32 Weeks

Man, time flies when you're pregnant and are chasing after an-almost two-year-old. I am so bad about blogging, I need to get better and quick.

32 weeks I've gained 13 pounds - still lighter than I started my last pregnancy, so I'm doing pretty good I think. At my dr. appt today he saw that our baby boy (yes, it's a boy! Another post I should've written) has moved from lying sideways to lying on his back facing the world, butt down. I actually felt him turn a few days ago but I wasn't sure if he was head up or head down. So basically he is sitting on my bladder. He's actually pretty nice to me compared to Bailee, she used to just hang out with a foot in my ribs constantly.

I'm looking forward to my baby shower in a week, but at the same time I'm not. We're only having two kids so it's the last shower of any kind I'll ever have. Pretty much how I feel about this pregnancy too, last time it was exciting because everything was the first time for everything, first kicks, first Baby Sightings, first pregnant belly, now everything is the last everything. Even though this pregnancy has been kind of a pain in the butt with everything hurting more and earlier, I'm going to miss a lot of the fun parts about it. I like feeling him kick (when he's not hurting me!) and my belly is finally to the point where I feel like I'm cute pregnant, not giant, and not just chubby looking.

Oh, I got pictures taken this time too and I'm happy with the way they turned out. :)

Round Two

Well, I haven't updated in forever, I keep trying to. I'll start a post and then something happens and I have to save it and then I forget to come back. A lot has happened since my last published post, obviously, but since I doubt anyone reads this I'm not too worried about disappointing anyone. I guess this is more for my own entertainment than anyone elses.

As of today I am 16 weeks, one day pregnant with our second child. I found out at the beginning of February that I was unexpectedly pregnant. We were surprised, but happy. I really wasn't wanting to be pregnant in the summer again, but what can you do? So as of today, when I had my latest dr. appt., I am due Oct. 20th.

Baby is growing and looks good so far, but my dr. was worried because the placenta is very low, not where it should be. This leads to a condition called, "Placenta Previa." Since it's so early, it can still move up to where it should be and there won't be any further complications. Most people who show this happening before 20 weeks have no problems but for some, the placenta stays where it is and can lead to major complications for the baby and me. So let's pray that it moves up and everything goes back to normal.

This pregnancy has been way different than my first. I had morning sickness, which was really all-day sickness, but I never threw up. Everything I ate made me feel bloated and nauseous so I didn't eat much at all, and actually lost weight my first trimester. The smell of meat cooking, any kind of meat, made my stomach turn. The worst was jerky that Lee's dad brought from Colorado. I felt bad because I LOVE the jerky he makes, and I could eat it, but if I smelled it it would make me want to puke. So I kept it tightly sealed in a plastic baggie.

Cravings have been similar - scrambled eggs have been the biggest one. I guess I need protein.

My hips and back have already been super achy and I've already had lots of heartburn. I didn't have either of those problems until the end last time. So who knows what the other 23 weeks will have in store???

I have another ultrasound appt. next week, to see the placenta in better detail. I'll update after my appt. and find out more about what's going on.

Yay for a new post!

My Growing Belly

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First Girly Clothes!

Today Janae and I went shopping for baby clothes! I knew I didn't want to buy too much because they grow so fast and I figured I will get clothes at my baby shower. But I did want to buy something fun since I know she's a girl and girls like clothes right? Janae took me to Baby Depot aka Burlington Coat Factory. I never knew they had baby stuff there but they have a huge section and a lot of it is really cheap! I bought a set of onesies and Janae also bought one for here. They are all super cute and not overly girly pink. Check them out:

I loved the red and blue and the cherries!

Janae picked a cute pink and brown set for her!

Baby Sightings!

Today we were excited to find out the sex of the baby! We went to Baby Sightings, a place in Bakersfield that does ultrasounds on a big screen so whole families can come watch. We had 9 people attend! -

• Mom
• Sandy
• Gary
• Todd
• Brandy
• Andy
• Ryan
• Keeley
• Granny
• Lee

and me - of course. I got there a little early and when I pulled up, almost everyone else was already there already. I expected a lot of picture taking but I was kinda surprised when I saw the VIDEO camera going....I'm not a big fan of being on camera in still pictures and I'm really uncomfortable being filmed. But I tried to suck it up and be nice for memories sake.

