19 weeks && a Happy Easter

Happy Easter to everyone! We hope yours was as filled with love, happiness, and joy as ours was! We spent the weekend with my family and Ryan's family and even had the chance to visit a few cousins:) We were so happy to be able to watch our nieces go on an egg hunt, too! They are growing up so fast! We love watching their personalities change and grow! <3

So this week was quite a big week for the baby! I feel like the baby has grown so much this week ((or at least if you are looking at my belly, it feels that way!)). I have been so anxious to start feeling the baby move and was a little discouraged earlier this week. *But* ever since Thursday I have been able to feel a few "flutters" when I am laying down in bed and even felt a little flutter earlier this afternoon. I can't wait to continue to keep feeling the baby move! A week from Monday ((tomorrow)), we have our 20 week appointment and our first ultrasound! I am so so excited to see this little peanut! We are still going to keep the sex of the baby a surprise:)

We hope you all have a great week!


Bunny Love,


Liz & Baby E

18 weeks

Everyday I am more and more amazed how fast this pregnancy has gone.  We are 2 weeks away from half way along!  I thought we'd never get here and I'm more and more excited as we go along.  this week has been uneventful, which I'll take as a good thing.  I am hoping to start feeling the baby move a little more frequently.  This week I *think* I have felt the baby "flutter" twice but it really feels like popcorn popping in there.  I'm not sure if that was the baby moving or not so I'm hoping that the baby will start moving more this week!

Here is my 18week picture:)

I've also started using something called "Baby Plus" today.  My friend Stephanie passed this along to me.  I will be using this twice a day for one hour each time.  There are 16 lessons and each lesson is 9 days long.  Here is a video that explains what it does.  If it works as well as it does with Steph's kids, I'm happy to try it.  It can only help:)  With the way Ryan was as a baby and with the way I was as a baby, we don't have very good odds with our baby.  We were quite the mischevious, colic-y babes:)

http://www.babyplus.com/webvideo.html 

We hope  you all have a great week and we will see you at 19weeks:)

Sunday Love,
Liz & Baby E

Seventeen Weeks

Are we really at 17 weeks already!?  This pregnancy has certainly flown by! I can't believe I am almost half way through my pregnancy:)  Not much is new this week!   I am in the "awkward" phase of the pregnancy where my regular clothes are getting tight/don't fit and my maternity clothes are still too big!  The most comfortable thing to wear are sweats and sundresses.  If this crazy Indiana weather would get warm and stay warm, I could wear my dresses more.  Until then, I continue to squeeze into my jeans:)  

Soo in this post, I thought I would include the story of how Ryan and I found out we were pregnant.  Well where to begin.... So Ryan and I found out we were pregnant on January 11 of this year.  We had just returned from a trip to Colorado for my friends wedding and just started another semester of school.  I had normal PMS symptoms so I wasn't thinking anything different.  I was extremely tired but I am always tired adjusting to my new semester schedule so I didn't think anything of it.  I am extremely regular so when I was 2 days late I had a hunch what it might be.  As my brain started moving a mile a minute, I remember how nauseous I was in Colorado but thought it was due to altitude sickness. 

Sooo after falling asleep in my Tuesday classes and dragging at work, I decided to take the plunge and buy the pregnancy test.  I couldn't handle the uncertainty anymore... I had to know.  I came home, kissed Ryan and went off to the bathroom.  I hadn't told him yet that I was late or even worried about being pregnant.  So I went into the bathroom, took the test and in a matter of seconds, there they were ...2 pink lines!  My jaw dropped and my mouth just laid wide open in disbelief.  Part of my wanted to run out to Ryan and share the news, part of me wanted to find a creative way to tell him with an "I love my Daddy" bib or an IU onesie.  So I picked my jaw up off the floor and exited the bathroom.  And it just so happened that Ryan had an *awful* day.  So as he told me how is day went and I listened ((or tried to listen but couldn't really focus considering the fact I just found out we were pregnant!)), I decided I would turn his bad day, good:)  And so I told him.  Just like that.  It wasn't creative or anything, which disappoints me, but I just couldn't keep the news in any longer!  And just to be on the safe side I took 2 more tests the next day ... and both times, they were positive almost immediately! 

And soo here we are at 17 weeks:)  Happy as can be!!  Although this wasn't in our plan, obviously God has something different in mind for us.  We are more than blessed to have this baby on the way.  We can't wait for the next 23 weeks to go by so we can hold this precious little peanut.  I've dreamed of being a mom my whole life and it's finally coming true!  Keep praying for Baby E!  We love you all!

