Emma's Room

Josh painted Emmas room today. He still has to put one more coat of paint on tomorrow though. I think it will match perfectly with the crib set that we got. I can't wait to get a crib to put in there so we can get everything set up. I think it will be so beautiful once it's all done.

24 Weeks

This past week has been pretty good. Josh and I went to the beach last weekend for memorial day and came home on Monday. We had fun. It was good for us to get away for a few days together. It is going to be so strange when we have to start taking a baby with us. I can't wait though. I know that Emma is going to love the beach. I was so proud of myself for only stopping to pee 1 time on the way there. I didn't even have to stop at all on the way home. The weather was also very nice. I was actually able to enjoy being there without feeling too sick from the hot weather. The only time I got sick is when they cooked fish. YUCK! On Monday night after we got home from the beach we went to my parents house for a cookout. I love having cookouts now that the weather has gotten warmer. And as of last weekend, the pool is finally open. Ofcourse the water is still absolutely freezing. But I'm hoping it will warm up soon. Emma and I are dying to get in. I'm just not looking forward to putting my big belly in a bathing suit though. I guess I'll just have to get over it. We plan on finally painting Emmas room this weekend. I am so excited to get her room started. I haven't exactly picked out the color yet but I plan on doing that today. I know that we are going to go with a light pink color. It will look really pretty with the crib set that we got. I will post some pictures once we have it all painted. I can't believe we are already 24 weeks. We only have 16 weeks left to go. Emma has not been kicking as much as I'd like her too. But she is only about 1 1/2 lbs so maybe she will start kicking harder as she gets bigger.

23 Weeks

This past week has gone by so fast. Last weekend I finally got all my stuff moved out of my parents house. I'm a huge procrastinator so I've been putting it off for a while but Josh and my mom helped me get it all done. So now Emma's room is full of boxes that I need to unpack before we can paint. My mom has recently painted one of the bedrooms in her house so that she can set up a room for the babies. Since my sister has a 4 month old and Emma will be here in September, it will be nice to have somewhere for them to play and take a nap. I can't believe that I am already 23 weeks pregnant. I feel like it's flying by. I haven't really gotten sick for over a week now so I think that I'm in the clear. We'll just have to wait and see if it lasts. I have been eating anything and everything it seems like. [Right now, I'd love to have some Japanese food...and maybe a yoohoo] The only problem I'm really having now is sleeping. I just haven't slept good at all for the past few days. I just can't get comfortable. I usually wake up every couple of hours and try to reposition. Between that and getting up to pee, I'm probably better off just never going to bed. Sometimes I think that Emma thinks that my bladder is her trampoline. Here lately I have to go pee at least every hour. It's really annoying. But I guess when you gotta go....you gotta go. My tummy feels like its growing bigger and bigger by the day. My belly button is starting to get more shallow too. It might just start poking out soon. I have had a hard time feeling Emma kick so far. The past week or so I have felt her a few times on the side of my tummy but not very hard. Just last night she started kicking where I can actually feel her in the front of my tummy. I hope that this will continue and she will continue to kick. Hopefully Josh will be able to feel her soon. Josh and I are leaving for the beach tonight. Today is my little sisters birthday so Josh and I are going to my mom and dads house to have a dinner and a little party for her. So we will be leaving sometime after that. I am not quite sure how this beach trip is going to go. I usually LOVE road trips. But I'm just so afraid that we are going to have to stop every hour so that I can go pee. Plus being 6 months pregnant and riding in a car for 4 hours can't be comfortable. I think this weekend is supposed to be pretty nice at the beach. Hopefully it won't be too hot and humid though. I am really looking forward to spending the weekend with Josh. This is one of the lasts beach trips we will take before Emma is born. Once she is here, beach trips are definitley going to be a little different. Plus...going to the beach means that I get a Provisions Cheeseburger. [Can't Wait!!]I hope you all have a nice long memorial day weekend. Happy 17th Birthday Katie!!

