Few Olympic Thoughts

We've been watching the Olympics nonstop since they started, and I absolutely love it! Totally worth staying up late. I've been thinking about a few things while watching...

* I love cheering on the USA and love watching swimming. However, I'm over hearing from Ryan Lochte. He's cocky and talks a big talk. I love how Michael Phelps keeps saying, "I let my swimming do the talking." Go Michael, beat Ryan...and everyone else! :)

* Being a gymnast for 12 or 13 years of my life makes me love watching the women's gymnastics. I get really nervous, but it makes me really wish I could be young again and at the gym. The first Olympic moment I remember is watching Kerri Strug at the '96 Olympics. I still get the chills watching. Go USA Women's team...we're watching right now!

* I'm really angry about the new gymnastic {and a few other sports, I think} rule about only the top 2 gymnasts making it to the individual all around. That means not all the top 24 athletes get to compete?!?!? How does that allow for the best all around gymnast to get gold?? Dumb.

* NBC - is it really necessary to have THIS many commercials? I could go to bed 2 hours earlier if you didn't have a commercial break every 3 minutes. We've almost caught up to live TV.

* So, so random, but I was thinking the other night that our baby will be three and a half the next time the summer Olympics is in Rio. Weird. Let's hope Baby W gets daddy's athletic skills and not mine!

Back to watching the Olympics. Go USA!

Week 8 (Catching Up)

How big was baby: A kidney bean! 


What's going on with baby: Webbed fingers and toes are growing from the hands and feet. The tail is about gone! Baby is moving around, but I can't feel it yet. 


Symptoms: The nausea and bloating continue getting a little better. I feel best when I snack all day and don't let my stomach get empty. My clothes are definitely getting tight! I don't have really any pants or many skirts that fit anymore! 

What happened this week:
-We returned home from our long weekend away on Monday night. 
-Wednesday we had our 8 week doctor appointment. We were there for a couple hours. We were given a ton of information, asked many questions, and best of all got another ultrasound!!! This time the baby looked like a baby, not a blob. The best, best, best part...we could hear AND SEE the baby's heartbeat! Our due date was confirmed. Baby W should be here sometime around January 27, 2013. :) Can't wait! 
-We still had not had a chance to celebrate Father's Day with my dad. We had a gift for him and, of course, wanted to share the good news. Trying to fit into his crazy schedule was difficult. We were finally able to meet for dinner on Wednesday evening. We ate dinner at their house and gave my dad his gift, card, and pregnancy announcement. My parents are thrilled...let the shopping begin! :) We were so excited to tell everyone else, we came home late from my parents and addressed all of our cards so I could send them out Thursday morning. 
-Thursday morning I went to the post office as soon as I could get there! I couldn't wait to get the announcements in the mail! That evening, we went over to Josh and Mer's to celebrate Josh's birthday {which we missed while we were in Key West.} Of course, we planned on telling them the good news that evening, too! 
-Friday and Saturday was the Dave concert...the baby's first concert! We sat in the pavilion both nights. Both concerts were awesome! 


It was a busy week around here. It felt great to be able to start telling people about the baby. We couldn't WAIT for people to start getting their cards in the mail! {People in Indy started getting their cards on Friday. It was fun hearing from everyone!} 

Sunday Date Night

We spent yesterday getting some work done around the house, taking a nap, and going to church. We topped off the day by going on a little date. Kurt bought me tickets to the Florence & the Machine concert for our anniversary {the paper gift!}. We grabbed some dinner before heading off to White River State Park and enjoy the beautiful summer evening listening to live music. The concert was pretty good...a little short. By hey, we got home by 10:15 and were able to fit a couple hours of DVRed Olympics in before heading off to bed. Perfect.

Week 7 {Catching Up}

Week 7 was quite the busy week around here!

{Kurt's fathers day present...this baby sure does love his/her daddy!}

{Exploring Key West. The southernmost point in the US.}

How big was baby: Size of a blueberry, about a half inch long.

What's up with baby: Hands and feet were emerging. The brain is growing along with the appendix and pancreas. 

How was I feeling: This week was a peak of nauseous, bloating, and having to pee a lot! While we were in Key West, I remember waking up around 5 times a night to go to the bathroom. Not much food sounded good, but eating made me feel better. 

What was going on this week: 

-On Monday, Kurt and I went to dinner for our 1st Anniversary. The food at Seasons 52 was delicious, even when I was feeling quite nauseous! 

-Thursday we dropped the dogs off at Kurt's parent's house for them to stay for the weekend. We were so excited because we were able to tell his parents our good news! We tucked our announcement in his dad's father's day card. They had to keep it a secret for awhile! 

-Early Friday morning, we headed off for Key West for the weekend. It was great to get away and spend some time together to celebrate our anniversary some more. I was excited to give Kurt a couple father's day presents of his own! 

Cheers to many, many more years of adventures, celebrations, and making memories! I love you!

