21 Weeks

Well I had another doctors appointment yesterday. It was pretty uneventful though. She just listened to the heartbeat and that was about it other than taking my blood pressure. I did go in there looking for some help when it comes to this back pain I've been getting and unfortunately she said there was nothing really that I could do and it is only going to get worse as the pregnancy goes on. Really at this point she couldn't have told me something worse. By the end of the day at work as I'm driving home I'm in so much pain I sometimes wonder if I can make it all the way to the house. Then I usually end up going straight to bed because I'm in so much pain... but I guess that is just one of the "joys" of being pregnant that I will have to deal with...

On a lighter note last week I had my second ultrasound... and we found out we're having a GIRL!!!! My eyes lite up the second she told us... Now of course I would have been happy with a boy also but I really wanted a girl since we already have AJ and now I won't be out numbered in the house. The ultrasound was amazing, we got to see her spine and brain and got to see her heart beating. When we first started though she had been sleeping so the lady started poking at her and you could see her yawn and stretch her little arms and legs out. Then you could see her moving her arms a bit, but she wasn't very active. Probably like her mom and she isn't really a morning person. Then the lady was trying to get a picture of something and said the baby wasn't cooperating and I said "she's probably just stubborn already" and you saw the baby shake her head yes. It was too cute, but then I noticed that she might have had the hicups and that was why her head shook like that. It was just an amazing experience and I really didn't want to have to get up but I had to go to the bathroom soooo bad I thought I was going to explode!!

So after the ultrasound we both agreed that her name will be Caylee Ann Lewis!!!

I've also been very on the ball and went ahead and did most of our registry yesterday and the day before. We are registering at Target and Babies R Us. Most of the stuff we want is at Babies R Us so hopefully most people will go there to get the stuff but we also found some stuff at Target that we liked a little better and I registered for the crib, diapers and wipes at Target. I have a feeling we probably won't get a lot of our stuff since everything seems to be soo darn expensive, but I'm hoping we can get a lot of it. I'm also hoping people don't buy us much when it comes to clothes because I believe I have convinced my sister that I will be borrowing Adrianna's clothes for a while (don't worry Amber we will send them to you when I'm done with them) LOL!!!!

All of this has made it soooo real to me though... I can feel her kick all the time and I can tell when she's sleeping... In fact yesterday when I was at the doctor she kicked me so hard you could see my stomach move up and down from it!!! Allen seems to be really getting into the pregnancy now too. I know he wanted a girl as well but I think it is just now starting to hit him what it is going to be like to have one. Girls are fun but we sure can be a headache as well!! I just can't wait for her to get here and I can use the fun stuff I registered for with her and really just to be able to look at her and hold her and kiss her.... I have a feeling these next 19 weeks are going to be VERY long.... hopefully not though...

As for with work... I had been thinking that I was going to work right up until the end but now I'm thinking I might go on maternity leave starting in the begining of August or maybe a week before the due date so that I can have some relaxing time at home not having to worry about work and I can only imagine what my back will feel like by then... also then I can watch AJ and we won't have to put him in daycare. I'm not sure though because I need as much money as I can get and since we can't move out of our apartment until the end of August it's not like I will be able to set up her room for her or anything like that. I'm going to have to have her sleeping in the pack n play next to our bed and maybe open a few things for her to use before we move. Ya know on that topic, I really want to stay in FL because my sister and the baby are here and I can't imagine not being able to see them all the time, but I really wish I knew what was going on with us... I really hate this sitting and waiting game... it gets old after the first yr and a half....

But I think that is it for now... other then everything with the baby I don't do a whole lot anymore so nothing else really exciting to talk about!! Hope everyone is doing well!!!

