Girl's Gone Child: 21 Weeks

IT'S A BOY :)

I had an unbelievable response to “Things I’m Afraid toTell You” – like, it was overwhelming amazing!! I received so many texts, emails, Facebook messages/posts, etc. I was so happy you didn’t think I was a FREAK and it was so sweet of you to share your secrets with me too! It was actually interesting and refreshing to see how the fears I had, you guys had. They truly were common fears! It just proves we’re all more alike than we sometimes think and that was just an awesome reminder.  

Anyways, I feel like SO much has gone on since the last time I posted! And I am SO sorry! I have been so busy with mandatory 2 hour overtime per day at work and going balls to the walls with my medical transcription school so I can *hopefully* work from home after maternity leave.  

Now for the week 21 baby questions! (Week 22 will be up soon since I am actually 22 weeks today! I’m a little behind okay) 

How far along? 21weeks! 

Total weight gain:-13 lbs

Maternity clothes? No"maternity" clothes but definitely rocking the yoga pants and maxi dresses like a mother…ha, literally.

Stretch marks? None that weren’t there before!

Sleep: Well, let’s see…The days I don’t work I go to bed at 9 or 10. I’ll wake up at around 9 and then nap from 1-5 or 6. REPEAT. I get so tired I can’t even keep my eyes open.

Best moment this week: Finding out he/she is a HE!!!!!!

Miss Anything? Rum + Coke.

Movement: The ultrasound tech. and the doctors say they haven’t seen a baby move like ‘this’ in a long time. I pray that doesn’t mean adhd or a baby who doesn’t like to cuddle.

Food cravings: I dreamt about crinkle cut fries on Sunday night and was jonesin’ for some. It was Memorial Day though and no place was open. And I would kill someone for an Arby’s roast beef sandwich right now.

Anything making you queasy or sick: cigarettes, burnt maple bacon (oops), Matt if he hasn’t showered, seeing bird shit everywhere. UGH.

Gender: BOY!! (I pray our next one is a girl and then we can be D-O-N-E!)

Labor Signs: None.

Symptoms: Tired but other than that, I feel super good!

Belly Button in or out? INNY

Wedding rings on or off? on

Happy or Moody most of the time: Depends on when/where you catch me ;) it could be a smile one minute and bite-your-bloody-head off the next.

Looking forward to: The baby shower!! Lumberjack themed (because themed parties are more fun) Sunday, July 29th…invites will be mailed soon! I hope to see your smiling mustaches there ;)

Girl's Gone Child: 18 Weeks Preggers

Today’s post has got me with Tim McGraw’s “Where the Green Grass Grows” song lyrics stuck in my bloody head! Particularly this part:

I'm gonna live where the green grass grows
Watch my corn pop up in rows
Every night be tucked in close to you
Raise our kids where the good Lord's blessed
Point our rocking chairs towards the west

Probably because before I was preggers and heard this song I always got that warm fuzzy feeling picturing watching Matt, our kids and I on a hot summer night at home surrounded by corn and/or soybeans (depending on the year!),  drinking from a mason jar, cooking hot dogs and watching our blonde-haired blue-eyed kids running around chasing chickens! How cheesy are my mental pictures?!?! Oh well…moving onward…

I love all the cute ideas out there to track a growing belly, cravings, etc. I figure it’s about time I start tracking some things about my pregnancy that I can just print out and add to my hammy’s baby book! I have to get after it so I have some fun things to show the babes when they get older! I want to make their baby book fun because I always love looking at my baby book!

“Scare me!” was a common phrase of mine that my family still teases me about. Anything I didn’t like or that scared me I’d say, “scare me!” Example: as a child it would be things such as school, green beans, Disney villains and now if my family is sitting around talking about ex-boyfriends or bad memories my siblings, dad or someone will randomly shout, “SCARE ME!!!” haha, yeah…20 years later because I said it that much as a kid!!

 I promise to start belly pictures soon! Although, I really just feel like my FUPA is larger and harder and NO ONE wants to see that! In the mean time here’s a picture of future ma and pa.

Anyways, here goes the first week of tracking “fun” preggers stuff....

How far along? 18 weeks tomorrow! Close to half way and I cannot believe it!

Total weight gain: -11 lbs.
Maternity clothes? Not quite. Just using a pony tail to hold my jeans on or just not zipping or buttoning my pants at all. I should probably go shopping…
Stretch marks? None that weren’t there before!
Sleep: All. The. Time.
Best moment this week: Finding out Matthew is NOT a carrier of my “mutant” disease! J
Miss Anything? BOOZE! Particularly RUM!  
Movement: strong strong butterflies in my tummy a majority of the time!
Food cravings: fried chicken and sour skittles
Anything making you queasy or sick: pretty much anything! Bad smells, icky food, etc. Thank God for the promethazine gel my dr. prescribed me cause that stuff has taken away my nausea! I call it the “magic stick”
Gender: We find out in 20 days!! Take our gender poll on the upper right to guess! J 
Labor Signs: None.
Symptoms: Tired, Nauseous, CRANKY – but what’s new, eh?!
Belly Button in or out? INNY
Wedding rings on or off? on
Happy or Moody most of the time: Moody!
Looking forward to: central air conditioning and finding out the gender of our precious little sun spot!

Also, I hereby vow to be one of those mom’s who tracks ALL their kids’ events for the baby books. I know usually the 2^nd and 3^rd child has like only 1 thing filled out in their baby book because life with 2+ little ones gets busy! I know my poor brothers have very little baby pictures and I’m not even sure if they have a baby book?! LOL!

****This post dedicated to my dad who was the only person to fill out my baby book! He was also pretty much the only one to take pictures of me as a child too. My mom always cuts off heads and is always forgetting her camera at events (like my High School graduation and Senior Prom……..no hard feelings ma……)*****



Baby Update

Life has certainly been busy ‘round these parts and bloggin’ just hasn’t been top priority! I apologize.

Tomorrow will mark the start of my 17th week being preggers. Not really showing yet, my fupa is just larger and harder and I am holding my jeans together with a ponytail holder.

Boy, if there’s one thing I wish sex education would have covered would be how awful pregnancy can be. Everyone, of course, knows about “morning sickness” which in all actuality is puking whenever the eff your baby deems plausible. I feel worse at night to be honest and CANNOT eat after 2pm unless I want to be calling dinosaurs all damn evening.  It is very odd that my 2nd trimester has been the most trying. My mother said she was the same way though. When everyone was telling her she’d start feeling better soon she just got progressively worse and lost nearly 50 lbs when she was pregnant with me. I’m -11 lbs this month and am not really branching out of the “carb” food group. Literally, just buying bakery bread and breaking off pieces here and there throughout the morning.

Another big change is that we switched doctors and boy am I so HAPPY about that! I am now going to Dr. Jones in Watertown and he’s amazing!! I was skeptical about having another male looking at my lady parts but he’s just so awesome!! He was genuinely interested and concerned about my Thalassemia and wondering (like every other person) how the HECK I have this disorder since I don’t look asian or greek (I don’t?).

We are currently STILLwaiting for our genetic testing results and I also had blood drawn to test to see if our baby has downs syndrome, spin bifida, etc. “Dear God, please let our baby be healthy and happy!!”

We find out what we’re  having May 29th!! Do you think Baby Lenzen will be a boy or a girl? Check out the poll to the upper right and cast your vote!

A picture for your enjoyment of me as a bambino in my DIPEY.