Baby Girl's Nursery Part 1

The house that E and I rented was the house that my mom and I lived in when I was an itty bitty baby, and then when I was in 3rd grade through 6th grade my family lived in it again. The landlord is a wonderful lady by the name of Olive. She is like a second grandmother to me.

 

The house is very old and over the past few years and many other renters after my family and before my new little family has been through lots of damage and just not taken care of.

 

The first few pictures are of the floor. Its old wood flooring that has been painted over, carpeted over, carpet was ripped out, repainted over and just not taken care of.

It was ugly!!

 

You can see in this picture E has started to sand it down.

 



 

Once E spent a week sanding the floors down (he did babys room and the spare bedroom) He bought stain and he fixed them right up. It looks amazing!!

 

 

Ryleigh's dresser was given to us by a friend. It didn't match her crib at all and I needed to sand it down and then paint it to match.

 

I also bought new handles and it looked fantastic!! I was impressed with myself.

 

We also bought one of those cube things from target for her room for her toys and books. I got to put that together. Thanks to E for the pics haha!!

 

E was getting ready to move it and I decided to sneak a few pictures hahaha

 

Pregnancy Week 21 through Week 25

Week 21 went by so fast. I didn't feel any different. But I was just anxious to find out about baby's heart and the golf ball.

 

 

 Week 22:

 

 

Baby is the size of a Papaya. She moves so much. The only symptoms I have are swollen feet and hands, mostly from all the sodium. I'm always hungry and I'm over emotional.

 

Week 23:

 

 

Baby is the size of a grapefruit. She moves all the time and sleeps when I sleep unless I don't feel her. Only my feet and hands are swollen by the end of the day. I crave milk. That is all I want. Chocolate milk, regular milk, cereal milk, just milk. I'm doing better as far as my water intake.

Week 24:

 



 

Baby is the size of a cantaloupe. Pregnancy symptoms I have this week are leg cramps, tiredness, and swollen feet and hands. Baby girl is still nameless. This was also my last pregnancy picture for 2013.

 

 

Week 25: 

 

Baby is the size of a cauliflower. She has slept a bunch this week and worried me a bit. But she is still there and still good to go. ;-)

 

 

 

 

 

(I am still catching up. I know these are from December 2013-April 2014, and we are now at the new year of 2-15. I logged all of this in my pregnancy book as well as on instagram.)

Sunday Funday; 4 Mile Hike

I've been itching to go on a hike for a while now. I was able to talk one of my friends Janae into going on one today. I was very excited about it and when I woke up it was windy out so I was worried we weren't going to be able to go. But after a phone call and checking the weather we decided to go.

We headed up to the Davis Mountains State Park a few miles north of Fort Davis, Texas. It was a beautiful day. The sun was shinning and the wind wasn't real bad. Janae let me pick the hiking trail and I picked a hike I felt wasn't too easy (so I don't bore poor Nae), and not too hard to put me into labor haha.

Of course as soon as we start the hike it doesn't take long for me to fall short of breath. LOL. Oh well pregnancy problems haha.

It was up a mountain and then back down a mountain. We got to see beautiful views of the Davis Mountains and some of West Texas. It was absolutely breath taking. (thats why I was short of breath haha)

I really enjoyed myself. The company and girl talk was perfect for a Sunday. Just what I needed.

Just a few pictures from the hike. Of course there are zero of myself because I carry the camera and I hardly ever let someone take a photo of me. But when I got home today I was bummed I didn't take a photo with Janae, and have her take just one of me with a pretty view behind me. Haha. I need to get better about asking for that. I'm sure we will got on another hike!! I enjoyed it too much not to.

I'm going to say real quick I am 26 weeks pregnant. I am going to catch up with the weekly posts but I wanted to take a break from that and post about this fun day I had. I mention I'm 26 weeks because at week 22 I was finally cleared from week 7's scare. It was great to finally be able to do something I enjoy.

Pregnancy Week 15 through Week 19

Catching up time. I wish I focused more on writing papers right now instead of updating this blog, but this is just way more fun. Ha

At 15 weeks Baby Girl or "Peanut" was the size of an apple. I had started the pregnancy at 123 pounds. By the end of the first trimester I was down to 112 pounds. But by week 15 I had gained all that weight back and was back up to 124 pounds. 

By this week the morning sickness had officially gone away, though I was still sensitive to smell. 

I was starting to get heartburn but I was able to take care of it with either a glass of milk or tums.

This week I was still in my skinny jeans using either a hair tie around the button or the belly bands. 

It seemed as though Peanut had shifted onto a nerve because anytime I would lay down my legs would go numb/tingly.

!5 Weeks Photo

 At 16 Weeks Peanut was at the size of an avocado. 

I craved Mexican food like crazy. That's all I wanted throughout the rest of the pregnancy.

Heartburn wasn't as bad this week.

I was still in my normal clothes which was very nice. 

 

16 Week Photo

Weeks 17 Through 19 we were moving from California to Texas. I don't remember much as far as symptoms or cravings. I do remember the crazy dreams had started to have. I also didn't record anything that was different. I had my energy back and I wasn't sick any more. My nose was still sensitive. My feet also started to swell about this point. It was very light swelling and it was only on the days that I was on my feet a whole bunch.  

I felt her moving around week 18. It was very light movement but it was very different than anything before and it was amazing. 

Week 17 Photo

Week 18 Photo (side)

Week 18 Photo (front view)

Week 19 Photo

The first week of November my California friends threw me a baby shower (that will be the next post), and then E and I packed up our home and drove a uhaul and both vehicles (E had it on the back of the uhaul)  with both the dogs as well to Texas. It took us 3 days.