Week 6 {Catching Up}

We went to the doctor on Monday, June 4 for our first appointment. The technician took us into the room and explained what was going to happen. I could tell that she was not liking what she saw on the screen while she was doing the regular ultrasound. She said that the baby appeared to be younger than 8 weeks {which is typically when they first allow you to come in for an ultrasound} and that she needed to do a vaginal ultrasound to see the baby. 


At that appointment, we were able to see our little blur of a baby and hear the heartbeat! We were thrilled. After doing some measurements on the baby, it looked like I was only 6 weeks along, not 9 like they thought. It all started clicking...that's why the pregnancy tests I took when I missed my period weren't positive...I was too early to be testing. So the whole entire time, I was in fact pregnant but must have ovulated later than I thought, causing me to be behind a couple weeks. Maybe if I could stop being impatient....! 


Besides the fact that we were able to see our baby, the appointment was a disappointment. I was planning to switch doctors so I could stay at the hospital I like. Needless to say after that appointment, I made a quick decision to stay with my previous doctor no matter if I had to go to a different hospital or not! 


Right after our appointment on Monday, I called up to Oliver's Twist {they did our wedding invitations} to have our baby announcements made. I absolutely couldn't wait to see them and definitely couldn't wait to send them out to everyone! This is how it turned out...love! 

How I felt: I was feeling very tired and a little nauseous. All I wanted to do this week was eat, which helped me from feeling nauseous. 


Sleep: Sleep was getting more difficult because I was up multiple times a night to go to the bathroom. 


What happened this week: 
-I was in a conference at school all week. It was difficult to concentrate! 
-Tuesday night we went to tour St. Vincent Carmel hospital to see if we wanted to stay with my orignal doctor. I loved everything about the maternity ward of the hospital. On Wednesday, I called the "new" doctor's office and cancelled my appointments and called my original doctor to schedule my next appointment. I was feeling relieved already!
-We celebrated our first wedding anniversary over the weekend by staying at the Conrad. We went to Tastings {for Kurt to drink wine} and had fun people watching. When we got home from dinner there was champagne and chocolate covered strawberries for us in our room {like on our wedding night}. We ate the strawberries and are saving the champagne for our 2nd anniversary so I can drink it too! We brought our anniversary cake and ate it in bed while we watched the NBA playoffs! Of course, I was in bed early!  

My Birthday Party

People started getting suspicious when I wasn't drinking, then was drinking, and then all of the sudden stopped drinking again. Bad decision. My birthday was on a Sunday this year. The day before, my mom, two sisters-in-law, and I threw a shower for my cousin, Kristin. My sister-in-law, Allison, organized the mimosa bar and immediately asked me if I wanted one when the party started. I told her no and drank my sweet tea for the afternoon. At some point during the shower, she looked at me and asked me "When are you due?" I calmly stated, "I'm not pregnant. I'm just not drinking because we're trying." She went on to ask if I wasn't going to be drinking at my birthday party later on that night. Mistake #2 from me- I told her no that I was going to be drinking non-alcoholic beer. I think she told the rest of my family that night who would have had no idea what I was drinking because I put it in a glass!!! 


The birthday party was fun, except I was exhausted. I was so ready to get in bed since I had been up since 7am making food for the shower. Again, no one questioned me because it looked like I was drinking beer all night. Allison asked me a couple more times that night if I was pregnant. I continued to tell her no and even made up a story for her to stop asking me. 


The next day, my sister-in-law, Quinn, was asking me about being pregnant. She said, "I'll be expecting an announcement in a couple weeks that you are!" Ugh, shouldn't have told them I was drinking N/A beer....


I couldn't wait for Monday because I knew we'd get to see our little baby on the ultrasound screen. 

Nordiques Jersey

Here's a picture of that stinkin' cute jersey I was telling you about. I can't wait to take the baby to the rink to cheer on daddy in his/her hockey jersey. We'll just need to make sure baby has a Blackhawks jersey sometime soon!

Week 13

Week 13

One more week until the 2nd trimester...crazy! 

How big is baby: The size of a medium shrimp.

What's going on with baby: The baby now has his/her own fingerprints...pretty cool! The size of the body is beginning to catch up with the size of the head. 

How I'm feeling: I'm trying to fight off what feels like the beginning of a little bug, but other than that I'm feeling great. No nausea anymore and the bloating has gotten significantly better. I'm still pretty tired and take naps almost daily. It's been a blessing to be in the first trimester over my summer break because I've been sleeping in and napping. {Today I didn't wake up until 11...am I in college again?!?} I'm a little worried about my energy level once school gets back into full swing! I'm not waking up as often to pee at night. However, I continue to have CRAZY dreams each and every night. Using our white noise app at night really helps me stay asleep. 

Grow belly, grow: I'm starting to enjoy watching my belly grow! It's definitely getting bigger. I really, really hope I don't gain too much weight! Maybe I should stop eating so much! 

