Helllllo everyone!!
I haven't updated recently, mostly out of laziness, and mostly out of there really not being a whole lot to update on, haha! I know, that's bad.
Okay, so in Hudson News...we have had a quick growth spurt the last couple weeks and he has been rolling, jabbing, elbowing, kneeing and everything else he can do in there constantly, which is fabulous!! Jeff has been able to feel him since a couple weeks ago, and even more so now, which is really fun!
Work/School/Life has been going well, and going by crazy fast. I feel like I have ZERO time to do anything before he gets here, mostly because we literally have plans every single weekend to do something. But I know it will all work out!
My mom and I have started discussing shower ideas, which is fun. Jeff and I are going today to register at Buy Buy Baby and some Target, but most everything will be registered at Buy Buy Baby. Super fun! I want an 'elephant' theme with lots of grey and baby blue! Soooo many ideas! Pinterest, Pinterest, Pinterest! As far as date and location, looks like March 23rd at my house.
Also, my mom came into town to visit last night and we were going through a box of Hayden's clothes to see what Hudson was going to be able to get from his big brother, and came across a fully loaded $200.00 gift card I had stashed while prego with Hayden!! Such a blessing!! A few months before that, I found a $50 gift card I had stashed to Babies R Us, so $250.00 total!! This will help us with nursery furniture which we are going to go look at today as well!
I have a 3-D ultrasound scheduled with Jeff and Laurie (the cheer mom that works across from my specialist), so I am excited to see the changes in Mr. Man next week! I will be 22 weeks on Monday! Woot Woot!
I think that's about it! I will post more later! :)
Saturday, January 19, 2013
Sunday, January 6, 2013
Karate Kid! Almost 20 Weeks!
So this week was an event-FULL one! So many things were going on, I kept a note in my phone of all the little things that happened so I wouldn't forget!
For starters, I got sick. Not puking sick, like cough, sneezing, headache sick...THE worst! I was coughing so hard my abs hurt and poor little Hudson was freaking out every time I would cough! After Robitussin (plain), tylenol, and lots of rest, I am feeling much better--Thank GOD.
Speaking of sneezing, I officially pee my pants every single time I pee. YAY. So annoying.
In much more exciting news, I began feeling huge and hard kicks this week! He is pretty active throughout the day, but at night seems to be the time he goes nuts! I can place my hand on my belly and he goes Karate Kid on it! As a matter of fact, he is performing his little kicking routine right now! Maybe he will play soccer?
We had our anatomy ultrasound on Wednesday and it went great! He was acting way 'cool' and threw up the peace sign for us!! LOL
I had a great time visiting my mom this week from Thursday to Saturday. She treated me to a bottle of new perfume, a DELISH mall pretzel that I have been craving, and some much needed maternity jeans from Macy's! We had a blast and I miss her already! She also bought the baby a "Horton Hears a Who" book and little Horton stuffed animal, which goes perfectly with his room!
Oh yes! We decided on his room colors! We are going to go with white furniture this time and a grey and blue theme with various prints. I will be hanging in his room the quote from Horton "A person's a person, no matter how small" in his room. Here is the 'muse' for the nursery. Very excited! We are going in two weeks to register!
Now that we are more than halfway done with the pregnancy, I am getting excited to start getting prepared!
For starters, I got sick. Not puking sick, like cough, sneezing, headache sick...THE worst! I was coughing so hard my abs hurt and poor little Hudson was freaking out every time I would cough! After Robitussin (plain), tylenol, and lots of rest, I am feeling much better--Thank GOD.
Speaking of sneezing, I officially pee my pants every single time I pee. YAY. So annoying.
In much more exciting news, I began feeling huge and hard kicks this week! He is pretty active throughout the day, but at night seems to be the time he goes nuts! I can place my hand on my belly and he goes Karate Kid on it! As a matter of fact, he is performing his little kicking routine right now! Maybe he will play soccer?
We had our anatomy ultrasound on Wednesday and it went great! He was acting way 'cool' and threw up the peace sign for us!! LOL
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| Little face! |
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| Pee Pee |
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| PEACE! (Ignore the 'Depressed' magazine article underneath lol!) |
I had a great time visiting my mom this week from Thursday to Saturday. She treated me to a bottle of new perfume, a DELISH mall pretzel that I have been craving, and some much needed maternity jeans from Macy's! We had a blast and I miss her already! She also bought the baby a "Horton Hears a Who" book and little Horton stuffed animal, which goes perfectly with his room!
Oh yes! We decided on his room colors! We are going to go with white furniture this time and a grey and blue theme with various prints. I will be hanging in his room the quote from Horton "A person's a person, no matter how small" in his room. Here is the 'muse' for the nursery. Very excited! We are going in two weeks to register!
Now that we are more than halfway done with the pregnancy, I am getting excited to start getting prepared!
Here are the updates on me:
Weeks: 19w6d
Movement: Hard kicks, especially at night
Mood: emotional, excited
Cravings: chicken salad sandwich
Wednesday, December 26, 2012
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!
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:
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!
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| Made this little banner to hang on the photo to tell my mom! |
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| Couldn't resist! |
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| Taken the day we found out :) This is what I posted on FB |
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!
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| 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!
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| 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 :)
This picture was last week. I am waiting until 20 weeks to take another one :)
Saturday, December 15, 2012
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.
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!
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.
{Insert Pictures}
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.
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| "Loser" LOL!! |
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| 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.
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
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!!
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!
Thursday, November 29, 2012
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:
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!
Sunday, November 25, 2012
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!! :)
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!! :)
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