24 weeks and counting...I feel like I am getting bigger by the day!
Happy Holidays to All!!
Thursday, December 29, 2011
Saturday, December 17, 2011
Photo shoot time
While my mom and sister were visiting over Thanksgiving I arranged an ultrasound at XDI Ultrasound, xdiultrasound.com, they are AMAZING there! It was such a special experience...although Tim and I had been through more ultrasounds than regular at this point in the pregnancy bcs. of my appendicitis, I wanted the grandmas and aunts to have a chance to be involved in a fun way. Tim, myself, his mom and sister and my mom and sister went to XDI where they all had the opportunity to see what was growing inside my belly. XDI records a DVD of the guests reactions to everything they are watching on the screen and sent us home with the DVD and many images captured of our little girl...they even did a gender re-confirmation while we were there, 2/2 ITS A GIRL!!
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Strong heartbeat
IT'S A GIRL...she was spread eagle for us ;)
Being a little camera shy
Being cute, showing her face...can't wait to see how she develops!!!!
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Friday, December 9, 2011
Halfway there!
Technically today I am 22 weeks, where is the time going?? I am back up and running and I feel like the time is just going to fly by and baby girl will be here before I know it. Good thing I have already started buying her shoes, haha! She already has some cute ruffle butt outfits thanks to grandma Schuster, some adorable onsies and newborn handme downs along with the most darling bathing suit EVER from her boyfriend Easton (and momma Amber), cousin Logan was kind enough to send some of his clothes that his Aunt Lynn (ME) had bought for him when he was just a wee little one...this girl already has her wardrobe started and I wouldn't have it any other way! :)
Pic of me at 20 weeks with the fam when they were visiting for Thanksgiving ( I personally think it looks like I have a 3rd boob :O)
And at 21.5 weeks
My belly feels like it is so much bigger in person than it really is and I realize I do still have a long way to go :O YIKES! At least I look pregnant and not just like I eat Thanksgiving dinner everyday :)
Pic of me at 20 weeks with the fam when they were visiting for Thanksgiving ( I personally think it looks like I have a 3rd boob :O)
And at 21.5 weeks
Monday, December 5, 2011
and the winner is...
A GIRL!!!
At first I didn't want to find out, then maybe have a gender reveal shower, then I decided Tim and I would find out together as our Christmas present to each other, and THEN my 19 week gender ultrasound was the Friday before Thanksgiving which threw all those others ideas out the window. Tim being the smart guy he is made some valid points including that my mom and sister were going to be visiting for Thanksgiving and we were going to start the registry while they were here, both families would all be together for Thanksgiving and when again would that happen??, and I think secretly he was anxious to know even though he kept telling me "we'll do whatever you want" ;). Of course taking all his points into consideration I decided ok well find out but NOT until Thanksgiving.
How we told family...
I had saved the original ring setting that Tim had proposed to me with, we had moved the center stone over to my ring I have now. I said to myself one day when I have a child I'd like to put the birthstone of the month of birth in that setting. Well-April birthstone is a diamond (fortunately and unfortunately, haha) to avoid the ring looking like another engagement ring that I would be wearing on my right hand I asked Tim if they had pink or blue diamonds, he said yes and our idea was born. He said "why don't we give the sealed envelope with the sex of the baby to the jewelry store and have them put the right color stone in it, we will open the box to find out the sex?", aww perfect I loved the idea, except now the hunt for the right stone in the right price was significantly decreased because we were now going to find out the sex in 5 days instead of the intended Christmas date. We right away drove the envelope down to the jewelry store and said "put ANY stone in the right color in we need it by Wednesday". Without flinching they took care of it, thank you Kurt and Coin Mart Jewelry (Tims' family jewelry store).
Thanksgiving we woke up and decided to open up the ring between the two of us...SOOOOOOO nerve wracking and exciting, I hadn't felt that way since the night we got engaged!!! So many things racing through my head and were we really ready for this? What if he really wanted the other sex? Am I going to be a good parent? There was something about finding out the sex that was all of a sudden going to make it that much more real. They had wrapped it up in a box then into a ring box, we both unwrapped the paper together then as he started to open the ring box I saw a glimmer of PINK and I gasped, he opened the rest of the way and it was confirmed I saw pink. I think we will be seeing lots of pink in the future ;)
We didn't tell my family right away we told everybody together at dinner. At Tims, his mom has a tradition that everybody go around the table and say what they are thankful for, it was the perfect time for the announcement. Tim and I went last and Tim ended his words of thanks by saying "we are thankful for our baby on the way and we can't wait to meet HER"!!!!! It was perfect, I loved that everybody was there together to hear, it was so fun to see the reactions to what they just heard, what a special memory that I am very thankful for :)
At first I didn't want to find out, then maybe have a gender reveal shower, then I decided Tim and I would find out together as our Christmas present to each other, and THEN my 19 week gender ultrasound was the Friday before Thanksgiving which threw all those others ideas out the window. Tim being the smart guy he is made some valid points including that my mom and sister were going to be visiting for Thanksgiving and we were going to start the registry while they were here, both families would all be together for Thanksgiving and when again would that happen??, and I think secretly he was anxious to know even though he kept telling me "we'll do whatever you want" ;). Of course taking all his points into consideration I decided ok well find out but NOT until Thanksgiving.
