15 weeks and counting

How far along are you? 15 weeks

What I’m Eating/What I’m Not Eating:  Been craving a lot of sandwiches this week. I've stayed away from juice and noticed that my stomach doesnt feel like it is tearing from the inside. I'm just sticking with water for now. To think about corn products makes me want to vomit EVERYWHERE. We ate mexican food last night. Just looking at the tortilla chips I almost lost my fajitas. UGH!!! 

Total Weight Gained So Far: -11 pounds (Starting: 135 – Current: 124) 

Workouts: Kidding right? I use my free time sleeping

Sleep: I want to sleep everywhere at anytime. I am wore out!!
Most Exciting Moment This Week: hearing the heartbeat on the doppler..Loved it so much that I ordered one <3
Baby is the Size of a: an orange
Miss Anything? Going to the bathroom ...TMI..sorry folks!

Soul Food

My soul food for the day...sometimes you wonder what is going on in this world of ours.....I'm very somber today. This song always makes me feel better <3

BOY OR GIRL?

WE WILL KNOW SOON! :D Thought I would use these in combination with my chalkboard weekly posts if I EVER get my chalkboard done...sigh...anyhow...Things have been going well this week so far. We had a sonogram yesterday to check on the cyst. It has stayed the same size which is good news. Other good news is baby is healthy and we got a guess on the sex but can't quite say yet for sure. We want to make sure we are 100% before we share! :D Hope everyones week is going great so far! XOXO

How far along? 13 weeks
Total weight gain: down 7 pounds
Maternity clothes? Yoga pants and some rubber bands for my jeans
Stretch marks? none 
Sleep: good and bad nights...mostly sleeping 9 hours
Best moment this week: seeing baby at the sono yesterday...moving around and doing flips! 
Miss Anything? Not really, mostly being able to go out to dinner and not running to the bathroom when someone orders seafoodMovement: little flutters
Food cravings: pasta pasta pasta...husband took me to Noodles & Co yesterday...my oasis!
Anything making you queasy or sick: still meat...seafood...sugary snacks...ick!
Gender: shhhhh!! 
Labor Signs: No
Symptoms: overall feeling okay...tired and queazy a lot
Belly Button in or out? in
Wedding rings on or off? on
Happy or Moody most of the time: Had a roller coaster of emotions this week... but so very happy.
Looking forward to: baby's growing big and strong... The holidays and spending time with friends and family! <3

IF THESE WALLS COULD TALK....

Today is talk about my husband day!....Happy Monday!!! Hope everyone had a great weekend! Sorry once again for the delayed posts. It was a very busy week last week and still trying to catch up on things. It was a wonderful weekend with friends and family!

I wanted to talk a little about the McConnell Air Force Base Air Show. We went with wonderful family friends of ours. Nick was super excited to share his knowledge of the planes with someone new :D

Inside of KC 135

I noticed as we neared the KC135 my stomach went into knots. That's the plane my husband works/worked on. Currently,  he teaches about the plane and doesn't deploy or TDY near like he did. I found myself sweating as we entered it. I looked on the walls at where he use to sleep and it made me so emotional. I know, I'm emotional right now anyhow but it was to the point I had to get off that plane. It wasn't until we got home that I realized that plane is so symbolic to me. It use to take my husband away from me all of those times off to places he sometimes couldn't even tell me about or even call from...for days, weeks, months. They always blended together and felt like eternity. I know this is his job and I know I must always be strong for him but it never gets easier. 

Views from above

I'm so thankful for his new job but know he only has a few more years where I can spend time with him every night and have dinner with him consistanly. Last time, dinner time was the hardest for me. It was when I had time on my hands and knew no one else was coming home. Just me and my bub. It's amazing some of the simple things I missed that some people take for granted. I still find myself settling into this new life we have together and forgetting how it use to be. I'm so thankful for every moment. He still has 10 more years in the Air Force and that time will come again when I get to wait  on the runway, looking to the sky for that plane to land so I can finally see him come down those stairs and hug me and know that he IS real. I'm so proud of my husband and what he does for this country. I love him dearly. As I told my girlfriend Amy, If these walls in the airplane could talk...they would have so many stories. God Bless America!

Here is a video of what the plane does....That is the boom that drops and fuels the B-52 in this video...

Sorry for all of the delayed posts. I haven't been feeling like myself lately :(  The past few days I have been feeling very naseous. My medicine stopped working and I'm highly frustrated. To top it off, I have really bad cramps. Which led me to the ER today. The doctors have been watching a cyst on my left ovary since before I got pregnant. Well, at first it was doubling, now its HUGE (as the sono tech said today)  It's roughly the size of a small grapefruit or a large orange. It is double the size of the baby right now. I was absolutely heartbroken. I have been praying so hard it would go away and it keeps getting bigger by the week. My only option at this point is to possibly do a lap surgery during the 2nd trimester which starts first week in October. BUT, all these worries went away the moment I saw this little gummy bear bouncing around on the screen. Oh my goodness, my heart filled with so much joy. Baby has a great heartbeat and was waving its arms at us, almost waving. The sono tech was in stitches watching our dancing baby. <3

You can see a baby arm on the bottom of the sac. The head is left and body is right  Baby is waving!

I have been resting most of the day today. My parents came by and hung out to watch some KState football....I really needed some family time tonight.  Until I start feeling better my posts will be limited.

XOXO Love you all! <3

Morning Sickness!!

Hey all!!! Hope everyone is having a great week. Mine has been very tiring! I've had one good day where I didn't feel sick at all. The rest were me collapsing in bed as soon as I got home with something light to settle my stomach so I didn't get sick. I am currently wearing SeaBands and they work somedays and others they don't. It's so frustrating most days and I really miss spending time with my boys. Nick and Caleb have been such big helpers for me. Rushing around making things for me that sound good and will agree with my stomach, house cleaning and laundry. I'm such a lucky girl! 

On Saturday afternoon we decided to do the Red Cabbage gender test. If it turns purpleish blue/green it's a girl and if it turns a pink/ red its a boy!  HA!! It was so much fun to see what would happen :D We have a sonogram again tomorrow to find a heart beat. As soon as we do, I can make this blog public and share with everyone! Hope everyones weekend was awesome! Thanks for following!! <3

FINALLY!!!

 That is all I can really say at this point. We have been waiting almost a year for this! 

WE ARE PREGNANT!!

We suffered a miscarriage last August and it took a year but we finally got a positive reading this time.  I called the doctor last Monday and they set me up an appointment for the 20th of August but wanted me in that day to check my levels. They had me at 1600 and they needed it to double within 48 hours. The next day I went in for a sono since at this point I was called "High Risk". I got to see the fluid filled sac and they told me I had a delivery date of April 18, 2013. The next day my levels were at 5800 so they more than doubled! They were so excited for us they sent us in for another sonogram today to check for heart beat. None yet but we did get to see a yolk sac and a pole. We were THRILLED!!  I just adore the doctor office I go to and all of the love they have shown us. Just wanted to share our news with everyone! I'll keep updating when possible! XOXO!