My lovely preggo lumps

So I know I recently updated this thing only a few days ago... but HURRAY!! Today officially marks 15 weeks!

The latest development since I last wrote is... I discovered maternity pants. HOLY CRAP!! Those bad boys are COZY!!! :)

Nice to know I still look good from the back :)

....and the bump seems to be a wee bit more pronounced. I know I said I would start posting bump pics starting at week 16, but I think it's time... 

Want a close up?!

BAM!

So this little baby is estimated to be the size of a peach these days, and little by little the sex organs are becoming more pronounced. We'll schedule our 20 week ultrasound at our next appointment on Thursday and I will have more blood drawn for the sequential screening we're doing. Yes, we're doing the screening. While I do love surprises, I also have a penchant for having an idea of what I'm getting in to. I feel confident because the nuchal cord thickness measured normal, but we'll see what the 20 week shows... a tail perhaps? ... I do love the circus, but a tail isn't really something I'm hoping for... 

I've been feeling tired more lately than recently, but I've also been able to really work out at the gym again, finally! Feels SO good to be able to actually work out; to have sore muscles and feel my abs! I feel more motivated than ever to be a strong momma for this baby, and to show them to be strong too. I think fitness will be an important theme to teach. 

Well, that's it for this installment. More next week! :)

Easy Queazy Beautiful

Well here we are, just about 15 weeks and I'm getting more and more antsy to find out the gender! Has anyone else out there started their morning sickness late? My first bout of vomiting wasn't until 13 weeks and now I've procured a prescription for Zofran as needed. Can I just say I love Zofran?!
What are your guys' thoughts on a Gender Reveal Party? Something small, intimate, just to surprise close people? I think it would be fun... A little cake? Let people guess? Sound stupid?
I stole this template from another blog...

How far along? 15 weeks on Tuesday! 
Total weight gain: 8lbs -whoa!
Maternity clothes? Not quite, although I feel the need is fast approaching...
Stretch marks? NOPE! :D
Sleep: Comes and goes... I still get up to pee every single night
Best moment this week: Feeling the little parasite flutter
Miss Anything? sushi 
Movement: Flutters every now and again, which I love, makes me excited to feel more! 
Food cravings: Anything strawberry!
Anything making you queasy or sick: corn... mushrooms... 
Have you started to show yet: Yes, yet people keep telling me I'm small... sure don't feel small...
Gender prediction: I definitely feel like it's a girl, multiple dreams that its a girl. Who knows though? I hear people think it's one gender and poof! it's the other :)
Symptoms: Nausea, fatigue, heart burn, emotional... man, I feel attractive. Although, I do have a glow. I noticed it today at work. Rosey little cheeks :)
Belly Button in or out? In
Wedding rings on or off? On! 
Happy or Moody most of the time: Changes, little things make me want to cry easily
Looking forward to: Finding out whether it's a boy or a girl! 

Until next time... Pictures to post every week starting at 16weeks. :) 

So, you're going to have a baby...

So, about 3 months ago the darndest thing happened to me. I missed my period. Typically, I could set my watch by my period. It's like your super dependable-yet trainwreck of a friend who never shows up early or late, is always right on time and makes you feel like hell for a few days. Not that month though. Nope, took December off... then January... and February...

I had an appointment with my acupuncturist that day and upon feeling the pulses in my wrist she said, "Hmmmm... your middle pulses are strong, usually that means there's a baby." FREAKY.

I have to admit, the moment I missed it, I knew. This was no glitch in the Matrix. Crazy cell division had begun and there was no going back from there. I waited a couple days post missing my period and peed on a fancy stick that magically tells you what you'll be doing for the next 18+ years of your life. That little wand holds a LOT of power.

Not the most romantic, but I called my husband into the bathroom immediately to show him. I was shaking and excited, he was excited too.

Just to get up to speed, the last few months have sort of been a roller coaster. Holy crap hormones are CRAZY. All this time I thought I was captain of this ship. I thought I was calling the shots. NOPE. There would be times when my mouth would open and words start pouring out and my mind, quietly, thought to myself, "What the hell is happening right now? What are you saying? You sound like a crazy person. Stop crying! You're stronger than that." I think yesterday I had my first positive mood swing. I went from being annoyed as all get out, to being really happy and I don't know why. I'm pretty sure those little bastards of hormones were pushing some buttons or whatever and accidentally flipped on the "happy" switch. Finally! A good swing! My poor husband. I can't tell you people how many times he's given me that look like "I don't know what you want me to do right now." He's really gone out of his way a number of times to make me as happy as possible. I am so grateful.

Our latest development in the baby saga is we had our first ultrasound last Tuesday. It was SO cool to watch it move around! It was so active!!! I was in awe seeing it's little skeleton moving about, and seeing it look straight on with a skeletal smile :) Watching the blood flow and it's little heart beat was probably the coolest thing so far. The girls at work call it my little sea monkey. My husband has taken to calling it "Predator" I like to think of it as my little monster. (hopefully it's not born with a tail though)

Can you believe that hand?! I kept asking questions like, "Why is the brain so small and not taking up the entire cavity?" My husband's response? "It's definitely a Webb, big head, little brain." The tech, "because it's still growing." Ok, so it's normal. (sigh of relief) Is it sucking it's thumb?! apparently it can't suck yet at 12 weeks, but boy is it trying. I have never been so in awe, so proud, and so in love for anything else in my life. I still can't believe how amazing the human body is. Thankfully, it's smarter than I am and I feel good that it can do it's thing on auto pilot. All I have to do is eat healthy, exercise and keep whispering sweet nothings to this little parasite. <3