Spoiled

Spoiled: to impair, damage, or harm the character or nature of by excessive indulgence

Does this look like excessive indulgence to you?


I don't think so!

Doctor's Appointment

Well, my doctor's appointment went well today. Here are my stats:

Baby's heartrate: 140bpm-If this baby isn't a boy, I will be SHOCKED!!! The nurse also said that she has never found the heartbeat so fast using a doppler...Woot Woot!
Weight gain: Up 3 lbs from my pre-pregnancy weight. 'Hubba hubba' says April!
Blood pressure: 160/80.....

My doctor's appointment was scheduled for 1:45pm. I had to meet some subcontractors at Lowe's at 1:00pm and they, of course, didn't show up until 1:20pm....At 1:40pm, I was across town from my doctor's office in a mad dash to get there as quickly as possible! I didn't make it to the doctor's office until 2:00pm....stupid slow drivers! Anyway, I went back and the nurse took my blood pressure. I glanced up at the screen and it said 160/80. Hmm. I text my Mom and my sister and they both tell me that that is realllly high and I need to talk to the doctor about it. CRAP!! So once my doctor came in, I told him what the blood pressure machine said and here is our conversation:

Me: My blood pressure was 160/80!!
Doc: That's high, but you are too early to be developing signs of pre-eclampsia.
Me: Well I was really stressed out trying to get here on time so that might have something to do with it.
Doc: I'll have the nurse check it again just to be sure. Nurse Betty, check Allison's blood pressure again. It was high earlier.
Nurse: No it wasn't, it was 106/80!

So basically, I'm delusional and got myself, my Mom and sister all worried about nothing!

BUT other than me being crazy, Mommy and Baby are doing great! Our BIG gender appoinment is set for Sept. 23rd!!!! YAY! Only 30 more days! And I'm sure the time will fly by with football season right around the corner! I'm really tempted to go ahead and buy the boy bedding I fell in love with over the weekend at Sugarfoot's...maybe I can talk Brad into it!

15 weeks

The weeks just keep on flying by! I am SO excited about my doctor's appointment tomorrow! This past week, I've had quite a few headaches...no fun. And sleep is slowly becoming more uncomfortable. I've always been a stomach sleeper. So obviously my growing belly is sort of preventing me from getting comfortable. I've been trying new sleeping positions, but I can't really find a comfortable one. And I have a body pillow plus two other pillows, but I guess I'm just going to have to keep trying new things until I find something that works.

Sour foods are still my number one craving. In fact, I'm about to leave to go to Publix to buy some lemons! I've tried just lemon juice (like in the little plastic lemons) but it's not sour enough! I want it so sour that my face twists up! Ok, my mouth is watering now...

Did I tell you already how excited I am that I'll be scheduling THE DATE that we will find out what this peanut is tomorrow?!?!???!?!?!!

AND football season starts in two weeks! Woot Woot! Brad and I are going to Alabama's opening game in Atlanta. Brad is pumped about the football game; I'm pumped about going to the aquarium in Atlanta!

Ok, I'm off to the store to buy those lemons. Happy Sunday!

Baby updates

I've discovered a new craving...



Lemon juice! I love it! I bought one of those little plastic lemons with lemon juice in it from the grocery store and I'll walk by the fridge and just 'take a swig' as my grandmother would say! And then Sunday, I ordered catfish for lunch...and a bunch of lemons. I squeezed the juice into a bowl and dunked my catfish into it! YUMMO!

AND I don't remember if I've posted about this yet, so I apologize if I already have. But the baby pretty much HATES when I sing. I feel like he/she is just pushing me from the inside, telling me to stop! I can hardly sing on the praise team anymore because by the end of it, I'm in pain!! But as soon as I stop singing, the baby stops pushing on me! So I don't know how much longer I'll be able to sing...

