Pop!

It's crazy the change that can happen in just over a weeks time.

We took these pictures yesterday evening (so 19w2d) I think that there us a pretty noticeable difference. Now I actually feel like I look pregnant and not just that I haven't been working out like I should.

Little D has been pretty active again and boy is he already a strong little guy. It seems as though his new favorite thing to do when I am just laying around is go to either side of my belly and push it out making it all disproportional. It's weird but really cool because we're actually able to see him moving around!

Name games

Little D,

Today I asked your dad how he wanted to spell your name, there are a few different ways that it could be spelled so it's just a matter of choosing which spelling we like best.
He said to me, "why are you asking, I thought that we had already had the spelling for his name set" and I will say that I did too but when he spelt your name out for me the way he was thinking we were spelling it, it was different than the spelling I had been thinking we were using.

So I guess it was a good thing that I asked!

It definitely wouldn't be a good thing if your parents didn't even spell your name the same way.
Yikes.
So while I tried talking about it today we didn't get anywhere other than finding out we don't have the spelling set. We have two spellings that we have to choose between (the way I had been spelling it and then the way he had been spelling it) and hopefully he will talk more with me about it when he gets home.
I would just set up a poll and see what spelling "the people" think is best but since we are not telling anybody your name right now (and don't plan to till you are born) we can't. We're on our own here, but don't worry you will have a set spelling for your name by the time you get here!

Update: We settled on a spelling! Daddy really liked the way he was spelling your name best so we're going with that.

19 weeks!

We're 19 weeks today! There's 5 more days till our anatomy scan and obviously just one more week till we hit half way!

Weeks pregnant: 19
Weight: 110 as of 3 days ago so up 7 pounds total so far.
How I'm feeling: Physically, great I've not been to tired or sore for the most part I would like not to be waking up so early each morning but no real complaints. I would also like to start doing yoga again, I need to get off my lazy butt. Emotionally, I'm super excited about the pregnancy and baby and feel so blessed that everything has been healthy but still worried from time to time.

-Little D is about 10 inches in length from head to toe or 6 inches from head to bottom (depending on what website you read)
-Little D's kidneys are fully functioning which means he will start digesting swallowed amniotic fluids...meaning he will be making his first pee soon (eww) and the process will repeat. Some of this swallow amniotic fluid will also build up and become his first poo.
-Another growth spurt has been happening and will be happening again in the weeks to come so while I may feel bursts of activity little D will be spending a lot of time growing and sleeping.

18 weeks!

18 weeks where has the time gone. One moment it feel like everything is just moving so slowly and the next it's flying by and before I know it we'll be half way there! 12 more days till our anatomy scan! Now for a bump picture.

Believe it or not my uterus is already right below my belly button. Most women apparently don't have their uterus reach their belly button till at least 20 weeks or if they have had previous children. But our little man has measured a little big each time so it's not surprising at all. Granted I still don't really look pregnant but soon enough everybody will be able to tell!


-At 18 weeks little D is about 10 inches long from head to toe (about 6 inches head to rump) and comparable to the same of a papaya.
-Little D's skin is now protected from the amniotic fluid by vernix caseosa.
-Little D is also beginning to gain fatty weight, pretty soon he will look much more baby like with cute chubby cheeks and not like skeletor.

Edit: Geez people are rude.
Joking or not it upset me a bit and yes it's probably just because of hormones. I posted this same bump picture on facebook and had one friend say "Lol you look like you had one too many beers." Ok yes I know I have said that I feel like this but that's me saying it I don't need other people to tell me I just look like I'm getting fat from over eating or unhealthy diet.
The other friend said "You look bigger than me and I'm almost 21 weeks, lol I'm not gaining any weight with this baby." So I went and looked at her pictures and the picture of her bump at 17 weeks looks much bigger than mine does today. Which is fine she's on baby #2 it's expected but seesh why are you trying to make me just feel bad.

I know I'm probably just being overly sensitive about both comments and I know that neither of these girls meant their comments in a rude way what so ever but they bothered me and I deleted them.

A dad to be "shower" aka kick back?

Oh, yes I think so!


I saw this mentioned else where recently and I love the idea.
We still, understandably, focus so much on mom and baby during the pregnancy that the dad sadly just seems to get lost in the background.
I know that people nowadays will have co-ed showers in order to get the dad/men more involved but the shower is often still the same traditional "foofy" stuff that guys don't ever really tend to be interested in.

