Hello Blog its Me....Mommy to be!! :)

I have officially been called "glowing momma to be" SEVERAL times this week and I just cant help it. Dont get me wrong I have ALWAYS been so excited about being prego and cant wait to meet my lil man, however I started feeling him move this past friday and let me tell you I have FALLEN IN LOVE with this lil guy. It is like we have connected on a whole new level. I know it may sound a little cheesy, however it is the truth! So anyway, I have fallen in love with my lil man all over again and my belly. It is the weirdest thing because I have NEVER liked my stomach but recently I have found a new love for my ever growing belly and I have never felt more beautiful!

Also this week hubby finished Brody’s room and I think it looks GREAT!!! We still have some wall art to look for and things like that but the big stuff is done and what a relief. Next stop on the agenda registering and day care searching! L Not looking forward to those two.

Yesterday we went to the doctor to see lil man and he was such a stinker! I love it that he already seems to have his own little personality. The tech was trying to get a good picture of his heart but he was not wanting to move. She started pushing on my belly and he was getting mad. He started curling his lip up and started kicking the ultrasound tool each time she put it on my belly…it was so funny! Then at the end I guess he knew she was done and he put that finger in his mouth and just relaxed!

So as far as “glowing” yes I def am and can feel it. I love it and I know I am going to love motherhood so much more!! Life is GREAT!

18 Weeks

IT'S A BOY!!! We are so excited, hubby can't stop smiling!!! It was the sweetest thing I have EVER seen when tee heard the doctor say "well I am 85% that this is a BOY" tee totally was GLOWING and his smile was the biggest I have seen since we got married. I couldn't stop crying because he was so sweet and said "I have a little boy". Im crying now just thinking about how happy he was. Tee did make sure he told me "you know that I would have been just as excited if it was a girl". I told him that I knew that. I just cannot get the expression out of my head and I dont want to because I fell in love with him all over again. It was truely amazing!

The baby stats: heartbeat 152bpm, about the size of a Ken barbie doll (tall and skinny), weighs about half a pound, and LONG legs and feet. The baby was laying REALLY low (on my bladder literally). He was curled up in a little ball so that is why the tech said that she was only 85% sure of the boy. All organs looked GREAT, brain, heart, tummy, kidneys, all looked great! The tech did not get a GOOD pic of the heart so she wants to do another ultrasound on our next appointment to double check the heart. But she was able to tell that there is 4 chambers so that is good. I have attached his little pictures from today, hope you enjoy!! :)

It's been a while!

I just realized that I have neglected to write in my blog for a while so I thought I would update it today. Lately, I have been pretty busy, school was finishing up, I had training this past week, been shopping for baby stuff (my favorite thing to do these days), and trying to stay motivated to continue cleaning my house. That is the weirdest thing, I LOVE to clean but lately have not been motivated to get going on cleaning the house. I am getting so excited about baby coming, I still have a while to go but I just cant wait to take him/her to events or do crafts with them. The more I think about it the more excited I get! :)

Yesterday, hubby and I found a crib!! YAY :) it is the same one I have been looking at from Target but we both agreed this was the one plus it has a matching dresser which was really important to me. So now I am ready to get started on the room!!!

This thursday we go back to the doctor. I can't wait to hear the heartbeat, it is torture in between appointments because they are so far apart and I just want to know everything is ok. I am pretty sure everything is good though because I have been feeling GREAT and getting HUGE! :) The next "big step" in the pregnancy is feeling the baby move...I am constantly rubbing my belly and touching it telling lil one "come on just kick mommy" but nothing happens! I know that will happen sooner or later, but I really would prefer the sooner rather than the later!

