Whew...

Well, I just turned in my final version of my thesis project. I am DONE!! WOO HOO!!!

As promised, here are a few pictures from our 3D/4D ultrasound. They don't look that great on the computer, they are much nicer on the paper. But anyway...here they are. The descriptions are under the picture.

Here is Owen with his little hand in his mouth. You can see his head, obviously. That is his hand in his mouth, and his little arm and elbow. If you look down you can see his little legs are crossed indian style!

Here is Owen relaxing! You can see his head again, and his little arm is resting there on his head. Both of his arms are up right behind his ears. His legs are stretched out in front of him and his ankles are crossed. This is my favorite picture. It's like he is chilling in a hammock!

This one is mainly his head and arm by his ear. I think he was palying with his ear.

I am going to Abilene on Friday to take my cousin to COLLEGE!!! I haven't been to ACU in a few years, so I am excited to be back in Abilene for almost a week. :-)

Anyway...that's all for now. Enjoy.

It's A.......

BOY!!!

We had our fun 3D/4D ultrasound and Tidbit is very obviously a boy! :-) We were so excited to know that we went right out and registered!! We will post some of the pics later. Just wanted to post what we are having.

Oh his name is Owen Parker.

one week left!!

well, I have only one week left until I finish my master's degree. I CAN'T WAIT!!! I can actually relax, and read a book for fun!!! And work on Tidbit's scrapbook, and maybe sew a little!! I can't wait!!! The last year and a half has revolved around school, so I will be glad to do some things for myself!! :-)

We had a doctor appt today and got to hear Tidbit's heartbeat for the first time!! It was great! Tidbit was moving all around so she kept having to chase it. It was funny. She also did a quick peak for us and we got to see Tid swimming around. He/she is pretty active. It was very fun. That was the first time I cried at the doctor's office, actually. Every time we go it gets more real. We got a fun picture where Tidbit's face looks like Spiderman. I am sure Travis is thrilled for that.

I am having a 3D/4D ultrasound on Wednesday - so there is a chance (if the baby cooperates, they said) that we will find out if Tidbit is a boy or a girl!! The 3D/4D ones are supposed to be pretty accurate, since they can rule out little fingers or toes or umbilical cord getting in the way of the result. Who knows!! Maybe we will post Wednesday with some fun news. If not, we will at least have some really fun color and black and white pics of Tid. Should be cool.

sick

well, i knew i was going to get sick on Monday when 3 kids were absent with a stomach bug. Sure enough, yesterday I was SICK. I spent 7 hours at Malibu Urgent Care on an IV. My OB's office told me to try eating a peice of toast and drinking some water, if I couldn't keep it down to go in. So, we went in at 12:30 yesterday (to the urgent care) and left about 7. Blah. I feel much better now, for the most part. I was just dehydrated, and being pregnant they don't want you to get dehydrated. They wanted to admit me to the hospital, but I avoided that. ha ha Anyway...hope everyone else is doing ok.

Boo

Here I sit, skipping church (I know, I know...I'm terrible) because I have to finish a chapter in my thesis project. Yet, here I am posting a new blog. I can't help it. My brain isn't working right now, and I am about to lose it, so I needed a break.

I just ate a bean and cheese burrito, thinking about eating another becuase I am still starving - you'd think I hadn't eaten for weeks. I'm sure you wanted to know that.

I am tired of school. I only have 2 weeks left, but if it doesn't come soon I might just quit. (not really, but I am tired of being a student. Grad school takes too long. ha ha).

I took a break yesterday and went to lunch with a friend of mine. Travis was in San Diego Friday night and all day yesterday, so I was on my own. He was only gone a little bit, but it was terrible anyway. So, after lunch with my friend we went to get a manicure and pedicure, simply because I needed one - and I needed to waste a little bit more time not working on my thesis. Well, a girl that was also getting a pedicure started throwing a fit about something, so my friend and I looked over - and it was Eliza Dushku. Alot of you probably have no clue who she is, but she is an actress. She was very rude and snotty, big shocker.

After the fun pamper time, we got a coffee drink (decaf for me) and went over to Babies R Us for kicks, I guess. I wish I knew what Tidbit was. There are so many cute things, but not much of anything that you could buy for either a boy or a girl. Only 5 1/2 more weeks and we will find out, provided Tidbit cooperates. If you want to know the truth, I want to know so bad if it's a boy or a girl, I would almost be willing to put money on the fact that Tidbit will not show us when we go to find out. I mean, I would be happy with either a girl or a boy, but it is literally driving me nutso not to know!!

