15 Weeks

I'm still always shocked when I see my belly in these photos.  I don't wear close fitting tops during the week, so I'm pretty sure no one can tell I'm pregnant yet...I don't really feel I look pregnant yet until I see myself in tight fitting tops! 

Overall I'm feeling better.  I thought I could stop taking my medication, so I did, and I started puking again--so I'm back on the meds.  My appetite is slowly increasing.  I still don't venture far from bagels and cereal, but at least that's not all I'm eating.  My craziest craving has been an Arby's beef and cheddar.  (Which is totally random because meat still grosses me out).  But twice now I have had killer cravings which caused me to stop what I was doing and drive to the closest Arbys. 

I'm headed to Austin for a work conference next week, so it will probably be a bit quiet around here. Have a lovely weekend folks!

Don't Be Jealous

Welcome to March in the Pacific Northwest. 

Calgon take me away!

Looking Back at the First Trimester

Let me just tell ya, the first trimester (for me) was anything but feminine.  If you're super lady like, I'd skip over the whole pregnancy thing.  Constant burping, gas, constipation, gagging, upchucking, acid reflux....sounds hot right?  (There is only so much you can blame on the dog).  I was one of the unlucky ones plagued with unbearable, god awful, horrific pretty bad morning sickness (all day sickness, rather). For the most part, I was in my bathrobe, un-showered, in bed, groaning and/or crying and looking very, very pathetic. When women would say, "I just loved being pregnant, don't you just love being pregnant?" I'm sure my eyes could've shot darts.   There are books that tell you about this stuff once you're pregnant, but it's not knowledge you really seek out prior to getting pregnant, therefore not really discussed.  Speaking of stuff people don't discuss, did you known the average woman is actually pregnant for 10 months?  Whaaaa???  How did I not know this?  What was the craziest thing you found out when you were pregnant?

One Step Forward, Two Steps Back

Yesterday was the first day I didn't take my nausea medication.  I was starting to feel better, have cravings, diversify my food choices a bit...I was thinking that I might really be done with this morning sickness thing.  And then this morning I yacked my guts out.  Boohiss.

The B Word

Budget.  Yep...that word is brought up monthly in our household and after months and months of "talking" about it, we finally read Dave Ramsey's book, Total Money Makeover, and decided now that a baby's on the way, we gotta get moving on this budgeting idea!  We felt we were pretty good with our money, but actually writing down every single dollar that goes out the window every month and seeing how much money we've been spending was actually a shock to us both.  Because Andy and I both earn commission, monthly budgeting is kinda difficult, but we figured out what we wanted to be living on every month (which is significantly less than what we are currently living on) and decided to use that number to budget.  It's only been two weeks and I have to admit, it's hard.  Using cash versus a card is a pain, but I can already see how much more mindful I am of spending now that I'm paying with cash. Also, we won't be living off two incomes forever, so we might as well get used to what that feels like now!

I'm a visual person, so I wrote out our budget on a whiteboard over my desk and color coded it...

As hard as budgeting is, it's also very exciting to visually see on a month to month basis getting closer (rather than further) to our financial goals.  Does your family follow a budget?  How closely do you follow it? 

14 Weeks

I can definitely see the difference one week has made as far as my belly protruding goes.  I now feel like I'm somewhat pregnant looking instead of just fat.  It is a strange thing to see your belly grow so rapidly, but I'm not at all worried about the weight gain, (probably because I've only gained a few pounds...gaining weight prior to pregnancy was my  number one concern!).  I'm still plagued with nausea; however it isn't as intense as it has been which I'm thankful for.  I will be very, very glad though when my diet consists of more than bagels, cereal, and random cravings for pickle juice.  

So little nugget is now the size of a lemon and is now squinting, frowning, peeing and possibly thumb sucking.  Yeah, I'm not sure about the whole sitting in it's own pee situation, but clearly the body knows what it's doing! 

Back in Time: The First Time

This post was written Feb. 12

Last week we got to see you on the big screen.  You were about half an inch and gremlin like, but in the cutest way.  We saw your heart beat for the very first time...which made my heart skip a beat.  We didn't cry (which is shocking to us both).  We had to sit down though afterward--we really realized that you're real.  Hallelujah.