Week 16, 17 and 18!!

I knooooow!! I'm 3 weeks behind. I really am sorry and I will do better. So much has happened since my last post. As most of you probably know...IT'S A BOY!!! We are absolutely over the moon! The gender reveal party was the most amazing thing I have ever been a part of. I am so glad Josh and I chose to wait and share that moment with all of our friends and family. To this day, I still believe that this is not just mine and Josh's journey but everybody's who has stood by our side this last year. I will post pictures and the AMAZING video of the party soon. I PROMISE! So as I sit here in the airport waiting to board by plane to New Orleans, I thought I would take advantage or their {not free} Wi Fi and get caught up!

How far along? 18 Weeks

Baby is the size of an:bell pepper

Total weight gain: shot right on up to 13. Yikes!

Maternity clothes? Yes :) I know I COULD fit into my regular pants...but my maternity jeans are SO much more comfy and surprisingly cute!

Stretch marks? no siree

Sleep: ehh....I keep waking up laying on my stomach which is terribly uncomfortable as you can imagine. So im up numerous times throughout the night.

Best moment this week: Feeling my sweet baby move :) It's just me for now...ive got one anxious daddy and big sister on my hands!

Movement: Yes!! Finally!! 

Have you told your family and friends?Yes! 

Miss anything? Margaritas still. I just spent the weekend in New Orleans and let me tell ya...that was tough!

Food cravings: sweets...sweets...sweets

Anything making you queasy or sick? no!! Yippeeee

Gender: Boy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11

Labor signs: nope

Symptoms: Round ligament pains are OUT.OF.CONTROL. owwwwww

Belly button in or out? in 

Wedding rings on or off? on

Happy or moody most of the time? Happy!

Looking forward to? Seeing Tabor again!

15 Weeks!

{I need to get back to taking pictures when i'm dressed and not 

absolutely exhausted. Oh welllll}

How far along? 15 weeks 4 days

Baby is the size of an: apple 

Total weight gain: still hanging out right around 5

Maternity clothes? not yet...but scrubs should pretty much be considered maternity clothes

Stretch marks? no 

Sleep: waking up multiple times throughout the night. no bueno

Best moment this week: invitations sent out for the gender reveal party!

Movement: not yet

Have you told your family and friends?Yes! 

Miss anything? pretty much just feeling normal in general 

Food cravings: not so much cravings but I cannot seem to get full! uh oohhhh

Anything making you queasy or sick? not eating right when I get up. Josh and I had a very unfortunate incident in the car on the way to church on Sunday :(

Gender: AHHH who knows! We find out next week!

Labor signs: nope

Symptoms: Lower back pain is already getting the best of me. boo

Belly button in or out? in 

Wedding rings on or off? on

Happy or moody most of the time? Happy...but still hormonal 

Looking forward to? Seeing the baby next Thursday!!

14 Weeks!

Sorrrry...im a few days late.

        This is what every day, worn down, tired Kayleigh looks like. 

Scrubs and all. 

How far along? 14 weeks 

Baby is the size of a: lemon 

Total weight gain: 5ish

Maternity clothes? nope

Stretch marks? no 

Sleep: Not great. My back has really started to hurt :(

Best moment this week: My docotr's appointment was easy peasy. Which is always a good sign. 

Movement: not yet

Have you told your family and friends?Yes! 

Miss anything? Margaritas. I desperately want a frozen margarita.

Food cravings: nothing really new this week 

Anything making you queasy or sick? nope. I've actually felt ok the last couple of days (knock on wood)

Gender: The last couple of days I have been thinking girl...just because EVERYONE is thinking boy

Labor signs: nope

Symptoms: Really tired this week. All the energy is being suck out of my by this tiny human. 

Belly button in or out? in 

Wedding rings on or off? on

Happy or moody most of the time? Happy...but I do have my hormonal, irrational moments. 

Looking forward to? Starting the nursery. SOO many ideas!

Week 13

Well hello there 2nd trimester! SOOO happy to see you!! I know that things can always go wrong but every single book/website/doctor out there says that your risk of miscarriage SIGNIFICANTLY decrease after the first trimester. (insert deep sigh of relief here) We are just trucking right along! Less than 4 weeks until we find out if our sweet miracle will be wearing bows or bow ties :) 

How far along? 13 weeks 3 days

Baby is the size of a: peach :)

Total weight gain: weighing in at +3 

Maternity clothes? nope

Stretch marks? no siree

Sleep: I have my good nights and bad

Best moment this week: Finally feeling like I have some of my energy back! Im not 100% yet but well on my way!

Movement: not yet

Have you told your family and friends?Yes! 

Miss anything? Coffee...my sweet, sweet coffee

Food cravings: I've actually been wanting to eat healthy this week. Lets keep it up!

Anything making you queasy or sick? Nothing in particular but still sick all day long. Ready to be done with this part. 

Gender: Boooooy

Labor signs: nope

Symptoms: Nausea, nausea, nausea :(

Belly button in or out? in 

Wedding rings on or off? on

Happy or moody most of the time? Happy!! I think it has something to do with not be absolutely exhausted all of the time! 

Looking forward to? Our gender reveal party! The more I plan, the more excited I get!! February 9th!! 

Week 12

Here's to getting my energy back and my nausea going away!! Hopefully this will be the last week of that...we shall see. I will say though, it has been so much fun finally being able to talk about it! I'm still having people come up to me and hugging me with all they have, telling me that we are continually in their prayers. Once again...THANK YOU!!

