Alicious

2011-06-18T08:59:00.001-07:00

Today I finally got my blog on my phone! Well hopefully so this will b the test! So yesterday Averi is trying to go up a hill and she falls on her butt and ends up rolling all the way back down. I was laughing so hard and she just looked at me like huh what. It was great!

5 weeks!

2010-05-04T11:59:00.000-07:00

So miss Averi is 5 weeks old! how did this happen? She is doing great and getting big! we went to the dr yesterday and she is 9 lb 3 oz. So here is the break down of dr appts so far. At birth she weighed 7 lb 15 oz but lost 6 oz in the first two days at the hospital. Then at her first week dr appt she weighed in at 7 lb 12 oz Dr. Taylor was very impressed that she is only breastfed and gained that much weight which made me feel great! At her 2 week appt she gained more weight bringing her to 8lb 2 oz. and 1.5 inches to bring her to 20 inches long. Yesterday we went to the dr because she had yellow crusty stuff on her ear so I took her in... any who it ended up that she just had cradle crap (hehe) on her ear.

So she is smiling all the time especially in the morning when we are hanging in bed making faces. its so cute I absolutely love it! It makes all those night feedings so worth it! On another note she totally has the Duma genes. She is a great pooper and when she toots the whole room hears and when she burps she sounds like a grown up. haha gotta love it.Auntie Kara would be so proud. I will post pics later Miss A is up and wanting to eat:)

co sleeping the big debate

2010-05-04T11:51:00.000-07:00

Ok so this is a huge controversially debate, but with that being said this is the deal... If your child will sleep longer with you in your bed then do it! If it helps keep you from going mad because you are so exhausted then bring them in bed with you. At every stage of their life you are going to have to break them of some habit so this is just one more that you will have to break. With Averi the 1st week she slept on my chest for every nap and at night. Week 2 she slept next to me in our bed every night, this got me up to 4 hours of sleep in a row some nights. After that I transitioned her to her bassinet we are doing great and I'm sleeping and not hurting anyone so I say that it worked great for me. So all you mommies out there do what feels right and not what everyone else says to do or not to do. And if you think about it your child is out in this cold world where she/he has to adjust to being hungry, cold, breathing all for the first time so why also force them to be alone? I think that this is a great transition they already have to adjust to so many new things. Anywho that is my view on it and I just had to get it out so if your baby sleeps with you or on you for a while don't feel bad, I'm sure that there are a lot more mom's out there that did the same :)

3.30.2010 Labor!

2010-04-28T15:50:00.000-07:00

Ok so I'm going to try and write this post before miss Averi wakes up so her it goes...

3.26-have had contractions for 2 days now but they are no where consistant. Go into the dr's and am told that I am 2 centimeters and very thin.
3.30- I am woken up at 2 am with contractions, 4 am they are consistantly 10 minutes apart. Tell daddy not to go to work but to work from home. 11 am go into dr's and i'm at a 3 dr. Biter strips my membranes and sends me home (Membrane stripping could possibly be the worst feeling. He is half way done and I tell him to get out I've changed my mind...nope he finishes and sends us home and tells us to call when they are 3-5 mins apart and/or my water breaks) At about 330pm Daddy and I try to take a walk to get mail... totally didn't work out very well. We get home I try to finish getting the ipod ready for labor music and I tell him I think its time to call the dr. At this point they were every 2-4 min's apart and lasting approx. 2 minutes each. We call and off to the hospital we go.

We got to the hospital about 5 pm, and we are at 4 centimeters! what it took me 4 days to go from 2 to 3 and i'm only at a 4. daddy thought that we were going to be at the hospital forever butI knew that we were having you on the 30th! So we are hanging out having contractions and at 7pm dr Capetankis comes and checks me and i'm at a 6. He asks about breaking my water but I'm no dumb girl I remember the membrane stripping so i'm like heck no! (later I'm told this does not hurt at all.) oh well. At some point Jakes Dad and Dora bring him fast food... All I could smell was those dang onions and being that we really don't eat fast food Jake during labor got sick, not sure if it was due to the fact that we don't eat that food or the fact that he ate it in maybe 3 bites. so back in the shower I go to start having 2 contractions in a row! both lasting about 2 minutes with approx. 15 seconds inbetween each. so between the shower and the bed for monitoring we bounce between the two. At some point in the shower I loose my plug and thats when daddy and I start having "the talk" I'm telling him i want drugs and he is telling me that everything that I think I can't handle I'm handleing and I say "I can't do this" and he says "but you're doing it" this goes on for a good 5 minutes. Finally I tell him "fine this is the deal, when they check me in 10 min if I'm at an 8 I will continue drug free otherwise hook me up with the goods!"

10 minutes later I'm in bed, get checked and the nurse says "you're at a healthy 8" dang! but never again did I mention drugs :) ok so at this point I tell her that I need to push at which she replies "you can't push until your 10 otherwise you could make your cervix swell which makes delivery harder" crap! so my body is screaming push this dang kid out and you're telling me to not push. So for the next hour or so Jake and I are breathing in eachothers face with him telling me not to push. i'm holding onto the bed bar like its my life line and Jake telling me to try to relax. hahaha funny! So now I'm like holy crap call dr cap get him in here to break my water so I can push because whether I'm at 10 or not I'm going to start pushing! so finally 10 pm in walks dr cap confirms that I'm at a 10 and ready to go! Those words never sounded so good! so now we are ready for the good stuff so with 4 sets of pushes Averi Ann Gonzales makes her way into the world. I got to feel her head as she was coming out and Daddy was down checking it all out! onto my belly she came and with one tiny cry she let us all know that she was here and doing good. The rest of the night she was wide eyed and greeting all her guests. (uncle Ralphie was the first person to hold her after me and daddy and then Aunt Kara, Aunt Lindsay, Grandpa Steve and Grandma Julie) After everyone left she got her first bath and all cleaned up and back to mommy.

We had an interesting stay at Encintas Scripps and it is one that will have to be told later as little miss Averi is ready for food!

Funny things husbands say while your pregnant

2010-03-29T13:22:00.001-07:00

1. "wow you gained 5 lbs... see thats not too bad" The nurse automatically asks if he would like to go sit in the waiting room, hehe

2. " I'm just looking for something for dinner that isn't too much work for you." He quickly trys to laugh this off and says "wow that totally slipped out" hahaha yeah and that knife totally slipped hehe no this was actually quite funny.

3. now remember this is at 40 weeks and 3 days he say's this while pinching my cheek, "wow you're definitely ready to have this baby." I start laughing and ask him what he means and he says while laughing "ummmm you have this glow about you" hahha why do I find this funny?

Things Efrain has said to Jillian:
1.Well, Efrain told me that my hips are getting bigger, and after I gave him the death look, he added, "But I like that"

2.Or when he asked me if I would be upset if I hit the 200 pound mark again like I did with Addyson...again gave him the death look and he said "What? I don't know anything about weight"

Haha there should be a class that tells men that when we get pregnant they need to keep their mouths shut even if we are chasing them with deadly objects they are in the wrong, they need to apologize and just realize that we might be slightly crazy at the moment but we are building the next generation and its normal to act a little crazy, but with them saying these types of things it just makes it worse. Even if we both find it funny its still no wonder that we have moments :)

40 weeks and 4 days....

