St. Jude Classic

It's been a busy weekend! We had Meme's birthday party Friday night, then headed to Memphis early Saturday morning for the St. Jude Classic. Mom works for FedEx and got us few tickets to the executive cabana which was pretty neat! There was all you can eat food all day and unlimited air conditioning! A pregnant woman's dream!

Mom and I

The whole fam. Adam played in a golf tourny with his boss at the last minute and couldn't come with us.   We missed him but were excited that he WON the golf tournament they played in. He had a great time and I hope we can all go to The St. Jude Classic together next year... I bet I know a good babysitter!

 I wouldn't say I'm an avid golf fan by any means but I do watch a lot with husband (err nap while he watches)  Rory McIlroy is one of his favs right now and it was neat to see him in such close proximity.

While I had parked my pregnant self on a bench waiting for the shuttle to take us back to the hotel, out walks Rory! Right in front of me! I was the first one to see him walk out of a back door in the club house and ran right up to him to snap a pic and get an autograph. I was a little starstruck! He probably didn't appreciate it much since he had been leading all weekend only to lose the lead on the last few holes. But then again, he IS the number 2 golfer in the world and better get used to crazy ladies stopping him for a photo op.

My souvenir for husband.

Happy 80th Birthday Meme!

My sweet grandmother turned 80 on June 7th. For her birthday, my aunt Lisa took her to New York City! They were there over her birthday and the Friday after we had a surprise birthday party for her with her closest friends and family.

The adorable cake! My cousin knows a couple that makes/decorates cakes as their ministry. The most you ever pay is $30 and they accept donations on top of that. So neat! We of course had a NYC themed bday party!

Meme being surprised!

Meme with my cousin Tiffany and I.

I hope I am as beautiful as my Meme one day. She is one of my favorite people. She is also the only living grandparent I have- she is one of my treasures!

Several people from our "old" church at Mablevale came to party. We set up a photo booth and everyone had a pretty good time dressing up and being silly.

Especially these two. Mr. Bob and Mr. Bill. Two of the funniest guys you'll ever meet. I've known them since I can remember.

Meme with 3 of her kids... sadly uncle Steve had to work! We missed him!

Meme with all of her grandchildren and great grands. (sadly Adam couldn't make it.) This time next year she will have another great grand to add to this picture!

I hope you had a great birthday, Meme! We enjoyed celebrating with you and look forward to many more birthdays!

22 Weeks (5.5 months)

So I was boring even myself with the weekly pregnancy updates. Plus, I seriously have had the easiest pregnancy ever so nothing really seems to change from week to week! Im going to try to be diligent about documenting a pic at least once a month so Ill have something to look back and remember some day. I also cant remember to have Adam take an "official" pic by the front door so this will have to suffice.

So... here we go at 22 weeks... 5 months pregnant!

How Far Along: 22 weeks

Size of baby: baby is the size of a papaya, 10 inches long and about 14 ounces

Gender: It's a GIRL!

Maternity Clothes: yes for pants and tank tops... I can still wear regular tops

Weight gain: 14 pounds

Movement: Yes! I felt her move for the first time this week! It's the most amazing thing. I think I actually felt her for the first time during our 20 week ultrasound. I thought that was probably too good to be true and that it was just in my head since I was watching her bounce around on the screen... but looking back I think that is exactly what it was. I really didn't notice it again though until this week. I was just laying in bed one night reading and felt her. So totally cool!

Sleep: Luckily I'm still sleeping like a champ!

Symptoms: fainting spells and nosebleeds! Ive had 3 episodes in the last 2 weeks where I get really light headed and nearly black out. I was pretty sure it was normal but called the doctor just to make sure. They assured me that all of the extra blood vessels that are forming and the increase in blood production can cause light- headedness. As soon as I sit down and drink some water I feel much better. Luckily each time it happened I was giving a presentation to a group of nurses so there were plenty of people around capable of taking care of me, ha!
As for the nosebleeds... I pretty much wake up with one every day. Super weird since I've never had them before. Again- totally normal. My mom said that was a symptom she had too. Driving to work with tissue hanging out of my nose is the new norm.

