Never been so happy about a dance party....

The quote of the day from Mark today is: I have never been so happy about a dance party! 


I'll give you a little background knowledge so you understand why this is such a significant quote of the day. I had been really worried because little dude/little guy (Mark calls him little guy most times...and I actually really like it I'm just very used to little dude) Anyways, little dude/guy hadn't really moved much for quite a few hours (enough hours to feel worried I thought) We had listened to his heartbeat and it was okay but just he wasn't moving like normal and it was making me so anxious. Normally he moves a lot at night and then at bedtime and then normally I wake up at least 3 times in the night where he is moving. NONE of this happened yesterday. So by this morning I was paranoid. He gave me 2 little kicks on the way to work and then again nothing like normal until a few little kicks at lunch.

I finally couldn't take it anymore and called my doctor. They told me "well normally you won't feel the baby too much at 28 weeks...like you should feel him but it is okay for it to be inconsistent" I told them that normally I do feel him a lot-and listed all of the times of day that I normally feel him. At least it was "normally" for the last like week and a half because I feel he has gotten on more of a moving schedule over that time, which is why it was scary to have his schedule gone. So then after telling them that they seemed to take it a little more serious. They said okay, drink some orange juice and lay on your left side for 1 hour. If he does not kick you at least 6 times call us back and we'll have you come in for a non stress test. This made me even more nervous! I do not want little dude to be under stress and it made me even more worried something was wrong.

Problem was I was at work, my kids were done with lunch in 10 minutes and there was just no way to lay on my side for 1 hour, or get orange juice! I went over to the teachers classroom across the hall. She is my mentor and is always such a great help. I did not mean to but I started to CRY...like real big tears rolling down my cheeks and I couldn't even talk for a second. I told her the baby wasn't moving and tried to explain what the doctor had said. She immediately jumped to action and found me the most sugary drink she could find (since we had no OJ) and it ended up being one she had gotten for valentines from a student. Apple Flavored Martinellis haha Then she ran around trying to find something to open it with and just comforted me. It was really nice and I am so grateful. I drank the Martinellis, had a cookie, and some hersheys kisses....SOOO healthy I know but I figured if I was not going to be able to lay down I needed to get a little more sugar in me if I was going to feel him move. And I promise I do not do that every day at all, I normally try to be really healthy.

Well sure enough 20 minutes later while my kids were at Library little dude/guy started having a dance party in my stomach. He was a moovin and a groovin! haha As soon as I could I told Mark he moved! He was having a dance party...to which Mark replied with his quote of the day :) I swear I have never been so relieved in my life. That first little movement that soon turned into a whole ton of big movements was the best thing that had happened to me all day. Now he is back to his normal self tonight just moving around and making my stomach move in all sorts of funny ways. I guess he just needed some sleep or something!

I was just thinking about how much of an impact that this little baby has had on our relationship already and he is not even here yet. Mark and I have shared so much joy together through these last few months with everything that has gone on with the baby. We truly love him so much. Today my heart was just aching to feel a little wiggle so I could know that he was doing good in there...I know that Marks was the same because he asked me about him every chance he got. I think my heart is going to burst sometimes with how much joy this baby is bringing me and us and our relationship. Man oh man will we be in trouble when he is actually here....haha :) The other day Mark said he loves when he feels the baby move because he can't feel it all the time like me so when he does it is such a little treat. What a cute husband I have. He is such a great support to me and I am so glad I have him on days like these when I need someone to be there for me all day long.

Phew! That was a lot of writing...sorry no pictures! I just don't want to forget about this day because I think that it is important to remember moments like this, it makes you appreciate things more when they are going perfect...like right now with the little dance party currently happening in my belly.

Jewelry “Box”

Marks parents asked me what I wanted for my birthday and I told them I wanted a Jewelry Box….well I got a little more than that! I got a Jewelry Armoire :) It was so big that it had a “team lift” sticker on the box. Mark unfortunately had no team to help him but he just pushed and pulled the box into our apartment and then we proceeded to open it.  It was very well packaged and quite a process! haha

Finally we got it open and Mark got it all put together for me. It is so pretty and I am loving having all of my jewelry organized! Hopefully now I can do better at not losing it :)

Almost in my Third Trimester! :)

Well here I am at 27 weeks…kinda hard to believe that there are only about 3 months to go…eek!

