Belly Pictures

Okay, they are finally here...belly pictures! Some of you (Tessa) have been shamelessly harassing me for pictures of the growing belly! Well here you go.

This isn't my favorite picture. It was taken after a very long day. It also kind of makes me look a little bigger than I am, but I think it's because of the way I positioned my arms.

This is a better picture of the belly. Andy took this last night during a late night (10:00PM) snack on a handful of honey nut cheerios! There is no denying the bump!!!

So, the update is I am now in my second trimester! I made it through the first one with little complaints. I'm a little more tired than usual, but luckily I can take little cat naps during my conference and lunch at school. In fact, Andy even bought me a mat to make my napping more comfortable. We are getting very excited about the growth of the baby. I am looking forward to finding out the sex of the baby and feeling movement!

On another note, this past weekend was a stressful one. Andy's grandmother, Lupe Gonzales, went into cardiac arrest at a wedding reception and had to be taken to the hospital via EMS. She has been on a respirator for over 48 hours now. They put her in an induced hypothermic state for 24 hours, I believe to try to stabilize her heart beat and blood pressure. Both were very unstable. Her heart beat was jumping from 74 to 150 with each beat. Her blood pressure was dropping to 110/70 (something) and then soaring to 213/110. She is still in ICU. I believe they are working on taking her off the respirator at this point to see how she will react. Please keep her and Andy's family in your prayers.

Hope this blog finds you all well.

First doctor appointment

The baby is face down, but it's face is turned towards you. The spine is on top and the legs are curling under on the right.
This is Andy's favorite. Eat 'em up Cats!!

It's hard to see, but the feet are in a frog or diamond position, so at the bottom left are the feet and the top right is the cute little bottom.
This is my favorite. I think the baby is playing peek-a-boo. This is the one where my mom decided her grandbaby is an alien.
Another picture of the baby facing down.

Well, we had our first appointment on Monday. It was the craziest thing ever. This is a new doctor for me because as you read earlier, I've never had an OBGYN. We waited for 35 minutes. I was finally called back, asked if I had my sonogram; which I replied no to. The nurse got mad at me until I explained this was my first appointment ever and no one told me to go get a sonogram. She was able to squeeze us in for the sonogram (pictures above). That was really cool. We got to see our baby for the first time. First, I was excited that there was only one. For those of you who don't know, that was a major stress for us. Twins don't run in our family, but I just had it in my head that it could happen. Second, it was so neat to see the baby. We got to watch him/her play around for 3 minutes before he/she finally settled down enough to get a reading on the heartbeat. We also found out that I was a week off. I am officially 11 weeks and 4 days as of today. The baby is also measuring at 11 weeks. My due date has been set for April 5th. We went back to the doctor's office, waited some more, finally met with the doctor. We are seeing Dr. DeLaGarza with Seven Oaks Womens and we love her! Then I was sent upstairs to get blood work done. After taking 3 vials of blood, they realized I was sent with another women's paperwork. I went back down to the doctor's office, got my paperwork and luckily it was the same blood work that was needed. Finally after 2.5 hours we were able to leave. Andy and I were both exhausted, but very excited. Seeing our little one made the pregnancy "official" for us.

As for me, the bump is really starting to show. I promise I will get a picture of me soon. Andy is starting to rub my belly more and I think he finally sees me as pregnant. He is much more willing to rub my feet and help out. Speaking of Andy, he is moving around much better. He has been going to physical therapy for two weeks. He has 2 and a half weeks left off of work. He is staying up late and sleeping late. This habit is a bad one, but he is having a hard time reverting back.

Our friends Jon and Emily and their two boys stayed with us Thursday through yesterday. It was fun to have them in our house. Gavin (the two and a half year old) was so much fun. He was always so excited to see us walk in the door. Elliot (the 8 month old) was the happiest baby ever. We also got a taste of life with kids. Their house is fine, but they are not heading back to Houston yet. They are going to do some camping to give them all a change of senery. They still don't have power and several trees on their street are down. Hopefully they will be able to head back home to some normalcy soon.


Well, I think you are all updated now. I am sorry for the long blog. A lot has happened lately.

Sorry this was a long blog. I had a lot to update you on.

10 weeks

Well, I am in my 10th week and am still going strong. Andy is recovering very nicely from his surgery. He is becoming much more independent and is able to help around the house. He has become a master clothes folder. I went to bed Sunday night with an upset stomach. I ended up spending the night throwing up....yes....tons of fun. At 3 Am I sent Andy, on crutches, to Walmart to get my sprite. I don't know how he did it, but he came home 30 minutes later with sprite and water. Later in the day on Monday he made a trip to HEB to pick up some medication for me. He is incredible! We have our first doctors appointment on Monday. Andy and I can't wait to hear the heartbeat and see the first sonogram! We are looking forward to the baby becoming more "real" to us. Well, I guess that is all for now. I promise to put a pregnancy picture up this weekend. The tummy sure is growing!!!

Andy's surgery

Well, for those of you who don't know, Andy had knee surgery on Thursday morning. He has OCD, no, not the kind you are thinking of...that's me! OCD is an injury that is common among athletes. Basically, an old bone bruise on his femur has been deteriorating for the past 10 years, and a piece of bone finally broke off and was floating behind his knee cap, causing much pain. The doctor went in and was able to screw the bone piece back in place. Andy is to put no weight on his right leg for 6 weeks. He has 4 weeeks paid FMLA from work and we are hoping that the doctor grants him that entire time. My wonderful dad (Big Guy) took Thursday and Friday off to take Andy to the doctor and be his nurse so I woouldn't have to take time off the first week of school. Andy has been laid up since then playing video games (as he is currently doing) sleeping, and trying to avoid pain. We are both thankful that they finally found out was what wrong with him and were able to fix it before the baby comes. I am grateful that it was early in my pregnancy. I don't think I could be lifting his wheelchair, helping him off the couch, etc. if I was much further into my pregnancy.

As for the pregnancy, all is going well. I am starting my 10th week and feeling pretty good. I still get the icky feeling after I eat, but other than that, I'm doing well. I promise to put an updated picture of my belly in the next few weeks when you can really see that it is not flat anymore.