The Cat!

WHAT THE HECK!?!?!?!??!!?

Today marks 21 weeks! We find out MONDAY!!!! CANT WAIT! As far as the last couple days of my 20th week... well it was interesting to say the least! Monday i decided to get up and plan an afternoon date for Matt and I. I woke up with the most awful pain down my right side. It then passed. We went and had a stroll around the Dallas Arboretum in the cool gloomy day, we were the only ones there it was really great. We got home that evening and I couldn't really bring myself to even make dinner i was so tired. Being that tired I went to bed and zonked out. Now normally I wake about 4 or 5 times to pee in the middle of the night. I only woke once! So then Tuesday I woke up and well i had that pain again. I proceeded to get in the shower, well had to get out soon after due to almost passing out. then i couldn't stand up the pain was so bad. So I decided to call my mom who we will refer to as SUPER Mom! I was so scared! Then I called the doctor but they didn't open till 8:30 so i continued to call. Well it turns out i was really dehydrated along with a pain we couldn't figure out... it could be gas...yes gas... or it could be ligaments stretching? We didn't know??? So after a day of drinking and resting Mom came to bring me tylenol and gas-x... well we now know it wasn't gas, but prolly the muscles. And I am sure it was all brought on by being dehydrated... So lesson learned. And i thought i drank enough water? Well apparently the baby takes all my liquids at this point so it is never enough water!



Now on the positive side, the baby is SO active it is wonderful! she/he is most active at night and it is so wonderful to just sit and feel the baby! Last night my cat Beany who most of you know is my first baby and love of my life! She was laying on my tummy and the baby began to move and Beany looked at me like, "mom you ok? something is moving?" I just cried from joy! It was so wonderful that my little one of 20 years, yes 20 years was able to feel her little sister/brother move! She seemed a little confused, but it was so great! I am so lucky that my childhood pet and my only roommate and now a family pet has been with me all this time to experience this! :)



And another reason i am thinking we are having a boy is cuz our child already has a sense of humor, she/he will be kicking and dancing and doing jumping jacks, but the second i tell Matt to feel... NOTHING! We just laugh, and Matt is like man... we are gonna have our hands full! lol lol lol



I am going to post pictures of our Monday date tonight along with pics of my Beany Cat, and soon I SWEAR of my tummy! :)

BLADDER ALERT!!!

Baby is very active today! :) Down side i pee every 3 minutes literally! EVERY 3 minutes!

It is worth it since i have felt the baby more today than in the last couple weeks!

AHHHHHHHHHH!!!!

OK so i guess the moods have NOT calmed down!!! TODAY IS BAD! I am in a mood, and i guess you are supposed to blame the pregnancy... At least i hope it is the hormones! But good thing for Matt, he works all night tonight and does not have to put up with me too much. But man o man the mood is ON today! I am trying my best to keep it to myself in hopes that is does not rub off on people and most important i need to always be sending Baby Bean happy thoughts and vibes!!!! That is the most important thing! So i am just listening to Tori Amos and trying to turn it around! And today the ribs and back are all kinds or soar! I know it is just my body adjusting, but it makes me wish i could sit in a nice hot sauna.... but that ain't happening, that is against the rules! Bah, Meh, Ugh......That sums it up!

WOW!!!

OK... So i had to post this cuz it tickled me so! The baby is at a point now that when she/he hears loud noises she/he will jump and or cover its ears with its hands!!! They makes me smile so big!

week 20!

Well this week will mark week 20 of the pregnancy... things are going good! I don't seem to be puttin' on too much weight  maybe 5-6lbs by now, (knocking on wood) I would like to keep it that way. I am carrying right in front, just this little ball of baby. It is so funny to me that there is a whole ecosystem if you will in there. My emotions are pretty stable at this point. I am just starting on the baby's room. Matt and i will be focusing on tearing wallpaper down for the next week or two, then the oh so fun painting begins. However i am having a hard time deciding on what colors to paint the walls??? Do i do a nice classic white or do I do colors (only to have to redo when baby is like 5 and needs a change)? So i am sure by the time the wallpaper gets down and our current furniture gets out of there, we will have made up our mind. These are the oh so important tasks that take up most of my brain power these days.  

