update...

I am almost at 28 weeks of my pregnancy, and time is most certainly flying by! only 12 weeks (maybe even 10!!) from holding my baby girl!


I failed my 3 hour glucose tolerance test and was diagnosed with Gestational Diabetes.. it's not a walk in the park but i am managing! I take my blood sugar daily and try to stick to healthy meals and fruits.. (i have a cheat day once in a while where i'll have some fries! and its amazing!) but other than that i am being pretty diligent about it...

We had our 3D/4D ultrasound at 25 weeks. Baby girl is looking beautiful... she is smiling and sleeping and poking and prodding and I am so completely in love with her! I hope these next few months fly by so i can hold her and kiss those chubby cheeks!!!

My baby shower is 2 weeks away, on September 11th, to be exact and i am getting anxious! Still lots to do.. Need to by center pieces and some more decorations as well as party favors for my guests... Arthur and I will get balloons day of and just bring them to the venue.. I AM SO EXCITED.... so many people have already bought us presents for Olivia, its amazing.. our storage space is diminishing but that is ay ok with me! I even made friends with my UPS delivery guy because he seems to have a delivery for me almost every day! LOVE IT!

There are still several necessities that we need to get like the crib, changing table, mattress and glider but i am keeping my fingers crossed that someone will purchase those for us! It's ok if they don't i just need to get a move on things... I need everything set up by middle/end of october so i can enjoy my last weeks of pregnancy...

Speaking of pregnancy... life's getting a little more difficult.. i could barely bend down, let alone see over my toes.. hehe.. my belly gets in the way of things and i even do not cook as often as i should since belly is in the way. Its difficult to sleep as well.. When i need to change positions and sides, i have to wake up and do so because the round ligament pain plus the weight of the belly makes it painful and difficult to maneuver... I feel like im 80 with all the kinks and pains and aches... but its just the awesomeness of pregnancy!  (is it still weird that i think its surreal that i am PREGNANT!!?!?!?!??!!!!)

Come on NOVEMBER!! GET HERE ALREADY!!!

26 weeks 4 days preggo!

Glucose Tolerence Test... = FML!

Last week i had to take the one hour glucose tolerence test. The drink was fairly tolerable.. It was 50 grams of pure sugar and tasted like very sweet flat orange soda. I think the fact that it was cold made it a little better. Well anyway, i was able to keep that down and had my blood draw and hour later. Results came back monday and my sugar levels were high! norm was 140 i was at 197... eek!

that being said, i had to subject myself to a little more torture that is known as the 3 hour glucose tolerance test. I went in today and had to drink a very warm, lemon lime flavored 100 gram bottle of this crap! i kept it down for an hour and threw the rest up! that was by far the worst, most grossest thing i've ever experienced.

I am ofcourse nervous to hear the results as i really do not wish to have Gestational Diabetes and keep a strict diet but i know i'll have to for the health of my baby girl!  i really hope i never have to do this crappy test again today marked the single worst day of my pregnancy!

on a happier note, i did manage to get a sympathy ultrasound out of them just so i can see my baby girl for putting up with the hell for 4 hours! well she looks absolutely perfect... Measuring right on schedule at 24 weeks.. weighing 1 lb 5oz.. hehe... she is head down and we figured out that all those kicks and flicks ive been feeling have been her legs and feet jabbing me! i am so in love with her already!

I have a 3D/4D ultrasound booked for this weekend as a birthday present from my dear husband so hopefully we get to see some awesome pictures of my baby! cheeks and all!! i am so excited!!!

Buddha Belly :)

22 weeks and 4 days pregnant today! the beginning of the last month of my second trimester! holy cow! where has the time gone? I love being pregnant, and it seems like this pregnancy has just flown by! In a way, its great because i cannot wait until it is November and i can hold my daughter, but then again, i have waited for this for months and months and it is just too fast!

on a side note.. my belly has gotten pretty big and i totally and completely love it! also, i had an impromptu ultrasound 1 1/2 weeks ago, as a favor for a friend who needed a guinea pig to do an ultrasound on and i got a few awesome pictures out of that... My little munchkin weighed in at 15 oz and at 21 weeks was measuring at 20 weeks. it seems like i might have a little pudgey on my hands ;) and that is ay ok!

i have another appointment scheduled for the 28th of July, next Thursday, which is the day before my 25th birthday! (yikes!) i hope i can see my baby again!

22 weeks 3 days! BUDDHA BELLY!!

made for me by a friend...

top picture, she is looking right at you! see her cheeks?

ruling with an iron fist already! <3

20 week update!

so this is it... i made it to the halfway point in my pregnancy! *shrieks* i am so thrilled that im only several months away from holding my daughter!!

todays appointment was awesome.. the ultrasound tech spent about 40-45 minutes with us. she checked every inch of my baby. Spine, bladder, kidneys, heart, brain, toes, fingers, nose, lips, ears, eyes etc... everything is exactly where it should be... my daughter was doing all sorts of maneuvers, first she was upside down, then transverse,  then backwards and all sorts of ways... quite awesome to see her shuffling around in there. shes about 11 oz and measures 18cm crown to rump, so from head to toe, about 25/26 cm. big baby! :) i am so excited and so in love with her!

sucking thumb!

toesies!!!!

striking a vogue pose for us! my already dancer!

waving to mommy!

this was it....

today i definitely felt my little girl kick! it was the weirdest, most amazing feeling ever... i felt 2 nudges, back to back, in the same spot, my belly even jumped a little in the spot where she kicked!! even Arthur felt one! it felt like a quiver, a tiny muscle spasm, but the most amazing quiver ever! she hasnt done it again since but i am hoping it gets more and more distinct in the days to come! come on little girl, kick mommy! hehe so exciting!!!

just a random thought....

for the past 2 years throughout this entire trying to conceive journey, i swore 2011 would be my year! thankfully, by some magic turn of events, it is! 2011 is my year! this year i will be holding my precious baby girl in my hands!

aside from that,  2011 brings on more significant dates... my 3 year wedding anniversary and my 25th birthday is this year as well. holy hell! 

obviously nothing is more important than having my daughter in my arms!!! come on november!!! come on!

how does one say.... HOLY SHIT?????????????

i have never in my life been so surprised... . had my 16w5d appointment today! turns out my little man, isnt my little man... we're having a GIRL! no peesh! i'm amazed! we're having a girl....

see her fingers? :)

^the three white lines mean its a hamburger not a hotdog! wOOt!

trying to suck her thumb but managed to touch her nose :)