Oh baby baby

So I would be thrilled to add a picture of baby...but we didn't get a printout of the quick ultrasound that I had. Today Adam and I finally met our OB doctor and we absolutely love her!!! I'm so glad with my pick. Today we were told that I have a very healthy pregnancy and I have no risk factors for the growing baby. She was going to possibly look for the heartbeat and I told her that all I want to do today is just see baby so she said she would see what she could do. Within minutes my nurse was carting in the ultrasound machine. Baby was moving and punching around like crazy. We saw the heartbeat and she said baby looked great. Our due date is  November 7th and is official. Now when baby decides to come only time will tell. I have a list of questions that I will start answering weekly, hopefully when I put up weekly pictures. I will answer them today since I haven't taken my weekly picture yet.

How far along: 12 Weeks

Total weight gain/loss: Back to my normal weight before my weight gain with Celiac

Maternity clothes: I bought a belly band a couple weeks ago, but haven't had to use it.

Stretch marks: None

Sleep: Sleeping great, but still completely exhausted ALL the time

Best moment of the week: Getting to see baby, words CAN't describe the emotions I felt when I saw our little blessing in the screen.

Miss anything: Recently have been wanting a mixed drink or a glass of wine, none of that business for me though.

Movement: From the ultrasound moving like crazy, but haven't felt anything yet.

Food cravings: Fruit and salty potato chips. Not eating them together or anything crazy like that.

Anything making you queasy or sick: Nope, zero morning sickness

Have you started to show: Yes there is a bump!

Gender prediction: I think boy

Labor signs: None

Belly button in or out: In

Wedding rings on or off: ON

Happy or moody: Happy all the time, pregnancy is GREAT

Weekly Wisdom: Whenever you get the chance walk. I have concluded that working with my third graders has been excellent exercise.

Looking forward to: My next doctors appointment to get a full ultrasound to see more of baby. Also to say goodbye to my first trimester so hopefully some of this exhaustion goes away.

Some chocolate sounds great and I'm thinking of making some brownies GF of course. Since my last baking frustration a preboxed brownie mix might be best at least for tonight. I plan on posting pictures of how they turn out.

Week 11

Baby is just over 2 inches long and the size of a fig. Baby has distinct human characteristics by now with hand and feet in the front of its body, ears in the almost final destination and almost fully formed, open nasal passages on the tip on the nose, and a tongue and palate in the mouth. 

Getting more and more excited about this week because on Thursday we have a doctors appointment and we will be getting out first ultrasound. I'm beyond excited and cannot wait. Also got new information about the jobs that I applied for, right now it looks like I'm juggling between the both and get to decide which one I ideally want to work at. I have never never never had this happen and it's super nice to be wanted in two separate teaching positions!!!

Don't think morning sickness is going to happen. Still completely exhausted ALL the time. Also now when I get home I'm starving, but I'm still being smart about how I'm eating and making sure that I'm not overeating. Great news just keeps coming my way and I just have to thank God for all he has given me.

Here's this weeks out take. I was done with Adam being my photographer and this is me saying no more pictures, I hid behind my sign. I thought the picture was quite funny and had to share.

So disconnected and rambling

I feel so disconnected from my blog lately. I haven't had any posts lately about being GF and I still have yet to take my week 11 picture. I feel like this post is going to be my rambling about what has been going on lately. My life has been completely consumed with teaching. I'm not complaining because I'm getting a good experience I just feel so self-consumed in it that I feel like everything else is falling at the wayside. Which is kind of a bummer to me. Adam's schedule has been completely crazy as well. On top of it all being pregnant is making me completely exhausted ALL the time. Today I was supposed to be going to a church event that I signed up for and I'm so stressed and have so much work to do for next week that I had to miss it. I'm trying to stay completely motivated and get as much work and planning done. I need today to be productive. To say the least I'm quite ready to be a little less busy and be able for things to slow down a bit. I did some fun things yesterday in my classroom and I didn't take pictures of them so I could share what I did...bummer. Also being GF has been getting easier and easier. Last night Adam and I had breakfast for dinner and it was delicious!!! Eggs, toast, hasbrowns, and bacon yumm-o! We've finally found a GF bread that as normal as it can get. Still not really wanting to eat sandwiches which is fine the assortment of items that I bring to lunch has been interesting. 

Currently I have a snuggle buddy (Dexter) who is helping me research fun ways to review what multiplication facts we've been working on. I'm also trying to find fun information/ideas of what and how I want to teach more about compound words. Oh I'm semi-overwhelmed!!!

