* 10 Weeks *

How far along? 10 weeks :)

Total weight gain: 0 lbs.

Maternity clothes? mostly my regular clothes with a few maternity items mixed in
Stretch marks? no
Sleep: sleeping pretty good.

Best moment this week: getting everything finalized for our move in march, plus now only one week ntil our next baby dr appt.

Miss Anything? sushi, and caffeine lol 
Movement: no quiet yet, cant wait to feel those first little kicks

Food cravings: fresh fruit...  its pretty much all i eat. which is a good craving to have. :)

Anything making you queasy or sick: this week hasnt been to bad! :)

Gender: ??? we shall seee..... i can not wait to find out!

Labor Signs: No
Symptoms: leg aches, emotions are a little wild!!

Belly Button in or out? innie

Wedding rings on or off? on, they seem looser than ever, maybe just because it is cold?
Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy,anxious, and stressed a little ( not good for baby)
Looking forward to: my drs appt next week! cant wait to hear the babies sweet heart beat!

This is me waving to Joe at our First Dr. Visit! wishing he could have been there!

Starting the baby out Right! Future little Horned Frog :) thanks to the babies Grammie and Grampy!

Week 9... Starting to ShiNe!!

How far along? 9 weeks

Total weight gain: Finally lost my cruise lb's. :) no lbs gained from baby yet..

Maternity clothes? mostly my regular clothes with a few maternity items mixed in
Stretch marks? no.. lots of vitamin E lotion!
Sleep: toss and turn a little at nights. mostly good ZzZZz's

Best moment this week: this whole week has been good. just taking it easy and walking and organizing around the house!

Miss Anything? my husband!!!!! thats about it.. wish he was here to share this experience with me. 
Movement: no movement that i can feel yet!

Food cravings: oatmeal!

Anything making you queasy or sick: MoRnInGs.. most mornings make me sick haha, and the smell of smoke still

Gender: TBA!! about 9 more weeks to go.

Labor Signs: No
Symptoms: small tummy cramps,restless legs,and emotions are kicking in to high gear!

Belly Button in or out? inie

Wedding rings on or off? on, they are really loose due to the cold weather! (not complaining because once summer comes and i get farther along they will be tight!

Happy or Moody most of the time: lets say in the middle haha!
Looking forward to: my next doctors appt. (jan 27th) and getting all our stuff organized!

Oo0o0oh how Great! Week 8!

How far along? 8 Weeks

Total weight gain: a couple lbs from the Cruise! oops

Maternity clothes? mostly my regular clothes with a few maternity items mixed in
Stretch marks? no
Sleep: good for the most part

Best moment this week: getting to go to babies r us and target with my family and going to church to see how excited everyone was.

Miss Anything? ENERGY! i feel lazy all the time lately! 
Movement: this week the baby has started to move its tiny arms and legs, but to small to feel the little movements

Food cravings: lemon anything, lemonade,lemon cupcakes, strawberry lemonade,lemon water.. you get it lol

Anything making you queasy or sick: yes everything, anything that smells wrong at the moment gets to me.

Gender: we still cant tell what our gummy bear is!

Labor Signs: No
Symptoms: morning sickness, a little bit of emotions. starting to miss joe so much!

Belly Button in or out? innie minnie :)

Wedding rings on or off? on

Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy!
Looking forward to: my next doctors appointment, January 27th, we should get to hear the heart beat.

We had a doctors appt on dec 30th. and we got to see the babies heart beat! it was so special. The next appt we should be able to hear it!

Week 7

How far along? 7 weeks

Total weight gain: 0lbs

Maternity clothes? mostly my regular clothes with a few maternity items mixed in
Stretch marks? no
Sleep: sleeping good, exhausted lately.

Best moment this week: We celebrated Christmas on a Cruise it was fun yet sad because Joe was with us.

Miss Anything? having a medium steak.. everything is well done haha.  
Movement: no movement yet! :)

Food cravings: Peanut Butter and milk still, and the newest addition Pancakes lol.

