Dear Bean:
Today it's super hot out and I had a great idea to put on a bikini that hardly covers anything (because I'm waiting on the one I ordered to come In!) and sit out in the sun for 3 hours! I hope you didn't get too hot in there! I drank lots of water while I was out there. Daddy is golfing with uncle Paul and some friends and I'm jus relaxing until he gets home. Today is Memorial Day! Yay for a day off and a 4 day work week! I planted flowers in the flowerbed daddy made me! They look wonderful! The only problem....Buster thinks he can walk through it, Triton thinks it's a good place to nap and keep cool and Lola thinks it's a play area for her to dig in. She's dug up bulbs in the back twice now! Man I was sooo mad at her!!
Well I think now is time for an afternoon snack! Chips and cheese salsa headed your way!! Oh and how did you like that monkey bread yesterday? Mommy and nana had a contest who could make better monkey bread...mommy won! Although nana is usually way better at baking than I am...you will find this out soon. :-)
Love you tons Bean!
Love,
Mommy
Monday, May 31, 2010
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Holy Hot Out!!
Dear Bean:
This past week it has been super hot out. I'm talking upper 80's. It's just treacherous! This is going to be a hot summer that's for sure. I mean I don't mind the heat that much, I just hate being sticky and sweaty. And I feel like I'm going to get dehydrated. I try to drink my recommended gallon a day, if not more, when it's super hot like that, but my stomach can only hold so much. And I can't get anything done because I have to pee all the time!!
I dug another flowerbed last weekend. Last night Daddy got out some big pieces of wood and stained them the same color as the porch and set them up to outline it. Tomorrow I will be planting the flowers in it!!!
Your bedding came last night. Nana bought it for you. She's waiting to give it to me at my baby shower. But she gave me the window valance. It looks really nice! I'm so excited to really get started on your room! We have come up with some really unique ideas for wall decor. Daddy has someone from his work helping with your name blocks to make them the way we want.
My baby shower that Aunt Erin is throwing is coming up in 2 weeks! I can't wait to get some stuff to organize so I can really start "nesting"
Love you Bean!!
Love,
Mommy
This past week it has been super hot out. I'm talking upper 80's. It's just treacherous! This is going to be a hot summer that's for sure. I mean I don't mind the heat that much, I just hate being sticky and sweaty. And I feel like I'm going to get dehydrated. I try to drink my recommended gallon a day, if not more, when it's super hot like that, but my stomach can only hold so much. And I can't get anything done because I have to pee all the time!!
I dug another flowerbed last weekend. Last night Daddy got out some big pieces of wood and stained them the same color as the porch and set them up to outline it. Tomorrow I will be planting the flowers in it!!!
Your bedding came last night. Nana bought it for you. She's waiting to give it to me at my baby shower. But she gave me the window valance. It looks really nice! I'm so excited to really get started on your room! We have come up with some really unique ideas for wall decor. Daddy has someone from his work helping with your name blocks to make them the way we want.
My baby shower that Aunt Erin is throwing is coming up in 2 weeks! I can't wait to get some stuff to organize so I can really start "nesting"
Love you Bean!!
Love,
Mommy
Thursday, May 20, 2010
3 Months Left!!
Dear Bean:
Today there is exactly 3 months until my official due date, but hopefully you will be here before then.
We know what your name will be for sure if you are a girl. We have 2 choices for if you are a boy. But we like them both equally so it all depends what you look like once your here....if you're a boy of course. I'm convinced that you are a boy....daddy is convinced you are a girl. Oh the suspense! Either way, we have your name picked out finally. I have to get to the hardware store to get some stuff to make your name blocks. Unless daddy can make what I need. I'm pretty sure he won't let me buy what I need because he is super handy. You'll find this out shortly. Like Christmas when you get toys that need to be put together, you'll always want to have daddy do it!
The other night Daddy and I laid on the couch and watched you wiggle about in my belly and Daddy tried to feel for any type of body part. He's so scared he'll hurt you though so he doesn't push very hard to feel anything, unlike me. I know you're tough in there and you have lots of padding in there! I tried to explain to Daddy what you felt like moving in my belly and this was my explaination: "It's like when you get a goldfish and it's in a plastic baggy with the water only it has no air in it and you cup your hand around it and you can feel the goldfish ever so subtly hitting the sides of the bag." That's the best way for me to describe it. But then there are days when I don't feel as much on the outside as I do on the inside. Like when you hit my cervix and it feels like someone is kicking me really hard between the legs, or when you bounce on my bladder, or stick your foot in my groin/hip.