17 Weeks

So I had my doctors appointment on Tuesday and they have once again moved my due date to Aug 13th... at this point it doesn't really matter to me because the baby is going to come when it comes. The good part is though I can find out a week earlier what we are having. We go in on Mar 26th @ 9 to find out what it is!!! I can't freaking wait!!!! Other then that I'm starting to get bigger and bigger everyday! I thought it would wait a little bit longer since I wasn't showing at all before but it seems like everyday I'm growing more now. I sometimes feel pains in the area the baby is in and the doctor said that is probably the baby I feel but I'm not for sure. Hopefully in the next couple of weeks I will REALLY be able to feel it!! I'm starting to get more and more excited each day about this pregnancy because I can actually feel pregnant now. The only bad part is that I get REALLY bad indigestion at night and the last couple of night I have had to fall asleep sitting up. I also have found out that I can sleep better on the couch now then the bed. Between the dog either jumping up on the bed or throwing himself around in his cage and me just not being comfortable it seems as if the couch has been the best place for me. I also can't wait to start shopping for stuff!!!

Besides all the baby stuff work is going ok... my boss and I are starting to get along a lot better then before. We've been pretty busy though so it does help the days go by a little faster but I tell you the people that work at these dealerships just get more and more stupid everyday!! Also the customers amaze me. They have VERY BAD credit and put maybe $10,000 down on a car and think their shit don't smell and that they can demand stuff from us and yell at me on the phone. It just amazes me!!!

Another note Allen's phone broke today... It's a good and bad thing. We are switching over to AT&T but we weren't going to switch until next month when his plan was completely up and then only I would have to pay my cancellation fee, but he can't not have a phone. Between me and work he has to be accessible at all times so I think we might have to go look at phones today. It seems like right when I'm starting to do well with getting things paid off something else comes up and puts a huge wall in front of me. I have also realized there is no way I'm getting my car paid off by the time the baby comes. I should have it paid down to only about $4000 but not paid off. So I'm not really sure how it is going to work with Allen paying all the bills. I don't think his income will support us so I might have to go find a part time job for when he's not working. I really don't want to have to do that, but we can't only have one car and I'm not letting my car go and screw up my credit.... so who knows, I guess when the time comes we will figure it out...

Also we found out a couple weeks ago we were probably moving to CO by around June... but of course with the way the Air Force works that isn't happening now. I guess someone else is being put into the position and they are trying to send him somewhere else but we won't know anything till June or July and probably not out there till Sept... I mean it's good because we get to stay here longer, but at the same time I'm soooo sick of not knowing what is going on and for them to tell us something is going to happen and then of course once again now it isn't. IDK I'm just worried about the baby and room. Allen said yesterday he doesn't want to move out of our apartment in Aug just to have to move again in a couple of months. Which I'm hoping I can change his mind on that because if we have a little girl then it is Air Force regulations that her and AJ are not allowed to share a room... so we will see!!!

Oh and I'm not sure if I told everyone but I think I won out on the name for a girl... so the names we have chosen are....

Caylee Ann Lewis & Anthony Edward Lewis!!!!!!!!!!!

I know I'm terrible at this....

So I came on here with full intentions to post a blog thinking no one else had done one recently either and I would be ahead of everyone and I saw everyone did one yesterday... oh well... not whole lot going on here... just working and my Dad was in town last week.. it was a lot of fun seeing him and getting to spend all kinds of time with Adrianna... This week hasn't been too bad... just working and today I have a dentist appointment to get a filling... ewww.. I'm actually kind of scared because I don't remember the last time I got one what it was like... so hopefully it won't hurt too bad... but anyways yesterday I thought I was going to lose Maggie... IDK what happened but we went outside and she was acting pretty weak and like she couldn't use her left side... then when we got to another area of the grass she fell over as if she couldn't hold herself up... let me tell you my neighbors probably thought I was crazy if they saw me... I was on the ground crying and petting her telling her she couldn't do this to me and she had to be ok.. I thought she was going to die right in front of me... it was not cool... but after about 2-3 minutes she went poop and then has been perfectly fine since then. I called the vet and they wanted us to bring her in to run tests and all that but I just don't have that kind of money when the doctors visit alone would have been $50... So we're keeping an eye on her and if it happens again then I'll take her in but until then she's still my little hyper, annoying puppy!