Anything making you queasy or sick: pretty much any smell that isnt appealing at the time, it doesnt take much and im in the bathroom.

Gender: ?? still a few months to go!

Labor Signs: No
Symptoms:sleepy, crampy stomach!

Belly Button in or out? still in!

Wedding rings on or off? on!

Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy and mooody, just depends lol.
Looking forward to: The Cruise and the Holidays, joes Birthday and we are apart still but next year will be amazing!

We had an amazing time on the Cruise, it was a blast. We made some great Memories with some great family. i have ben missing joe so much lately, but thats to be expected. these next 5 months will hopefully fly by. Thanks again to him for the ADORABLE Coach baby bag he surprised me with. Already such an amazing dad! :)

Week 6! :)

How far along? 6 Weeks

Total weight gain: 0 lbs.

Stretch marks? no
Sleep: off and on, tossing and turning quite a bit.. i think its from all the excitement ... or maybe the nausea..

Best moment this week: being able to tell my sister she is going to be an aunt! its so amazing how excited my parents and sister are.

Miss Anything? SUSHI!! :( i eat the cooked kind but nothing replaces the good sushi. lol! missing caffeine a little but, not too bad.

Movement: no movement yet.. cant wait to feel that first little kick or punch..:)

Food cravings: Peanut butter and graham crackers with bannanas and raisins. lol strange i know. and milk and hot cocoa.

Anything making you queasy or sick: different food smells just randomly, the smell of someone smoking.

Gender: unknown!!

Labor Signs: No
Symptoms:restless legs, sleepy, bloating, irritability.. (sorry family) lol

Belly Button in or out? still an innie!

Wedding rings on or off? on!

Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy, excited,anxious. sort of irritable and impatient.
Looking forward to: the Holidays! Going on a Cruise for Christmas which leaves out of Galveston on the 24th of December...only one thing could make it so much better.. If Joe was going with us. miss him so much more than normal around the holidays. :( and My FIRST doctors appt. december 30th!

The Announcement!

The Start of our Weekly Pictures! :)

This is The Special announcement all our family and friends will receive on December 30th, as well as we posted this on Facebook.

a special Thanks to my dad who worked so hard to make the Chalk Board and my mom who bought the adorable baby shoes. and a special thanks to Alyse Skaggs for sending the babies first outfits! :)

We're Having A BABY!!!! :)

On Decemer 7th, I woke up to feeling nauseous (which come to find out was mornin sickness). Joe had just been home for two weeks R&R which was a complete suprise. Something off of one of the suprise homecoming shows,it was truly magical.
Feeling queezy I knew I had been "a little late", so I went and got a pregnancy test. A few minute later this is what it looked like:

I was literally jumping up an down with excitement! This is a blessing we have wanted for a while and are so happy it came true. I immediately sent a message to Joe with this picture explaining how excited I was. He was just as excited as I was. The next exciting step was suprising my parents: so I found a clever idea to decorate the kitchen oven (like bun in the oven) and so I did. That night when we got home from church I told them
I had baked them something and to go look in the oven. I then got to video them in pure excitement and joy seeing all the decorations and signs of baby stuff. They we very excited finding out they are going to be grandparents!

I am so excited to share the info with Shannon (my sister ) who is 19 and at college I know she will be so excited to be an aunt! I decorated this Aunt Jemima pancake box and changed things up to tell her she is an aunt. I told her I have a Christmas gift for her so I wrapped it all up and inside the box is a "I love my aunt" picture frame. She comes home in two days and I couldn't be more excited! :)

                    *the box Says Aunt Shanny, Butter be Ready, completely made with love,just add baby,fully cooked August 2012
My First Dr appt is on December 30, and after the appt is when we will be announcing to everyone we are expecting a little angel! :)
It is now December 15 and I am 6 weeks along. Having slight nausea and sleepiness but other than that things are going well. Very excited to share our big news with everyone.

I got to suprise my sister and these pictures should say it all! :) she is one proud aunt to be! :)

NO WAY!!!!!!!!                                                      Yaaaay!! :)