15 weeks!

i can not believe i am at 15 weeks already! i have my next OB appointment to hear the nuggets heartbeat on november 1st. and a few short weeks after that we will know the sex of our little nugget.

i am feeling great. Ryan treats me like a princess. i start going back to work tomorrow after a nice 3 week break - i could use another week off i think! 

brigsby still cuddles whenever he can and he has found my belly to be a prime head resting location!

if you can spare any thoughts or prayers - my mother-in-law is very ill. i may fill in more details later as we know more.

to keep it short and sweet - 

xoxo

kristen, ryan, brigsby and little nugget

2 in one day?!

how lucky. however i wanted to finish updating.

let me talk about myself for a bit. who doesn't love to do that. the month of september i spent almost every day nauseated. luckily for me, i did not have morning sickness in the typical way most people do - i was able to keep foods down. however certain smells bothered me so i just stayed away from them. during the 2nd week of september i developed a virus that ended me up in the ER. my temperature kept rising and there was concern if it reached 102* it could become harmful for the nugget. so they ran some tests, put me on a few bags of fluids and observed. luckily, a bad virus was all it was. so i spent the next few days at home resting and recovering. ryan took very good care of me - i am lucky to have him!

so back to foods. nothing bothered me too much. sour patch kids became a staple in my diet - the sour kept my stomach from going crazy when i did start to feel nauseated.

towards the middle of september however, i developed an aversion to the fridge. i have come to the conclusion. that its the feeling and smell of cold air. i gag. and its terrible. so again ryan has come to my rescue and goes into the fridge for me when i need something.
you ask, what do i do when he isnt home? i pull my shirt up over my head and pray i grab what i need the first time. this is not a joke. however the least amount of gagging i do - the better i feel! 

while i dont have any strong cravings, things just sound good sometimes. i love chipotle, khans is still a love of mine. frozen lemonades sound great - although ive not had one since august! i was surprised at my last appointment to find out that i have not gained any weight. my OB isnt concerned however, as i am keeping foods down and am able to eat. 

lets take a look at 8 weeks, until now at 14:

(8 weeks, i call this bloat)

(9 weeks, still bloated)

(10 weeks, the bloating has reduced)

(11 weeks)

(12 weeks!)

(13 weeks. here is where i think it becomes pretty obvious)

(14 weeks. pretty obvious here i think!)

my mom and i went shopping last weekend. i found a basically new pair of gap maternity jeans for $20 and picked up 4 tops from kohls (the 14 week photo being one of them). let me explain - maternity clothing is much more comfortable than regular clothing. 

saturday ryan and i also had family photos taken with our very talented wedding photographer, Jessica of JM Photography. here was the sneak peek she gave us:

we also included brigsby in our photos. i will post the other 9 when we get them back in a few weeks!

and that my friends, is all i believe i have for now!

xoxo

kristen, ryan, brigsby and little nugget

the first post!

maybe we should start at the beginning. i had been joking with a few friends the day before that i was "late" by one week and how funny would it be if i were actually pregnant. fast forward to the next morning. august 14, ryan and i were preparing to go out of town for a friends wedding and on a whim, i decided to take a pregnancy test. very much to my surprise, it came back positive. now i am going to be very honest here, i got very scared very quickly. we were not preventing and we were not trying. we knew that if it happened it would be a blessing. so back to the scared part - i knew ryan would be happy but how was i supposed to tell him??? basically, i yelled at him to come downstairs because i "needed" him, and i asked him if he saw what i did. yes he did. and we hugged it out. 

fast forward again to monday. we had a dr's appointment to confirm what the 2 at home tests told us - we were having a baby!

on august 30th, we had our first ultrasound for dating purposes. baby was measuring about 7 weeks. the little nugget's heartbeat was showing a strong 158 bpm. my mom went with my to this ultrasound as ryan was unable to make it. he was very excited to see the ultrasound photo that evening and hear about it!

after this ultrasound, we chose to tell our immediate families. and made them promise not to tell anyone. they did their job. we took photos as we told them.

we told ryan's dad and sister on our way to my parents. 

one .. two .. three .. say "Joe's a Grandpa!"

kate: "what?!!!!!" as she proceeded to start shaking. i could see the tears welling up!

next stop was my parents, which i was even more nervous about. i knew they would be excited but i was not sure of their reactions.

the same .. one .. two .. three .. say "Grandparents!"

the first thing out of my mothers mouth: yeah right.

i just smiled and kept looking at the camera.

she followed that with. wait you are serious? greg (my dad) did you hear that!

then they figured out that we were serious and everyone was very happy!

we had our next appointment on monday september 20th and were able to hear the heartbeat at this time! ryan and i were thrilled! the dr said that the heartbeat was coming through strong! it was one of the best sounds i have ever heard.

we told my grandparents through our dog, Brigsby. i bought him a big brother t-shirt on etsy to have him wear when we went to visit. my grandma figured it out right away and was THRILLED!

i also wanted to tell my Geema that way, however she had become very ill and spur of the moment before a very serious surgery, i decided to tell her alone. i showed her the ultrasound photo and told her that she was going to be a great-grandma in April. she was so excited and i am so happy to share, she did great in surgery and is back home and doing fantastic!

i took my grandma to my 13 week appointment. i really wasnt supposed to have one, however my Dr. allowed me to schedule one for a flu shot and to hear the heartbeat again :) i really love my Dr. 

did i mention he was the same OB that delivered both my brother and i?

i took my grandma r. with me to that appointment as ryan had to work. baby's heartbeat was clear and loud at 155 bpm! it was fun to share that with my grandma as she had 3 boys!

i have one more appointment on november 1 before our big anatomy scan where we will learn the sex of little nugget - we should know towards the end of november/beginning of december!

i think i have given you a good summary of what has been going on up until now!

with love,

kristen, ryan, brigsby and little nugget