Baby Belly Pics-13 weeks 3 days

Here are some pictures of my slowly growing baby belly. I took these at 13 weeks 3 days. On Sunday, I will officially be into my 2nd trimester of pregnancy. Yeah! My next OB appointment is on Monday. We should be able to use the doppler at this point although I'm secretly hoping for another ultrasound too. I am still throwing up about every other day or so and feeling sick every day. I guess that's life being pregnant...for me anyways. This is my favorite and most comfortable pregnancy outfit right now.

The other week, I was looking for a crib in the papers and on ebay as my sister and niece are going to be coming to visit in August and we need somewhere for Bekah to sleep while she's here. I bid on a crib on ebay that still had two days left on it and I only upped the bid by less than $3 so I thought surely someone would outbid me. However, when I checked two days later, I had won the crib! So, I accidently bought this crib and got a better deal than I would have in the stores. It's a 3 in 1 crib which means it also converts to a toddler bed and a twin. The color didn't really match the picture online but I do like the crib still and I think it'll work great for Bekah and the baby. The last picture is the picture from ebay. We still haven't assembled the crib yet.

Happy Birthday Phil!

Today is my husband's birthday! I'm so excited to be able to spend this special day WITH him since I have not been around on many of his birthday's since we started dating and got married. Phil and I have continued to grow closer in our love and support for each other through the years and I am so blessed every day he is in my life! I love you babe and wish you much happiness today and in the years to come!

4th of July

Here's a few pics to hold you over. Phil and I drove to a town named Meeker about an hour and a half from where we live. We went with Jessica, my co-worker, and her husband, Ben. I'll tell you more about it later when I feel more up to writing.

Barefoot, Pregnant but not in the Kitchen

Well, here's my first baby bump pictures. From the front you can't really see anything and from the side you can just start to see the baby bump. I am exactly 12 weeks today. Enjoy!

Today

I read about the Glenwood Springs farmers market in the newspaper this week so Phil and I thought we'd go. Needless to say, we were a little disappointed. There were about 4-5 small booths with a small selection of fruits and veggies. I ended up buying an "organic" lemon square for $3.25. The market definitely wasn't as big as we were expecting. Then, we drove to Costco (it's about an hour away from us). We needed to return our camera that we bought on May 5th as the lense wasn't opening fully or closing fully. It's a nice camera but hopefully we won't have the same problem with our next one...we just exchanged it. While at Costco I started to feel pretty sick so I spent the whole drive home crouched in my seat hoping I wouldn't throw up in our rental car (our Audi's in the shop). After I wrote that last post about feeling better I promptly threw-up within an hour of writing it! Sad huh. Still having rough days but they're better than they were.

The UPS and downs of Pregnancy

Well, as one of my pregnant friends wrote, "I am ready to begin enjoying my pregnancy." Not that I haven't been excited to be pregnant of course, but I am finally seeing the light at the end of the morning sickness tunnel. I am now throwing up just a couple of times a week and have been feeling much better overall throughout the day. I am also not so tired that I have to take naps on every one of my lunch breaks at work. My tummy is just starting to show my pregnancy with a bit of a pudge under my bellybutton. So far, I'm still on a downward trend with my weight which I'm fine with as my pants are actually getting looser before they start to get tighter. On Sunday I will be 12 weeks already! Only 1 more week after that and I'm officially in the second trimester. Fun, fun, fun!

