Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween everyone! This is one of my favorite holidays, and I can't believe it's going to be over so soon! Joshua and I are making our costumes this year, and we decided on them at last minute so we spent all last night running to different stores to buy supplies and then staying up to make them. I won't reveal what they are just yet, but I'll be sure to post a pic tomorrow!

Can you believe that we'll find out what our little pumpkin is in less than a week?! I can't! This pregnancy is really flying by and there's still so much to look forward to before the baby even comes. Next week will be a really exciting week because we get to find out what the baby is on Thursday and then we have the Marine Corps Ball on Friday. If you haven't voted on my Baby Gender Poll yet, please do so now! Once we find out what the baby is on Thursday, the poll will end! It is located on the right side of the page under "What Do You Predict?". As of now, BOY is in the lead by one vote!

I know I haven't been updating as often as before, but there's just not as much happening these days. The second trimester really is the honeymoon period. I pretty sure I'm over the "morning" sickness now, although I still get a teeny bit nauseous sometimes when I'm eating. I've been feeling the baby a lot more over the last couple of days. It feels like it's kicking much harder now. Joshua still hasn't been able to feel it since the first time but with the way this baby is kicking me, I know he will be feeling it again soon.

And of course, I have Belly Pics for you! I still don't have my computer so I'm just going to post them in the blog again. I'm really not noticing a change in my belly anymore but maybe you'll see something that I don't. Here ya go:

Daddy's Turn!

Baby Breaux was very active last night! I felt him/her all night long to the point where I couldn't get to sleep! The baby was even kicking so hard that Joshua got to feel it for the first time. I can't believe I went from not feeling it at all to feeling it so much in just two days!

Love Taps

BIG news everyone! Last night I felt the baby for the first time! I was laying in bed reading, and I suddenly felt a few little kicks like someone was poking me from the inside. My heart immediately began to race and I started to shake because I got so excited. It took me forever to calm myself down so that I could feel it again! I started reading a little bit and my heart rate started to slow down until I felt it again. This time I felt pretty confident that it was the baby and I woke Joshua up! I told him that I thought I just felt the baby and he jumped up all wide-eyed and said, "Really?!". Then he kissed my belly. After that, I laid as still as possible for hours waiting to feel it again. Since then, I've been feeling little flutters here and there, and I'm hoping to feel those little kicks again soon.

More good news! I ordered the bookcase for the nursery last night and the dresser this morning! Yay! The only thing I have left furniture-wise is getting my rocker repainted. My mom saved the rocker that she bought when she was pregnant for me and passed it along to me a month or so before I got married. It's brown wood and I want it to be white to match the nursery. There's plenty of time though!

I also want to make a quick note about the first time a stranger asked me about my pregnancy. This was a couple weeks ago and I couldn't get online at the time so I forgot to write about it. Anyhoo, Joshua and I were at Barnes & Nobles in awe over a baby, and the mother asked me how far along I was. I was only 14 weeks! I was a little embarrassed to say the truth because I felt too big to only be 14 weeks so I stuttered a bit. LOL. She probably thought I either didn't know or was faking it!

Also, I think it's important for me to mention that I did eat pizza again. I ate it for the first time since my pre-pregnancy two weeks ago and it went over well. I tried to eat it again a week later but it made me incredibly sick again. So once again, I'm off pizza for a while.

Update about the baby! He/she is now about 5 inches and weighs over three ounces! His/her eyes are even moving around now although their not opening yet. Also, the head to body ratio is finally starting to even out a bit as the rest of the body is actually growing faster than the head at this point. No more alien baby!

Pics and More Pics

So I was just about to upload all of my new belly pics onto the Belly Pic page until I realized that I can't do it without my computer (::sigh::). But don't worry, you belly pic pestering people (you know who you are!)... I'll just post the last 4 in the blog and add them to the page when I (hopefully) get my computer back. So here we are:

There, I hope you're happy.

So anyway...

You know that dark line that shows up during pregnancy and runs from the belly button to the pubic bone? Well, I have that now. I'm sure it will get darker but it's already noticeable. And the funny thing is... it's a little off to the left!

In addition to my little, dark line, I've had some terrible headaches appear over the last week. Today was the first time in five days that they weren't bothering me. Sunday it was so bad that I had to keep an ice pack on my forehead. I was surprised at how good that ice pack worked! Nausea has also been pretty bad over the last week, but what's new? Ooooo, there's actually a couple of new and fun things!

We got the crib! Robin and I had been looking forever and we finally found one that we loved. Joshua loved it too once I brought it home and showed it to him...lol. He was sweet/smart enough to leave all the nursery decor to me because I am waaaaay too picky/stubborn about it all! We bought it on Friday and Joshua put it together last night. It's beautiful, and I can't wait to see it with the bedding!

In the pics below are the crib which was a gift from my Dad and Robin, the bassinet that we just picked up over the weekend which is a gift from Gayle, and the towel that I previously wrote about which Donna made.

I'm Baaaaaaaaaaack!

Look at me! I'm online! My dad let me borrow one of his computers while my stepdad is working on mine. Thank heaven for those guys!

SO we got to hear the heartbeat again today!! woo hoo! AND... we scheduled our big ultrasound which is for November 6th. After hearing the heartbeat, the doctor guessed that the baby is a GIRL. Haha, we'll see! In the beginning, I felt positive that it was a girl, but lately I've been saying "he" or "him" all the time. Maybe that has something to do with Joshua insisting that it's definitely a boy. So really, I'll be totally shocked either way because I still can't imagine having a son or a daughter!

Last week I started feeling great! I had so much energy that I looked for any reason to get out of the house, but that could have had something to do with the amazing weather we've been having. Saturday and Sunday were the first days that I felt no nausea at all. I thought for sure the "morning" sickness was gone. Thought too soon. Monday I was so sick that I had trouble staying awake, and Tuesday I almost puked up ramen noodles. Wednesday and Thursday I was able to make it through my meals but still had bits of nausea appear here and there. It's got to be almost over though!

One important thing that I wanted to write about over a week ago when it happened was that I had my first craving! My craving for a snowball was off the roof! Now before my pregnancy this would not be unusual; however, since I've been pregnant, not only do I not crave anything but I never want to eat anything. So I was very excited to finally want something! Since then, I've been craving Funions almost everyday for the last week.

So you may be wondering what I've been doing since I haven't been able to get online. You'll never guess this one.... knitting! I took my first knitting class last Saturday and I've been working on a scarf. Sunday, Cherie' and I got together and I taught her everything I learned in class, and she'll be joining me next Saturday for my second class. I'm hoping to complete a decent baby blanket one day.

BELLY PICS! I know you want to see those! Well, you can't. Not today anyway. I have to upload them and I plan to do all that tomorrow. Hopefully, my internet will still be working by then. Ha!

Oh about my weight gain... I gained 5lbs since my last doctor visit four weeks ago, so that's a total of 13lbs. eek!