How Far Along? 9 weeks 3 days as of today! J
Size of Baby? Green Olive…which I don’t normally like at all, but I guess I love this precious one!
Maternity Clothes? We went shopping last weekend in search of some jeans/pants that I could wear comfortably. Thank goodness we found some that were reasonably priced…I mean, have you ever looked at how much maternity jeans can cost at say; Motherhood Maternity? Yikes! Burlington Coat Factory actually has a pretty big maternity section and I found a pair there for $15. I also ordered a pair from Old Navy for $19-those are my favorite. I am wearing regular tops still.
Gender? We don’t know for sure and won’t for a few more weeks but I am starting to feel boy…not sure why!
Movement? None that I can feel yet.
Sleep? I am sleeping fine other than getting up many times to go potty. Thankfully sleep has not been an issue, but I am still almost like a zombie I am so tired at times during each day.
Food Cravings? I have wanted cheese a lot this week-cheese pizza, cheese chex mix, cheese crackers, string cheese-bring on the cheese! I also can’t stop thinking about Steak-n-Shake’s carmel apple milkshakes that are here for Fall…I might have to get one this week!
What I miss? I don’t feel like I really miss anything. I guess maybe I miss being a little more carefree with my blood sugars and checking all the time. Not that I have ever just not cared, I mean I came into this pregnancy with an A1C at 6.3, which is pretty good. I just feel like I am constantly obsessing over what my number is right now-it is kind of exhausting.
Symptoms? I think I have gone past feeling bloated to just feeling plain fat right now. Other than that, I have been really tired still and experiencing some achy lower back pain-I think that’s from tossing and turning during sleep though. Nothing too bad! I have been blessed with no “sickness” yet, but I have felt “pukey” a few times…hope that stays away!
Best Moment Last Week? Seeing Baby D on the ultrasound screen and hearing his/her heartbeat at 174. I hadn’t expected that at my appointment (Stephen wasn’t there-we were told it was not a prenatal appointment) but I was so happy to be able to breathe that sign of relief!
Looking Forward to? My next Doctor’s appointment next week (Wednesday), and ordering things for the nursery. I am already in nesting mode…it may have something to do with my compulsive need to plan everything in advance.
This week I have been working and finalizing our baby gift registries, and whoa! Who knew there were so many places and options to register for babies? We decided to only register at Wal-Mart and Target since the majority of the people we believe will be shopping for us have the option of physically going to a store, printing the registry and shopping there or online. I know it probably seems early, but I wanted to get started because there is so much research to do for each product...or maybe I am just crazy? Either way, they are almost complete and we are happy with our choices thus far.
Now a question for you girls who are already momma's-is it even worth it to register for clothes? My gut says that people are going to buy you things that are and aren't on your registry anyways and clothes always seem to appear at showers in huge quantities, so I just wasn't sure it was worth the effort to register. Besides, I am sure whatever clothes we are gifted will be totally adorable since most baby clothes are automatically! :) So far we have not registered for clothes or anything gender specific.
The nursery is forming in my mind and I am pretty excited about it. The crib might be the next bigger purchase we make and I just cannot wait! We have already ordered and received our crib bedding and we both LOVE it:
So, when did you start your registries and what did you register for?
When did you order your crib or larger furniture for the nursery (or was if gifted to you?)?
How were you feeling at 9 weeks?
Hope everyone has a wonderful remainder of the week and weekend!
10 comments:
The high risk OBGYN I went to did an ultrasound EVERY time whether one was scheduled or not. I was worried we'd get charged a couple hundred bucks every time he used it, but it only showed up on the bills when it was scheduled. He had a super high tech one. It was kind of creepy to see the skull and vertebra forming. I doesn't really look like a baby at all. At least not like the one I am holding in my lap.
As for registering for clothes, I think I put a couple examples up of ones I liked, but didn't really ask for much. I really enjoyed buying baby clothes! I got quite a bit from that Once Upon a Child place in Ft. Wayne they sell "gently used" baby stuff at decent prices.
I used Amazon's wish list thing for a registry and it worked out brilliantly. You can put little comments on the side so I could articulate how excited I was about certain things and as we have lived in many states and our family is all over, people could order and have it mailed to us easily.
Many of the cloth diapers came from our list. We are using bumgenius and those suckers are expensive, $18 a pop. We've got 37 in rotation which is more than $650 of diapers. They can be a big up front cost.
Hi Emily! I am your newest follower, thanks to Melissa. I love how excited you are about your amazing blessing from God! It's so refreshing :) I had my first baby in January of 2011. We didn't register for any clothes and received a ton! That is the go-to gift for people so I'd say don't worry about registering! I have so many favorite baby items that I'd recommend for you - message me if interested :) Your crib bedding is adorable! We waited to get our crib furniture until the 3rd trimester and it was a gift from my parents...so we got to pick out nicer stuff :) Congratulations on your sweet journey to motherhood!
Ok first off I'm too lazy to read the other comments right now lol. Sorry to the other girls! But as far as clothes...no...people are going to buy what they think is cute. I can't remember if I registered for any with AJ since it was so long ago! Don't feel too bad about being in nesting mode. I want to nest so bad, but with everything up in the air with the military and no room in our house it makes it difficult! I have to say I was hoping that some how Isaac was going to destroy the crib we have in our garage...no such luck lol. I did get a new crib bumper and I LOVE IT!
I've never seen clothing on a baby registry.
Look at your planning ahead! Great choice on the bedding it looks so cute!
I don't know about registering for clothes--I would imagine people will just buy that in addition to a gift. I think everyone loves baby clothes. :)
I hear you on not really feeling pregnant--just kind of fat overall! I'm ready to feel pregnant!!
The bedding you chose is so cute--I am a big fan of paisley!! :)
Love the bedding- super cute!
I've never heard of someone putting baby clothes on a registry, I think people will buy what they think is cute. PLUS, since your baby shower probably won't be until the end of your pregnancy (around 30+ weeks,) all of the clothes that the stores have now won't be there!
My best registry advice: you guys focus on buying/acquiring the big stuff (crib, stroller, car seat, etc,) and then let all of the little things be gifts! Unless you have some big spenders in your family, it will make baby shower time alot more fun to get to open all of the tiny stuff then just a big gift or two!
Wow. Y'all are really on the ball! We haven't registered yet, but I wouldn't register for clothes. People will pick what they want to pick and some of those clothes that you register for now will probably be gone by the time people are actually buying gifts from it!
9 weeks - so exciting! I love that crib! It's so beautiful -- must be so fun to register for all that stuff!
I am SO SO SO happy for you! :) I can't wait to have children. The bedding is so pretty!
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