2010-03-29T13:12:00.000-07:00

Ok baby Girl it is now about that time to start packing your bags! Thats right you are going to be evicted very soon! Had a dr appt last Friday (40 weeks and 1 day) I was told that your head is so low that he can feel you! and my cervix is very thin and dilated to 2. That means that while you are painfully grinding your head you are getting your mama ready. But now its 3 days later and your mama is ready. I have had contractions all night and here it is 1 pm and still having them but haven't had one in a little while so i'm starting to think they have gone away again. They have been coming and going all last week but not to this extent so I started to think that soon you would be here but I'm guessing it was just another trick you wanted to play on me. And you daddy is sooo ready for you to be here he just can't wait any longer to see you and hold you, I know that we are going to be crying fools when you finally get here all this pent up anticipation is starting to kill us! Yesterday we went to see your favorite movie (Alice in Wonderland) and just like when I read this story to you, you started kicking like crazy when Alice fell down the hole and daddy was amazed at how much you moved throughout the movie especially when it got really loud. Well baby girl mommy and daddy and big sis Barley are ready for you (well almost let me finish cleaning the house and the laundry) then you can come. Love you a million times a million!

Love Mommy!

March 25th week 40

2010-03-25T18:18:00.000-07:00

Well D-day has come and is almost gone and here I sit infront of the computer updating the blog organizing pictures on the external hard drive and finishing up all the Thank you's. I've gone on two walks today and had contractions since 3 am and yet here it is 6pm and they are gone... I had one at 2pm worth mentioning but other than that the other ones were all cramp like sensations... So I think she likes her warm little home and doesn't want to come out. I am hoping that this weekend she will start making her way into the world and it looks like Jake is taking me to the LPGA to see Grammy D and to walk... fun right :( Everybody says to have sex and to eat spicy food and to walk A LOT. But yeah my back hurts I'm tired and I have no energy and you want me to do stuff. Good luck with that.

So yesterday our baby sling got recalled. ugh I'm so bummed I really want a sling to walk around with so what did I do I made my own. It probably isn't as nice as a store bought one but for my first attempt I think that I did a heck of a job now I just need her to come out so I can see how it works. Well at least we are ready for her... Thank you cards are done, laundry done, grocery shopping is done, the stroller is built (we got the bob and I love it!!) the carseat and extra base have been installed, dr's office called to confirm what we need to do to select our peditrican. I think its all done I still need to do some organizing and last minute hospital bag check and oh yeah some returns but other than that we are ready. I figure tomorrow I can do a lot of it and then this weekend she can arrive.

Well I will have to get a 40 week pic and post it.
A

Maternity pics

2010-03-18T14:41:00.001-07:00

Ok these were done at RB Inn at 37 weeks

39 Weeks

2010-03-18T14:26:00.000-07:00

So I have been so bad about updating my blog and I'm sure there are tons of pics that need to be posted so I will try to add some while I'm thinking about it. But as of right now we are officially 39 weeks. I'm off of work and running around trying to get everything done before she comes. I have returned and purchased everything I think we need, cleaned and organized the entire house, got laundry done and groceries purchased. Now I just need to finish thank you cards, her first baby book that will take you through the entire pregnancy and her baby blanket. I had a dr appt yesterday and I lost 5 lbs which is fine especially since my appetite is non existant right now. I only eat because I look at the clock and feel guilty or my daughter starts kneeing me letting me know that she wants some food. Any who so the doctor said everything sounds and looks good. A few weeks ago he was guessing that she is probably weighing 7.5 lbs so with .5lb gain every week she should be a pretty good size. And of course that is a guestimate so its always plus or minus a lb.

Anywho so a few weeks ago Jake and I did a maternity shoot with an old work friend Megan (meganannphotography.com) we went to Rancho Bernardo Inn where we got married and spent almost 2 hours taking pictures of us and the belly! It was so much fun and we got some amazing pictures. I can't wait to do the newborn pics after she gets here I know its going to make the best photo album and the best family wall. I can't believe that I could be taking a child with me to my grandma's house for easter. well hopefully we will be. Who knows I could still be prego! Anywho nothing too exciting going on just hanging out pregnant trying to keep it low key until Sunday (my dr is on vacation from today Thursday to Sunday) So no long walks no cleaning so I should be able to get the thank you's blanket and book done and then Sunday I'm going to start doing things again! ok well I think it's nap time :) yep I'm super super tired. Oh and I didn't tell you so at the doctor's I asked him about my back pain and guess what my little lovey did she seperated or dislocated my ribs from my spine or something like that so thats why I'm unable to really sleep comfortably.

Any who gotta go take a nap :)

week 35 Family baby shower

2010-03-08T16:04:00.000-08:00

So I'm completely behind on posting so I'm attempting to catch up so sorry if these are not too exciting.

So before I start with the amazing baby shower lets go back to the week... well lets just say it was a crazy week. My work now has 2 sites one in San Diego and one in San Fran which is great, but that means that I am responsible for getting all the information needed to get a proposal together to try and obtain the site in SF. So between the constant meetings and trying to prepare my staff for Maternity leave I have also been dealing with my HR who is in Chicago so they have no idea how CA law works. So back and forth constantly and we have decided that they will force me to be paid out for 2 weeks of vacation time and I will be out 12 weeks after delivery. I swear this went on all week and I had to go to the State office to prove to HR the time that I am allotted. Anywho hopefully this all is settled and we don't have to deal with HR anymore throughout this because maybe I'm a little emotional right now but um hello I have a child trying to rip through my abdomen and I'm working my butt off and now I'm having to do HR's job. ugh and the way that she was saying things to me it was just enough to make anyone go crazy!

Any who onto my amazing shower! ok so we had the shower at Grammy D's and Grandpa Ralph's house (not sure if he has a special name picked out yet hehe) so any who so I got there and Daddy and Grandpa went golfing while the girls partied down. There was the cutest sign welcoming the guest's letting them know while Baby A was not there to thank them she was so happy to have them there. it was adorable! And then there was a table set up with Fabric Markers so that you could write or design a onsie. I seriously have to remember that idea because it is so cute looking at all the designs that everyone did. We were completely overwhelmed and spoiled at all the gifts. Grammy D made her first quilt and Aunt Debbie made you a knitted blanket that is perfect to grow with. I think I might need to snuggle down in both of these blankets until your ready for them :)

The following Tuesday work had a baby shower for us and again I was amazed at the generosity of everyone who attended! We had a delicious cake that I probably ate too much of and we proved that at the next dr weigh in :) Hillary made you her first quilt and Angelina and Sandra made the coolest toy box painted pink with animals all over. Still haven't released your name yet so Gonzales is on the top:)

So the Dr appt went well gained more weight and he still doesn't want to tell us how big he thinks your going to be... but he pointed out a cute little 7lb baby girl and laughed as he said you definitley won't be that little. well I feel like your going to be 8.5-9.5 lbs so we will see.

