No, I haven't actually had any weird cravings yet. I think I'm still eating pretty normally... this morning I had leftover spinach quiche for breakfast (yum), then rice, black beans, peppers, salsa and cheese with chips & guacamole for lunch, and for dinner... an Elviswich.
Which Wich just opened down the street from us, and my newest addiction is the Elviswich. It's peanut butter, banana and honey on a toasted wheat baguette. I had one yesterday, and talked Chuck into trying one with me tonight. He liked it!
What Chuck's been craving is a juice recipe that came with our new juicer, consisting of one grapefruit, 1-2 oranges, a carrot, an apple, and either a pear or half a small cantaloup (makes enough for 2 large glasses). It's delicious, and if it was up to him we'd make it every day! Tonight we just had some carrot/ginger juice - pretty good, but it would've made my mom cringe.
No news on the crib or painting situation, but I'm still hoping to have it all worked out by the end of my vacation time. I'll keep you posted!
Thursday, December 27, 2007
Monday, December 24, 2007
Progress
We put up the curtains and assembled the glider chair, so one corner of the nursery is done! We also child-proofed a bit; made it so the cords on the shades are all wound up off the floor and the plugs are covered.
Here's a picture. Notice the new diaper bag (thanks mom & dad!) and the beautiful little dress Daniela brought us back from Peru. We also just bought the crib bedding set, which will add more colors to the decor (it's really cute). More pictures to come as we make more progress!
Here's a picture. Notice the new diaper bag (thanks mom & dad!) and the beautiful little dress Daniela brought us back from Peru. We also just bought the crib bedding set, which will add more colors to the decor (it's really cute). More pictures to come as we make more progress!
Friday, December 21, 2007
Physical Activity
I woke up this morning, not to an alarm, but to the worst charlie horse of my life. I tried massaging it, but my arm was asleep so I screamed and made Chuck massage it out. My calf is still sore over 12 hours later.
Today was my first day of vacation. Of course Chuck had to work, so I spent way too much of the day sitting on the couch, and I felt my tummy wonking around the whole time! At one point, I lifted up my shirt and realized I could actually see it too!! I went from not being sure I could feel her at all, to feeling and SEEING the kicking all day long. I bet my normal daily life just keeps me so busy and active that she sleeps through it or I just don't notice the movement.
At one point Tater jumped on my lap, put her head on my tummy, and started purring. Blueberry was so responsive to that - it was as though they were snuggling with eachother!
After dinner we went out to take a walk at the new Hill Country Galleria, which ended with a pretty good set of stairs. I was feeling good about those stairs - especially after the brisk walk. But with my increased blood flow and all the other crazy things going on in my body, I swear when we got to the top I thought I might pass out. Of course, walking and prenatal yoga are about the extent of my physical activity these days. Maybe that's enough for now!
Today was my first day of vacation. Of course Chuck had to work, so I spent way too much of the day sitting on the couch, and I felt my tummy wonking around the whole time! At one point, I lifted up my shirt and realized I could actually see it too!! I went from not being sure I could feel her at all, to feeling and SEEING the kicking all day long. I bet my normal daily life just keeps me so busy and active that she sleeps through it or I just don't notice the movement.
At one point Tater jumped on my lap, put her head on my tummy, and started purring. Blueberry was so responsive to that - it was as though they were snuggling with eachother!
After dinner we went out to take a walk at the new Hill Country Galleria, which ended with a pretty good set of stairs. I was feeling good about those stairs - especially after the brisk walk. But with my increased blood flow and all the other crazy things going on in my body, I swear when we got to the top I thought I might pass out. Of course, walking and prenatal yoga are about the extent of my physical activity these days. Maybe that's enough for now!
Sunday, December 16, 2007
22 Weeks
This last week or so, I've felt more movements in my tummy, but I'm still thinking... gas? digestion? hunger? I guess there's at least a 25% chance it's baby wriggling! The only time I thought it was different was earlier this week when I woke up at 3:30am and felt some little boinging/flicking to the left of my belly button. I've heard it should feel like fluttering, and I don't think I've had any of that. But most of the time, the gas bubbles and digestion feelings are lower down and feel closer to the surface.