The middle of November E and I drove back to California for a few last minute items we couldn't fit and for our final inspection. 

We also did some Christmas shopping while there. 

It was a very stressful, yet exciting, and sad month for me. The stress was from the moving and I wasn't able to help all that much. 

The excitement was from moving home to my family and starting a new chapter. Looking forward to our baby girl coming. 

The sadness was from leaving our home that we had made in California for 2 and a half years. That house was one of my favorite houses we lived in during the first 4 years of our marriage. That house I stayed in while E was deployed. That is the house we found out about Peanut. It was a very sad day for me to leave that house.

Pregnancy Week 12 through Week 14

I finally made my first goal of hitting 12 weeks. (Through this pregnancy I set goals for myself and I've hit each one thus far (today I'm 28 weeks and 5 days as I type this post)). 

I still had awful morning sickness. I was unable to keep anything down except a double cheese burger from McDonalds. If you know me then you know that I hate McDonalds so for that to be the only thing I not only wanted but the only thing that would stay down frustrated me to no end.

I was mostly bloated, but wearing jeans really irritated my belly. I started using a hair tie around my buttons, and then I finally got a belly band thing that was amazing!! 

13 Weeks I was finally nearing the end of the first trimester. I was starting to get less and less sick. I was still always tired but I was able to keep other foods down better. I still craved McDonalds, and I wanted Orange juice all the time. I had a drunken summer in 2008 were all I drank was screwdrivers and so to this day I cannot stand the taste of OJ. But baby wanted it, so baby got it. 

I was starting to show a little bit more. It mostly just looked like I was fat unless you knew me and knew I was pregnant lol. 

 14 Weeks came and I was really excited. E and I were going to get a 3D sono to find out baby's gender early for my friends who wanted to through me a baby shower before we moved from CA to TX. 

I was definitely showing more. My morning sickness was finally gone. I had more energy than the first few weeks. My nose was very sensitive to smell though. I couldn't stand the smell of dirty dishes, or the smell of dish water for that matter. The stink of the dogs made me sick to my stomach. 

I was really really enjoying that belly band thing also!! 

Here is Peanut Banegas in 3D!! Baby acted like daddy and didn't cooperate at the beginning. Had the legs crossed so we looked at the face for a bit. 

We found out we were having a daughter!! I was shocked. I had thought for sure she was a he!! I hadn't even thought of baby girl names. 

Her daddy realized then that he was in trouble. 

At the end of the sono she started to cover her face. She was over the sono and wanted us to leave her alone. 

I of course teared up when we saw her! I do every sono we have! It's just so amazing to see that I have a baby inside my belly, FINALLY! 

We've waited a long time for her and I'm so over joyed with her!!

Pregnancy Week 11

The Friday before I turned 11 weeks I received a phone call from my OB at 530 pm. She started the conversation by asking how I was doing and how I was feeling. I told her I was feeling great just exhausted but great other wise. She then started to tell me about how she received my lab results from the prior Monday and Wednesday and that my HCG levels were dropping and gave me the numbers. She then went on to say that I was miscarrying. She didn't understand why this was happening and that she was so sorry. She stated how she believed in miracles. She asked me to come in Monday for more blood work and that we would be watching the levels drop to zero and then do a DNC.

I was devastated. I was confused. We had just seen the baby on an ultrasound just days before. It wasn't fair. I wasn't having any cramping and I had stopped bleeding from my week 7 scare. It was a rough phone call to take. I was even more mad that she had called me on a Friday afternoon at 530. Way past time for the doctors office to close (they close at 4pm) and the next day was E's 25th birthday and I had a fun night planned for him.

I was actually in bed trying to take a nap after a long day at work and I couldn't fall asleep anymore I was crying to much so I went downstairs. E saw me crying and asked why. I finally was able to stop the sobs to get my words out and tell him. The look on his face was so sad. He didn't understand it either. He said "well we can just wait until Monday and see what the doctor says. Maybe its a mistake."

I remember texting my dear friend Leah and telling her. She called me moments later and said to go over because she had a doppler we could try to find the heartbeat. So I went and the first thing she said was, "since you are so early we may not be able to find the heartbeat so do not freak out." I laid down and we placed it on my belly and she found it instantly. It was still in the high 140s-150s. That was def. comforting and I was able to calm down. We sat and did some research and found that at week 10 the levels do drop and level out because the placenta is taking over. Once we read that I was even more hopeful.

I had also called my aunt who is an RN and she had called her OB nurse friends and they told her the same thing. So that all made me feel much better.

All weekend I tried to stay positive. and I did a great job putting up a front for all our friends who came to help celebrate E's birthday. But in the back of my head I had to keep in mind that I may actually be losing this baby.

Monday finally came and Leah went with me to the hospital. We walked in to see my OB and she asked if we went to the lab. I told her no and that I wanted to talk to her first. So we sat down with her and we showed her all the research we had found. We also told her about the doppler and the heartbeat. She shook her head in agreement and then simply stated "I never told you you were miscarrying." I told her yes you did and repeat what she had told me Friday and her reply was "oh you are right I did say that."

I was livid by this point. I asked her to do an ultrasound and if she once again can't find the baby I wanted to go back to radiology for a second ultrasound. She agreed to it and so that's what we did.

When she started the ultrasound she found this:

Peanut Banegas was fine. Moving and jumping around like a jelly bean. It was so great being right and so great to still have my baby. 

I took some late 11 week belly pictures. 

Week 11 was much better. Less stressful just know my baby was fine. My friend also let me take home the doppler so every night I would sit and listen to the baby. It was so peaceful!!!