2 days shy of 35 weeks

2010-02-17T18:42:00.001-08:00

OK WHAT THE HECKKKK! ok so braxton hicks have set in. 2 days prior to 35 weeks and ouch! they are here all day long and have woken me up in the middle of the night. I thought that hey one day of these no prob, but now the second day in a row and yes they are uncomfortable and annoying but I know that they are not the real thing. But I have so much on my plate at work that I really don't have time for the oh my I can't walk or stand up during one. And I have so many meetings all day where I need to focus that it is slightly frustrating. Oh well I have an appt on Friday so maybe he will do an ultrasound so we can see what this crazy girl is doing in there. I swear she wants out now! Remember being younger and being sent to bed but yet you could hear all the fun stuff still happening out there??? Well I think thats her she is like I know you are having fun and I want to play too. Hopefully she will wait 5 weeks and hopefully by the time we get there I'm a total pro with all the practice I'm currently getting :) Well just wanted to keep everyone posted on the crazy fun we are having and hopefully Friday I will get to report how big Dr. Capetankis thinks she is and if we are progressing with these fun things or if they really are just practice pains. Check back soon :)

week 34

2010-02-15T13:57:00.000-08:00

So this week has been tough my energy is sooo low and everything hurts! My feet hurt my hips hurt and when i walk I feel like my groin is going to pull. It has definitely hit that time where I want her out. I want to be able to have someone else hold her for a moment. I wish I could take my belly off put it down to wash the dishes and then put it back on. I have the hardest time doing little things like washing the dishes or vaccuming. I have too much pulling me forward and then the little bugger gets under my ribs so when I lean forward to do anything like tie my shoes it feels like I'm dislocating a rib.

So this weekend Lindsay finally got to feel her move not any crazy big movements but little ones and then the hiccups which she has constantly. But I was just happy that she felt her at all especially because it wasn't the crack of dawn or super late at night. so I'm glad she got to feel something. so we got my registry updated, had a great lunch and shopped until I felt like my feet were 3 sizes bigger and depressed at the fact that nothing fit! Ugh I really wanted to find something super adorable for Vday but I guess rummaging through the closet will have to do. Anywho so we have a great time hanging out and its just so nice to have her to myself. We are both so busy especially now with her new job that it really is nice getting some girl time with no kids and no ringing phones :)

Yesterday was Valentines and my hunny and I had the best day. we woke up late then I took a nap and then he made me waffles and then we took B for a walk. Got home showered and off we went for a few hours of shopping, I found a great shower dress even though at this point I just feel huge because dresses just drape on you and you probably look ten times larger then you are. So anywho got a dress, came home and got ready for an amazing dinner. This is the "last" Vday without a child so I was going to get all sex'd up for the event. i didn't care what everyone else might be wearing I was going to look sexy! So I got out one of my dresses that I love!!!! put it one with some hot little black and gold stilletos and strutted my stuff to the resturaunt. Now we went to Pacific Coast Grill a pretty nice restaurant with an amazing vibe and people were in there wearing crap! I was shocked that people just came from I don't know the gym... anywho so here I walk in feeling sexy and huge and I walked past everyone like I owned the night. And you know what we were the best looking couple in there and I was so happy that for our last VDay we rocked it! Any who so we started with Merlot for J and a Cran and Sprite for me, the most amazing artichoke heart button stuffed with hickory pulled pork and then I had an amazing seabass and J had a Filet. So So yummy and for desert we had brownies with bruleed (sp?) banana's fresh fruit and ice cream perfect ending to a wonderful day. Then to top it off we got home put on our pj's and fell asleep (my most favorite thing these days)

Anywho amazing week and I can't wait for our Friday Dr appt. Every Friday at 4 these days will be spent with the two men in my life these days Dr. Capetankis.

week 32/33

2010-02-06T11:25:00.000-08:00

Email written to my mom (notice the time)

Wed, February 3, 2010 2:33:25 AM

Subject: Nightlife of a soon to be mommyNext blog...maybe

So as I sit here at 215am I reflect on my night. Went to bed at 830 woke at 1130 to p and again at 100am clock time aka 1245am real time and now I lay here listening to the deep slow breaths of my slumbering husband. Thinking how lovely it would be to sleep so soundly that u don't feel the constant toss and turn and getting out of bed wife. Oh and did I mention the fact that my mind is racing of things to do today once I'm really awake or delirious at work, so I write myswlf an email of things to accomplish before my head crashes to my desk. And then it starts to race about hmm maybe I should p again so if I fall asleep (yeah right) I will get a few hours in. But first I'm thirsty so up we go to get some nice ice cold apple juice,yum. P, lay in bed and oh crap sugar! Babies now awake and loving the sugar damn and really is that my dog snoring? Do I have a sign that says please rub it in folks "I don't sleep". I find it interesting in baby books how it talks about ligaments stretching and how u will now be clummsy um or maybe ur so delirious u no longer see straight so walls really do move I think that's a more accurate accessment. So anywho babies awake mind racing so let's move to the couch and write the next blog at 2 something in the morning. Why move to the couch bc I feel bad the typing might wake the oh so peaceful dog and husband. Sheesh I should wake them up at least then I won't be sitting here alone in the dark typing away on the crackberry. Oh well my lovely nightlife oh and before I leave I must say why oh why now do I get a headache like the delirium isn't enough thanks baby jesse for preparing me for your arrival but honestly we still have 7 weeks couldn't you chill out until the last 2? And my dr wonders why I'm a ragin b word on occassion hmm yeah I'm tired I'm probably hungry and I breathe like I ran a marathon getting out of bed! Oh and speaking of hunger so last night I guess it was now I'm starving so I have an apple walk the dog come home eat a rolled taco and I'm stuffed are you kinding! I'm starving and a rolled taco fills me up, dang kid we need to talk bc when there is good mexican food and salsa on the table mama wants to eat and you position yourself right there on my stomach... Not cool!

Anywho sneak peak into my nightlife hope urs was betterA

week 31

2010-01-29T20:33:00.000-08:00

ok so i have officially moved into ready mode/ freaking out mode. I am ready for her to be here so that i can see her but freaking out because are we ready? well ready or not only 9 more weeks!!! Well Sat we had a wonderful girls weekend and I got to see miss Jillian who is tiny and adorable and all belly! I felt like a prego train everytime we went potty together (hehe potty) I love being with other prego girls I just wish I had someone as big as me. I know I'm not huge and I'm caring all in the belly blah blah blah but honestly can I get 1 person out there that is due the same day or later who is bigger than me. Whatever enough with the whinning. So we all had an amazing lunch talking about sex, love and rock n roll well maybe not rock n roll but we covered pretty much everything possible and had an amazing time doing it. I love getting together with the ladies. Here are some pics of Jill and I together showing the belly love! Oh and ok so I had a dr appt where we tried to do a 4d but little miss A likes to push her face against my placenta (sounds kinda funny i know) so there is no fluid to have the sono waves pick up her features. So no cutie pics...but we are officially 35 lbs which I am actually good with. I mean lets be honest I would gain 80 lbs if thats what I have to do to have a healthy happy baby girl. So I'm taking it all and enjoying it. Another thing I'm trying to enjoy is...my mommy marks thats right I got them and I love every one of them. This is something that I can show her to say first I built you from scratch and then I stretched my body to its limits to make sure you were healthy. I mean yes they are ugly but how amazing is it that your body can stretch and mold to hold a growing human that you built in 10 months. I don't know I still think its pretty amazing. Maybe I'm loving this pregnancy thing a little too much or maybe there is something wrong with me but I seriously feel like mommy marks are completely looked at in the wrong light. We should be proud of our weight gain, our mommy marks and the insane dark huge nipples we are building the future here people so stop looking at everything as ugly or something that can't be fixed. Anywho I'm rambling so I guess I should stop writing but let me leave you with one thing for any of you who haven't experienced this amazing adventure... first trimester your exhausted, second trimester your tired and third trimester your delirious so get out of our way because we might just punch you in the nose and kick you in the shin because its just what happens at this stage :)

