*29* weeks down!!

29 weeks down! 11 to go!!

Wow so much has went on in the past week I think my head is still spinning! Last week was definitely hectic and was not filled with much sleep at all. One night I woke up with an terrible pain in my left side that had me balling out crying and unable to walk, but after I called the doctor the next morning they told me that she was on a nerve which caused the pain and told me to make sure I change positions in the middle of the night so she wont lay so long on one side considering she is losing room to squirm around. She is definitely one to make her presence known! Zack got to see her face through my tummy one night when she pushed her head up like she has been doing a lot here lately. We can now also add swollen feet and ankles to the list of things I hate about being preggo. Last night was a little scary because when we got back home from our trip to SC, we noticed that my feet, ankles, and legs were swollen really bad! I proped my legs up for the night and they went down a little this morning but when I got up to go to the bathroom and to eat breakfast they had swelled again. After checking my blood pressure and noticing that it was elevated too high, I called the doctor and, to cut a long medical story short, she told me I was being put on bed rest until my doctor's appointment on thursday and to keep my blood pressure monitored. The hubby has been amazing about taking care of me and I would probably be pulling my hair out if it wasn't for him! Hopefully my appointment on Thursday will be positive and things will sort themselves out for the better. We are keeping our fingers crossed and hoping these next few weeks will go by fast cuz we are so ready to see our beautiful baby girl!!

Diaper Cakes

Well I think I've found a new hobbie since I've been preggo! I really like being creative and doing different arts & crafts and I guess this has been my new project to occupy my time while we wait on little miss Cassie! I have taken to making baby diaper cakes and for those of you who aren't quite sure what that is, it's a stack of rolled up diapers in the shape of a tier cake and decorated with stuff for the baby. I have made two so far and it has been super fun to do!

I did this Winnie the Pooh one for my baby showers coming up in October, but I made it with stuff that I have already received from different friends and family. Our nursery theme is Winnie the Pooh so I thought it would be super cute to use as a decoration for the baby showers.

I did this one for a friend here in Virginia Beach who is having a little girl, but their nursery theme is safari animals with greens, yellows, and blues. I thought it would be a cute idea to make her diaper cake as a baby gift so she could use everything in the cake for her little girl, Mikayla Leigh.
If anyone would like for me to do one for a friend or for their own baby please let me know cuz I would def. enjoy doing more!

*28* weeks down!

28 weeks down! 12 more to go!

This week has been interesting and weird all at the same time. I've finally gotten the wedding scrapbook done so I am now free to start on Cassie's scrapbook! The hubby has finally finished the crib so I now have time to start decorating the nursery in her cute little winnie the pooh decor! I can't wait til the baby showers so I will know what all I will have to decorate the nursery in! Cassie has definitely decided to make herself 'well' known this week. I can honestly say that I was a little freaked out when she decided to poke her head up out of the top of my tummy a couple of times this week. I'm assuming she has finally filled out what room she has in my tummy and is trying to stretch out a bit! It was also a little weird for Zack when we were taking a shower the other night and he said he could see the outline of where she was curled up under my belly button. It's also a little weird to sit up in bed at night and watch her kick and push either side of my tummy around contorting it into weird shapes. I may say that it feels weird now but I know that when she gets here, that will be the thing I miss the most is her kicking and squirming and feeling her every moment in my tummy. I guess you could call it our bonding time! No new symptoms this week...thank god!! I officially start seeing the doctor every 2 weeks as of Oct. 1st so we will be moving along a little more faster now that we are making our way down the final stretch. This week welcomes the third trimester and I can definitely see the checkered flag!!

Cassie's Crib

We are now one step closer to little Miss Cassidy Jo's nursery being finished and ready for her arrival. After two days of nagging the hubby, he finally finished putting together Cassie's crib! It looks super cute and you would never know that we got it from Wal-mart. Right about now, me and Wal-mart are definitely BFF! lol Now I can't wait til the baby showers to see what else we get to decorate her nursery in! I'm so ready to be done with it and to see the finished product! The next 2 months are going to go by super fast with all the doctor visits, baby showers, and holidays going on and Cassie will be here before I know it! It's exciting and scary all at the same time, but I'm sure that natural instincts will kick in and help me out when I need it the most! Just cross your fingers...

