Buckeye Baby Bump

I'm not  a big fan of taking pictures of myself, but I haven't taken one of the bump in almost 10 weeks, and I actually did my hair and make-up today so you all get to see two pics!

GO BUCKEYES!!!

No news is good news...

I haven't heard from the doctor about my glucose test on Monday so I'm assuming all is well in blood sugar land! We went out last night and bought frames for our pictures to go in and they look great. We'll work on getting those hung this weekend some time. I also received my invitation for my baby shower in Ohio! It is super cute. Adam and I are buckeye fans and the invitation said "B is for bundles of joy, the buckeye's, and baby boy shu!" I am going to have an Ohio State themed baby shower I guess! Hopefully he gets some good stuff. Most importantly, Miss Beth bought him his first buckeye shoes and she is an Auburn fan!

We'll be traveling to Ohio for labor day where I'll be attending my best friend's bridal shower and bachelorette party in Pittsburgh. I am looking forward to seeing all my girls from high school! We're all in different stages of our lives so it is very interesting when we get together to let our hair down. Two are mommies, I'm on my way to motherhood, one is engaged, and the other two are single! It should be a great time!

We're off to meet our friends for dinner, with a stop at Home Depot for some picture hanging things. Happy weekend to y'all!!

Doctor's Appointment

I had my 23.5 week doctor's appointment today. It was also the day of drinking the orange drink. It doesn't bother me to drink it. It definitely isn't my drink of choice, but it's not unbearable. I am pretty sure I'm going to have to go back and do a 3 hour glucose test because of my insulin resistance already. Just waiting for the call tomorrow. Weight wise I'm doing alright, I've gained about 14 pounds so far. Between last month's appointment and the appointment before that I gained way too much, but only gained 3lbs in this last month which is good news.

The doctor told me he'd like to see me walking and stretching more, but otherwise I'm in good shape! I've seen almost all of the doctors in the practice. I'll see one more and then I can choose who I want to see the rest of the time. I liked the guy I had today and liked the doctor I saw the first time I had an appointment. We'll see. I don't really mind either way. I left my old practice to go to this new one because they deliver at the hospital closest to me. I'm thinking that for my yearly exams I'll go back to my other practice. I really hated to leave because I loved my doctor so, so much!

I did a 40 minute walk with my pooch a little bit ago, and now I'm off to go read next month's book club pick. "Gone Girl" by Gillian Flynn!

23 Weeks

Yikes have I been a horrible blogger lately! Everything is going well in Baby Shu land. I am growing bigger by the day, and the little man is moving more and more every day. Today he gave me a nice loooonnngggg poke with a hand or foot that hurt pretty good. It's quite alright though because I know he is enjoying the room he has in there now while it lasts.

We had a big Baby Shu weekend. We picked up our stroller/car seat combination from Babies-R-Us. Adam's mom bought it for us from our registry and had us pick it up in the store down the street. So crazy to have a stroller in our garage, although I haven't put it together yet. We also had our baby furniture delivered! We got the set I posted a couple of posts ago and Adam put the crib together last night. Then we moved all of the furniture around to get the set up that we were most happy with. I keep going in there and sitting in my glider and just imagining what life will be like in 3.5 months. I also got a little lap to go next to my glider for the night stand, we bought a ceiling fan, and I ordered some pictures off of etsy to go in the room. It's all coming together. Now we just need all of the other things to make it complete, which we will get at our big baby shower on September 29th in Ohio.



Here is a photo of the pictures I ordered from etsy. The owner of the shop is adding in white print "Born to Rock." Adam is a fairly avid guitar player and just loves music in general, and when I saw these I thought that they were perfect. They are 11x14 size, so they'll fit perfectly on one of the walls in the bedroom. We're also going to put up a shelf system thing that has 3 shelves on it. Adam's parents gave it to us 4 years ago and it has been stored under our bed for the longest time. It is black and I said if we painted it white it'd go perfectly in the room. So that is what is going on for now. I will post pictures of the finished product whenever that happens. Knowing me, it'll probably be soon after we get home from our shower.

