My great idea!

My great idea is to post some pictures of our plans for our baby bedding, our stroller, and a few outfits that I have picked up in the past four weeks. I loved when Ashley posted these pictures when she was still pregnant with her baby boy and so I thought what the heck! Someone might find it all as exciting as I do!

Our baby bedding...this was a very hard decision for me. I am a picky lady and could not decide what I wanted. So in the end I bought a bumper and asked my mom if she would make the rest!! The cool thing about it is that we will partly be using left over fabric from a quilt my mom made me 3 or 4 years ago. When I was born, my mom called my grandma up and said, "Mom, I finally got my little rosebud." So, since I was my mom's rosebud I wanted to have rosebud's on my quilt. At the time I did put away the extra fabric, just in case, one day, I would have my own little rosebud. Well the time is here and we will get to incorporate that fabric in her bedding!!

This is the bumper

This is my quilt and the fabric we will be using for our little girl's bedding!

These are some "signs" that I plan on putting in her room. The brown one was given to us by Grandma Kris and it is one that looks like it is painted on the wall.

Here is the stroller!!

And finally...here is a sampling of the clothes that I have tried not to buy, but have bought anyway. However, I am going to try not to go overboard and buy too much more!




I love blankies!!!


I should mention that Grandma Kris is making a rag quilt for this baby as well. We picked out the fabric last week and it is going to be adorable! So, she will have many blankets and that is just how I like it! My mom and I are going to look at more fabric for her bedding on Wednesday!! I am so excited! We will also be looking for cribs in another few weeks!

More Belly Pics...

I had some requests to put up some more belly photos so I decided to put some more up. I am definately bigger, but I don't feel like I have grown much in the past two weeks. You can judge for yourself!

18 weeks

19 weeks

20 weeks

21 weeks

22 weeks

Kick, punch, kick, punch!!

I was reading some of my older posts and I was reminded that I haven't written at all about feeling this little one move!! In hindsight I think I started to feel her move quite a while ago, but I didn't know for sure if it was her! January 1st, 2009 I felt her kick me for the very first time. I was watching Marley and Me with my mom and sister and I felt something kick me. The funny thing is that I didn't feel her kick that hard again for the rest of the day. So, of course, I questioned whether or not I had really felt her. The following Monday (January 5th, 2009) I was driving home from the Trempealeau County courthouse (for work) and she started to move around like crazy. That was the moment that I stopped second guessing myself and I knew that it was truly my little baby that I was feeling. It is the most amazing feeling in the world!!

I have heard that feeling your baby inside of you feels like "butterfly wings", "popcorn popping", "little bubbles", "muscle twitches", and "gas". I would say that it literally feels like a baby moving around inside your tummy. The only other thing I can compare it to is gas. For me, it really did feel like gas bubbles in my stomach, but a little different. So I love feeling her kick me. It can get uncomfortable at times, but only when she hangs out real low. All that pressure on my bladder, along with the kicks and punches, make me feel like I am going to wet myself. And sometimes it even hurts. So I am very pleased when she hangs out a bit higher!! That is my update! Can it be May already??

It's a girl!!

I haven't written for a while because I was waiting very patiently for this day! Today we had our ultrasound and it was perfect! We got to see a beautiful little head, feet, hands, arms, legs, etc. She looked perfect! It is so weird to be able to say "she". I was shocked when I saw with my own eyes that we were having a little girl! I thought that we would definately have a boy, but I was wrong! I am still in shock! I know that she is going to have her daddy wrapped around her cute little finger! I also think that I will be in huge trouble too because there are way to many cute things to buy for little girls. I am going to have to show a lot of restraint...so wish me luck!

I am getting bigger!

I can't believe how big I have gotten! It is fun to feel more "pregnant", but it is a little strange as well. Sometimes I forget that I have a belly and I bump into things. I thought it would be fun to put a little progression of belly photos up on here. I put some pictures up on facebook but I figured I should put some up on here as well. I have been slowly but surely feeling better! Thank goodness! Christmas has been wonderful. It has been great hanging out with family, eating good food, and enjoying our life in general. That 20 week ultrasound is coming closer and closer and we couldn't be more excited! Here are the photos!

9 weeks

11 weeks

12 weeks

13 weeks

14 weeks

15 weeks

16 weeks

17 weeks

The Waiting Game

I would just like to take a moment to say thank you to everyone who has wished me well and given me advice on this pregnancy! You have no idea how wonderful it is to feel like kind of support from everyone. It is very comforting! Ashley I have tried some of your tips and it is working! I am finally starting to feel a little better. So THANK YOU! At this point I feel like we are playing the waiting game. I am waiting to finally feel this little one. Which will be wonderful!! Of course, we are also waiting for our ultrasound!! I think that it will be on January 15, but I will probably get more info at my next appointment - next Thursday!!! We will finally know if we are having a boy or a girl!! I can't wait. I am also sooo very excited for Christmas! The house is decorated and I plan on wrapping presents tom. during the packer game. Merry Christmas!!

Life moves on...

I haven't written for a while because I didn't want to write complaints about how I am feeling. However, since that is what is going on right now I might as well blog about it. I will warn you ahead of time that I will be writing about not so pleasant things. At about 11 or 12 weeks I started throwing up - first every other morning, then every morning, and then all day long. I am currently still in the "throwing up all day long" phase and I am getting a bit sick of it. I have to say that I know that it will all be worth it in the end, but it just kind of stinks. I also am having a hard time sleeping but I hope I found a solution! Tonight I ordered a pregnancy pillow and I am hoping that it will give me some relief! We will see!

This weekend I am planning on finding some more energy somewhere and decorating for Christmas. We will see how that goes... My wonderful mom bought me some "preggie" pops to suck on to alleviate my nausea. The wonderful thing is that when I am sucking on them they work! However, when they are gone the nausea comes back. Oh well! I love her for thinking about me and trying to help when she can. She is the best mom in the world!! Also my husband is taking me on date tom. night and I am very excited! We haven't gone on a date in a while due to his job. Being a tow truck operator/manager keeps him very busy and many, many nights and weekends he is on call. So needless to say I treasure special events like dates in Eau Claire. So that is the update for now. I am excited to feel the baby move! Hopefully that will happen soon! Right now I just feel large, but I think once I feel the baby move I will feel pregnant. So that is what is to come. My next dr. appointment is on the 18th and I will get to hear the baby's heartbeat again!! I am very excited!