19 weeks!

I am in such a good mood today! I just ordered our glider! Im a nerd but Im so excited lol! I cannot wait to let Shawn put everything together! Everything is going well! I started a new "mod" yesterday. Im not too thrilled about the classes Im taking now but oh well, at least it only lasts 5 weeks. I wound up with a final average of a 92 in preclinicals and an 89 in specialties. Everything is still going wonderfully.. just missin Shawn per usual.
Friday night (more like Saturday morning..it was 3:30 am) the neighbors behind me fired a gun off.. it woke me up and scared the crap out of me so needless to say I never did go back to sleep. So most of my Saturday was spent being a vegetable on the couch. Well Baby C got into a kicking mood (ah I looove it) and I put my hand to my belly and BAM! I felt Baby C kick my hand!! I just sat there laughing! I love it! I cannot wait for Shawn to come home and HE be able to feel the baby!
1.more.week. ahhh 1 more week til we find out what Baby C is! I am so excited! I have no idea how I will survive Monday and Tuesday. lol. I am so glad Lauren is coming up and spending the week with me! Let the shopping commence! :)

Heres the weekly update:

**How far along? 19 weeks!
**Total weight gain/loss: whoa. like 8 lbs.
**How Big is Baby?: as big as a 6 in sub!!
**Maternity clothes? I ordered 2 pair of jeans so hopefully they come this week! I cant wait to rock my skinny maternity jeans :)
**Stretch marks? nooo
**Sleep: i have been tossing and turning a lot!
**Best moment this week: feeling Baby C with my hand!
**Movement: YES! tonsss of it! Besides the boobs, definitely my favorite thing!!
**Food cravings: I still havent had fried shrimp.
**Gender: O-M-G next week!!!!!!!
**Labor Signs: no no
**Belly Button in or out? still in there!
**What I am looking forward to: finding out if Baby C is a boy or a girl!!
**Milestones: Baby Cs kidneys are functioning!

18 weeks!

Time is flying! we are just 2 short weeks from the 1/2 way point AND from finding out what Baby C is!!! I am so excited! Lauren is driving up the day before and going to the appointment with me, and actually staying the whole week! So she will get to go to both appointments that week! Everything is going so great, minus Shawn not being here. I am definitely feeling our little nugget kick and move around! So it just confirms that I did feel the baby at 16 weeks..they are just a lot harder and more frequent now! So exciting!! And who knows, if it is a boy maybe we have a new UGA punter on our hands :) We can only hope! We have picked out nursery furniture and are pretty set on bedding although Im still not 100% on the girl bedding we picked out. I called the base daycare today and they told me its a 9 month wait right now but not to worry when I call to go on the active list if there arent any spots available they have a list of at home providers that we can take the baby to. So my mind is at ease a little with that. I really wish I could stay home but I know I need to finish school. It will only be for a few short months anyway. Speaking of school, I have finals tomorrow and Thursday! Just another thing that is flying by, but I can honestly say it doesnt bother me :)

Heres the weekly report:

**How far along? 18 weeks!
**Total weight gain/loss: like 6-6.5ish. I really need to invest in a digital scale.
**How Big is Baby?: A large tomato
**Maternity clothes? I found some super cute skinny jeans and a few other things im gonna go pick up this weekend :)
**Stretch marks? nooo
**Sleep: I love that maternity pillow. So do the dogs. Its a fight over who is going to sleep with it lol.
**Best moment this week: feeling my nugget more and more!!
**Movement: YES!
**Food cravings: orange candy slices with peanut m&ms and I still want fried shrimp. Im going to dinner tonight with friends so hopefully we go somewhere with shrimp!!
**Gender: 2 more weeks !
**Labor Signs: no no
**Belly Button in or out? In
**What I am looking forward to: finding out if Baby C is a boy or a girl!!
**Milestones: Growing is now the big priority! Grow baby grow!!

17 weeks!

17 weeks! Thats almost 1/2 way! I just cant believe it! Im so happy that in 3 weeks we will be finding out if Baby C is a boy or a girl. Even though Im still convinced boy! Everything is going great. Last weekend I finally realized Im turning into everything I said I would never be, and doing things I said I never would. I had to go to Target last weekend for some things and I just happened to wind up in the childrens books. I know that Baby C can hear now so I decided I would buy a book and read to my belly. lol. It sounds just as crazy typing it as it does in my head. Well I wound up buying 3. and thats not all. I bought a cd. I stood there reading all these books, CRYING while reading them, so I got all 3. And each night I read a book to Baby C and play the cd. Dont judge me lol. Oh and then my worst nightmare showed up at the door. I was starving, it was lunchtime, and boyscout with popcorn brochure shows up. I have no idea what I even ordered or how much haha.

School is still going good. Next week is finals. I cant believe Ive already completed another 5 week mod! I know I will be taking dental office management next mod, but I dont know what the other class is. Please pray for me that its not math. Im doing so good. I would hate to screw it up now! ;)

Shawns good. Nothing new going on there. Today is my sweet babygirls 2nd birthday! So happy birthday Chloe B! She got a new bone, 3 new toys, & a new harness. Her cake is cooling as I type and for dinner shes having chicken nuggets & tater tots. Which is one of her favorite meals. I still remember the afternoon Chloe was born. Out of 12 puppies she was the 2nd fattest and everytime you picked her up she growled. It was adorable.

