Monday, June 25, 2012

18 Weeks

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Baby's size? Baby is the size of a bell pepper and measures 5 1/2 inches and weighs almost 7 ounces. 
Weight Gain? According to my check up a couple weeks ago I haven't gained one ounce. Surely I've gained something by now. 
Maternity clothes? Oh, yes. I've been out of my regular clothes for quite some time. I live in tank tops right now.
Stretch marks? Nope. I never got any when I was pregnant with JJ and I'm hoping I don't this time, either! 
Belly Button in or out? In. 
Sleeping? Sleeping is still pretty easy for me and I can now breathe through my nose.  Yay! 
Foods I am loving? No real cravings so far. I have been liking water and fruit more than I usually would. Strangely enough I don't want a Dr. Pepper every day like I did before. It's a good thing though so I'm hoping it lasts throughout the pregnancy.  Update: I'm starting to want Dr. Pepper a little more.  Not every day but every few days.  :(
Foods I'm hating? Still don't do fried chicken.  Yuck. 
Movement? Nothing this week.
Best moment this week? Nothing this week.
Symptoms? My belly is my main symptom.  Losing my breath easily is another.  Just standing sometimes makes me breathless. 
Gender? Don't know yet. We find out 2 WEEKS from today!!!
What I miss? Sitting and standing comfortably for long periods and being able to breathe like a normal person!
What I'm looking forward to? Feeling movement daily.
Milestones? None this week really.
Emotions? Going through all this with Dad and being pregnant has made me a hormonal mess.
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A Good Day

Saturday was a good day for our family. Since the news about my Dad there have been very few happy days around here. It was a relief to spend the day, just the 3 of us, doing whatever we wanted and having fun! It was a spontaneous kind of day. No real plans, just doing whatever came to mind.

Since JJ has started basketball (I know, I need to blog about that) we've been looking for some good shoes for him. We've bought 2 different pairs but both were sliding all over the floors so we decided to take him to the mall to find real basketball shoes.
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They really didn't cost much more than the first 2 pairs that we bought and I think these will fit his feet for awhile. And they're just so cute on him!

After that we went to a maternity store.  I've been wanting to get a couple skirts so I can wear more of my shirts.  I've got plenty of dresses for now and a couple pair of long shorts but had no skirts that would fit.  I was so glad to find 2 skirts that were both on sale!  I now have a black skirt and a blue jean skirt.  And the best part is that they're so comfortable!
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I obviously do not have model-long legs so the skirts go to the knee on me. I have a feeling I'll still be wearing these skirts after baby is born.

After leaving the mall we just drove around for awhile, shared an ice cream shake, and enjoyed the quiet of just the 2 of us while JJ slept in his car seat.  Later that evening Jorge and JJ decided to take me out on a date to The Sushi Bar.  It was all so sweet.  We all got dressed up and Jorge taught JJ that evening how to be a gentleman on a date.  He opened the doors for me and was just such a little man all evening.

It really was a good day and one I am very thankful we got to have.  I know, too, that once baby comes it will be even more difficult to have days like this.


 

Tuesday, June 19, 2012

17 Weeks

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Baby's size? Baby is the size of a turnip and measures 5 inches and weighs 5 ounces.
Weight Gain? According to my check up a couple weeks ago I haven't gained one ounce. Surely I've gained something by now.
Maternity clothes? Oh, yes. I've been out of my regular clothes for quite some time. I live in tank tops right now.
Stretch marks? Nope. I never got any when I was pregnant with JJ and I'm hoping I don't this time, either!
Belly Button in or out? In.
Sleeping? Sleeping is still pretty easy for me and I can now breathe through my nose.  Yay!
Foods I am loving? No real cravings so far. I have been liking water and fruit more than I usually would. Strangely enough I don't want a Dr. Pepper every day like I did before. It's a good thing though so I'm hoping it lasts throughout the pregnancy.
Foods I'm hating? Still don't do fried chicken.  Yuck.
Movement? I believe I felt real movement this week.  I felt it on my lower left side and it was awesome!
Best moment this week? Feeling some real movement.
Symptoms? My belly is my main symptom.  Losing my breath easily is another.  Just standing sometimes makes me breathless.
Gender? Don't know yet. We have about 3 weeks to go!
What I miss? Sitting and standing comfortably for long periods and being able to breathe like a normal person!
What I'm looking forward to? Our ultrasound!
Milestones? None this week really.
Emotions? With the events that happened this past week my emotions have been all over the place.

