Monday, September 24, 2012

Bye bye blue balloon...

The blue balloon has finally taken it's fall! We will see in TWO days if the balloons are right! I can't type my excitement!! Ha ha. : ) I am so ready to finish up the nursery. I just want it mostly done before the holiday's and I'm busy with my huge family and work and feeling exhausted. I don't want to be stressing last minute 'cause we aren't ready for baby's homecoming.


Thursday, September 20, 2012

20 Weeks!


Welp, I'm half way there!! 20 weeks and 2 days, today. I can not believe how fast time is moving! And I know I say that ALL the time, but it's so true. It just keeps on accelerating and moving faster and faster every day it seems.

We are officially into my favorite time of year. mid September - December! I just love everything about these months. The crisp air, the snow, the holidays, crafts & baking and TONS of decorations. Ah, it just makes my heart happy. I can't wait to spend this time of year with my little sweet pea, next year. I'm sure it will be nothing short of amazing and make me love these months even more.

Rogelio & I got an invitation a few weeks ago, for this upcoming Saturday. I thought it was going to be for a birthday party for one of his many nephews or nieces or something along those lines, but it wasn't! It was an invite to a part, for US. His sister is throwing it. How horribly sweet is that? I just adore his family. It's not a baby shower, just a family get together to celebrate us bringing a precious baby into this world. Lots of food & all of his family.

Food Cravings: This past week I've really loved over hard eggs with spinach, light mayo & cheese on a wheat english muffin. Seriously my favorite breakfast right now.



Food aversions: Nothing new this week.

Weight Gain: 8 lbs according to the doctors but only 4 lbs according to my scale at home. I get weighed at the doctors again in 2 weeks, so we will see. My weight on my home scale hasn't changed though.

Symptoms: I'm bloated all of the time, and it hurts! Also, everything gives me heartburn/acid reflex. It's horrible.

Movement: Yes!

Memory Of The Week: On the 15th, Rogelio felt the baby kick for the very first time!!! He was so excited, and so was I. I've only felt it with my hand a few times, so I was soooo happy that he got to feel it as well.

Stretch Marks: Nope. Lets keep it this way!

Showing: Mhm. More so in the evening. Like, my belly button gets a little shallow towards the end of the day. Haha.

Gender Prediction: I feel like we are having a girl. I will be happy with a boy too, though.

Maternity Cloths: Yes.

Thursday, September 13, 2012

19 Weeks!


 My belly has really popped in the last couple of weeks, and it's starting to feel more hard. I can feel a significant difference when leaning forward while sitting or bending over to pick something up. It's such a strange feeling. I love sitting & staring down at my growing tummy. If I stand up straight & just glance down, my feet have disappeared! Of course I can still lean forward a bit to view them... for now. I can not believe my half way mark is next Tuesday! So exciting. Time has flown. I'm the happiest I've ever been and only getting happier.

It was finally down in the 50's & 60's today temperature wise and let me tell you, I LOVED it. I'm not a summer gal. I can't stand the heat & being hot. So this chilly day with light sprinkles was just my cup of tea.... or peppermint hot chocolate, like what I got at Starbucks in Target today. Delicious! I haven't gone as far as digging out my cute autumn/winter boots that I practically live in during the colder season, but I know I will be soon! 

1.5 Weeks till our 5 month scan! I'm already convinced that little baby Alcantara is girl, but I could be wrong. ; ) We will see!.....hopefully!


Food Cravings: Fruits & veggies have been at the top of my grocery list this week. Particularly fresh steamed broccoli with a squeeze of lemon & salt. Nom nom nom! I could eat that alllllll day long. Too bad it gives me a painful bloat. Ouch! I've also been eating loads of raspberries, strawberries & clementines with vanilla yogurt. We ran out of my favorite black grapes & the price has gone up drastically at the grocery store (3.60 a lbs!), so I'll just have to wait for the next sale. Aw shucks!