It's been 6 weeks since my OB first asked me if I'd felt the baby move yet, so I've been wanting to feel it ever since then. Maybe I just don't know what to feel for, or maybe she's just a mellow little girl (or both?).
In other news, we bought yellow paint for the closet, curtain rods, and have the red curtains and yellow & white glider chair on order (to arrive this week). I only work 4 days next week, and then will have 11 days off to fix up the nursery. We're also going to sell the foosball table to make room for a little play area, and stuff like that... maybe do some baby-proofing, take naps, do some juicing, and try out the new camcorder :)
It's been 6 weeks since my OB first asked me if I'd felt the baby move yet, so I've been wanting to feel it ever since then. Maybe I just don't know what to feel for, or maybe she's just a mellow little girl (or both?).
In other news, we bought yellow paint for the closet, curtain rods, and have the red curtains and yellow & white glider chair on order (to arrive this week). I only work 4 days next week, and then will have 11 days off to fix up the nursery. We're also going to sell the foosball table to make room for a little play area, and stuff like that... maybe do some baby-proofing, take naps, do some juicing, and try out the new camcorder :)
Saturday, December 8, 2007
Prenatal Yoga
Today I took my first prenatal class at Yoga Yoga. It was pretty neat getting back into yoga with a whole class full of pregnant women. Three of the ladies in the class were right at 40 weeks or just past, but I'd say the average woman was somewhere between 18-23 weeks (I'm 21 weeks).
Some of you have been asking for pictures of my belly, and the truth is, most clothes I wear (especially now that it's scarf weather) cover it up. So, here I am in yoga wear:
Some of you have been asking for pictures of my belly, and the truth is, most clothes I wear (especially now that it's scarf weather) cover it up. So, here I am in yoga wear:
As far as how I'm feeling, I have a lot of energy these days and am feeling great! Well, except for the fact that I've been getting heartburn or indigestion sometimes twice a day. Oh well, I can take it.
Friday, November 30, 2007
Baby Registries
It might seem a little early for baby registries (what with almost 5 months of pregnancy to go!), but the holidays are coming up and we're getting ready to set up the nursery, so now's the time. Plus, as I mentioned, I wanted to preempt your attempt to buy us all pink things ;)
First, here's the nursery decor we registered for:
Of course, anybody is welcome to go outside these lists - they're guidelines for colors and basics we'll be needing. I fully anticipate purchasing half of these items ourselves.
A HUGE thanks to Amy & Brooke, who came with me to give advice on what we really do and don't need. It's a big confusing world of baby things for a first-time mommy.
First, here's the nursery decor we registered for:
Of course, anybody is welcome to go outside these lists - they're guidelines for colors and basics we'll be needing. I fully anticipate purchasing half of these items ourselves.
A HUGE thanks to Amy & Brooke, who came with me to give advice on what we really do and don't need. It's a big confusing world of baby things for a first-time mommy.
Thursday, November 29, 2007
It's a girl!
My co-workers were wrong, my parents were right. I asked the sonogram tech how sure she was, and she said 120%.
Here's a picture of me getting the sonogram, a crazy cutaway of the girl parts, and a profile pic of baby Wadey. Notice how Blueberry's tummy is big and round just like mine!
Here's a picture of me getting the sonogram, a crazy cutaway of the girl parts, and a profile pic of baby Wadey. Notice how Blueberry's tummy is big and round just like mine!
Below that is a clip from the DVD of the sonogram - pretty cool, huh?
Now, don't go out and buy a bunch of pink stuff for us - we'll be registering and choosing our nursery colors and patterns tomorrow, and they may or may not include pink! Definitely no purple, maybe red, we'll see! I'll post again soon :)
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Thanksgiving
We're home from 5 days in Arizona - the last Wadey Thanksgiving without babies. And when I say babies, I mean babies! Chuck's brother's girlfriend is pregnant too - due about a month after us.
We spent time looking at Chuck & Andrew's baby pictures (Chuck was seriously the cutest baby ever), visited their childhood neighborhood and schools in Mesa, made pierogies (a Kruk family tradition), and got about as large a family photo as we could've gotten.