1-14-10 Week 30

2010-01-22T19:08:00.000-08:00

Ok so i'm going back a week but I have to tell you all about the funniest story ever. I have gone over to the hormonal side of pregnancy now probably since 29 weeks maybe beginning of my 30th week I have just started being hormonal like holy heck really hormonal. So the other night I'm driving home and Jake asks me what do you want for dinner... well I didn't really care and well I was hungry so anything would do. Well I'm 5 minutes from home and I call to see what he decided and he pulled out 2 chicken breasts for me (one for dinner and one for lunch the next day's lunch) and he was making himself meatballs and rice. As many of you know Baby A does not like ground beef so I have been without ground beef for a while. So anywho he is defrosting chicken and I am like damn I really don't want any more chicken but its already out so thats what I'm having. Well I get home see the chicken defrosting and I get super bummed out. At this point I am a 5 year old pouter sitting on the couch. He brings me dinner I take one bite and I start to cry. He asks me "are you crying?" which I respond by tears lots and lots of tears we are talking can't breathe sobbing. Imagine a little girl that just had her favorite toy stollen that was me. And during this I'm trying to tell him "no more chicken I just can't eat anymore chicken" hahaha yeah it was rough! So he takes it and puts it away and asks what he can get me where can he drive (AKA get away from you while you freak out) to get you something to eat. Oh My, my poor poor husband but he was so good just hugging me while I sob uncontrollably. Yes the hormones have taken over. So the next night at dinner what do I order chicken and pasta I don't know what my deal was I have had chicken pretty much everyday since then with no outbreaks but when I get too hungry the smallest thing makes me cry :(

On another note we are finally done with the baby's room we went to Ikea and got a sleeper sofa, which I think at first Jake agreed to getting at first because he was afraid that I was going to cry again, but then Kevin came into town and guess what he slept on.... My Sleeper sofa!!! He said that it was comfy too! I thought that it was comfy when I layed on it at Ikea but its nice to have him agree that it was comfy and he said that as soon as he layed down he slept like a rock so hopefully it really is that comfy and he wasn't playing nice due to my husband telling him about my tears :) The only thing that I can tell you ladies is that now due to the hormones making me cry about everything is that I get things a little easier these days. Which is nice but I hate the tears they are so ridiculous oh well just keep me fed I guess is the key.

1-8-10 week 29

2010-01-11T20:48:00.000-08:00

ok so we stunk on the picture taking this week so next week (this coming thursday really, 30 week) you will get to see how she jumped out again! she is so active and last night/this am she was so active that my stomach seriously feels bruised! oh well at least she's active right, wait right? someone please reassure me this is a good thing... I knew I was in trouble when at 12 weeks the dr told me she was crazy active. does this mean shes going to be crazy active outside. What have we gotten ourselves into! Well nothing new this week just trying to get back to eating normal as in not eating every sweet thing insight like I did the entire month of December. Oh and we went to the dr last Friday and we are doing a sonogram next appt (week 21, friday 1-22-10) and I am going to make sure we aren't having twins! And she better still be a girl! haha seriously if another person asks if i'm having twins I'm going to leave come home and have a glass of wine like my dr suggested otherwise I'm going to punch them in the nose, kick them in the shin and run away before they are able to do anything ! hehe ok well week 30 here we come and can't wait until the baby showers! I'm soooo excited for all the fun stuff!

Baby's Room...

2010-01-11T20:39:00.000-08:00

Yeah Baby Here It Is!!! ok the 1st pic is My hunny with the tree all taped and ready to be painted.

The next pic is a pic of him with it primed, painted and stenciling on the leaves.

And the 3rd and final pic is the room done! the tree with the swing in front of it and on the lower right the crib. you can see our bedding hanging over the back of it.

He worked so hard and it turned out amazingly! I love it so much and I know that our daughter will love it too! I think my favorite part is that it goes on both colors. And incase you want to know my favorite branch (yes I have one) is up in the top left it has a little bump in the branch it looks like it should have a little knot or something in it and I love it!

week 28 new years!

2010-01-11T19:53:00.000-08:00

HAPPY NEW YEARS to all my alicious friends! what an amazing week I'm off of work going crazy getting laundry done and seriously I did laundry every single day! But good news got the laundry done, got the bed out of the babies room and into our room, got rid of our bed, got the babies room done, and got all of her clothes and blankets washed! I feel so accomplished right now but I wish that I had slept more but she thinks its party central inside my tummy. I think she knows that new years is fastly approaching.

Oh and the baby blanket is coming along...I thought that I didn't get enough fabric so my mom and I went out got more fabric found that one fabric was seasonal so then my sister and I called every fabric store here to TJ and found it!!! so I ordered an extra 4.5 yards, just to be on the safe side. Once it came in I got to cutting and um yeah I never divided my 72 squares by 4! yikes so now I have enough fabric to make 4 blankets! hahaha seriously I even had my mom look at my measurements. I'm blaming my tardness on the fact I'm prego, but my mom hmm I will have to ask what her excuse is :) hehe I guess thats what you get for making a blanket pattern up in your head while you are at the fabric store. oh well at least she will have a blanket lovingly made by her creative mama.

Other than that the room is done as in completely done! bedding is all washed, the tree has been painted, and we found a couch bed! Yep so we went to SD looking for a new rocker recliner for the living room and while we were down there we decided to check out Ikea just for the heck of it all, so we are there and we find this love seat looking couch that pulls out to a twin???full??? the bigger of the two. so here Jake and I are laying on this bed in the middle of Ikea at this point of my pregnancy I don't care about asking people where things are at or really caring at what people are thinking. Honestly I have almost pulled over on the side of the freeway, wrapping a blanket around me to P and truthfully I would P without the blanket if I knew I wouldn't get a ticket for some indecent exposure :) So anyway the couch bed was super comfy and after feeding the two of us or i'm sorry three of us we decided that the couch was a good idea. So in the truck it goes and the next day I put the whole dang thing together! yes all done!!!

Ok so New Years is upon us and we went to dinner with some great friends and then back to their house and hang out and I would like to announce that J and I were the last couple to leave! Yes I think I was a little stubborn. Just like when J told me that mama's go to bed at 8 I stayed up until 9 just to prove that I'm a mama and not the norm :) yes baby Jesse is the same way! Example you want to feel here move and shes playing gymnastics in my belly and then you put your hand on my stomach she will stay still until you give up. Seriously she has a talent of waiting and waiting and once you move she gives a good punch or kick. So anywho great night and I had a rainbow roll my favorite roll ever!!! And my first sushi since getting prego it was a great night. Oh and then I tried champagne again and ewww holy heck it tasted like rubbing alcohol again. Such a bummer, oh well I will be up and running with a martini soon enough. I know you all are probably thinking hmm Martini really, but yes all of a sudden I have started craving a Martini and not only any martini but either a peach or chocolate espresso martini from vigilucii's and no i'm not a crazy martini drinker I usually prefer wine but lately yummmm I could seriously go for a martini. Any who hope you all had an amazing new years! And I am going to post bedroom pics and belly pics shortly. oh and maybe I'll post the new years video too :)

Trees, Furniture and Week 27!