New Look

Working 3rd shift can get very very boring at times. So I decided to give our blog a new look. Now that we are having a girl, ofcourse it had to be PINK. I also added a new pregnancy ticker to the top right of the page. It will count down every day as we get closer to Emmas arrival. I hope you all are enjoying the blog and like the new look.

22 Weeks

This past week has been so much better than last week. I have felt pretty good most days which is a big improvement for me. Nothing really has happened much with Emma. We are just taking it day by day. Josh and I went to Babies R Us to do some crib shopping. We didn't get a crib yet but we got the bed set that we like. It has the bumpers, the sheet, and also the bed skirt. It is so cute. Emma will definitely like it. I'm so excited to finally start on her room. Now that we have the bed set we are going to pick out a paint color so that Josh can start painting soon. The weeks are going by really fast for me. I'm glad that summer is almost here but I dread the hot weather. Here lately, it hasn't been too hot and I'm already dying outside so I know I'm going to be miserable when it gets really hot. Hopefully I'll get used to it and it won't be a big deal. I can't wait until the pool opens. I'm sure miss Emma and I will be there a lot. Other than that, Josh and I are just looking forward to taking a few beach trips before Emma gets here. It's so strange to think that we only have 18 weeks to go. That seems like a long time but she'll be here before we know it.

21 Week Ultrasound

21 Week Check-Up

Josh and I went to the doctor today for our monthly checkup and also for an ultrasound. The ultrasound lasted about 20-25 min. They make sure and check all the body parts and make sure everything is working properly and in its right place. I am so glad that Josh was able to go with me today. It was such an amazing experience to be able to share with him. Emma looks great. She is already 1 pound and her heart rate was 153. We have some really good ultrasound pictures that I will try to post soon. She was in there turning circles the whole time. Then, at the end she got tired and took a nap. She just wore herself out. I have finally gained weight. Today I weighed 2 pounds more than my last appointment. My blood pressure was also better. It is back in a normal range now. During the ultrasound, the technologist told me that my placenta was sitting on top of Emma. Usually in pregnancies, the placenta either sits on top or behind the baby. When the placenta is behind the baby it is closer to the moms back and that makes it so much easier for her to feel kicks and to feel them early. Since my placenta is on top of her that means that when she kicks, she is kicking the placenta and she is still so small that I don't feel it a lot. It seems like once in a while I will feel a kick and then I won't feel her for a couple of days. The placenta is acting like a cushion right now. Once she gains some weight and some strength I will be able to feel her kicking more. It makes me feel so much better knowing why I go for days without feeling her. Sometimes it worries me when I go days and days without knowing shes ok. So everything else at the doctor went good. I go back in 4 weeks for another checkup. Right now Josh and I are getting busy on picking out a crib and looking at some paint colors. I'm excited to finally start working on her room soon.

Happy Mothers Day!

Today was a great day. We started out having lunch with Joshs family. His parents, grandparents, and brother all come over to our house for lunch and we got to visit with them for a few hours. Then we went to my grandmas house for the Joyner cookout. I didn't really get to spend enough time with my mom today so I made her a cake and we went to her house after grandmas and spent a little time with her then. Josh and I were blessed with amazing moms and we love them both very much. I got a little taste of mothers day today. Technically I'm not a mom yet but this morning I got a card from Emma and also from Josh. It definitely made me tear up. Josh and I go to the doctor tomorrow for an ultrasound. We are so excited about seeing her. [this will be Josh's first time] I will let you all know how it goes and I'll post some new pictures. Happy Mothers Day to all the moms.

