My wonderful husband (for real) - 9/10/08 - 14w 4d

I cannot even begin to tell you how great Rob has been through all of this. If you read the post before this one, you know about the chicken nugget and newly impeding morning sickness (which is actually bad ALL day). Well that chicken nugget took us about an hour to get.

I was so hungry but nothing sounded good. We drove around looking for somewhere to eat for at least an hour and I had been thinking about where to eat for at least an hour before that. He named every fast food, sit-down, fine dining restaurant in our area. He even asked about Tai, and he HATES Tai. I told him that I knew I was being a pain but couldn't help it and he said that it was ok and it was just important that I could find somthing to eat. We finally settled on Chick-fil-A after we had been to Popeyes and left. Well all of a sudden, I see McDonalds and plain salty fries and bland chicken nuggets sounded good so he got over and I got my happy meal, sans toy.

I always joked that when I got pregnant he owed me for when he was sick last year and I took care of Ang-Rob (angry Rob) as he was refered to. He really couldn't help it being in so much pain and all but he was a butt. But really he has been so much help already and I know that he will be a wonderful father too!

2nd Trimester! - 9/10/08 - 14w4d

So I am officially in the 2nd tri according to ALL of the baby books and on-line websites. Some say 12w, some say 13w3d, some say 14w. What an awesome feeling.

I had my 2nd Dr appt last week. Rob was busy doing boat things so I invited my mom to come along. It was a pretty short routine appt and we got to listen to the heartbeat again. My mom and I still think it's a girl and Rob of course is still pushing hard for a boy.

So I really thought that I was going to evade morning sickness but alas I was wrong. Seems that my baby hates me now in the 2nd tri instead of the traditional 1st tri morning sickness. I think Rob almost died in laughter when I got up from lunch at my moms and so casually walked out on the deck and threw up, totally the highlight of his afternoon. Then I proceeded to finish my lunch. Luckily no one else was around, I was not laughing but did feel much better. It's weird sometimes I feel like a 2year old, I will bite something and spit it right out. It happened in the car last night with a chicken nugget and poor Rob thought I was going to throw up in his car, nope just spitting my chicken nugget into my hand.

Still a disaster area - 9/5/09 - 13w5d

Ok so here are the after demo pics. I swear this will eventually be the cutest little upstairs!

The view from downstairs

The future bathroom

The nursery, this wall will have built in bookcases

with storage for clothes, toys, books etc.

The other side of the nursery

there will be a closet on the

far right of the long wall.

The guest room

You can see the old ceiling beems and the new ones.

After the old beems are cut out

Disaster Area - 8/6/08 - 9w4d

We started demo on our up-stairs. While I was gone shopping and what not Rob, his dad, Travis (my sister Ashley's boyfirend), Joe (my moms' fiance), Serge (our future brother in-law), and Russel (Serges brother in-law) all started to literally tear apart our up-stairs.

We are re-doing the drywall, flooring, electrical, closets, ceiling (changing to a cathedral), adding built-in's and adding a full bathroom, well I guess that is just everything upstairs. Good thing my Rob is so handy, we well Rob has his work cut out for him, but I know he can do it and we started early so he has plenty of time to get it done, plus we have family and friends that are all offering to help.

I was so shocked when I got home the whole upstairs is down to the studs! But it's gonna be great, we have lots of ideas on how to make the space look even better. I am so excited we are going to have the cutest nursery. The one bad thing is that we forgot to take before pics but we are defenitly going to be taking pics from here on out.

Maternity Clothes ... already? - 8/06/08 - 9w4d

Ok so I don't need them yet but Robs mom and I drove to BWI to pick up Susan (his sister) so we stopped by Arundel Mills on the way home and they have a Motherhood Outlet which has stuff from all three of their stores. I got a few pair of pants and a couple sweaters all super cute and has anyone ever told you how comfortable maternity clothes are. Ok well "maternity clothes are very comfy", stretch in all the right places. I got pretty basic stuff so that I can mix in some of my regular tops and such and make them last as long as possible. Oh and I did have a major find (ok well it was Diane's, my MIL) a pair of Pea in a Pod pants originally $157 marked down to $94 then 90% off so they were a whopping $9 bucks! (who the hell pays $157 for maternity pants that will fit for oh 5 months?) Anyway I got some clothes for when I get my baby bump!

So that's our baby! - 8/1/08 - 8w5d

Oh we are just so excited! His (well we had been referring to the baby as "it" but we didn't really like that so for now it's a he, Rob really thinks it's a boy) little head is on the left and then you can kinda see his little leg on the far right it's very faint. At the Dr's appt we got to hear his heartbeat too it was so amazing to hear that little flutter and to think that it, I mean he, is really inside me. It just amazes me how much has already formed in only 8weeks. Oh speaking of that my "official" due date is now March 8th.

First things first - 8/1/08 - 8w5d

Baby Blake

8 weeks and 4 days

We have a heartbeat! - 7/31/09 - 8w4d

Oh my gosh I am just so happy I cannot even explain it. We saw out little gummy bear this morning, baby measured 8 weeks and 4 days and had a heartbeat of 176! The tech said that baby looked great and the meaurements were right on track. Yay I am just so happy! Can you tell that I am happy?

We have another appt today at 3:30 with the Dr so we will get some more info then. See ya later!

Do they think I forgot? - 7/29/08 - 8w2d

Ok so my Dr's office just called. What did they want?, well I was wondering the same thing. She called to remind me that our first appt was this Thursday at 3:30 "Oh I have an appt this week?!?, to see me baby, oh gosh I forgot, thanks for calling". Yeah freakin right, hello I have been waiting for this appt for over a month now. I certainly did not forget, it's all I have been thinking about all week, or actually the whole time I have known I was pregnant.