Doctor Dilemna

For someone like myself who has never been the doctor for anything less than a broken bone, my OBGYN sure is trying to find something wrong with me. I am now 28 weeks preggo and after the doctor visit today, this is now the 4th time they have tried to find something wrong with me! How many things can be wrong with one pregnant lady?!?
It started when I went for my first initial visit to find out how far along I was and they tried to tell me that there was a small amount of liquid above the sack that could be a serious problem... which has now went away and has turned out to be nothing. Then after my 20 week ultrasound to check her growth and to find out that we were having a beautiful baby girl, they decide to call me a few days later to say that they noticed something in the ultrasound that could mean she may have down syndrome! So after a few days of being a complete wreck, Zack and I went to another doctor's visit to have another ultrasound done.. which ended with a full bill of health and some super cute ultrasound pics. Now after not passing the first gestational diabetes testing, I now have to starve myself for 18 hours to have them repeat the sugar drink incident for 3 hours and of course blood work....resulting in 2 highly upset fat kids (Cassie and myself). Today's doctor's visit ended in more scheduled appointments and, yet again, another potiential problem. Apparently I had a high level of protein in my urine which could potientially mean that I have hypertension (although my blood pressure has been amazing since I've been preggo..go figure) so my prize for this accomplishment is....*drum roll*..... I get to pee in a orange bucket for 24 hours then turn it in to LabCorp the next day followed by... yep you guessed it, more blood work! If anything has caused me to have hyperstension it's these doctors trying to find any and everything wrong with me and then finding out that Cassie and I are completely healthy and normal numerous times over. Personally, I think they are trying to milk the military insurance for money at the expense of my nerves. And they wonder why pregnant women are so cranky!!

*results of the two tests will be posted soon*

The 'One Year' Mark!

Well on Friday, September 11, 2009 we finally hit the 'been together for a year mark'! lol I know that is so high school, but it's always fun to do alittle something cute on that day even if we have known each other for 3 years or so. We have offically been dating a whole year and in 5 more months we will be celebrating our One Year 'married' Anniversary! lol I've got one word for ya...PRESENTS!! and I LOVE presents!! lol if I could get away with making him get me a small present for every single holiday, I would so do it! Maybe I could sweet talk him into red, white, and blue cookies or a cake for 4th of July! lol That was my inner fat kid speaking!



I knew it was going to be a great day when I was woken up by a lady at the door with my anniversary present...a dozen roses and a box of Godiva chocolate! He has officially passed the portion of our relationship where he now knows the way to my heart is through CHOCOLATE! I figured this would be the best time to get ready and start my day by putting the hubby's gift together which was a non-el cheapo back massager, which I will have to say works quite nicely! lol hey, I had to test the product out before I gave it to him to make sure it wasn't faulty or anything! That's called love! I also got him this utility pocket thingy that was a pair of pliers, mini flashlight, screwdriver, knife, bottle opener, and mini saw. Needless to say, he loved his presents almost as much as I was drooling over my chocolate! lol The rest of the day consisted of us going to the mall, eating dinner at Panara bread, and then deciding to go bowling. We haven't went bowling in a long time and this night turned out to be quite interesting! When we got to the bowling alley on base, we had to wait on the bowling league to finish which led us to meet this really cool guy named Lamar and his 3 month old baby boy. Zack's Clemson hat is what triggered this friendship and we learned how he was from Spartenburg, SC and how he was a white country redneck trapped in a black guys body! lol The 3 1/2 of us ended up bowling together til about 1am or so for free because his wife happened to work at the bowling alley. We had a great time, some of us alittle more than others.. *cough..Zachary*, considering I had to drive the huge truck home due to the 3 pitchers of beer my hubby decided to consume...lol. Poor baby was drunk and got sick on the way home... I had to put my poor hubby to bed as soon as we got home. We had alot of fun and made some new friends and Zack finally got to get drunk since I've been preggo. I can only imagine how our One Year 'married' Anniversary is going to be!

