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Went to the doctor this morning just to hear the heartbeat and have a general check-up! I still weigh less than I did at my first pregnant dr appointment! I guess I was super bloated or something...isn't that strange? We got to hear our little ones heart and it's very healthy. Healthy should be between 120 and 160 and ours was 148 :) We discussed my raising heart issue and she said it is very common so I feel better abou that! I also asked about my intense migraines and she said from now on right when I feel one coming on I need to take 2 extra strength tylenols and drink a mountain dew then do it again every three hours until the headache goes away! Isn't that hilarious? She said it is sworn to work and it won't hurt the baby, she did say that my heart will probably race more during those times due to the increase in caffeine! I got answers to several of my other questions: The baby can fly anytime as long as the airline allows it and we have it suck on a pacif...
When we bought our house back in May we knew we'd be starting to try to get pregnant soon and we went ahead and picked out what would be the baby's room someday. Since we didn't tell anyone we were trying we knew we needed to go ahead and decorate that room so people wouldn't come into our house, see an empty room, and realize we were hoping to have a baby to fill it! We put all of my childhood furniture in the room and I got an old picture reframed and matted and we decorated it with a simple beach theme. Since we currently have two guest rooms and we knew this one would eventually be called the baby's room we named this space the Ethan Allen Room (named for the type of furniture in it haha). Sadly for us we decorated the room in May thinking it'd be awhile until we got pregnant and instead we were probably already pregnant then! Also, me being the planner that I am, we have already ordered our nursery furniture. It should be here within the next couple of week...
Am I showing as much as I thought I would be by now? Nope! I'll be 16 weeks tomorrow and as you can tell by this picture I look like a sorority girl with a beer gut, not a pregnant lady! It's so annoying because I haven't heard ONE person say I look pregnant...most people say how much I don't look pregnant. So basically they are saying they have always thought I had this gut? I am still wearing all my same clothes as usual and my pants even fit fine! I have gained more of a stomach but as you can tell from this one it dips down at the bottom and since I have always worn low rise pants anyway they all still fit! Ashley and I think I look a lot more pregnant without a shirt covering the tummy! And for the record we tried like a million times to get a shot with my face in it but I was having an UGLY day and I never looked right so hopefully you can get the idea without seeing my face :) I should be able to feel kicking any day now but since I don't know what k...
It has been wonderful that Brandon and Chrissy live in Gainesville as they are so much closer now and we get to see them more often! We decided awhile ago that we'd use our house to celebrate Brandon's 21st birthday since we are closer for them and we have more room for guests than they do at the apartment! I was really ready for some company! I get this little itch when I've been in Valdosta for too long without a vacation and having company for the weekend really helped me deal until we can get away the first weekend in October :) Mom is so thrilled to be a grandma soon and I was very excited to see her since I haven't had a visit since we told them the good news! She has gone overboard buying us cute baby things...she even joined a book club! It was so sweet of her though and I was sooo happy for her to finally see all the baby things I've bought including all my maternity clothes (that I am still not wearing yet!) It was also really sweet that Nana sent ...
Google has become my new best friend lately (or enemy depending on how you look at it). Since we have already ordered our nursery furniture I decided to start searching the internet for baby room theme ideas! I figured we'd pick bedding first then decide colors etc...well it's been WAY more difficult than I'd imagined. Originally I liked the idea of painting the whole room navy and doing "star light star bright" theme with white wooden stars everywhere and the words to the rhyme somewhere in the room. This idea created two issues: one I googled for hours and couldn't find any matching bedding and two Zach hated it. So I started googling again. Now before I went through the effort at looking at ALL the baby bedding in the world I talked to Zach and he said the only bedding he will really be happy with is sports themed. Keep in mind, we are not finding out the sex!!! So obviously that idea is out. After spending a lot of time and energy annoying Zach p...
