Week 18 Procrastination

Ok so, week 18 has finally hit! Whoa, its so fast, and only 2 weeks until im half way there!
I decided i didnt have time to post for 17, with everything going on and flying home.
This last week has been amazing!

Quick update on what has been going on...(week 17)

~Baby has defiantly grown over the weekend, with a massive growth spurt!
As soon as i woke up the day we were leaving to go home I began having "round ligament
pain" and it went all day for about 3 days straight! I am noticeably bigger, just over night!
~I can now feel baby shifting positions if i sit and wait for a kick, and kicks have been SO much
more frequent and quite a bit harder. (im loving everyone of them!)
~Im finally to my original (well about to be) weight before pregnancy! WHOO HOO! I lost all my
weight in my legs and arms, now have gained it all back in my breasts and tummy.
~ I think we may have narrowed down a name, now to find a good middle name...sigh...


OK now week 18:

BABY:
Baby is passing the hours yawning, hiccuping, rolling, twisting, kicking, punching, sucking and swallowing. So much going on, no wonder im feeling him so much! Hes quite the mover and LOVES being in the prayer room with the music all the time. (I think i can add dancing to this list!) Weighing about 7 oz and about 5.5 inches he is about the size of a bell pepper OR can of soup!

MOMMA:
I have been doing wonderful, with the exception of 'round ligament pain' and fatigue after our trip. Baby has been kicking and has even gotten scared and jumped a few times! The newest change over just this last week has been my complexion. One day its wonderful and the next i look like a 13 yr old!! haha (im sure being back in the humididy is not helping) As i said im back to my origional weight, well close, and am ready to be putting on baby weight!
My biggest struggle thus far, is not drinking enought water, i try and try but by the end of the day i only drink about one water bottle..UGH! Im starting to worry for the baby's health and devlopment... Some nights i just cry thinking about it. pray for grace in this and remembering to take my prenatels EVERYDAY! i forget about 5 out of the 7 days of the week. Still trying to figure out a good system....

Well this has been a novel post, and i have so much more to say!! For the next one!
Thanks for listening to my babbelings...Pictures soon to come...

♥ Ash and Baby

Week 16 update

OK so as i said in the last update, i am a week ahead of what they had originally guessed! Which puts me at 16 weeks and a few days now! YAY! My new due date is now set at Sept. 15th.

ASH:
Im doing much better this week, no real sickness or anything! Praise the Lord! Iim more so tired all the time, (since we have been switching our schedule back to days this week). Im feeling baby all the time now, and his little kicks are getting stronger. I cant help but stay up for hours in bed just feeling his kicks and such. All i can seem to do is think about what he is going to look like, more of me or Dan, im thinking Dan..but we will see! I feel huge right now, my stomach is tight, and not willing to stretch anymore..( I cant imagine what it will be like in just a month or two!)
Dan is fully enjoying my growing tummy and still walkie-talkie'ing baby through my belly button! haha We were talking about names, which has completly changed, and what goes well with disapline, haha. SO as you can see Dan's hopeless try in trying it out, only to end with "Aww, im not going to be able to do it.." HAHA im starting to really enjoy this pregnancy, especially now i know what baby is, and can start thinking about decorating..

BABY BOY:
Baby is just over 4.5 inches from head to rump, and about 3.5 oz! Which is about, im saying about, the size of a large Avacado. Just big enough to cradle in our hand, but not for long! Eyebrows, lashes and hair are starting to fill in, and taste buds are forming. The bones in the baby's ear are now in place and is starting to hear our voices as well as sense light. WHOA!
This baby is pretty active, during our ultrasound baby was kicking, playing with his ear and (my favorite part) waved at us! He moved his little arm and fingers to us! Even the lady doing it said aw. It was amazing to see him moving around, stretching and playing the whole time!

Thats it for now, since this is a novel! Thanks for listening again!

♥
Ash and baby

ITS A BOY!!!

Click the pictures to make them bigger if you would like

Were having a bouncing baby BOY!!!
We had our first ultrasound today, and everything went wonderful! The tech. told us it was to early to tell a for sure, but she would give us a good guess as to what we are having, but not to buy anything as of yet. So as she was looking around the baby can into the perfect position as you can see..(Picture 3) It was actually really funny cause she kind of jumped and said well there's no mistaking your having a BOY! She actually said it was like a third leg joking with Dan..haha As we were leaving the tech tore off all the pictures and rolled them all up and said that she was only able to give us 6 pictures or she could get in trouble with the hospital but she said she thought we were "too Cute" and gave us all 14!!! Such favor again! im not going to add them all but did add the best ones! Here are what the pictures are of just do you are able to see it..

