19 weeks pregnancy update!

19 weeks

This week!
How Far Along: 19 weeks 3 days today
Size of baby: Cantaloupe!
Total Weight Gain/Loss: 14lbs gain
 
Maternity Clothes: maternity pants and bras, most tops I just wear a bigger size and I'm ok so far. I still wear some of my tights, but only the ones that go over the belly.  I can't wear anything under belly cause it hurts! Trying to find a dress that looks decent is a mission.  I have soo many occasions this summer, so this will be fun! haha!
 
Movement: Not much, just flutters here and there. I can't wait to feel kicks!
Today I went for a ultrasound and baby K was being shy and only showing his back.  The technician made me walk around and drink water and still he was facing down. I think he was napping.  So we had to reschedule the appointment for next week. This time I made it for the morning, hopefully that will make a difference. 
Sleep: Not doing so well, I'm ending up on my back which causes back pain after. However I'm compensating through naps.
Cravings: Last week I was obsessed with avocado and cucumber... I may be over it.
Best Moment so far: Finding out it's a BOY.
 
Some new items:
My sister bought baby K this cute outfit :)


When I went shopping on the weekend I picked up this little outfit. Every time I shop for me I try and pick up baby K a little something too!
Love baby clothes!

Sushi and babysitting...

 Yesterday I met a good friend for sushi, she is preggo too (read her blog here :)
We ate soo much! We discussed our aches and pains and how we can barely roll out of bed. haha!
Then we went for a short stroll in Toys R us to get nursery ideas, we both are having boys! It was short because we were soo tired from that big meal.

They didn't have cucumber avocado rolls and I must have looked sad about it, so the waiter gave us 2 handrolls of cucumber avocado on the house. MMM there was like a whole avocado in there. mm mm



My friend surprised me with these cute gifts too! Baby K is getting soo many gifts already!! :)

In the evening I went over to visit my mom and sister. My sister made me dinner and we also had some food from my grandmother. Ever had this before?

 It's called Menestra, and it's pretty much mushy bread and a bunch of beans and veggies. Looks weird but it's delish!!

We also had wings and broccoli, Yum broccoli!

My SIL dropped off my niece so we can babysit for a couple hours. Ok there was 3 of us, my mom, my sister and me.... And we made my mom change and feed her cause we were struggling ahhah. She is so squirmy and want to crawl everywhere.  She's strong too!! A glimpse of my future with baby K ahhaa. 

She does have the most adorable personality though and makes us laugh! She's 9 months and she can give kisses, blow kisses, she rocks her baby dolls, she says "HI" and "What" and sounds like she says "Thank You" but we can't tell ahha. The funniest this, is that she'll drop all toys for a cell phone, she took our iphones and puts 2 thumbs on it like shes typing. Crazy!

Love her!

It's Blue Blue Blue!

 It's a boy!!! My husband and I are sooo excited! Although I had a feeling it was a boy since the beginning!
I couldn't wait any longer so I went for an Ultrasound yesterday and right away she said it was a BOY and displayed the evidence many times aahha! Our little boy was having fun, kicking his feet, waving his hands and sucking his thumb. It was sooo amazing!

After we got the news and called and texted our family and friends we went to eat at one of our favorite restaurants, Marcellos. MMM yum! I wish I had that now, I'm drooling looking at it ahhah!

We have had names picked out for a year already... Nicole if it was a girl and Kristian for a boy.

I already started to look at nursery designs and can't wait to prepare his room. My husband can't wait to play soccer with his little one and is already thinking of the jersey's to buy him ahahh!

I'm sooo happy and and can't wait to meet baby Kristian in November!

Sporting my baby bump!

The weather man said that we were going to get bad T-storms this evening.  So when I went over to meet my sister for dinner tonight, we thought we were just going to chill indoors. After we ate and still no rain, we decided to go for our Thursday night walk!

We went to High Park and walked around. The weather was perfect.