Also I hit 14 weeks this past Sunday!! YEA I'm in my 2nd trimester... I'm starting to show a little bit more so I will take another picture this Sunday and send them to a select few people (especially if I look as bad as I did in that last one)! Still not really feeling pregnant so it's nice to see my belly growing so that I somewhat feel it... although I guess it's good because I don't want to get too big too quick... we actually just found out one of our friends has been in the hospital for 4 days with preterm labor contractions so they put her on bed rest until June when she is supposed to deliver.. Kind of scares me, I wonder what they think might have caused it?? I don't have another doctors appointment until 3/3 which Allen will be attending with me this time which will be nice! Also this time I will be seeing the doctor so I won't have to deal with that nasty lady from last time...

Other then that we still don't know if we're moving or not.. we did find out though that if we hit 7 years here and Allen doesn't have a new set of orders that they will make him a recruiter and put him anywhere they want him. So now he is actively looking for something so that we don't get stuck somewhere we don't want to be. He said if worst comes to worst and he doesn't have anything and it is getting close to 7 years then he will apply to be a tech school instructor in Georgia, but neither of us really want that. Although it is better then Oklahoma I guess....

School is going ok... I ended up with a C- in my last class which I was pretty pissed off about but at least I got it done and I don't have to take it again. This class I'm in right now I seem to be doing ok with so far.. the teacher is a little anal about stupid shit and is making us do ALOT of extra work on certain things just to get full points, but I'm determined to get a good grade in it to try and bring my GPA back up so we will see.. only a yr and 4 months till I'm done with my BA!!! YEA!!!

Other then that I don't really think anything else is going on as of now.. I will definitely post after my doctors appointment and let everyone know how it went!!

Tired and Sick

So I cooked dinner the other night (pasta roni) and ending up waking up EXTREMELY sick around 5:45.. I'm sure you can all imagine what kind of day I had yesterday... Unfortunately it got Allen sick as well. I'm not sure how it is possible considering it was from a box and I know our milk and butter wasn't bad... but anyways going through all that while your pregnant is probably the worst thing EVER. My stomach didn't want me to eat anything because everything made me feel like crap but at the same time I was starving!!! So it seemed to stop around 7 last night and so I did a lot of sleeping yesterday and didn't sleep to well last night. Well I woke up this morning for work and was feeling pretty ok, till about 2 hours into my day.... I'm not in the bathroom as much but now I'm so nasaues I don't know what to do with myself. Not only that but I'm tired and we have no heat in our office so I'm pretty cold. I also have homework I'm supposed to be doing but I'm so tired that I can't even focus on what I'm supposed to be reading or writing. Other than that nothing really has been going on... still at my job... still pregnant... still going to school... I'm not really in a great mood so I'll write more later... I'm sure everybody doesn't want to read about me being a debbie downer!!