Heres the weekly update :

**How far along? 17 weeks!

**Total weight gain/loss: ha +5. Who knew I would ever be this happy to gain weight

**How Big is Baby?: A large orange

**Maternity clothes? I should really start incorporating these into my wardrobe.

**Stretch marks? nooo

**Sleep: ahh I went and bought myself a maternity pillow. Best $60 Ive EVER spent.

**Best moment this week: getting the best sleep ever. Im not even joking.

**Movement: YES!

**Food cravings: mm I bought myself a red velvet cake Sunday and I could really go for some fried shrimp lol.

**Gender: 3 weeks !

**Labor Signs: no no

**Belly Button in or out? In

**What I am looking forward to: finding out if Baby C is a boy or a girl!!

**Milestones: Around this time brown fat develops under babys skin to keep him warm at birth. and Baby Cs lungs are now preparing to take in oxygen!

Mark your calendars!

Langley just called (Langley AFB, where I will be delivering) & told me that my anatomy scan/gender determination is September 8th at 2:30! ahh I am so excited! The countdown is definitely on now! I needed some good news today. My dogs have been hellions. I promised Shawn though, that I wouldnt tell anyone until he knew. So hopefully I wont have to keep it a secret long!

yayy!! :))

4 months!

4 months. Still not far but getting further! :) Not much to report since my doctors appointment Friday. I have been on a emotional roller coaster since the weekend. Not fun, let me tell you and purely exhausting. Sunday I think I cried for about 4 hours for absolutely NO reason. But I know its all part of it, and it will pay off in the end. :)

Heres the weekly update:

**How far along? 16 weeks
**Total weight gain/loss: as of Sunday I dropped another 2 lbs. I havent weighed myself since but Im hoping the pizza, MacDonalds, & ice cream has at least put me back on the scale
**How Big is Baby?: A large pear
**Maternity clothes? no. i still rock the one pair of shorts though
**Stretch marks? no
**Sleep: a lot better than last week. I think Im gonna go buy a body pillow this week
**Best moment this week: hitting the 4 month mark
**Movement: i thought i felt something but im not going to say yes just yet...
**Food cravings: nothing this week
**Gender: NEXT MONTH! still set on baby boy!
**Labor Signs: nope
**Belly Button in or out? In
**What I am looking forward to: feeling Baby C move & finding out the sex!!!
**Milestones: Baby C has eyelashes and can squint and frown. His eyelids are sealed, but he can percieve some light. And although theyre too tiny for me to feel, Baby C may even be having tiny hiccups :) aww

Forgot Again

Im going to eventually get used to the whole blogging thing. Bare with me until I do. This was taken this morning before my appointment. :)

15 weeks!

I am on cloud 9. I just got back a little while ago from my doctors appointment. It was nothing. They weighed me, took my blood pressure, we talked and then the best part... I got to hear baby c's heartbeat!! Boy it was just a goin at 156 bpm! Then I had to give some blood to do a quad test. I absolutely LOVED the doctor I saw today, I really hope she is the one to deliver the baby. Dont get me wrong I liked the other one but I just clicked with the one today. She came in just as energetic as I was and we talked like we had known each other forever. She asked me how I feel and I said not pregnant and she laughed and pushed me down on the chair and felt my tummy then grabbed my hand and said feel that? thats the top of your uterus..youre definitely pregnant! lol then we heard the heartbeat and thats when she said well.. if thats not a baby i dont wanna know! haha. She commented on me not gaining any weight and said its perfectly normal especially since Im so petite. She asked about my eating habits and things and I told her and she said if I continue that way I probably wont gain more than 15 lbs... but not to be alarmed if I do ;)! I know I am a little late writing this week and I said there would be 2 but boy it has been a hectic week. School is always draining, and then Tuesday night I had a fabulous dinner with my friend Stephanie. She gave baby C his/her first gift! Baby C got a lot of great stuff. Wednesday.. I dont remember and then last night we had a bad bad storm and the power was out for about 4 hours. School was good this week. I took 3 quizzes, got a 93, 87, & an 80. I found out I cant do forensics, and of course he tells me this after he told this awesome story about a plane crash he covered in the Everglades and that there were so many gators that they had to hire gator hunters and then theyd have to cut open the bellies and pull out the different human parts/remains. So for the queasy Im sorry but I love that stuff. I cant do it because they usually only recruit the dental teams from Air Force bases. LAME. So my new specialty is going to be orthodontics. I know its not nearly as exciting as forensics but thats how life goes. Ive heard from Shawn a good bit this week and last week we actually got to webcam!! He is doing good, just hot and ready to come home. I have 2 appointments next months. Just another regular appointment and then FINALLY we get to find out what Baby C is. These 5 weeks couldnt go by fast enough!!

**How far along? 15 weeks 4 days!

**Total weight gain/loss: back to 0

**How Big is Baby?: about the size of a large apple :)

**Maternity clothes? still just that 1 pair of shorts.

**Stretch marks? no but oh gosh. funny story. i sleep in my sports bras and I guess the other night it left an indentation and I thought it was a stretch mark. I freaked out all morning. lol

**Sleep: actually. terrible. I couldnt get comfortable at all this week.

**Best moment this week: hearing Baby C's heartbeat

**Movement: getting so close. I thought I felt something the other day but Idk I might just attribute that to gas ;)

**Food cravings: nothing abnormal. I have been craving fried pickles like its my job!

**Gender: 5 more weeks, I still am set on baby boy!

**Labor Signs: nope

**Belly Button in or out? In

**What I am looking forward to: feeling Baby C & finding out the sex!!

**Milestones: Baby C can hear this week!!