Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Home!

It feels so good to be home!

J and I headed up to see our families for about 10 (long) days. We know that every time we visit our days are going to be long and jammed packed, though this year wasn't too bad.

First came my baby shower on the 20th. It was a very nice shower, my moms really did a great job- lots of food, non cheesy games, etc. There were over 50 people there including my best friend K who came up from TX, 3 babies, 1 toddler, 1 preschooler and 3 very pregnant ladies all due around the New Year. In fact one of those ladies is now a momma- Her son was born on the 27th, very exciting! Overall the shower was a success, everyone commented on having a great time, everything was lovely, etc. Now, without meaning to sound ungrateful, I did end up returning about $300 worth of gifts... Why? Because only about 1/3 the guests bought gifts off the registry. I know it is not a prereq that people buy off the registry, but come on. This is our first baby, we need a lot of stuff- what we don't need are lots of cutesy outfits that Ally is only going to wear once. Plus, there were some serious themes to our registry: if there was an organic option it was on our registry and no plastic toys. Apparently only a few people picked up on that. I think I was mostly frustrated that I put so much time and research into creating our registry and people just seemed to ignored it... sigh. I know I sound like a snobby, unappreciative wench, but there it is.

The rest of the week was spent seeing friends & family and finishing up a bit of xmas shopping. We do a pretty good job of splitting up the actually holiday among our immediate family. We spent xmas eve with my Dad & Stepmoms' side, xmas morning with J's side, then xmas evening with my Mom & Stepdads' side. Then, around 10:30 xmas night J started puking. First we thought food poising, then we found out the next morning that there was a horrible stomach bug going around. Apparently J's cousins even brought their sick children to the family party!!! Poor thing was up most of the night puking, then spent the next day on the toilet. I felt so bad, since there wasn't much we could do except let it run its course. We've spent every day since hoping that I don't come down with it- guess time will tell!

J spent Sunday and Monday driving home with our animals and a very packed car, I flew back yesterday with 3 very heavy suitcases, but we got everything home~ which is a Christmas miracle unto itself :o)

Hope you and yours had a lovely holiday!!

Thursday, December 17, 2009

21 Week Update

How far along? 21w!
Total weight gain? apx 10lbs, not sure haven't weighed myself at home lately
Maternity clothes? Yup, but they're still a bit loose so the Belly Band is still needed to keep my pants from slipping
Stretch marks? Just noticed them on my bo.obs today
Sleep? Same old: not great, but could be worse
Food cravings? None really- though I have been on a bagel binge lately!
Belly button? Still in, but making its way out I think
Gender? A girl!!
Labor signs? None, thankfully!!
Best moment this week? Feeling Baby move around a lot more
What I miss most? Still, a solid night's sleep
What I look forward to? Feeling Baby move around more consistently
Milestones? The big reveal u/s was awesome, though nerve wracking since the tech can't say if anything doesn't look okay, ugh!

Thursday, December 10, 2009

20 Week Belly Pic

We're technically at the halfway point today... I can't even imagine how huge I will be by April!

20w pic ~ Deuce decided she wanted in on this one! :)

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Drumroll please...

It's a girl!!!!

Alexandria Claire
Dec 8th u/s @ 19w5d (measuring 20w6d!)

Friday, December 4, 2009

OB Check-up

I had my monthly OB check-up today and everything continues to look good. Baby's heartbeat is still around 160bpm, which is neat. The midwife ordered an early gestational diabetes test for next week, blah. Lucky me, I get to down sickly sweet syrup, sit around for an hour and then have my blood drawn- whoohoo! Doesn't that sound awesome?!?

Our anatomy u/s is still on for this coming Tuesday, and we are very excited. According to the Chinese Gender Chart (which is said to be right 90% of the time... hmm) we are going to have a boy, BUT according to the Baby Heart Rate Predictor at a rate of 141bpm or higher we are going to have a girl. Anyone want to make their own prediction???

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Annoyed

I received a call today from a receptionist at the Radiology Dept, informing me that they had to reschedule our "big reveal" u/s because the tech was going to be out sick Thursday... Umm, how does someone know they are going to be out sick 3 days in advance??? They better have a doctor's note saying they are contagious and can't go back to work until next week!!! Anyhoo, we now have an appointment for next Tuesday afternoon... let's hope they don't have to reschedule again because I will be one unhappy pregnant lady!!!