I decided this week to include a comparison of my 17 week bump with JJ to my bump now.  This was the first bump pic I took with JJ.  Quite a difference, huh.  Definitely bigger this time around.  ha!
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Friday, June 15, 2012

Tuesday

Tuesday is a day that I will never forget. It was the day we found out that my dad's melanoma is terminal and was given 6-12 months to live with treatment. Now, I know that with God all things are possible and that He is in control but I don't know His will in this situation. It may be that He wants my Dad to be here for only another year or less but He also may want him to be here longer. Either way, I'm so incredibly sad ("sad" doesn't seem adequate enough because it is so, so much more than that). I'm sad because I'm losing my Daddy. I can't imagine life without him. I don't want to imagine my life without him. I'm sad because I know that my children won't grow up to know the amazing man that their Grandpa is.  And he is such a wonderful Grandpa.  The love he has for my JJ is so precious.  I'm just so thankful that JJ will be old enough to remember him. I'm sad because our family will never be the same. There will always be a piece of us missing.  I'm sad because of the many things that will happen in our lives that we won't get to share with him.  I never imagined I'd go through life without sharing everything with my Dad. I'm sad because my Dad is the greatest, kindest, most giving man I know and is the least deserving of this awful disease. He is my hero.

My heart is broken. How can you ever, ever completely heal from something like this? I have never experienced this kind of sadness and hurt and I wouldn't wish it on anyone. It's so overwhelming and painful and comes from somewhere deep inside. I know that God's grace will help us to live our lives and will help the hurt to lessen after awhile but I just don't believe that I'll ever be the same. And I don't really know that I ever want to be the same.

I know that this journey has just started for us and the tears have only begun. And I know that nothing we do will ever be enough and the time we have with him will never be enough but it's what we've been given and I want to cherish it.  Every.Single.Moment.


 

Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Zucchini

My Mom's garden has produced an abundance of zucchini this year so we've been busy finding lots of ways to use it up. Of course I had to make Zucchini Bread. I had forgotten how good it is.  I made 2 loaves on Monday and as of today we have about half a loaf left.  Thankfully, Mom gave me more zucchini yesterday so I have a feeling that another batch of Zucchini Bread is in our future!
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This little guy likes it, too!
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I'm going to try to get a little better about baking. It's something I normally love doing but I just haven't had the desire to do much baking lately. I'm hoping that will change soon.

15 Weeks

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Baby's size? Baby is the size of an apple and measures 4 inches and weighs 2.5 ounces.
Weight Gain? I had a check up last Thursday and I haven't gained one ounce.  I have no idea how that happened.  By the looks of my belly I figured I had gained at least a couple pounds.  Oh, well.  I'll enjoy it cause I know it's coming!
Maternity clothes? Oh, yes.  I've been out of my regular clothes for quite some time.  I can still wear a lot of my dresses but I had to buy a couple pairs of maternity shorts and a couple tank tops.
Stretch marks?  Nope.  I never got any when I was pregnant with JJ and I'm hoping I don't this time, either!
Belly Button in or out? In.
Sleeping? Sleeping is still pretty easy for me other than the no breathing through the nose thing.  My nose has been stuffed since I found out I was pregnant.
Foods I am loving? No real cravings so far.  I have been liking water and fruit more than I usually would.  Strangely enough I don't want a Dr. Pepper every day like I did before.  It's a good thing though so I'm hoping it lasts throughout the pregnancy.
Foods I'm hating? Fried foods are about it.  The thought of fried chicken just makes my stomach churn.
Movement? I don't think I've felt anything yet.  There are a couple times I felt flutters but I don't know if that was baby or...um...something else.  :)
Best moment this week? Listening to baby's heartbeat and setting the date for our ultrasound!
Symptoms? Big belly is the biggest symptom I have right now.  The exhaustion and constant need to pee is starting to go away and for that I am thankful!
Gender? Don't know yet.  We have about 4.5 weeks to go!
What I miss? Exercising.  I also miss not being out of breath all the time.
What I'm looking forward to? Our ultrasound!
Milestones? None other than reaching the 2nd trimester.
Emotions? Ready to find out if JJ's going to have a brother or sister!

Church Camp Out

Every year a big group of us from church takes a couple days to go to the lake and go camping. I have to admit that I'm not too fond of the whole camping thing. I don't do well with sleeping outdoors, sweating, getting hot and dirty, or hiking up a hill to use the bathroom but the fellowship and spending time with amazing people really outweighs everything and I honestly look forward to it every year. 
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JJ just has so much fun with it.  He loves spending his day playing in the water and in the sand. I think he would live there if he could.  One thing we adults were talking about was how happy the kids were just playing outside.  Not once did they ask for any sort of electronic entertainment.  It was pure enjoyment of what God has given us.  It's a busy, dirty, sleepless weekend for me but I wouldn't miss it and I look forward to it every year!

 

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