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Thursday, September 28, 2006

22 weeks and growing!!

It's been a few days since I wrote and I have grown a good bit (or it feels like it). I am in my 22nd week and in my 6th month. I feel Truett all day long. In the morning while lying in bed he gives me a few "good morning" bumps and by lunch time he gives me a jab or kick to let me know he enjoyed our peanut butter and jelly sandwhich. Last Thursday while Wayne and I was at my parents for supper, mom had lots of stuff to go through. We went through all kinds of clothes, hats, bibs, blankets, and more. We got this cute baby's tub that one of my nephew's used, that's one less thing on our registry.


Also, last Tuesday while we were at Wayne's parents, his mom gave us several packages of diapers, several reading books, and this precious outfit. Do you like it?
This is a picture of me from this morning after breakfast. Truett lets me know he is always with me. I began my 22nd week of pregnancy Tuesday the 26th.


This is one of the outfits we received from my nephews. The more we get the better, I know that little one will need to be changed often.
I hope everyone is doing good and have a great beginning of fall time!!!!!!!!!!

Thursday, September 21, 2006

21 weeks!!


I'm in my 21st week and I'm feeling Truett every other minute it seems like. It is so amazing to feel him move and become so active. I wonder what his personality will be like: maybe strong-willed and loud or maybe soft spoken and shy.... either way I'm sure he'll liven up this home!! I found out yesterday that my sister who is expecting just a couple weeks after me is having a girl!! This will be the first grand daughter on my parents side... how exciting! I'm a little jealous, I wanted little girly dresses and cute outfits, and she wanted camaflouge and hunting gear....... God is so funny sometimes. I'm glad he sees the whole picture and doesn't give us what we want at the time we want it! I know when Truett and Kerigan arrive that we (my sister and I) will not be able to picture our lives without these two being exactly who they are.

I'm planning to have Truett au naturalle so I've been reading up on this for the last 5 months. I've read some really great information and if anyone else out there is going to go natural I highly recomend these 2 books:The Birth Book by William Sears,M.D & Martha Sears, R.N. AND Child Birth Without Fear by Grantly Dick-Read . Both are fabulous but if your looking for a week-by-week description of what you and wour baby are going through of course you will want to read What to Expect When Your Expecting but my favorite week-by-week- reading was Frankly Pregnant. I am about to read Husband-Coached Childbirth by Dr. Robert Bradley. My doctor tells me to read up on the natural labor subject, so I'm spending most of my time right now reading.

Monday, September 18, 2006

Halfway there!!!!!



Yay!! Today marks the 140th day I've been pregnant and just another 140 days or so until our little man is here!! We have almost completed our unpacking stage for our new house. We moved in on August 31st and have everything unpacked and ready except for Wayne's office. Although we are close there are still those small items in a couple of boxes. We spent this weekend looking for a rocking chair cushion (who knew it would be a hunt!!). Everywhere we looked the cushions were just throw pillows and no rocking chair cushion in sight. We found the one at Pier One after looking at Target, Hobby Lobby, Hancock Fabric, Wal-Mart and a few other places... so see what you think. Also take a look at my growing bump. The picture was taking today after returning from working out. Wayne and I go every Mon., Wed., and Friday to the Athletic Club at LC from 12pm-2 p.m and I go with Wayne's mom later in the day on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Wayne plays basketball with some older and sometimes younger men. I usually strike up a conversation or listen to my ipod on an elliptical machine.

Friday, September 15, 2006

Truett's traveling system

We celebrated our 4 year anniversary on Wednesday the 13th. My gift was for the baby (I enjoyed it more than buying something for myself). We bought a velour feeling blanket that will feel nice come Jan./ Feb., a changing table pad, changing table pad cover, and a traveling system (car seat and stroller). The same stroller was on sale at Target for 189.99 (regular 219.99) and we found the exact stroller system in a blue/ grey color for 130.00 at Big Lots. WOW!!! The one at Target was a greenish color and both Wayne and I liked this one much better. See what you think.

The colors on this blanket are a little distorted, but you get the jist.
The color on the carseat is more grayish than blue, so the color on here is not the EXACT color, but it's close.
The seat locks in so easily (once you know how). It took us a while because we did not read the instructions. I highly recommend that, it would have saved us a good 15-20 minutes.

This is the stroller alone. It has two large cup holders in the back and a compartment for things like cellphone, chapstick, lotion, etc (it could fit a good bit). It has a hanging compartment for things such as diapers, extra personal items for you (it's a good size) and then the underneath basket which is good for diaper bags, shopping bags, extra blankets, etc. Well this is what we have so far, stay close for more of Truett's arrival.

Thursday, September 14, 2006

Truett's room

Truett's room is constantly growing now! We are making sure we get as much done now in the room as possible because Wayne's job requires us to be away from home often and for a long period of time. So, we are trying to get everything done while we can. Here are a few pictures of his halfway completed room. We still need lots of wall decor and a bookshelf to put all of his books. We also need a swing, but hopefully we'll get some of that stuff at our showers. We just remodeled the floors , repainted the walls, trim, and ceiling.

