14 Weeks, 5 days - 3-1/2 Months

Summer is slowly coming to it's end and the growing seems to have to just taken off! Here my belly @ 14 weeks; all is well and we are anxiously awaiting the September 8th visit when we find out the babies sex.

14 weeks

Last weekend we drove to our friends house in Lake Arrowhead, it was such a relaxing night with them and such an amazing time on Saturday at the lake! Here are a few pictures from our weekend, Jaden sure had fun with her new friend Sara she met!

Rounding out summer!

I can't believe that we are already into August! I mean where has the last few months literally gone to. My baby girl is going into Kindergarten in a month and I can't believe she is going to be 5! They grow so fast, I literally blinked and she is 5 and I swear the next 13 years will go by just as fast. We took Jaden to Disneyland over 4th of July to surprise her and now we are getting ready to stay at Paradise Point Resort and take her to SeaWorld and surprise her! I love treating her to fun adventures, it is something I always got to do as a kid so we enjoy sharing with her. So I hope this is one summer she never forgets!!!

Mommy is growing too, I took this photo at 11 weeks pregnant; I am trying to keep up on the baby book and have lots of photos since I really didn't do that the first time around.

A lime and growing

11 weeks, 3 days and counting! I had an ultrasound last Monday and the baby was moving, I couldn't believe that so early they move around. It was waving it's arms like it was trying to say hello and the heartbeat looked really good and strong too. It was my favorite moment so far, my 4-1/2 year old got to see the baby as well and it was nice to be able to share that experience with her. She was in awe, it was a very nice experience all together. Other than that latest update, we are still plugging along only about 6 or 7 weeks to go and we will get to find out the SEX of the baby! We are beyond excited for that although everyone has their own predictions it is interesting for sure. Until another update.....

Now we have a peanut

We officially have a peanut! So cute; the heartbeat which we heard again today was 180 bpm. It was so exciting to actually see the baby take form from just the little circle that we saw a couple of weeks ago. It is just so exciting and we feel so blessed that this new tiny miracle has taken place. We "GRADUATED" today which means we no longer see the Fertility Specialist we see our regular OBGYN. It is a very important day in this process you know things are good and they feel confident enough in having them take over. It is a bittersweet goodbye between you and them they have done something so AMAZING and you feel like you don't even know how to repay them and then you are just so happy to continue on this journey with some sort of normalcy to your pregnancy which is what you have wanted from the beginning but you also feel a sense of security with them. So it was hard to leave, I love my doctor at the Fertility office and I would recommend HRC, Dr. Bradford Kolb in Pasadena to anyone who was struggling like we have without any doubt!!!!!!

Morning Sickness has officially made it's way...

So why do they call it morning sickness when it can last all day or start in the afternoon or night time? Any way you look at it, it is nasty and it makes you feel super yucky. Only thing I can say and count my blessings is honestly I have only been super nauseated in the mornings and I usually have to just eat something bland like a bagel which thank goodness it is not those ridiculous saltine crackers because I am SO over those! So super nice and I can only hope it just stays like this :) Only about 4-1/2 more weeks to find out!!! LOL

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY (sorry it is a day late)
Hope everyone had a nice Father's Day weekend!!!!

6w5d - Healthy Blueberry Sized Baby

It is hard to believe all of the bad things are over and we are on to the more exciting things of this journey! We are overjoyed with the news of ONE HEALTHY SIZED BLUEBERRY BABY IN MY BELLY. The baby looked so tiny on the screen but the flicker of the heart was truly amazing to see and hear for the first time. 125 beats per minute which the doctor said was good, next ultrasound appointment is not until July 1st when I will be 8 weeks 6 days. We continue to thank god every day for this additional miracle for our family!

Possibly another fluid tap

Not that I want to have it done but I am getting big again since the last tap was done last Friday. I enjoy being drained but certainly NOT THE PROCESS!

On a good note, I will be 6 weeks tomorrow and my due date is February 4th! I can't even believe this is all happening and I just thank GOD every day for this 2nd miracle he is blessed us with. My HCG level went in one week from 410 to 3,962! I read somewhere that your HCG level doubles every 30.5 hours isn't that so crazy. I still have to take my estrodial, baby aspirin and progesterone which is fine probably until week 12. Those are really easy to take than the shots I had, one of the shots my hubby gave me left a serious bruise on my stomach it STILL is visible because of the baby aspirin. I can't wait for that to go AWAY! Other than that, I am tired and I get up about once or twice to pee every night. No morning sickness yet, which I know with my daughter started around week 6 or 7 so it is right around the corner.