tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22999037484395814822012-02-15T22:31:25.359-08:00Being loved deeply by someone gives you strength, loving someone deeply gives you courage.Chris & Kelliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15194643640233738266noreply@blogger.comBlogger321100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2299903748439581482.post-24641639570971236452008-06-24T14:57:00.001-07:002008-06-24T14:58:12.755-07:00

I've officially started to waddle. It's ever so attractive. I feel like a penguin.Today is day one I'm starting to wear waterproof mascara and eyeliner just in case. Have to look good during labor you know!

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So yesterday morning Chris and I were being lazy and laying in bed watching TV, apparently our dog felt left out (not allowed on the bed) and went out to his bed in the living room and just howled the most heartbreaking lonely howl ever. So I went out to the living room, scooped him up for some one on one attention and end up in the rocking chair rocking my dog to sleep. It worked, but it was

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So round 1 of maternity clothes is being slowly but surely phased out. I'm wearing my mid-belly jeans and they are rolling down below the belly in front while simultaneously giving me plumber butt out back even with the help of the belly band. Last time I can wear them I guess. :( Feels wierd to have a gut this big. Ha! Glad it is definately not a beer belly though - at least it will go

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of hot weather. My hands are now swelling. Will I really be one of those preggos who can't wear her wedding ring during the end of her pregnancy??? NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!Stupid water retention.At least no cankles yet......

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I went grocery shopping after work Monday with my “grocery game” lists and organized piles of coupons all pumped up to save a ton of $$ again. I went to Safeway and all was well, no hitches but I forgot that I had a $10 off coupon so I was a little mad at myself that I didn’t use it but by then it was too late so I just said whatev and continued to Albertson’s where the BEST deals of the week

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Well, I had an interesting evening! Went to the doc for my 2 week check up and mentioned that the baby was normally really active during the work day but that I hadn’t felt it move at all yesterday. Not a big deal but she asked so I told her. She normally can pacify me with any explanation but instead she sent me across the hall to the room with the monitors and strapped me in just to check it

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Well, it's been 2 weeks since our last appointment. And another 3 weeks till the next one. I've been pretty confident about this pregnancy since we hit week 12 but all of a sudden, I'm scared. I'm at that in-betwen stage the doctor told me about. Barely showing, unable to feel the baby move yet, but the symptoms have all but disappeared. It's scary to feel un-pregnant. I know it is normal

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According to my calculations I was done with my 1st trimester at week 12, some places say week 14, so finally by EVERYONE'S count I am in my 2nd trimester!! Woo hoo we made it! I know the risks are still there but they are so much slimmer now I fell totally relaxed and positive about this go 'round. It is true that you start feeling better. Not that I was ever sick (lucky me) but I am much

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Yup, that's right! I tested on Halloween SURE that I wasn't but lo and behold, 2 pink lines appeared. Sorry for the delayed post, we didn't want to spill the beans till we were far enough along to have multiple heartbeat /growth confirmations. All is well and we're 12 1/2 weeks along! Woo hoo!

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Well, starting out on a good note, my cycle was much more clear this month -charting wise. My temperatures are high right now and I'm almost sure I know when I ovulated. Fabulous since the last few cycles left me scratching my head. I had a few glimmers of hope during this past 2 week wait. When I was PG last time, before I knew, I got this wierd couple-of-hours flu type sickness about 3 days

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to not get my hopes up. We are trying again, for our first time since our loss. It's hard to not think about what our due date would be, what it would be like telling friends and family at Christmas time. (Cause if we were successful this time, the end of the first trimster would be right before Christmas....)

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Aunt Flo is back. TMI I'm sure, but I'm excited. :)

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Day 39 of this cycle.....my body is really not being very cooperative. Although maybe my body is smarter than my brain....I just started at the new job and if I pay into short term disability I can only redeem after I've been here one year......Perhaps putting the baby making on hold? Shoot for an October birthday??Hmmmm......

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So ever since the "incident" my cycle has been all screwy. TMI I'm sure. Last time it was 30 days ( I'm usually 28 days spot on) but this month, I'm on day 20 of this cycle and haven't ovulated yet. Well, my BBT hasn't risen I guess so I'm not sure if I've ovulated or not. It is so frustrating, I was looking forward to starting to try in just a few weeks but how things are going right now,

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So, its been an intersting few months. Chris has been so good to me through this whole thing I went out and bought him a BBQ. Things are getting better everyday. We were talking about why things happen and we were kind of amazed that we have had only really good things happen to us since we've been together. I guess there are a million reasons this could have happened to us, but we are choosing

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I think everyone has heard by now but I'll fill everyone in on the details here.Wedensday 6/13 Chris & I went in for our 1st prenatal visit and ultrasound. We met with the ultrasound tech first and while she found the fetus, it was measuring only 7 weeks 5 days and I was 10 weeks 6 days along. Also, she pointed out the area where we should see the heartbeat but nothing was happening. Shock.

