15 Weeks

15 weeks & 3 days 

How many weeks?: 15 Weeks

How big is baby?: Navel Orange - 4 inches & 2.5 ounces.

Gender: Unknown! 

Weight Gain: I have gained 4.8 pounds. 

Maternity Clothes: I don't have to wear any yet! I am still in summer dresses for work.

Nursery: It will be elephant themed (my favorite animal) with grey and white colors. We won't start the nursery until we move.

Symptoms: I am still getting sick here and there, but nothing too bad. 

Cravings: McDonald's french fries! Mmmm! Wait, am I having a boy?!

Sleep: Sleep is still normal. I wake up to pee nightly and use 4 pillows to sleep

What I Miss: Not being able to go on rides as the Puyallup fair is coming next month.

Best Moment This Week: I had a ton of energy the past week/weekend and the house house is clean! It's beautiful! I even had enough energy to make breakfast both weekend days, and then make homemade cinnamon rolls on Sunday! I'm on a roll...

What am I looking forward to?: Finding out the baby's gender next month!

Next Appointment: August 29th for a routine monthly appointment. 

Weddings, Travel, and the ER

This last week was a good weekend. We spent Saturday hanging out around the house, cleaning, and just diddling along. My mom had tree saplings as party favors so I planted those in little pots for now. 

On Sunday we went to our friends' Jonah & Sera's wedding. Jesse was the photographer so he was busy, but I was able to hang out with our friends. That was great because this summer we have been so busy and haven't seen them much. It was a nice wedding right on American Lake. 

Monday I found out I won a drawing from the blogger I just love to follow at the Crafty Gemini. It was for a $50 gift card to Tuesday Morning! I'm so excited! I don't know what I'll get since the store has so many fun things, but I'm sure I'll manage! :)

Monday was also the morning that Jesse left for Washington DC. He has safety training for new new position. 

Tuesday afternoon I felt pains on my left side wrapping around from my stomach to my back and also had cramping. It actually really hurt so I eventually ended up going to the ER. After hours of waiting I found out it was just my left ovarian cyst was shrinking (which causes pain) and then the uterus expanding into it. Everything is fine and I am feeling better. It was scary because you have no idea what it could be, and now I am taking care of another life so I have a responsibility to make sure everything is okay. Now I know what that pain feels like and hopefully I won't need to go to the ER again. I don't want to go there unless it's absolutely necessary.

14 Weeks

14 weeks & 2 days

4 weeks verses 14 weeks!

How many weeks?: 14 Weeks

How big is baby?: Lemon - 3.4 inches & 1.5 ounces.

Gender: Unknown! 

Weight Gain: I have gained 3.4 pounds. 

Maternity Clothes: None yet, but the black work shorts I bought earlier this summer in the looser size have grown very tight. I had to keep them below my stomach or it dug in too much.

Nursery: It will be elephant themed (my favorite animal) with grey and white colors. We won't start the nursery until we move.

Symptoms: I am still getting sick every few days. Some days it's after I eat or somedays it's the first thing I have to do in the morning. I imagine it's going to continue throughout the pregnancy. I've also been super emotional - crying at a lot of things: my car in a parking stall got stuck on a curb trying to back out, Jesse taking too long to get to breakfast and I thought it got cold, and I'm sure there is more...

Cravings: Nothing much as of right now.

Sleep: Sleep is still normal. I wake up to pee and use 4 pillows.

What I Miss: Not much right now.

Best Moment This Week: I finally hit the second trimester!! :)

What am I looking forward to?: Finding out the baby's gender next month!

Next Appointment: August 29th for a routine monthly appointment. 

13 Weeks

Baby at 12 weeks & 6 days!

13 weeks & 5 days

How many weeks?: 13 Weeks

How big is baby?: Peach

Gender: Unknown! 

Weight Gain: I finally weighted myself before eating breakfast! I haven't been able to do that since before my pregnancy as I feel way too sick. I gained 3.0 pounds!

Maternity Clothes: Still getting tempted by Zuliliy with their new daily clothes, but I haven't bought any more. I am also still not wearing any maternity clothing either.

Nursery: It will be elephant themed (my favorite animal) with grey and white colors. We won't start the nursery until we move.

Symptoms: My tummy still gets upset from time to time, but I am starting to feel better all the time (even the mornings)! Pregnancy brain is a real thing people!

Cravings: Still craving cold foods since it's so dang hot and I always feel hot.

Sleep: Jesse bought me a pregnancy a few weeks ago that I haven't really needed yet. But now my back has been hurting and I need the support while I am sleeping. Jesse calls my side of the bed Mount Ashley because of all the pillows/comforter that pile up so high. :)

What I Miss: Eating cold roast beef from the deli. :(

Best Moment This Week: I got to see the baby this last week!!

What am I looking forward to?: Finding out the baby's gender next month!

Next Appointment: August 29th for a routine monthly appointment. Almost seems like a waste of time because my commute there and back is probably 3 hours for a 15 minute appointment. Got to love Seattle traffic...

Mom's Wedding Weekend

Jesse and I at Packwood

Is that a baby bump?!

We went to my mom's wedding last weekend in Packwood! It was a very warm and sunny weekend. We arrived super late on Friday evening as Jesse had to photograph a wedding in Graham. I went with him and it was nice to have some time to read in his truck as there was no cell service. We got to Packwood around midnight and basically just went to bed.

Saturday we got ready, people put out decorations, and then more getting ready. Wedding was at 3pm and it was right on the river. It was lovely. After the wedding we ate, hung out, had cake and a toast, and relaxed. Everyone had a wonderful time.

