What is that?

As I was sitting in a co-workers desk last Thursday, I thought I felt it. Three flick type feelings. They felt like they were about an inch or so below my pants waist line. I havent felt it again but maybe soon. As it says in the week by week book that starting in week 16-21 is when one starts to feel movement.

I am now 16 weeks pregnant, or 4 months. I am definitely retaining water a bit because if I dont exercise my stomach will look bigger and pants are tighter. I can still be a little bit moody but I havent been stressing out like I had.

The baby is 4 1/2 inches long and 3 1/2 ounces, she is about the size of an avocado. We have our next doctors appt on June 1st where we may be able to determine the sex. So get your votes in.

Jacob is fast underway doing house projects. Trying to get things done now as he will be starting work on a new mountain bike trail in the area very soon.

My mom and I have completed 5 rows of the baby's quilt. It is definitely more pinning work than we expected but it is coming out awesome. We had to stop last night after my last needle broke. :^(

Baby Tyler is came home yesterday. He has a small bit of jaundice so will be heading to the dr today for his check up. Benjamin had the classic response of "What is he doing here?" at first but then he was still very cute and cuddly with him.

New nephew

Here is the picture I promised.

I am proud to announce that Jason and Sara have had a healthy baby boy at 9:46am. His name and stats are: Tyler Charles 7lbs 12oz. Everyone is doing great. Benjamin will be meeting his new brother later today once he gets out of school. :^) Check back later this evening for an updated pic.

Nursery News and many updates.

I am sure you guys were all sick of seeing the crib. Well now you get to see the fabric we have picked out for the nursery. My mom and I have decided to take on the mission of making the quilt that my cousin's wife Val made since I really liked it and didnt find a different pattern to go with. So here is all the fabric. The stripes are going to be the backing, the random colored polka dots are the curtains and dust ruffle. Then the other colors will be the blocks. My mom has already started cutting the squares out while I was at work. Maybe by the time she leaves on the 25th it will be done or at least close to it. :^)

I am officially 15 weeks pregnant. I dont feel as fat as I had a few weeks back. I think I have leveled out a bit. My belly hasnt popped yet. I still can fit in to some of my normal clothes with a few pairs of pants that need the bella band or rubber bands by the time the day is done. I have my energy back as a few of the girls I ride bikes with were able to witness last week. The baby is 4 inches big at 2.5 ounces now but still cant feel any movement. Jacob thinks he can hear the baby move when putting his ear to my belly.
I have been a bit moody. Stressing about stupid stuff, Jacob has been awesome to bear with me through it. We also have gotten a ton of house projects done like reorganizing the bedrooms, painting the kitchen ceiling, hanging new lights, painting the hallway trim, planting a garden, etc. So now what are we going to do for the next 6 months is the joke since I was stressing of the stuff we basically have done. Looks like I need to find something new to stress about. ;^)

My cousin Amy had her baby on Friday at 6:11pm weighing in at 6lbs 10oz. Jamison John Paul is his name. Everyone is doing great. Thanks for all the thoughts since she was put on bed rest like 6 weeks ago and made it to the end. Yeah and Congrats.

My sister in law is on target for her C-Section on Thursday. Click on Team Goguen to see more on them.

First Baby Stuff Purchase..... Crib

Here is our baby's crib. I had found this crib earlier in the week on craigslist.com. After waiting to hear back from the seller, she said that they were going to be having a yard sale so if they didn't sell it then she would be back in touch with us. With me stressing about nothing this week, I was freaking out about this crib.

I had signed up to run in a 5K race this morning with some friends and co-workers so how was it all going to work. Jacob said he would go check it out and get it if it was good. I got up at 6:50 am so I could run around to get directions, money, and plastic since it was going to rain. Then I went to my race while Jacob went to check out the crib. Sure enough it was great success, so my freaking out was not necessary (Thanks Jacob for bearing with me.). I beat my boss in my race :^) and Jacob got the crib. He just missed a glider the people were selling by 5 minutes. The hunt continues for bureau/changing table and a rocker/glider/recliner.

Pic

We havent started taking any prego pics yet but here is one that a friend took from the wedding we went to. (thanks cmowery)

My husband is the Best....

Check out what he posted for me after having an emotional night. Yeah one where I cry for no real reason. :^)

Ode to my wife- bikepasa.com
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Ode to my wife- bustedspoke.com

13 weeks and counting

I am officially moving into my second trimester this week. Things are continuing to be great although I have that stupid lower back pain again. When I had gone to the dr he said if I can press on it and cause pain it is muscle. If not then it may be a pinched nerve. I cant seem to cause pain by pressing on it so I am assuming it is nerve. It hurts particularly when I go from sitting to standing or vice versa. It slowly gets worse as the day goes on. In researching online it says just keep staying active, take Tylenol at least that is the only thing I can take, and heat. I will be starting the regimen of trying to keep all that going as otherwise it could be a long 26 weeks of having pain.

Our weekend in the mountains at our friends wedding was a great time. I was a dancing queen and many of my dirt diva friends were getting a kick out of it. Some even said I had good moves. I think their drunken goggles may have construed things. :^) The massage I got while there was awesome. I never had a massage with hot stones and it was nice. Kona and I ended up hiking up a hill and running down a couple days for exercise.

This weekend I am running in a 5K race. My boss at work had tried to get a group together to run so I said sure. Of course I wont be racing, I figured I would just jump in the back and just run. It is on the greenway that is near my bro's house so I may have a cheering section.

My cousins wife sent me the instructions for the baby quilt she made. (Thanks Val!!) I am going to head to Michael's or AC Moore this weekend to see if there are other quilts that I like but I am leaning towards attempting this one. My mom will be down on the 13th so she can help me pick out fabric. I need to get moving on this stuff as the time will fly by.

I think that is about all we have going on. The baby's status for this week is he is about the size of a large plum, weighing less than 1 ounce and measuring anywhere from 2.6 to 4 inches. Despite the small proportions, he is a fully formed baby. Much more proportional than it was a few weeks ago, his head is now only about a third the size of his body. His tiny, unique fingerprints are already in place. His kidneys and urinary tract are functional, and he's starting to urinate out the amniotic fluid he's been swallowing.