here she blows! sometimes these pics are scary. but man i love this kid!
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Monday, January 26, 2009
ITS A BOY - 18 weeks
i can hardly contain myself. i have been on cloud nine since 4pm!!
yes, its a boy. his name is josiah benjamin. YES I FINALLY REVEALED! bust out the blue. bring on the trucks and drills (haha letty!). time to prepare for spit balls and mud fights and things being thrown at me. YES. seriously, i am all about this kid. bring it on!
bens super excited its a boy. i knew he would be! i ofcourse went straight from the dr. to target. i was bummed to find that they did not carry infant chucks. COME ON people...i will have to find them elsewhere. but i did buy johnson & johnson baby lotion, because ive always loved the smell..its the official baby smell. then i bought the bath wrap hoodie, blue...its like a shark or something, i dont know it was an uber adorable towel that you wrap them in after a bath. OMG. oh and then i went to kohls just to browse (secretly hoping THEY had infant chucks), and found a super cute little blue/white striped chaps onsie w/legs. i am going to be that picky mom. i will not, i repeat...will not be buying anything that has cartoon characters or baseball bats or planes or trucks or soccer balls on it...im all about stripes and solids. to each his own, right?? i figure im going to let him decide when the time comes whether he even likes baseball or soccer or planes or trucks. i dont wanna force anything on him, lol...
a few things going on with my this week: so funny. i had a few photo shoots in tallahassee over the weekend. well, by the end of the two days i had almost fallen/tripped FOUR times AND pulled a muscle in my back that is still ailing me. haha. my equilibrium is like, way off. im really not a clumsy person...until now! and then i read my weekly baby update thing and it says:
"Starting to feel a bit off balance? As your belly grows, your center of gravity changes, so you may begin to occasionally feel a little unsteady on your feet. Try to avoid situations with a high risk of falling". haha. so its bad that i carried and climbed up and down a step-stool for 2 hours at my engagement shoot yesterday? yea thats no good, i seriously almost ate it a few times. GREAT! the only other thing is i feel like ive grown a TON in the last 2 weeks. i dont have a picture today, but i'll get one up this week and you can see for yourself.
to end with, i thought i'd regale the story of our sonogram today. suffice it to say i have to go back in two weeks because junior wouldnt let us get a good shot of his mouth and nose, which ya know, those are important to make sure that they are there. so anyways, after she told us it was a boy and we both were like "hahaha told ya!! YES".....josiah proceeded to make finding everything incredibly difficult. the kid was standing on his head half the time, and doing back flips in my womb. seriously! she'd try to find something and he'd be like, eh, you're annoying me...and freaking flip over! he was a wild man! and this all to say that....i now know that this is bens child. oh Lord Jesus help me.
thats all for now folks!! YAYA FOR BOYS!
yes, its a boy. his name is josiah benjamin. YES I FINALLY REVEALED! bust out the blue. bring on the trucks and drills (haha letty!). time to prepare for spit balls and mud fights and things being thrown at me. YES. seriously, i am all about this kid. bring it on!
bens super excited its a boy. i knew he would be! i ofcourse went straight from the dr. to target. i was bummed to find that they did not carry infant chucks. COME ON people...i will have to find them elsewhere. but i did buy johnson & johnson baby lotion, because ive always loved the smell..its the official baby smell. then i bought the bath wrap hoodie, blue...its like a shark or something, i dont know it was an uber adorable towel that you wrap them in after a bath. OMG. oh and then i went to kohls just to browse (secretly hoping THEY had infant chucks), and found a super cute little blue/white striped chaps onsie w/legs. i am going to be that picky mom. i will not, i repeat...will not be buying anything that has cartoon characters or baseball bats or planes or trucks or soccer balls on it...im all about stripes and solids. to each his own, right?? i figure im going to let him decide when the time comes whether he even likes baseball or soccer or planes or trucks. i dont wanna force anything on him, lol...
a few things going on with my this week: so funny. i had a few photo shoots in tallahassee over the weekend. well, by the end of the two days i had almost fallen/tripped FOUR times AND pulled a muscle in my back that is still ailing me. haha. my equilibrium is like, way off. im really not a clumsy person...until now! and then i read my weekly baby update thing and it says:
"Starting to feel a bit off balance? As your belly grows, your center of gravity changes, so you may begin to occasionally feel a little unsteady on your feet. Try to avoid situations with a high risk of falling". haha. so its bad that i carried and climbed up and down a step-stool for 2 hours at my engagement shoot yesterday? yea thats no good, i seriously almost ate it a few times. GREAT! the only other thing is i feel like ive grown a TON in the last 2 weeks. i dont have a picture today, but i'll get one up this week and you can see for yourself.
to end with, i thought i'd regale the story of our sonogram today. suffice it to say i have to go back in two weeks because junior wouldnt let us get a good shot of his mouth and nose, which ya know, those are important to make sure that they are there. so anyways, after she told us it was a boy and we both were like "hahaha told ya!! YES".....josiah proceeded to make finding everything incredibly difficult. the kid was standing on his head half the time, and doing back flips in my womb. seriously! she'd try to find something and he'd be like, eh, you're annoying me...and freaking flip over! he was a wild man! and this all to say that....i now know that this is bens child. oh Lord Jesus help me.
thats all for now folks!! YAYA FOR BOYS!
