20 week ultrasound pics!

20 weeks 6 days! Over halfway done!

My belly has popped! We found out on September 24th that we are having a little girl! We're so excited! Liliana (Lily) Mae Garcia is on her way!

I finally get to buy pink things and Nathan is so excited that he's getting a sister! I'll post some ultrasound pictures, too!

19 Weeks Tomorrow

I'll be 19 weeks tomorrow and I feel like I don't look any different than I did at 14 weeks. SOMEDAY my belly will pop.

Today was a pretty eventful day.

Back story: I've felt baby since 16 weeks but haven't felt him/her for the past 2 days. I called the doc and they called back and told me to go to the ER because Labor * Delivery (L&D) at my hospital won't see you unless you are 20 weeks.

Honestly, I'm smart enough to realize that Baby isn't very big and that I might not feel every movement at this point. When the nurse called me back and told me I needed to go to the hospital I was in shock. (I actually asked her, "Really? I'm only 19 weeks. Are you sure?")

She told me that if I've been feeling Baby daily and all of a sudden wasn't I need to get checked.
So, off to the ER I went. I checked in at 1:45 and left at 4:00 so it wasn't too bad for an ER trip. They did an ultrasound and then the radiologist looked at it. The doctor came in and told me everything was OK and gave me the print out from the radiologist showing that the spine, stomach, heart, and kidneys all look great. I still have an ultrasound at my doctor next Thursday to do a gender check and measure some more organs. Everything they did measure was exactly the right size, though.

I have the strongest feeling that this baby is a girl. I wasn't excited about it at first, but now I'm ecstatic, lol. Honestly, now that I know Baby is measuring healthy I don't care WHAT the sex is, but we'll still find out next week!

Sunrise, Sunset

Nathan is growing up so fast. I love to watch him grow and learn, but it sort of breaks my heart. I know I'm not the first mother to feel this way, nor will I be the last, but it's such a strange feeling.

Today he found one of those poppers that you turn inside out and put on a table and then it pops into the air. It's a really big one, though, about 2 inches in diameter. He figured out that if he put it on his mouth and breathed in it would stick but (because there's a small hole it) as soon as he stopped it would fall off. I know it seems like small potatoes, but that's a physics lesson.

Charming :o)

Ultrasound Pics from 10 Weeks 3 Days

10 weeks 6 days

Whew! It's been a month since I blogged!

As my doctor pointed out on Monday, I'm one quarter of the way done with my pregnancy. Ack! For some reason that freaks me out....

I'll be 11 weeks tomorrow. That means in 11 days I'll be done with my 1st trimester. (Each trimester is 12 weeks and 3 days, medically speaking.)

I'm still pretty sick in the mornings. I have a cute little routine...I wake up, pee, turn the shower on, throw up, take a shower, pee again, brush my teeth. I'm hoping it goes away soon. I was sick until 16 weeks with Nathan, though, so I doubt this pregnancy will be any different.

I think it's a girl. I really, really, REALLY (really) want another boy, but I'm pretty sure it's a girl. We'll find out in September and, honestly, I'll be surprised if it's a boy.

I went to the doctor on Monday. The baby is doing VERY well. He did a quick ultrasound and you can see arms and eye sockets. S/he looks like a little alien!

6 weeks 1 day

A bump can be seen this week. I haven't gained any weight, and it's not baby so I'm assuming that my uterus is growing and pushing all my organs up and out giving me that little belly.

I've been really sick this week. Morning sickness (Really? Who came up with that. It should really be called "All Day Sickness.") hit me on Monday and today I actually came home from work because of it. The doctor gave me some medicine to help with the nausea and vomiting but some days it's still really bad.

My "morning" sickness went away around 16 weeks with Nathan, so I'm hoping that I can expect the same thing this time around. That gives me ten weeks to count down. Well, it's better than 20 weeks, I suppose.

I have been addicted to "A Baby Story" and "Birth Day" on TLC. I watched it all afternoon today (since I've been home since 9:30) and I want to watch more. I watched it ALL the time before I got pregnant with Nathan and while I was pregnant with Nathan. After I had him, I turned it on one afternoon and had no desire to watch it. It was kind of like, "Been there, done that." But now that I'm pregnant again I can't tear myself away. It's silly, really. Like THAT much has changed since I had Nathan 2 and half years ago.