Our little guy is about 15 inches long and weighs about 2 pounds maybe a little more! He also has more taste buds now than he will even have when he is born. Hopefully he is enjoying the food I  am  eating! There isn’t too much new with him only that he is still growing and his kicks are getting a little stronger. A couple of times this week his kicks have been quite the karate chops!

There is not much to update as far as I go either. I am sleeping so great with my new body pillow, I am no longer wearing my wedding ring, and I like  am a little more awkward in my movements. There are a lot of noises when I roll over in bed or bend down to pick something up…mainly because things take a lot more effort! I think Mark is going to have to start putting my socks and shoes on for me ;) Bending down is a little awkward and kinda uncomfortable. I make my students pick things up for me now at the school haha. Luckily they are happy to help!

One thing that has been happening to me recently is bloody noses. I had a cold and blew my nose “too hard” once I guess, and got a bloody nose. Ever since then they won’t go away. I get them randomly and even in the middle of the night the other day. I guess because of my increased blood volume and weakened blood vessels in my nose they are just more common but they are not too fun! Oh well though what can you do right? :)

We have a doctor appointment Friday and I get to take my glucose test thingy where I drink the sugary orange flat soda tasting drink…. haha I am excited for the appointment though they are always fun for me to find out everything is going good!

My Phone…and the Man in my life

I was going through my phone and realized I had a lot of pictures that no one has ever seen! Here are 2 randoms and then more about the man in my life…aka MARK!

While we were driving to California for Christmas we hit 44,444 miles! It was so incredible! Okay, not really but we thought it was pretty cool :D

Random ice thing in midway. I guess eventually some guy will come and carve it into something sweet!

Now onto the main reason that I am so happy in life…my HUSBAND. He is one of the greatest people I know and he is always trying to make  me happy. For my birthday he spent the whole day in a baking extravaganza so I could have a great breakfast and cake! He spent a lot of time researching hair products so I could have the “voluminous” hair I always say I wish I had. (did you read that? My husband spent hours looking at and ordering hair products! I think I hooked a good one) The other day I came home late and tired from work and he had done all the dishes  and made dinner. He is just incredible and every day makes me feel so loved!

Last weekend we helped Marks friend with a training he did for Pinnacle Security. Mark got to be a militant and pretty much play modern warfare all day haha He was in a warehouse with his other friends fighting against random teams of pinnacle security members trying to keep them from rescuing their CEO :) They were using airsoft guns and got some nice wounds on their heads. I knew he was probably having a blast when one of his friends Trapper came down and said “Mark is bleeding from his head!” haha That is true battle excitement!

He’ll probably kill me for this but check out his sweet goose egg :)

Here are a few other pictures of him from my phone. One thing I love about Mark is that he always humors me when I want to take a picture of him or us or anything else. I think pictures  are important and they are fun to look back on so  I am almost always in picture mode!

Even when he is going in for surgery and is probably nervous he is always trying to make me laugh because I was also feeling nervous. (Surgery is a scary thing I think and he has had 2 already!) I love his concern for me that he shows even when he probably is the one needing concern.

I love him because he is so dedicated to school and getting things done for our future. This was his graduation day and it was such a fun day. I am very proud of him and can’t believe that in about a year he will be graduating again! With an MBA and a Masters in Manufacturing Systems…he is just incredible!

This is Mark after his soccer game where he scored his first goal of the season! :) It was awesome and you should have seen his victory dance. I can’t believe that he is good at everything. It boggles my mind that if Mark sets his mind to it he can achieve anything. He is so athletic and also super dedicated to everything else he does. My hubs is going to go far in life! And I am excited to be by his side :)

He is also going to be an amazing dad. I love that every night he puts his arm around me so he can feel little dude give him his goodnight kick. Every day he asks me how I am doing and then his next question is how is little dude? I love seeing his excitement for our baby to come and how he pats my belly and sometimes even talks to it :) Oh my goodness he is going to be the cutest sweetest dad and I know our kids are going to love him and feel how much he loves them.