2009-12-27T14:19:00.000-08:00

So we are into our 27th week and with it comes Christmas!!! We had a wonderful day got lots of new baby clothes, bedding for the crib and gift certificates to outfit mommy once her lovely curves have dropped and drupped down to her old/new self :) Christmas day we were officially 90 days and counting can you blieve it! we went from 300 some odd days to now less than 90. It makes me so sad thinking that soon she will be out in the world taking on all the amazing things thrown her way. I kinda like the fact that she is protected in my big belly and I can make sure nothing bad happens. I think the rest of our lives will be spent worrying. Worrying about the scrapes and bruises, worrying about the first everything and then worrying about her being out of the house...No wonder parents go through empty nest I get sad thinking about it already and its 18+ years away. ugh ok new topic.

So yesterday we spent an amazing day cleaning and putting xmas stuff away in preperation to the new furniture coming... My mom came over and between her and Jake got rid of our old bed moved the sleigh bed into our room and picked up the babies furniture. While they were gone I accomplished moving a mountain so that they had room to put all this new stuff. And oh my the furniture didn't seem quite this big in the 3000+ sqft store that we bought it in but wowie its big. At least we have it now and it can start to get assembled so that I can start organizing the room. I should totally take pics so that you all can see exactly how much stuff can be stuffed into a closet but that would be totally embarrasing :) so sorry you don't get to see that but i will be posting pics of the progress with the Tree!

Did I tell you all about the babies room??? Not sure so anywho we decided on the bedding its Janaca by Cocalo its a girly jungle theme which is totally us. I am a huge Elephant fan and Jake loves Girafes and then most of you know our nickname is Monkey (thats a really funny story how that came about...I'll try to remember to post the story) so any how the bedding is perfect for us! So we took a color out of the bedding and painted one wall (its sort of a Merlot color, also perfect since I love wine) and slightly off center there will be a big tree that Jake is producing with tape at the moment and I am sitting on the floor monitoring :)I think he will have it primed today and painted tomorrow so I am so excited to see how it turns out. So because the tree is off center we will have leaves falling off the tree on the one side and maybe some birds or something flying by the other corner. Any ideas let me know. Oh and the tree is going to be white so that it totally stands out. So that is on the accent wall. The wall with the window will for now just have the dresser, but I think eventually I might find a small bookcase to place under the window. And opposite the window is the crib. Above the crib we will paint her name (name is still being kept a secret) I really want to do maybe silver outlined in the melot in Edwardian Script (which is the font we love from our wedding).

Anywho i think this post is probably a little long so stay tuned for the pics of the tree and its progress.

Love you all
JAAG & Barley (Jake, Anna, A, Gonzales )

growing growing big!

2009-12-22T21:23:00.000-08:00

He he I'm laughing at my title so dumb but the smallest little things make me giggle. anywho so indigestion and night sweats are the hottest topic here on Casa De Gonzales :) I eat and feel miserable and then I sit on the couch where I am unable to get up myself without rolling onto the floor to get up its actually quite funny to watch. Tonight J got the babies room painted! so exciting to come home to craziness everywhere and actually happy to see that the house is a disaster because I know what that means... the room is painted!! I will take pics and get them up here asap but first I;ll post the before pics which is hard to understand but I'll post them.

Anywho I feel like this week marked a big week for me, actually the baby she must have been having a good growth spurt because holy heck I woke up and bam! huge! I took off my sweatshirt today at work (ps all my sweatshirts are super tight and almost don't zip up) and this girl was like dang girl when did that happen. hehehe aww I love my big belly I swear I could just stare at my belly for days I love looking at the indents of where my body ends and she begins! its the greatest feeling in the world!

Oh and behind me is the part of the room that is going to get painted, or got painted today. so once I get those pics i will post them.

week 25 bring on the heat!

2009-12-22T21:20:00.001-08:00

ok quick little post and a pic... night sweats...um again somehow i missed the heads up on this one! Its like sleeping in the dead of winter with the fan on high and laying on top of all the blankets sweating as though its the middle of summer. I swear you get up to find that it looks like you just got done running a marathon yuck! Anywho thats the latest and greatest thing going on this week.

xmas is here...well kinda

2009-12-13T12:07:00.001-08:00

So happy I came home to a huge box on my door step with all my presents! took Barley for a quick walk and then got them all wrapped! yep shopping is done and wrapping is done and they are all in piles of when we will be seeing everyone so we are ready to go!

So Steve went to Canada last week to see our beautiful new baby boy Nick! which i'm still waiting to see the pics!!! but she sent home the biggest suit case full of baby girl clothes. seriously i just kept digging and digging and finally hit the bottom the baby's room is a total disaster, I have boxes of maternity wear that doesn't fit... Baby clothes everywhere...a pack in play that i'm trying to figure out... baby swing...baby mattress...queen size bed...xmas presents... seriously disaster! I have this week to get it in some type of order so that my wonderful husband (hopefully he's reading this :) can get the room painted the following week so we can set up the furniture the week after. (was that a good hint hint?)

Still sick by the way today is officially week 2 but i think we are on the down turn of this awful thing.Honestly this may be a little too much info but my boobs are heavy enough do i really need to have enough congestion to feel like i have an elephant on my chest too! seriously. did any of you see Kendra's baby shower (from the girls next door?) I guess I can be thankful my boobs aren't that big they are like 2 of mine on one side. I couldn't even imagine!

Had Lisa Gonzales' baby shower yesterday (12/12)it was fun seeing her up and moving around (Sophia didn't give her that luxury) she looked amazing all baby and it was so nice talking about pregnancy and charlie horses and putting on shoes and just all those little things that you totally take for granted. we took a belly pic so hopefully i will get that from her and get it posted up here soon so you all can see what 25 vs 37 weeks looks like :) Big Steve is going to be joining the world on Thursday around 3pm which I can't wait to see the pics of him and all his hair I'm sure he has a ton.

Quick Happy bday to Melissa Gonzales!!!
7 more work days until i'm off for a good week and a half!

24 and sick!

2009-12-13T12:03:00.000-08:00

so short little post about how bad it completely sucks being sick and pregnant. honestly you can barely take anything and what you can take does diddily. I'm already up all night p'ing and trying to get comfy and now i'm up because i can't breathe! Its awful I've called the dr's and they told me that basically no fever = no dr appt. ugh! at least i have the next few Friday's off so that i can try to recover from this never ending head cold. If any of you have this the only thing that truely helps is waking up and taking a shower it clears you up and you can hopefully get a few more hours of sleep!

One thing accomplished during this yucky time is I got all my xmas shopping done! thank goodness for online shopping! now hopefully it will all arrive in time.

Baby Jesse!

2009-11-28T19:19:00.000-08:00

So it seemed like in the beginning we had a new name for her every week and now the poor thing just gets called "daughter" or "anna jr" well now we have a name that she will have at least until the end...which would be 4 more months :) Baby Jesse! she has lovingly been named by my four year old niece who told me on Thanksgiving that we are going to call her that forever :) I said how about that can be your nickname for her just like i call you crazy katie and she gave me a look like hmm obviously i didn't sell you on the name...yet! so i guess we will see how long she calls her jesse. I just thought that it was so cute of her to come up with jesse when last time they told me that her name was tinkerbell. Isn't it funny the things kids do and say. Oh so my parents, Jake and I sat at the kiddie table on Thanksgiving and i don't remember what was being talked about but Katie looks over at Jake and says "Whats wrong with you, dude!?!" what! hahaha seriously they are hysterical. I just get so sad at how fast they are growing up and it makes me think about how she is going to be here in 4 months and before we know it she will be a year old...hmmm i need to learn how to stop blinking!