We spent time looking at Chuck & Andrew's baby pictures (Chuck was seriously the cutest baby ever), visited their childhood neighborhood and schools in Mesa, made pierogies (a Kruk family tradition), and got about as large a family photo as we could've gotten.
Stay tuned. More blogs to come - it's going to be an exciting week!
Sunday, November 18, 2007
Feeling Normal
Not much to report this week. I actually feel really normal! I seem to have my energy back, so we've been taking more walks and I've been cooking and helping around the house like before. I'm wearing comfy maternity pants, which makes getting dressed feel normal again. I'm eating normally, and I'm even less sore and bloated.
Maybe I'm into the part of the 2nd trimester where everything just feels normal again, or maybe I'm just totally used to feeling different! It's also been over 6 weeks since I had a sonogram, and I can't feel the baby move yet. But it still feels real, and I definitely wake up every morning noticing the belly bump.
We're really enjoying holiday shopping (getting ready for an early-Christmas at Thanksgiving with Chuck's family) and we're looking forward to our trip to AZ. It'll be nice to get away.
The weather's been nice here. We go back and forth between too warm (in the 70's and 80's) to perfect (50's and 60's). The other day when it was nice and chilly, we bought hot cocoa and a box of Duraflame logs! Here's our first fire of the winter :)
Maybe I'm into the part of the 2nd trimester where everything just feels normal again, or maybe I'm just totally used to feeling different! It's also been over 6 weeks since I had a sonogram, and I can't feel the baby move yet. But it still feels real, and I definitely wake up every morning noticing the belly bump.
We're really enjoying holiday shopping (getting ready for an early-Christmas at Thanksgiving with Chuck's family) and we're looking forward to our trip to AZ. It'll be nice to get away.
The weather's been nice here. We go back and forth between too warm (in the 70's and 80's) to perfect (50's and 60's). The other day when it was nice and chilly, we bought hot cocoa and a box of Duraflame logs! Here's our first fire of the winter :)
Monday, November 12, 2007
Who are you?
Every day on my drive home, I end up stopping for the longest time at the light turning onto Bee Caves Road. A couple weeks ago I was stopped next to a woman with her son in the back of the car, and she was turned around yelling at him with complete anger.
Today, I was behind a car with a big dog sticking its head out the window, and next to them was car with a mom and her toddler. Their windows were down and the little boy was pointing at the dog excitedly – probably just saying “Mommy, look at the doggy!” But she was laughing and responding in a sweet way.
I got all happy after seeing that. That’s what I think it should be like having a child – with everyday silly and cute moments. Of course, realistically it’ll be a mixture of both scenarios.
I also got really curious about who this person inside me is. We don’t even know yet if it’s a boy or a girl, let alone if this little human is going to be hyper or mellow, artistic or athletic, silly or serious, blond or strawberry blond… we think they’ll be an Aries, and Kim says Aries aren’t good with money – but how could any child of mine not be good with money!? Ha! Guess we’ll just have to wait and see...
Today, I was behind a car with a big dog sticking its head out the window, and next to them was car with a mom and her toddler. Their windows were down and the little boy was pointing at the dog excitedly – probably just saying “Mommy, look at the doggy!” But she was laughing and responding in a sweet way.
I got all happy after seeing that. That’s what I think it should be like having a child – with everyday silly and cute moments. Of course, realistically it’ll be a mixture of both scenarios.
I also got really curious about who this person inside me is. We don’t even know yet if it’s a boy or a girl, let alone if this little human is going to be hyper or mellow, artistic or athletic, silly or serious, blond or strawberry blond… we think they’ll be an Aries, and Kim says Aries aren’t good with money – but how could any child of mine not be good with money!? Ha! Guess we’ll just have to wait and see...
Saturday, November 10, 2007
A good week
It has been quite a week - a week where I've definitely been focusing more on work than on Blueberry.
As you probably already know, Tuesday was voting day, and our Texas Prop 15 passed! I got to help coordinate the volunteers on stage for the celebration party, and Chuck was up there too. Hearing Lance speak and being at special events is usually pretty cool, but this time it was my friends and husband being on stage that was awesome. You can watch it at: www.livestrong.org/prop15speech.