*27* weeks down!!

27 weeks down!! 13 to go!

This week has brought more symptoms that I definitely could have done without! Bye Bye second trimester paradise.. hello third trimester hell :( Oh well guess I'll just roll with the punches...literally! I can now check swollen feet and increased back pain on the list of preggo symptoms I don't enjoy. She has definitely been practicing the fetal position in my tummy with her heavy butt and Daddy's big head weighing down my round tummy. I have a doctor's appointment this coming Thursday for a check-up, so there will be an updated post on that as well. After this next appointment, I think my doctor and I will be moving it to the next stage in our relationship together as we will now be seeing a lot of each other in the weeks to come... every 2 weeks to be specific. I now have the dates and details set for the baby showers and I am super excited to see everyone that I have not seen in a long time even if I won't exactly be the slim cute girl they remember but the Pillsbury doughboy they can poke in the tummy! The baby shower information is as followed:
October 23rd- 6:00pm @ Fiesta Tapatia in Cheraw, SC
October 24th- 12:30pm @ Sigma Sigma Sigma Sorority House in Rock Hill, SC

We also finally got our 4in1 crib for little miss Cassie and I can't wait for the hubby to FINALLY put it together..pics to come! I can't wait to finally be able to see the finished product of our Winnie the Pooh nursery which I'm having oh so much fun putting together! Hopefully this next week Cassie will just continue to get her cute little baby fat and won't decide to bring on more secret symptoms from Pandora's box!

*26* weeks down!

26 weeks down! 14 to go!

Well this past week has been full of sugar and spice and not really everything nice! lol Naw it ain't been that bad... aside from Cassie winning her own UFC lightweight championship in my tummy, the increasing back pain, and light cramps everything has just been peachy! Her kicks are getting stronger and she is starting to have some what of a routine with apparently lots of playtime on the schedule! I figured since I'm the one having to endure the agony of her playtime I should be able to join in as well. So we have started to have our own playtimes during the day where she will kick and I will poke in a spot close to it and she will kick where I poked. We call this 'Connect the kicks'! ok I'm cheesy I know but I thought it was cute. Daddy has enjoyed his 'night duty' of rubbing coco butter on my tummy when we go to bed...well except for the times Cassie decides to tell Daddy "hey" with a little kick...he gets a little freaked out when she does that...lol. She already loves her Daddy's kisses or really hates them cuz she goes nuts in there when Daddy gives her kisses, but we'll go with the more positive of the two! Starting to try and get things together for the baby showers now so I have plenty of time to get everything done on time. I'm hoping next week will be a breeze unless she decides to move up in her training schedule for her next fight...Cassie vs. Mommy's bladder!

The Sugar Drink

Hunger pains, needles, and sugar drinks were not the best thing to wake up thinking about today. I would even chalk it up to rolling out of the wrong side of the bed. I thought my insides were going to eat themselves alive when I woke up this morning and all I could picture was Cassie knawing on her umbilical cord in hunger. We finally got to the doctor's office where they hand you a bottle of red fruit punch containing 50 grams of sugar and say "here, chug this and bring it back when your done so we can time you". The last time I heard someone tell me to 'chug' anything liquid was in college so this already put a bad taste in my mouth. It didn't settle too well on an empty stomach, but it apparently put Cassie in a good mood and my image of her had changed to the little squirrel off of Over the Hedge saying "oooo sugar"! They checked Cassie's heartbeat, which is now at 152 beats, and sent me to take a 35 minute cat nap until they decided to take my blood. Cassie left with a clean bill of health and the hubby and I left on empty stomachs searching for any place that sold edible food. We ended up at IHOP which made Cassie super excited for chocolate chip pancakes considering she kept kicking me every 3 minutes in rememberance that she is still hungry. I think 'she' was more of the cranky one today than I was and 'I' was the only one that got stuck with needles!!

The next doctor's appointment is set for September 17th.