7 weeks

I'm a few days late, but I've been catching up on some very much needed sleep! No new symptoms, I'm just still very tired and very nauseaous at times. But for the most part, I feel pretty good.

So I kind of look like a zombie in this picture, but I have come to realize that when I stand up straight, my legs freakishly bend backwards so in this picture, I'm concentrating on keeping my legs straight!

Still just bloat at this point, but I'm looking forward to actually looking pregnant instead of just looking fat!

Now to change the subject, can yall believe the string of celebrities that are dying? Ed McMahon, Farrah Faucett, Michael Jackson and now Billy Mays?!? That's crazy!

Happy Monday to you all! Don't work too hard today!

The Drano Test

So after I bought my $15.00 bottle of Drano Max Commercial Grade Drain Cleaner, I realized that I was supposed to buy crystal Drano to perform the test with. But I thought, what the heck, I'll do the test anyway. Drum roll please.....

Indoors it was a blueish color...


Outside it was a shade of green...


Both pointing straight to GIRL! But I'm still convinced we are having a little boy!

And what kind of blogger would I be if I deprived you of pictures of Bella? I came out of my bedroom one day last week to find Bella sitting in my recliner, watching The Golden Girls...


I mean, she's not spoiled or anything, with her Alabama blanket pulled half way up, her arm on the armrest and her cute new haircut!


Sleepy eyes...


Well I've been feeling like crap for the past couple of days. So tonight, I'm going to relax and do NOTHING. I am really starting to learn my limitations with this pregnancy! I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

Our 2nd ultrasound

Everything went great, once we got out of the waiting room housing three hellian children. Our little one is doing perfectly and is right on schedule!

Here is a picture of the bambino! The two lines going across the baby are the beginnings of it's spine.


AND.....we got to see AND hear the heartbeat for the first time! SO awesome! The top of the picture has two rods that are zeroed in on the beating heart and the bottom, though kind of hard to see, is the heartbeat!


Notice how I said bambino? With the heartrate being on 129bpm, we are thinking it's a boy! Everyone I have talked to so far that has a girl had a heartrate in the 150s and 170s. Only time will tell!

My doctor said he wanted to see me back in four weeks for another ultrasound, just to make sure everything is still progressing the way he wants it to. I've lost the 2 pounds that I gained, but I still look bigger. He said that it was mainly water retention combined with the fact that when you are pregnant, your bowels completely re-route themselves and bloat up. With me having IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome), they are realllly bloating up! So that's why I look like I'm having twins! I'm not by the way-having twins. Just one! Also-no more big meals. He said I should be eating 6-7 small meals a day and I shouldn't eat just because I'm hungry. I shouldn't eat more than every 2-3 hours.

So there you have it dear blog friends!

Baby Furniture

Ok, so here is what I have so far:

I like the overall design of this crib. I'm not too crazy about the little piece on the top though, but this is really the ONLY crib I have come across that I like and doesn't cost over $1,000!

Now I just have to talk the hubs into it!

A fortune

Remember we ate at my favorite restaurant, PFChangs, Saturday night? Well at the end of the meal, they always give you a fortune cookie. On one side, it tells you your fortune and on the other side, it gives you a simple word like tree, car, hat, etc. and tells you how to say that word in Chinese.

Brad's fortune read:


Ironic, don't you think?

And the word on the back?


How's that for a fortune!

6 weeks

"You won't believe what a difference a week makes." That's what my doctor told me last week at my ultrasound. Now, as I lay in bed concentrating on not puking my guts up, I have to just laugh at that statement. A week ago, I was sure that I was going to be one of the lucky few that didn't have any morning sickness. HA. Isn't that hilarious. When I was 5 weeks, I would have little hints of nausea here and there but definitely nothing I couldn't handle. Then yesterday while we were in Birmingham, on my lentil bean's 6 week birthday, the nausea slapped me in the face. And I've been sick ever since. Lucky it's the weekend though, so I can lay in bed whenever the nausea strikes. I'm just worried about tomorrow when the work-week starts and finding a bed will be a little more complicated.

We went to Babies 'R Us and Storkland yesterday. And I found NOTHING I liked. I was really discouraged. So I guess I'm just going to look harder here in town and see what I can come up with.

Here is my 6 week picture! All bloat I assure you.


And because I forgot last week, here are my 5 week pictures!




So now I'm going to go back to bed, depressed that I missed church AND Father's Day lunch with my husband and his family. Sweet dreams!