Last week at summer camp a little girl whispered to me "how's the baby?" It made me smile, she is so sweet. I think she thinks it is a secret that I am pregnant, even though at only 14 1/2 weeks it is pretty obvious. Well, I guess some people might just think I am getting fatter by the day. But there really is a baby in there. I promise. It is getting to the point where my belly looks like a pregnant belly and not just that little donut of pudge on the lower abdomen - you other preggies know what I am talking about, right?

Ok, I have officially wasted enough time, and I need to get back to work. Boo. Anyone want to write my paper for me?!?!? It's about behavior disorders....anyone?? anyone?? Ok, well, I guess I have to do it myself.

Cassie - thanks for posting. Of course I don't mind if you read the blog. And, I think we have met at least once. :-)

News

Thanks to everyone who chimed in on my food post. I got some great ideas. I also was able to find some turkey lunch meat at Trader Joe's that doesn't have any nitrites/ates. So, I got some of that and it has been like a little bit of heaven to eat it. :-) I am going to make some chicken salad, too. Several of you mentioned it and I LOVE chicken salad, I can't believe I didn't think to make it before. My aunt has a good recipe for it with grapes and some other weird stuff, but it is so GOOD!! I need to look at the protien bars and see what my options are. Also...I drank a Diet Coke today!!!!!! It tasted SO GOOD!!! I was so strict with myself during my first trimester, so I think I can ease up a bit.

BIGGER NEWS: I felt Tidbit today!! It was fun!! I thought I was having a little muscle spasm, and the lady next tome at work asked me if it felt like a butterfly. I told her it did a little, and she told me that was no muscle spasm!! Anyway...I felt it for about 20-30 minutes consistently. Then off and on for a couple more hours.

Anyway...that's all I have. Have a good weekend!

14 weeks

I officially start my second trimester today!! Woo Hoo!! If I was sick, I could expect that to go away soon, according to babycenter. And, I should also start to get my energy back. Travis will probably be excited about that. Maybe we could do something besides lay around the house. He probably has a list of movies he wants to see.

So...Tidbit is 3 1/2 inches long, about the length of a lemon. Babycenter tells me that I may start to show soon, well, I think babycenter is a little behind the game in my case. I started showing at about week 10. And yes, there is only one Tidbit.

Besides eating like a pig, nothing is going on with me. I can't take a break from eating long enough to do anything. Well, that's a lie. I have 3 weeks of my master's degree left. So, I am starting to get busy finishing stuff up, like my nasty thesis project that is looming over me. Boo. I am so ready to be finished. Then I can relax, I think. Maybe I will read an actual book, that does not involve education or behavior disorders. YEAH!! That sounds fun.

Need help from pregnant people (or people who have had babies)

I am hungry ALL THE TIME. And I mean, STARVING!! It seems like I cannot put enough food in my body. Oddly enough, I haven't gained a pound, but I eat like a pig. Anyway...here is my question:

I NEED PROTIEN. What do you eat?? Or did you eat?? I don't mean like for dinner (steak, chicken, etc). I was told that I cannot eat hot dogs or lunch meat becuase of the nitrites - so those are out. I can't eat nuts or peanut butter because those are high allergy foods, and since I have allergies if I eat them it makes the chances of Tidbit being allergic to them higher. SO...WHAT CAN I EAT??? I am absolutely FAMISHED during the day ALL DAY LONG. I eat hard boiled eggs, but those only last so long. I eat cheese, but I can only handle so much cheese. I eat yogurt and drink milk (YUCK!) but nothing seems to carry me longer than 15-30 minutes. Please help!!! Come on...Leah and Jennifer...what do you eat? Who else is pregnant and reads my blog?? I NEED YOUR HELP. Call all your pregnant friends and ask them for me!!! K?!?!? Please!! I am begging you!!

Happy Anniversary!!

(scroll down to the last post for preggy updates!)

Today we celebrated our 4th anniversary! It was a fun day. When I got off work at 1:30 we drove to the movie theater to see License to Wed (a decent, no brainer movie). Then we drove over to Claim Jumper for an early dinner, then sat on a bench by the fountain for a while, and ended our fun at Ben & Jerry's. Now we sit watching one of my kid's dads on TV. Crazy

We decided not to do gifts becuase we are going on a trip to New York next month!! We are so excited!

This last 4 years has been so packed full of stuff: graduating from college, crazy jobs, moving to California, Law School, Grad School, getting pregnant. And lots of stuff in between!!

It has been the best 4 years ever!!! Next year we will have a 6 month old, and things will be very different.

Happy Anniversary Trav. I love you a Real Otter.

As You Wish....

To start off this blog post, I will mention a fun sighting we had today. We went to Babies R Us this afternoon to look for something. I came around the corner and Travis, with a grin on his face, came up to me and whispered, "Cary Elwes is over there with his wife and baby." We walked a little, and sure enough, there he was!! His baby is super cute, too. The title of this blog is a Cary Elwes reference. Anyone know what movie???