 Hello baby bump!

How far along? 12 weeks

Baby is the size of a: Plum

Total weight gain: It depends on what time I weigh lol. Still hanging in at 1

Maternity clothes? nope. I did buy a belly and back support thing the other day for work!

Stretch marks? nada

Sleep: This week it is becoming uncomfortable to lay on my stomach...so i'm having to adjust

Best moment this week: Josh getting to hear the baby's heart beat for the first time :) He isn't able to go to any of my appointments but he came up to my office and we did it there. It was amazing :)

Movement: no

Have you told your family and friends? Yes!

Miss anything? Coffee...coffee...coffeeeee

Food cravings: sushi...it needs to happen ASAP

Anything making you queasy or sick? Still...just about everything :(

Gender: boy....but I will be just as happy with another sweet baby girl

Labor signs: nope

Symptoms: So. Nauseus.

Belly button in or out? in 

Wedding rings on or off? on...always :)

Happy or moody most of the time? Happy! Hopefully the moodiness is passing

Looking forward to? having my energy back. I NEED my energy back.

11 Weeks!

So it has come to realization that a week just isn't that long of a time. Especially when you have a full time job and a family to take care of. So when I get home...the last thing I want to do if get on my computer! So I will do my absolute best to post on time...but please forgive me if some are a few days late....like week 11. 

 

Pardon the awful hair. I tried something different. Never again. 

How far along? 11 weeks

Baby is the size of a: Lime

Total weight gain: 1 whole pound

Maternity clothes? nope

Stretch marks? nope...hoping for none

Sleep: Much better! 

Best moment this week: Finding out that I can actually eat some sushi!! That will DEFINITELY be happening in the near future!

Movement: not yet

Have you told your family and friends? Yes! Everybody is thrilled!

Miss anything? Still margaritas. But thanks to the book my husband got be called "Pregatinies" I now get to enjoy alcohol free cocktails :)

Food cravings: Chocolate chip pancakes. yum

Anything making you queasy or sick? Lately everything. My nausea has been at an all time high. I'm pretty sure I wouldn't make it without Zofran.

Gender: Still thinking it's a boy

Labor signs: nope

Symptoms: still incredibly nauseous. So ready to be done with this part

Belly button in or out? in 

Wedding rings on or off? on

Happy or moody most of the time? Still moody...being nauseous 24-7 isn't helping either

Looking forward to? Finding out the sex! 36 days!

Well Looky There...

Not long ago...I wrote a post called "What to Expect When you are NOT Expecting." It talked about the challenges and heartaches of trying to get pregnant. It is nothing other than a battle. Right after I wrote that post I had a come to Jesus...with Jesus...literally. I decided that I was done living my life 2 weeks at a time. It wasn't fair to my husband, the daughter I DO have, or myself. I let go. I began the Advocare 24 day challenge and was setting my mind to becoming healthier and more fit. I did not take any ovulation tests and was not neurotic around ovulation time. I can truly say with all honesty, I let God take the burden from me. Well..........4 short weeks later....

Well looky there...

GOD. ROCKS. 

After 4 terrifying, white knuckle weeks of blood tests and monitoring my high risk pregnancy...

I got to see my baby and hear it's precious heart beat. IT WAS THE SOUND OF VICTORY! Unfortunately Josh couldn't be there because he cannot take any time off while in the academy but I had my mom right by my side...eyes full of tears...sharing this beautiful moment. 

I want to say thank you to EVERY SINGLE PERSON who said even one prayer for us. I am a steadfast believer that there is nothing stronger than the power of prayer and we had so many people behind us. I feel like this is a victory for so many more people than just Josh and me. So to anyone who prayed for my family...I thank you from the very bottom of my heart. Please continue to pray for a healthy pregnancy...this battle is not over yet. 

SO....now I finally get to do what I have been planning on doing since I found out I was pregnant the first time in January of this year. I ran out and bought what I needed to make myself a chalkboard and picked out the template I wanted to use to document my pregnancy. Well, the chalkboard ended up being used for Lilly's scripture every morning...and unfortunately a few people I know have been blessed with pregnancies and they have used the questions I had planned on using but OH WELL! I'm not going to let that stop me from my original plan. I will use my blog to document the progress of my pregnancy...for y'all... and for me to look back on. I AM SO EXCITED! 

How far along? 10 Weeks

Baby is the size of a: prune

Total weight gain: ZERO

Maternity clothes? nope

Stretch marks? absolutely not

Sleep: Between the weird dreams and getting up to pee every 2 hours...not great

Best moment this week: Having Lilly see her new sibling on the sono. She had no idea!

Movement: no...even though Lilly checks every day ;)

Have you told your family and friends? Yes! We told them this week at our Christmas party!

Miss anything? Margaritas

Food cravings: Chicken pot pies...I know...weird

Anything making you queasy or sick? Coffee. Even the smell of it makes me gag :( saddest thing ever

Gender: 100% sure it's a boy

Labor signs: nope

Symptoms: so incredibly tired....alllll the time

Belly button in or out? in 

Wedding rings on or off? on :)

Happy or moody most of the time? honestly? moody. EVERYTHING annoys me. My poor husband and co-workers

Looking forward to? The morning sickness and CONSTANT nausea to go away

I hope yall enjoy going through our journey with us. I feel like so many of you are already a part of this journey...so the more the merrier!! 

Until 11 weeks...

Kay