28 Weeks

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Wow.. I can't believe I am 28 weeks already... Almost 29.

I was hospitalized in January for a double kidney infection and a bladder infection. I guess my uterus is more on the right side and has pinched the tube from my kidney to my bladder. I have never been in so much pain. I was so dehydrated, the nurses had to use newborn IV's because my veins were so small. It was terrible.

My belly is getting HUGE. There are 2 pregnant girls at my work, due before me, and my belly is WAY bigger.. Blah.

She is definitely moving. I feel her all day. She kicks so strong it wakes me up and keeps me up.

We are setting up her nursery and it is looking more fit for a baby instead of our study. Makes me super excited. We are having a baby shower this month and I am so excited to put it in her nursery! EEK!

I seriously can't believe it is so soon...

We made this onesie. I love it, but it took forever!

Christmas and 24/25 week update

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Well, Christmas sure went by fast! I am now 25 weeks, but have been feeling under the weather and am falling behind on my baby journal. I can't believe how fast time is going! I signed up for my maternity leave and we are interviewing substitutes to come be my replacement for the rest of year and hopefully they can continue for next year. My last day is March 30 and I feel like it cannot come soon enough!

On Monday night I started getting really bad back pain and it continued to get worse throughout Tuesday. I thought it was just a pregnancy back ache, but then I started getting nauseated and throwing up... Turns out it was a kidney infection. I went to the doctor on Wednesday and he gave me an antibiotic. I hope it gets rid of it FAST... I never knew kidney infections were so painful! Ugh...

Baby girl got spoiled over Christmas! And she is definitely a GIRL. We had the 24 week ultrasound and it is very evident there nothing there. Pretty excited about that because we have so many girly clothes. And I wanted to show the cute stocking my grandma made so I guess we have to reveal our name we have picked out...

Amelia Nicole Brown

I sure feel like I am getting big... and sleeping is almost nonexistent. Before I was pregnant I probably had to pee 2-3 times a night anyways, I don't know why... Now, I get up about 5-7 times. It is CRAZY. I still can't tell if I have felt her move yet. I either always have gas bubbles or she is one crazy baby. I just can't decide. We know she is moving because the doctors have a hard time finding her heartbeat because she keeps kicking them! So that is good even if I can't definitely feel it.

Baby Nursery

Over Christmas Break, Anthony and I are going to clean out the room that will soon be a nursery.. As of now, it is our study/office, which is translation for piles of books, scrapbook paper, our desks, and A LOT of books.

I am so excited to start planning the nursery. Back when I though the baby was a boy, I decided I wanted the colors Grey, Mustard Yellow, and Cream so it could be gender neutral. Now that is it a girl... I want it to be girly. Double standard I guess.

I started crochenit a blanket with a chevron pattern. I used the grey theme colors, and it is getting so cute. The pattern is here: http://www.caron.com/projects/ss/ss2_zigzag_baby_blanket.html

I am really excited, but I think I want the colors to bright and girlish.

We will see. I have a bunch of print outs so hopefully I will pick it soon.

Week 20... and feeling GREAT.

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I am almost 21 weeks (tomorrow) but I have been so sick that today was the first day since last week I actually put clothes on... I am glad that is OVER. I came home from work on Friday morning with a terrible cold. Being pregnant and sick is the WORST. I can only take Tylenol... What does Tylenol do for a cold?? Nothing. It got so bad, that on Sunday we went to InstaCare and they gave me some nasal spray and today... Voila.. I feel so much better! I am going to work tomorrow and I will be so thankful for my health.

Today, Anthony and I started picking out colors for the nursery. I am going to try my crafty hand and making everything. So here goes nothing. I will let you know my success and failure as it comes.

Updates on La la la LIFE

I can't believe Thanksgiving has come and gone. I can't believe I have been teaching for almost 4 months already... and yet how slowly that has seemed to pass..

For Thanksgiving this year, Anthony chose to go to my Grandma Mary's house. (I have a monopoly on every Christmas Eve, so A gets to choose Thanksgiving and New Year's Eve.) Dinner was divine. My grandma has some award winning apple pie... Anthony says I should learn how to make it, but there is no way to compare my cooking to her cooking.

My aunt Jill was in town with her 2 daughters and husband all the way from OREGON. We never see them. Last time I saw them was at my wedding, and I think it totaled 3 minutes.. so it was fun.

After my grandma's, we went and visited Anthony's Grandma Brown. She is an amazing cook as well. Anthony made all the rolls for their dinner the day before. I thought they were great, but his family is large connoisseurs of food, and apparently they weren't up to par. So he is going to make them for our Christmas Eve party... practice practice practice.

We set up our Christmas tree and I LOVE it.

Our house feels so cozy and warm.

and the BIG NEWS...

Anthony got accepted to Cornell for his MBA/MHA degree. We are super excited. We are still waiting for other acceptances, but this is my #1... besides the U of U for Medical School... the U doesn't send out their acceptances until March, so we might have to decide on Cornell before then. Tough decisions... I think New York would be so fun. It is about 2 hours away from Manhattan. It is in Ithaca, NY, which is BEAUTIFUL. Green and lush.

I only have 3 weeks until Christmas Break... yes, Thanksgiving break is over today, but I am ready for the next one! I think after Christmas, the baby is going to come soooo soon! I am READY.. mentally.. so far we only have JEGGINGS. yes, I got her jeggings. They are adorable.

Anthony's brother, Chris, and S.I.L., Ashley, had their baby girl on the 18th.

Evelyn "Evie" Mae Brown.

She is one of the cutest babies I have ever seen.

Full head of hair and her skin is the prettiest olive color.

It's a.....

We had our ultra sound appointment today. Everything is looking great. We saw the FEET, SPINE, BRAIN, HANDS, HEART, KIDNEY'S, LEGS, ARMS... and can I say... my baby has the cutest bum in the world?!

I am only 18.5 weeks right now so I was really nervous they wouldn't be able to tell what gender our little babe is... but they could and
it is a GIRL!

We were so sure it was a boy... at least I was. But we are very happy it is a girl. Her feet were tucked on her bum, like child's pose in yoga, so it took a good 20 minutes to find the right angle... sure enough there is nothing between the legs. hee hee.

We forgot to bring a c.d. so we can't upload the pictures. and I am not going to buy anything until my next doctor's appointment because I am still apprehensive that it could turn into a boy... but for now we call the lil babe a SHE.

We are so excited. My mom and grandma Pat came with us to the ultrasound so it was really fun. We have picked out a name, but will keep it a secret for a bit longer :)

16 Weeks

I feel like I should be documenting this pregnancy better since I am terrible at keeping my scrapbook up to date.

I have decided to keep a baby journal. I saw this idea on somebody's blog and thought it was cute. I will probably do it every 3-4 weeks.. unless I get bored and do it more often.