Happy Birthday To Me

Yesterday was my birthday and it was a great day! Mark spoiled me on Monday too giving me my presents early so it was kinda like  my birthday week :) We’ve had decorations up all month from his birthday so pretty much our house has been a party all year long…and now the decorations are still up. We are used to them so maybe they will never come down.

I started off my day with funnel cakes for breakfast made by the man himself and then he proceeded to make me a “blue velvet” birthday cake because blue is my favorite color! (and we were out of red food coloring)

We went to my Brothers house for the super bowl, eating, and birthday festivities. I felt very loved by my family and It was such a fun relaxing day! Here are some pics:

Opening my presents from Mark. (I tend to make very pretty facial expressions…thank you) He got me a bunch of nice hair  stuff and a new blow-dryer!

Birthday Breakfast! Recipe coming up on the blog! As well as delicious blue velvet cake :)

Its not every year you are pregnant on your birthday! So here are some bump shots :)

My cute little brother :) Even though he is not so little anymore…

My Faja who I love so much!

Our picture has been invaded! haha

My cute nephew Bridger! “if you’re happy and you know it stick out your tongue!”

He helped me open presents too…and blow out candles! I love that he is starting to like me and play with me more! He is my little buddy and kept on trying to “look” to see the baby in my tummy.

Pioneer woman cook book!

My DIPLOMA! For weeks I have been trying to figure out why I hadn’t received it…my mom had it all along! She framed it for my birthday!

Bridger thought the candles were a little bright…I must be getting old!

It also took me like 12 tries to blow them out…we decided it was because my oxygen was going to little dude :) haha

The inside of my cake…how cool is that? My favorite color of blue! I have the coolest hubby.

Thanks everyone for making my birthday great!

26 Weeks!

Here is a quick update on being  26 weeks. My bump is growing more and more every day and I am still loving it! I can no longer see my toes when  I look down and that cracks me up :) I craved ravioli for like the last 2 weeks and finally got to have it on my birthday. I was a happy camper! I like cheese sticks again and cottage cheese sounds delicious once more. I am feeling great and just really loving this!

We got to see little dude again on Friday and that was a lot of fun. We love seeing his little hands and feet. We even got to see his whole body for a second and that was fun. He  is just too cute! We still didn’t get a profile..just another alien picture :) haha We were able to confirm once more that he IS ALL BOY!

I feel like our time is so short until we meet him. I love him so much already I think my heart will burst when I actually meet him. Yesterday I got a body pillow and my sleep was so much better :) Happy day!

Little Dude can see now! And he can move his head around. He also has toenails now and his brain development is kicking into high gear! He is also moving more and more and….more. Every time I get up in the night to pee haha or when I am just rolling over he is just moving all around! So fun, it is one of my favorite parts of being pregnant.

15 weeks to go! :)

Sorry if any of you are getting bored with the pregnancy blog posts…but it is a big part of our life right now! So it is just going to be this way for a while :)

I know my belly doesn’t look too much bigger…my hand placement hides my lower belly but it is a little bigger!

Soon my toes will be gone! I better paint them one more time while I still can!

This is what happens when Mark decides to turn the bump shoot into a model photo shoot…too bad I’m not much of a model. :( but this picture makes me laugh!

Little dude is about 13.5 inches long and weighs about 1.5 pounds. He is going to start gaining more weight and filling out his wrinkly skin now! He also has more hair on top of his little head. Cute, I hope he has a lot of hair.

Funny things this week:

Mark yelling from across the apartment to me “our baby is see through right now!”
Little dude giving Mark a goodnight kick as soon as he put his arm around me.
My toes are slowly disappearing…
Mark having to heave me up sometimes because my abdominal muscles are pretty much gone. (or having to roll to my side and push myself up while possibly making fun noises due to my efforts)
My primary students being disappointed that I couldn’t “do as they were doing” and do jumping jacks with them. 
I have really been wanting ravioli lately…but we’re having it on  my birthday so I am excited!
Cereal has become my staple pre-bedtime snack. It always sounds so good!

I have gotten one leg cramp to date! It was in the middle of the night and the next day my calf was sore I felt like I had exercised. haha

This Sunday is my birthday…my first birthday as a pregnant lady! Kinda crazy!