On the health side i am doing well. We did call the on call doctor for some scary pains i was feeling, but turns out no big deal i was just told to lay down and not do anything. Ya, in theory that sounds great, but since i am spending more time at home i like to keep a bit busy and there were things that needed doing, but with Matt's help all was well the next day, as we used good ol' fashioned team work! I am forgetting well... just about everything...hahahaha...i just tell ppl the baby is eating my brain. I am also at that point were simple little things seem to be a bit uncomfortable, not bad just a little odd. Like putting on my shoes, or shaving my legs, those small things just feel a little awkward.  So who knows how they will feel at 9 months?!?!? 

I must say I am ready for Feb. 4 to come! It is so crazy having to wait, it makes the days go by slower! But I know i will wake up soon enough to the big day! :) We will be taking a video tape in with us to record Baby Beans first movie! Watch out cuz I know she/he will already be a ham, after all Matt is the Father! ;)  I am not sure if i can post anything like that on this but i will figure it out prior to the Premiere of the star of "Baby Bean Fest "08"!  Till next time...

Catch you up!

We are currently in our 5th month. I am very much enjoying the 2cnd trimester as the 1st was not my favorite, the whole "morning sickness" (aka HELL)  thing was not so fun!  And bless Matt for putting up with me! He has been SO wonderful through it all. It seems like yesterday I was in high school. Now i wake up every morning as a real live adult! And i realize that I have married and amazing man and we are starting our own family, there isn't much else that can compare to that feeling. 

Don't get me wrong, it has not been easy for either of us, the hormones have only taken over a couple times and the emotions are starting to even out a bit, it's nice to feel human again, and be able to get out and get excited about things. He had it pretty rough in the beginning too!!! He pretty much had to take care of the house and me, I wasn't even holding water down, so he had his work cut out for him. Really I am just bragging on his patience through it all, and those couple or hormone episodes... well... we just pretend those didn't happen! :) 

All in all it is great to be in trimester 2 and to be moving along in the process. It is so great to visit the Dr and learn new things about our little Baby Bean! The first time we heard the heart beat it was pretty surreal and pretty darn amazing! We have only had two sonograms so far,  and i have to scan the other to get it on here... so i will do my best.

Now for a a really exciting part. On Sat. 1/12/08 Matt felt his baby move for the very first time! That was a huge moment, it makes things tangible for him and it helps me be able to share with him. It warmed my heart so much when he got to feel Baby Bean move, it was like she/he was dong it just for him to say "hi dad i am in here and moving just so you can feel me!" It is great to feel Baby Bean move! It is by far my favorite part!!!! I wish i could feel her/him every second of everyday, SO AMAZING! Once i  started to feel Baby Bean move it was like my mind  took off on its own. I wonder what she/he will look like, what is she/he thinking right now? I hope my womb is comfy! So many thoughts go through your head. Also the thoughts of Oh my goodness the room, the money, the responsibility... JUST CRAZY!  At the end of each day as i lay down i just hold my belly and talk to Baby Bean, just about the day and things going on, we listen to music together and I just lay there and hope Baby Bean enjoys it! It is so interesting to walk around knowing that i am never alone... I have a little person inside me just hanging out keeping my heart company. I really do enjoy that feeling! 

On Monday February 4, 2008 we will find out what our lil Baby Bean is, boy or girl!? And well it is a big day for us as Matt thinks girl, i think boy. But no matter it will be wonderful and well it will help us settle our friendly little bet! :)  I will try to keep up to date on this as much as I can and Matt will be making additions as well from a Dad point of view. So till next time.... 

History of Baby Bean!

How it all began!  This is the very first picture of Baby Bean! We were only 4 weeks pregnant and she/he is the white dot connected to the ring in the black spot shaped like a bean! So we began saying "Baby Bean".  Now I will post current info but had to give a bit of history since we are starting the blog thing at 5 months in! :)