Spring Backward

I rest my case.

17w6

Spring Forward

Our bodies have, now what about the weather? For now I will have to settle for buying myself flowers.

17w4d

17 Weeks

I have this fun little app on my iPhone. Each week it updates me with stats on the babies' size. For example, week 5 the baby was the size of an apple seed; week 8 a raspberry, etc.

Well, today we have reached the size of an Onion! What does this mean exactly? Baby Fernandez is about 5.1 inches and 5.9oz.

Keep on growing kiddo!

17w

16 Week Bump Update

I'm a little late getting the ball rolling on the "growing tummy" shots, but now is better than never. Keeping with the theme of running late, I was officially 16 weeks last Friday, this shot was taken on Sunday, and I'm finally getting around to posting it on Tuesday. I digress. Overall, this pregnancy has been fairly easy (with the exception of a trip to the ER). I was lucky enough to avoid "morning" sickness all together with my biggest complaint being my teenage skin returning in full force.

Also, this is probably one of the worst shots of me, bare with Shawn and I as we figure out a good place to take the picture, but more importantly working on our camera skills.

16w3d

Stats
Baby Size: Avacado
Total Weight Gain: 3lbs at last Dr. Appt.
Maternity Clothes: Had to use the Belly Band with my slacks last week,  and some maternity tank tops for comfort. Still fitting in jeans, barely.
Food Cravings: Sweets sometimes
Food Adversions: Raspberries
Symptoms: Headaches, overall tiredness, excessive hair growth (gross, I know), using the restroom a lot; stuffy nose, dry/chapped lips, always thirsty, acne, giant ta-tas (I don't consider this a plus)
Movement: None felt yet
Belly Button: In
Gender: Unknown
Best Moment of the Week: Ultrasound in ER confirming everything is fine with Baby Fernandez
What I'm Looking Forward To: Finding out the gender so that I can start decorating the nursery!
What I Miss: Clear Skin
What Else: I had a trip to the ER on Saturday after some cramping that lasted 36 hours, after some fluids and an Ultrasound it was determined that it was likely due to either dehydration or the fact that my fibroids are growing and causing discomfort - likely to continue throughout the pregnancy.  Anxiously awaiting the arivial of my body pillow to help me stay on my side at night.

16w5d

Baby Daddy

Has been good.

16w

First Purchase

I've been itiching to make my first Baby Fernandez purchase, we wanted to wait untill we got through with the first trimester as to not jinx ourselves. I browsed numerous clothing stores looking for the perfect unisex outfit and was completely unsatisfied with the options - I don't know how parents that keep the sex a secret can handle it. The unisex clothes are just not that cute. And we are waiting to decorate the nursery untill we find out the gender, so my baby purchasing options are pretty much in a holding pattern for another month or so.

A couple of weekends ago Shawn and I embarked on a parental to be shopping excursion.....maternity stores, Lululemon for new Sports bras........, and BABY furniture stores! We came across this adorable rocking bassinet - it was perfect. Shawn wanted to buy it immediately, however I don't know if I was nervous to finally make the first "baby" purchase, or it was my general hesitation to buy furniture but we walked away empty handed.

Well, yesterday while perusing the Internet (at work) I came across the bassinet for almost 40% off. Done.

15w5d

Oh Baby!

I'm back, or maybe I should say we're back ;-) It is no secret that Shawn and I have been "trying" for a while, and on December 10th we found out our wish would come true. Now that we have a couple of Doctor appointments down and are feeling pretty good about everything we are very excited to be sharing the news!

Meet Baby Fernandez

12 Weeks

Cheers!