Cake decorationg class

Last night we had our last class in course 2 for cake decorating. When I was trying to ice my cake before class I almost started crying because the cake kept crumbling and I had crumbs everywhere. I was so upset. But it turned out okay because we covered all the crumbs with new icing. The pictures are too big to post here so, take a look at them via the links. :D

The cake

Close up 1

Close up 2

Close up 3

Mom and her cake

Me and my cake

31 weeks along, 63 days to go

Been an interesting week. We had a pretty bad accident at work, but no one was hurt. Unless you are a car enthusiast, then you could feel sorry for the 3 cars, especially the Bently. Long story. Don't ask. That was a very bad day and caused me to have braxton hicks contractions all day and most of the next day. And made my blood pressure go up because I was so stressed out.

Had my doctors appointment and little Jaidyn is growing away. I'm measuring 2 weeks ahead. And I'm pretty sure thats all baby as I haven't gained too much weight. At 30 weeks I've gained 16.5 lbs, which I am very pleased with. Especially since I haven't been able to exercise due to the constant pain I've been in. The doctor was concerned with me having highish blood pressure that baby might not be growing properly... got no problems there!

So yeah... 9 weeks and counting. A lot of people are saying that I'm gonna have Jaidyn early, and if they are right, that means 7 weeks. Eeeek!!! It just doesn't seem real... how close everything is getting. We have the crib set up, and once the nursery is done, I'll post more pictures of that. But for now, here is me in all my pregnant belly glory lol!!!

31 week belly pictures

A while since my last blog

It has been a while since my last blog, and I'm not really sure what to say as an update. We got the stroller and car seat with my mom, and we got the crib with Ty's mom. We have yet to put the crib together as we just got it on Sunday and we are going to be busy every night this week.
We started the 'young parents' class and we've had two classes so far. We've had to watch two videos of women giving birth and the guy's reaction is always the same and it's pretty funny. The nurse in our class also told us about a doula who is completing her practicum and is offering her services for free. So we took her up on that. We met with the doula last week and we are meeting again this week. I think it will be good to take some of the pressure off Ty, and having someone there who is trained to relax me should be good as well.
My dreams are definitely getting wacky... having all sorts of strange dreams and they just seem to be going further out on a limb. I tell Ty about them and he just laughs at the dreams. Oh well, 9 weeks and 6 days to go until Jaidyn's due date, then maybe these weird dreams will stop.
Here are my last three belly pictures. I'm defiantly growing and excuse the stretch marks. I can't seem to avoid those things as much as I try. The scary thing about these pictures is that I haven't really gained any weight over the last 3 weeks. I'm sitting steady at a total of 15lbs gained and my belly is HUGE. Either Jaidyn is going to be huge or he knows where to sit to make me look huge.

28 weeks


29 weeks


30 weeks


And for fun... a picture of the cake I decorated from my last cake decorating class. Click on the link because the picture wouldn't resise.

http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s190/laursie03/IMGP0957.jpg

Thanks for reading :D

91 days and counting

I am in the third trimester now. There is one word for that. SCARY. This really is the home stretch now, and soon I'll have Jaidyn in my arms. One minute I think, oh wow, 3 more months, thats forever, but then I think... 3 MORE MONTHS OMG THAT'S SO SOON!!! My belly is growing constantly so I try to avoid the scale. Not that I'll be able to see it for much longer.

This weekend was a productive one. Saturday we registered at Babies R Us. Ty then took me to a pet store that had all sorts of animals and goodies for my bunnies. There was one rabbit there that decided he didn't like his cage, so he jumped into the next one beside him. He didn't like that one either, and jumped into the one beside that. It was so funny to watch, and so cute!!! Didn't do much Saturday night, I think I fell asleep on the couch. Sunday was my busy day. I pretty much cleaned out the baby's room of all my crap that has accumulated in there since we moved. I painted one wall, the closet door, and the dresser/changing table a gorgeous baby blue color, and hung up curtains. It looks really good now, almost like a nursery. We just need a crib now.