How we told family...
I had saved the original ring setting that Tim had proposed to me with, we had moved the center stone over to my ring I have now. I said to myself one day when I have a child I'd like to put the birthstone of the month of birth in that setting. Well-April birthstone is a diamond (fortunately and unfortunately, haha) to avoid the ring looking like another engagement ring that I would be wearing on my right hand I asked Tim if they had pink or blue diamonds, he said yes and our idea was born. He said "why don't we give the sealed envelope with the sex of the baby to the jewelry store and have them put the right color stone in it, we will open the box to find out the sex?", aww perfect I loved the idea, except now the hunt for the right stone in the right price was significantly decreased because we were now going to find out the sex in 5 days instead of the intended Christmas date. We right away drove the envelope down to the jewelry store and said "put ANY stone in the right color in we need it by Wednesday". Without flinching they took care of it, thank you Kurt and Coin Mart Jewelry (Tims' family jewelry store).
Thanksgiving we woke up and decided to open up the ring between the two of us...SOOOOOOO nerve wracking and exciting, I hadn't felt that way since the night we got engaged!!! So many things racing through my head and were we really ready for this? What if he really wanted the other sex? Am I going to be a good parent? There was something about finding out the sex that was all of a sudden going to make it that much more real. They had wrapped it up in a box then into a ring box, we both unwrapped the paper together then as he started to open the ring box I saw a glimmer of PINK and I gasped, he opened the rest of the way and it was confirmed I saw pink. I think we will be seeing lots of pink in the future ;)
We didn't tell my family right away we told everybody together at dinner. At Tims, his mom has a tradition that everybody go around the table and say what they are thankful for, it was the perfect time for the announcement. Tim and I went last and Tim ended his words of thanks by saying "we are thankful for our baby on the way and we can't wait to meet HER"!!!!! It was perfect, I loved that everybody was there together to hear, it was so fun to see the reactions to what they just heard, what a special memory that I am very thankful for :)
Friday, December 2, 2011
The Birthday Suprise(s)
So moving backwards a bit, before that nasty hospital adventure, we revealed to San Diego friends that I was pregnant by having them over for my birthday celebration/to watch the Chargers game. I wore the tshirt that said "Future Charger" on the belly (see previous blog) and people picked up on it fairly quickly, some walked right by and I had to point it out to them. Since I thought it would be fun to play a game and tell everybody the date and how I was feeling all togetherer and not the same story 20 times over, as people arrived I handed them little cards to have them fill out their best guess of our EDD (estimated due date). For the most part everybody was within a few weeks and two people were within a day, so that called for a tie-breaker :) CONGRATS to Ben who won a Chargers blanket as his prize (although he is a die hard Steelers fan so that might end up as a Christmas white elephant gift, haha) and Mike who was runner up!
It was lots of fun FINALLY sharing the news with everybody and getting LOTS of advice!
So that was the first surprise of the day, next surprise was on me! Tim handed me a gift and it was the case to the Lion King (I did actually ask for the movie for my birthday) and inside the case was the CD manual for a new Jeep Cherokee that was waiting outside for me!!! It felt like I was in the middle of a Christmas commercial, there was even balloons on it but they blew off right before I got outside . So we are all set with our "family mobile" - YAY!!! Here is a pic of the purty new car...
It was lots of fun FINALLY sharing the news with everybody and getting LOTS of advice!
So that was the first surprise of the day, next surprise was on me! Tim handed me a gift and it was the case to the Lion King (I did actually ask for the movie for my birthday) and inside the case was the CD manual for a new Jeep Cherokee that was waiting outside for me!!! It felt like I was in the middle of a Christmas commercial, there was even balloons on it but they blew off right before I got outside . So we are all set with our "family mobile" - YAY!!! Here is a pic of the purty new car...
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