13 Weeks

I want to say thank you for all of the support in writing this.  Sometimes it's hard to put yourself out there, but I know one day we will look back at all of this and really enjoy having all of these memories written down. 

So, here is this weeks chalkboard update.  This isn't the best picture.  I took it myself and it was a challenge finding a way to get the board and me in same picture equally.  The lighting isn't the best either, but as promsied the
"bump" is there.  Also, keep in mind that when I say apple I mean a pretty small/average size apple, not a huge one you sometimes see these days. 

Total Weight Gain: 2 lbs. so far
Maternity clothes? None yet, but I do feel like my jeans are starting to get tighter now.
Stretch marks? no
Sleep: Great, I never want to wake up in the morning.
Best moment this week: Our ultrasound, and seeing and hearing babies heart beat.
Miss Anything? The ability to take any sort of medicine for a headache. I never knew how much Excedrin really worked until I couldn't take it.
Movement: Nothing yet, but we did get to see him/her flipping around at the ultrasound.
Food cravings: Apples. I can't get enough, and I don't really like apples. Also salads.
Anything making you queasy or sick: Honey Nut Cheerios really smelled awful to me one night when Mark was eating them and chicken doesn't sound as appetizing to me as normal.
Gender: I'm having a boy feeling, and the ultrasound technechian guessed boy. We still don't really know though.
Labor Signs: No
Symptoms: Headaches, nausea (but no morning sickness), and I had some very very minor heartburn a few times this week
Belly Button in or out? In, with the ring still in as well. I should probably think about taking that out.....
Wedding rings on or off? on
Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy!
Looking forward to: Trick or Treaters at the house on Wednesday. We are stocked up on candy and need to get it out of the house!!

Reaction Time

 

It worked. Sort of anyway.  I know the quality of the video is not the best.  I took it with my iphone.  It is also a little shaky, remember I was nervous for this. 

Mark's reaction to his anniversary gift.

He continued to ask me "Really?" and "Are you serious?" for the next ten minutes!

He told me later that when he first opened the box his initial reaction was, "Why did she get me a toothbrush?"

Surprise!

I should have written this post a long time ago....like in the beginning of September a long time ago, but as it turns out I've been a little busy.

So let me tell you the story....

Mark and I talked about having kids and starting a family before we were married. We probably even talked about it before Mark knew he would propose to me.  We both knew it was something we would want, we just didn't know when.  We got married in September 2010 and for Mark that sealed the deal, getting married also made him instantly ready to start our family. I on the other hand was more skeptical of the idea, not that I didn't want the same things but I figured lets just be married for a while.  Still the topic would get brought up more and more frequently.  So we sat down last winter and seriously talked about it, when did we want to do this?  We decided that we would wait until summer, that we would take the next few months to "just be married."  And it was fun, we spent the summer with hardly a second in the house.  We fished, Mark played softball, while I got the pleasure of watching game after game....and I say pleasure with a large dose of sarcasm!  I ran, and ran, and ran some more.  Soaking in all the time I could outside, getting fresh air, clearing my head and my lungs, and working my legs.  We went on a lake vacation in July and we spent Cheyenne Frontier days the way we typically do. With lots of beer, making lots of memories with our friends and family.  It was during Frontier days that the topic of family making got brought up again. After a few of these said beers and a 12 AM Taco Bell date at the kitchen table, in hopes of avoiding a hangover, it was decided.  I wouldn't be going back on the pill after that week.  We were officially trying!  Only....there wasn't much trying involved and everything happened a lot faster than either of us would have thought. 


It was Monday, August 27th, 2012.  Exactly one week "late."  I got off work before Mark that week so I knew I would have time to take a pregnancy test before he was even home.  So that's what I did, knowing full well what it was going to say.  I just had a feeling.  My feeling was right, it didn't even take the full three minutes to say positive.

 

 

I decided right then that I would keep it to myself for the week.  I knew how excited Mark was going to be and I didn't think he could keep it to himself.  We would be heading out of town just the two of us on Saturday and with our 2nd year anniversary right around the corner this could be his gift.  So I waited and waited...while trying to act a normal as possible.  I took another test on Friday that week and wrapped it up as an anniversary gift to give to Mark before our day date the next day. 

When it came time to actually give the gift to Mark I was nervous. I told him that he had to open his present before we left for the day.  I have a video of Mark's reaction but I can't get it to upload.  When I figure it out I will add that in another post!

So here we are today, at the end of the first trimester.  I'll be thirteen weeks tomorrow.  We have our first ultrasound today, so I'll be able to share that with you soon. 

I plan on tracking everything as best as I can, and here is how I plan to do it. 

My first attempt at a homemade chalkboard.

With a chalkboard. 

My second attempt....I like this one better, so I will be using it.

I didn't come up with the idea myself, so giving credit where credit is due.  I got the idea here...
http://littlebabygarvin.blogspot.com/2011/11/updated-chalkboard-tutorial.html

I plan on starting pictures of  the baby bump with the next chalkboard update as well.  Until then.