Anyway, after I signed in and paid the fee, the sonographer led us back to the little room where we would see the ultrasound. there was a huge screen on the wall and all of us crammed in to find a comfy spot. I got the bed of course, which was really comfortable. I was kind of glad the lights were turned off so only the still pictures coul

d be taken after that. hehe.

Brandy and Andy were late arriving so to stall for time the sonographer went through and pointed out all the baby's body parts and heartbeat for all who were there. The baby was moving around a lot and I really only felt about half the movement. Eventually the sonographer told us she couldn't wait any longer to tell us the sex of the baby, my time was almost up. Brandy, Andy and Ryan made it JUST in time! She had just started to type the words up on the screen.....IT's A....GIRL!!!! Yay! We were so excited! Both of us wanted a girl, though Lee said his "business sense" (which is never wrong) was telling him it would be a boy. I'm happy he was incorrect.

So we all went back to our house excited and hungry - Lee and I made everyone dinner and sat around and chatted for a few hours that night. Here are some pictures from the adventure:

Getting comfy for the ultrasound.

After we found out it's a GIRL!

Our print out of pictures to take home!

Over at our house for BBQ!!

Keeley made onesies, this one said "A little Payne in the Beach"

Lee and 2 generations of grandma's on his side. :)

17 Weeks Movement

Today was the first time I could really feel the baby move! This morning I was swimming before work and when I got in I felt a weird "rolling" motion. I normally dive in but the farther along I get I figure it's probably safer to just slide in.  Later when I was swimming butterfly, I felt something like flips in my stomach which I know was more baby movement. Maybe the baby is going to be a swimmer too and was practicing laps!  It was definitely a cool feeling and it continued throughout the day.  

Still no morning sickness or any issues.  A little dizziness but not too bad and I haven't gained weight yet.  I have been craving fish and chips though! Around Super Bowl time in Jan. I really wanted bean dip. 

Heartbeat and Ultrasound #2

Today I went to my second doctor appointment and got another ultrasound. The first one was fun but all we could see was a little white blob and something moving that my doctor said was a heartbeat. Lee couldn't see anything. 

This time it actually looks like a baby! We could see the head and body and the general area where the feet are. We got to hear the heartbeat and man it was going so fast! It made everything seem so much more real. Amazing to me how people can not believe in God and know the miracle that it takes to create a life and believe in abortion.   Anyway, I'm really excited to watch our baby grow and can't wait to hold him or her. 

Weird cravings so far:

Marshmallow Peeps

Grilled Cheese Sandwiches

Fish and Chips

New Baby!

So my exciting news for everyone, though most of you know already, is that in Sept. we are expecting our first baby! Yay! I don't have an official due date yet, but the doctor has said the 2nd week of Sept. for now. I am currently about 10 weeks or so, I'll find out more at my next appt. on March 2nd.

We had kinda been planning this and kinda not - everyone told me it would probably be about a year after being off birth control. Try three months. So I guess I'll know better for next time! We are still super excited, we just didn't expect it to happen so fast.

I found out officially on Jan. 8th. A few weeks before I had been having some cramps and just felt really dizzy and tired all the time. About the week of New Year's was when the cramping was the worst and somehow I suspected what was going on. Still, I gave my body a chance to think about it, I thought maybe my period was coming. Who knows, it was never regular so I figured it was possible, but I was pretty sure I was pregnant.  On Jan. 6th and 7th I texted my friend Jaimee in Texas to find out if my symptoms were similar to what she had when she found out. I figured it was safer to ask a Texas friend than take the chance of someone here jumping on the gossip train before I found anything out for sure.  So I finally took a test at home on the night of the 8th, and it was positive. However, I thought I did it wrong so I took a second just to be sure - it was positive! I got a blood test the next day and got the results Sat - all confirmed I was pregnant.  

At this point I thought I last got my period in Nov. which put me about 9-10 weeks at that time. I made my first doctor appointment (more on that drama later!) and started reading up on the baby growing inside of me.  

We told family and close friends first, and Lee made the mistake of telling a few people at church who then told everyone in existence. I was a little annoyed, having all these people come up and ask when it wasn't their business in the first place, I had looked forward to telling everyone myself, not have it come out in a rumor. Mostly I was annoyed because I wanted to tell my work before the masses knew, and the less people that knew until that day, the better. So that didn't really go according to plan, but I was the first to tell my boss and she hadn't heard anything on Facebook or anything yet, so it all worked out okay.   

I'll post some pictures and stuff a little later, but I wanted to update on our news first! More to come!