Stupid Headaches!

I'm glad I have my next doctor appointment tomorrow. I've been having a lot of headaches lately. I'm trying to figure out when they started... Maybe 2-3 weeks ago? Hopefully it's nothing. Most of them are bearable, and I don't have to take Tylenol, but I've had to episodes so far that have been so painful I needed to take something. One was last night. I'd had a headache all afternoon at work, which is just about what I've been experiencing. It got worse when I got home. I tried to relax on the couch, but by the time Jeff got home, I was just miserable. I had him bring me some water and tylenol, and then I went and laid in bed for an hour or so. Thankfully it's getting dark earlier so the room was nice and dark! Bailey came in and curled up with me. :) After that, my evening was ok. I was thankful for the Tylenol. But I definitely don't want to become dependent on it! It'll be interesting to see if the doctor has any insight.

Our friends from Sunday School, Bobby and Terra, had their baby boy this morning! We are going to go visit them tonight. I can't wait to get my newborn "fix" and hold the little guy! It's always so surreal knowing that will be me in a few short months!

I still haven't had any more strange feelings or flutters. Every once in a while I'll feel a dull ache, but nothing specific! I can't wait to start feeling this baby!

I made my first bedding purchase today!

I bought the crib sheet below the 2 solid colors - the one with the polka dots! It is so cute and exactly along the lines of what I'm wanting. The perfect colors, everything! I have a feeling I'm just going to have to buy stuff when I see what I want, and eventually I'll have put together crib bedding for myself! :)

14 Week Picture

Here I am at 14 Weeks!

14 Weeks!

Woohoo! I'm here! 14 Weeks, official start of the Second Trimester... I made it! Couldn't be happier.

We have a fun weekend planned, tonight we're going to a High School football game to watch one of our friend's brothers play quarterback for his team. He's being recruited to play for Baylor next year.

Then tomorrow we're taking Clint and Kristin up to Oklahoma to experience Oklahoma Football. :) They are Baylor Alum (OU is playing Baylor tomorrow) so it will be fun to see both our teams. We're looking forward to showing Clint and Kristin around our stomping grounds, and to get their impression of an OU football game! I have a feeling the atmosphere is a little different from a Baylor home game! We'll try to get some pictures. When I bought my OU maternity shirt, I had this game as the game in mind to wear it for the first time, but I tried it on a couple weeks ago, and it's STILL WAAAY too big. So we have yet to see if I feel like looking ridiculous in my maternity shirt, or if I'll just dress normally!

Dreams Shaping My Reality

I have been experiencing something new this last week. Several days ago, I had a dream about hot cookies, fresh out of the oven. My alarm went off that morning before I had the chance to eat one. For the rest of the day all I could think about were hot, fresh cookies! I couldn't rest until I had one.

Last night, I had a dream about eating cereal. I think I ate about 4-5 bowls in my dream! hahaha! Oops. I was alternating bowls of Lucky Charms and Fruit Loops. When I woke up this morning, cereal sounded great, but I figured I could make it to work, through breakfast, and to lunch just fine. Nope. After about 15 minutes in the car on my way to work, I kept thinking about cereal, and how delicious it sounded. When I pulled off the freeway, I HAD to stop at Walmart and buy myself some milk and cereal! I got to work and had myself 2 bowls of cereal, and it was everything I dreamed it would be. :)

My second trimester officially begins tomorrow!! According to some books, I'm already there, but no one denies that it goes past 14 weeks, so I'll celebrate being "official!" Of course my body couldn't let the First Trimester go without one more day of nausea - I was feeling pretty miserable yesterday. I guess it was just a reminder to be thankful for how great I'm feeling now!

13 Week Picture

Here I am at 13 weeks!



I think I'm definitely starting to have a real bump there! It's getting more and more noticeable, especially when I'm wearing maternity shirts. Andrea gave me a bunch of stuff to borrow, but most of her stuff is Spring/Summer, so I'm in a use it or lose it situation! I'm trying to wear some of it now before it gets too cold! I was wearing a short sleeved maternity sweater yesterday, and had my FIRST stranger recognition that I'm pregnant!

We had to drop off our 4Runner to get a couple minor things fixed while we are still under warranty. While I was driving to the dealership, a huge craving struck me for breakfast. A waffle, eggs, and hashbrowns. MMMMM. I HAD to have it, ASAP! While we were at the dealership, we asked if they knew if there were any Waffle Houses around there. The guy behind the counter said, "Does it have to be Waffle House?" I said "ANYTHING Breakfast! Waffle House, IHOP, whatever!" He laughed and said, "Ahh, for the baby?" :) I was like WOOHOO! I love how maternity shirts just help accentuate what little you have to make you actually look pregnant and not just fat. It probably helps that it was the end of the day too, so I was a little bigger to begin with.

They found us an IHOP that was really close to the dealership, and I enjoyed my dinner-breakfast immensely! I want to go back for more! Yum.

A great weekend in Chicago!

Jeff and I went to Chicago this weekend to see Andrea and Steve, and meet our nephew, sweet baby Micah! He is adorable and we couldn't love him more! Here are some picture highlights:

Micah and his beautiful Mommy:


Micah loves his Auntie Laura!


Sweet Micah!


Cute and cuddly!!


Bath time! I love his face!


Proud Auntie and Uncle! We love him!


It was so hard to leave them, but it was a little easier knowing we get to see them again in about 5 weeks in Arizona!

I am now 13 weeks, more like 13 1/2 weeks! I just keep getting further and further along, it's so fun to watch the weeks climb! I'm getting to the point now where I can still wear lots of my pre-pregnancy pants, but by the end of the day (or even lunch time like today) I need to unbutton them, it's so uncomfortable! Andrea let me borrow a bunch of her maternity stuff, for which I'm eternally grateful! Those maternity pants feel so glorious... So comfortable! Andrea said she could definitely see a bump, which made me feel good. :) Every week I go back to Andrea's pictures to see what she was looking like at that point, and hoping I look like her.

I've had a lot of headaches lately. Not sure why. That's the biggest thing I've been combating, otherwise I am feeling great. I still love naps, but I'm not desperate for them now like I was before. I'm now counting down the last few days of my first trimester, which is just crazy! I can't believe I'm 1/3 done! 6 months to go!

Disappointment

You can disregard the picture of the bedding set I loved from yesterday! In my opinion, that set looks green & white to me! I looked the set up on Ebay and some people had actual pictures of the set. Well, it's yellow, blue, green, and white! Whatever! The pictures at Babies R Us are very deceiving! So, that's out. Oh well! I was actually getting excited about making my set anyway, so I think I'm back to that solution!