Its official!

Like we all thought all along, its a boy!! We are sooo excited, now we can stop after this one and not have to try again for a boy :) Everything looked perfect and I will get the sono pics posted after I get them scanned onto my computer. He is due April 19th. Just wanted to let everyone know the news, updates and pictures definitely coming soon!! Woo hoo!

busy bee's

It's been so long since my last entry, but I guess there hasn't been much to fill everyone in on. Sickness is gone (thank goodness!) dizziness still comes and goes, but is now more associated with being dehydrated, so it can be prevented. Drinking water IS important I guess :) Feeling LOTS of little thumps the last few days. Even the occasional flip. Strange, but so exciting. Austyn hasn't been able to catch any kicks yet, but Wes has. Usually it starts in around 8 and lasts until I fall asleep... hopefully not a sign we are going to have a little night owl on our hands :)
Anyway, wanted to drop a quick line just so everyone knows I haven't forgotten about them. Check back tomorrow for a much more detailed update after my sonogram!! Ausytn is so excited for the sonogram tomorrow and can't wait to find out if we are having a dinosaur, lizard, alien or boy (or maybe a girl? :) )Her vote is on alien, just ask her! Woo hoo!

Updated date maybe?

Crazy last couple of weeks, haven't had much time to even think, let alone blog!! I'm working a lot now, but hopefully my hard work will pay off in a few months when I need some IOU's cashed in!
I went to the doctor's office today for checkup and found out everything is progressing perfectly! Dr. Priddle thinks that I may be a few weeks farther along then we had originally thought. He thinks that my uterus is feeling more like 20 weeks then 17 so our due date may get moved up a little bit. My sonogram is scheduled for Nov. 29th at 4. I'm so excited that in 2 short weeks we will know what we are having and have a set time for when we will be parents again! The scary thing is how much there is to get done before the baby comes, especially if they move my due date up 3 weeks! Scary to think about how fast the next 4 1/2 months are going to go!!
Hopefully I'll have some more news by next week, but if not I hope everyone has a great Turkey day!! I hope that you are looking forward to eating a ridiculous amount of food as much as I am!! Thank goodness for 2nd trimester being done with morning sickness and what a better time to be pregnant!! Holiday eating sounds like fun to me!!

My little alien

A couple of weeks ago I started feeling the baby move but only when I was laying down relaxing. But now, it is becoming much more pronounced and often. It makes me so excited and anxious for all that there is to come!! I wanted to get a couple of belly pics posted, its small still, but definitely there :) That's all for today, time to go pick up Austyn from school! Happy Friday!

Belly Pictures!

 

 

Thoughts and prayers

This is not going to be a very happy blog, but I need everyones prayers for a dear friend. One of our family friends was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer earlier this year and things are not looking good for her this week. She has been receiving treatments at CTCA (cancer treatment center of america) in Illinois and they have made the decision that her quality of life would be better if she stopped receiving treatments and come home to pass in peace. She is a wonderful lady and we love her and her entire family dearly. Please keep them in prayers for me as she could really use them right now. If you would like to check out her story, you can read her blog at http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/jenniferwaters. Her name is Jennifer and you guys may know her if you ever shopped at Clinique in Dillards as she managed it for a long time.
Please for her sake, remember to appreciate every day that you have and love life because you never know how long it will last. I love you all so much and hope you know how much you mean to me.

Woo Hoo for Saturday!

Do you ever wake up and tell yourself that you are going to have a great day? The last 2 mornings I have woken up and said to myself, "Erin, you are going to make today amazing". And you know what? The funny thing is it has actually worked! I have told myself I'm going to feel good and be productive. I am going to appreciate every thing I can, even if its something I would not normally notice. Today has been great, got 2 bills that I thought I was a month behind on and found out that they are right up to date. Appreciating bills is not something I normally do, but strangely today it seemed appropriate to celebrate it. Simple pleasures I say, isn't that what its about, after all? Still have hopes for my Wildcat's even tho we are behind by 11 at half, we still have a whole half to go. Plenty of time to wake up and win a game!
I had 3 people ask me today either if I was pregnant or if I had something new to tell them. I was so excited by that, again, simple pleasure. I have felt the baby move twice now while I've been standing up, felt it more frequently while laying in bed focusing on relaxing though. Can't wait for my sono in a month or so, just so that I can quit calling the baby "it". Reading another blog by a preggo, she named the baby in her womb "bun". Thought it was cute, thinking I may steal the idea. At least "Bun" is better than "it" :)
Okay, I have to get busy, I'll post belly pictures very soon!

Happy Thursday!

Sorry for the hiatus, this has been a crazy week! I made it through the days without Wes and Austyn and didn't get hardly anything accomplished that I had hoped to. For some reason time goes a whole lot faster if you think you have more of it than normal.
Oh well, all in due time!
Anyway, I have been completely congested and head achy for the last 4 days, otherwise feeling pretty good and getting a little bit of energy back. Dizziness is still hanging on though. If I move to fast or don't take adequate breaks when I'm working I feel like I may hit the floor! That's almost more bothersome than the nausea! But on the brightside, I'm able to eat a little more all the time and am feeling more pregnant all of the time! I guess I should tell my bosses now before they figure it out on their own :)