17weeklove,

Liz & Baby E

16 weeks

Hello 16 weeks! We are happy to see you:)  Each week that goes by is and has been a blessing to us.  Each week brings us so much joy and new conversation.  I have an app on my iPod touch that gives us a weekly update of the baby: how much it will be growing, what it "fruit comparison" is, and what the baby will be developing that week.  It makes me feel just a little more connected with this little peanut.  As I said in my last post, we aren't finding out the sex of the baby at our ultrasound appointment.  Ryan is as anxious as it gets trying to figure it out, while I feel very at ease waiting.  For me being the "planner" that I am and the one who is constantly trying to guess what my birthday and Christmas presents are, I'm very surprised I'm not finding out.  Although we aren't finding out the sex of the baby next appointment, we are VERY excited to have our first ultrasound!  I *am* very excited to see the baby on the ultrasound!  

With this being my first pregnancy, I had no idea what to expect as far as what I would feel like or what I would crave or how I would look with my belly growing so big.  But I must say I am very lucky and blessed to have had a very smooth pregnancy.  I  have had no morning sickness and my appetite has remained pretty much the same.  My cravings change daily and sometimes hourly:)  In the first trimester, I mostly craved orange juice and hash browns.  McDonald's was a weekly stop for me just about!  This trimester it has been a lot of pasta and pizza.  Of course, I am always craving my sweets too.  And even though I crave the "not so healthy" list of things, I have been able to eat all these in moderation while keeping up with eating my fruits, veggies and other healthy foods:)

Soooo many pictures of me so I wanted to give Ryan some love <3  Cause is truly is the most amazing husband a girl could ask for.  Throughout this entire pregnancy he has spoiled me rotten.  He takes such good care of me and the baby.  I know he will be a great father!:)  I love seeing him so excited about this baby:):):):)

 16 weeks:)

Thanks for all your love and support so far!  16 weeks has gone by quickly and I'm sure the next 24 will fly by!  <3


Much Love,

Liz & Baby E

15 weeks

So today we had our second doctor's appointment.  It was a quick one where we just talked with the doctor and of course heard the heartbeat.  I must say that that sweet sound is sooo amazing!!!!  The baby's heartbeat was 150bpm so everything is looking good:)  We go back in 5 weeks for our first ultrasound.  I'll be 20 weeks and I'll go ahead and answer the question you are all wondering...No, we are not going to find out if it is a boy or a girl.  We are going to let it be a surprise.  I really feel very little anxiousness or curiosity to find out what it is.  Ryan on the other hand has been looking up every old wives tale in the book to see if he can guess!  But I'm thankful he is waiting with me! 

Although we are not finding out what the sex is, we have started purchasing a few things here or there and we have received a few gifts as well.  We are so so blessed with how generous our family and friends have been!  This baby is so lucky already!  Here are just a few pictures of what the baby has so far:)

We hope you have a great week!  We are busy with school and work so we hope it'll go by quickly!

Baby Love,
Liz

14 weeks

We are finally here! Officially out of the first and scary trimester and onto the second and best trimester (or so I hear)!  We are so thankful and blessed for these past 14 weeks.  Although I am relieved the second trimester is finally here, the first was really that not awful.  I was very lucky and had no morning sickness the entire time.  I had little bits of nausea here and there but nothing that knocked me down.  We have finally let the cat out of the bag and shared our good news with our family and friends...and yes, even the Facebook world:)  We had to laugh that each time we told someone, we had to stress heavily that we weren't posting anything on Facebook yet.  And how paranoid we got every day checking Facebook hoping no one has spoiled the surprise yet!   But we are loving have the news out and open to the world so we no longer have to keep any secrets.

I am certainly visibly pregnant with a definite bump.  I have a very short torso so I am only growing out!:)  I can no longer button my pants so I have been using the "Be Band" to keep them up until I decide to dive into maternity pants.  I am also loving wearing sweatpants when I can because they are extremely comfy now that my belly is growing.  I have bought a few maternity shirts and pants but have borrowed a ton, too!  I'm so thankful for such wonderful friends and family that have offered so much to us already.  We have another doctors appointment next Monday.  It will be a quick one, they said.  Just a check up and another listen to the heartbeat.  I must say that hearing that heartbeat the first time just melted my heart:)  I cannot wait to hear it again!

So we decided to create this blog to keep family and friends up to date with my pregnancy.  We'll post pictures and updates here and just keep you in the loop with our preparation with becoming parents.  All we ask is that you keep us in your prayers.  Please pray that Baby E (as we are referring to him/her until the little peanut arrives) continues to grow and remain healthy and please pray that I remain a healthy little home for the next 26 weeks.  And please pray that Ryan and I may prepare to be the best parents we can be!

Here are a few pictures of my growing belly during the first trimester.  Ryan has been taking my picture everyday so please excuse my lovely wardrobe and looks while this was during winter, ice and snow storms, and pure laziness:)  Sundays were pretty much the day I didn't leave home ...aka didn't really get myself ready. And they happen to be the day I advance to the next week. 

 11 weeks here while in Disney World.  This was at 5:30 a.m. so please forgive my bright-eyed look:)

 Baby E and I all dressed up for St. Patty's day!

 

Lots of love,
Liz