It's been almost a month! Sorry :(

Ok so to start everyone off here is some pictures of the bump or "the bells" as Sean and I have been calling it.

16 weeks at the public market!

17 weeks in Levenworth with Charlie :)

Starting to really look pregnant and feel pregnant. I'm feeling much better in the last two weeks and starting to finally get my appetite back. Super happy about that. It's also been amazingly beautiful here in WA so we have been out and about a lot. I've also been feeling the baby a lot more! Certain foods like Dorito's make the baby move a lot. Dad the baby has your taste in chips! Sean is bummed he can't feel the baby move yet but I'm sure it will be soon. 

Our gender scan is coming up and we are very excited to finally find out what we are having. We did have to change the date (it's now September 15th) because Sean couldn't take the 16th off. We are planning on buying a gender outfit and shopping a little after the scan. We are making a day of it because it's a super special day for us. 

Not much time now before we come home to visit and Sean and I are super excited about it. Can't wait to see everyone and we have a lot of celebrations going on while home as well.

Love and miss you all!!!

Gender appointment scheduled!!

So today the doctors office called me to schedule the ultrasound to determine gender. There are many other measurements done at this scan but the only one I'm super excited about is gender!! I honestly can say that I don't care what the gender is, I just want to know :) It's September 16th in the morning and I'm just hoping the baby is as cooperative as our last scan. I now just need to figure out how to make time go much faster since we still have five weeks before we find out.

The belly

I know I'm a little behind but here is a picture of me and the belly on Sunday

It's just starting to look like a pregnant belly instead of a "I just ate too much dinner" belly.

12 week scan today!

Today we had our 12 week scan. It was awesome! The baby finally looks like a baby and he/she was very cooperative for all the measurements the tech had to do. Since it was so cooperative I'm starting to think this baby will be like Sean and not me, lol! We also got great pictures because he/she was so great at staying in one place. I asked the tech if she could give us a guess on gender but she said that at our doctors office they won't guess. So at least 7 more weeks til we know gender.

9 weeks today

The baby is 9 weeks today :)


Baby's now the size of a green olive!Your little embryo has now officially graduated to fetus-hood. Adding to the excitement, a Doppler ultrasound device might be able to pick up the beating heart. With basic physical structures in place and increasingly distinct facial features, baby is kind of starting to look like...well...a baby!


Here is a picture from today while we were at the dog park with Charlie

It's really starting to get bigger on the outside so it helps me know the baby is getting bigger on the inside as well. 


Look it's sunny and beautiful here!!!

The baby is moving! (Saw it on the ultrasound)

Today I had a doctors appointment that originally did not have an ultrasound scheduled. I was super nervous this entire week because this was the week where we had the D&C last time. Thankfully the nurses at my doctors office totally understood when I talked to them on Tuesday how scared I was and she scheduled a quick ultrasound for me before my appointment this morning.

The baby is great! and I was very relieved. Thankfully I think I can finally relax now, mostly anyways. Baby was measuring right on target and the heartbeat was 161 bpm. I have also gained a pound, which is pretty normal at this stage of the game. The best part of the ultrasound was that the baby was moving! It's head was moving up and down and it's little leg and arm buds were as well. Pretty awesome to see. Sean was very upset that he missed it. I also thought it was amazing how much bigger it was this time around. Crazy how much things change in only two weeks!

8 weeks

As of Saturday July 2 the baby is 8 weeks old and the size of a raspberry. Just in the last couple of days my morning sickness has started to get just a bit better. I'm hoping that means that it's starting to go away. It did scare me at first that my symptoms were getting better but at 8 weeks the placenta starts taking over. This means that the hormones for the baby are produced from the placenta and not me, because of this some women start to feel a bit better. Obviously I won't feel totally better until 12-14 weeks but at least it is getting better slowly. I just can't wait to have some energy back :) So even though it's still small here is a picture of "the bump" so far.

Hopefully it will be a little bigger when I come home.