior to my first appointment. He put me on Progesterone suppositories for the first trimester (which are a mess, but so thankful that Tri-Care covers them because they are reason I am still pregnant I believe), Lovenox injections throughout the pregnancy, and I get to see my doc lots of times along side of Dr.Helm. All of this gave me just a little more hope, but then I was told we wouldn't get to check for a heartbeat that day. I was so disappointed, but respected my doctor's decision because he wanted to wait to be sure I was far enough along to see something. So I went home and waited for my appointment....that was a LONG two weeks! My symptoms increased and boy oh boy was I nauseous.
I told my mom and my NaNa I was pregnant right before I was 6 weeks because I HAD to tell someone!! I bought each of them mini baby items like mini baby shampoo, mini baby lotion, travel size baby powder, small thing of wipes, and then gave them each a positive pregnancy test to open. They were so thrilled!! (Random Fact: YES. I am/was already wearing maternity pants simply for the purpose of COMFORT. Trust me, I am not delusional--I KNOW I am not "showing")
So, last Tuesday was my ultrasound appointment! My mom and Jeff were there and guess what?? My dates were RIGHT on. Baby was measuring only one day ahead of what I thought! We saw a strong heartbeat and our little booger moving around on the screen. It was so exciting!! Now to keep him/her in there!! I went to Walgreens and printed off copies of the ultrasound to give to my mom, my grandma, Jeff's dad, my dad and stepmom, etc. Some still don't know, but I will be revealing soon! Right now I am 8w5d and feeling pretty good. Still pretty nauseous in the mornings and am pretty sensitive to what I eat, pretty tired in the evenings, but other than that, feeling pretty good! I go back to the doctor for another check up on October 29th. I just love Dr. Dave. He let me choose if I wanted to wait 4 weeks or just come back in 2 for peace of mind....of course I said TWO!! I am just praying so hard this baby makes it home. I am beginning to be more attached and know I will become more and more as the days go by. I will be posting pictures of my belly, ultrasounds, etc as soon as I get them onto my computer. Until next time, I am just hoping this Rainbow decides to stick around....Rainbows always come after rain, so hopefully there won't be anymore rain in our future!

xoxo