Food aversions: Not really. Just nothing stinky.

Weight Gain: 8 lbs according to the doctors but only 4 lbs according to my scale at home. I haven't gained anything in the past couple of weeks.

Symptoms: BLOATING has been horrible this week! It's so painful. But I am guessing it's mainly because of all veggies I've been eating in abundance lately.

Movement: Yes, still waiting on those big movements though!

Memory Of The Week: Waking up a few days ago and looking down at my tummy thinking 'when did you get here?' Just popped out overnight it seems!
Stretch Marks: Nope. Lets keep it this way!

Showing: Ohh yeah. See pictures above!

Gender Prediction: I feel like we are having a girl. I will be happy with a boy too, though.

Maternity Cloths:The undershirt I am wearing in the pictures above is from Motherhood in the mall, and I'm also wearing some cute maternity skinny jeans, too. I've got a few more undershirts, a cute sweater & a couple shirts. I would love to find a cute dress - doesn't have to be maternity, just comfy - to wear for my birthday, which will actually be celebrated on the day AFTER my birthday because that's the day we find out what we are having and I've already got that day off work, so it's perfect.

Wednesday, September 5, 2012

17 Weeks!

We've got a crib now, too! My hubby, Rogelio, has a little tradition/game that runs in his family that once you have the crib set up you tie a blue balloon and a pink balloon to the rails. The one to deflate the most first is what you are not having. I thought that was just adorable, so of course we are keeping the tradition!

Of course I got all excited when I saw that the blue balloon was all wrinkly & losing air while the pink one was still nice and plump. He he he. ; )

Here's some pictures!


Our awesome dresser! I just love it. Rogelio had to have his brother come over & help him get it up the stairs, 'cause no way was I going to be able to be of any assistance. That thing weighs a ton!



 I love love LOVE our crib! It's a Simmons 4 in 1 (converts to a toddler bed, day bed & full sized/twin bed). It came with a free $109 dollar mattress, what a deal! My mom actually found it & told us about it. So happy she did, because we were having a horrible time crib shopping. Seemed everything we fell in love with, all the stores were sold out of or they weren't active meaning that it couldn't be ordered. Just frustrating. But we have one now, and it's beautiful, so I'm happy happy happy! 

 

Close up of the balloons. Go pink! Hehe, I'll be happy no matter what we are having, but this is a fun game.
 

Thought I'd throw a picture in here of our diaper collection thus far. Also, the Winnie the Pooh box sitting on the dresser in the first picture is full of newborn sized diapers & sensitive wipes. We will not purchase anymore newborn sized ones since they grow out of those so quickly. We have two boxes of size 1 and  two boxes of size 2. That's also all we are going to buy for those sizes. I think three boxes of size 3 is what we are going to be getting next. I'm just going off of how many of each diapers my nephews & nieces used as infants. If we end up buying too many, no biggie, there's always babies around in the family or in my circle of friends that could use them up! And if we are a little short... it's a nice excuse to get out of the house with baby! : )


And last but not least, my hubby surprised me with a blanket he had made with our first ultrasound picture on it! How sweet is that?!



Food Cravings: Eh, nothing in particular. I like food, I just didn't crave anything this week.

Food aversions: Nope. My aversion to meat has eased up, but I still don't wanna eat much of it. It's just not something I think about.

Weight Gain: 8 lbs. Woah mama. I got weighed at the doctors this morning. May I note I was wearing jeans & a sweater. Yes, stating that does make me feel better about that number!

Symptoms: Hot flashes, of course the peeing every 15-30 minutes, head aches have come back, EXHAUSTION, and this little unpleasant pain in my lower back that shoots down into my butt. How nice. Always seems to appear while I'm at work, on my feet for a long period of time.

Movement: Some light movement. Nothing big yet.

Memory Of The Week: Hearing babies heart beat again at my appointment this morning. I always love that.