Fun things: My parents were in Quebec last week and brought us back some gifts. Kurt got a "10 Reasons Hockey is Better than Women" shirt, I got some fresh maple syrup, and the baby got the cutest Quebec Nordiques hockey jersey! I can't wait to see our little guy/girl in that jersey! My mom also bought us two outfits to take to the hospital with us, one for a girl and one for a boy. Which one will we use?!? Guess we'll have to wait until January to find out! My Godparents are so kind and got the baby a gift. My Godmother is a teacher and works at a book store. My library when I was young was fabulous thanks to her. Of course she would be the first one to buy books for the baby's library. They bought the baby Goodnight Moon with a mouse rattle and Hockey 123. We love them both and I dream of reading those books to my little baby soon. 

What's going on this week: 

-I need to get back into my weekly work out routine. I took some time off being at the lake and because I was feeling a little sick. 

-We are going to tour the daycare at the JCC on Wednesday. We need to figure out what we're going to do with the baby next August ASAP. 

-Thursday I'm going to lunch with my mom, Anne {from my dad's office}, and her daughter, Kelly. 

-On Sunday, Kurt and I are going to the Florence and the Machine concert downtown. He bought me tickets for our anniversary. Should be a lot of fun! 

-We are slowly but surely getting this house cleaned/organized. We need to get serious about finding furniture for the nursery, as well as a paint color and bedding. 
-I can't wait...the Olympics start on Friday! 

-I hope to have our news on Facebook by the end of this week and start getting all these blog posts up...and start blogging about more than just the pregnancy! 


*This is the update for this week. I'll be posting the updates I wrote for the weeks previous to this in the upcoming days. 

We're Having a Baby!

I know I've totally abandoned this blog for a long, long time. I needed some major motivation to get me back on track -- some exciting things going on in our lives that are worth documenting! Pregnancy is something I've been so excited for for a long time and I knew I wanted to document everything. So, I'm back!! :) Hopefully for good this time and to share more than just my pregnancy. 


I'm planning to post weekly Belly Bump photos with some things that have been happening each week. However, I wanted to go back a couple months and write all about the beginning of our pregnancy. 

How it all started:

Kurt and I decided to begin trying to get pregnant Spring 2012. After our spring break trip to Mexico with my parents, I went off the pill. I am really bad about keeping secrets, so most people knew that we were "trying." I tried hard to stop drinking, which gave people an immediate idea of what was going on. :) After a month passed, I decided to take a pregnancy test on the day I was supposed to get my period. Nothing. I waited a couple days and took another one. Nothing. I waited another week or so and took another one. Nothing. 

At that point, I was really frustrated. If I wasn't pregnant and wasn't getting my period, that must mean I wasn't ovulating, right? So I decided I wasn't going to care so much and put so much pressure on getting pregnant. I decided to drink on the weekends again and just have a fun time! We began planning the lake weekend for Memorial Day, which included me organizing a keg of Summer Shandy. We also planned a birthday party for me at our house. 

The week before Memorial Day, I felt like I was going to start my period. I was really crampy. I told Kurt about it and he thought I should take another pregnancy test just in case since we were planning on drinking quite a bit that weekend. I gave it a thought but quickly dismissed it thinking there was no way I was pregnant. Plus, I had used way too many pregnancy tests and had none left at home! 

Kurt and the guys headed up to the lake Thursday afternoon. After school I went to work out with my mom and then we met my dad for dinner. I decided that I would stop by CVS on the way home and buy some more pregnancy tests just in case. I really thought I was just crazy for wasting more money! I came home and immediately went to take one. I had heard that when you really are pregnant and take a test, the pregnant results show up immediately...no waiting 3 minutes or whatever it says on the package! So I peed on the stick and BAM...immediately there were two pink lines. I freaked out. I can remember looking in the mirror at myself and saying "Holy Shit" over and over again. I couldn't believe it! I was shaking and called Kurt right away. 

They had been up at the lake drinking for a couple hours at this point. I could hear them listening to music and chatting when I called Kurt. I told him he needed to walk away from the guys so I could tell him something. He was annoyed with me, but finally went away from them. I couldn't hold it in any longer. I told him, "I'm pregnant." I don't really remember his exact response but he was shocked. Happily shocked. But the first thoughts both of us were having were "how in the world are we going to hide this from everyone at the lake this weekend?!?!?!?" 

I wasn't sure Kurt really believed me. I ended up taking all three pregnancy tests with me to the lake {in a baggie!} to show him that this was in fact legit! Before Mer and I left for the lake on Friday, I called my doctor to schedule my first appointment. They took down some information and according to the dates of my last period, they told me I was 7 weeks. I absolutely couldn't believe it! 

Not one person questioned me at the lake that weekend. I made a few daiquiris {without alcohol} but other than that drank water the whole weekend. I think most people were too drunk to even notice the fact I wasn't drinking! It was difficult being up at the lake that weekend because all I wanted to do was talk to Kurt about it and read all about pregnancy. But we couldn't! We definitely didn't want anyone to know anything until for awhile. The next week and a half was torture trying to wait for the first appointment on June 4th.