21 Weeks!

This week has definitely been a struggle. Especially the past few days or so. I am still not feeling very good and the medicine the doctor gave me doesn't seem to help much. I can eat a little bit but it usually comes right back up. I tried to spend the past few days in the bed since the doctor put me on bed rest and that helped a lot. Usually, if I'm laying down, I feel ok. But as soon as I get up I start feeling sick. I just hate laying in the bed all day long. I feel so useless. I'm hoping that this will all get better. It would be so nice to just enjoy being pregnant. I go to the doctor on Monday for an ultrasound. Josh is going to be able to go with me and I'm so excited. He hasn't had the opportunity to see her yet. As the weather gets warmer I can already tell that this summer is going to be miserable. I am a very hot natured person already and this is only going to make it worse. Hopefully I'll be spending most of my time in the pool.

Sick....Sick.....Sick

The past few days have been absolutely horrible for me and baby Emma. Yesterday afternoon I started feeling really bad. I kept getting sick. [I'll spare you all the details] I called the doctors office and they put me on bed rest for the rest of the night. At 21 weeks pregnant, I shouldn't be getting sick like this anymore. It seems as though I can't hardly eat anything without getting sick. Which is causing me to lose weight. When I woke up this morning I was feeling a little better so I went on and did things that I normally do. Josh and I went to my parents house this afternoon and I was feeling ok. Well I cooked dinner and then ate a little bit and then it hit me again. My stomach started killing me. So I called the doctor again and I am now on bed rest for the next 24 hours. They also gave me a prescription that I'm hoping will help. So right now I'm just living off of Gatorade and crackers again. Hopefully little miss Emma will start behaving in there so that we can start feeling better.

Finally.....

Josh and I have agreed on a name for our little baby. Her name will be Emma Elizabeth. Emma is definitely my favorite name for a little girl. I have had it picked out since I was about 13 or 14 years old so of course I had a hard time picking anything else. [that also made it really hard for Josh to pick anything else other than Emma] It took us a while to come up with a middle name for her that would sound good. But we love Emma Elizabeth and think it will be perfect for her. I am so relieved that we have decided on one. It's so much better calling her Emma rather than baby.

First Kick

Up until last night, I had only felt little flutters in there. But now, shes actually kicking. They are still not very hard kicks because she is still so small. It is so amazing to be able to feel her now.

Halfway

We are now at 20 weeks!! I can't believe we are halfway there. This past week has been pretty good. Last Saturday I went to Babies R Us and registered. Boy, was that an experience. I didn't realize how hard it was going to be. I had to make so many decisions.[& if you all know me, I hate making decisions] But we got most of the registering done. We are still going to go register at Target because they have some different stuff that I like. So hopefully that will get done this weekend. Tuesday night I went to my mom and dads house for dinner. My nannny[my mom's mom] came over and we had a family dinner. It was so good to see her. I hadn't seen her since Josh and I got married and she found out that I was pregnant. She is so excited. Wednesday was not a good day for me and the baby. When I got home from work I wasn't feeling too good. Then as the day went on, it got so much worse. I was sick all day long. Josh went to Jacksonville, FL on wednesday morning so he wasn't there with me. So I just stayed in the bed all day. I'm hoping that I'm not one of those people whose sickness lasts throughout the whole pregnancy. But if I am, it will all be worth it in the end. The pregnancy hormones are definetly getting the best of me. I didn't think it was so bad until Josh came home with a sandwich last Saturday night and I cried for 30 minutes because they put a pickle with it. It's so frustrating to be crying for something so stupid...especially when you know you are being stupid but you can't make it stop. Then ofcourse....I ran out of toliet paper. Even though there was toliet paper right under the sink not even a foot away from me...I still cried about it for a while. Josh tries to help so much when I get upset, but sometimes I just don't know why I'm crying or why I'm upset. So I think he's starting to learn that I'm just a little crazy right now and we just have to get through it. I know I say this every week but we are still working on a name. I'm hoping and praying we decide on one soon. I hate calling her "baby" all the time. I go back to the doctor on May 12 to do another ultrasound. I'm so excited. I am praying that Josh can come. He hasn't had a chance to see her except for in a picture. But Josh just works so hard all the time, sometimes its difficult to get away from work. So we'll just have to wait and see.