Simple Treasures

It's been too long since updating my pregnancy on the blog. Since my last news of a nursery theme I have had another ultrasound. My pregnancy has been going well except with my lack of gaining weight. The OB would encourage me every visit to eat more in hopes that I would add on a pound or two by next visit. I would graze all day and still not gain a pound or lose a pound by the time I saw my OB again. It finally got to the point where the OB thought a ultrasound to see the growth of the baby wasn't a bad idea. I was 30 weeks when I had the ultrasound and I was excited to see my baby again but also nervous that maybe Zalen wasn't growing. The ultrasound went way better then expected. The nurse said everything looked great, the baby is healthy and growing more then average. Zalen was 3.5 pounds at 30 weeks which is above average weight. She also confirmed Zalen being a boy. After having the Ultrasound the OB stopped encouraging me to gain weight since Zalen was obviou...

These are pictures from my baby shower in Illinois and Michigan.

These are the emotions I have felt since being pregnant, and yes they have all happened in the same day... happy, sad, uncomfortable, energetic, blah, beautiful, forgetful, sad, lonely, loved, secure, fat, crazy, ugly, needed, playful, frustration, excited, angry.  My husband has been very patient with me and has shown an over flow of love and concern for me. When I cry he holds me, and when I'm happy he laughs with me.. even if the crying and laughing are in the same hour. I honestly couldn't ask for a better husband to support me through all these roller coaster of emotions. We both keep telling each other that I'm not really THIS emotional and that I will be back to my old self shortly after Zalen is born. Have you ever been in a boat, away from land and wonder where the straight line is? I picture my emotions like that. I try to find that balance and picture the land so I can keep my emotions in check and my husband sane.  

I am so excited about finally starting to show the "baby bump". I have had friends and family rocking the baby bump at 13 weeks and I was not even showing. During my first trimester I lost  at least 10 pounds just from morning sickness and food aversions. All of my clothes became so loose that it more  draped me then fitted me ha. At every doctor visit I would ask, "Does it look like I'm showing yet?" and she would say, "you look bloated", "Not yet, every pregnancy is different". Well I am happy to announce that at my 21 week visit the Doctor said I am showing! I still find myself comparing my now 22 week baby bump to other 22 week baby bumps out there (which most are bigger then mine), but I've read and heard that first pregnancies don't show up as much, so I'm sticking with that theory so I feel better. I best thing about my new found baby bump is people are starting to rub it, like it bring them good luck ha. I love it most...

I was 19 weeks along for my third and what would be my final ultrasound (which by the way was a bitter sweet day for me). This ultrasound was a very important ultrasound for the doctors. They wanted to check everything with the baby and myself to make sure everything was normal and the baby was healthy. I thought with this being my final ultrasound I would video record it, well I found out when I got to the office that you can't record it because the ultrasound is for medical purposes. What a let down. On the upside for 30 minutes I saw every detail of my baby. The head, spine, heart, feet, hands, ect. I was starting to get antsy, I knew what was coming up soon. Boy? or Girl? I HAVE to know! The nurse finally told us, "Congrats, your having a boy!" Oh, My, Word! A Boy! Okay, now we must agree on a name so I can stop calling him Peanut, Zigote, or Baby. At that moment the name Zalen came to my mind. Zalen, I will call you Zalen. For the rest of the ultrasound The baby ...

My nursery theme is Pandas. The colors I'm going with are light green, light blue, and dark brown. This theme is subject to change depending on how many panda items I actually get at my baby shower ha. I haven't found too many panda things for a nursery online or in store so don't panic or get frustrated if you can't find anything panda. However, I have found a lot based around my colors, so if nothing else I can just have a room with green, blue, and brown, and no particular theme. I have a registry at Babies R Us and at Target. If you go to the homepage and scroll down you will see a link to both websites. If you see something I haven't added to my registry that you think would be important to have please let me know by going to the "Contact Us" tab and leaving me a message. Thanks!

I was 13 weeks along when I went in for my second Ultrasound, which was a surprise for Jim and I because I was only expected to hear my baby's heartbeat. The Doctor tried to listen to Zalen's heartbeat but he just kept moving around that she couldn't hear anything. She then tried an Ultrasound but we still couldn't hear his heartbeat because the machine wouldn't make any noise. However we did get to see our baby again which I was all for. I found it amazing how fast Zalen grew from 9 weeks to 13 weeks! I still wasn't showing, which I was hoping I would, but I was losing a lot of weight from morning sickness that my clothes were to loose to show anything anyway ha. I finally made the announcement to everyone that Jim and I were expecting, which I wanted to tell EVERYONE after I saw the two pink lines. I was so excited that I told everyone because that meant I could talk about Zalen now over Facebook, to my friends, and strangers ha. The next count down I sta...