15 Week Bumpdate

How Far Along: 15 weeks, 2 days

Baby: Is the size of an ORANGE

Total Weight Gained: I had an OB appt today- according to them I am -3.

Sleep: I'm up anywhere between 2 to 4 times a night to pee, and having a lot of crazy dreams, but still getting good sleep. 

Maternity Clothes: I bought some! I bought a pair of jeans, capri's, and leggings. Although my bump is still pretty little they are SO much more comfortable around the abdomen.  I was getting tired of tying a hair tie around the buttons of my pants, and having them press against me. 

Best Moment of the Week: Cleaning out our guest room! It's all ready to paint now!!

Food Cravings/Aversions: Love fruits (apples, plums, & oranges are my fav's). Also loving noodles. Still disliking full slabs of meat. 

Symptoms: I think I have almost all of energy back now! Still getting sick every few mornings :/  Days are pretty good though and my nights have gotten so much better, thanks to Pepcid!! I'm able to eat most of my dinner now, enjoy it, and not feel miserable after! A big relief. 

Movement: I felt flutters!! I was laying in bed one morning, just thinking. And then all the sudden I thought.. wait.. what was that? 20 seconds later it happened again and I just knew it was my little bean kicking! It felt like tiny popcorns popping :) I felt it three times.  And then last night (after a tiny bowl of chocolate chip cookies & vanilla bean ice cream) I was sitting on the couch and felt flutters again. I'm seriously in shock that I can feel my baby already!!

Gender: We find out on APRIL 28th at 19 1/2 weeks.

What I miss: Cold cuts. Cold cuts. Cold cuts.

What I'm looking forward to: Hitting 16 weeks/4 months!

Weekly Wisdom: Pepcid works very well. And chewing gum also helps!

Milestones: The bump is getting firmer by the day and the uterus has moved up quite a bit! Baby can now sense light (and shy away from it) and can wiggle his/her fingers and toes :)

Here's what we look like at 15 weeks, according to BabyCenter :)

Sweet Challenge & Cancun Photos

I'm participating in The Paper Mama's Challenge this week: Sweet.


My niece sleeping soundly on her mom poolside. She is too sweet.
I've posted another version (angle and edit) of this picture just recently but I just love it.

I have a lot of photos from our vacation to Cancun, but I won't go overboard, here are just a few of the fun we had:

Well maybe I did go a little overboard :) We had a great time!

Second 'Photoshoot'

My sister asked me if I could take photos of her family while we were in Cancun; I was happy to do so.  I love challenging myself with the camera and Photoshop.  I learn something new each time and that's the only way to improve! Here was my first 'photoshoot'!

Here are some of my favorites so far. I'm still editing a few more!









Aren't they cute?!

14 Week Bumpdate

Photo Notes: 1. It is extremely hard to do these pics. I can never see where I'm aiming!  2.  I need a self timer and tripod... or Hub to just do them!  3. Disregard the pajamas :)

How Far Along: 14 weeks!  

Total Weight Gained: None!

Sleep: Is the same- good except getting up three times a night to pee!

Best Moment of the Week: Seeing our baby moving about and kick me (even though I can't feel him/her yet) I'm still in awe!

Food Cravings: No real strong cravings yet. I'm still loving fruits & salads. And Rita's...It may become my downfall all summer! (If you've never been to one I suggest you find the closest location, asap).

Food Aversions: Meat. The thought of hamburgers & hotdogs makes me queasy. And, still, large pieces of chicken/steak/etc. gross me out. 

Symptoms: Fatigue is finally going down!! But I still have to keep up with morning sickness by taking Zofran everyday. And nights are just awful.. I feel so full it's uncomfortable (I know I have a long road ahead).

Hubby's Symptoms: He always has one of my symptoms! I swear it's something new every week ;)

Movement: None that I can feel yet! I can't wait for that day though.

Gender: No idea!

What I miss: Cold cuts. Especially turkey. It's just not the same heated/toasted. 

What I'm looking forward to: Hitting 16 weeks/4 months... 2 weeks to go!

Weekly Wisdom: Tums! Though I may switch to Pepcid... heard it's better for indigestion. 

Milestones: Officially out of the first trimester!!! Here's to a great second! Baby is now able to squint, frown, pee, and suck his/her thumb!