Speaking of hips, mine have really been hurting lately. Like baddd. Probably getting wider. Eeeek. They better go back!
So it's official. The other day was the last day I will be able to paint my own toes. It hurt sooo bad bending over to reach them. I tried sitting on the toilet and putting my foot on the wall and then I tried sitting on the floor and I tried standing with my foot on the bathtub. All positions hurt me. I also decided that today should probably be the last time I shave my legs in the shower while no one else is home. I'm not so good at balancing on one foot anymore as my balance is a little off these days. And lastly, it hurts to sit with my legs crossed. Half the time I think I'm sitting so manly like because my legs are open. Oh well it's comfortable.
Okay time to get back to work now.
Love you Bean and I can't wait to meet you!!
Love,
Mommy
Today there is exactly 3 months until my official due date, but hopefully you will be here before then.
We know what your name will be for sure if you are a girl. We have 2 choices for if you are a boy. But we like them both equally so it all depends what you look like once your here....if you're a boy of course. I'm convinced that you are a boy....daddy is convinced you are a girl. Oh the suspense! Either way, we have your name picked out finally. I have to get to the hardware store to get some stuff to make your name blocks. Unless daddy can make what I need. I'm pretty sure he won't let me buy what I need because he is super handy. You'll find this out shortly. Like Christmas when you get toys that need to be put together, you'll always want to have daddy do it!
The other night Daddy and I laid on the couch and watched you wiggle about in my belly and Daddy tried to feel for any type of body part. He's so scared he'll hurt you though so he doesn't push very hard to feel anything, unlike me. I know you're tough in there and you have lots of padding in there! I tried to explain to Daddy what you felt like moving in my belly and this was my explaination: "It's like when you get a goldfish and it's in a plastic baggy with the water only it has no air in it and you cup your hand around it and you can feel the goldfish ever so subtly hitting the sides of the bag." That's the best way for me to describe it. But then there are days when I don't feel as much on the outside as I do on the inside. Like when you hit my cervix and it feels like someone is kicking me really hard between the legs, or when you bounce on my bladder, or stick your foot in my groin/hip.
Speaking of hips, mine have really been hurting lately. Like baddd. Probably getting wider. Eeeek. They better go back!
So it's official. The other day was the last day I will be able to paint my own toes. It hurt sooo bad bending over to reach them. I tried sitting on the toilet and putting my foot on the wall and then I tried sitting on the floor and I tried standing with my foot on the bathtub. All positions hurt me. I also decided that today should probably be the last time I shave my legs in the shower while no one else is home. I'm not so good at balancing on one foot anymore as my balance is a little off these days. And lastly, it hurts to sit with my legs crossed. Half the time I think I'm sitting so manly like because my legs are open. Oh well it's comfortable.
Okay time to get back to work now.
Love you Bean and I can't wait to meet you!!
Love,
Mommy
Monday, May 17, 2010
The Coolest Thing
Dear Bean:
The coolest thing since being pregnant happened on Friday!! You kept tapping me up by the ribs so I put my hand there to feel and all of a sudden I felt a body part. A foot or hand or knee or elbow? I have no idea. But you pushed back at me and moved a little then you pulled back and I couldn't feel it anymore. But it was amazing. It scared me at first- I didn't know what had just happened. I pulled my hands away and I think my face turned red. So all weekend I have been poking at you in there trying to get a feel for something else. And I think I got another feel of something today. It was smaller. So I'm thinking last time it was a foot or knee and this time it was a hand or elbow. I'm not sure. But I do know that you get stronger and stronger by the day.
I've also noticed that when I sleep and you are moving a lot in there that I have dreams of you moving. You woke me up twice last night. Once you were kicking me in the rib and the next time you were jumping on my bladder.
My most favorite thing to do lately is just lay in bed or on the couch with my shirt up and watch you make my belly wiggle. It really makes me laugh sometimes.
I think you are going to be super hyperactive. Aunt Erin says it's because I drink too many caffinated beverages....I think she's wrong about the reasoning. If you are super hyperactive then it's most likely because you are my child.
The other night Aunt Lindsey tried to feel you in my belly. You didn't respond you her rubbing you and talking to you. Then Grandma laid her hand on real quick and you gave her 2 good kicks. Grandma told Lindsey you didn't kick for her is because you're a boy and she keeps calling you a girl. We will see in about 3 months! I can't even believe it! 3 months!! Ahhhh.