I'm also contemplating on purchasing this sleeper for our little man. My friend who has a newborn (Hi BMW!!), and another friend (Hi Fran!!), say it is awesome, and I'm thinking of splurging on it. Since I can't register for it at babies r us or even buy buy baby, I'll just have to use whatever money we get from the shower or use it from our own funds. I just like this idea better than having the pack and play next to my bed for a couple of weeks. It supposedly moves when the baby moves and mimics how they feel in the womb. Who knows, but I just might be sold on it! = )

Hope you all are doing well! = )

It's a...BOY!!!!!!!!!

We found out that this little baby growing in my belly is a BOY!!!!! We are so over the moon excited to be welcoming a little boy into our lives in December. I don't know why, but I've always wanted a boy, and couldn't be more thrilled that God has answered my prayers. We don't really have any names and I don't think I'll be able to name him until I see his cute little face. Feeling so blessed right  now!

He/She is a mover and a shaker!

I started feeling my little buddy move in there! What an exciting and interesting feeling! I don't feel it constantly, but if I lay down after I eat breakfast, lunch, or dinner, I will feel little flutters and tickles happening in there. The other day he/she was on the right side of my belly button and went back and forth a few times and it made me laugh because it tickled! I also pulled in to the gym yesterday and right before I got out of the car I felt two "little" jabs...they were so little I wouldn't even call them jabs, but baby Shu was definitely ready for some working out! I've been a little lazy with posting, but the baby room is painted and looks awesome! I will post pictures soon. We find out boy or girl in a little over a week!! I can't wait for this little one to have an identity, and be called a he/him or she/her.

I'm leaving Wednesday to head to Ohio for my best friend's wedding. I was fitted for my bridesmaid's dress yesterday. Luckily I lost a good bit of weight after I purchased the dress, because my baby bump has filled out the middle part of the dress and my growing bust did a decent job of filling the rest of the top up. I just needed a little taken in at the arm pits and the straps on the shoulders. I feel pretty good in the dress. It doesn't really make me look pregnant, just bigger than normal. However if I press the bottom part of the dress down my bump makes an appearance!

I go back to work in two weeks! EEKK!!! The county where I teach starts back on the 30th for teachers and the 6th for the kiddos. I'll be in 5th grade again teaching Language Arts and Math. I've been up to the school a few times to start getting my room together so when we officially go back I can lesson plan and get ready for the first few weeks of school. Until then, I'm going to enjoy the last two weeks of my summer and read and relax on my couch!!

Doctors Appointment

I had a doctor's appointment last Monday. I was not scheduled for an ultrasound - it was a regular run of the mill appointment. The doctor brought in the doppler thing to hear the heartbeat which I was super excited to hear! Well, I'm laying there while she runs it over my belly for what seems like FOREVER! She could not find the heartbeat, so she said she's going to do an ultrasound to make sure everything was alright. Ugh! I was a little bit freaking out. She could've at least said "it still might be too early to hear the heartbeat with the doppler so there shouldn't be anything to worry about." So I had my ultrasound and everything was perfectly fine and the heartbeat was nice and strong at 158. I asked the tech if she could tell what the sex of the baby was and she was pretty short with me and said that she wasn't allowed to tell me, that is my next appointment. Well as she was looking around making sure everything was okay I was checking to see if I could see anything. The baby was laying nice and flat and I could see his/her outline perfectly. I "THINK" I saw something sticking up nice and straight between the legs, but I could be making this up. I don't know why, but I want a boy. Well, let me preface that with I want a healthy baby first and foremost - boy or girl doesn't really matter. However, I have not associated this baby in my belly with a girl at all. To me he/she has been a boy. I will be thrilled either way of course, since this is something Adam and I have wanted for a long time, but I can't say we wouldn't be super thrilled if it were a boy!

My in-laws are headed to town on Friday to paint the nursery and an accent wall in my living room. I will take some before and after pictures to share with y'all! Needless to say I need to get up off of my behind and get this house together before company arrives!!

Happy 4th of July everyone!!!