Ok another story so after eating way too much i'm sitting on the couch and Katie asks do you still have the baby in your belly. I tell her yes she is why my belly looks so big so shes rubbing my belly and snuggling with me and she tells me that Baby Jesse is awake and she needs to get me her lullabye pillow to put her to sleep so for the next 30 minutes she plays the pillow to my tummy and runs around telling everyone to quiet down because they are going to wake baby jesse. aww kids are so sweet!

Well I hope everyone had a great thanksgiving and baby Jesse and I hope you all had lots of yummy food! PS Jesse wakes up way too early!

crib!!!

2009-11-14T20:12:00.000-08:00

so today we went to look at USABaby to start looking at cribs. They were having an amazing sale and ended up finding the perfect crib and dresser! I am completely over the moon,I can't believe that we finally got one! I finally feel like we are being productive and moving forward and getting ready to have this kid! She is going to have the best looking bedroom ever, and its because she has grandparents that spoil her! I love love love love that everyone is so active in this pregnancy it makes me feel so happy that she is so loved already! I can't believe that we only have a little over 4 more months. now its just getting our registry done and figuring out the room and moving furniture around so that the bedding can all get here and put in place.

Oh yeah and the blanket...well i have the fabric washed :) but thats it! well i have the design drawn out so that i can start cutting but this is the first thing i've made by myself. no Lindsay no Mom just me and i'm a little nervous that i'm going to mess it up but i know what i'm doing i've done it a few hundred times before but just not without one of my people standing there watching and bouncing ideas off of. Of course i can bounce them off of J but the poor man is subjected to all my girl stuff including me talking about new underware and bigger bras he is so one of my best friends and i think growing up with so many men around me i have no filter for him he gets all the girl talk and everything but he is amazing and wonderful and helps me with everything can you tell I am his biggest fan? I don't know what i did to deserve such an amazing man but I definitely did something right! any who i'm totally rambling so anywho hope you all enjoy your weekend!

A

21 week sono appt

2009-11-14T12:11:00.000-08:00

here are the pics! she has her foot infront of her face in one pic and her hand infront of her face in another. she is approx. 1.4 lbs and we were told that she has long legs :) maybe she will be a little volleyball player it was absolutely amazing seeing her for 45 minutes but hell holding 20 oz of water for so long! oh and the sonographer told us that her bladder was full and working great. yum nothing like peeing into the same fluid your inhaling and swallowing :)

ok this first one is her with her hand in front of her face, the one on the right is her trying to suck on her toes and the last one is her sticking her tongue out :)

I will post belly pics her shortly :)

20 weeks-early mornings!!!

2009-11-14T12:08:00.000-08:00

well she loves waking me up at 330 4am to kick and punch and say "hey momma the sun is coming and its time to get up to see it!" yikes!!! hopefully this won't be her sleep pattern when she finally gets here. Most people tell me that their kids go crazy at night but i think my constant running during the day gets her sleepy and she is out at night so we shall see. I'll post pics of me at 20 weeks shortly!

The other day J stopped me and said that i looked so beautiful and that he had to take a pic so i stood there cold...but yet i waited and here is the pic and it turned out that the picture was amazing i seriously might have the best husband ever. He is so sweet well here's the pic.

A

i totally forgot!

2009-11-01T18:57:00.000-08:00

So here is a pic of me and baby dressed up for Halloween I'm a Lakers Basketball Player and she's my Ball.

Oh and out on our shopping trip we got fabric to make our first baby blanket!!!!! so fun I am finally motivated to make her some cute fun things! I'll post updates on how the blanket comes along :)

And let the Hormones begin

2009-11-01T11:54:00.000-08:00

ok so i knew that hormones make you do silly things like um CRY! and you don't even know what your crying about and when you try to stop and you can't then you cry harder because your frustrated at the fact that you can't stop. Oh My so yesterday we are up and I begin the cleaning to the point where i'm walking around with clorox wipes wiping down the light switches the door knobs and anything else that might have finger prints. Oh and then i'm on my hands and knees scrubbing the hardwood water spots. Let me tell you this kid is playing jumpy on nerves in my back that make it damn near impossible to bend over or walk for long distances so me scrubbing floors just about made me cry. Then we are out and about buying things that I now think we need like a new wine holder because i swear there are bugs that live in baskets so i must get rid of all baskets. whatever i'm weird but then we are at the mall trying to buy a baby outfit the first one we will have bought together and i pretty much start crying in the store because there is no selection and everything is long sleeve and she will be born in spring where she won't only need long sleeves. so we leave without buying anything and i'm crying and Jake is totally confussed as to why i'm crying and I'm totally frustrated that i can't stop crying. Lets just say it was an interesting day. I was hoping that maybe i would bypass the hormone surges since i had not yet had them yet, but i guess 19 weeks is the time for crying, back aches and the baby having a crazy growing spurts that make it feel like i have the worst cramps ever :) the joys of pregnancy hehe but yet I still love it all how is that? I just wish she was here everytime i see little babies i get sad because she isn't here yet...is that weird? well i wanted to post and get the latest pics up.

Oh and guess what we have 2 new babies in the Family! Gabriel Anthony Gonzales born 10-15 and Nicholas Chad Shaeffer born 10-26! this little girl is going to be surrounded by older boy cousins to keep her safe from all those other little bad boys :)

pics

2009-10-25T12:46:00.001-07:00

so here is our little girl the one picture is her head a little skeleton like but still cool to see her eyes nose and mouth.

The second pic right next to the "l" you can see the 3 white little lines otherwise known as her Junk :) Hoping to write more later tonight we are waiting for the charger game to be done and then we are going to go get halloween ready, and hopefully bye our first little girl outfit :)

Love you all and thank you again for the congrats I think we are still in shock, but all Jake keeps saying is how cool its going to be to walk her down the aisle and have the first dance which totally makes me cry. he is so excited to have a little girl I'm just thinking of all the things i made my mom buy me throughout the years yikes! I think we need to win the lottery hehehe

ITS A ...

2009-10-22T09:43:00.000-07:00

GIRL. Don't have time to write but wanted to let you all know!

Baby's Room...

2009-10-18T11:15:00.000-07:00

Ok so I am starting to think of the Baby's room I know that its dumb that i'm stressing about the room but we only have 5 more months and before we know it, it will be down to 4 and I know that the baby won't be in the room for the first few months but i'm feeling the stress. But last night while we were at the Hartgraves I took a look at miss Marley's room and I think that we could totally fit a day bed, crib, rocker and dresser I don't know why I didn't think it was possible but they have it and it totally works.

I'm starting to think of decorating ideas too but having a slow time with it. so if any of you have ideas let me know...

Well pregnancy brain has taken over i can't remember what i wanted to say so until next time.

week 17 finally 5 months!

2009-10-18T10:57:00.000-07:00

so it seems like time is flying by but at the same time i can't wait to see our little one. i'm so excited! last night we had a wonderful dinner with some dear friends (step, greg & miss marley Hartgraves) and seeing Marley makes me realized even more that i can't wait! I wish the window to my bundle would just appear so that i can check in. On another note i have been totally freaking out this week, last week I was blessed by getting to feel the baby do some really great kicks or some kind of movement and this week Nothing! well not nothing but i really have to concentrate on feeling the baby :( I just wish it would be moving and grooving tons already but i guess its too busy growing and getting bigger then the 5 cm little onion that it is.

