Time is flying by!

Well, we are in the home stretch now it seems...less than 2 months! Yikes! I'm definatley feeling more pregnant lately. Which is what I was waiting for! Baby is moving around like crazy so there is no doubt about it anymore! I'm feeling more excited too, which is good! It took me a while. While I do still feel a little overwhelemed and weird, it's going away..slowly.

This weekend we finally got the room painted but it's not quite done yet. It's a very pretty purpley pink color. It looks great! And we had some really sweet friends come and help us paint, which made it go by so much faster! I think we got 2 coats done in less than 4 hrs. Pretty amazing. My next task is to do some stamping but I'm not sure what I'm going to do with it yet. My friend Jaime is going to come over and help me on Friday so hopefully I'll have that figured out by then! We've yet to put the bed together but that is probably a good thing since we're not completely done with the painting! I'm sure I'll have it all done by the time June rolls around. At least that is my goal! I'm on the lookout for a dresser too so I can get all those clothes organized! Whew! Alot to do!

Everything at the doctor is good. We got to meet Dr Woolridge for a whole 10 minutes (maybe) in case my doctor is not available when Cate decides to make her arrival. Next time, we'll see my regular doctor and I'm hoping she'll do a sonogram again! She said she'd do one around 35 weeks to see what position the baby is in. I hope she does! If not I'll probably have to wait another month. Boo! Hopefully that won't be the case.

This weekend we're going to Midland for one of my showers. My best friend Amy is throwing one for me! I'm super excited, I'm sure it'll be awesome! I'll post pics later! The next one will be May 17th at my friend Brittney's house in McKinney. I'm hoping for a good turnout on that one too, since most of my relatives live closer to here than Midland.

Talk to you guys later!
C and baby C

30 weeks!

So here we are at 30 weeks! I can't believe time is flying by like this. Pretty soon we'll have a baby and no sleep!! But it'll be worth it.

I'm happy to report that my 3 hour gestational diabetes test was normal! We were so happy! My doctor said that I had barely failed the 1 hour, she just wanted to make sure that everything was OK. She is so awesome. We had our routine appointment yesterday and everything is good. I love hearing that heartbeat. I have to fight back tears every time I hear it! I asked about another sonogram and she said they usually only do 2 but probably around 35 weeks they will do another one just to make sure baby is where she's supposed to be. I hope so! I want to see what she looks like now. Someone at J's work told him about a school that will do the 3D ultrasounds for cheap so I keep trying to find out where it is. I'll keep you posted.

Our next appointment will be with one of the other doctors in the practice so we can meet them and get to know them "in case" my doctor is not able to deliver our baby. There are 2 other doctors, both women. I've never met them so it'll be a good opportunity. Better than having a surprise if my doc isn't available!

I've been cleaning like crazy and on the 26th we are going to paint the baby's room! I can't wait. We decided to go with a lilac color and do a white stripe around the room. It'll be really sweet when it's done! We got a new bed for our room so our old bed is now in that room for those nights when we have a fussy baby and one of us needs sleep! It's getting exciting now! I'll post pictures once we get it all done.

Love to you all!
C and baby C

3 months to go

Well I've had a whirlwind of a week! Baby is good and I am good, well except that I will have to go take the 3 hr glucose test on Thursday. I'm not happy about that but I will take things as they come. I don't really have a choice, do I? I'm starting to go to the doctor every 2 weeks starting on the 13. I will get a chance to meet the other doctors in the practice in case my doctor isn't available when I have the baby. Yikes! Well at least I get to do that so it won't be a total surprise if that happens.

My wonderful friend Jenny has helped me come up with some ideas for the baby's room. We have a crib that has yet to be put together but at least I have an idea on what is going to go where in the room. Its amazing how much smaller a room becomes when you start adding furniture! Hopefully we will have it all ready for her when she arrives! Not like she's going to use it for a while, but still. I think all this thinking has kicked in my nesting phase. I've been more motivated to clean things and organize them, such as my closet and I actually hung things on the wall in our family room this morning! So hopefully this will help me get things in the house organized! We'll see!

Well, I hope all of you are doing well!

Love,
C and baby C

update

So we are now at 27 weeks. Baby has been moving around alot! It's so weird!! But I'm really enjoying being pregnant, although nothing has really changed. But I'm sure it soon will!!

Next week is the dreaded glucose test. I'm not looking forward to it at all. But I know it has to be done. I'm going to try not to be a nervous wreck until then! I've been watching my sugar intake and diet so hopefully my doctor will be happy with the results of that.