A couple of you have asked me about baby names! Brad and I had our baby names pretty much picked out before we ever got engaged. If the baby is a boy (which we think it is) his name will be Noah Taylor...Noah because we wanted something biblical and Taylor because that's Brad's middle name. If the baby is a girl, her name will be Emma Faith and we will call her both names...Emma because I just like that name and Faith because that's MY middle name!

I'm still counting down the days until I go to the doctor again. He told me at my last appointment that they wouldn't do an ultrasound at this coming up appointment, but I still get to hear the heartbeat. 6 more days!

14 weeks

Wow. Even typing 14 weeks seems strange. I don't know what's so magical about that number, but it seems like such an accomplishment to me for some reason! All of the symptoms that I was experiencing before have all disappeared! I feel like a new woman! These days, I'm just feeling gassy and clumsy! I feel like I drop things constantly. I was browning some ground beef earlier today and I kept knocking pieces out of the skillet! I thought pregnant women were notoriously clumsy because of their big bellies, but it's almost like I just can't hold on to anything anymore! I'm sure I can make it to the end of this pregnancy now. You hear about the symptoms of the first trimester and the emotions most women feel, but I guess I just wasn't prepared for how different and hard it was going be! I'm SO glad that's all over now!

I still feel like the baby is a boy. As far as movement goes, I'm not sure if I'm feeling anything in there or not. Sometimes I really think I feel the baby move, and other times I think I might be imagining it. AND my belly button is looking mega weird! It's starting to stick out a little in the middle!

I am LOVING pregnancy these days! I can't WAIT to go to the doctor in a week!

Show Us Your Life-Fav Vacation Spot!

This week's theme is....Favorite Vacation Spot! My all time favorite place to go on vacation is Jamaica! I've been going since I was 4 or 5...

April and I....(She hates this picture!)


So the last time I went to Jamaica was on my honeymoon, so I'm going to post more pictures of that trip!

Beautiful before you ever land!


Our room at the Sandals in Ocho Rios. The bed was comfortable...the pillows-not so much!


The view from our room

And the view down the hall from the outside of our room. The individual rooms had air conditioning but from the hallway and throughout the rest of the resort, everything was open to let the tropical breeze blow through!

Sandals is an all inclusive resort so you don't have to pay for food! That was great! This was one of our favorite restaurants, San Gennaro. We ate there the first and last nights of our honeymoon.

The resort had three main areas where everyone ate and shopped at, but in between those places were TONS of tropical flowers and animals!

Going out to dinner again!

We also did excursions just about every day we were there. This is a picture of us rafting down the Martha Brae River. We also climbed Dunn's River Falls, snorkelled, floated down the Raging River and swam with the dolphins! The excursions MADE the trip for us. Each one really felt like a once-in-a-lifetime kind of experience!

I HIGHLY recommend Jamaica! Just be careful that you select a reputable resort. All of the Sandals Resorts in Jamaica are wonderful, but they are the only resorts I can speak for down there. And I wouldn't venture away from the resorts (except for the excursions that the resort will book for you) because some parts of Jamaica are very bad, crime-wise.

If I had to choose a second favorite spot, it would be Las Vegas! Brad and I have been there twice and loved it both times! So much to see and never enough time to see it all!

Happy travelling!

Intelligender

I just realized that I haven't blogged since Monday! Sorry yall! Ok, so I caved and bought the ridiculously expensive Intelligender test yesterday. The test requires first morning urine so I had to wait until this morning (at 2:37am to be exact!) to take it.




And it said we are having a...................................



BOY!!!!! So maybe my hunch was right all along! It seems like EVERYBODY thinks I'm having a girl (including the majority of you guys reading this, according to the poll on here)!

I didn't tell April the results until she got to work this morning. She is convinced I'm having a girl, while I'm convinced I'm having a boy. We wore our team colors to work today (and didn't even mean to)!

I can't believe I'll be 14 weeks on Saturday! It's going by so fast! My next doctor's appointment is in a week and a half.....and then I'll officially schedule the BIG gender appointment so we can FINALLY know for sure what this baby is! I absolutely cannot WAIT!!!!