Here is my weekly belly picture at 27 weeks





And here is the progress on Jaidyn's room.
Before:



After:

IT'S A BOY

Saturday, Ty and I took our mom's out, saying that we were going out to lunch. Well to their surprise we took them to a 3D ultrasound. We got to see our little baby, and I have to say what a cutie. Last week I decided I wanted to find out if it was a boy or a girl, and now I am proud to say that we are expecting a baby BOY!!! He is defiantly 100% all boy and very proud of it. He kept showing it off during the ultrasound. Our little boy, Jaidyn, has the cutest little chubby cheeks, nose, mouth, fingers... everything is absolutely adorable. He kept his hads up by his face during the entire ultrasound, kept sucking his left thumb while having his right had up by his right ear. It was so cute. It will be neat to see if he sleeps like this after he's born. He kicked me quite a bit during the ultrasound too, so we couldn't get a good shot of his legs because they wouldn't stay still long enough. But I'm so glad we went and had it done. The grandma's were thrilled too. And now we have some real keepsake pictures to show him when he's older.

Needless to say, Ty is thrilled at the thought of a little boy to share his video games with and play soccer with. I'm already threatening to put Jaidyn in a little sailor suit, but Ty doesn't like that idea (what Ty doesn't know doesn't hurt him). I also have to find him an adorable little Santa suit for Christmas. Oh the shopping I could do. I saw a really cute onsie down in Macy's that said "Mommy's New Man." I can't wait to go shopping for Jaidyn.

So other than finding out the gender of our little monkey, nothing really happened this week. Had a few nasty migraines, but not a bad week. Now we just have to wait about 14 weeks (98 days) to meet this little guy. I'm hoping he won't go past my due date, but the way he's kicking me, I'm sure he's already planning his escape lol!!!

Anyways, here are some pictures of our little guy and my latest belly shot at 26 weeks.

26 weeks pregnant with Jaidyn


Jaidyn, cutest little baby boy!!!


Jaidyn


Jaidyn's Profile Picture

25 weeks - 15 to go

Time is flying by and its getting scary. Baby is getting so much stronger now too. When we went to the movies last week, baby discovered my bladder again. And I swear if you could have seen inside baby was singing "I found your bladder!" then stomping on it a few times. Another fun thing that baby does is play the 'kick/poke' game as I called it. When baby kicks me, I give a little poke back. Baby then kicks me in the same place so I poke back. Repeat until baby falls asleep. Well now baby plays the game with daddy. Ty had his hand on my belly, and baby kicked daddy, daddy poked back. It continued for about a minute or two and was really cute... daddy baby bonding :D :D

We are now pretty sure we have a boy and a girl name picked out for the baby. Both first names start with J. So I am now calling the baby Jelly Bean because either way baby would have the same initials.

We got the rest of my stuff moved into the apartment on Saturday. We celebrated by having a nap, then going out to the Keg for dinner... yummy chicken teriyaki and garlic mashed potatoes :D. The apartment is still a mess, but we're making our way through the mess, and Ty is still being a really big help unpacking. I can only do a few things before my round ligament pain gets really sore.

Speaking of that evil pain... Friday was pretty scary. I had terrible pain, and I could barely manage to walk a few steps. I cried every time I had to get out of my chair and walk. Then by the end of the day I started getting really sharp stabbing pains in the center of the bottom of my belly. I was still feeling the baby move so I just let the pain ride itself out but OWWW!!!

So here is an update of my belly at 25 weeks... getting bigger everyday.



And here are the girls in the new apartment.

Ashley making herself at home on the couch.



And Coco hanging out in her pen.

24 weeks and counting

16 weeks left, 1 month until the prenatal classes start, and tentatively 12 weeks until maternity leave starts!!! Where did the time go? Seems like yesterday when I found out at only 3 weeks... wow...

Ty and I are mostly in to the new apartment, and its a big mess. Ty has been an absolute angel about moving. I can't lift pretty much anything, and just going up and down the stairs a few times hurts (the round ligament pain thing). The sad part is, that it is all my stuff that Ty is moving. He doesn't know how much I appreciate it him doing all this. Makes me love him that much more.

The bunnies are settled into the apartment. Ashley is still pissed as hell and hides behind her litter box thinking I can't see her. Coco is pretty much still interference to the move. I just think she's happy that she's not in a small cage anymore, but back in her huge pen.

Anyways, just a short update. Even though I didn't do much in the way of moving stuff I still managed to over do it and I have been having random braxton hicks contractions (oops, don't tell my doctor I over did it :S) So tonight is a night of doing not much. I'm actually going to a cake decorating class, so that should keep me somewhat still for 2 hours.

Here is my 24 weeks belly... I'm gonna be MASSIVE




And here are my girls... Coco is the brown and white one, Ashley is the dark gray one.