Wednesday, March 24, 2010

12 weeks!!!

This is the last week of my 1st trimester. Most of my energy has come back and the nausea is pretty much gone. I still gag every once in a while brushing my teeth and I still have super smelling powers but I think mostly now I'm just going to feel the wrath of the fatty!
I told my class the news and they were thrilled. They want to keep touching my belly and they refer to him/her as "skittles"...no idea why but it's kind of cute. One little girl asked me if it hurt when they put the baby in there...ahh! she thinks you got to the hospital and arrange to have the baby put in..haha...today another little girl asked me how Mr. Gaffney and I made the baby...I ignored her..haha. Then while reading about the ant life cycle we read the word "mate." They asked me what it meant and I said to reproduce and make baby ants. Then one boy got all excited and asked, "Hey, does that mean you and Mr. Kary flew into the air and mated to get that baby in your belly?!" I just laughed and said, "mooooving on." I'm sure the questions will keep coming but that's their parents job to educate them about that.
I am having trouble with my skin with lots of break-outs on my face..thank god for foundation. I am hoping that will go away soon as I move to the second trimester. I am looking forward to my 2nd trimester as I have heard it's the most comfortable you feel...considering ;-)



little baby bump...but it's there

Saturday, March 20, 2010

Beating Heart Baby!!

Today we finally got to hear the heartbeat! We were very excited but nervous. The appointment went really well. Kary was super excited to be able to be part of it. The nurse asked us like 100 family history questions. We do have a little history of twins....yikes. When she put goo on my belly I started to get nervous especially since she said there is a good chance we won't be able to hear it yet. The nervousness was gone in about 10 seconds when we heard it! It was "whoosh..whoosh...whoosh" and fast...170 beats a minute. The nurse said that was normal though for this stage. (some say that means a girl) It was super cool to have proof that there is a little somebody in there. He/she was low on my left side just hanging out. Kary and I were joking that our fetus is already a spazz with that rapid heart rate and most likely anxiety...haha. The doctor said we heard it so fast because I'm small and not a "large" woman...he said with them he has to sift through a lot of stuff...ha. We got a lot of reading material from the nurse and Kary was excited to share the part about pooping with me in the waiting room. Good stuff. He is amazing and has been so good to me. He always stops at the grocery store to get me all kinds of delicious healthy food and always makes me laugh. I have recently gotten back some energy and have started working out on wii active...gotta keep those thighs and booty in check! We are scheduled to go to our next doctor appt on April 23rd then the one after that we will be able to find out the sex :-)





Here is a bunch of reading material we got. We will probably sign up for the baby CPR
class and I'm trying to get Kary to take the bootcamp for first time dad's class..haha


Here is an outfit Uncle Sean picked out...and yes of course a little girl could also wear this! we'll just put a pink hat on her head :-)

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Monsters ate my consciousness!!!!!!!!!




I am 10 weeks now and the past 2 weeks have been EXHAUSTING! I have not been doing anything strenuous whatsoever...the problem is I have no energy! The fetus must be busy growing like crazy! It now is starting to look more like a baby and less like a tadpole. I have been napping everyday and going to bed early...however, I wake up and am still exhausted! I am hoping it goes away in the 2nd trimester because there is too much to do in a day and I don't have time to be sleepy..haha. I have been eating an insane amount of fruit...I love green grapes, strawberries, bananas, oranges and granny smith apples. I have all of these in the fridge at all times...yum!

We decided on a monster theme for baby even before we knew he/she was officially on their way. Kary and his mom and brother scored some awesome monster stuff a few weeks ago and I'm getting excited! There is even a "Naughty Monster" which is a monster pillow they sit on and it has a timer you can set and when the timer goes off it says, "You can get up now, but don't be a naughty monster." I'm sure we won't need that for years, but it will be Kary's ADHD baby...haha....that's all for now. I am in bed and it's naptime! 10 more days until we hear the heartbeat! :-)