Just a funny thought...

I was just looking on thebump.com to see what food they will compare Special K to this coming week and it says that Special K will be the size of an onion. Really? All I can do is giggle a little just thinking that....are they sure he/she isn't an onion this week? I sure have been crying a lot!! Hopefully next week isn't worse! hehe just found that amusing and thought I would share. No sense taking my emotional roller coaster ride too seriously!

Oh, speaking of my emotional roller coaster ride...I went into Target yesterday and found myself standing in the middle of the baby section playing with bouncers and touching blankets and little baby onsies and such and I almost just lost it then and there. My eyes started welling up with tears...good tears of course. But it was comical none-the-less. :) I had to get out of there stat before anyone saw me and thought something like "Yep...look at that emotional pregnant woman just dreaming about baby stuff!" Oh I'm so glad that I can get a laugh out of all of this. And I'm also really thankful for this blog so that I can share these moments with all of you! :)

Happy Saturday! One week until my amazingly wonderful (and let's not forget devilishly handsome) hubby is back in my arms!!!!

R.I.P. Belly Button Piercing.....

Dear belly button piercing,
You have been a dear friend of mine for nearly a decade but alas, it is time to say goodbye. I'm afraid that as my ever growing belly continues to expand that you will no longer look so cute and most definitely not sexy. So it is goodbye for now. Maybe one day after Special K arrives and I get my body back I will have you re-pierced but for now you need to heal and your rings have been thrown into a shallow grave.
Sincerely,
Kammi & Special K









Yeah...so I finally decided to give up the belly ring this week. My little bump has finally decided to start making an appearance and I think that it is a good time to say goodbye to the 18 year old still trapped inside. It wasn't as difficult as I thought it would be though really. I am thinking that my next biggest defeat will be if (and most likely when) my feet start to swell in my third trimester and I have to say goodbye to my toe rings. Oh man just thinking about all of the swelling makes pregnancy sound so pleasant doesn't it? I'm really having such a great time with it though.

16 weeks. Baby is the size of an avocado.

So we officially hit our 16 week mark yesterday! I really am feeling great other than being a little more emotional than usual but I'm not letting it get me down. I start crying over nothing right now but it kinda makes me laugh because all I can think about it how funny it is that pregnancy hormones make a woman so crazy!! Guess that's better than letting myself get down about it. Just cry it out and move on. :)

My sleep habits are beginning to change too. I'm usually a back sleeper all the way and so I was worried that I wouldn't be able to stop when the time came but Dr. Barnes said that my body will tell me when it's time and it sure has been! It's crazy really. I will fall asleep on my side hugging the pillow and if I roll over onto my back I wake up almost immediately. Special K is demanding that I sleep on my side. And it's getting more comfortable for me too. I know that these are the glory days of pregnancy, still early in my second trimester so no huge belly yet and all of the wonderful hormones that are allowing me to sleep (except for the 2-3 times a night I have to get up to pee) so I better enjoy the good sleep while I can. LoL!

So here is the run down for this week...

How far along? 16 weeks, 1 day
Weight gain/loss: 4 lbs gained. Put on 1.2 this week. I've never been so excited about gaining weight! ;)
Stretch marks?Nope. I hope I can continue to say no to this one! The belly is starting to grow some now and getting a little itchy so I am being very attentive with the lotion.
Gender: Still up in the air
Best moment this week? Going out dancing Friday night and feeling Special K dancing around in my belly.
Food cravings: Nectarines, apples w/ peanut butter, spinach salad and Edy's frozen fruit bars. Finally I'm craving the healthy stuff!! :)
What I am looking forward to? Mitchy coming home next Saturday. He left Sunday to go out of town for school for 2 weeks. I miss him like crazy. My body is changing every day and it has been hard not having my husband/best friend here to share in that excitement with me.
Milestones: Houston...we have a bump! Ok it's a really little barely there bump....but it's still a bump!!!

And now for a couple of 16 week bump pictures:
From a distance and up close. Sorry for the blurry close up. :)

West Coast Swing baby?

Coolest thing ever. I went dancing last night for the first time in about a year and a half. It was a blast!! I have really missed it so much and hopefully I can get back into it again. Not only is it fun but great exercise for me while I'm pregnant. The best part though? Special K seemed to really be having a great time too! Every time I was out there on the dance floor I could feel him/her rolling around in my belly. WOW!! It was definitely the coolest thing ever. Baby got moving around so much a couple of times that I almost lost my count in my footsteps. It was awesome. So neat to be feeling movement like that now. Makes me want to hit the dance floor and never leave just to feel our little one dancing around in there!

Get ready for the tears...

