12 Weeks

12 Weeks (4/25/2013)

 

How far along? 12 Weeks

Maternity clothes? Mixing maternity and non-maternity. The belly has been showing since about 8 weeks but now definitely looks like a baby belly not just too big of a lunch belly!

Sleep? Well considering the fact that I pass out by 8:30 or 9 almost every night, despite getting up a few times in the night for potty breaks (for me and Aspen- haha), I’m still getting pretty good sleep.

Best moment this week? Sonogram Tuesday morning! We took Aspen with us and all got to see our little peanut moving around. Heartbeat was really strong at 175 bpm. Because of our past issues this was our second sono of this pregnancy and it’s amazing everytime! 
Miss anything? My nose not being stuffy- I think its partly pregnancy hormones and partly this crazy weather, and my energy

Movement? None yet that I can feel but during our sono we got to see the little peanut kicking and punching around in there

Food cravings? I could say Mexican food, but that is pretty much the norm with me pregnant or not, and as soon as this baby comes out and its ok- you better believe I’ll be having a pepsi! J

Anything making you queasy/sick? Really weird but blowing my nose makes me feel queasy, and same as with Aspen- raw meat grosses me out. I haven’t been on pinterest too much b/c of all the food pics turning my stomach. That is starting to get a little better at this point though- was probably at the height at 8 and 9 weeks.

Gender? The sono tech tried to peek on Tuesday but couldn’t tell yet. Joe and Aspen vote girl and I was voting boy, but based off heart rate I’m starting to lean more towards girl. That and the fact that we can’t agree on a girl name so of course I’m sure that is what we’re having! ;) We should be able to find out in June.
Labor Signs? Nope- “labor” will be a little different this time considering I will be having a planned c-section unless for some odd reason I go into labor on my own beforehand.
Symptoms? Super tired (it’s a little different this time not being able to go home and pass out on the couch whenever and I kid you not, I think I almost fell asleep last week in Aspen’s gymnastics class while they were stretching!) and the occasional yucky tummy, mostly in the afternoon.

Belly button in or out? In

Wedding rings on or off? On- hoping to get to leave them on the whole time this time as well, but we’ll see.

Happy or moody? SO happy. I honestly don’t think it’s sunk in completely yet even.  

Looking forward to? Getting our new windows in the house early next week and getting to start on moving Aspen out of her baby room and into a big girl room.

Daddy moment?   Joe being so amazing and taking over bath duty a few nights so I can go sit down and rest a little. He’s really stepped up his game and been so good to me. Little moments when he’ll walk by and just touch my belly. He’s such a great daddy already and I’m excited to get to do it all again with him.

Big Sister moment? Aspen is so excited to be a big sister! We took her to the sonogram with us and you could tell she was just amazed. The tech printed her an extra picture and she kept pulling it out and saying “look at my baby!”. She is convinced the baby is a girl and we’re naming her Minnie. A few weeks ago we were playing in the living room and I was chasing her and she told me “no mommy don’t run, the baby might fall out and she’s got to grow more first!” haha Another funny thing is that Joe was trying to explain to her that I have to take vitamins to give to the baby and that what I eat feeds the baby, and she just kept saying “but babies only like milk”.

Aspen's Announcement

Aspen has a big announcement to share!

She will be a big sis in November 2013! :)

 

Roxy is excited to be a big sis again too!

 

I was 12 weeks last Thursday and have a little update to post soon!