Here is more detail of his bedding. We bought it from KMart during their baby sale it was $45 for the bumper pad, fitted sheet, skirt, and comforter.

This is Truett's little rocking chair table for us to read and rock. The rocking chair is Wayne's old rocking chair his mom use to rock him in. We have it (no pics yet) and are going to have to stain it some.
This is an old dresser/mirror we bought at a flea market for $55, real wood and in very good condition. We had priced dressers/ changing tables and they were close to $200 dollars (and probably not real wood). We painted it from white to antique white and apply the scallops you see to turn it into a changing table. We will probably hang the mirror over the table.
This is the dresser/changing table with the pad and cover on it. The space you see to the left of the pad is going to be for the extras (wipes, baby powder, etc.). We hope to hang a diaper stacker on the left of the table.

We hung his name above the bed, we are trying to add some color to the room with wall decor and maybe even the bookshelf.

The weight comes in at.........



111 lbs.!!!! My target weight for this visit was 112 lbs., but I'll take it!!! The doctor tells me I'm doing great. I've gained 7-8 lbs. total and I'm half way to a little baby boy. I know I'll gain more in my last half then my first but golly I don't want to gain 20 lbs. in one month. Grow Truett, grow....... just not toooo big!!! We also started working on Truett's room (NOW THAT WE KNOW HE'S A HE). My dad also had his 50th bday party and my sister who is pregnant and due 2 weeks after me came (we haven't seen each other since announcing our pregnancy). All of my siblings (2 sisters and 2 brothers) were there. We had my dad's family over for grilled hamburgers, hotdogs, and sausage. We had a blast. My dad was so surpised and this is the kind of party he likes (low key and family oriented). The picture below is of me with my older sisters and two cousins. My oldest sister (pregnant) on the far left, my older sister (by 15 months), me, and my 2 older cousins.

We are having a .........................

Boy!! Beside having a really big terd for a ultrasound tech, we had a great time. Knowing now that it's a boy growing inside me and he's a good weight. He is 40th percentile for his weight (8 oz.) and all his fingers and toes were there. Not to mention his oh so cute profile. I hope he looks like his daddy!! We are naming him Truett Scott or Truett Jackson, we're not 100% on which one.







Look at that thing grow!!!!!! It feels like I'm carrying lots more weight, we shall see at the next Dr's visit. Grow Truett, Grow!!! This is me at 19 weeks.

Ultrasound pictures!!

This is our little peanut. We can see the legs, arms, head, body, and yolk sac. I can't believe how much of a little person he looks. In all the science books they look like fish or tadpoles..... I think they are dead wrong.

WOW!! Just a few weeks and now we can see the umbilical cord, legs, hands, nose, and mouth. My uterus is getting a lot bigger but the baby is still tiny!! In 2 months we'll find out the gender!!!!

Wednesday, September 13, 2006

13 weeks and 1 day, Am I really pregnant?


Am I really pregnant? My pants are starting to get tight but goodness, nothing else reminds me I'm pregnant! Maybe I'm just putting on weight... but my doctor says she can hear the baby's heart. So, I guess it just takes a while to feel pregnant. No nausea, no food cravings, no awful things I've been warned about. Last doctor's visit I put on 1 lb. from my normal weight.... but I think I'm starting to put more on. We shall see. Wayne says he can't tell I'm growing anywhere, I wonder how long before I start to "show". I've been writing in my pregnancy journal for my little girl/boy, one day they will be able to know everything I went through during the pregnancy and labor, where we lived, what our normal daily routine was before their arrival. So we had an ultrasound at 8 1/2 weeks and then at my last appointment 11 weeks (my doctor orders lots.... I'm sure for me and not the money!!). I'll post the ultrasounds on a different blog, stay tuned!!!!!!

How and when we found out we were expecting!!


We were in Bloomington, IL for Wayne's work when I realized I was late starting my monthly. I thought I was only 1-2 days late but then I added it up and it was more like 5. I immediately thought it was due to me getting off the pill that same month. I had heard that after you get off sometimes you will have abnormal monthly cycles. I talked it over with Wayne and we decided I would pick up a pregnancy test the next day while he was at work. I couldn't wait the next day until he got home so as soon as I returned from the store I took the test. The line was so faint I took 2 more tests and both came back with even darker lines. I was surprised, excited, scared, and worried. When I talked with Wayne (before he came back from work) about the tests and he said "nah, it's probably wrong... try another test". I said I would and by the time he was back at the hotel I had another test completed and I was definitely pregnant. We talked and talked, we were thinking we were not going to become pregnant for 2-5 months. This was the 1st month off the pill. Then after discussing everything and knowing God controls everything, we just said "Oh well, this is what God wanted for us" and were fine with it all. We did not tell anyone because we wanted to see the OB and make sure he/she was in there and ok. We figured after 12 weeks or the first ultrasound and then tell everyone. It was June 3, 2006 when we found out, I was 5 weeks pregnant.