10 Weeks and Counting...

   Well, I'm a couple of days late again at updating my blog. We had a pretty busy day on Friday and actually this whole weekend we have been really focused on getting ready for Baby Girl.
   My visit with Dr. Aguayo on Friday went well. Aside from coming down with a cold or something like it, everything still looks good and my glucose/blood test came back normal. I gained 4 more pounds in the past 2 weeks, but she said my weight is exactly where it needs to be.
   After our visit, we went and toured the maternity ward of Crestwood Hospital where she will be born and we also registered, so we are all set to go. I have to admit...I'm starting to freak out!!  I can't believe I'm only 10 weeks away from meeting our daughter!
   So, when I said 'we are all set to go', I didn't really mean that. We still have to put the nursery together. We finished painting it and we just finished priming the furniture. We actually just got back from Lowes to buy a paint sprayer...yeah, we gave in, but it will be sooooooo much easier to paint ALL that furniture this way. Plus, we are headed down to Orlando on Thursday, so we are going to lose a couple of weekends of painting.
   We are so excited to see everyone at our baby shower this weekend!! Enjoy some pictures we took today until then.

Belly Jumps Video

I hope this works for everyone to see. Baby Girl has been jumping around like crazy lately. I took this video yesterday of my belly moving all over the place, it's like this all day long!...Enjoy!

Glucose Test Is Done

   I've been working a lot, so I'm 2 days late in posting a blog on my latest doctors appointment. I went on Friday to take my Glucose test to find out if I have gestational diabetes, I have no idea what the results were or when I will get them. All I know is, that stuff they make you drink is GROSS!! On another note, I only gained 5 pounds this past month. I was actually more worried about finding out my weight than I was having my blood drawn again. So far I have gained 23 pounds and as of today I have exactly 12 weeks to go! I can't believe how fast this pregnancy is going by.
   Things are finally starting to come together. Brandon and I have finally set up our baby registry at Babies R Us and we have just started working on getting her room and furniture painted. I started putting some of the yellow paint on the walls last night and I can't wait to see this finished product today! Mom helped me over Christmas and we went and bought all of the fabrics for her room. The only thing I have partially done is the quilt that I made for her. Mom is making me the bumper pads, curtains, bed skirt, the glider covers and whatever else we can think of.
   As for baby girl, she is kicking me more and more every day. At this point you don't even need to put your hand on my belly to feel it, you can see my belly moving all over the place. My belly is also getting bigger and bigger, but I have no signs of stretch marks, so hopefully I won't have any.
   My doctor appointments are now going to be every 2 weeks, so my next one is on January 28th and then we can't wait to come home for the baby shower and see everyone!!! We love and miss you all so much more than you know!!

  

Gaining Weight!!

   I almost fell off of the scale today at my doctors appointment. I gained 10 pounds in 6 weeks! That's a total of 18 pounds so far. I don't know if I'll be able to stop at the 25 pound weight gain that I hoped to hit and not exceed. Ohhh well...Baby Girl is healthy and so am I and that's all that matters.
   My next appointment is on January 14th. I have my glucose test on that visit to determine if I have gestational diabetes. Every pregnant woman has this test done in their second trimester, so I'm not too worried. They make me drink this sweet stuff and then take my blood an hour later. She said it sort of tastes like the melted part of those pop-sickles that are frozen in plastic that you push up to eat. Brandon is a little jealous and asked the doctor if he could have one too! I haven't taken a good belly picture in the past couple of weeks, but here is one from Thanksgiving week in Marco Island. The belly gets a little bigger every day. 

It's Definitely A Girl!!

   We had the BIG ultrasound today. She confirmed we are having a little girl! We do have her name picked out, but sorry y'all, you will find out the day she is born...Brandon's idea!
   Anyways, she took all kinds of measurements of baby girl today and everything looks great and normal. She was moving like crazy the entire time! I finally started feeling her kick a few days ago and now I can see why I feel so much movement! Brandon felt her move for the first time 2 nights ago and then again last night...it's pretty amazing! The only thing that's not so amazing is when she kicks me right in the bladder. I really don't need her to help me go, I already go about 3 times an hour!
   We got some great photos today! I keep teasing that today was more fun than a theme park, but I'm actually being serious!! Check out our baby girl...

                                                                       Her Heart

                                                          You can see her cornea

                                                                     Her Feet

                                                                      Baby Girl

                                                                 That's our Baby

                                                           Definitely a girl!!!

  
 

It's A Girl! (we think)

   Well, we had a pretty unexpected day! We visited Dr. Aguayo for my 16 week check-up. Nothing special was suppose to happen, but everyone kept asking us if today was the day of the ultrasound that would determine the baby's sex. We decided to share this news with the doctor and she asked us if we wanted to take a look...duh!!!! For about 8 minutes she looked at every possible angle and she thinks it's a girl! We are so excited, but we would have been just as happy if she said it was a boy!
   Our actual ultrasound is November 30th. At that appointment the ultrasound will last for about 30 minutes and they will take measurements of the baby, determine that the due date is still on track, and tell us if it is definitely a girl or a boy.
   As for me, I'm still doing fine and she even complimented me on maintaining a healthy weight gain...only 2 pounds since the last visit! Wooo Hooo!
   I can't believe we are going to have a daughter! I posted some pictures of her below, but they are not very clear. All of the arrows are pointing to the sex! But picture #4 is the profile of our baby girl's face!
   I'm so excited to share these with everyone! I love and miss you guys!!

We Heard the Heartbeat

Hi Everyone! We had our second appointment with Dr. Aguayo today. She went over my blood test from the previous visit and everything is perfect. Yay for me not having any crazy diseases! We also got to hear the baby's heartbeat today. Brandon and I were both a little choked up...okay, I was REALLY choked up! I guess it's just reassuring to know that everything is still normal and okay since I can't feel anything going on inside. I would be lying if I said I didn't worry about it sometimes. I also hate to admit this, but I've gained 6 pounds since my last visit. However, they did say that was normal. The nurse told us a 20-25lb weight gain was normal, but Dr. Aguayo said that a 30-35lb wight gain is what she normally sees. Let's hope I stay in the 20-25 pound range! Brandon took a photo of me yesterday. I'm not huge yet, but you can definitely tell my belly is getting bigger. Till next time, I love and miss you all!