The "real" bump and the 7 dwarfs

 I read this blog and this girl compared pregnant women to the Snow White's 7 dwarfs, which is funny and kind of true for me! The first few weeks I was pregnant I would have called myself "SNEEZY," because I stopped taking my allergy meds and that's all I was doing. The next few weeks I became "SLEEPY" I literally fell asleep in my chair at work! Then who decides to grace me next...."GRUMPY" lol with these hormones going crazy my emotions have been up and down. Since this pregnancy is all new to me I have become "DOC" trying to diagnose any new symptoms that come on! Then comes "DOPEY," I can't lie I have had my moments of being forgetful and a  little out of it! As far as being "BASHFUL" hmmm I tend to be shy anyways and actually I feel kind of the opposite these days, so maybe that one doesn't completely apply yet. And now being in my 2nd Trimester, I guess you could say I'm "HAPPY" I love feeling like I'm alive! So there you have it me as all 7 dwarfs!

Anyways I have had a good couple weeks but it seems that in the last week and a half I have had a growth spurt! I cannot tell you how much hungrier I am now, it's insane! I want to eat all the time! I'm usually going to bed hungry thinking about what I am going to eat for breakfast the next day...yeah it's pretty sad! I took some pics this week but I really feel the camera is not doing justice to how big Im starting to get! But seriously there is a bumpy there!!! I wore my first pair of maternity jeans, and I love them! They are so comfortable I can tell I will be wearing these quite often!
Then to top off the week, my best friend Kara came to visit me which was so much fun! We literally just picked back up from where we left off! Nothing like Timeless conversations! We also made the World's best Chocolate Chip cookies! I must say they were pretty good!

RECAP

WEEK 17

WEIGHT: 109

FOOD CRAVINGS: These days my cravings are influenced by commercials and people, if I see someone eating Taco Bell all of the sudden that sounds good to me and I want Taco Bell...so not a good thing for me!
WHAT'S NEW: I'm having weird side pains, belly button pains (Everything is stretching and growing making room for the baby :) my veins are becoming a lil more noticeable...kinda grosses me out

2nd Trimester

Im in my 2nd Trimester and boy do I feel great! I love that I feel like myself again, for a minute there I didn't think I was ever going to feel normal, which is understandable but I just felt miserable most days and completely drained. Don't get me wrong, I'm still more tired than usual but I find myself wanting to cook again and actually clean and do laundry (yes I really did miss doing those things) I heard you regain your energy back but after the last few weeks that beacon of hope was a lil small! This is probably the first week I haven't had nausea everyday. Last week we had our annual Master's Commission Conference, which messed me up a little. As much as I tried to rest, there was still the stress of getting everything done which caused me to be nauseous and give me an eye twitching problem for about a week. Which is why I didn't post week 13! But here we are now in week 14! 

After conference we took our team away on a retreat out in the middle of nowhere and it was amazing! 

When my husband and I got married it was out in the country and this place kinda reminded me of that. So peaceful, relaxing, and nothing but gorgeous views. Really we didn't do much but reflect on what God had done and is doing in our lives, it was absolutely what we needed!

Me and baby just sitting on the porch

On Tuesday we went to the Dr. and heard the heartbeat, I wanted to cry but surprisingly I held it in. (These days you never know when those tears might come.) I couldn't believe how loud and fast it was beating, so surreal! I'm getting more excited every week! In 6 weeks we will find out if it's a boy or girl but until then I will be that lil girl who is so excited to go to Disneyland she can't sleep!

Recap:

14 Weeks and 3 days

Weight: 108

Food Cravings: hmm... nothing extreme except everytime Im at a gas station or grocery store a bag of cheetos seems to come home with me :) (which is funny cuz I never ate cheetos before)

Morning Sickness: None
What's New: Clothes not fitting, almost can't hide the bump anymore (I'll post pics next time!)

Valentines Fun, Tattoos, and Traditions!

This week has been a really awesome one! I got a TATTOO!!! JK well I did but it's fake, I decided to put a heart tattoo on my belly in honor of our baby for Valentines, I know sometimes I can be cheesy haha. Hey sometimes you just gotta enjoy life and do something fun even the little things matter and who doesn't love a fake tattoo, I feel so cool!

My belly looks really round in this pic for some reason, I think it's cuz I changed the lighting effect on it ;(

For Valentines my hubby took me on a date but let me rewind..... When we first starting dating we wanted to make it fun, so I planned a date and Lance planned one and on the one I planned we went and painted pottery for each other, it was a lot of fun! And ever since I have wanted to go back and do it again. So where did my hubby take me...YEP that's right we painted pottery. I was so excited, the weather was rainy which made it perfect and seeing as how I don't have much energy these days it made it that much more better for me, and we were the only ones there so it was like we had a private studio! So now comes the time to figure out what to paint, I wanted to paint Lance something and he wanted to paint me something but we also wanted to share this with our baby. I guess people would be like why are you thinking about that when it's your last Valentines together but this is our life together and we are living it now and right now we are having a baby so we wanted to make it special! We decided to paint bowls, one for Papa Bear, one for Mama Bear, and of course one for Lil bear (do you see the pattern forming.. from Goldilocks?) 

Anyways we thought it would be neat to each have our own cereal/soup/ice cream bowl. And we also started a new tradition, when we decide to add to our family we will paint them a bowl! I love traditions because they create memories and give you something to look forward too, I can't wait to add more traditions to our family in years to come!
This week I got spoiled with 2 Valentine's Dates, my hubby and I celebrated the day before and tried out a new pizza place and then on Valentines my in-laws came to town and we got to hang out with them. We went to this really nice steakhouse called the Vineyard, and it was so sweet they gave us ladies a rose when they seated us!

Well I hope you all felt just as loved as I did and do! I am in my last week of my First Trimester so I'm hoping to regain that energy that I heard comes in the 2nd Trimester!

Recap week 12
Symptoms: I am starting to grow these lil curly cue hairs around the edge of my forehead  (I guess it's from the prenatal pills) still having a lil nausea here and there :( Also, I seem to be more forgetful these days..oh well
Weight: ??? haven't weighed myself yet probably cuz I have eaten a lot of chocolate my hubby gave me!
Food Cravings: Sour candy (preferably sour patch watermelons) really candy in general! oooh and Easter has my favorite candy so excited!