Stretch Marks: Nope. I did buy some Paulmers Body Butter for Stretch Marks yesterday. I know nothing can prevent them, because it all comes down to genetics but I do believe it'll be easier for your skin to stretch if it's well moisturized. Also, it can help with the horrible itchiness that my sister experienced from her skin stretching.

Showing: I'm officially in maternity jeans. Yep.

Gender Prediction: I feel like we are having a girl. I will be happy with a boy too, though.

Maternity Cloths: I've got a few items for when I'm bigger, that I bought on sale & yesterday I bought a pair of jeans and a few undershirts. I also had to buy a new bra. I'm officially a whole cup size larger than pre-pregnancy. They don't even feel like mine! ....Hubby's loving it though, of course.

Tuesday, August 28, 2012

16 Weeks.

 (These pictures are taken same day each week.. since my due date changed they are actually on the last day of my pregnancy week. 16W 6D)

We bought an awesome dresser! We got it from Babies R Us and it's pure wood (way too heavy to get up the stairs.. my hubby will need some help!) very dark in color and has 6 long drawers. It's legs are carved out and remind me of something old fashioned... something that would be found in  my mothers house when she was a child. I just love it to pieces! It's also very large on top so I will just be buying a changing table pad & placing it on there. There is no reason I need to buy a separate changing table when I could be spending that money on diapers or other necessities. This will work just fine. 

We had also bought a crib.. but they gave us the display one and it was all scratched up, I was so disappointed and with my emotional, hormonal self, I started to cry. It also had a board on the bottom that was split all the way through... I was so excited to have a crib and dresser so to see that just devastated me in the moment. I got over it though, and my hubby returned it this morning. We will continue the hunt next week! I am very excited to get all the big things put together in our sweet pea's room. I want to be done with the heavy stuff and only worry about minor details the farthing along I get. I can't believe I only have 23 more weeks to go! (I am 17 weeks today.. like I mentioned under my picture)

Once we get our crib & bedding I will definitely be posting pictures to share my excitement & joy!

Food Cravings: Still milk & cheese along with orange & cranberry juice. I also have loved sour gummy worms this past week. They're just delicious right now.

Food aversions: My hubby ALWAYS wants to cook steak or hamburgers and I just can not stand those things right now. Ew ew ew.

Weight Gain: 5lbs as far as I know. We will see for sure at my next doctors appointment on the 4th of September.

Symptoms: I have hot flashes all of the time and they drive me nuts. Also, I had quite a few spats of heartburn this past week. Ouch.

Movement: Light flutters in the morning & when I lay down on my tummy (kind of, I lay on my side, turned towards my tummy snuggled up to a body pillow).

Memory Of The Week: Making our first big buy. : )

Stretch Marks: No.

Showing: I feel bigger every day.

Gender Prediction: I feel like we are having a girl. I will be happy with a boy too, though.

Maternity Cloths: My friend sent me a few of her maternity items from when she was pregnant and in there was a maternity belly band! I love it so much, it's soooo comfy and a lot better than my silly hair tie thing.


Tuesday, August 21, 2012

15 Weeks!


As my waistline expands, so does my heart! I swear I love this child more and more every single day. I can not wait to see just how much I love our little sweet pea once it is here. I am the happiest that I have ever been in my entire life.. I'm sure I'll say this a million times in the next 24 weeks & years that follow, but it's truly how I feel.


Food Cravings: MILK and cheese! I love string cheese, baby bell mini's and cubes. I take them with me to work to snack on throughout the day since I don't get an actual break to sit down & rest/eat something. I hide them in the cooler. Shhh! :p I also take my large water bottle with me filled with skim or chocolate milk every morning to work, drink that on my way & then rinse it out once I get there & fill it with just ice so as it melts all day I have freezing cold water. That's the only way I can drink it! It's gotta be freeeeeezing cold!

Food aversions: Meat. Even chicken this past week.

Weight Gain: I weighed myself this morning & was up 3 lbs from what I was at my last dr. appointment so that brings me to 5lbs gained so far. Not too bad I guess..