So, we went to the doctor today for my check up. We were just expecting a quick conversation with the doctor and to be out of there quick. Well, the doctor decided to do an ultrasound (just a regular one, not 3D). We weren't scheduled for one, but she did it just for kicks I guess. I didn't turn it down!! Tidbit really looks like a baby now!! We could see the little head with the eyes and nose and mouth. We could see the little body, and the legs. Well, Tidbit decided to show off for us. At first it was just kicking, kicking, kicking away. Then it started jumping up and down, and then I saw on the other side of the head a tiny hand waving at us!! It was so cute!

This is kind of a cruddy picture, but if you click on it and make it bigger you can see the tiny thing better! So cute!!! :-)

This is my belly at 10 weeks. Already sticking out.

This is my belly at 13 weeks. I will be huge by the time I am 9 months.

Well, no more news for now! We are celebrating years tomorrow! :-)

8 things...

Ok, so Leah tagged me to tell 8 things about myself. Hmm, this will be hard, but I'll give it a shot.

1. I saw the new "Hairspray" movie a few weeks ago at a free screening, and it is my new FAVORITE movie!!!

2. I love "High School Musical". I know, I am a dork, BUT, my sister likes it too.

3. I love potatoes. I mean, the homemade, mashed kind, baked, fried, hash browns, any kind. I love them so much that I have made them about 5 or 6 times in the last 2 weeks. I think pregnancy has made me like them more.

4. I like television. alot. sad, but true.

5. I have a Dodger's Mister Potato Head!

6. I also have a Dodger build-a-bear.

7. I collect Cow Parade cows. www.cowparade.com

8. I can't think of an 8th thing. I'm boring, sorry.

Not that anyone else will do this, but I guess I will tag Lori and Jen.

sorry no updates

Sorry I haven't updated in a while. Nothing new to say today...just wanted to let those couple of you know that updates are coming! :-) We go to the doctor tomorrow, and our anniversary is Thursday, so their will be plenty to write about in no time!! :-) :-)

There are three other girls here in married housing that are preggers. Two of them due in October, and me and another girl due in January. There will be alot of babies in a few months. Good thing you can't really hear through these walls, huh? :-)

Ok, so...I will update tomorrow maybe after the doctor. Keep Checking!!

DELICIOUS!!

I woke up this morning....at 9:00 am, and decided we needed to have pot roast for dinner. Not only that, but we were going to make banana bread with the bananas we need to use before they are bad. So, we went to the store at about 11:00 am, got a roast and veggies to go with said roast. We came home, got the roast ready with the seasonings, cut up the veggies, and set the crock pot on high.

Then, we cleaned our apartment. Kitchen, bathroom, bedroom, dining room, living room, etc.

After we cleaned, we decided to make the banana bread. So, we mashed the bananas, added all the ingredients, and put the mixture into two loaf pans that are now baking in the oven for about 50 more minutes.

I'm not tired. WHAT?? That's right, I'M NOT TIRED!!!!!!!!!!!! :-) Maybe my energy is returning?? Or, maybe it is because I bought a new pregnancy pillow that is supposed to help you sleep, since I haven't been sleeping - at least not well. And I slept great last night. Hence the reason I did not wake up until 9:00 am, so unlike me.
Anyway, whatever the reason for the energy today, I am grateful. We needed to get the apartment clean and I have just not been able to do much. I may pay for it tomorrow as my non-energy days could return, but for now...maybe I'll watch a movie - and stay awake for it!!! :-)

UPDATE: here is a picture of tidbit that I keep forgetting to post. This was...when I was 9 weeks preggo. You can see the legs (well, one of them since it is a profile) up at the top by a little circle (the yolk sac). And you can see the head pretty good. Sorry the pic isn't that great. We can't figure out how to scan it, so we have to take a picture of it.

All Star

Well, thanks to fan voting, Russell Martin beat Paul Lo Duca by almost 300, 000 votes to be the STARTING catcher for the National League in the All Star game July 10. I did my part in this voting, mind you. Here is an exerpt from dodgers.com:

"The 24-year-old Martin, the first Canadian All-Star catcher, entered Sunday's play batting a team-high .297 with nine home runs and a team-high 53 RBIs. He has 15 stolen bases, breaking a 45-year-old Dodgers record for a catcher, previously held by John Roseboro. He leads league catchers in hits, runs scored, RBIs, steals, walks, and slugging and on-base percentage, and leads the league in game-winning RBIs."