Getting used to pregnancy

Here I am, moving right along into my 6th week of pregnancy...and it's a lot different than I expected. I assumed I would be nauseaous all the time, but other than that I would feel like my normal self. WRONG! Pregnancy is a LOT harder than I first thought. I'm already wearing my Bella Band, not because I can't fit into my jeans, but I just feel more comfortable without them buttoned. And I'm only 6 weeks! I thought I would be able to wear all my normal clothes until I was like 5 months! And the thing that really gets to me is when I'll be starving to death. And I mean to DEATH....I'll shove so much food in my face that by the time I'm done, I am so miserable I can't even move!! And I stay miserable until about an hour later when my little sesame seed decides it's STARVING again...and the process starts all over! And by the way, is it possible for me to just take a nice long nap until my second trimester? I can barely hold my eyes open past 1:00pm everyday! So I'm trying to get used to this new normal. And believe me when I tell you that I am not taking any of this for granted. I would much rather be a hormonal wreck than to not have a baby in my tummy! Now excuse me while I go take a nap...

Oh and one more thing.....for those that I totally confused with my clues, here are there explanations:


Clue #1-This was Brad and I the morning I took the tests!


Clue #2- was a picture of a poppy seed plant because at the time, the baby was the size of a poppy seed!


Clue #3- was a dead rabbit, after the old saying "I killed the rabbit"-meaning I'm pregnant (which I have come to find out that NO ONE under the age of 40 (except me!) understands)!


Clue #4- Sesame seeds because now the baby is the size of a sesame seed!


Clue #5- was a picture that said, "Happy Valentine's Day!" because the baby is due then!

My blood results

My doctor just called and said that everything came back perfectly fine. He said that he was really impressed with my numbers and felt very good about things. My beta level was 30,482....is it just me or does that sound extremely high for only being 5 weeks?!?! I asked him if he thought it could be twins and he said, "Well yeah it's a possibility but don't read too much into the number." EXCUSE ME!?!?!??!!?!?!!? I figured if there was more than one, we would have been able to tell by the unltrasound. Is that why he wants to see me next week for another ultrasound?? AHH!!!

Baby Bedding

I've been browsing with my sister for baby bedding. Brad and I have every intention of finding out the sex of the baby as soon as we can! So I can't go out and buy baby bedding just yet...but I'm a planner. I plan. So here are a few favorites that I've come across:

Boy Bedding:






Girl Bedding:







I really like paisley and damask. Can't you tell? So now that we know there is only one bean in my pod, Brad, his Mom, my Mom and I are going up to Birmingham this Saturday to shop for baby furniture! YAY! I know I want it all white and I haven't really seen anything here in town that I just love. So Birmingham it is. And you KNOW I can't go to Bham without stopping by PFChangs! So we are eating dinner there! Whoopie!!

I'm PREGNANT!

You ALL got it right! After I posted last Tuesday, asking if yall thought I should test, I told myself that if I woke up Wednesday morning and my temperature was still high, then I would test. Well Wednesday morning, it was as high as it's ever been so I thought, What the heck? I had no expectations. It was almost just for fun. I tested and the line showed up immediately! I just stared at the test......thinking-holy crap, my life just changed forever in an instant. I woke up Brad at 6:10am (side note-I never wake him up until at least 6:30am) so he woke up and looked at the clock, seeing how early it was, he looked back at me and said, "Maaaaan, it's too early to get up!" I said, "Umm....I need you to wake up!!" He said, "Why?" I said, "GET THE HECK UP! I'VE GOT SOMETHING TO SHOW YOU!!!!!!!" With that, he jumped up out of bed! I showed him the test, he looked at me and said, "What does that mean?!?" "It's positive!" "So your pregnant??" "YES!!!!!" I then took another test and it again showed up instantly!

We just got back from the doctor (after two urine samples and SEVEN viles of blood drawn!!). I am due around Valentine's Day! How awesome it that?!?! And here is the very FIRST picture of our baby! And yes, it's just ONE! The baby is sooo small you can't even really see it yet, but I still wanted to share! I go back next week for another ultrasound and hopefully I will get a better picture of our little sesame seed then!

We are SOOOOO happy and over the moon right now! And not only am I pregnant, Brad just got the promotion we have been praying for for a long time! God is so GOOD!

Clue #5

Update: I am about to explode! I am the WORST at keeping secrets yall. Especially a good juicy one like this! I really really really want to just go ahead and tell yall.....but I really really really want to wait until tomorrow, too! But at least know that I'll post before lunch (hopefully!) tomorrow!! Be checking in!

Today is the final clue! Happy guessing and remember.....the big reveal is TOMORROW!!

Clue #4

Here is today's clue. I'll share the big reveal on Wednesday so keep guessing!

Clue #3

So I know it's a little gruesome, but here is today's clue! Happy guessing!

Clue #2

So I've decided to play with your minds a little bit. Muahahahahahahaha!!! Remember yesterday's post?? That's Clue #1. The picture below is your next clue. I will reveal the answer some time next week. Can you guess what I'm getting at??

Wordless Wednesday

Still waiting...

So I know I said in my last post that I was patiently awaiting the arrival of AF. Well..........not so much anymore. I really want to take a test. But then again, in the back of my mind I know that I already had a beta test done that was negative....but the beta test was done on cd21 so maybe it was too early....today is cd32 and I'm pretty sure I ovulated on cd14......so where is she? Should I take a test? Should I call my doctor to see what I need to do, if anything? I hate just waiting and waiting and waiting and having no clue what's going on down there. Any advice?