Well Bean I should get going now.
Love you,
Mommy
The coolest thing since being pregnant happened on Friday!! You kept tapping me up by the ribs so I put my hand there to feel and all of a sudden I felt a body part. A foot or hand or knee or elbow? I have no idea. But you pushed back at me and moved a little then you pulled back and I couldn't feel it anymore. But it was amazing. It scared me at first- I didn't know what had just happened. I pulled my hands away and I think my face turned red. So all weekend I have been poking at you in there trying to get a feel for something else. And I think I got another feel of something today. It was smaller. So I'm thinking last time it was a foot or knee and this time it was a hand or elbow. I'm not sure. But I do know that you get stronger and stronger by the day.
I've also noticed that when I sleep and you are moving a lot in there that I have dreams of you moving. You woke me up twice last night. Once you were kicking me in the rib and the next time you were jumping on my bladder.
My most favorite thing to do lately is just lay in bed or on the couch with my shirt up and watch you make my belly wiggle. It really makes me laugh sometimes.
I think you are going to be super hyperactive. Aunt Erin says it's because I drink too many caffinated beverages....I think she's wrong about the reasoning. If you are super hyperactive then it's most likely because you are my child.
The other night Aunt Lindsey tried to feel you in my belly. You didn't respond you her rubbing you and talking to you. Then Grandma laid her hand on real quick and you gave her 2 good kicks. Grandma told Lindsey you didn't kick for her is because you're a boy and she keeps calling you a girl. We will see in about 3 months! I can't even believe it! 3 months!! Ahhhh.
Well Bean I should get going now.
Love you,
Mommy
Friday, May 14, 2010
You are a Wiggle Worm!!
Dear Bean:
This morning Mommy decided to turn the alarm off instead of hitting snooze. Oops. Well good thing you know what time I'm supposed to be up! You gave me a good kick to the belly and bladder and that woke me right up! Daddy was still late to work, but mommy wasn't. So thanks Bean!
And alllll day you have been kicking, punching and tapping me, just being super active. I think you know when we get close to the weekend. You're always more active on weekends. I can't figure out how you are positioned in there. Last month at the ultrasound your head was on the left side and your feet on the right. I could feel your feet beneath my belly button on the right side. But now, I feel them dangerously close to my ribs. But then again I also feel you right dead center under my belly button. I think you're either diagonal or just only on my right side. That would make sense as to why I woke up yesterday with a lopsided belly!
I just sent you a taste of Chinese. It may be a bit spicy, but it was DeLiCiOuS! I'll send ya some birthday cake ice cream in a little bit! Enjoy!!
Love you!!
Love,
Mommy
This morning Mommy decided to turn the alarm off instead of hitting snooze. Oops. Well good thing you know what time I'm supposed to be up! You gave me a good kick to the belly and bladder and that woke me right up! Daddy was still late to work, but mommy wasn't. So thanks Bean!
And alllll day you have been kicking, punching and tapping me, just being super active. I think you know when we get close to the weekend. You're always more active on weekends. I can't figure out how you are positioned in there. Last month at the ultrasound your head was on the left side and your feet on the right. I could feel your feet beneath my belly button on the right side. But now, I feel them dangerously close to my ribs. But then again I also feel you right dead center under my belly button. I think you're either diagonal or just only on my right side. That would make sense as to why I woke up yesterday with a lopsided belly!
I just sent you a taste of Chinese. It may be a bit spicy, but it was DeLiCiOuS! I'll send ya some birthday cake ice cream in a little bit! Enjoy!!
Love you!!
Love,
Mommy
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Oh So Tired!
Dear Bean:
You are really tiring me out these days. Or it could be that 3rd trimester exhaustion people have been talking about. But either way I'm just pooped! You kept me up last night. You just couldn't hold still long enough for me to get comfortable and fall asleep! This morning I woke up and you must have been curled up on my right side because my belly was completely lopsided. Daddy laughed, he thought it was funny. I guess I won't blame my lack of sleep all on you, it was partly the dogs as well. They were barking at the coyotes outside. I'm sure you know by now we have dogs...and a cat. You probably hear the dogs barking all the time and the cat squishes you when he lays on my belly. I'm sure you'll like them. Lola will take some time getting used to you and may be cranky at times with you, but we'll never let her hurt you. Buster on the other hand will always want to be in your face. Just let him kiss you and he'll be on his way. Triton the cat though, he's not so fond of little kids yet. The only one he's really met is your cousin Wyette and he usually throws toys at him or scares him. We'll teach you to be nice to him and I'm sure he'll love to snuggle up with you and be your friend! Oh and back to the coyotes outside....Well you will hear them when you get bigger. I'm sure as a little person they won't phase you, but as you get older and notice them and how close they are to our house you will get scared, and that's okay because they scare me too. We also have bears around our house. They're not so scary because they won't come close to us. They're actually kind of neat. Last summer I saw a mama and her 3 cubs and it was just sooo cute!
