Week 17

The past couple weeks have been insane, literally. We spent December 15-29 in California with our families for Christmas. It was a much needed vacation with great company. During that little trip, we also had a baby shower! Originally, it was meant to be a normal-come congratulate us baby shower, but as most of you have probably already seen from Facebook and such...it turned into a gender reveal (: We are pleased to announce that our little baby is no longer a sea monkey, and is now a baby GIRL! We are beyond excited and cannot wait for the next five months to fly by so that we can finally meet our tiny explorer.

Oh and by the way, I'm going to start doing progress pictures (finally) because there's actually progress to be recorded now!

How far along: 17 weeks, holy moly!!

Due date: June 10, 2014

Total weight gain: about 8 pounds :o

Maternity clothes: Sometimes, I don't "need" them, but dang their comfy. My mom got me a wardrobe full for Christmas!

Stretch marks: Nope, and now thanks to my amazing mother-in-law I have special creams and such to prevent them from ever coming! 

Sleep: Like a baby, until I have to use the bathroom. (Real life problems) 

Best moment of this week: Baby gender reveal and our two year anniversary! 

Miss anything: I miss not feeling fat, but it's all for a good cause right? I'm in the awkward stage of "you don't look pregnant, you just look like you need to suck it in."

Movement: Nope, maybe it'll all feel real after I start feeling movement. Right now it still (even after 17 weeks) hasn't fully hit me that this is real life. 

Food cravings: Meh, nothing in particular. But when I'm hungry..I am H-U-N-G-R-Y. 

Anything making you queasy or nauseous: Motion, being in a car is miserable lately. 

Have you started to show yet: Yes! A little. 

Gender: GIRL! 

Labor signs: Nooo

Belly button in or out: In. 

Wedding ring on or off: On.

Happy or moody most of the time: Happy, eager, yet still emotional. 

Oh and last Saturday was our two year wedding anniversary! We spent it on board the Queen Mary in Long Beach, California. I married the most amazing man and I enjoy every second spent. Cheers to eternity, my love. 

Week 13

 

Only FIVE more days until we get to fly back to California for Christmas break! But before that can happen, we have to get through this (finals and netflix). 

Aside from finals week, we have joy to look forward to this week as well. We have another doctors appointment tomorrow! He said that if our little baby is a boy, he might be able to tell tomorrow...but just maybe. 

How far along: just finished week 13. Goodbye first trimester!! 

Due date: June 10, 2014

Total weight gain: Ill tell you tomorrow when I go to the doctors :)

Maternity clothes: Nope.

Stretch marks: Negative

Sleep: Bleh, sleep shmeep.

Best moment of this week: This is non-baby related, but this week we got to see the impact of true friends as well as the power of the priesthood in our lives. We are more than grateful for the life we live and the friends we have here.

Miss anything: I miss being able to do adventurous and dangerous things.

Movement: Nope, my other pregnant friends have been trying to explain what a "flutter" feels like, but I dont think I have had one yet.

Food cravings: Ham. Man oh man, can I down some sliced sandwich ham.

Anything making you queasy or sick: Nope! GOODBYE MORNING SICKNESS.

Have you started to show yet: Im going to say yes, while everyone else says no.

Gender: I cant wait to find out!

Labor signs: Nooo

Belly button in or out: In. 

Wedding ring on or off: On.

Happy or moody most of the time: Emotional. My mom sent me a Christmas package full of candy, lights, and fun things, including a Santa hat. I put on the Santa hat while looking through the box and started crying. It was beautiful, HA.

Week 12

I've already missed a week blogging, oops. In my defense, I'm very busy. Most of the time. So, good news for this week: we took our pregnancy announcement photos! My extremely talented and gorgeous friend Lisa Rondo did us the hugest favor and took them for us. They are now on Facebook for your viewing pleasure. Bad news for this week: I am completely out of the magic pills my doctor gave me for the morning (all stinkin day) sickness. So I'm going cold turkey and it's pretty rough. For the past three days I have felt sick all day, with no breaks in between. Wish me luck to survive the next week and a half!!!

How far along: 12 weeks!! 

Due date: June 10, 2014

Total weight gain: Minus 2 pounds. 

Maternity clothes: Nope.

Stretch marks: Hopefully never.

Sleep: I'm sleeping so much better! The only think that wakes me now is the bathroom trips and nausea. 

Best moment of this week: Taking our announcement pictures and revealing the big news! No more secrets!!

Miss anything: Still missing crab legs. Not that we have enough money to eat them anyways, but just the idea of them!! I also miss not feeling sick. That's a kicker. 

Movement: Negative. 

Food cravings: Seafood! All types of wonderful seafood!