This weekend we went to Midland and had a really good time. It was fun seeing our friends and hanging out with family! But those trips always seem to fly by and I'm so exhausted by the end of it. Next time we go it will be for my baby shower on May 2nd! My best friend
Amy is planning and I'm so excited to see what she does. She's an amazingly creative person so I'm sure it'll be a blast!!

We FINALLY picked up our crib last night but it probably won't be put together for a few more weeks. J is going to have to get his Dad to help him because him and I just don't work well together when it involves assembling things. I'm slowly trying to organize my thoughts on decor for the nursery. We'll see how that goes!

I hope all of you are well. I'll update you next week when I find out about my test.

love,
C and baby

shy little me..

I think I have figured out why I'm having a weird reaction to being pregnant. I'm just not used to being the center of attention. I know it's short lived because in a few months, baby will be center of attention and not me. But still, it takes some getting used to. I am used to being the quiet one and I think that J and I work well together becaue he is always the loud one and usually the center of attention. I am a private person and I do want to share with all of you. I just don't know how to react to questions about the baby or what is going on because I'm not used to being asked and sometimes I just really don't know the answer. I think that I've always been the type that gets uncomfortable when put in the spotlight and sometimes it makes me come off snotty. I hope none of you feel that way. Its all just really overwhelming and I'm trying to take it one day at a time. Plus I'm a bit paranoid so talking about it makes me nervous about all the "what ifs." In any case, I'm trying my hardest not to be in the shadows.

Now that I'm done explaining here is an update...I'm feeling fine, baby is active and that is about it. The Glucose test isn't until the 31st and i'm sure I'll be a bit scared until then. We haven't started setting up anything yet for the nursery, mostly because we haven't purchased a bed yet. (My parents have given us money to do so, but things have just been a bit hectic and we haven't had the time) I have selected bedding, but that is about it. I'm hoping to get registered and get the bed at the same time and knocki it all out. We shall see what happens!

I hope this finds you all well and happy!

Love,
C and baby

24 week update

We had our doctor appointment yesterday. Everything with baby is fine but my doctor is concerned that my glucose levels and weight (a few pounds gained, not too bad) are up. It may have been the honey nut cheerios I ate before the appointment but next week I have to take my routine gestational diabetes test which consists of drinking a bottle of sugary fruit punch stuff and getting my blood drawn an hour after to see what my glucose levels are. If they are high, I'll have to take a 3 hr test after fasting. If I don't pass that, then I'll have to go see a nutritionist and monitor what my food intake is. If it can't be controlled through diet and exercise, I will have to start monitoring my blood sugar and taking insulin. The doctor said that if I do have it, it will go away after delivery but could mean that I am at risk for diabetes in general. And seeing that I am overweight and I have a family history of it, it very well could be a possibility. So please pray for me! I'm very nervous about it. But J and I decided right then and there (actually we had been talking about it the day before it even came up) that we need to step it up so we have both started monitoring our calorie intake and exercise. I'm glad he's doing it too, it's tough to do it alone! I will admit that I have upped my sugar intake the past few weeks, drinking sugary cream soda and indulging in too many bite size candy bars. So I'm cutting that out immediately! I'm upping my water intake and trying to stay away from anything overly sugary. I was doing fine before but I slipped a little as obvious by my weight gain. So I'm starting a new path and going to do my best.

Love you all!
C

More updates..

So it's been about 2 weeks since I've written anything so I guess I will to appease those of you that are getting onto me about it.

I'm still in the disbelief phase of pregnancy. Even though I feel her moving around and am noticing changes in my body, it's still surreal. I've been reassured that this is normal and totally due to hormones so I don't feel like such a freak! I'm trying to get excited, trust me! It'll come, I just hope that it's not the day before she is born! I think part of it is that I'm such a wallflower that the attention is something that I'm just not used to. I don't know that I ever will be but I'm working on it.

My best friend Amy and her husband John were up for the weekend just recently. We had a really great time but I was really worn out at the end of it! They have a daughter so they brought us three boxes of clothes that she can't wear anymore and a few other things, and they have more to give us! So seeing all that stuff did help me get excited, along with all the gifts that we've been getting. J is very bummed that the stuff that comes isn't for him. He said he'll just have to get used to it! So if any of you want to do something nice - send him something just for him so he won't feel left out. Maybe that is just the only child in him, but I'm used to having to share! haha!

My parents have decided to buy us a crib so we are really excited to get it. Maybe once that gets set up it'll feel a bit more REAL.

Anyway - other than that nothing special has been going on. Just working and thankful that I have a job. They laid off all the store hosts 2 weeks ago and it really scared me! But I guess whatever happens we'll make due. Its just something that is always floating around.

Next Dr appointment is Tuesday March 3 so I will let you know how that goes!

Love,
Christina