Nothing yet!

So Mommy is still waiting to feel the Baby Buckeye.  People keep saying "You'll start to feel something soon!  You're 18 weeks now!"  The only thing I've felt that was really different was a slight pressure, like someone was blowing up a balloon in my stomach and I could slightly feel my stomach expanding.  I've been feeling that more than anything else.  But other than that...NOTHING!

The next appointment is on April 9, so maybe we'll find out what we're having, but maybe the baby has other plans!  :P  As long as it's a healthy baby...I'm fine with whatever!!

Yesterday Mommy ate some plain Greek yogurt & Baby Buckeye LOVED that!!  The baby also loves when I eat hard boiled eggs!!  I'm guessing because it is pretty much protein that is being consumed!!

Mommy and Daddy have also decided that since we are finding out what we are having, we are not going to tell anyone a name.  That will be our secret thing for us!!  :)  Besides, we may see the baby and realize that another name is better suited for them!!

Mommy will try to get on here more often so keep checking back for updates!!  It's kind of hard when nothing is really changing too much right now!!

18 Weeks!

Food and exercise!!

Mommy is still walking like crazy!!  She walks every day at lunch for at least 30 minutes.  Jenny Allen better be so proud!!  Mommy's mostly watching what she eats.  She eats when she is hungry but is not eating a whole lot of junk.  She LOVES ice water!!  She does like to eat Jalapeno poppers and breaded/fried pickle chips every once in a while, but not too often.  Other than that she eats pretty healthy.

Today she had oatmeal for breakfast...a salad for morning snack...a turkey wrap with hummus for lunch...another wrap for afternoon snack...then Jalepeno poppers and pickle chips for pre-dinner snack...then a small piece of chicken for dinner!  YUM!!!!  & lots of WATER!!!  She is rather fond of lemons and lemonade at the moment...so she got some of the sugar free lemonade mix to drink.

Mommy needs to watch how much weight she gains because she doesn't want to have to work so hard to get skinny again because Aunt Jayme is getting married!!!  And Mommy gets to be a BRIDESMAID!!!  So the Baby Buckeye will be here around the end of August/beginning of September and Aunt Jayme is getting married in January!!  That gives Mommy a good amount of time to get back in shape!!  YAY!!!!!  :D

17 weeks!!

:)

So Mommy's pregnancy app on her phone said to "Do something nice for yourself this week" so Mommy went to and got her hair done today!  :)  She'll post a picture after she is dressed and ready for work because she didn't take any yesterday and got home a little late.

16 weeks!!!

Mommy's latest craving at 8:30 PM...

Mommy wanted a salad tonight so her & Daddy ordered delivery from Hungry Howie's.  I got this lovely salad & Daddy got a Greek salad.  They were delicious!!  :D

Still working hard with food & exercise!

So Mommy slacked a little bit this morning and ate the sausage biscuit from Hardee's that Aunt Jessica brought her this morning.  After reading the nutrition facts she knew she really had to be careful the rest of the day!

So for lunch we had a spinach salad from the cafeteria with grilled chicken, hard boiled eggs (mommy eats those for a snack a lot!), cottage cheese, some other veggies, bacon bits and Italian dressing.  Lunch was delicious!!

For dinner Daddy made some Italian sausage and some crescent rolls with cheese (which Mommy shouldn't have eaten!).

Mommy walked at lunch again.  She only walked for 32 minutes today because her left leg started to hurt.  After a little research and previous knowledge from Daddy, Mommy figured out that she probably has Shin Splints so she needed to rest (& ice her leg) tonight instead of walking.  But tomorrow morning that plan is to go to the gym and hop on the elliptical!!

YAY!!!

So mommy got an excellent compliment at work today!  When asked why she was rubbing her belly she smiled and responded "Well..." then was asked "How far along?"  She said "15 weeks this past Monday." and was told "WHAT?!  You don't even look pregnant & you're that far along??"  It was a nice day!  :)

Watching what we eat & EXERCISE!!!

So today we were a little more aware of the things we were eating today.  Mommy takes her vitamins but she was also told she needs to watch what she eats as well!  Jenny said to cut down on the sugars, breads, pastas & NO MORE JUICE!  Drink lots of water!

So here's what we had to eat today:

• For breakfast mom went to the cafeteria at Navy Federal and got some scrambled eggs, 3 slices of turkey bacon & some hash browns.
• For lunch mom ate some Veggie Lasagna that she made earlier in the week.  The veggie lasagna was a Paleo recipe that used ground turkey instead of beef and eggplant and zucchini instead of noodles.  It was much healthier than regular lasagna (& pretty tasty too!)
• For dinner mom grilled some Italian sausage on the George Foreman and ate that with some marinara sauce and a little bit of mozzarella cheese.  It was cut up and mixed with the cheese and sauce.
• For a snack, since it was Bible study night with Julie, Kelley & Tina, mom did have some frozen yogurt.  That was the only junk for the day.

Not only did mommy eat better throughout the day, she did the elliptical for 15 minutes after work!!  YAY MOMMY!!!  :)

Exercise

Mommy walked for 35:04 on her lunch break and then walked another 30 minutes on the treadmill after work!  We're going to stay in shape!!  :D

Wednesday, March 12, 2014 Dr. Appointment

So mom and dad went to see Jenny Allen before work today!  Things are looking really good for Baby Buckeye.  Mom, on the other hand, has gained too much weight!  :(  Apparently she gained 10 lbs in a month.  So we have to watch what we eat, and EXERCISE!!  (Exercising will NOT hurt the baby!)  Our next appointment is Wednesday, April 9, 2014 and we should be able to find out the baby's gender!  Mommy wants them to put it in an envelope so she can take it to Party City & have them fill a box with either pink or blue balloons for the "Gender Reveal Party!"  Dad just wants to be told (he's boring).

Mommy goes to see Jenny Allen on Wednesday morning!  Check back for more updates!  :)

Mom's starting to be weird!

So yesterday at work, I slowly sucked on a packet of ketchup just because I wanted something salty to taste.  Other than that I was pretty normal!  I had sausage, eggs & hashbrowns for breakfast, a salad for lunch, & meatloaf w/ mashed potatoes for dinner.  I really wanted some Jalapeno Poppers throughout the day but I didn't get any.  It's ok though, everything else was pretty tasty!

14 Weeks today!

Organizing!!

Yesterday we re-organized the bedroom because Mommy is weird and is not liking the bed anymore.  Aunt Keisha was so generous and offered us her nice & comfy loveseat!  So now we have a loveseat in the bedroom next to the bed so that on nights the bed is not comfortable Mommy doesn't go downstairs & sleep on the couch!  YAY!!!  :P