So the other day I had my first experience with Braxton Hicks contractions. Well it started on Monday this very uncomfortable cramping and I tried not to let it worry me and then the next day they started happening again. Well I looked it up on a trusty pregnancy website and sure enough that's what was going on. Luckily they subsided once I drank lots of water. I know they're normal to start happening around 6 months, but I didn't know if they were real contractions or just those Braxton Hicks. I've heard of people having preterm labor and I'm paranoid of it. I want you to stay in there until August. I don't want you born too early and struggling for your life. I want to go to the hospital when it's time, deliver you and then bring you home with us the next day or whenever it is they let me go home. I'm not leaving that hospital without you Bean.
Your Daddy and I have become quite the gardeners!! Daddy is growing 2 barrels of peas and I'm growing a barrel of green beans and a barrel of cucumbers. We'll probably have peas up the wazoo so I think I'll practice making baby food out of them. If it turns out, then I'll freeze it for you to have when we're ready. If you're anything like Daddy you will LOVE the peas. We also are growing some Iris's out front by the mailbox. They will come up every year, so maybe next summer you and I can go pick them to put on the table! Daddy and I have also planted you a tree. I ordered a Blue Spruce tree kit and we planted the seeds and we have 4 that have started to grow! So by the time you get here we will hopefully get to plant at least one outside for you!
Well Bean, that's all for now.
Love,
Mommy
You are really tiring me out these days. Or it could be that 3rd trimester exhaustion people have been talking about. But either way I'm just pooped! You kept me up last night. You just couldn't hold still long enough for me to get comfortable and fall asleep! This morning I woke up and you must have been curled up on my right side because my belly was completely lopsided. Daddy laughed, he thought it was funny. I guess I won't blame my lack of sleep all on you, it was partly the dogs as well. They were barking at the coyotes outside. I'm sure you know by now we have dogs...and a cat. You probably hear the dogs barking all the time and the cat squishes you when he lays on my belly. I'm sure you'll like them. Lola will take some time getting used to you and may be cranky at times with you, but we'll never let her hurt you. Buster on the other hand will always want to be in your face. Just let him kiss you and he'll be on his way. Triton the cat though, he's not so fond of little kids yet. The only one he's really met is your cousin Wyette and he usually throws toys at him or scares him. We'll teach you to be nice to him and I'm sure he'll love to snuggle up with you and be your friend! Oh and back to the coyotes outside....Well you will hear them when you get bigger. I'm sure as a little person they won't phase you, but as you get older and notice them and how close they are to our house you will get scared, and that's okay because they scare me too. We also have bears around our house. They're not so scary because they won't come close to us. They're actually kind of neat. Last summer I saw a mama and her 3 cubs and it was just sooo cute!
So the other day I had my first experience with Braxton Hicks contractions. Well it started on Monday this very uncomfortable cramping and I tried not to let it worry me and then the next day they started happening again. Well I looked it up on a trusty pregnancy website and sure enough that's what was going on. Luckily they subsided once I drank lots of water. I know they're normal to start happening around 6 months, but I didn't know if they were real contractions or just those Braxton Hicks. I've heard of people having preterm labor and I'm paranoid of it. I want you to stay in there until August. I don't want you born too early and struggling for your life. I want to go to the hospital when it's time, deliver you and then bring you home with us the next day or whenever it is they let me go home. I'm not leaving that hospital without you Bean.
Your Daddy and I have become quite the gardeners!! Daddy is growing 2 barrels of peas and I'm growing a barrel of green beans and a barrel of cucumbers. We'll probably have peas up the wazoo so I think I'll practice making baby food out of them. If it turns out, then I'll freeze it for you to have when we're ready. If you're anything like Daddy you will LOVE the peas. We also are growing some Iris's out front by the mailbox. They will come up every year, so maybe next summer you and I can go pick them to put on the table! Daddy and I have also planted you a tree. I ordered a Blue Spruce tree kit and we planted the seeds and we have 4 that have started to grow! So by the time you get here we will hopefully get to plant at least one outside for you!
