Blog Award!

Thank you to Rach at Sillyness Abounds for my awesome blog award!!

The rules are simple - just give 7 fun facts about you and then nominate 7 people for the beautiful blogger award.

1. I love Jesus.

2. I'm addicted to chapstick. I have at least ten tubes around the house and freak out when I can't find any (I lose things easily).

3. I'm married to my best friend, K. He also happens to be 11 years older than me, my polar opposite, and my brother-in-law's best friend. And yep, we did meet at my sister's wedding.

4. I studied (written) Journalism in college but now work in Commercial Real Estate. I miss writing and hope to get back into it someday soon.

5. I have a furry child (Bernese Mountain Dog) named Cargo, who we take to the dog park every weekend. We love him so much. It's going to be an interesting adjustment when our little boy arrives!

6. I'm a hopeless romantic.

7. Fun fact: I've got 36 cousin-in-laws (my husband's Filipino-American and has an enormous family). Family gatherings are the best. Lots of love all around. I am one of I think three white people at them. I don't stick out at all!:)

Now I am passing this award on to:

Finding My Mom Genes

INfertile Myrtle

Tammy's Journey

The Rosek Family

oh, baby!

Grow old with me, the best is yet to be!

Waiting

I'm watching "The Bachelor" and feeling very content tonight:) Have a great week, everyone!

Pregnancy Week 19

How far along: 19 weeks, 3 days.

Total weight gain/loss: Up TWELVE lbs.!

Maternity clothes: Yep. They're all I wear.

Sleep: Fitful! Lots of weird dreams and tossing and turning.

Best moment last week: Finding out my close friend is expecting too! I was so happy I cried.

Symptoms: Same. AND lots of new itchiness on my tummy.

Food cravings: Same. Loving caesar salad lately for some reason?

Gender: BOY!!!

I miss: Seeing all of my feet when I look down.

What I am looking forward to: Seeing only my belly when I look down.

Milestones: My belly's feeling huge to me lately! Does that count as a milestone?:)

We're having a baby...................

BOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you everyone for your sweet comments and well wishes!!! We couldn't be more thrilled - this precious baby boy is the biggest blessing we could ever receive:) I love my little boy soooo much already!! I don't know how I'm going to last the next five months - I cannot wait to meet him!

Hope all of you have some fun plans this weekend. It's raining (of course) here in Seattle, but nothing could hinder my joy!

Second post tonight - more catch-up

So, first of all, I hope all of you had fun and relaxing holidays!! Mine were great - too short! but great. My brother-in-law and his family came into town and my sister-in-law (who's like a blood sister to me) and I pampered ourselves. It was so nice! That was the highlight of my time off - doing spa days with her.

I also wanted those of you who just began an IVF cycle to know your journeys are close to my heart and that you are in my prayers constantly. I pray this is THE ONE for each of you and I am looking forward to seeing God's plan unfold in each of your lives.

My prayers are on the rest of you as well. I am a TERRIBLE blogger lately but am keeping up with your blogs. You ladies are just awesome - your strength and incredible insight inspires me each day! I feel blessed to be part of such a warm and loving community. Thank you so much for welcoming me into it - I don't say this often enough.

Well, I'm coming up on what is the second biggest day to us since finding out we were pregnant: the gender revealing this Friday. I am so stinkin' excited!! I've been reading up on all the things people have said tell you what gender you're having and I thought it'd be fun to list my answers (sorry - a few may be TMI):

Lots of morning sickness = Girl
Carrying low = Boy
Sweet cravings = Girl
Higher heartbeat (158 bpm two weeks ago) = Girl
Wedding ring on a string swings in a circle = Girl
Skin hasn't broken out = Boy
Craving fruits/veggies = Girl
Leg hair is growing the same as usual = Girl
Pillow faces North in bed = Boy
Husband has gained weight right along with me = Girl
Feet are not colder than usual = Girl
Nose hasn't gotten wider = Boy
Urine is bright yellow = Boy
Chinese calendar says the baby = Girl

As you can see the answers are overwhelmingly Girl! But I have thought all along I was having a Boy?! What do you think???

Pregnancy Week 17

How far along: 17 weeks tomorrow.

Total weight gain/loss: Up nine lbs.

Maternity clothes: Yes.

Sleep: Better:) Still waking to pee though.

Best moment last week: Starting painting the baby's room "boy colors." Dunno what we're gonna do if we find out we're having a girl! LOL.

Symptoms: Same.

Food cravings: Same.

Gender: Hoping for a boy, but would love a little girl too:) Just praying for a healthy baby. We find out THIS Friday!

I miss: Nothing - feeling very content. I'm excited for the rest of this journey.

What I am looking forward to: Finding out what we're having Friday! And feeling those little flutters of movement for the first time.

Milestones: No more bleeding - yea!!

Don't pay too much attention to my hair - I look ridiculous with it up! It was a lazy Monday for me today:)

Happy New Year!!!

This post is a little late but I hope everyone had a fun and safe one! I'm once again behind on my belly posts but plan to catch up later this weekend:)

Pregnancy Week 14! My goodness - the time has flown!

Latest ultrasound pic of our jelly bean from our sequential screen 12/3!

I promised myself after my last post that I wouldn't go that long without blogging again. But once again the nausea had other ideas, LOL. So it's been awhile and I can't believe I'm 14 weeks already. The time's going by way too fast!

How far along: 14 weeks tomorrow.

Total weight gain/loss: Up six lbs.

Maternity clothes: Yes - they're all I wear. My husband was giving me a hard time this morning when I mentioned I wear the same three pants over and over...I think I need to go shopping:)

Stretch marks: None.

Sleep: Fitful. I fall asleep easily but wake often. Also, I can no longer sleep on my back because of the intense pressure it puts on my bladder.

Best moment last week: Last week was a really scary one - I had some bleeding and went to the ER Thursday night. We were there five hours while the doctor did bloodwork, an exam, and a sonogram. We learned a quarter-size section of our jelly bean's placenta had separated, causing the bleeding. The good part of the experience is the fact that there have been no more scares since then. We're praying this will be the ONLY one we'll have.

Symptoms: Constant nausea and hunger, frequent night urination, fatigue, pulling on the lower part of my stomach, heartburn.

Food cravings: Fruits and sweets. Also minestrone soup.

Gender: Hoping for a boy, but would love a little girl too:) Just praying for a healthy baby. We find out January 8th!

I miss: Not feeling nauseated all the time.

What I am looking forward to: Finding out our jelly bean's gender and feeling him/her move in a few weeks.

Milestones: Making it past twelve weeks, and making it past the bleeding.

Thank you so much for your helpful suggestions with my nausea! Those were great. I'm now taking flintstone vitamins and a gummy B-complex vitamin with ginger ale at night. I still have a few other pills to swallow but they're not nearly as bad as before. Yay!

Even though I haven't been blogging lately, I've kept up on all of your blogs and you're each constantly in my thoughts and prayers. Hope you're all having a great week.