It's a Girl.......

We went to the doctors July 19th to make sure everything was good and to find out what we were having. We get into the sono room and she immediately asks us if we want to know the sex. She starts checking my cervix to make sure everything is good then moves on to find out what we were having. After a few pokes on the belly the baby finally moved enough for us to see there was no penis and we asked her like 2-3 times to make sure it was a girl and she confirmed it...... We are having a baby GIRL.....

It will be nice to have a girl bc we already have 2 wonderful boys around the house and now she will have older brothers to protect her. We were so excited when we found out it was a girl. Now we get to start our registry and find so many cute girl things.

 Our friend Alyssa and my husband are putting together a Baby-Ween shower/halloween party. They just put the deposit down for the club house they are using..... I am sooooooo excited!!

The Pregnant One!

Sick, Sick, Sick......

Well I have been sick for a few days now and it is so hard to get over being sick when you are limited on what you can take, 1/2 Tylenol for the headache/head pressure and Vick's vapor rub for the coughing and the stuffy nose..... Well its been like 3 days and I'm starting to feel better, at least my throat isn't hurting anymore.... I hate that the most, I will take the stuffiness and head congestion over a sore throat any day. My wonderful husband has been there taking care of me even though he is sick himself. Today is the first day he went back to work so I'm going to take it easy and watch movies with the boys.

So a couple days back I was so congested and my husband suggested I go and take a nice warm bath so I was running my bath and realized we ran out of bath salts and bubbles.... then low and behold I found some mocha bath salts my mom gave me a long time ago. So I poured them in as the water ran and the little bit I could smell filled the room of mocha goodness.... After the tub filled I decided to get in and lay down and chill and as I was lying there I had this weird feeling in my stomach. I didn't think much of it maybe gas but then it happened again and I realized it wasn't gas it was the flutter of our baby moving in my belly... So at 13 weeks I felt fluttering of our little peanut. I immediately told my husband and he thought I was joking but I assured him I was not. Of course I have not felt the baby move since then but I have been keeping a feel out for that little movement.

Well we have a Doctor's appt July 19th for them to measure my cervical length and to let us know what we are having, oh and we will be getting the test results to the tests they performed at the last visit.

The Pregnant One!

Babies 2nd Pics.....

So I went to the Doctor on the 21st and so far the tests are good, nothing to be worried about. We did get to see our little peanut again. She/he has flipped over to the other side and is growing perfectly and the heart rate is 165 bpm this time. We will get to find out what we are having on July 19th and we are so excited...... We are praying for a happy healthy baby girl but we will be happy as long as the baby is happy and healthy.

I will be in my 2nd trimester next Mon (6/27) and I will be 13 weeks.

 

Looks like the baby is chilling with hands behind her/his head.

I'm feeling much better. I can now do things like walk for a good amount of time and drink oj without feeling blah or overly tired.

So we went to a friends wedding last weekend and it was nice, hot but nice. They had a beach wedding in Sarasota Florida. I bought a cute little pink dress that shoed off my baby bump nice and I promised pics so here they are.....

The Pregnant One!

Babies 1st pics......

Well we went to our first Doctors appointment yesterday, and we found out everything looks healthy and normal. I (the husband) also went for a nuclear stress test and everything came back fine too, still searching for the cause of my chest pains. Besides that though it was a happy day, we got to hear our babies heart beat (like a techno song) at 175 beats per minute. Which was amazing, can’t wait to go back and see the progress. We go every 4 weeks now and we switch a week every Monday so she (the wife) is now 10 weeks 1 day, and our due date is officially 1/1/2012 now to make sure we deliver seconds after midnight on new years is my plan. I know I have no control over it, that’s all in our Lords hands but me being as competitive as I am I'm aiming for the first baby born in Tampa if not the whole USA and who knows maybe even take over the world isn’t that right Pinky!!

Thanks for your time...

-The Husband

Ugh.....

I'm so puky, nauseated, and so bloated. I can't wait until the first trimester to over. I'm having such weird and vivid dreams. My youngest son told me he had a dream of a baby sister and he was blowing on her belly, I almost cried (yes I'm emotional as well).

I have found just about everything we are wanting to purchase/put on the baby registry, the only thing I'm having a problem with deciding on buying is a diaper bag. If anyone has any thoughts on a diaper bag please feel free to leave a comment. I'm looking for something that is big, lots of pockets, and comes with extras like a big changing pad, and bottle holder to keep the milk cool.

