Random!

The entire time I had the baby gender poll, boy was in the lead (I think Jose may have had something to do with that). I think it is crazy that when the poll closed- before the announcement- boy and girl were tied!



Speaking of random, have I talked about food cravings? I don't think my cravings have been any stronger than pre-pregnancy, but there are a few things that always sound good to me!


In the beginning I always wanted toast, applesauce, and potatoes. I think one time Jose and I counted all the ways I had been making potatoes. We had lots of loaded baked potatoes, mashed, scalloped, rosemary flavored, fried... yum potatoes!

Since the early weeks, we have had sushi (don't worry I stick to fully cooked ones right now) at least once a week. Jose and I were never a fans of the ginger or wasabi, but since I've been pregnant, neither of us can get enough!

The other food that always sounds good is pizza! I can be in the mood for pizza anytime!

And finally peaches and nectarines! YUM! It is so good that Jose's grandpa has peach trees literally bending with the weight of the peaches! Plus being summer, I have got some really good deals on nectarines! I always feel like eating a cold nectarine. Even now I'm thinking of the fruit in our fridge at home wishing I could have one.

My cravings aren't too strange, and most of these things I love pre pregnancy anyway. No pickles and ice cream for me- though Jose wanted pickles and bought the biggest jar. They are still sitting in the cupboard unopened!

Oh yes I did!

Buy Ellie's bedding that is! Yup, after looking at me like I had 3 horns on my head when I told him I wanted to order it, Jose gave in today and said to buy it! It is soooo pretty! I looked forever before I even knew we were having a girl. I knew as soon as I saw it that it was the one I wanted (to bad I saw it after looking at 500 other beddings)! I never was able to find a bedding I loved for a boy.

Jose thought it was too soon to purchase the bedding, but when he asked what color we were painting the nursery, I told him that we can't paint it until we have the bedding to match it too! I won, and 20 minutes later it was being sent from Illinois to our front door. ;-) Oh, and not just the bedding. I ordered just about everything you see in the picture! I'm still looking for the furniture and chandelier!

In other baby news, I have started feeling Aubriella move! At first I wasn't sure if it was her, but it happens a little more frequently now and a few times have been unmistakably little nudges. It only happens a handful of times a day, so I am waiting for it to be more consistent and stronger. It is so fun and exciting when I do feel her move!

It's a HEALTHY Aubriella Joy!

Yup, I knew it. I totally totally knew it!!! I wanted a girl sooo bad but was prepared for a boy. Jose wore a blue shirt and I wore a pink shirt, each hoping our color would win!

At first during the ultrasound, our baby's legs were crossed, so we got to look at her little face, feet, and profile. We jiggled my stomach around and she opened her legs just enough to get a peek (she already sits like a little lady!) When the technician was checking, before she could even confirm I saw that it was a girl. I said out loud, "You don't have to tell me, I can tell it is a girl!" She waited a couple of minutes and finally confirmed that it was a girl! I think Jose immediately forgot that he had wanted a boy, because he was smiling just as big! I don't think I stopped smiling for 20 minutes. Jose kept looking at me and laughing, because I kept saying "Yes! I knew it!"

We decided to go out for lunch, and I jokingly mentioned that I wish I knew where Cameron Ingalls new office was so we could ask him to take a couple pictures of us with our camera. 5 minutes later Cameron walked by and was happy to take the pictures!

So how did we tell our families? We asked them to come to dinner, and as they walked in we had them each make a final guess by picking a cookie. It was a tie between girl and boy votes!

I baked Papa Murphys pizza (take and bake) and we were right about to eat, when the Fattes Pizza delivery guy showed up. Everyone was confused why we were getting more pizza. Jose announced the special delivery and opened the pizza boxes on the table. Jesse said "It would have been so cool if the pizza spelled out what they were having." That made Jasen run over to the table to check, and then everyone crowded around the table and read:

We are so excited to know that Aubriella Joy is developing perfectly and is healthy! It was so strange being able to see her features and realize I have a baby inside of me! It was easy to picture the little peanut we last saw, but to see a moving (talk about moving, she did a flip while we were watching!) formed baby was amazing!

We are having a baby...

Wouldn't you like to know!? We know and we're both very excited! Check back a little later tonight or tomorrow to find out. All I'm saying for now is we are going to have a healthy...

Here are some pictures from today. You may be able to figure out what we each wanted by our choice in clothes. But even though these pictures are taken after we found out, we are both happier than ever! You would think we both wanted a ...

17 weeks

A great 17th week. I tried in vain to feel the baby move but it didn't happen. Every night I'm paying extra close attention to see if I feel the baby move!

I love that our baby can hear sounds! Jose talks to the baby (I have to correct him every time he calls the baby "Little Fella" or "little buddy." I don't want him to hurt the baby's feelings if it is a girl!) all the time. He mostly lies and tells the baby things like "I'll be the nice parent to give you ice cream for breakfast." Every night he has started laying on my belly and reading Bible stories from the children's picture Bible he insisted on buying. Even if the baby can't understand yet, we are training ourselves to make it a habit to teach our child the Word!

Can't wait to find out what we are having!!

Oh, and can we all agree that it was a BAD move to get my hair cut this short?? In my defense I asked for a trim, and I thought we both communicated well on what I wanted. Apparently not.

16 weeks

I'm a little behind on this post! The 16th week was pretty uneventful. I had a doctor's appointment and we heard the heartbeat again! We had borrowed Jose's cousin's fetal heart monitor and had enjoyed listening to what we thought was the baby's heartbeat. I got a little worried because it seemed fast but not as fast as it should be (130-160 beats per minute). Turns out we had to be listening to my heartbeat- which is so weird that we could hear it below my belly button- because at the doctor's appt it was soooo much faster than we had been hearing!

The best news of this week was we scheduled our "Big Ultrasound" appointment! On August 24th we get to see our little baby again and find out (hopefully!) if it is a boy or girl! We are going at 17 1/2 weeks which is pretty early, but the diagnostic person said a few days before 18 weeks will be fine! YEAH!!! The suspense is killing us!

15 weeks!

We only have 175 days until Ellie or Kaden is due! This past week went by the fastest! Can't believe how it flew by. This week was a great week, but I did have to go home at lunch on Monday because my head was pounding and I was scared it would end similarly to last Wednesday. I went home and slept until Jose got home from work!

I don't think my belly grew this week, but for the sake of documenting, we took the weekly belly pic.