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Get to go see the doctor today!! After waiting for 42 long days we get to confirm our due date, ask a gazillion questions, hear the heartbeat and see our little cave-dweller on the ultrasound. Fingers crossed that all goes well and that Baby Cave is healthy and growing. Updates to come tomorrow!!

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Poor, poor, patient Chris. I do not deserve him....Last night I was absolutley LIVID with Chris because he wouldn't stop on his way home and pick up vacuum cleaner bags for me. I was even MORE mad that he dare suggest that I just "pull some out of the full bag" so that I could finish vacuuming. There I was scrubbing spots out of the carpet (that at the time I was CONVINCED he put there) and he

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How Baby's doing:I'm Swimming! The baby has begun moving inside the womb although it's too small for mom to notice. Most of the joints are formed now - elbow, wrist, knee, shoulder, and ankle as well as the hands, fingers, feet and toes. How mom is doing:The morning sickness may start to ease a bit. This week, we'll blame moodiness and a blotchy complexion on those wild hormones. Have heart ~

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Baby:Voila! Your amazing growing baby has now been accepted into to the fetus-club, a very exclusive and exiting new stage in their prenatal development. Basically, this means the little sweet pea has graduated from swimming embryo creature to a recognizable human being! This week in particular, the irises of their little eyes can function, but (frustratingly for them?) their eyelids remain fused

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It's official. I've got a full blown case of pregnant brain. I can not be trusted to remember the most trivial of things. I put the dog in the crate, but forget to close it. We go to Home Depot to place an order and I give them not only the wrong address but the wrong phone number as well. And for the life of me, I could NOT remember what the correct ones were! Chris had to look in his cell

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The Baby:An ultrasound done at this stage should show a fluttering heartbeat. Elbows begin to form in the arms and fingers start to develop. The leg buds begin to show feet with tiny notches for the toes. The face continues to change as the ears, eyes and the tip of the nose appear. The intestines start to form in the umbilical cord. Teeth develop under the gums.Mom:Your uterus is the size of an

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So I've had a few strange dreams recently.One a week or so ago went like this: We gave birth to twin boys, who came out 3 years old, fully clothed, talking.....we took them home and things got really wierd. Home was a giant house I'd never seen before and the Freiwaldt, Starowski, and Cave families all lived there with about a dozen kids from who-knows-where. That was a wierd but happy dream.Last

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Chris is by far the sweetest husband a gal could ask for. We started DVR-ing & watching A Baby Story last night (more like I MADE him watch at first - he was skeptical). We watched 2 episodes back to back and at each of the births he started getting a little choked up. Afterwards we were chatting about the whole crazy process and he said everyone is going to be making fun of him when I give

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Week 7The Baby:Your embryo makes great strides in size this week, growing to between 0.44 inches and 0.52 inches from crown to rump by the end of the week, or about the size of a small raspberry. Leg buds are starting to look like short fins, and hands and feet have a digital plate where fingers and toes will develop. The heart and lungs are becoming more developed, as are the eyes and nostrils,

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So my little preggo life is boring. Symptoms are few and far between. Now that the excitement of telling everyone is over we're just biding our time till the doctor's appointment. We want to wait at least till then to start really "doing" anything like moving the house around for the nursery and all that. I did find an awesome website though - Babyfit.com where you can journal your meals to

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I got my first Mother's Day gift from Mom & Dad - a white azalea we planted in the back yard last night to watch grow along with the baby. I think the hormones are starting to kick in cause I started crying while planting it and thinking about symbolism of all of it. Then I proceeded to name the azalea Thursday because thats the day of the week we found out we were pregnant. (That idea comes

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Finally got to spread the word to the majority of people in our lives. Starting the 10th with Corrie & Jay. We went to dinner for our parents B-days and to celebrate Corrie's Teacher of the Year award. So I gave Cor a "Congratulations" card she thought was for the Teacher of the Year thing but was actually Congrats Auntie-to-Be!! It took a second for it to register then she teared up and there

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I'm trying to figure out a good time to tell her - she just HAS to know before I spill to the rest of the family since I think I was among the very very 1st to know about all of her pregnancies. It just wouldn't be right for her to not be in the know. Plus, I bet she has some good ideas about how to tell everyone. Just not easy to find a good time! Ugh. Maybe I'll just bite the bullet and do it

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I just ordered a onesie for the baby for Chris that says "My Daddy's Tattoos are cooler than your Daddy's Tattoos". Hee!

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We've just been totally BUSTING to tell someone but we knew we wanted our parents to be the first to know. But how to tell them? Unfortunately the drama that we created for Corrie & Jay we can't use now, and we kinda wanted it to be a little more private. Luckily for us we took a photo of the home pregnancy test saying loud and clear in all it's digital glory "pregnant" so we thought it would

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Chris and I decided that we would wait until after our cruise to start "not being careful" about starting a family. Little did we know that our first attempt would stick! Somewhere between Costa Maya, Mexico and Freeport, Bahamas our bun in the oven was created. I started feeling a little strange this week, and when I think about it, I was really sick when we got home from the trip with fever

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