Ok, so I think that is pretty much up to date on life in the Dawkins house hold, nothing too exciting! But there is left over pizza in there calling my name and I hate to make it wait so I better go eat some ;)

I should be doing homework instead of blogging :(

I went to the doctor this past Friday, they did not do an ultrasound so no picture to share. :( I saw a different doctor, Dr. Franz, because at the doctor office I go to there are many doctors and they want each patient to see every doctor there before you give birth. He wasn’t bad, answered my many questions and took time to make sure everything was ok with me and my lil one. He did check the heartbeat with the Doppler and we got to hear it. I love that sound, the most reassuring and calming sound I have ever heard. The heartbeat on Friday was 140 bpm. This made me and hubby concerned because the heartbeat has been around 170 but the doctor reassured us that the heartbeat will fluctuate throughout pregnancy because of different things, eating, sleeping, etc. Although we were told everything was ok, hubby was upset. He likes to see the ultrasound to know that everything is a-OK!

While I was there the nurse asked if I wanted to get tested for birth defects…this is something I am really having trouble with. I want to get tested because if we can prepare for something I would like to, but I don’t want to get this test done because I don’t want to worry the whole pregnancy. So I am torn and need help deciding what to do. Hubby told me that it was completely my decision because I will be the one getting blood drawn from, however at first when the nurse asked he did not hesitate or have to think before he answered “yes we want to take that test”. So I know he wants me to do it, but I am still nervous and don’t know what I want to do. I have a little while to think about it though because I cant have the tests done until 16weeks so I have about 3 weeks to think about it.

I am also torn because I have LOVED the name Savannah from day one and still really like it for a little girl, but I have been searching for boy names this morning because I have a feeling peanut might be a little boy. Either way I will be so excited, a little boy because I can dress him up to look like a lil man and hubby will be able to be rough with him (of course not at first) and play with him. A little girl because I have found SO many craft ideas that I found online to make for little girls. But like I said of course either way will be so excited to be blessed with them in our live. So back to the names, I was online searching for boy names this morning and decided I do not like “normal” names. I googled “unisex baby names” and added a lot to my list…so (for today) my top favs are:

Boy:
Dane(Zane) Wyatt (hubby is not a fan of Dane :( )

Girl:
Payton Reese (I know, TOTALLY not what I have been liking but I just fell in love with it this morning)

These names will change again probably a hundred times before the final name is decided on so I am not getting too excited about any of them for now! :)

Pregnancy FULL FORCE!

I am so excited to report...I FEEL PREGNANT!! My boobs hurt, NO food sounds good to me, if I dont eat I feel sick, if I eat I feel sick, and most importantly I HAVE NO PATIENCE! I am happy that I feel these things because to me that means everything is A OK with my lil one.

Today I actually felt pretty good this morning, no sickness. Around 8AM I started feeling the sicky feeling coming so I started eating and that was it, I ate every two hours until I got home, since then I have only eaten twice (in two hours). But here is the thing, no food really sounds good to me right now. I cant say that I am "craving" anything. I read these blogs online about all these women craving crazy things, but I am not craving anything right now. However there is some food I, for whatever reason, do not want any part of and that is MEAT! I know this is so weird for me right!??! I am like a meat girl I could live off meat, well pre-pregnancy, now it GAGS me! Tee picks on me and calls me a vegan but I cant help it. I think I want the meat, I cook it, it looks yummy, but I take a bite of it and EEEEEEWWWWWWWWWW I hand my plate to hubby and ask him if he wants my meat! I talked to mom about this and she said she was the same way but she said "trust me you will love meat again".

I also have noticed myself getting very impatient when it comes to my food. I expect when I say I am hungry, there better be food for me to eat RIGHT THEN! This is something I hate to admit but I must work on. For example, I am waiting on hubby to get home from practice so we can go get dinner and the wait is KILLING ME!

The bathroom and me have become BFF, all day and all night. Last night I finally got mad and said SCREW IT I will stay awake! That only lasted about half hour and I was back asleep.

The bloated feeling I remember from previous weeks seems to have gotten a LOT better. I feel like my tummy is bigger but I dont feel bloated, thank goodness! I talked to a fellow pregger and she suggested I drink more water and it would help with the bloating. I have tried to do that and it has worked.

So excited for this weekend and much needed time away! Hope yall have a great weekend and even better weekend!!!