15 Weeks

The 15th week has been one of those weeks where I could simply forget a few days, and be happy. Friday and Saturday to be specific. But for the happy/visual news first...my new picture. It is getting harder and harder to deny the fact that I am pregnant. I knew when it happened that I wouldn't be one of those "say it with a banner" kind of people. The kids I teach could really have gone one of two ways...Either ignored my protruding belly, or flat out ask. They went for the latter. It was really quite cute. One kid asked if I was pregnant, and I told him I was. Another kid pipped in and said, "I didn't want to ask in case you were just getting fat." Nice.
Then he adds, "You were like flat before, now you are getting round." Love it.

The new, rounder me.

The other exciting/painful news. I gave birth to a Kidney Stone this week. I have had one before, so once the pain started I had a sickening feeling of what it was. Hours later, I am in the doctor's office, pacing back and forth, waiting for them to tell me what I already knew. An IV, drugs, and antibiotics later...I am on my way home with a handy-dandy strainer.

The elusive stone put up a good fight, but I won this battle. Hopefully there will be no more in the future, so you don't have to read posts like this again!

First Baby Gift

We received our first baby gift in the mail. Not that we are expecting gifts at this point, because it seems a little crazy since we don't know what we are having, but a nice surprise anyway! My best friend in the whole wide world really, really likes Disneyland. Some would say that maybe she is a little old for this, but honestly after having my first Disney experience with her over the summer, I share her fondness for the mouse.

A package arrives at my door with a wonderful assortment of lemon flavored candies. Lemon: good for upset tummies, it'sdown right tastiness, and kidney stones. (See future post)

And wrapped up in tissue paper is the Baby C's first hat. Now this gift, although given out of love for our unborn child, was also given with a stipulation/demand. Baby C needs to spend it's first Christmas at Disneyland. At that point it will be about 5 1/2 months old. What a better way to spend your first Christmas? Who knows? Maybe it will become our new tradition.

Lil' C's new gear.

I really can't wait to see our baby in this. Who cares if it's July when it's born? It is definitely going on for at least a minute.

Thanks Julie and Wes!

14 Weeks!

I have made the decision to post "Belly"Pictures. I battled back and forth with the idea because in my mind, my "belly" has nothing to do with the baby right now...It's just my fat gut. But according to my mom, teachers at school, and my husband...It's not just fat. So here we are...My first "belly" picture.


Me at 14 weeks!


Now on the to the more interesting things. After having a conversation with fellow teachers, who also happen to be bloggers, and after blog stalking some soon-to-be-moms, I have finally figured out what to talk about....

Me! And of course the baby.

Symptoms: The past couple of weeks have been the best so far. My nausea is almost completely gone and I can actually stand the smell of most foods. I have been getting quite a few headaches. None that have been unbearable, but nonetheless, I hate headaches.

Food: Addicted to grape tomatoes. Can't stand most meat, especially chicken. After this weekend, we can also add steaks to the list. I think I could become a vegetarian...very easily. I have weird moments where I smell something and it reminds me of food... At church on Sunday someones perfume reminded me of barbecue, and I thought.."yes, I need Whole Hog!"

Baby: According to this very fancy chart I have...Lil' C is about the size of an apple...Really? Honestly, this whole baby growing in my belly thing still amazes and baffles me.

I MUST know the Gender!

How do people go through an entire pregnancy and not find out what they are having beforehand? That is insanity!!

I'm at the point right where I can't really have too many conversations about Lil' C. I can't talk about names, because there is a 50% chance that whatever name we talk and argue about doesn't matter anyway. I can't really look at nursery stuff. I do, don't get me wrong, but how can I get excited when I don't KNOW! And I don't want to get too attached to one thing, but it end up not being "the one."
Clothes- Sure, they're all cute. But why look when you don't KNOW....

This is where I am. Itching to buy something babyish, and yet I can't. I can hold on for the next 6 weeks, but how do these people do it for 9 months. UGH.

People were amazed that Heath and I kept the pregnancy a secret for almost two months...that was hard enough.
So to those crazy people who wait until birth to find out boy or girl...Kudos to you, but no thanks!

Here we go!

It was the shot heard around the world...Heath and I are going to have a baby! I think because we have been married for quite awhile (almost 9 years) and had convinced everyone that we were not going to have kids for years, that the news came as such a shock to everyone.

Here is a somewhat lengthy recap of the last two months:


November 6th - I had a gut feeling that I needed to take a pregnancy test. Although I thought my body was telling me a different story, my heart was telling me to "Go ahead, take a test!"

Less than a minute later, the little digital stick told me I was right! Heath was slightly taken aback, and was soon convinced by the stick. After some stomache jitters, and a few "Oh My Gosh's" we were pretty excited.

Later that night, I bought another test just to ease my fears that I had recieved a false positive. You will find that throughout this pregnancy I have always assumed the worst...

November 24th - First Appointment. Which is really to say, they asked a bunch of questions about how we were going to pay for having a baby. They drew some blood, I peed in a cup, and we were on our way.

December 6th - Minor scare. I was having some symptoms that just didn't seem right. So we called the after hours nurse, and was basically told to sit tight, and come in the next day for an ultrasound. Needless to say, those 24 hours were pretty worrisome. But on the 6th we saw the baby's heartbeat, and was issued Lil' C's first picture.

This whole time we had only told two or three people, and none of them were our family. We decided to hold off for awhile, and wait until Christmas to let everyone in on the good news.

Christmas Week- This was the big one! It was time to let everyone in on our little secret.

We told Heath's mom, who teared up.
We told my best friend, who was just as baffled and excited as I was!

Next on the list was my mom - It took a lot of determination and planning, but we got my mom, my grandma, and aunt together to tell them at once. We all posed for a picture, and Heath says, "Everyone say, Amanda's Pregnant!" SHOCK, in such an understatement. It took a few minutes for it to sink in. My mom says, "It is true?" After convincing her, the waterworks started and lasted on and off for days! It was definitely a great moment!

Heath's dad and Brother were last on our list - We got his dad a frame that said Grandkids, and put in a picture of Cutter. In the middle we put a piece of paper that said, "Coming Soon...July 2011." He was over the moon. Screaming, whooping and hollering! It was neat!

Since then we have had one other doctors appt where we got to hear the heartbeat. Just one more assurance that there is a baby in there, and that everything seems to be okay so far!