Well lots has been going on since I last posted. I am now 27 weeks pregnant and still loving every minute of it. I can finally see this little girl move around from the outside of my belly now. She still likes to do her gymnastic moves at night when we are lying in bed. Its funny to see my belly move without me doing anything. She also like to lie on my left side and my belly is often lopsided. It was funny one morning Ted looks at it and asked why it was in his words "all messed up" Meaning the the right side was higher than the left! I have been having lots of braxton hick contractions and the first time I told Ted he said what the heck is a braxton what?? Needless to say my husband has been learning a lot in the last few weeks.
Teds parents came to visit for American thanksgiving and we went to visit his cousin for dinner in Michigan and then onto my parents house that weekend for my brothers little boy "Max" baby blessing. Where my sister informed me that I have that pregnant face now!!! translated as my face now looks fat and chubby!! Great!! Its really easy to keep your self-esteem high in my families house between my sister saying I look fat and my dad calling me tubby everywhere I go!!! So its onto Christmas now. I will post pictures of our house decorated next.
Well to keep everyone updated we are having a little baby GIRL!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yes at 15 weeks my dr scanned me and thought it was a boy but our official 20 week ultrasound showed girl! The lady said I think its a girl and I about died. I said ahhh what?? We thought it was a boy so she said well I will have another person just double check me. So she went to get another tech but by that point unfortunately the baby refused to open her legs back up. So instead of being left in the dark going back and forth the next day at work I had a Dr confirm and there she was bum up showing us all her "lack of bits". There was no denying it we had such a good a shot its really a GIRL!!! Ted will tell you I smiling from ear to ear with tears in my eyes. I had from the moment we got pregnant the maternal instinct that it was a girl. And now I get to go shopping for all that cute girly stuff!!!
I have been feeling the baby move for weeks now and I could feel her move all day everyday. Its a nice little way she tells me everyday she is there and growing stronger. I love the little kicks and punches she makes. It almost feels like someone is tickling me from inside. She goes crazy within minutes of me eating any sort of chocolate, just like a true girl. Her most active time is at night after we have eaten dinner and are relaxing. Ted can't quite feel her move from the outside yet and that is mostly because my placenta is on the anterior wall of my uterus so I can feel her move all over but the placenta is blocking him from feeling anything yet. But this little girl has already got her Daddy wrapped around her little finger.
We had an ultrasound done around 14 weeks and since the tech knew I worked at the hospital she tried to see the gender for us. We got a nice clear view and it looks like its a boy!! We have another ultrasound in a couple weeks to confirm but everyone knows how inpatient I am so I had one of the Dr at work scan me again and this little cox is not afraid to hide his parts. It definitively looked like a boy. Since ted wasn't able to be there I had him come to my work on the weekend and I scanned my self and he got to see this little one jumping all over. He kept moving his arms and legs like he was kicking something. It was so weird to see him move and not feel anything. And at one point I started to laugh and the little one starting jiggling from my laugh. Its so cool to watch I could do it all day. Ted asks me all the time what I would do if I couldn't hear the baby's heart beat at work everyday or see it with the ultrasound and my reply is be even more crazy than I already am!
So everyone keeps bugging me for baby bump photos so here it is now that I have started showing. A girl at work said oh you don't look like there is a bump at all and I responded just wait as the day goes on and eat it gets really big. So by the end of my shift she goes oh you were right I can totally tell now. This baby still loves fruits and veggies but I'm not nauseated anymore which I love, but always very tired. I still don't like to eat meat it just doesn't taste good to me but I am trying to make sure I get my protein. Unfortunately my normal sweets craving is back in full force and I'm not liking my scale results. Even though my Dr. says I'm gaining right on track it feels like a lot to me. I can still wear my regular jeans but my tops are all getting way to tight. Time to go shopping for some more comfortable clothes.
(Please disregard the no make-up, hair not done look, I was running out to the gym, which doesn't happen as much as I'd like)
I have plotted and planned writing this specific post for a long, long time. At times, I thought I might not ever get to write it. But oh how happy and blessed we are to finally be writing this. As the news has started to spread fast, we are PREGNANT! We got a bit of a late start as this will be grandchild #18 in the Templeman family and #30 in the Cox clan!!! Due March 5, 2012, I am officially into my second trimester and enjoying every moment of this pregnancy.
Ironically, we actually found out while Ted was in Toronto for work. As some of you know, Ted spent most of the summer in Toronto working for a law firm. While staying at my parents house on a visit to see him, I took a test and when it came back positive all I could say for 20 minutes was OH MY GOSH!!! I couldn't believe it!! So we took a picture to document the moment. (Ted's thought at the exact moment of the photo: wait, did you just pee on this??)
