Plus Size Preggo

Hubs just inspected Pig’s crate while putting him away for the night…he found, among other things, one of my flip-flops and an empty box of batteries. Officially, our dog is a hoarder.

I’ll be back with a “real” post tomorrow, but I just wanted to drop a little note to let you all know that:

I JUST BOUGHT THIS FOR MY SON AND I AM SO EXCITED!!!

Also, hubs showed these to me today and I HAD to snatch them up for my little sir! :)

So cute!!! :)

I haven’t taken this week’s official belly pic, so I’ll be back at some point this weekend with that…but I did take some photos yesterday, our official 21 week mark, so here are a couple of my faves!

This is my belly. LOL At 21 weeks pregnant, I am decidedly much rounder than I used to be. I love looking down and seeing my buddha-ness, though. I was so worried when we first found out that I might not show at all because of my weight, so every belly growth spurt is a reason to smile for me :)

I visited my parents last night because it was my momma’s birthday! My kitty Brady, who is staying with them for the duration of my pregnancy, was very excited to hang out and cuddle with me, but had a hard time figuring out just how to maneuver this new landscape LOL

The birthday cake I got my momma! Raspberry cheesecake ice cream cake! Nevermind that raspberry desserts are totally my fave LOL…we thought it was kind of funny how all the fruit was “petrified” as my dad kept saying, and ONE little berry was fresh-looking. It didn’t stop us from eating!

We also had a sonogram yesterday! Baboosh is still a boy (LOL)…The blood work came back perfect, he’s completely healthy and growing well. He weighs 13 oz, which is an ounce above average and measures about 10.5 inches. We also got to see his face and it looks like he has mommy’s chin and cheeks! :)

Week 20! We’ve hit the halfway mark! Less than 20 weeks (supposedly) til we meet our little sir!

This week, I’m still having morning sickness, which is pretty annoying considering it was “supposed” to stop at week 14…I’m also having pelvic and back pain like WHOA!!! My little honey is making himself comfy, for sure.

According to one of the many pregnancy websites I’m using to track our progress, this week I’m “carrying around 10.5 inches and 10.5 ounces of solid magical baby goodness!”…Idk how accurate that is, considering that at his 17 week ultrasound, I was told he weighed 6 oz when he “should” have weighed almost 5.

Hubs is making me love him more and more everyday, which I didn’t know was possible. He always greets the baby when he gets home from work and gets real close to my tummy to talk to the baby…they have conversations about the days happenings, what we’re having for dinner, my mood swings ;) and mostly hubs tries to convince the baby to lay off the pains he’s putting me through. LOL

In less than a week, we have another ultrasound! Very excited to see my honey again!

originally dated 2/21/11

We had a very active, busy weekend where I got A LOT accomplished and I spent the bulk of the days battling “morning” sickness…should be called “all day hell” LOL It’s funny though (and a little trite, I admit) but I was telling hubs that through all the pain and feeling sick, I LOVE being pregnant and want it to last forever.

my parents fried me up some fish because I had been craving it LOL (it was SO good!)

we went mattress shopping before going to Ikea to get our new bed and a few other furniture pieces

Pig with our new KING mattress

baby’s first camo! LOL (the Scooby Doo and Reese’s are gifts to myself ROFL)

our NEW bed, mattress, sheets and layout! The most comfortable bed EVER!

AND….

Baby’s first picture 2/17/11

This is how hubs and I spent our 6 year anniversary of being together…meeting our baby. Here he/she is at exactly 7 weeks, and we got to hear the perfect little heartbeat. My breath was literally taken away, and of course I cried, but would you have expected any different from me? :)

originally dated 02/07/2011

I’m pregnant!

I took a test Thursday night just cuz hubs kept pestering me to, and it was positive! I FREAKED OUT. I’m talking sobbing, almost fainting, straight up panicking freaking out. I was hoping to get much more in order before we started trying, so finding out the time had come was overwhelming to say the least. Especially ironic because I decided to drop out of school last week so I’d have time for myself before we started a family, but alas… LOL

I woke up at 5am (“woke up” is used rather loosely…I must have slept all of 3 hours that night) and took another test, also positive. I then started a whole new freakout (poor hubs, waking up to a hysterical wife…)

The next day I felt better, but still really nervous. My tummy was in knots all day. Hubs insisted on telling my sister, then he insisted I tell my mom, and that led to him telling his whole office, his mom, his cousin, and anyone else who would listen. I wasn’t too thrilled about this, to be honest…so much can happen in the first trimester, and if anything happened, it would break my heart to have to tell anyone, let alone the 50 people hubs wanted to tell.

So, yeah.

I’ve had horrible indigestion and fatigue all weekend, my olfactory senses are on OVERLOAD (I smell EVERYTHING and it’s ALL offensive!), my appetite is zilch and (TMI alert) my boobs are KILLING ME! PAIN!!!

My mom took my cat last night. We decided it was for the best that Brady go live with my parents for a while…not just for hygienic purposes, but because Pig is always harassing him, and with my mom he has the 2 cats he was raised with to hang out with…I was a wreck last night because of it, I haven’t been without my Bradykins for almost 9 years. I know he’s fine, well taken care of, and lives only 10 minutes away (3 minutes away from my job), but I miss him already.

I’m really excited about everything though. Nervous, of course, but happy and excited. I’m going to try to go to the doctor tomorrow to get everything sorted out. I really want to have a midwife rather than an OB/GYN, but that all depends on whether or not I’m considered high risk…And I probably will be, because although I’m the healthiest overweight person I know, I’m still overweight, so that in and of itself might be enough for the doctors to determine that I’m high risk. Crossing my fingers!