Finally in the double digits...Week10

Baby is the size of a prune. 1 1/2 inches long baby is developing and growing by leaps and bounds. Bones and cartilage are forming. Even though baby is the size of the prune, the elbows on baby's arm are already working. Baby's stomach is producing digestive juices, the kidneys are producing larger quantities of urine. If baby is a boy the testes are producing testosterone. Still very crazy how little baby is and all that is already developing. I'm loving that there is a baby bump and with every week it shows more and more. I'm looking forward to the 26th being right around the corner. That is when we will finally get to see baby! I have been feeling amazing and if this is what pregnancy is going to be like I'm overjoyed! No new cravings just hungry all the time, so I'm making sure that I'm making healthy choices so that I'm not gaining tons of weight. Pants are feeling tighter which I'm ok with because that means my bump is getting bigger. I officially bought a belly band to wear with some of my dress pants that have been uncomfortable while I'm in school. And yes I'm am being the stubborn pregnant lady that refuses to buy new dress clothes. I have less than a month left of student teaching and don't find it necessary to go buy a new set of dress clothes. When I get bigger I plan on buying clothes that will fit more comfortably, but right now it's not happening. I'm so close to being out of my first trimester and I can't believe how fast it has gone. 

Nursery Ideas

I know I am probably really jumping the gun with ideas for the nursery, but I'm so excited and just can't help but look up different possibilities that I would like to have. Adam and I are country at heart even though we don't have a farm and all that. Our dream house is something with land and a place where we can have have lots of animals. With both of us being country at heart we decided that a farm theme for the nursery would be perfect. It's neutral for one thing and it is a little bit of both of us together. 

I never thought that looking for and finding farm animal themed items would be hard....well it has become a little tough. Everything in the stores that is neutral is mostly safari which don't get me wrong I like, but that's not what Adam and I want, so my online search begins. Thank you Google, you have been so nice to me. 

I am almost 100% sure that the bedding set on the left is what we will be getting. The other four pictures are possible ideas of what might look good on the walls. I'm still trying to decide what would look best in the room that we have for the nursery. Another possibly idea that I found was this website http://www.mywonderfulwalls.com/farmtheme.html# that has stencils that can be used on the walls. My stepmom will be helping with the painting of whatever we do decide to put on the walls and I know she won't need a stencil, but it has cute ideas to brainstorm from.

I can't wait until we finally start to decorate more and more. One item that we already have for the nursery and that is put together is this. 

It is a changing station and dresser, perfect for the room that we have because if we would've gotten the items separately I think that room would've been cramped. Oh and don't mind Ace being in the picture, he helped Adam put together our first piece of baby furniture so it was only fitting that he was in the finished product photo as well.

With all the nursery items that I have found I'm hoping that this will be items that we stick with and don't change. I know we want to do farm theme it's just the deciding part after that. I know we will get there I just like to have stuff planned. 

Week 9

I realized that in my last post I completely forgot to add in the names that Adam and I have picked out. My parents call us the A-team so Adam and I decided to stick with A names. The two names that we have picked out are

Allen Lloyd 

and

Addison Renee

Baby Jamerson has officially now become a fetus!!! Approximately 1 inch is size, baby is the size of a grape. Muscles are starting to form and baby can now move arms and legs, even though I won't feel the movements yet. Also I may be able to starting to hear baby's heart beat, can't wait for that. 

Baby bump is officially starting to show, pretty darn excited that it's there. I am most definitely thinking that it's a bump and no longer my tummy fat. Still craving sweets which is making Celiac harder and harder with every craving. Granny Smith apples with peanut butter have become my new favorite! I will be posting soon about some of the new GF dishes that I have recently made.
Lastly, sorry for how crappy I look I have been sick this week. Thank you to my third graders for giving me strep throat and I in turn gave it to Adam. Got a penicillin shot in the butt. That was an experience in it self. My butt still hurts. I'm finally starting to feel better which is the plus side, butt hurting not so much. Popsicles are still a go to for me even though my throat isn't hurting. Still very happy that I was able to get into the Dr. and get treated asap.

Week 8

Baby is the size of a large raspberry. My sweet little raspberry is looking more and more human-like every day. The lips, nose, eyelids, legs and back are continuing to take shape. Something new for the week is baby is making spontaneous movements, too tiny for me to feel just yet. I am officially starting to feel more and more pregnant and with this weeks picture I am thinking that a bump is starting to show more and more. I can't wait! My appetite is slowly coming back more and more.