Anything making you queasy or sick: Just being awake in general, it never goes away. 

Have you started to show yet: Maybe a little! 

Gender: Daniel has a gut feeling for a boy. 

Labor signs: Nooo

Belly button in or out: Inny.   

Wedding ring on or off: On. 

Happy or moody most of the time: This week, kinda moody ): But I have a fantastic husband and great friends to make me sane. Plus, the Christmas season has begun. How could one not be happy?!

Week 10 (Officially)

(Matt, if you ever see this with Haley, here's that announcement photo you suggested. It can officially mean what you wanted it to originally!) 

We had our second appointment today and the doctor decided to go with the due date of June 10, 2014 instead of June 2. So that means I am a week behind what we had predicted and that I am now at week 10 :) It's nice having that all figured out. The ultrasound today was incredible. Our little wiggle worm has already got its daddy's personality. The first thing we saw was two arms and two legs flailing around and then he/she decided to show off some somersaults. Impressive, I thought. Our baby is already camera happy. Watching that was probably one of the warmest feelings I have ever experienced. I love our baby so much already.

How far along: 10 weeks, officially.

Due date: June 10, 2014

Total weight gain: 2 pounds

Maternity clothes: Nope.

Stretch marks: Hopefully never.

Sleep: Sleep still stinks, but I feel like I am actually sleeping a little bit better.

Best moment of this week: Our appointment today and watching our baby move!

Miss anything: I miss everything I can't eat anymore. Mainly, crab legs. I could go for an all-you-can-eat night at Paul's right about now.

Movement: On the big screen :)

Food cravings: Crab legs, but besides always wanting that I am hardly ever hungry.

Anything making you queasy or sick: Daniel says I have developed super senses and can smell things that don't exist, so those kind of get to me.  

Have you started to show yet: This week, I am actually noticing a little pudge, or maybe I'm just dreaming it, but I think it's there.

Gender: Your guess is as good as mine.

Labor signs: Nooo

Belly button in or out: Inner.  

Wedding ring on or off: On. Will it ever need to come off??

Happy or moody most of the time: Happy!! How could I not be?! Except for the random emotional breakdowns where I cry over spilled milk, but those emotions aren't my fault.

Week 10

 

Welp, SURPRISE. As of right now, only a few of you know. So to those who may see this in the weeks to come and who have not already guessed from my insanely clever blog title: WE ARE HAVING A BABY. For anyone who has seen my recent attempts at blogging, it is not really my thing, and I'm not exactly consistent, but this is a huge event in our life and I will try to stay on top of it.  I would also like to note that there is no exaggeration in the title of "There's Something In The Water". It seems that everyone I know is expecting, which is great! We have a trio group of couples here at BYU-H and you could say we are all best buds..and coincidentally, all three wives have found out we/they are pregnant. So here is what has happened so far: We had our first prenatal appointment a couple weeks ago. I might be a week behind what we think we are, based on the size of the baby at the time of the appointment, so a more accurate due date will be confirmed at our next appointment! Besides that, everything was fine and dandy. We were able to see and hear the heart beat. That is a miracle all on it's own. Words cannot describe how excited and anxious Daniel and I are for what is happening. This is a blessing greater than we could have imagined.

So here we go with the "up-to-date" preggo questions everything is dying to see answered:

(I'm sorry if they seem monotomous from week to week, but they are more or less for me to track progress)

 

How far along: 10 weeks, we think...

Due date: June 02, 2014

Total weight gain: None.

Maternity clothes: Nope, bring on the skinny jeans.

Stretch marks: Hopefully never.

Sleep: I can't remember what it feels like to sleep through the night. I wake up about six times on average.

Best moment of this week: Just talking pregnant bizz with Daniel. He's the cutest when he talks about our baby :)

Miss anything: Sleep, and not feeling tired all the time. And crab legs, don't even get me started on the fact that I can't eat crab legs for the next long while...

Movement: Negative.

Food cravings: I want salty things, and buffalo wings, all the time.

Anything making you queasy or sick: Nothing in particular, but the morning sickness that seems to stick around all day kind of stinks.

Have you started to show yet: I feel fatter, but no.

Gender: The world may never know.

Labor signs: That's a looong ways off.

Belly button in or out: Inny, but I'm rooting for an outty towards the end.

Wedding ring on or off: On.

Happy or moody most of the time: Tired, so I don't know which category to classify that in. I am overly happy about everything that is happening, but being exhausted all the time takes it's toll on my mood at times as well. Sorry Daniel.

 

So, that's what is going on in the life of the Barnes family. I probably won't start doing pictures until week 12 or 13, so stay posted for those!