I just watched this video and seriously bawled my eyes out the entire time. Although it is the harsh reality, it is so hard for me to grasp the fact that Mitch will be deployed for 6 of the most major months of our lives and it absolutely kills me. If you haven't seen it yet, it is a video mash up of a bunch of military men and women coming home to surprise their loved ones. The whole time I was watching it I just kept thinking about how amazing our reunion will be when he returns home next summer to his loving wife and new baby. I love my husband so very much and would not want him in any other career. I love him for being so strong and serving this country. We truly have a lot to be proud of! I am so thankful that I get to call him, mine! :)

Oh...you will have to scroll to the bottom of the blog to pause the music player before hitting play or there will be a serious music distraction while watching. :)

Ooohhhh Baby!

So today we hit our 15 week mark and for the most part, I am feeling fantastic! The last couple of days I've been dealing with some new things. I have dizzy spells, been getting really light headed and I get out of breath just trying to breathe! Well, it feels that way anyway. Out of breath doing dishes, changing laundry over, shaving my legs...etc. My guess is that Special K is just getting too crowded in there and needs to go ahead and push the belly out so he/she has more room!

I ordered some things from Amazon last week that I'm pretty excited about. A few books and a prenatal workout dvd. The dvd has separate workouts for each trimester and even has express (30 min) workouts for the days when I'm not feeling a full workout. I think it will help me get things going again and I'm really excited about it. I've really missed exercising but just have not had to tools to do an appropriate work out and now I will. Yayee!!

And now for a brief update...
How far along? 15 weeks today
Weight gain/loss: Still only 2.8lbs total even with the cheez-its and rocky road ice cream!
Stretch marks? Still no but my belly still hasn't popped out yet.
Gender: Won't know until Sept. 3rd. I have a sneaking suspicion that we will be having a girl and Mitch says all boy so we'll see in a few weeks!
Best moment this week? Actually feeling something that feels more like a baby rolling around down there instead of gas. Super cool!
Food cravings: Hot wings and beer cheese soup have definitely been my biggest cravings lately. Not the healthiest thing in the world so I haven't been giving in as much as Special K wants me too but we have had wings a few times the last few weeks and I definitely plan on making up a big pot of beer cheese soup this weekend! Yum Yum!!
What I am looking forward to? Finding out if we are having a boy or a girl in 3 1/2 weeks hopefully. I have read so many stories about how girl's go in for their anatomy scan and their baby won't open it's legs so they can find out! Special K, you better cooperate darn it!
Milestones: 15 weeks...wow. I can't believe that in 5 weeks we will be half way there. Everyone who told me that pregnancy was long and painful...I haven't had that experience at all. This has been an amazing experience for me. Who knows...I may even want to do it again some day!

Ok I think this is it....

I found another crib that I am absolutely smitten with! Only problem is...it is about twice as much money as the last one and it doesn't convert all the way out to a full size bed so we would have to buy another bed in a couple of years and Mitch isn't quite going for it yet. Anyway, I've really come to love these more modern style/simple/sturdy cribs. Here's the new crib...let's all try to talk Mitchy into loving it!

Silly Mili

Miliani thought it would be fun to help mommy practice baby this afternoon. Thought I would share some of my enjoyment...





Miliani....hours of entertainment. :)

14 Week Update

So our little Special K has grown about half an inch since last week & is now busy with thumb sucking, toe wiggling, making urine(not so cute but equally amazing), and breathing amniotic fluid as the liver, kidneys, and spleen continue to develop. Lanugo (thin, downy hair) is growing all over baby's body for warmth. Pretty cool, huh? I can't believe we are already over 100 days pregnant! Everything is happening so fast!

Although my belly really hasn't started to pop out yet, I am starting to feel a little uncomfortable in my regular clothes so it is almost time to start looking for some cute maternity clothes! I am so excited about shopping for maternity clothes!!! Mitch on the other hand, I don't think he's that excited about me spending money on clothes I'll only wear for 5-6 months but that's his penny pinching logic. haha I love him!!

I think that the dogs may be starting to sense the baby now b/c they are beginning to get even more clingy which I didn't think was even possible but all three of them are constantly under my feet all day long. I really need to kick this sleeping in until 8:00 every morning thing and start walking them again b/c they are kind of starting to get on my nerves. Oh, one thing about the dogs...I am super excited that we got our Furminator shedding brush from Amazon this week. We have already used it a little and the thing is AWESOME!! We are going to bathe the dogs tomorrow and then once the girls dry, we'll attack them with the Furminator. Then hopefully I will only have to dust the furniture and vacuum twice a week instead of every day! We want to keep down on dog hair/dander as much as possible when Special K arrives so hopefully our new "toy" will do the trick!

One thing I am kind of bummed about is that Wal-Mart is no longer listing our crib. They have it listed in the cherry color but not in espresso like we want. I still need to call their customer service center and see if they are going to restock it but it looks like we may be looking for another crib. I know I should think that maybe this one just wasn't meant to be but man I love that crib!! I am going to start looking around online to see if I can find one elsewhere.

Well I guess that about sums things up about this week so far. I still have not felt any movement as far as I can tell. I am still getting some slight cramping so I know that everything is going well in there and with this heat I have been drinking a ridiculous amount of water.
Here is my 14 week belly picture. I can't wait for something to actually start popping out!