2nd Doctors Visit

So as the title says I had my second doctors visit on Monday. It was not what I expected of it. I was happy to be able to hear the baby's heart beat, but I did wish Allen could have been there with me to share in the moment. That was about the only good thing about the appointment though. When the nurse practitioner came into the room she seemed to have a chip on her shoulder from the beginning. She was nothing but rude the whole time and pretty much insulted me every chance she got. The one comment that through me over the edge with her was I had asked her how my results came out from the sonogram on my kidneys (since the doctor seemed so worried about) and she turned to me and said, "Well if you were so worried about it then why did you get pregnant?" I wanted to turn to her and say, "I'm sorry but that is none of your business nor your place to say that to me." Of course though I just kept my mouth shut and continued on with the long miserable appointment. When I left I called my mom and Allen and both were very upset with what they heard so Tuesday I called to try and switch doctors. The process was going to be a bit of trouble so I called my doctors office back and told them what happened. They apologized profusely and said if I wanted I could stay with them but I would ONLY see the doctor anytime I came in. Since we had such a great experience at our first appointment and really liked the doctor I decided to go ahead and stay as long as they would guarantee me that I would never have to see her again. So it seems for now things will be ok. They did change my due date to August 16th now, so now I'm only 11 weeks 3 days today, instead of the 12 weeks we had originally figured out. Feeling pretty good and starting to get a little energy back. I don't seem to be sleeping quite as much but I think that is just because I force myself to stay up so I can spend time with my sister, Adrianna and Allen when he gets home from work @ 11. I do with I could hear the baby's heartbeat again. It was so heartwarming just know hear something that confirmed she is in there!! Like until then it didn't really seem real and I wasn't really that happy about this whole process yet!! I will find out around the end of March beginning of April what the sex of the baby is and I'm SOOO excited about that!! Of course it seems as if that is forever away, but at least I don't have to wait another 3 months!! 7-1/2 more weeks!!! I'm so excited to be able to start shopping for things for the baby and hopefully by then we will somewhat know what is going on with Allen's job so we know if we will have to move or not!!

Other than that things are going good. I made the Dean's list for the Fall 2008 semester with my school!! I was pretty proud of it, but I won't be staying on there for long since this statistics class is killing me!! We have the Dane Cook concert this Saturday and I'm SOOO excited to go see him. I've wanted to go for a very long time now!! Oh and I just bought our tickets to go home in March!! I'm just hoping that my Grandparents don't end up coming down here that same week now!! We will see but hopefully everything works out!

10 Weeks

So I'm 10 weeks along today and I'm feeling pretty good... Didn't have much morning sickness, just a little at night here and there, but so far I've been lucky! I was looking at my body today and I'm starting to get quite a pudge. Hopefully I don't get too big too quick. I was thinking about it today and I think God is pretty fair. Since you feel so crappy about your stomach and everything else getting so much bigger, he also lets your boobs get big! It's so exciting to see how big mine are getting already. I always wanted a boob job and now I got one for free!! hehe!! Besides that I'm still trying to figure out how things will work out with me not having a job. I really hope it all turns out ok because I really don't want to have to work because then I will barely be able to see the baby! I don't agree with someone else raising my child.. So I have to find a way to get my lovely car paid off!! Also I'm pretty bored these days! Allen is working swings so he works from 2 - 12, so I come home from work and listen to the dogs play all night and do a whole lot of nothing. It sucks not having much interaction with the world other then when I'm at work because I hate it there SOOOO much! I can't wait to not have to work there anymore, my boss sucks and I don't get paid enough for all the work I do there. I think if I were being paid more money like in the 40-50's then I would probably try to find a way to stay at work, but not when I barely make 26K. So I'm also thinking about getting rid of Maggie. She just won't learn how to stop peeing in the house and she's always getting into things. I just caught her chewing on my glasses again!! I just don't know if I will be able to handle taking care of her and a baby. Not if she doesn't learn to stop getting into shit. I love her so much though that I don't want to have to get rid of her, but I just don't know right now. Maybe I'm only thinking this because I'm pregnant. So I'm going home Feb 20-Mar 1 hopefully. We're waiting to hear back from Allen's boss before we buy the ticket, but I'm kind of excited to be going home. I really need a decent vacation from work and not just 2 days off. I wish I could go on a nice vacation like down to the Keys or somewhere relaxing but all my time off we spend going home to Michigan. Hopefully it won't be too stressful, although I'm sure Allen will be drinking ALL the time and I will be bored out of my mind. I won't even be able to go into any of the bars so I don't know if he is going to ditch me or what. He wants to go snowboarding too and said that I should be able to go, but I'm going to check with my doctor in my next appointment to make sure I really can. So anyways I know this blog was really random but here ya go... kind of feels nice to get to writing again!!