18 Week Appointment

We visited the doctor yesterday. Heard the heartbeat -- a steady 144. Brandon saw how red my belly was from my "maternity" pants... (real waistband w/ intense streachiness... they were branded as maternity, though). Anyway, so he bought me real maternity pants. Now, I'm in heaven with my stretchy pants. The appointment wasn't very exciting other than getting to hear him/her again.

Speaking of him/her statements: we're pretty sure we are having a boy. I mean, if we have a girl, don't go telling her that her mom has bad intuition. But, all of our family thinks it is a boy, too.

We scheduled our ultrasound appointment for late March, so the countdown is on!

I think I have also decided that the theme for the nursery is going to be Dr. Seuss. (cute, right?!)

Emotions

Ok, so the past week has been amazing in terms of Brandon and my relationship. Before, I was cranky, easily irritated, snappy, and just a plain ol' pain in the butt. But I've gotten so much better. Brandon said he thought he was with a different person. And because I was in a good mood, so was he. We have started a bedtime and wake-up routine... lame, I know, but it helps! So, we wake up nice to each other and go to bed nice to each other.


Then..... today came. I just felt like I had been holding in the entire week until this moment. The 3 o'clock bell rings at work, the kids leave, and since I have my plans for next week already finished, I crack open a little Harry Potter. I wait until it is time to leave, get in the car, and pick up Brandon. We weren't 3 minutes from his office when I started flipping out about pizza. About how he didn't understand me. About how "cravings" is an understatement. "I WILL KILL FOR PIZZA," I said through tears.... while driving. Then, I freaked about how I will end up going home, making a nice dinner, then have to wash the dishes... but wait! I haven't washed the dishes from last night's nice dinner. So... I'll have to wash the dishes, cook, wash more, and not even enjoy what we ate.

Needless to say, we ordered pizza.

I want my good mood back.

16 weeks

Well, I feel like I haven't been on in forever. I am feeling MUCH better now, though, thanks for asking.

I'm really starting to enjoy being pregnant. I'm starting to show (yes, it's a baby, not fat...) and my morning sickness is going away almost completely (knock on wood). Last week I started to work full-time to cover for one of my friends' maternity leave at school. The day after she had the baby, we went on Skype with her and the kids got to see her beautiful baby boy. I couldn't even get on the screen because I was crying so much! It just made it so real! In just 5 months, we're going to have a baby!!

I found out that my sister-in-law (who is one week ahead of me in her pregnancy) will be finding out at her next appointment what she is having. Her husband is leaving for a missions trip before her next one, so she wanted to see before he left. So, I called my doctor to see if we could plan an ultrasound to find out. They said they'd rather us wait until March... :( Oh well! At least I'll have one baby to start buying for!! :)

Some of you participated, which I appreciate, in the poll for the baby's name. I'd like to announce that we have picked them officially and are really excited about our choices! I'm not going to post them on here yet, but some of you already know... and if you do, congratulations! If not, it's nothing personal. I'll probably tell you the next time you see me if you ask (and if I don't blurt it out right away). We aren't trying to keep it a secret, but we'd like to see what it is before we start associating names with it. Clue: the girl name was not an option for the poll...

I've started to buy clothes, but only ones on the sales rack. I'm not discriminating the gender. I'm just buying whatever is cute. Brandon is getting into it, too. He loves shopping for the baby, which I'm so glad to see. After our appointment in March, we are planning to really start decorating the nursery. We have some construction that needs to be done no matter what the gender (closet needs to be built in, light installed, carpet, etc...). We think we have the themes picked out but we'll have to wait on that until we know what it is.

That's kind of where we are right now... in limbo. We can do some things, but not a lot. We're having a lot more fun with the baby now, though. We're talking a lot more to it (even though the hearing isn't developed yet) and about it. We're pretty excited!


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