Symptoms: Hot. I am hot all of the time and my nose is always so stuffy!

Movement: Still just light flutters every now and then but nothing big yet. I can not wait for that day!

Memory Of The Week: Going baby shopping yesterday. I bought our first boxes of diapers! They've got winnie the pooh all over them & came in a keepsake winnie the pooh box! So cute. And may I add how EXPENSIVE they are! I'm gonna start printing coupons from online for sure!

Stretch Marks: Not yet.. but I feel like I'm popping so quick I might get some in the next month or so. I'm worried! Lotion is my best friend right now.

Showing: Oh yeah. I feel like I look more pregnant than fat now. Definitely showing a lot more than I was a few weeks ago.

Gender Prediction: I feel like we are having a girl. I will be happy with a boy too, though.

Maternity Cloths: I have a few shirts but they are too big for me right now. I need to buy some pants or leggings or SOMETHING 'cause this whole hairtie thing kinda hurts when I sit down now.. and my yoga pants are a little too tight around my waist, 'cause when I sit down they roll down! Not a great feeling!

 imagination

Tuesday, August 14, 2012

14 Weeks!



It's official, I have a bump! At my ultrasound last week (first trimester scan) they let me know that baby was measuring a little bigger than where they thought I was at, changing my due date by 6 days making it February 5th! I will continue to take my pictures on the same day every week (Monday) even though my weeks switch over on Tuesdays, making me 15 weeks today!

Food Cravings: Peppermint hot chocolate from Starbucks and french toast. Delicious.

Food aversions: I'm not that big on meat lately. Chicken is okay every now and again, but I'm perfectly fine without any at all. Also, ONIONS. I can not do onions. The smell, the texture, the taste. No thank you! Anything squishy also gags me. I'm such a texture person now when it comes to food. I like crisp, crunchy or firm.

Weight Gain: At my last visit I had gained 2lbs. For a total of..... 2lbs gained so far.

Symptoms: Hot. I am hot all of the time. My poor hubby is always freezing 'cause I run the A/C 24/7. At least it's starting to cool off outside & we are out of those dreaded 100's. It's actually been a bit breezy out lately. I love it. I'm still always hot though. It's the worst at night.

Movement: I've officially felt the 'FLUTTERS'. I first thought that I felt them last week, but it was so faint that I wasn't even sure if it was baby... or gas.. or my imagination. But then I felt them again quite a few times yesterday and I just knew that it was my lovely baby moving around in there. It's the most amazing feeling ever and I can not wait for them to get stronger. <3

Memory Of The Week: Finding out that I am a little further along than I originally thought and getting to see my baby's little anatomy at the ultrasound last Thursday. <3 We even got a picture where it looks like baby is SMILING. Ahhh, how great that was.

Stretch Marks: Nope! Not yet at least. I do have those icky spider veins on my torso & boobies though. 

Showing: I've got a little 'bump' now. : ) I still may not look pregnant walking around in street cloths outside, but I definitely see it in the mirror!

Gender Prediction: I really feel like I am having a girl. I will be happy no matter what my baby turns out to be, but all of the dreams I have had and when I picture us at family get together's, the day I go into labor, future holidays.. I see a little baby girl. I guess we will just have to wait and see!

Maternity Cloths: I found a few really cute shirts at Savers a few weeks ago, but they are for when my bump really grows. Right now I am rocking the hair-tie trick on my jeans & work pants and wearing yoga pants any other time. I can't wait till fall when I can rock the layered look. That's when I am most comfy.


Do you see that smile, or am I just a crazy mommy?


Baby's hand.



Legs crossed & fat torso. : ) I don't see any 'goods' in there, do you? Hmmm.... We'll see more closely next month at the 20 week anatomy scan!

Hope everyone is having a marvalous week so far! I'm going to relax for the rest of my day off and watch Shark Week with my buddy Phoenix.