Picture 1~ Front shot of baby looking at us (he also during this waved his hand to us!)
Picture 2~ Baby's top of head and crossed legs
Picture 3~(my favorite) Baby's foot
Picture 4~ Baby was stretching towards the end. Back view of his stretch
Picture 5~Baby's parts...BOY
Picture 6~Side profile of the face

I also found out i am actually a week ahead of where i thought i was, SO now were at 16 weeks!
Ill update on me and baby's growth soon! Hope you enjoy, let me know what you think!!!

Love
Ash, Dan and Baby

You know your Pregnant when.....with week 15 pictures

Week 15 quick shots
I dont really know why i look SO huge? I mean i AM getting bigger for sure but im filled out all the way up..haha im thinking its b/c we just got done eating and are about to go to bed for the night. My tummy IS this big but my stomach isn't...haha hope this makes sense!


You know your Pregnant when.....

~You cry about getting in the bath when you know it will make you feel better.

~ Then you cry about having to get out...haha

~ You underestimate your new chest size and open doors, cupboards, and stall doors, etc on yourself.

~ Your bladder feels like it is about to burst and then when you go, its no more then three drops. and at other times its the biggest relief, you just have to smile.

~Absolutely nothing sounds good to eat until you take the first bite.

~ Your scared to go to sleep, fearing you'll wake up in a completely new bra size. (yes it has happened!)

~ COLD water is so refreshing, but normal water makes you sick..?

14 week update

Ok so we are on week 14 already..

Ash:
Im doing well, finally this week! Im feeling better with only the occasional headache and nausea...which is amazing, i do have to say! my emotions have been running me in circles this last week. I cant seem to get a hold on them. I break down for the most abserd things. Baby's been kicking and groovin' at night in the prayer room..haha I love the environment im in, to be able to sit in the prayer room and just soak for my self and have baby fed on the worship and prayer! All i can pray for our little one is that he/she would be filled from the womb, like John the baptist, and even more. Its such a blessing!!

Baby: Lemon
Baby is the size of a Lemon, 3.5 in and about 1.5 oz. Little one is busy with thumb sucking, toe wiggling, and (not so cute but equally amazing) making urine and breathing amniotic fluid as the liver, kidneys and spleen continue to develop. Lanugo (thin, downy hair) is growing all over the body for warmth.

Week 13 pictures

Ok so these are week 13 photos, which i should have just waited tomorrow i will be 14 weeks.. haha oh well
Hopefully next week well be able to get some better ones OUTSIDE, by the time we have to take the pictures its the end of our day.

Week 13: A pop, kick, and a smile

So it is finally week 13, which means 2nd trimester! Praise the Lord!
Its been such a great week for the most part. Im GROWING, and
feeling huge, haha, cant imagine when im bigger. Its been an exciting week!

~I've POPPED! Its very much obvious im preggo now. I even told my mom and
she made me send a picture, and then still made me send one of my bare belly. She couldn't believe it! It seriously happened over night! Im loving my belly for sure!! Even though you can see the indentation of my belly button through my clothes...haha!

~My hips have begun to spread. Dan was taking my picture for the blog and
noticed, even before i did, and then by the next day i was super sore and feeling it...

~Im pretty sure i have felt the baby kick...!? Still not completely sure at this point.
I have felt twitches every few days for about a week now, but still dont know for sure.
Im sure ti will be here soon, and cant wait. Most nights or mornings i lay in bed and just
pray to feel baby in there.

~By the time week 12, im saying like the first day hit, all my nausea was gone and i have
had a bit more energy. Its been wonderful. truly a blessing!

~This week has been really hard, as far as a 6 day, tomorrow 7 day, continual headache, that
seems every night turns into a full blown migraine, nausea, strobe light vision, light and
even the dark hurts. So after about three days i was told to take some Sudafed blah blah blah and see if that helps, if not i needed to come in. So i tried it all, and nothing SO Tomorrow (tues. 17th) im headed in to get this all taken care of. So we'll see what happens. Hopefully it works!

BABY this week: size of a PEACH

Baby is forming teeth and vocal cords... Is approaching normal proportions, with a head now only one third the size of the body. Intestines are in the process of moving from the umbilical cord to baby's tummy. (Much more convenient.)

Love Lots,
Ash and Little One