So here I am sporting my baby bump :) I'm 17 weeks! My mom said my belly looks big for 17 weeks...I actually thought I should have a bigger belly, but I have nooo idea. What do you think!?

My cute sister :)

 Our walks felt great!

After our walk we went back to my moms house and went through her albums. She has all the albums of when we were babies... Here is me walking at 9 months! ahahah

Week 15 update!

 
This week!
How Far Along: 15 weeks 3 days!
Size of baby: Avocado!!
Total Weight Gain/Loss: 9 lbs (doctor's scale said 12lbs, I'll go with my scale ha!)
Maternity Clothes: Love Mat pants.  I went to buy a couple more pairs on Friday and my SIL also gave me 3 pairs.  She actually gave me 6 pairs but she is taller than me so 3 were extra long)
Gender: ??? I thought I was going to have a 16 week ultrasound, but I was wrong. I think it's at 20 weeks. I need to wait bah! (But I had a dream on the weekend that it was a girl!)
Movement: Flutters! Feeling them much more.
Sleep: Not that great this week. Some back pain and I feel so many pulling sensations in belly so I toss and turn a lot! But I had some days off work to catch up with sleep.
Cravings: Hmm everyday is something different. Still have a lot of food aversions that make me crazy when I'm hungry and have no clue what I want. I like having salads with my meals, and really enjoying ice-cream lol
Symptoms: Headaches are still around especially after I eat. Pulling in the belly and lower back pain.
What I miss: Nothing! Even with all these changes going on I'm extremely excited and can't wait for November. I actually want my belly to show more so I can look more pregnant!
Some new items:

 When I went to the Maternity store Thyme on Friday they gave me this cute onesie for free :)

 And this is not baby related, but I bought these fake flowers for the kitchen today. I think they look so pretty.

Last night my husband took this pic of me (I look pretty preggo here haha!) look at Zoe. I think she is already fighting for attention ahah!

Hope you all have a great Monday. :)

Beautiful Day Off

Today my sister and I had the day off and had our whole day planned. We went to check out a hall in our area for my baby shower in the fall. It was a funny situation... We got the key to go see it, but when we arrived the hall was occupied by men doing some sort of martial arts stuff, so it was weird, we got to see a bit but didn't stay long, they asked if we wanted to join them, they were joking hahaha.... kinda freaky tho ha!

We also went to try on bridesmaids dresses before my belly gets bigger. We saw a few we liked but still the we are undecided. We have lots of time to decide so the other girls will have to be the next to try some on. My belly will be growing for the next 5 months.

A perfect day must include a delicious sushi lunch  :)Yum!


I also had a OB appointment and I told my doctor about my headaches.  She asked how I was sleeping and I told her I toss and turn a lot and cannot sleep on my left side.... she told me there is no right way to sleep.  Whatever way I'm comfortable is the way. So if it's on my back I can sleep that way no problem.  She said sleep and relaxation is very important...She also said I looked very exhausted and tired... lovely.

The best part was listening to the heart beat :)
For that I bought the baby a gift. 

 I bought me a gift too, for my back pain, it comes and goes but this ball will be my new friend haha!

 

How were your symptoms when pregnant? Were you/Are you exhausted and tired?

The belly is growing!

Week 7 above

Week 12 and 3 days!

The Belly is growing!

So I decided to do what all my blogger friends do and track my weekly progress. I think I'll do this Every Monday. (I'm sure it looks familiar, I blog hopped to take the headings hope you don't mind!)

This week!

How Far Along: 12 Weeks 3 days

Size of baby: baby is the size of a peach

Total Weight Gain/Loss: Gained 5 lbs

Maternity Clothes: Some Pants. Some of my other pants still fit but some were already tight to begin with Ha!
So I bought some work pants and Jeans so I can be Comfy! (I love Mat pants by the way)

Gender: Don't know yet!! Can't Wait to find out! Husband has 3 brothers and I have a sister and brother and way more girl cousins. So I'm happy with a healthy Boy or Girl!

Movement: Nothing yet. But I did feel flutters once when laying down.