Then Thursday and Friday was the Young Adult Alliance annual meeting. I got to hang out with people I've at least known about for the entire time I've been with the LAF - they've shared their stories, they're on our website, they've been to all of our events, and some I know through MySpace or I've followed their careers - like Kris Carr of Crazy Sexy Cancer. We got a special screening of the film, and I had an amazing time.
So, this week my only baby-related issue was that I ran out of pants that fit!! We had to take a trip to Motherhood Maternity, where I got some nice black pants, a pair of brown corduroys with quite the elastic belly (they sit pretty high on my tummy), and a nice skirt. I have a pregnancy wardrobe!
What else? We're getting closer and closer to Thanksgiving week. I'm taking the whole week off so that we can take a road trip to Arizona and visit family, but Chuck's work is increasingly busy and he's got some deadlines that make him think we may have to push it back, shorten it, or... not go?? He really wants the break and I think it'll happen (just maybe a little later than planned?), but as Art Director with a pretty big deadline coming up, he's going to be working some serious hours to get everything done - and we'll just have to see what happens.
As you probably already know, Tuesday was voting day, and our Texas Prop 15 passed! I got to help coordinate the volunteers on stage for the celebration party, and Chuck was up there too. Hearing Lance speak and being at special events is usually pretty cool, but this time it was my friends and husband being on stage that was awesome. You can watch it at: www.livestrong.org/prop15speech.
Then Thursday and Friday was the Young Adult Alliance annual meeting. I got to hang out with people I've at least known about for the entire time I've been with the LAF - they've shared their stories, they're on our website, they've been to all of our events, and some I know through MySpace or I've followed their careers - like Kris Carr of Crazy Sexy Cancer. We got a special screening of the film, and I had an amazing time.
So, this week my only baby-related issue was that I ran out of pants that fit!! We had to take a trip to Motherhood Maternity, where I got some nice black pants, a pair of brown corduroys with quite the elastic belly (they sit pretty high on my tummy), and a nice skirt. I have a pregnancy wardrobe!
What else? We're getting closer and closer to Thanksgiving week. I'm taking the whole week off so that we can take a road trip to Arizona and visit family, but Chuck's work is increasingly busy and he's got some deadlines that make him think we may have to push it back, shorten it, or... not go?? He really wants the break and I think it'll happen (just maybe a little later than planned?), but as Art Director with a pretty big deadline coming up, he's going to be working some serious hours to get everything done - and we'll just have to see what happens.
Friday, November 2, 2007
Appointment
Today we had our OB appointment, and sorry to say, no new sonogram. Dr. Belt asked if I could feel the baby move yet, and I said no. She said it might just feel like gas, to which I excitedly replied "Oh, I've felt gassy!!... but it was really gas." She appologized to Chuck (haha!), and then said I should feel it within the next week or two. Of course, I'll keep you posted.
We did hear the heartbeat, which was just over 150 bpm. I asked if she thought that a high heart rate means it'll be a girl, and she said "where did you read that!?" She didn't seem to buy it. Earlier today my co-worker Teresa said she thinks Blueberry's a boy (and apparently, she's usually right about these things?)... so, we've got bets on both sides!
Our next appointment is scheduled for November 29th, which will include a very detailed sonogram and should answer the question of girl or boy.
As for today, we heard the heartbeat, learned that our first trimester screen came back normal, and got our flu shots. Oh, and I got weighed... 127 lbs, up from 122 last time (120 before pregnancy).
We did hear the heartbeat, which was just over 150 bpm. I asked if she thought that a high heart rate means it'll be a girl, and she said "where did you read that!?" She didn't seem to buy it. Earlier today my co-worker Teresa said she thinks Blueberry's a boy (and apparently, she's usually right about these things?)... so, we've got bets on both sides!
Our next appointment is scheduled for November 29th, which will include a very detailed sonogram and should answer the question of girl or boy.
As for today, we heard the heartbeat, learned that our first trimester screen came back normal, and got our flu shots. Oh, and I got weighed... 127 lbs, up from 122 last time (120 before pregnancy).
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