The next morning we all cleaned and packed up. On the way out of town Jesse and I stopped at an antique shop to further our quest of getting a cup/saucer on our little travels, as well as look for the older cast iron. They had a few cast iron skillets, and I picked out a nice looking Wagner. I've been on a quest for the glass like bottom that the Wagner/Griswold pans have. Jesse also found the only bone china cup/saucer in the store and we bought it! I've been slowly trying to build a tea set for 8. Now I have a set of 4 cup and saucers and one 3-tier serving platters. I am well on my way!

Will Our House Get Lender Approval?

We have been patiently waiting for the house we put an offer on in May to get approved by the seller's lender. Last week we were told all the documents had been turned in and we just have to wait for an answer. One of the last items we had to sign was a 60 day close once we got the lender's approval. Which is putting our closing date towards the beginning of October. 

Our original closing date is August 5th which is still an important day for us. If we don't get lender's approval by this day, we have two options. 

1. We decide to keep waiting for this house. Everyone is required to file an extension and our close goes from 5 months, to possibly 8 months? Not really sure how long of an extension we would file, so I can't be sure.
2. We decide that if the bank hasn't approved it by now, we are done waiting. We have enough money for a down payment on a non-short sale house and we could find something else with a 30 day close. Do we really want to close on a house when we are approaching the holiday season. Also, do we really want to be moving when I am 6 - 9 months pregnant. When we sign an extension we really don't know how long it could drag on for, and that extension may run out and then we would be back to these 2 choices again.

So we have 6 more days to wait to see if the bank finally gives us an answer or if we have to make a decision. I hope we get an approval by Tuesday as I would really love to get this house and we have already waited 3 months. We have already spent a lot of time imagining what we will do with it, so I am crossing my fingers and praying we get the approval.

Week 12

I'm already 12 weeks! I can't believe it! Technically I'm 12 weeks and 4 days, so almost 13 weeks. Time seems to be flying by. 

How many weeks?: 12 Weeks

How big is baby?: Apricot or Plum

Gender: Unknown! I just made the anatomy scan appointment for September 10th and have now planned to do a gender reveal brunch on September 13th. We won't even know until we cut open the cake! Is it blue or pink cake?!

Weight Gain: I think 3 pounds.

Maternity Clothes: Definitely not wearing any yet. Most days in the summer I wear flowy dresses and I am really not big enough for those clothes yet. However, I bought some shirts (2 nice & 2 tanktops) at Zuliliy today. I probably won't buy any more for a while, but I am trying to not make it too expensive all at once!

Nursery: I only have my ideas for now. It will be elephant themed (my favorite animal) with grey and white colors. Once we know the gender I can see what other splash of colors I want to add. We haven't moved into our house yet as it's a short sale. Sounds like it will be another 2-3 months. BUT the room will be painted a light grey.

Symptoms: I still have an upset tummy for the first few hours I am awake. Some days are better than others. I seem to have a bad case of pregnancy brain as well.

Cravings: Carbs mainly. And cold foods. I have been so hot lately with the weather, I just want cereal with cold milk, fruit Popsicles, etc. Nothing too crazy. I haven't really had the "I need this food now" craving.

Sleep: I haven't had as many dreams in the last week or two, but I am still getting them. I feel like they are affecting my sleep, and I hope they aren't very often. I wake up at least once to pee usually around 2:30am.

What I Miss: Cold roast beef sandwiches. 

Best Moment This Week: Getting some baby items! We got a Mariners onesie at the baseball game. I won a raffle on a FB BST group for a Aden & Anais swaddle blanket. Jesse also then decided to get us the Elephant dream blanket from Aden & Anais because it's so awesome. Friday I picked up 2 baby items from my sister's auntie that she gave us and Saturday morning we got a few things at garage sales. Wow! So many baby items for one week!

What am I looking forward to?: My appointment on Thursday. I am getting the genetic screening done and I will be able to see baby! Yay!

Next Appointment: July 31st at 3pm for the nuchal translucency screening. This includes blood work and an ultrasound.

Back to Not Working Weekends

This was my first weekend after quiting my second job where we were actually home. The prior 3 weekends were: camping, camp, and camp. This weekend was awesome! So relaxing and fun. It's nice spending the weekend with my husband and not working. :)

We went to a Mariners game with Jesse's work. We won 4-3! Go Mariners!

We went out for dinner afterwards to Bahama Breeze! Yum! I scored a cute winter sweater at the Nordstrom's yearly event. Yes... I know it's July! :)

Sunday was all about relaxing at home. Oh and grocery shopping. That's it! :)

Telling the Family! Our Pregnancy Announcement

Coming Soon... Baby Selland!

I haven't been on the blog in a while, but we have some important news to share! We are expecting our first baby on February 5th, 2015! We are super excited to welcome a little girl or boy into our life.

I can't believe in 2 days I will already be at 10 weeks! It felt like it was going to slow in the beginning for baby to look like a real baby inside, but now looking back time has flown and now we are practically 1/4 of the way done!! So crazy!!

We announced it to our families in person, except my dad, we Skyped him on Father's Day. We got everyone in person on video, and I will post it later.

We made our announcement publicly with this picture:

I have been feeling nauseous and/or upset tummy if I haven't eaten in over 45 minutes. I really got hit with fatigue, but it's actually starting to go away thankfully! I did also get cramping and my sense of smell is crazy.

We had our ultrasound appointment at exactly 8 weeks and the next appointment is at 12 weeks on July 26th. That is an OB workup.

Well, there you go. Baby Selland coming soon.