Sleep: It's tough, I can't get comfy, On my back is the best but I'm trying to sleep on my sides, it's hard. Weird thing... I always use to sleep on my left side, and now hate it!

Cravings: I had weird cravings in week 7, I mean WEIRD. Like re-fried bean sandwich with eggs! LOL BLAHH!
Right now, not much. More food aversions, than cravings.

Symptoms: I had most symptoms week 6-8
- pimples
-Stuffy nose
-Asthma acted up
-thirsty
- Drooling (lol)

Week 11 I had some heartburn when eating anything citrus.

Week 12 - Everything has passed and so far except the thirst and drooling lol. I feel just a little nausea in the afternoon (I think when hungry) and Tired just Tired!

Best Moment so far: Seeing the tiny little guy...or girl lol and getting ultrasound pics. I can't stop looking at them!
I think he/she looks like me! ahah!

What I'm looking forward to? Everything!!! I'm so happy and excited I can't wait to meet our little one!

What I miss: Nothing yet.

Strange changes: I was always one that chose veggies over fruit and now I'm the opposite!

Some new items:

Little booties!! I bought these on Etsy.com. I love them!

I also bought some cream and Oil. I love the oil more. So I will definitely order more of that!


Thank you all for your sweet comments! My sister messaged me today saying how amazing my blogger friends are, and it's true! You all are so amazing! I'm so grateful that I met you all and love that we experience each others journey's together!

My 12 week Ultrasound

I know! I couldn't believe it either!!! I'm so grateful and thank God everyday for this miracle.

After last years MC and trying since then, there were a lot of days I felt down and felt that maybe it wasn't going to happen anytime soon.... But to our surprise! It did! I found out on Feb 25, 2011 and I screamed and cried!!! ahahah Husband and I were soo excited but also worried. So I decided not to spread the news until 12 weeks. Here we are today! My husband was in the room with me and took videos and pictures! Love him!
I can't stop looking at all the pictures! I keep looking at this little ones face and nose and the video of his/hers arms and legs moving around waving Hi to me :) I'm sooo excited and so far loving every moment of being pregnant! All weird symptoms and all! I'm sooo grateful!

My sister and my future BIL bought me this gift today. I can't wait to set it up in the nursery. So far I put pic1 of the ultrasound in there, now it awaits the newborn pic!

Here I am at 12 weeks :)

Current symptoms, food aversions. I becoming a little picky with my food and only know if I want/or don't want it until it's in my face. haha!

So no weight loss talk for a while here. But lots of preggo and baby talk!

Thank you all for the sweet comments too, always makes my day! :)

Good news!

Good news! All seems to be OK!

Last night I was feeling a lot of back pain with continued spotting. So we went to nearest ER. We spent about 5 hours there and the doctor said that my HCG levels seem low for 7 weeks but he could not really make any assumptions without seeing an ultrasound first. So they booked the ultrasound for this morning...

I will admit to really expecting the worst... I had all the symptoms of a miscarriage :( and was preparing myself for the worst.

I had increasing spotting
I had loss of pregnancy symptoms
I had menstrual cramps in my back
I had low hcg levels....

At 1030 this morning we went to get the ultrasound done. AND They saw the little embryo! and with a heart rate of 117 bpm!

Doctor said everything looks the way it should!!

Such a relief! I will need to go in for more blood work this week to check my HCG levels and they should double normally so fingers crossed for more good news!

Tonight I'm home with my feet up and just taking it easy and relaxing!

A friend passed by this evening and brought me these delicious cookies she made...

Then my sister came over and brought me these!!! Oh dear!


It's been such a emotional roller coaster today and I feel sooooo drained!

So here is a little dose of extra happiness below, baby's first gifts!

My brother inlaw and his gf bought he or she! this Mother Goose book and little toy so cute! (I had to put them in the closet because Zoe already decided to play with the toy and I found it near the door way the other day!)
My sister bought me these cute little socks! and the softest blanky ever! Love it!

These are the baby's first little items!