16 week visit

We had our 16 week visit today, although I'm almost 17 weeks YIPEE!!  Here is a little about baby this week.

Everything looked great at the doctor.  Heartbeat is at 145, we've already had our ultrascreen done (to test for Downs Syndrome) and the good news is according to that test I'm a 20 year old!!!  Mommy has lost a pound since last visit, but gained a tummy :-)  I've been having lots of headaches and trying not take any medicine, my doctor told me to drink a Coke when I have one, so we'll see if that kicks it!


Next visit is January 16th and it's the BIG one!!! Looking forward to being able to start on Baby Lind's room.  Only 5 more months to go, YIKES!!

Maternity Clothes

So, I've held out for as long as possible wearing my regular pants with a Bella Band.  It's getting to the point where the buttons and the and the button holes are a good inch apart on my dress pants so I figure it's time to head to the maternity aisle.


I went to Target last week because they always have the cutest maternity stuff.  Yea right!  They only have the cutest maternity stuff when you're not pregnant and you pick up a cute top or dress and quickly put it back on the rack because it's Liz Lang.  I have to dress up for work, and on the weekends I always have on sweats, so what do I find it necessary to buy last week, my very first maternity purchase??  Jeans!  Of course!  Because I still have a few pairs of jeans that fit fine, I hardly ever wear them so why wouldn't I buy jeans?  (I hope my husband doesn't read this)  In my defense they are super cute, they look identical to my favorite pair of regular jeans AND I fit into a size 2, just ignore the fact that they are maternity, also ignore the fact that I said I FIT into them, I didn't buy the size 2 ;-)


I get my super cute new jeans home and try them on for my husband.  As I'm running around the house exclaiming how awesome my new jeans are I find myself pulling them up about every 2 seconds.  It's fine though, I'll grow into them right?  Wait!  What if I don't, then I'm going to constantly be pulling them up, then I won't wear them, then I wasted $30! (hey! it's Target, we're on a budget!) 

So I basically go back and forth on whether I should return them or keep them and I finally decide to keep them and I wear them out shopping on Sunday.  It's true, every 2 seconds I'm pulling them up, and it's really starting to annoy me, but I look so adorable!  I go to Motherhood Maternity, just to check things out, and also buy a velour track suit, because of course I need another one of those, because of course my regular sweats don't fit anymore (note: LOT'S of sarcasm here).  While I'm in the fitting room pulling back on my super adorable awesome jeans I notice a button on the inside with some elastic.  What's this?  Could it be, adjustable jeans?!?!  Of course it is!  I am the dumbest pregnant chick around!


Needless to say, my jeans fit great, I very happily left the store with my new velour track suit in hand and headed home to tell my husband the good news.  He, unlike me, didn't find it as amazing but whatever.


Do you know what else rocks out hard core?  To have a best friend who just had a baby this past summer STOCK you up with maternity clothes!  Honestly I don't need to buy a thing (I just want to, shhh, don't tell Jeff) Kayleigh you are AWESOME!

Things I've learned

since becoming pregnant....

1. When your Mom says "You won't show until 6 months!" don't believe her (see photo below)

2. Your belly is not the only thing to grow uncontrollably (see top of the photo below)

3. It's amazing how fast the bond between you and your baby grows, within minutes!

4. Being constantly tired like you've stayed out partying until 3am and got up at 6am is not fun, especially when there was no partying involved.

5. People don't want you to lift things more than 2 pounds, and I've got to say, I'm ok with this ;-)

6. Everyone has an opinion on what you should have done, what you should be doing, what you should do in the future.  Newsflash to everyone, just because it's your opinion doesn't make it right!

7. The shirts that you thought were so big that they would for sure last your whole entire pregnancy even though they are regular shirts somehow must have shrunk in the dryer or something

8.  Dogs get more cuddly :-)

9. You miss your family more :-(

10. The top questions you get from people are:
1) When are you due?
2) Are you going to find out the sex?
3) Have you thought of names yet?

The next 5 months are going to FLY by!

Twins..don't get too excited

 All I can say is I'm glad I'm not having twins!

Washington D.C.

I'm SO excited to be going to Washington D.C. for the first time ever!!!  We are going in a few weeks, but we'll only be there for 2 full days + one night.  I want to do and see as much as possible, but I know it's NOT possible to do and see everything that I want to do. 

So, my question comes....what should we put on our To Do list for our trip??

For the love of dogs....

Someone had a link to this article on their Facebook page this morning and it just reminded me (like I need a reminder) of how much I love Lily and what a great dog she is.  The article is all about the heroic actions of dogs saving family members, entire families, and even strangers! 

I know that if anyone ever tried to hurt me, or Jeff that she wouldn't let that happen.  I always wanted a small little dog, but Jeff wanted a lab so badly that I finally said "ok".  Now I can't imagine not having a lab as part of our family.


If you're thinking of getting a dog, please don't forget your local animal shelters.  There are so many unwanted dogs and puppies out there, and especially bigger dogs are harder to adopt out. 

How could you resist a face like that?

Announcement!

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