Baseball is over!

This post is about a week old, so I'm a little behind!! The boys did such a good job playing this year! And Reece was a great cheerleader!

This is Reece's-why-did-you-just-take-my-french-fry-face!


Only in Duncanville will you see a dog on a table that people are eating off of...


Griffin about to hit the ball.


Peyton saying hi from the dugout.


And as we were walking back to our cars, Mom and Doug happened upon these cute puppies!! We don't know what they are, but they seem to have lab in them. Let me know if you are interested in adopting!

And now to bring you up to date, this past weekend Brad and I went out to the lake with some friends and we got BURNT!! I mean, I look like a lobster. I hope my sunburn clears up by this weekend so we can go to the lake again!

In baby news, today is cd31 and still no AF...I'm patiently waiting-Clomid in hand...and wondering if by chance the beta test was done too early and I could actually be pregnant....

My books and Bella

To answer Anonymous's question, I have read TONS about ttc and pregnancy on the internet, as well as these books:



I'm pretty much an expert now! Ha! So far, my favorites are Nine Months and a Day and Belly Laughs. But I'm sure I'll change my mind once I actually become pregnant and more in the books will actually apply to me!

And as I was taking the above picture, I glanced down and saw this adorable little ball of fur:


Isn't she precious?!?!


She started getting bored with all my picture-taking.

And then she decided that she would try to avoid having her picture taken by crawling over to me as I was on the floor taking her pictures! That didn't work either my dear!

I am so excited that I get to see one of my best friends tomorrow! She lives out of town so I don't get to see her that often. We are going to a wedding out of town with two more friends from high school. It will be a little high school/Showchoir reunion for us! I hope you all have a wonderfully relaxing weekend. I fully intend to!

Bad wife!

Brad and I have been trying to save money lately. We got into a habit of charging things to our credit cards and we both really want to get them paid off. So we haven't been eating out as much (which is VERY hard for me because (a) I don't cook and (b) I grew up eating out almost every meal so that's just what I'm used to!) But I fell off the bandwagon today... I felt like I deserved a reward since I was so down Friday after I found out the Clomid didn't work this cycle. Friday I didn't even want to read one of my pregnancy/ttc books OR watch A Baby Story. I didn't want to even think about babies. So today I decided that I needed to get something (or somethings as it turned out to be) to remind myself to look forward and keep my eyes on the prize! So I bought this: (Not this exact one, mine's more damask-y. And it can be for a boy OR a girl!)




And this. I loved Tori's last book, so I'm sure I'll like this one, too.



And this. With all the hype surrounding Jon and Kate, I couldn't help myself. Plus I love hearing about how different woman with infertility were actually able to conceive.



I bought both the books at Barnes and Noble and while I was there I really wanted to find a good book on infertility. And I could. not. find. ONE. There were books on pregnancy, getting pregnant, even adoption, but no infertility? Maybe I wasn't looking in the right place. I joked to my sister that maybe we should have been looking in the disease section instead of the family section. :o)

And speaking of disease, I've been thinking a lot about my low thyroid level. I thought people with hypothyroidism were supposed to be really fat? I'm not pencil thin, but I'm definitely not fat! So I asked my Dad, health freak-religious protein shake drinker-135 pound-Dad, what was up. He said that hypothyroidism runs in our side of the family (noooow he tells me) and that the reason I'm not fat is because of my high metabolism. My next question was, "So in 10 years I'm going to be as big as a cow?!?" "Probably." Well isn't that freakin great. So I am going to try really hard to be more health conscious....that is, after I eat supper tonight at Brooke's. She's cooking me mini cheeseburgers and taco fries! YUM!

I'm ok.

At least for now. Friday I had my pitty party. I cried, I hyperventilated, I drank two Smirnoffs. Then Sunday I decided that I was ready for whatever my doctor wanted to do next. And I have no clue what he wants to do next, I'm waiting for him to call me as I type. But God has given me an unexplainable peace about this whole situation. A peace in knowing that May was just not our month. It wasn't time yet. I don't know when the time will be or if it will ever be, but I prayed yesterday with every fiber of my being that He would trust me enough to give us a child. And if it's His will for us to have a biological child, we will have one. So that's that.

I'll update as soon as I hear from my doctor.

Update: I just talked to my doctor and he said that I did ovulate last cycle. He wants to keep me on the same dosage of Clomid (50mg) as last month. Basically everything stays the same for this next cycle. I hope and pray that it works this time!! After thinking about it, I laid out for a good part of the day Sunday while we were at the beach (and I think I ovulated on the Friday before). I wonder if that affected me not getting pregnant....since you are not supposed to get in the hot tub or take hot baths while pregnant...what about sunbathing?