Monday, January 19, 2009
17 weeks...
it looks like this is going to be a weekly update thing...i try to get on here more than that, but honestly, i'm feeling so normal that i dont think there is more to write about that wont fit in one post:)
this week was the first time i felt people, well..SAW people staring at me. haha. its kinda funny. they look at you like you're some alien life form...just standing/sitting there gawking at your midsection..who knows whats going on in their thoughts at that moment, i dont care. i just think its really humorous. i was at a shower yesterday and distinctly noticed 4-5 girls just mesmerized by my waist...and do they think i cannot see them? haha. i notice everything, its a gift. im keenly aware of whats going on around me at all times, and i just thought it was so funny that well, here i am! its that time. people are starting to stare.
there's also this perception that you are all of the sudden incapable of doing very ordinary non-strenuous things, like moving from the chair to the couch, or bending over to pick something up. HAHA. seriously, i just get a kick out of it all. i mean you hear the cliche "im pregnant, im not dying"....but man, its really true! and i dont blame people, i mean, if you dont know what its like to be pregnant its easy to think of it as some kind of disability that keeps you from being able to do very mundane things...so i dont let it bother me. i humor it..after all, people are good natured generally and they are doing it to be nice. however i pity the first person i dont know who makes a pass at my belly....the claws will come out. believe me you will all know when this happens, there will be a nice long post on here about how i back-handed the crazy belly-touching lady at publix. just wait.
so little things im noticing this week...i can hear and feel my heartbeat like all the way up in my neck and ears. like loud! its crazy. ben says its because my heart is working so much harder, ya know..keeping up with us both. but sometimes when its quiet i get so annoyed with the thump thump in my ear constantly. sleeping on my stomach is pretty much going to end soon..its harder to breathe that way, lol. and bending down or over or slouching is very uncomfortable...i like to take deep breaths and they become labored if im all squished together. and im craving more things now than i ever did my first trimester. actually, i didnt really crave anything my first trimester. right now im LOVING oranges, salads with honey mustard dressing, everything bagels with cream cheese, WATER all the time, craisings, and bbq pork sandwiches with cole slaw. haha, its so random. really, i dont know where any of this comes from. and honestly im really proud of myself for not "milking" this pregnant thing for all its worth. i mean, do you guys know....really know how much i love doughnuts? i could be living off of them. i think i can remember having a doughnut ONCE since we found out about the kiddo. ONCE! yes, im doing well.
other than the above i feel super duper normal. there are moments throughout the day where i forget i am pregnant because i feel so normal...oh and then i just look down and its all confirmed, haha.
before i include the ever-humorous picture of my growing belly, exciting news is that we find out a week from today what this thing is! and then i dont have to call it a thing or it on here anymore:) so stay tuned! (january 26th!!)
here i am at 17 weeks!
this week was the first time i felt people, well..SAW people staring at me. haha. its kinda funny. they look at you like you're some alien life form...just standing/sitting there gawking at your midsection..who knows whats going on in their thoughts at that moment, i dont care. i just think its really humorous. i was at a shower yesterday and distinctly noticed 4-5 girls just mesmerized by my waist...and do they think i cannot see them? haha. i notice everything, its a gift. im keenly aware of whats going on around me at all times, and i just thought it was so funny that well, here i am! its that time. people are starting to stare.
there's also this perception that you are all of the sudden incapable of doing very ordinary non-strenuous things, like moving from the chair to the couch, or bending over to pick something up. HAHA. seriously, i just get a kick out of it all. i mean you hear the cliche "im pregnant, im not dying"....but man, its really true! and i dont blame people, i mean, if you dont know what its like to be pregnant its easy to think of it as some kind of disability that keeps you from being able to do very mundane things...so i dont let it bother me. i humor it..after all, people are good natured generally and they are doing it to be nice. however i pity the first person i dont know who makes a pass at my belly....the claws will come out. believe me you will all know when this happens, there will be a nice long post on here about how i back-handed the crazy belly-touching lady at publix. just wait.
so little things im noticing this week...i can hear and feel my heartbeat like all the way up in my neck and ears. like loud! its crazy. ben says its because my heart is working so much harder, ya know..keeping up with us both. but sometimes when its quiet i get so annoyed with the thump thump in my ear constantly. sleeping on my stomach is pretty much going to end soon..its harder to breathe that way, lol. and bending down or over or slouching is very uncomfortable...i like to take deep breaths and they become labored if im all squished together. and im craving more things now than i ever did my first trimester. actually, i didnt really crave anything my first trimester. right now im LOVING oranges, salads with honey mustard dressing, everything bagels with cream cheese, WATER all the time, craisings, and bbq pork sandwiches with cole slaw. haha, its so random. really, i dont know where any of this comes from. and honestly im really proud of myself for not "milking" this pregnant thing for all its worth. i mean, do you guys know....really know how much i love doughnuts? i could be living off of them. i think i can remember having a doughnut ONCE since we found out about the kiddo. ONCE! yes, im doing well.
other than the above i feel super duper normal. there are moments throughout the day where i forget i am pregnant because i feel so normal...oh and then i just look down and its all confirmed, haha.
before i include the ever-humorous picture of my growing belly, exciting news is that we find out a week from today what this thing is! and then i dont have to call it a thing or it on here anymore:) so stay tuned! (january 26th!!)
here i am at 17 weeks!
