Helloooo Mommy!

Our little boy here really wants to make sure I know he's there! He has been moving around so much the past few days. It feels so funny ...sometimes he even takes my breath away. I'm sure i'll get used to it but right now it's so different feeling. Things are still going great and I'm still loving chocolate! haha

Cravings!!

Oh Boy...Chips ahoy chewy chocolate chip cookies are so delicious - really any choc chip cookies are delicious right about now. Recently I've also been enjoying 3 musketeers. Maybe I'll start to gain some more weight now?! HA!

Things are going great. I am starting to feel him more often especially when I get hungry. We are constantly trying to come up with names and do not have one yet. We'll let you know when we decide.

My back is starting to hurt but I think a lot of that has to do with the fact that I sit in a lovely cubical all day long and we have also started 10 hour days at work (so that we can get an extra week day off). I love having that extra day off so it's worth it to me!

Chad is doing well too! He's so excited and really likes to talk to him a lot :) It's very sweet.

I really don't have many updates - I will be 1/2 way there Friday - 20 weeks! I can't believe it. He is going to be here before we know it :)

It's a ...

At first we decided we were not going to find out until the birth of our little one. Then we started to realize that there are not many neutral options out there these days, and it might be harder than we thought. We're also both pretty big planners, so we started to think about certain things and thought it'd be best to just leave it up to Baby Campbell...If the baby wanted us to know then that was fine...if not, that was fine too.

Well the very first image on the screen at the anatomy scan was the following:

You have to look at this picture thinking that the baby is basically sitting on top of a copy machine. Yes, that would be his little butt cheeks and...well, you know...his jewels. The doctor basically said..."Well I'm glad you didn't care to know because he sure wanted you to!" I could even tell what it was without the doctor telling me. So I'm glad we decided it was okay to find out, because we literally would have had to look away at certain parts of the scan and that's what I did not want to do. I didn't want to miss out on anything :)

Here are a few other pictures...

This one is labeled and so you should be able to tilt your head sideways and see his face ...two eyes and a chin.

Here you can see where it is labeled as well. Basically he has his little arm in front of his face.

Throughout the scan he held his hands up at his face and so we were never able to get a good 3D image. He even yawned at one point. It was so cute! But the doctor said everything measured great and he seems to be very healthy so far. He weighed 1/2 lb and had a strong heart beat. I was very pleased...proud mommy! :) Chad was able to come to this one and I think he's one proud daddy and excited to have a little boy scout on the way! My mom and Granny came too and so I'm glad they got to experience it as well.

What a great day ...we are truly blessed!

18 weeks!

I swear my belly grew right much in one week. It sure feels bigger. Haley wanted to join in on this picture.

Friday I was sitting in my cube at work and I am 99% sure I felt a slight kick and then what felt like butterflies in my stomach. It was awesome. Sorta like ..."Hey Mommy...Just wanted to let you know I was down here!" And this is only the beginning...

17 weeks

I wasn't going to do an update until 18 weeks but I've been getting lots of requests :) My belly has really started to pop out more in the past week. In the beginning I wasn't able to button my pants...now I can't even zip them! I'm still wearing the belly band though! Although I am proud to say I can still fit into my size 2 Abercrombie jeans...oh how I love them (they are really low rise)!

I've still been feeling great and I think I have actually felt the baby move a few times. But the doctor is right...it's hard to distinguish exactly what you're feeling...and some of you know what I mean! But it does feel like slight pop corn popping every now and then when I've been sitting there resting.

I've also learned I can't slump over as much b/c my belly sorta gets in the way. I know it's only the beginning though... But I needed to improve my posture anyway!

I also can't get up fast ...or even slightly fast...or i will literally black out for a second. I've always done this but since being pregnant it started to happen several times a day throughout the whole day. The doctor told me it's normal. He said to put my feet on the ground and sit there for a few seconds while I wiggle my feet. Then get up. I try to do that but it's hard to remember ...especially at work. Chad tries to remind me to get up slowly at home. He's being so sweet :) I think he's going to be a great daddy!

I still officially have not gained any weight. I lost weight in the beginning and now i am starting to gain that weight back. I probably weigh now what I weighed when I got pregnant.

OH! I've also started to notice people looking at my belly now. It's funny b/c the people that know I am pregnant want to look to see if I am showing and the people that don't know if I am pregnant are looking at me trying to figure out if I am or not. I had one lady in the elevator ask me the other day if I was expecting and I was so excited that someone noticed...lol.

Well here are a few pictures I took myself. I thought it was funny that from the front you can't really tell I'm pregnant and you definitely can't tell from the back. But from the side...I think you might be able to see something!!

14 weeks

I was 14 weeks on Friday April 24th! I can't believe 3 1/2 months have already passed! I'm already in my second trimester. I have been so blessed so far. I've been feeling great. I still have not gained any weight. I have actually lost some, but the doctor said that's normal. I should probably start gaining soon!

I also discovered I couldn't button my pants for the first time this morning when getting ready for work...I bought one of those belly bands from Target and it's awesome! I strongly suggest them!

Here are a few pictures of the belly! :)

Haley giving kisses :)

Here's what's going on at 14 weeks from www.babycenter.com:

How your baby's growing:

This week's big developments: Your baby can now squint, frown, grimace, pee, and possibly suck his thumb! Thanks to brain impulses, his facial muscles are getting a workout as his tiny features form one expression after another. His kidneys are producing urine, which he releases into the amniotic fluid around him — a process he'll keep up until birth. He can grasp, too, and if you're having an ultrasound now, you may even catch him sucking his thumb.

In other news: Your baby's stretching out. From head to bottom, he measures 3 1/2 inches — about the size of a lemon — and he weighs 1 1/2 ounces. His body's growing faster than his head, which now sits upon a more distinct neck. By the end of this week, his arms will have grown to a length that's in proportion to the rest of his body. (His legs still have some lengthening to do.) He's starting to develop an ultra-fine, downy covering of hair, called lanugo, all over his body. Your baby's liver starts making bile this week — a sign that it's doing its job right — and his spleen starts helping in the production of red blood cells. Though you can't feel his tiny punches and kicks yet, your little pugilist's hands and feet (which now measure about 1/2 inch long) are more flexible and active.

Finally some Pictures of Baby Campbell!

A few weeks ago we went to the doctor and got to hear the heart beat for the first time and I thought that was amazing. Well this morning, I went to the doctor and finally got to SEE little Baby Campbell moving around. It was the most amazing thing I have ever seen and made me so happy. I'll admit.. I got a little teary! I was amazed at how much the baby was moving around! And get this ...sucking it's thumb! The doctor said it's about 3 inches long now and the heart beat sounded strong and healthy. I was excited that I saw 2 legs and 2 arms!! Here are the very first pictures of many...

3D image of Baby Campbell sucking it's thumb.

sucking it's thumb like mommy used to do.

The baby's arm is up in the air on this one - waiving to everyone!

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