Finally, I found a gluten-free bread that is squishy, and tastes great. Bring on the sandwiches!!!! The first day I bought the bread I ate two grilled-cheese sandwiches....yummy! 

Week 9 is right around the corner and I can't wait to learn about baby's development, with each coming week  finding out what baby is doing it just plain amazing.

On the other side of my life I put in applications to two different centers in the area and got a callback already from one of them. Waiting to hear back from the assistant director from the one location. Praising God for the wonderful opportunity that may be coming my way. The job that is possibly to come will be perfect for me and everything that I have been looking for. Waiting for more good news to come my way...

Blah blah blah

Well I had my first OB appt and it was disappointing to say the least. It was basically exactly the same as my meeting with the Women's Health nurse. I didn't even really have a chance to sit down and I was peeing in a cup, oh the lovely side of being pregnant. I better get used to that because from the sounds of it every single appointment that I have I will be doing this. I then weighed in and believe it or not I lost 2.5 pounds. I've been feeling big as opposed to pregnant so the weight loss was kind of a shocker. Did a family history for Adam and I which seemed to take forever. Got some blood work done and made my next appointment. April 26th cannot come fast enough. I will get to finally finally finally see baby, which is what I have been waiting for just to know that something is in there. 

My diet oh my diet, still weird as usual and no appetite. Trying to figure out some kind of schedule to eat on and make sure that I'm sharing meals with Adam. I know he hates eating alone and I don't want to make him eat alone just because I'm not hungry. I haven't had any cravings, still not liking the sound of eating any meat. Still no morning sickness which has been such a blessing. I'm almost out of the clear my nurse said with getting it. I'm thinking one of two things, I will not have morning sickness or I will get it in my third trimester. Time will only tell. Hoping that my appetite will pick up that would be great.

Had two breakdowns this week and I don't know if it was a combo or hormones and frustration or just one or the other. I'm slightly on the crabby side when it comes to my Celiac. It's putter a damper on things that I want to eat and I feel like the only thing I can do is cry. I know I should be grateful that I figured out what was wrong with my body and all I had to do was change my diet, but eating the same way for 22 years and then all of the sudden I have to change it is HUGE!!!! Some days I'm ok with it and then other days I see Adam eat a normal grilled cheese sandwich and I'm so jealous. This is a huge combo to take on a completely new diet and being pregnant, and some days it is much harder than others. I just want to be more okay with it and this week has been very hard. Just pray for me that things will get easier with every day.

Probably taking my 8 week picture today. Adam keeps telling me that I'm showing more and more, and yesterday I felt pregnant and then other days I just feel like my tummy fat is showing rather than a belly bump. I am most definitely ready to start showing that is one thing that I want to happen.

7 Weeks

Well hello week 7. Baby is the size of a blueberry and the crazy fact is that baby is 10,000 times bigger now than at conception. So amazing!!! Baby's mouth and tongue are forming, so are the arm and leg buds. Baby's kidneys are in place and are almost ready to start fully functioning. 

Every week when I read the development it just fathoms me. The amazing work going on in my body on such a little thing right now cannot be put into words.

Still eating a super weird diet or so it seems. Napping constantly...I don't think I could get enough sleep in one day. Feeling awesome and loving every minute of it!!

Odd Food Combos

Lately, the thought of any type of meat for a meal has made me gag. Adam and I recently made grilled bbq chicken and mashed potatoes and I had like two bites of the chicken. I have never been a picky eater. Well hello pregnancy and hello new almost vegetarian diet or so it seems. So I practically feel like I'm living on starch which I know cannot be good. Ever since we went to Freeport last weekend I have been wanting to make creampuff dessert, so I made it last night and that was basically my lunch today along with some other random food. I'm seriously wanting a cold-cut sandwich on squishy yummy bread and thanks to Celiac that is NOT about to happen. The craving can stay because the pain is not worth it. So for the last week and a half I have had some very weird food combos for lunch since a sandwich doesn't spark my fancy, meat makes me gag, and a salad just sounds gross right now. Wow some of the things I used to love the most are basically out of my diet for the time being. Never saw this one coming. Oh I completely forgot to mention that the only type of meat that sounds anywhere appetizing to me is turkey hotdogs. Now don't worry they are the ones on the list of things that I can have. They have no msg and are all natural. So last night for dinner was a hot dog and a baked potato. Man do I sound like a weirdo with these random food combos, oh well. I'm completely ok with it because I have had NO morning sickness, yep that's right. I will take the new found diet if that's what I should call it over feeling like crap. Just rolled over into week 7 today. Looking forward to taking the weekly picture and seeing if any other food combos or cravings come up. Still waiting for the 27th to get here!

