13 weeks...and growing...

So, I guess I'm becoming blog happy and as my body changes I want you to know about it.

So, I discovered yesterday that the baby must have grown a lot over night. I woke up with a bigger belly than I had the day before. It's crazy to watch your belly now...it's changing so much. So, I had to update again...here I am at 13 weeks preggo with our first lil munchkin.

12 Weeks Pic...better late than never

I know I should post all the info about 12 weeks under the 12 weeks post, but that's my brain these days, a little sporadic. So, here I am at 12 weeks...munchkin is sure starting to pop up in my belly and I'm ONLY 12 weeks...so many people I know are not even showing till so much later. But, the doctors would say if I asked that, "everyone's pregnancy is different". So, I won't ask, I must say, I enjoy having this belly...and I've not gained any weight yet, so I feel great about my appearance! Must enjoy my stages! As my mom says, she thinks I am having a 15 pound baby...I assure her, that will NOT be the case...I'm just short...so I look bigger I guess??

12 weeks

12 weeks

Our fruit of the week...

Here we are...12 weeks and going on 13...

Childhood Memmories...

I was talking with my mom on the phone tonight and I was thinking about what it was like when I was a little girl and loved my parents so much. There are so many memories, but this one comes with food, which we LOVE in my family.

So, when I was a child, my dad would come home every so often with surprised for me. He would walk in the door around 7:00 p.m. and I'd smell his cologne and have this assurance that daddy was home. I always loved that feeling. It was a feeling of safety and security I guess.



Sometimes he would bring "King Size Snickers" bars home. My mom would always take it and place it in the refrigerator, in the butter keeper and later once dinner was over and the dishes were done, she would take it out and slice it into 1/4" slices. We would all together sit down and indulge in what I thought was a lovely treat.



Another thing my dad would come home with was a Haagen Daz bar (ice cream with almonds and vanilla ice cream) and they always came individually wrapped in a box. I can't remember if Dad and I shared it, (did we dad?) or if I got it all to myself.



Anyway, Dan is out of town and I was just thinkig about Daddy's and their little girls and about the memmories that I have of my dad as a child. I hope that my children will feel that same love, care and security that I always felt when daddy came home...even if it wasn't with a Snickers or Haagen Daz bar.

Love you Daddy!

Doctor visit #2...12 weeks

Today was our second doctors appointment, the baby and I...and Daddy came along too. After the blood pressure, specimen and weight...(which I've lost 2 pounds), we were able to hear the Doppler machine. It's this small little hand held machine that the nurse brought in with a probe that was the size of a tart shaper...for those of you who know what that is :-) She put it to the belly saying, "let's see if we can find this little rascal"...and she did, the baby's heartbeat is at 164 BPM which is prefect! The baby seems to be doing well. We are going in for our 3rd appt. next month and then at 20 wks. we get to find out if it's a boy or a girl!!! So exciting!

We're not sure what we're having yet, obviously, but it is fun to dream about it. So many people say that if the heart rate is higher, you are having a girl...but then there are boys who are born with higher heart rates as well. So I know it's all just a guessing game. We'd really like to have a boy, if we had a choice. There are already 2 granddaughters in the family, with Tanya's 3rd on the way...arriving in November, so we'd love to have the first boy...and there's just something about little boys and their mommy's. We will be happy with whatever the Lord blesses us with, really all we want is a physically perfect and healthy baby.

I am still feeling great, just some fatigue and hormonal tailbone pain...which is NOT pleasant. Sleeping is beginning to become a challenge...I think I may have to invest in a body pillow. The chiropractor is great at helping me cope with the pain, but I'm having to learn and realizing that all is worth enduring, in order to allow this precious baby to grow. Ahh....the symptoms of pregnancy. I really can't complain...I've had a great first trimester.

Thanks for all your continued prayers for our "Lil munchkin" he or she seems to be doing well.

Austin Visit

This past weekend, Dan's parents, his 3 siblings and I all went up to visit Tanya and Wilson and Grant and Jessica in Austin. They didn't know about our news and so we made it special for them as we did for our parents.

I created these little gifts, that had peanut M&M's inside. On the tag on the outside it read, "Our Little Roasting peanut". Inside was the poem that we gave to our parents, but this time, written out to each one personally. I failed to take a picture, but my sister in-law Tanya did (Thanks Tanys!), so here is what is looked like. And, by the way, they are so excited for us. I am excited that our child will have a cousin that is around the same age. Woohoo!

Too cute...how big?

This is just too cute to pass up...I can't take credit for finding this neat website www.babycenter.com. Dan's cousin Arwen posted on her blog the size of her baby and I just had to check it out for myself. So, here we are...11 weeks preggo and the size of a lime. The baby is growing so fast!

Baby G's on the way....

Yes, that's right! I am 10 weeks pregnant. It's been a long journey after some diagnosis and surgery last year and millions of prayers and trust in our great God. We've been trying for a while now and we've learned that the Lord is faithful to those who look to him.

I am reminded of Hannah in the book of 1 Samuel as she prayed and yearned for a child, and the Lord answered her prayer and blessed her with Samuel, which means "because I called upon the Lord"...how awesome is that. We are so excited to be on this journey and to share it with you.

We have known I was pregnant since 4 weeks. I didn't think I could be that good at keeping this a secret, but I did it! We told Daniel's parents at 7 weeks and my parents at 8 weeks pregnant. Of course I had to be creative...so I gave each set of parents a card with a sonogram picture on the front and when you opened the card, here is what is said.

Grandpa/Opa and Grandma/Oma,

I do not have a face to see,
or put inside a frame.
I do not have soft cheeks to kiss;
I don't yet have a name.

You can't hold my tiny hands,
nor whisper in my ear.
It's still too soon to sing a song,
or cuddle me so near.

But all will change come April 30th,
when they say I'm due.
I'm your new granddaughter or grandson;
And I can't wait to meet you.

All I ask between now and then
is your patience while I grow.
I promise I'll be worth the wait,
because of all the love we'll know.

So as you're waiting patiently,
please pray lots of prayers

for mommy and me.

I cannot wait to be a part
of this wonderful family!

Love,

Baby G #1

We were so excited to share this with them. They were all shocked and so excited because they know the difficulty we've had in getting pregnant. So, again, the Lord is wonderful, and I stand in awe of His name and His presence.

So, how am I feeling? I have had a very uneventful pregnancy thus far. I've had some fatigue and am trying to get used to this eating often since my stomach will growl if I don't. I've also had some headaches, but other than that, I am doing really well. I am still working and feeling pretty good.

Below are some pictures I've taken. Some are belly pictures from 5, 7, and 10 weeks and then some baby pictures from 5, 7 and 10 weeks.

5 Weeks pregnant

7 weeks Pregnant

10 Weeks pregnant

Please enjoy this blog and all the news we have to share about our "Lil Munchkin" as Daddy calls the baby already :-) Feel free to comment at any time!

We love you all!