Today we are hanging out watching football and stretching! I swear my hips are spreading which makes me feel like i just need to stretch and then i'm super crampy this kid must be trying to make some room in there or something because ouchy! How come when people get pregnant they never tell you that your going to have 10 months of cramps they tell you how wonderful it is to not have your period but you would have thought someone would have mentioned the constant cramps that you have feeling like your periods about to come. Or they could have mentioned that eventually your boobs are going to be so heavy and huge that you won't be able to not wear something supportive and if you slouch at all or don't wear a bra that ya your boobs will fully sit on your belly. Um and we all remember hearing about how if Barbie were real she wouldn't be able to stand errect due to her waist being too small and her boobs to big well I swear I feel like Barbie, not because my waist is too small but because everything is pulling me forward. And people wonder why you start to loose your balance its because you have eventually 35 pounds of stuff sitting on your front side, not that i want my ass to swell to compensate but holy cow where was the warning? Oh and couldn't someone have told me that your boobs start looking like something out of National Geographic! Honestly all you previously pregnant women out there have done us a disservice letting us believe that pregnancy is all wonderful and maybe a few months of nausea. I think I should start talking to teen girls and let them know the real story of pregnancy. With all that said I am loving every stinking cramp and back ache and weird looking nipples I swear I think this pregnancy thing is amazing. You might want to check back in lets say 5 months when i'm really huge but right now its pretty cool!

oh and please ignore that half asleep picture my lovely husband was supposed to only take a pic of the belly but that obviously didn't happen and I was dead tired this day I think I got maybe 4 or 5 hours of sleep which is ridiculous when you hear that I went to be at 9 and woke up at 6. Yep tossing and turning and trips to the bathroom really start to kick your butt! Oh well it will hopefully make me more ready for the baby!

Week 16

2009-10-18T10:41:00.000-07:00

aw our little peach growing so fast and hopefully loving its little warm home i asked jake if he thought that it was in there jumping around like it was in a little bouncy, he said no it was probably like an astronaut making fishy faces, hahha how fun is that to think of this little thing making fishy faces at us. I swear i wish there was a window in my tummy so that i could check up on how things were going and growing in there. Sunday 10-10-09 i was sitting our our old old red chair that is about to fall apart (seriously i have dreams of being 10 months sitting down and boom the chair collapses ugh) anywho i'm sitting there and i swear the kid was freaking out! it was the hardest kicks i have ever felt thus far, so fun so jake gets up swears he can't feel anything and then all of a sudden like the kid heard him it kicks and Jake freaks out shaking his hand. it was hysterical. well that is all that i have felt for the week so i am seriously hoping that everything is fine and that its just hanging out concentrating on growing and getting bigger.

movement!! week 15

2009-10-05T09:53:00.000-07:00

ok so for the past few days i have been trying so hard to feel something anything, and um nothing! then on Friday i was laying down with my feet up on a pillow and all of a sudden i started feeling like maybe tumbling would be the right word. it was like what you would feel with a slight load of wash anywho last night (Sunday) i was taking a bath and it felt like it was in there tapping at my hand i jumped out of the bath layed down and had jake feel he said that he could feel slight tapping!! how exciting is that, now i'm at home with a crazy headache i think from the constant weather change and my 2nd trimester nausea. grrr!

Yesterday was a long long day with a few meltdowns and a depressing end...ok so from the beginning yesterday Rylie (my niece) was getting her 3 yr old pics, Katie her sis was there for her 4 yr pics and then we had the 4 generations pics. so the pics were good but long then shopping for maternity wear which was successful but the girls were tired hungry and ready for a break and i'll tell you the truth i was ready for a nap as well! so after seeing the final pics we were running late for my goddaughters bday party oh well lateness is kinda my thing :) So onto the depressing part... my god daughter is 5, my god son was talking in full sentences and i realized that my little poking 15 week yr old in a blink of an eye will be 2 and talking. oh my its sad, but other than that i was told "wow you've put on weight" hmm thats a great thing to say to a pregnant woman at least i'm comfortable in myself to know that all the weight is in my stomach and its so that i can house my precious little bean, but seriously who says that... oh and just to make sure everyone knows ALL my clothes fit just the same as before except in the waist a little so um yeah leave your opinions of my weight gain to yourselves because i think i look amazing pregnant and i'm loving every naucious, headache ridden day. Back to the bday party i was so proud of my bff (haha i'm totally 5 yrs old right now BFF heehee) she didn't go over board with food, maintained her cool with the 100 children that came and just putting on a party for that many people by herself yes she is pretty amazing!

but to make sure everyone gets the best part of this post i'm re-writing it... I FELT THE BABY MOVE!! haha can you tell i'm excited? ok until next time :)

week 14

2009-09-27T10:46:00.000-07:00

so we are just about out of week 14 and moving into 15 i am hoping to feel the baby soon and i often find myself laying really still and trying to see if i can feel anything... and nothing :( oh well i know it will be soon but i really can't wait! and yeah baby names... so difficult i mean your naming a child for the rest of their life. we want something different so that not every child in their class has their name but yet it needs to be a name that is good as a child and yet grown up and professional. its just so tough and unfortunately there is no one saying this is what you should name your child and this is the career they will choose. actually there are a ton of people giving their opinion but not always the ones we are looking for.

oh yeah and then we don't even know the sex yet so here we are going back and forth constantly on names. Hopefully our next appt which is on the 7th we will be able to find out if we are having a boy or girl. i really don't know at this point what we are having i was so sure it's a boy and now i'm thinking well maybe a girl but maybe i'm doing this so that i don't get my hopes up either way. who knows! but so far everyone except 4 people have said i'm having a boy...so i guess we will see soon enough. i think also that on Tuesday week 15 we are going to start taking pics of my belly i swear we went from pregnant to PREGNANT in a blink of an eye i mean i started sticking out there so fast and so i think i'm going to be about this size for a while, but with that being said my belly has started itching again and my boobs are starting to hurt again so maybe another growth spurt coming my way. who knows!

well hope you all are having an amazing weekend and if you have any name ideas please leave a comment and let me know.

9-12-09 dreams

2009-09-12T10:50:00.001-07:00

so my lovely hunny is out of town which makes sleeping um even worse if it wasn't bad enough that i wake up 50 times a night to p. oh well soon enough my snuggle partner will be back telling me to flip over because i'm an oven hehe "but i'm cold" i tell him and the sleep over begins. hahaha if he reads that i just mentioned our sleep overs he might wet himself a little laughing hysterically! oh well thats why he loves me. so anywho last night in the 20 minutes that i was acutally sleeping i had a dream that i could feel the baby moving, it was so real. this morning i keep trying to feel it again because it was sooo COOL! did i really just say cool...so anywho it was this crazy fluttering that was non-stop and all i kept thinking was how the dr was right we have a very active 12 week old. our little Peter the Pistol was going insane in there maybe i shouldn't eat chinese food before dinner but that dream was really quite amazing i hope to feel it actually move soon. Off to spend some time with all my girls and get some belly rubbed. aww again missing my monkey he would be rubbing and singing the belly song oh well gotta get ready.