Well Bean, that's all for now.
Love,
Mommy
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Some Random Thoughts to You
Dear Bean-
There is just so much happening these days. Last week I was in a car accident which was pretty scary. If anything would have happened to you because of that accident I would have never been able to forgive myself. Luckily though, you're okay in there and you have been letting me know with all of your kicks, somersaults and squirming around.
With every movement you make inside of me it makes me feel as if you are trying to tell me something. I'm not exactly sure yet what it is. Do you do it so mommy doesn't worry so much? Or because you're hungry for something delicious? Am I making you uncomfortable?
I think about you all day every day. What will you look like? Blonde hair? Brown hair? Red hair? Bald? I suspect bald. Daddy and I both were. Will you have blue eyes like daddy? Brown eyes like me? Or will you get Aunt Erin's green eyes? Are you and boy or a girl? Will you be quiet and shy like daddy or will you be loud and outgoing like me? I think you'll be a pretty good mixture. I'm sure you'll be chatty like me. How can you not, you listen to me talk and talk allll day in there. You probably love it when I go to sleep and you don't have to hear it anymore. I'm sorry Bean, mommy just always has tons to say!!
Daddy told me yesterday that he knows he will cry when you enter this world. Of course they will be happy tears. Although he doesn't talk about you as much as I do, I know he's equally excited. I think because of the simple fact that you are in my tummy and not his, it's not as real to him. But I know he will be the best daddy. You will just love him. He talks about stuff he will teach you and fun things you two will do together. He wants to buy you some golf clubs so you can go golfing with him. I hope you like golfing more than I do! Nana & Papa have a pond full of fish and daddy loves to fish in it. He says he will teach you to catch fish just like him- Don't worry though, I will really be the one to teach you to get the big ones!!
I hope you like us. I don't see why you wouldn't. We are fun and very lovable. I believe you will like your new home too. Mommy has decorated the inside nice and homey like and daddy has done some nice things outside like build a little front porch and a BIG back deck. Once you come home while I am off work I plan to sit on the back deck and read stories to you. Anytime I sit out there I think about you and all the fun we will have together.
I still can't believe it! You are going to enter this world and be mine and daddy's little creation. We will get you home and probably just stare at you and think "I can't believe you're all mine."
Well Bean, Mommy should do something productive now, seeing how I am at work...
I love you always.
Love,
Mommy
There is just so much happening these days. Last week I was in a car accident which was pretty scary. If anything would have happened to you because of that accident I would have never been able to forgive myself. Luckily though, you're okay in there and you have been letting me know with all of your kicks, somersaults and squirming around.
With every movement you make inside of me it makes me feel as if you are trying to tell me something. I'm not exactly sure yet what it is. Do you do it so mommy doesn't worry so much? Or because you're hungry for something delicious? Am I making you uncomfortable?
I think about you all day every day. What will you look like? Blonde hair? Brown hair? Red hair? Bald? I suspect bald. Daddy and I both were. Will you have blue eyes like daddy? Brown eyes like me? Or will you get Aunt Erin's green eyes? Are you and boy or a girl? Will you be quiet and shy like daddy or will you be loud and outgoing like me? I think you'll be a pretty good mixture. I'm sure you'll be chatty like me. How can you not, you listen to me talk and talk allll day in there. You probably love it when I go to sleep and you don't have to hear it anymore. I'm sorry Bean, mommy just always has tons to say!!
Daddy told me yesterday that he knows he will cry when you enter this world. Of course they will be happy tears. Although he doesn't talk about you as much as I do, I know he's equally excited. I think because of the simple fact that you are in my tummy and not his, it's not as real to him. But I know he will be the best daddy. You will just love him. He talks about stuff he will teach you and fun things you two will do together. He wants to buy you some golf clubs so you can go golfing with him. I hope you like golfing more than I do! Nana & Papa have a pond full of fish and daddy loves to fish in it. He says he will teach you to catch fish just like him- Don't worry though, I will really be the one to teach you to get the big ones!!