Today is Rob's 26th Birthday - 7/16/09 - 6w3d

I was a very mean wifey this morning. I yelled at him when he wouldn't wake up. At 6am with 2 different alarms blaring it was't hard to completely forgot that it was his birthday. I did call him when I got to work and turns out he forgot too, that is until some co-works wished him a Happy Birthday.

We are going out with his family to Outback for dinner. I picked up a Brusters Ice Cream Cake on Mon (luckily it's still in the freezer, I seriously thought about stealing a piece yesterday) and after dinner we are heading to the Blakes for cake, ice cream and presents. Oh crap "presents" that reminds me that I still don't have one.

Rob used to be the easiest person to shop for, he wanted everything. This year I can't think of anything to give him and he can't even think of anything either. Wow sounds like shopping for me! Maybe a bow around my belly will do? Hmm, but no-one still really knows and that would for sure give it away.

Oh and 15 more days until my 1st appt!

Nothing new - 7/11/08 - 5w5d

But 7-11 is giving out free slurpees today! Still just waiting for our 1st appt which is still forever away, July 31st - 20 more days and counting. There sure is a lot of waiting in pregnancy. Oh wait I did order some pregnancy books and "The Girlfriends Guide to Pregnancy" is hilarious. The others are somewhat boring but it's still info I need to read. Oh and some of it is somewhat scary, making me wonder "what the hell did I just intentionally get myself into". But no really I couldn't be any happier!

Baby names - 7/7/08 - 5w1d

So we picked out our baby names already. Oh you didn't think I was gonna tell you, did you? Well sorry but we are planning on keeping them a secret until we find out the babies sex. I will give you a hint though the last name starts with a "B" hee, hee, hee I am so funny.

Here is another date - 7/2/08 - 4w3d

March 7th - that's my due date! So how does that sound? Sounds like a pretty good day to have a baby to me. "hey baby, you better stay the freak in there!"

Oh and also (careful too much info ahead) looking back on the calendar while calculation my duedate I figure we brought this little baby back from NC, our own little souvenier. So Jenny, thanks for picking such a good wedding date! And Lisa, when you mentioned something about making babies when we left Cracker Barrel well we listened!

July 31st - 7/2/08 - 4w3d

July 31st @ 3:30 That is the date of our 1st appt. I will be a little over 8 weeks by then and we should defenitly be able to see and hear a heartbeat by then. I am so excited, now we just need to wait 4 more weeks! Oh and this is also the date that we will tell our families. Sorry again, Rob really wants to wait and it's his decision too.

231! - 7/1/08 - 4w2d

June 26th - 21 :/
June 30th - 231 :)
Doubling Time - 27.17 hours

Ok so I cannot even begin to tell you how excited I am. I started crying as soon as I got off the phone with the nurse, and I usually NEVER cry! I am just so happy :) :) :) see! (those smilies are for you mom, she loves smilies and put them on every good school paper, and :( on the bad ones and they looked just like those)

Oh and what a phone call it was. When I first called they weren't in and I was told to "call back in 5 min and we will look in the computer system" So I call back and waited on hold for no lie , not even using a Karen Taylor conversion chart, 15 minutes. I though my heart was going to beat out of my chest. Then she come back and says "231!" I repeated it "231, that's a great number, thank you so much"

Does a huge happy dance. Now just to get through the next 8 months!

Waiting - 7/1/08 - 4w2d

Ok so my 2nd HCG was drawn yesterday afternoon and the nurse said to "call in the afternoon". What the hell is "afternoon". My plan is to wait until 1pm and call. Wish me luck!

Up-date - 11:21 STILL WAITING!
Up-date - 12:38 STILL WAITING!
up-date - 1:10 STILL WAITING! Closed until 1:15 for lunch, good gosh they don't need lunch.

I know I am crazy - 6/30/08 - 4w1d

Ok so after the low beta, and actually at 11DPO, 21 isn't THAT bad plus it's the doubling that is important. Anyway I had one more digital test so I ran home on my lunch break and it still says "Pregnant". So here's to a doubling beta!

1st Beta HCG - 6/30/08 - 4w1d

Ok so my first HCG level was just a little lower than I was hoping for. It was a measley little 21 but I know that it's the doubling that is the more important thing. So I am going back in for another draw this afternoon. Wish me luck!

Mantras! - 6/26/08 - 3w4d

Ok so for those of you that don't know I had a miscarriage back in Jan 08. We had only told our immediate families that we were pregnant so many of you don't know about our loss. This being one of the reasons that we want to wait to tell everyone.

So these are the MANTRAS that I will live by for the next 9 months!

--"Today I am pregnant and I love my baby."

--"I am pregnant until someone tells me otherwise."

--"My past does not dictate my future. A previous m/c does not mean I will have another m/c."

--"Just because something sad is happening to another poster, does not mean it will happen to you." We all know m/c and complications are not contagious!

-- "Hope does not make bad things happen" You cannot ‘jinx’ your pregnancy by creating a ticker, getting excited, or telling someone. Live in the positive!

--And this is the hardest one: "There is nothing I can do to prevent a m/c from happening. Worrying yourself sick doesn't prevent a m/c. And if (gods forbid) it were to happen again, I know I will survive."


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Well here I am PREGNANT! - 6/26/08 - 3w4d

June 26th, today is the day I found out that Rob and I are going to become parents. We are so excited to get started in this amazing journey. I had 2 + digital tests today. My first HCG Beta was drawn today and I will find out the results on Mon (damn office is closed on Fri's).

So the hardest part about today is that we have decided to wait until we see and or hear our babies heartbeat to tell anyone, even our parents. It will be very hard as I see my parents everyday, Rob doesn't think I will be able to make it so guess we'll see. So when you guys eventually get the link to this blog, well sorry.