15 Week Update

I know I am long overdue on an update but the last week has been pretty busy. Last Wednesday we had our first appointment with my doctor here. When I had spoken to the receptionist the week before she said we would be having a sonogram so Justin, my mom and grandmother all came along. Of course we were all excited to get to see the baby again and hopefully find out if our pearl is an Eli or an Ava. Unfortunately the doctor did not have time to do a sonogram because she had to go deliver a baby so we will have to wait a while longer. We did get to hear the heartbeat for the first time which was very cool! We will go back to see her again in a little over 2 weeks and will see the specialist in about 5 weeks. My doctor said she would try to do a sonogram at our next appointment if she has time so we might know in 2 weeks or it might be 5 but we will definitely find out at the sonogram with the specialist. He will also check everything else out to be sure the baby looks healthy.

I am now 15 weeks along and the baby is the size of an apple. I am excited that I could start to feel the baby move anytime now. The nausea is completely gone and has been for a while which is a huge blessing! I know some people have to live with it the whole 9 months so I’m very thankful it is gone. I am getting my normal appetite back somewhat and going back to eating some of the things I hadn’t. In fact last Sunday I woke up and told Justin lets have Casa Herrera for lunch after church. I had not wanted Mexican food in a long time and it was really good! I am still pretty sleepy so still taking naps quite often. My belly is definitely starting to pop out there more. I’ll post belly pics with next weeks post. We are heading to Houston this weekend to visit Justin’s parents, celebrate both of their birthdays and try to do some maternity clothes shopping. Hopefully I’ll be more successful than the last attempt.

Justin has gotten very protective and also very sweet! Last weekend I had a baby shower at my house for my college roommate Kammi. Friday night Justin had been getting the house cleaned and I had been baking and decorating the table. When I finished I told him to let me finish up the dusting and he said no you can’t do that it has chemicals in it. So then I suggested that I vacuum which he and my friend Jill then informed me I’m not supposed to vacuum when I’m pregnant because something about using the muscles to push. I said I do a lot more than that at the gym. Speaking of the gym every morning when we leave the gym he asks me how high my heartrate got and if it is higher than he thinks it should be he lets me know. Can you imagine when this baby gets here how protective he is going to be? I like to tease him about it but I do find it to be very sweet actually. He has also really been into touching my belly. Last night he looked at me and then at my belly and put his hand on it and said I think it is so cute with the biggest smile and then he said I love you! It was really sweet.

As I said earlier the last week has been pretty busy. The cupcake orders had really slowed down the last few months and then last week I think I got about 7 or 8 calls for orders and a couple of them were for big orders. I had to turn some of them away because most of them were for last weekend which was the same weekend as the baby shower at our house. So it was a busy week getting cupcake orders out and getting the house ready for the shower. The shower was a lot of fun and it was wonderful to see Kammi and all her family. We lived together all four years of college and it is exciting that we are now having babies just a few months apart. She and baby Kathryn got lots of good stuff and of course it was fun to look at all the sweet baby things. Below are some pics from the shower.






That evening Justin and I finally went for our celebration dinner. We had a really good dinner at the Beehive. In Sunday School we are studying “The Five Love Languages” and my love language is acts of service. Our assignment for last week was to ask each other throughout the week how our love tank was doing (basically are you feeling loved). When we were sitting at dinner Justin asked me and at first I just laughed at the question but then the more I sat there and thought about all he had done to help me get ready for the shower I said it is very full! The basic idea behind it is that everyone feels love differently and there are 5 love languages- physical touch, acts of service, words of affirmation, quality time and gifts. The point is to find out what your love language is and what your spouse’s is and to love them the way they feel it. Often we love others the way we feel love but the problem is that might now be how they feel love. I think we have both already learned some new things about each other from doing the study and I highly recommend it for all couples. It is also applicable to your children so that has been interesting to think about it from that viewpoint as well.