I hope you like us. I don't see why you wouldn't. We are fun and very lovable. I believe you will like your new home too. Mommy has decorated the inside nice and homey like and daddy has done some nice things outside like build a little front porch and a BIG back deck. Once you come home while I am off work I plan to sit on the back deck and read stories to you. Anytime I sit out there I think about you and all the fun we will have together.
I still can't believe it! You are going to enter this world and be mine and daddy's little creation. We will get you home and probably just stare at you and think "I can't believe you're all mine."
Well Bean, Mommy should do something productive now, seeing how I am at work...
I love you always.
Love,
Mommy
Monday, May 10, 2010
The history up until now.
Dear Bean:
Since the moment I found out you were going to be coming into our lives I have had so much emotion and just didn't know how to express it. So finally after 6 months I have decided on a blog. Now lets backtrack....
Thursday, December 10, 2009, 6:50am- The pee stick says pregnant! Daddy's not home. Mommy's freaking out!
My thoughts....Wow...I have a life inside of me. We have made a miracle. I'm scared and excited and totally shocked all at once. I quick do the calculations and your expected arrival date is sometime in August. Oh man that is going to take foreverrrrrrr.
We wanted to hold the news in but we just couldn't. I told Aunt Lindsey first- she's wanted to be an aunt for as long as I can remember! Then later that night we went and told Nana & Papa. They were just sooo excited!!
I still can't believe it- We're going to be parents!!
Sunday, December 13, 2009- I call Aunt Erin and let her in on the news before Gramma & Grampa come for dinner later. Aunt Erin was thrilled. She is so excited to be an aunt as well.
We gave Gramma & Grampa an early Christmas present which was an ornament that said "Grandparents-To-Be" on it. They were shocked! Gramma was so surpised and just needed a moment to take it in.
Now the week of Dec. 13-19 we started telling the rest of the family and some of our friends. Everyone was so excited which made us even more excited than we already were!!
Saturday, December 19, 2009- Christmas at the O'Connell's. I got really sick. I thought it was morning sickness. I asked you to stop making mommy feel so ill but it didn't work. After 24 hours I ended up in the ER for being so dehydrated. I was so so worried about you in there. I thought for sure I had starved you and wouldn't be in there any longer. But to my surprise you hung on and were in there doing just fine!! Turns out I had a pretty bad UTI causing me to be so sick.
Tuesday, December 29, 2009- I went for my first visit as an OB patient!! It was nothing special, just a pelvic exam. But hearing it from my Dr that I was pregnant made it so much more real and special. Your expected arrival date is August 20th!!
Thursday, January 7, 2010- Daddy and I got our first glimpse of you today! You are just the teeny tiniest little thing. You look like a jelly bean. But to see your heart beating away was the most amazing thing ever. I couldn't wait to see you again! The ultrasound showed your due date to be August 24th, we'll see what our Dr had to say.
From that date on, my clothes start getting tight. Maybe it's psychological since you're so tiny still but I had to start wearing a belly band at only 7 weeks!
Saturday, January 30, 2010- I wore my first pair of maternity pants on this day! Boy are they comfy! You probably feel more comfy in there since my jeans aren't pushing down on you.
February comes and goes and while its flying by I borrowed a Doppler device to try to get your heartbeat at home. I couldn't find it at first and that was so scary and when I did hear a heartbeat I thought for sure it was mine and not yours. I wasn't convinced until I heard it at the Drs.
Yay we're already into the 2nd trimester and my belly starts getting obvious!
March rolls around and we're out and about for St. Patty's Day. Daddy loves how mommy looks pregnant. He thinks I look so cute and he loves that other people think so too.
April comes and its time to see you again!! I am so nervous to see you. At this appointment they will take all your measurements and make sure you are growing like you should be....
Friday, April 2, 2010- Daddy and Gramma meet me at the hospital for the big ultrasound. The ultrasounds tech finds you right away and we have to tell her that we don't want to know your gender. It doesn't matter to us, we will love you no matter what. You weren't being very cooperative when it came to showing your face. You kept covering it with your hands. We were able to get a nice profile and one shot of you looking right at us. You have daddy's nose- it points a little upward. The ultrasound tech knows your gender, but we didn't give in and ask her at the end. She thought we may have to go back for more because you didn't want to fully cooperate. But other than that, you look perfect! You were measuring a little large though....it doesn't surprise me because my belly is HUGE! Your measurements showed you should be due around August 16th....we'll see.