12 weeks with video of Baby G

2009-09-09T20:12:00.000-07:00

So today was our 12 week appt and oh my gosh they totally forgot to add us to the book so 2.5 hours later and a dr that felt super bad went ahead and made us a short video of baby G. The dr said that its a very active baby and that everything looks great! so i have posted the video he kicks and punches at my belly so cute! well its cute right now but i'm sure once i feel it it wont be so nice. anywho this dr is really nice as well and all the staff were super apologetic about the mix up but it made it so that i wasn't able to go and get my wii so still a little irritated but whatever i got to see my little plum so that makes it a little bit better. And in 4 weeks i can find out what i'm having if i decide to that is... ugh that decision is making me crazy i want to find out but at the same time it would be so exciting finding out that day so hmmm the decision continues.

dreams

2009-09-03T20:19:00.000-07:00

so i have had some really weird dreams lately involving a big big baby boy! so now i'm thinking we are having a boy and every person that see's me also thinks boy but who knows. ok so the first dream we me walking into like a warehouse with him and everyone just kept commenting on how big he was! oh no that makes me a little nervous hopefully he comes out smaller than in my dream. otherwise i'm going to be a very sore mama. and then my second dream totally weird was this baby boy who is still weeks old and he is talking what in the heck did i eat before i took this nap? random random random
so the latest thing going on this week is all the twin questions... i totally get that i am much bigger than another girl at work who is 2 months ahead of me but really hmm you need to ask. i am really trying to get used to the belly i do love it but it still takes some getting used to and then when people point out the fact that i'm much bigger then other people 2 months ahead of me but its still hard. but at the same time i guess i need to stop saying i feel big i mean yes i feel big but i guess pointing it out to people doesn't help. oh well i'm still learning.
this weekend is jake and my 1 yr anni which is so crazy that it has already been a year! i truly can't believe how quickly time is flying by and before we know it we will be parents! yikes i know that we will do great but between figuring out money and time and daycare wow its a lot the one thing i am so excited for is that this weekend i will be getting a better idea on what type of money we need to save just for the baby furniture so i think that will help put some of the unknowns to rest. anywho i'm excited to see what else happens in the next 7 months! yikes 7 months i swear i remember just yesterday taking the test and now here i am 11 weeks with little linus the lime :) wow is all i can say

10 weeks Finally!!

2009-08-26T19:14:00.000-07:00

Finally i am 10 weeks yahoo! i have been trying to get here for the past 2 weeks. i am so ready to be 12 weeks but it is definitely going by fast. i remember thinking to myself i know i'm pregnant but all the tests were negative and now here i am at 10 weeks! last night was my first night of midnight munchines, and i refuse to start eating at 3 in the morning. why is it that all day long i think of things to write down like how i'm constantly hungry and how i am starting to look pregnant at 10 weeks but then i get here and the writing stops. I want to document everything that i am experiencing but yet i don't want to bore all you people actually reading this.

oh so this is kinda funny so as i read my pregnancy books i see how big the baby is. first it was the size of a lentil and so we call him Lenny and then the next week its berry the blueberry and ollie the olive and now Wally the walnut! which is so funny because thats my grandpas name:) cute but what am i going to call it when its the size of a lime? hmmm

here's something funny so last monday (8weeks 6 days) i printed out a enlarged pic of the sonogram and posted under the to do list for my staff and called them in to start going over the things that we needed to get done for the week and as they looked at the board they saw the pic... ok so not so funny now but it was cute at the time. But my boss i went into her office and started telling her how i have a growth in my stomach that the dr said that he wasn't concerned with and that in March it will becoming out by itself but that i would need to go to the hospital as i'm saying this her jaw is open and is asking why in the heck would they wait until march to get it out so i hand her the pic of the sonogram and she looks at me and says "what is this" after a few seconds it clicks and she jumps up screaming. it was really cute and histerical watching her face change.

Anywho i really need to figure out how to add pics so that you can see how big the baby is getting and how big i am getting. I figured for sure i would be able to hide the belly for at least 4 or 5 months and i think it really started sticking out there at 9 weeks. i'm excited but at the same time i'm scared at how big i'm gonna get...

7.14.09

2009-07-14T19:04:00.000-07:00

So Yesterday i had a dr appt and they confirmed that i'm prego!!! yahoo i was so excited i almost hugged the doctor. i still have the test in my purse yes i need to take it out but i love taking it out looking at it and knowing that i have a little someone growing inside me. I am going crazy knowing that i am only 5 weeks and can't tell anyone yet... My mom doesn't get back from vacation for a week so i am stuck just talking to linds and jake who i thinks most of it is in my head. But today it was so funny i was leaving work and i smelt someone cooking popcorn and i thought to myself eww why would anyone eat that it smells like a wet baby diaper, hahhaa i guess te fun begins. But so far i'm pretty lucky no nausea, just sleepy and really bloated like to the fact that all my clothes are tight! ugh! Other than that i have chosen a doctor Dr Biter and have an appt to see him aug 14th at 330 so i'm hoping at that time i will get to see our little monkey and its heart beat. Well gotta go fuel the body and keep this baby happy:)

Pregnancy ...

2009-07-11T21:35:00.000-07:00

7.11.09 well i have been having cramps since the last day of my last period, that coupled with massive burping i figured i had to be prego but with a period that ranges from 25 to 35 days i wasn't sure when to take a P test two nights ago i had a dream that i got a positive test so this morning at 545 am i woke up and took the test. there was definitely a faint line and couldn't believe it!
I told my husband we both cried and hugged and kissed and were just so overwhelmed with excitement and just the scariness of all the unknowns to come.
Luckily for me i had scheduled a dr's appt a month or so ago for Monday so i will get double confirmation that we are a go for the pregnancy. I am so excited and can't wait to see all the wonderful things that come along with being pregnant.

Well i am hoping to start using this site more often so that i can start keeping track of all the little things that happen during the next 9 months so stay tuned

First Blog

2008-03-12T11:33:00.000-07:00

Well here it is Wednesday afternoon and I have just started my first blog. I have never really done this before so I don't know what to talk about except the things that are currently going on in my life... Lets see I just got engaged to a wonderful man that I have been dating for quite a few years and he surprised me with our engagement in the most exciting way.

We planned to go to Vail Co which is like our second home to visit our friend Kevin who is amazing! ( and the owner of Etown in Edwards Co). we got there on Thursday night and everyone planned on going up on the mountain the following morning. Except for me because of course I had enough homework for like two weeks. So I stayed home and they all went out. When they got home they kept talking about how we were going to go ice skating before dinner. So all of us start getting ready and once we get there kevin, jade and melissa (jade and melissa flew there with us) said they had to go rent a snowboard for melissa for the following monday. i was like thats weird being that there was already a womens snowboard in kevins garage but decided not to say anything. So Jake and I go get our ski's on and start skating well I was skating and dragging poor Jake behind me. Now at this time it is Dumping snow on us and there is approximately 5 inches on snow already on the ice. (supposedly this is why J couldn't skate :))

So we are skating and J decides that he better stop before he breaks his head so he suggests we skate in the center where I can just spin him in circles. Before I know it I'm helping him to one knee and he is saying the most precious things ever. he asks, I say YES, and then he asks " don't you want to see the ring?" at this point I could care less about the ring, I'm slowly starting to realize what is going on, but then he shows me the ring and WOW is all I can say. I am such a lucky woman and have the most amazing man in my life and now he will always be there. he is my best friend and we have been through a lot and thankfully we have eachother to come home to. Oh and for Kevin, Jade and Melissa they were hiding in the snow taking pictures and video of us on our amazing night!

So after that we had dinner and drinks and then went to ETown for more drinks and were surrounded by friends who got us a hotel room for the night! We have the most amazing friends and having them with us on our special night made it that more amazing!