Cravings: None really... I have been completely turned off by coffee. Even the smell makes me a bit queezy. Weird since I have drank 2 cups a day for a while now and it didnt seem to affect me until recently. 

Best moment this week: no doubt... feeling my baby girl move for the first time!

It's a GIRL!

It's a GIRL!!!

Details to come on our reveal party. We're so excited!

a secret

Today we found out the gender of our baby. We finally decided yesterday that if she could tell today, we would find out. If there was any doubt- that we wouldn't find out until baby Fite arrived in October! Our ultrasound tech said she was 99% sure! We're elated and can't wait to share with our friends and family this weekend.

I should have thought things through a little better... we have to go SIX days keeping this secret to ourselves! Keeping the pregnancy a secret wasn't hard for me... we didn't tell ANYONE until almost 7 weeks. But this... this is hard! We're just so excited!

The doctor's appointment went great and the heartbeat was 152 (perfection!) I did some lab work too. The next appointment will be my "official" ultrasound appointment when Dr. H will look closely at all of the structures of our baby. I had actually lost a pound this time... I think this was a mistake! I treated my baby to some Rick's for an afternoon snack for cooperating for the ultrasound tech so I'm sure that pound got added back by evening. :)

I'll post Sunday evening after our reveal parties over the weekend. We're having lunch at my mom and dad's Saturday where we will tell our parents and grandparents- then Sunday night we're having a few friends over for dessert to tell them. I can't wait! I'll hopefully get some pictures up from our trip.... here's one of my favorites from the week.

Adam overlooking #9 on Pebble Beach. I know his back is turned... but that's because I could barely get him to look at the camera during his golf round! He was so excited to play Pebble and I had a blast watching him. Isn't that view breathtaking? I could most definitely get used to that!

15 weeks

How Far Along: 15 weeks

Size of baby: baby is the size of a navel orange, 4 inches long and 2.5 ounces

Gender: ? (We can find out Monday... still haven't made a decision!)

Maternity Clothes: No... I don't think it will be long. Jeans are pretty uncomfortable- I've been sticking to dresses and leggings.

Weight gain: 2 pounds (I think when we go to the doctor next week I'll be in for it. I feel huge.

Movement: none

Sleep: plenty of it... we've been doing TONS of walking and activities so I've been super tired at the end of the day.

Symptoms: Round ligament pain, getting full fast (something I dont enjoy since I have an excuse to eat all of this delicious food this week!)

Cravings: none really... 

Best moment this week: There were so many! We had a great vacation... this picture was taken at Big Sur- located along Hwy 1 on our way from Monterey to LA. The views were breathtaking! If I had to narrow down to one moment... it was watching Adam tee off at Pebble Beach on Tuesday. His excitement was priceless!

14 weeks

We just returned from our trip to Southern California! We had a great time and I can't wait to post about all of our adventures! I did want to go ahead and share my 14 week picture taken in San Francisco.

How Far Along: 14 weeks

Size of baby: baby is the size of a lemon, 3.4 inches and 1.5 oz

Gender: ? (We can find out April 30th but haven't decided just yet if we're going to!)

Maternity Clothes: no. I wore the bella band once and it was not a good experience. My jeans are starting to fit a little tighter this week... though that could also be from all of the vacation food, ha! I ordered a few maternity things off- line last week before we left so I've got some things on hand when the time comes.

Weight gain: 2 pounds

Movement: none

Sleep: Sleeping well still

Symptoms: Round ligament pains. Nothing too bad.

Cravings: Sushi! I finally had some last night... don't worry the whole thing was nice and FRIED!

Best moment this week: Traveling in San Francisco with Adam. If I had to pin point a moment it would be when this picture was taken at the Marin Headlands overlooking the Golden Gate bridge and the city of San Francisco. It was beautiful and neat to think that our little baby was right there with us.