Throughout April I feel you moving. At the ultrasound I was told that my placenta is in front so it would be harder to feel you. So back in March I thought I was feeling you, but wasn't sure. But now I know I am. Daddy has been trying but didn't get to feel until around April 20th. He thought it was very neat!!! I think it really makes it so much more real to him.
Well this is all for now. I will write again Bean.
Love,
Mommy.
Since the moment I found out you were going to be coming into our lives I have had so much emotion and just didn't know how to express it. So finally after 6 months I have decided on a blog. Now lets backtrack....
Thursday, December 10, 2009, 6:50am- The pee stick says pregnant! Daddy's not home. Mommy's freaking out!
My thoughts....Wow...I have a life inside of me. We have made a miracle. I'm scared and excited and totally shocked all at once. I quick do the calculations and your expected arrival date is sometime in August. Oh man that is going to take foreverrrrrrr.
We wanted to hold the news in but we just couldn't. I told Aunt Lindsey first- she's wanted to be an aunt for as long as I can remember! Then later that night we went and told Nana & Papa. They were just sooo excited!!
I still can't believe it- We're going to be parents!!
Sunday, December 13, 2009- I call Aunt Erin and let her in on the news before Gramma & Grampa come for dinner later. Aunt Erin was thrilled. She is so excited to be an aunt as well.
We gave Gramma & Grampa an early Christmas present which was an ornament that said "Grandparents-To-Be" on it. They were shocked! Gramma was so surpised and just needed a moment to take it in.
Now the week of Dec. 13-19 we started telling the rest of the family and some of our friends. Everyone was so excited which made us even more excited than we already were!!
Saturday, December 19, 2009- Christmas at the O'Connell's. I got really sick. I thought it was morning sickness. I asked you to stop making mommy feel so ill but it didn't work. After 24 hours I ended up in the ER for being so dehydrated. I was so so worried about you in there. I thought for sure I had starved you and wouldn't be in there any longer. But to my surprise you hung on and were in there doing just fine!! Turns out I had a pretty bad UTI causing me to be so sick.
Tuesday, December 29, 2009- I went for my first visit as an OB patient!! It was nothing special, just a pelvic exam. But hearing it from my Dr that I was pregnant made it so much more real and special. Your expected arrival date is August 20th!!
Thursday, January 7, 2010- Daddy and I got our first glimpse of you today! You are just the teeny tiniest little thing. You look like a jelly bean. But to see your heart beating away was the most amazing thing ever. I couldn't wait to see you again! The ultrasound showed your due date to be August 24th, we'll see what our Dr had to say.
From that date on, my clothes start getting tight. Maybe it's psychological since you're so tiny still but I had to start wearing a belly band at only 7 weeks!
Saturday, January 30, 2010- I wore my first pair of maternity pants on this day! Boy are they comfy! You probably feel more comfy in there since my jeans aren't pushing down on you.
February comes and goes and while its flying by I borrowed a Doppler device to try to get your heartbeat at home. I couldn't find it at first and that was so scary and when I did hear a heartbeat I thought for sure it was mine and not yours. I wasn't convinced until I heard it at the Drs.
Yay we're already into the 2nd trimester and my belly starts getting obvious!
March rolls around and we're out and about for St. Patty's Day. Daddy loves how mommy looks pregnant. He thinks I look so cute and he loves that other people think so too.
April comes and its time to see you again!! I am so nervous to see you. At this appointment they will take all your measurements and make sure you are growing like you should be....
Friday, April 2, 2010- Daddy and Gramma meet me at the hospital for the big ultrasound. The ultrasounds tech finds you right away and we have to tell her that we don't want to know your gender. It doesn't matter to us, we will love you no matter what. You weren't being very cooperative when it came to showing your face. You kept covering it with your hands. We were able to get a nice profile and one shot of you looking right at us. You have daddy's nose- it points a little upward. The ultrasound tech knows your gender, but we didn't give in and ask her at the end. She thought we may have to go back for more because you didn't want to fully cooperate. But other than that, you look perfect! You were measuring a little large though....it doesn't surprise me because my belly is HUGE! Your measurements showed you should be due around August 16th....we'll see.
Throughout April I feel you moving. At the ultrasound I was told that my placenta is in front so it would be harder to feel you. So back in March I thought I was feeling you, but wasn't sure. But now I know I am. Daddy has been trying but didn't get to feel until around April 20th. He thought it was very neat!!! I think it really makes it so much more real to him.
Well this is all for now. I will write again Bean.
Love,
Mommy.
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