My first dr appt is Mon (and I will be about 10 weeks) and we are all excited. The boys keep asking if they can feel the baby move and I keep telling them not yet. So hopefully seeing the ultrasound and listening to the heart beat will be enough for them right now.

The Pregnant One!

Cravings, Cribs, and Pizza OH MY!!!



Well I'm 6 weeks pregnant and feeling good besides the occasional nausea. I'm excited and can not wait until my first doctor’s appt June 6th. The boys are excited and our youngest keeps asking what we are having now I don't think he can wait 5 months. We are all hoping for a baby girl but we will be happy with whatever God blesses us with as long as the baby is happy and healthy.

I'm having some cravings, nothing weird or gross just yet, mainly the normal food cravings. I love pizza and now I'm pregnant it seems I can't get enough pizza especially when it comes from my favorite pizza place "Best NY Pizza". I absolutely love their Mexican Taco Pizza....I’ve craved it everyday for the past week or 2, and have asked to go daily. So this past Thursday he caved in and took me, so I got my craving fulfilled (now I’m over that pizza) and he got their Hawaiian luau pizza. Check my husband’s blog for the review here;
* Twice As Good Blog *







"Mexican Taco Pizza from Best NY Pizza"



"Hawaiian Luau Pizza from Best NY Pizza"



We have started looking for baby items, so much has changed since I have last done this. We started by looking at crib sets and we have found this one that I absolutely love and it’s a convertible 4 in 1 (crib, toddler bed, day bed, n full size bed).

 Be on the lookout for more baby items and other fun baby stuff that we will be talking about in future post! Yes we have names for the baby and colors for the nursery picked for both a girl and for a boy. We are already looking for a bigger place to live, something to accommodate 2 boys and the new baby. Preferably with a big back yard, close to where we live now, and a garage for the husband. We have a few leads to some beautiful homes, but we’re not sure if we want to rent or try and buy one. Plus we still have some time to work out the details.

My husband and I are very excited and can't wait until the day comes for us to see our new baby. So for now we are anxiously awaiting the ultrasound and to hear the heartbeat. We are going to try and take pictures at least once a month to show my progress, and continue for at least the first year of our new baby’s life. Here are the first two pictures of the series. We took the first one and didn’t even know I was pregnant, but the angle worked out fine.

Before I new I was with child, but about a few days.



Just about 5 weeks or so.

So be sure to check back often, cause with us you never know what you might get.

Thanks and Ta Ta for now!

This Is How It Starts

So here we are 10 years into our relationship and 8 years into our marriage and now we’re pregnant! When we met there we already 2 wonderful boys Randy & Marc from a previous relationship, who I (husband) fell in love with and took care of as my own, but now we’re having one of our own. Here we are!

We are about 5 weeks and a few days pregnant we just found out about 4 days ago, the misses just thought she was getting the bug that was going around and with me starting a new job it kinda fit since that always happens, but when aunt flow didn’t happen we had a feeling but she had a weird visit a month or so back (we’re blaming stress). So after a few days and flow was a no show, we went the el cheapo route (remember we’re trying to start a business) and hit up the dollar tree for a test. She wanted to hit the bathroom and find out then, I encouraged her to wait till we got home, it would be less than an hour or so. When we pulled in to the house she was like the wind and soon she was doing the deed and, we had 3 minutes to wait, well almost instantly we saw the faint second line.  The longer the time drew on the darker the line got. I immediately ran to grab the Nikon to snap a few pics of this exciting moment.

As you can see those are some pretty dark lines. We decided what better way to tell everyone then to post it on Facebook and Twitter, but before we did we decided to text her mom and let her be the first to know. I’m still pretty sure some of our friends don’t know but they will figure it out eventually…..

We started saving immediately. We put all of our change and spare cash into an empty Welch’s grape juice bottle… aka “The Baby Fund”. If you want to donate feel free to email me for paypal information….. LoL (but for real email me).

 So here we are, on the road to having a baby. That’s the reason for this blog, among other things. To document our journey, our story and just about everything we care to share. I (the husband) have my own blog (gregstwicesasgood.blogspot.com) and the misses has one for our business (blog.electriccupcakes.com). So why not add a third to the mix, as if writing for 2 blogs plus all the other stuff we have going on isn’t enough. Well please check back often we hope to update at least once maybe twice a week, or whenever something new happens with the peanut (baby)…..

Ps. Here is the misses about 3 or 4 days pregnant (we didn’t know at the time this pic was snapped), be on the look out for the whole series of these to come..