Monday, January 5, 2009
15 weeks!
i cant believe....that this is the year we are going to have a baby. its still so weird to think about! we had night of worship last night at church, and i think i cried the entire time...just thanking God for the blessing of pregnancy, asking for my fear and doubt to be stripped away, praying that Ben and I will be the kind of parents God calls us to be, and thanking Him for God-willing entrusting us with a child. i still wake up every day and grab my stomach thinking "please Jesus let it still be in there.."...so last night I really prayed for trust.
so the holidays were crazy, and relaxing at the same time. we went home to deland to be with my family...and wouldnt you know, i got sick christmas day and the 2 days after! haha. like, sick as if i was back in week 7 sick...i barely got off of the couch but to eat and go to the bathroom. a huge bummer...not sure what was up but it eventually went away. im really, really thankful that there has been no throwing up. i'll take laying on the couch any day.
I've had some definite changes since the last time i wrote though! im not as tired, my appetite has calmed down a bit, and for the most part i feel good. oh and theres for sure a growth coming from my midsection. HA! i still feel like im at the stage where people dont really know if you're pregnant or just had a big lunch...it sounds ridiculous, but i kinda cant wait to be bigger so it'll just be obvious!
my doctors appointments up to this point have been pretty standard, take your blood, check your blood pressure, hear that heartbeat (so cool.). they'll be getting more exciting soon, i promise. our ultrasound to find out "boy or girl" is on january 26th...(Kaili's birthday AND Vanessa's due date!) we are soooooo ready to find out and call this thing by name. most of you know the names already but im not revealing until we find out, for those who dont know. i think they're pretty awesome names. after we find out, the fun begins! the registering, the buying, the room decorating..lol. im pretty unconventional when it comes to the decorating thing...i dont think we are going to paint (because the baby is due july 1, and we might be going to dental school somewheres else not in FL)...i figure the kid should know what his momma does and loves, so im filling the room with images, pictures, frames, canvases...thats my idea so far.
so what would a post be without a picture to laugh at right? well here's the latest...me at 15 weeks!
so there ya go. i really should plan these pics around a time when bens home so its not incredibly obvious that im taking them myself, haha. oh well. there it is anyhow. ben and i were shooting a wedding in st. augustine the other day and he snuck a shot of my belly while i was shooting formals. i saw it and was like...HOLY HUGENESS....i almost died. now looking at the above, i dont look too bad...haha. like i care anyways! im happy to be where i am.
alright thats enough for today...i promise to be better at posting. 2009 is a year full of discipline for me, watch out.
so the holidays were crazy, and relaxing at the same time. we went home to deland to be with my family...and wouldnt you know, i got sick christmas day and the 2 days after! haha. like, sick as if i was back in week 7 sick...i barely got off of the couch but to eat and go to the bathroom. a huge bummer...not sure what was up but it eventually went away. im really, really thankful that there has been no throwing up. i'll take laying on the couch any day.
I've had some definite changes since the last time i wrote though! im not as tired, my appetite has calmed down a bit, and for the most part i feel good. oh and theres for sure a growth coming from my midsection. HA! i still feel like im at the stage where people dont really know if you're pregnant or just had a big lunch...it sounds ridiculous, but i kinda cant wait to be bigger so it'll just be obvious!
my doctors appointments up to this point have been pretty standard, take your blood, check your blood pressure, hear that heartbeat (so cool.). they'll be getting more exciting soon, i promise. our ultrasound to find out "boy or girl" is on january 26th...(Kaili's birthday AND Vanessa's due date!) we are soooooo ready to find out and call this thing by name. most of you know the names already but im not revealing until we find out, for those who dont know. i think they're pretty awesome names. after we find out, the fun begins! the registering, the buying, the room decorating..lol. im pretty unconventional when it comes to the decorating thing...i dont think we are going to paint (because the baby is due july 1, and we might be going to dental school somewheres else not in FL)...i figure the kid should know what his momma does and loves, so im filling the room with images, pictures, frames, canvases...thats my idea so far.
so what would a post be without a picture to laugh at right? well here's the latest...me at 15 weeks!
so there ya go. i really should plan these pics around a time when bens home so its not incredibly obvious that im taking them myself, haha. oh well. there it is anyhow. ben and i were shooting a wedding in st. augustine the other day and he snuck a shot of my belly while i was shooting formals. i saw it and was like...HOLY HUGENESS....i almost died. now looking at the above, i dont look too bad...haha. like i care anyways! im happy to be where i am.
alright thats enough for today...i promise to be better at posting. 2009 is a year full of discipline for me, watch out.
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