Boy, do I pick the winners!! :-)

Not only is Russ in the All Star game, but two other Dodgers will join him. Exciting! The game is nationally televised, just in case you want to set up your DVR!!

On another note, I am SO ready to be done with my master's. I have six weeks left, and it can't come soon enough. I am just done. Apparently, that doesn't really matter. I wrote a paper this last week, and I thought it was terrible - worst I had written in a long time. My professor told me it was "excellent" and "all parents should read it". HA I laughed out loud when I read that. I re-read it and it wasn't as bad as I originally thought, but writing a paper while suffering from morning sickness isn't too easy. he he That was actually my very last paper to write as a master degree student!! YIPEE!! Now, I have a few power point projects and to finish my thesis project (BLAH) and I am home free.

10 weeks

So, babycenter tells me that at 10 weeks the organs are formed and working, and in the next three weeks the baby will triple in size. Babycenter also tells me that my uterus is approximately the size of a grapefruit now, which explains why my clothes aren't fitting right. Or some of them at all. I haven't gained a pound, but my clothes don't fit. That is interesting. I am constantly eating, so it is strange that i haven't gained any weight.

Other than the Tidbit news, there is absolutely nothing exciting going on here right now. I am doing VBS at the church where I teach preschool, and I am EXHAUSTED and it has been a CRAZY and weird week. I will be glad Friday at 2:00 ish when I can come home and be finished with VBS.

Nothing Clever

Not too much is going on at our house. We are laying pretty low this weekend. Yesterday I felt really crummy with morning sickness pretty much all day long. It would start to go away, and then I got a headache and that made it worse. Ugh. I feel much better today. And, I can't complain too much because I generally feel great all the time.

We went to the doctor on Tuesday for our first "official" appointment. My due date was pushed back two days to January 23. We also had another ultrasound and saw the heartbeat again and the little legs! It is starting to look like a baby and not as much like a blob! I have had 6 ultrasounds already. Normally my first one would have been at my last appointment, but things started out a little interesting - hence the reason for 6. This kid is already craving attention!

The 4th of July Dodger game is coming up. This will be our third 4th of July game to attend. Those fireworks are always fun. What is everyone else doing for the 4th?

Posts have been changed to protect the innocent...Or not so innocent?

Well, I deleted a couple of posts on the chance that someone might google or something and find my blog. Anyway...the loyal readers know what I am talking about.

Today Travis and I celebrated "parent's day," as Travis dubbed it. I was pregnant on mother's day, but we didn't know it, and since then Travis has felt bad that he didn't do anything for me. So, instead of just doing father's day, we did mother's day too - hence "parent's day." It was fun. Travis made breakfast burritos this morning, then this afternoon we had steaks! Yum! I can't eat nearly as much in one sitting as I used to, and sometimes that bums me out. Tonight I had cereal for dinner. And it stuffed me. HA HA

I have been feeling good for the most part. We discovered that when I drink orange juice I get REALLY sick, so I am avoiding that like the plague. Pretty much that's the only time I get sick, when I have OJ, and I mean SICK. I slept 11 hours last night, which has to be a record for me. Even in high school I couldn't sleep that long. Anyway...I must have needed it. We went to a Dodger game yesterday and it was SO HOT I thought I was going to pass out. We ate afterward, and by the time we got home we had been gone for 7 1/2 hours. I was BEAT! When we got home I had a horrible headache. My doctor said that a little caffiene was ok and to wait until I got a bad headache to have some! So, last night I had some coke and it was YUMMY!!! And of course my headache was gone in seconds. Ahh....addictions.

Well, nothing exciting happening here. Travis is out in Santa Monica at the movies with a friend, so I am just hanging out trying to enjoy the quiet. In a few months I won't know the sound of quiet anymore. Not that I'm complaining!

Updates

So I went yesterday to an Imaging place for a better ultrasound of my cyst. The lady told me that it was not that big at all, and it was totally normal in pregnancy and will go away in a few weeks. So, that is good news. I wasn't really concerned, but, whatever.
After she looked at my cyst she showed us Tidbit again. It was really cool. It is HUGE compared to one week ago, and the heartbeat was very obvious instead of having to look for it. It was at a strong 171. We could see the head taking shape, and the body with little limb buds. It was really cool. Last week it was still pretty much a formless blob.

Houston...We Have a Heart Beat!

Well, it's officially official. There's a baby. We saw the heart beat this morning, and I got my official due date. January 21st. I am posting the ultrasound picture, even though it isn't great. Don't mind the black blob on the right, that's just a cyst. Apparently it will go away. So...here he/she is.

Tidbit

HILARIOUS!!!!

This is my favorite commercial EVER! I laugh so hard I cry EVERY time I watch this. So stinking funny.