Strawberry Festival

A week ago, Phil and I went to the Strawberry Festival in Glenwood Springs. We had heard a lot about it but didn't really know what to expect. It was split into two sections. In one area of town was a large craft show with lots of vendors. The food booths were also over there. We enjoyed walking around, trying samples and eating some tasty chicken on a stick. We had purchased some tickets in town a few days prior for the rides. I know what you're thinking, a pregnant woman shouldn't be going on rides. We didn't do many and what we did were safe. We went on the swings, ferris wheel, walked through the fun house and went down the slide. All in all we had a nice time enjoying each other's company and the smells and sounds of the festival. It was pretty packed at the ride area as you can see from the picture taken on the ferris wheel. Early in the evening at the carnival area, Phil decided to pay $5 for a basket of rings to try to ring the bottle. I was very skeptical of him playing and the lady selling the rings said, "We've already had 2 winners today." Woopee...two winner's out of hundreds! I wasn't impressed. However, Phil graciously shared his basket of rings with me and I must admit, I did enjoy playing as well. When I had only two rings left, all of a sudden, one of the rings landed on the bottle and I shouted a very suprised, "I won, I won!" It was a pretty fun win. So, I was the proud third winner of the night and got to pick my prize. I chose a large tiger that we enjoyed touting around the carnival that night. Phil was very helpful and piggy-backed Tiger for much of the night. Probably the funniest part of all was Puma's reaction when we arrived home with Tiger. She came to greet us but when she saw Tiger she ran under the couch and started crying. She was terrified of the tiger. We put her in the bathroom with it so she could adjust but she just cowered in the corner. We moved the tiger over towards her and left the door open and the poor kitty was too terrified to even jump over the tiger to leave. She has warmed up to it quite a bit and will now even bite the tail. She's still not friends with it but she doesn't poof up her tail and raise her hackles when she sees it now. Phil and I had a great time at the Strawberry Festival and will look forward to going again in the future with our little one in our arms.

Ultrasound #2

Today I went in for another OB appointment and everything went well. My doctor used the doppler to try to hear the baby's heartbeat but she was unable to find the heartbeat even after a number of tries. I wasn't too worried as I had thrown up my breakfast about 30 minutes prior so I figured Baby was just hiding like the Doctor said. Of course, until you know for sure there's that little fear in the back of your mind just wondering if everything is okay. So, I got to have another ultrasound today!!! Yipee!!! The doctor saw the baby right away and he/she was waving at us with it's little tiny arms. I absolutely loved seeing my baby again and this time I could actually see the arms, legs, heartbeat and of course the body. It was beautiful! I'm going to attempt to include two videos I took of the ultrasound today. I've never posted videos before so they might have to come later. Baby measures 2.99 cm long and has a heart rate of 164 beats/min. Enjoy!

When I find time/energy, I'll post about our visit to the Strawberry Festival last weekend. We had a lot of fun!

The first video is probably the better of the two.

Knives and Rollerblading

This past weekend, Phil and I went for a beautiful rollerblading jaunt down by the river. (with doctor's permission of course). I absolutely LOVED the smells of the flowers and plants. It was truly refreshing. We bladed for 6 miles along the river in the evening. I saw butterflies, chipmonks, caterpillars, birds, a snake and lots of bugs. We had a lovely time and unfortunately, I left my camera in the car so I didn't get to take any pictures. Hopefully, next time I'll get some.

On Sunday night Phil was helping me clean out the dishwasher and he emptied the silverware holder of everything except a large kitchen knife. The weight of the knife unbalanced the carrier and the knife flipped out down to the ground...and into Phil's foot. The point of the knife went into the top of his foot between his two biggest toes. Although he didn't feel it actually go in, he looked down and there was lots of blood. We put pressure on the wound and the bleeding stopped. I cleaned up all the blood and then called Phil's mom for advice. Poor Phil! He's having a hard time because wearing shoes hurt his feet. Hopefully it'll heal soon. So, moral of the story, put the sharp knives away first then put away the silverware.

Accent Quiz

I took this quiz and I thought I might sound like I was from back East because I don't feel like my accent changed at all moving to CA. However, it's interesting that it identifies me as having a midland accent from the West.

What American accent do you have? Your Result: The Midland   "You have a Midland accent" is just another way of saying "you don't have an accent." You probably are from the Midland (Pennsylvania, southern Ohio, southern Indiana, southern Illinois, and Missouri) but then for all we know you could be from Florida or Charleston or one of those big southern cities like Atlanta or Dallas. You have a good voice for TV and radio.
The West
Boston
North Central
The Inland North
The South
Philadelphia
The Northeast
What American accent do you have? Quiz Created on GoToQuiz