Now when I mentioned this to him he gave me an odd look and said that it was dumb and doesn't think that any of the guys he knows would be interested but I disagree, and I messaged a few guys who would be on the guest list and they think it's pretty cool, so it's happening.
Now since I am one of those people who LOVES to plan and once an idea is in my head I HAVE to start working on it right then, here is what I already have planned out.


When: Sunday November 20, 2011 12:45PM Cowboys kick off @ 1PM then the Chargers @ 4PM
What: BBQ/Football/Celebrate the soon to be dad Day
What to bring: Asking that the guys attending bring 1 cloth diaper. Food and drinks will be provided so don't worry about that! Bring your appetite and get ready for some football!

So basically all day they would kick back watch football, eat, maybe play video games or cards, and possibly spend a small amount of time doing gift opening. I think that I would also have a board set up for "baby stats bets". Each guy wanting to participate would put in however much money they wanted to and take a guess as to what they think the baby's birth height/weight would be and whoever gets closest wins!

I already have in my head what type of invitations I would like to get and send out to his friends, what food to get, and all those little details. I dunno I think that it's a great idea and that if I were a guy I'd totally go. But then again I love football and food so most times that's enough to get me anywhere.


Oh and I'd get a cake not sure exactly what theme yet but there will be cake!

Anyways what do you think about an idea like this? Am I the only crazy one who thinks this would be a fun way to celebrate the soon to be dad?

"I'm __ week pregnant and craving __" rant.

So I've never been a fan of chain letters. They're just a waste of time in my opinion but I don't get on people who participate in them. I don't know how many of you are on facebook or have seen this new one going around but it bugs me (because I have friends who are feeling hurt by it). It says "____ weeks (pregnant) and craving _____" how many weeks you are and what you re craving is based on your birth month and the day you were born. It claims in the actual chain letter that it is in support and to raise awareness for breast cancer, but please tell me how fooling people into thinking you are pregnant for a moment is doing that.

Now yes one could argue that "well there are a ton of people talking about how absurd it is and has nothing to do with breast cancer and they are now talking about it, so it technically is raising awareness" and yes on that one point it is true. But seriously if you really want to effectively support and raise awareness for breast cancer survivors/research/and those fighting it just be straight forward about your post. Post statistics of how many women & MEN get breast cancer each year. Post about how far treatment has come and what survival rates are now. Sign up for a walk-a-thon and raise money to donate something that actually tells people about it. Not these stupid "games" that I truly feel are just to confuse the boys. Which also doesn't make sense to me because men can fall victim to breast cancer as well. And if you are trying to actually raise awareness about something why keep people in the dark about it?

I recall when the first chain letter for breast cancer awareness started. Girls would post the color of the bra that they were wearing. Again it's stupid to me but at least I can see how that more so relates to breast cancer (looking at it in the "I'm lucky to be wearing a bra because some women have to have mastectomy" way.) The ones that have followed with talking about where you put your purse when you get home, your shoe size, and now "being pregnant" have nothing to do with it.

I feel that this particular "game" though is worse than the rest because I have people I care about who are being hurt by it. Maybe that doesn't make sense to you but think about it like this. You are a grieving mother who has recently (or even not recently but still grieving) suffered the loss of a child specifically while pregnant you are heartbroken and want nothing to do with anything baby or pregnancy related. Then you log onto your facebook and are hit in the face with 6 or 7 friends in a row all posting this "game". Since you don't know that it's a game you have to assume that they are in fact _____ number of weeks pregnant and this is how you are finding out about it. Obviously this "game" was not intended to be hurtful to those in this above mention situation but it is.

So if you have a facebook and want to really bring awareness to breast cancer post a real status about it or a support ribbon not these stupid "games".


*Sorry for my pregnancy scatter brain the post is jumping cause of that*

So stinkin cute!

How cute is my husband? He made a blog to the baby (I only found out about it yesterday). Right now he only has one entry but when I read it yesterday it made me tear up. He's going to be such a great daddy! Here is the link to the blog he made if you want to ever check it out and leave him a comment http://yourdadthejedi.blogspot.com/ (he'll feel more encouraged to write more if you leave him a comment here and there, lol)


On a side note 160 days left (give or take) till February gets here and we will be meeting our little man! That means that there is only 2 months till we hit the 100 days left milestone which means we will also be hitting the viability milestone!
18 days till our anatomy ultrasound! I am hoping to get a really good profile picture and some feet as well. And, maybe I'll have "popped" by then.