Week 6

Week 6

Baby is no bigger than a nail head. This week is the beginning of development of the jaws, cheeks, and chin. Also developing this week is the kidneys, liver, and lungs. Baby's heart beat is beating 80/minute. 

Looking forward to showing, Adam says I already am and I don't really believe him. Also still holding out for my first OB appointment, even though I have got warning that the first appointment will take over an hour. I'm just dying to hear baby's heartbeat and possibly get a first ultrasound. The 27th can't come fast enough.

From the last post it is true that I have had my first preggo craving and man was that crazy.  Taking a small break from my prenatals because they are not treating my body very well. Maybe when I have my first visit I can get some different prenatals that will treat me better. Still no morning sickness...whew! I know that when I have an empty stomach it hurts, but that is all I really have right now. Also still really don't have an appetite, looking forward to getting that back.

Feeling pretty good and headed onto week 7 very soon.

Yep it's official

Well I have officially had my first real preggers food craving. I was really hoping that I would not have cravings, but man was I wrong. This craving hit me and my body would not let me live until I quenched the craving. So you're probably asking yourself what was the craving. Well it was french fries and sour patch kids...not eating them together I was just craving both. Well let me tell you I practically inhaled the french fries, or that is what it felt like as I ate them so quickly. I also practically ate all of sour patch kids. I will most definitely need to walk off tomorrow what I just seemed to inhale. Oh well my craving is gone and I'm completely okay with that.

Looking forward to taking my 6 week picture and finding out more information about growing baby Jamerson. Also looking forward to my first OB appointment coming up quickly.

From hungry all the time, to no longer having an appetite

This is the end of week 5 and previously I have been extremely hungry and have been really having to watch and make sure that I'm constantly eating and this week I have not really had an appetite. Wow how things change. Adam is always asking what I'm hungry for and I don't have cravings and am usually not hungry most of the time.  I a lot of the time have to wait until I really feel hungry to eat. I have yet to have morning sickness which I'm ecstatic about. Hoping that I get none. My Mom didn't have any so I'm hoping I follow suit, that would be great. I'm still exhausted and feel like I'm constantly sleeping. Hoping this passes soon, if it doesn't I am quickly becoming the queen of naps. I also have been sleeping with 4 yes 4 blankets and completely content. Ever since finding out that I'm expecting I have been constantly cold, so I'm the nap and blanket queen; that seems what I can always be found doing. Officially got my referral and made my first appointment today. My appointment is the 27th with Dr. Brockman in Kenosha and Aurora Medical Center. So excited and the 27th can't come soon enough!!!!

Week 4 and 5 Picture

Week 4 

The day we found out we were expecting

Week 5

The newly created sign, all Adam's idea I just used my Cricut to execute his idea. 

I told him that he's a genius and he said that is why he gets paid the big bucks. Oh the saying my hubby says. That's why I love him.

Still waiting on my referral, I'm dying to make my first OB appointment. Still feeling amazing while pregnant. I'm now drinking a gallon plus of water and I feel like I'm constantly peeing. I have had a few cases of preggo brain, but I will take it cause I'm sure it will only get worse.

Week 4 down and onto Week 5

Week 4 has officially come and gone and that seems so weird to say. Last week peanut (baby Jamerson) was the size of a poppyseed. I felt great and had my first meeting with Women's Health. I spent about an hour talking with Nurse Decker who is may I say amazing. She told me the ins and outs of what to expect. One of my favorite things that I took from meeting with her is she told me that my normal body and everything that it looks like now will go up, down, in or out. That is something very interesting to think about. No baby bump yet, and I can't wait to start showing! No morning sickness which is great. Still extremely tired. No food cravings.

Week 5 has been great. Peanut is now the size of an orange seed and its heart is the size of a poppyseed. The heart is beating and will show up on early ultrasounds. Pretty freaking amazing!!!! I can't believe that this little little person is inside of me and growing. It is so surreal and so hard to process. Every now and then I will look at Adam and just say to him "We're going to have a baby!!!" I'm hoping by the end of the week that my referral comes in so I can get my first OBGYN doctor appointment made.

Adam and I are having fun gradually buying baby items. We have a long ways to go, but with every purchase we are getting closer to having everything that we need for baby. I'm looking forward to take a 5 week picture this week.