We tried to go back to bed and let my parents sleep some more before we told them, but lets face it neither one of us got anymore sleep.
As as side note, Ted has pointed out that this blog post is Phase 3 of telling people. Phase 1 was our parents after the positive test; Phase 2was telling our immediate families after our first ultrasound, and Phase 3 is now telling the world at large after hearing a safe successful heartbeat.
So back to Phase 1 of telling people: to tell Ted's parents we thought of a cute way since we couldn't tell them in person. We sent Barb an email with a picture of both of us holding a BYU baby onesie. We got his parents on the phone and told Barb to go check her email and of course she passes the phone off to Big Ted and goes upstairs to check and leaves us on the phone with his dad. We had obviously hoped to hear her dramatic reaction when she saw the photo in the email--that was the whole plan. So Ted had to improvise quickly and tell his dad to chase her upstairs so we could hear her reaction. With Barb living up to her reputation for hysterical-ness, we were still able to hear her screaming/crying as she opened the email and saw the picture.
"Baby's first picture at about 9 weeks"
For our Phase 2 reveal, we told my family at our annual family cottage week this August. Here is the video of how we told my family while we were on vacation at the cottage. Roxy actually helped us out. We thought that since many people announce their pregnancy by putting their oldest child in a shirt that says "BIG BROTHER/SISTER" we would put Roxy in a little dog shirt that said BIG SISTER since she has been our first and only "child" for so long [btw, if you're wondering, our cat is more like our red-headed step child that we pretend isn't there most of the time and think about all the things we could have done if we didn't have kitty].
Beware, the video is sideways for some reason and I cant seem to rotate it, so Ted says to just turn your monitor/laptop/iPad sidways.
Some pregnancy stats so far:
Everyone keeps asking if I have been sick/ had weird cravings yet and the answer:
- Lots of nausea that is finally going away but no throwing up.
-No weird cravings but many aversions, I use to love chocolate but not anymore (sweets in general which is so not me I usually love desserts), I can't get enough fresh fruit for example -For example, on one day, I ate a plum, apple, banana, peach, and watermelon!!!
-Taking lots of naps whenever I can, never felt so tired before
-Don't like any meat really
-Peeing all the time
- Still able to wear my normal clothes (hope this lasts a lot longer)
We can't wait to find out whether we are having a boy or a girl--mostly because I can't wait to go shopping! My family thinks we are having a boy because we have a girl name picked out but we can't agree on a boy name.
I will post belly pics later when something starts to show.
Ok so I have to brag about my husband for a minute. So yesterday was my birthday( we aren't going to say what number!) however in the past he has not exactly been the best at celebrating it. So this year he surpassed my expectations. As you see from the videos I had a great day filled with lots of family and helpers to blow out my candles and best part is Ted managed to keep all my presents a secret and the best one is we get to go see Josh Groban in Toronto this summer!!!! I have wanted to see him in concert since before we were married! Anyways just wanted to say thankyou to my wonderful husband and say how much I love and apprecuiate you. I caught a good catch. If you don't know Ted is now officaly working in Toronto all summer at a huge Law firm downtown. He has to live at my brothers while I live in windsor and drive up to see him whenever I get work off! It sucks but its temporary thats what I keep telling myself! The great part is only 1 year left!! I can't beleive it has gone this fast.
Thursday, March 10, 2011
After a 2-year battle with small cell cancer, my brother David's wife, Kaci, passed away this week. She was an example to us all of faith, service, and happiness.
Well we decided to do our last hora of a vacation before ted starts work this summer and then goes straight back for his last year of school!!! Not that I'm excited or anything for him to be done!! So we planned this trip and then my parents being sick of the snow decided they needed to be de-thawed as well. We stayed in a beautiful all inclusive with amazing food a gorgeous beach and a huge double person jacuzzi tub in our room. It was awesome. We went and saw the mayan ruins, did a cool jungle boat tour and on our last day had a couples massage and a romantic dinner on the beach. Ted will tell you he had to bring me home kicking and screaming. I did not want to leave the 80degree weather to go home to the snow. We came home to a foot and half of snow in our driveway and unable to even park our car. Now we are both studying for midterms and back to reality.
Our romantic dinner on the beach
Mayan temple
ted being one with the columns
Us quickly taking a pic on steps because you are not suppose to climb the ruins! Rulebreakers
One of dinners at the japanese steak house
I made Ted try on the cheap Mexican hats
ted had a hard time relaxing
this is view from balcony of pool and beach and if u see the purple light is where we had our dinner on beach
25weeks
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