20 Weeks!!! Half way to Babyland

I'm 20 weeks today. I can't believe it. Sometimes I feel like it would never get here, and other times it feels like it's just flown bye.

I've been looking forward to being 20 weeks for a long time. Mainly because it's the beginning of the other side of pregnancy. The side where I'm not sick all the time. The time where we know what the baby is. The time we can call him or her by name. The time where I feel the baby move a lot more. The time where we get to start shopping!!! The time where we have baby showers. All of this to lead up to the most important time; the time when this miracle baby will be born.

On the eve of "THE ULTRASOUND", I want to let everyone know the names we chose for the baby. So here they are...



We chose the boy name, Hudson first. Before Brandon and I even thought about having a baby we knew if we had a boy someday his name would be Hudson. I heard it somewhere and asked Brandon one day if he liked the name and he did. His middle name is Jacob which is the same as Brandon's. I think they go perfectly together. We also like that his first and last names start with the letter "H".

The boy name was easy. The same thing can not be said for the girl name. We actually just officially decided on the name a few weeks ago. Brandon really liked the idea of the first and last names starting with an "H" just like Hudson. Unfortunately, there aren't too many girls names I like that start with an "H".

Names like Hallie, Hazel, Harmony, Haddie, Heidi, Hillary, Hope and Heaven kept popping up on my searches. I liked the name Hollyn, but Brandon thought it sounded too much like Holland and hated it. I also liked the names Harlow and Haidyn, but I was again shot down by Brandon. Then I suggested we not pick an H name at all. I liked the names Emmerson, Kenley, and Madison, but Brandon insisted on a "H" name.

So we kinda narrowed in down to 2 that we both liked and ended up going with Hannah. I also had a hard time with the middle name. For no reason at all except for that I liked the way it sounds with Hannah I suggested Kate. Brandon liked it a lot. I looked up what Hannah and Kate both meant. Hannah means "God's Grace" and Kate means "Pure". Put them together and her name means "God's Pure Grace". Isn't that beautiful?

So that is the story behind the names. Can't wait to find out tomorrow if Hudson Jacob or Hannah Kate will be joining our family. Either way we are so blessed and excited. Hope he or she cooperates and gives us a good look. Mostly we're just praying that the baby is perfectly healthy.

Halloween 2010

This weekend was a lot fun. Friday night we hit the art trail for Dia de los Muertos, Day of the Dead. We took in all the skeleton art, Mexican food, dancers, singers, and of course, Day of the Dead bread. Yum!!!

Sunday night, Halloween, we stayed around the house for our Trick-or-Treaters. Our street always has a lot of fun on holidays and Halloween is no exception. All the neighbors come out with their kids and everyone has a great time. Our next door neighbors really do it big. Their yard was covered with spider webs, a giant spider, witches, scarecrows and all sorts of creepy crawly things. They have a sound machine that plays creepy sounds. Kids have to walk up to their front door and grab their candy from our neighbor who is all dressed up with a scary mask on and sitting with a bowl of candy in the dark. It was so much fun to watch all the kids reactions to this creepy house. Most were too scared.

Brandon, of course, has to get into the spirit as well. He got out one of the pedi cabs and got this devil like figure to put in it for his passenger. He draped the cab in black trash bags and spider webs and rode it around the block wearing a skull mask and cape. It was hilarious.





Here's a picture of our neighbor driving the cab.


Can't wait til next Halloween when we'll have a little baby to dress up and join in the fun!

Here's my 19 week baby bump photo.

19 Weeks!!!

This is my 18 week belly photo

Pregnancy Highlights

How Far Along: 19 Weeks today.

Size of baby: Baby H is the size of an heirloom tomato and weighs 8 1/2 ounces. (length: 6 inches, head to bottom)



Maternity Clothes: I just bought my first maternity clothes. I went to Old Navy last weekend a bought these jeans.


Love, Love, Love them. They were so stylish and comfortable that I bought two pair. I also bought 2 sweaters. My belly is getting bigger and I feel like none of my pants fit right now so I'm going to have to get some more clothes soon.


Gender: We find out in 8 days!!!!

Movement: Yep. I've been feeling little movements here and there. It's amazing!!!

Sleep: I'm sleeping pretty good for now. We got a new mattress so that helps.

Cravings: I'm really into sweets (cookies mostly), fruit, pasta, muffins, and yogurt. I don't like a lot of spicy foods right now because it gives me heartburn and salty foods turn me off too.


Symptoms: I'm feeling pretty good. Haven't been sick in a while. I'm still tired and have some aches and pains in my back and tail bone area. I also have some heart burn but not too bad.

Best Moment this week: Nothing too eventful this week happened. However, I did get to go to lunch with my friend Shanda and her 2 month old baby, Adele. She cried and fussed the entire lunch, which gave me a glimpse into the future.




Well that's it for now.

2 Weeks!!!! and Boy Nursery

2 weeks from today we will find out if we will have a little boy or girl. I can't believe it. It's seems like we've been waiting forever already so what's another two weeks. I'm really happy to be almost half way done with pregnancy.

Well I've shown you my sneak peak of the girl nursery design. So now I will show you the boy.

I wanted something ultra modern and fresh for the boy's room. I love the chocolate brown and light blue combination. I think either way this is going to be a fun project. Enjoy!!!!

Color Scheme

Crib

Dresser
I want to find a dresser that I can paint to match the other blue tones in the bedding and replace the hardware knobs for a unique look.

Fun clock knobs from Anthropologie

Bed Skirt and Sheet fabric


Wall tree decal to go over the crib

I'm really in love with owl decore right now




Wood grain rug

Check-Up

Yesterday I had my doctor's appt. Everything is right on track. My blood pressure is good and other tests look good, so that is a major blessing. Baby's heart rate was at a solid 148bpm. I gained a little more weight than I thought I had, but I guess that's okay. After not being able to eat for months, I find myself wanting to eat everything in sight so no wonder I gained some weight.

The most exciting news is my ultrasound is scheduled 2 weeks from Friday on November 5th!!!! I can't wait. We are praying for a healthy baby no matter what, but we are so excited to start calling and praying for this baby by name.

We do have two names picked out for sure. Both start with an H so the baby is referred to as Baby H for now. We are planning on sharing the name with everyone once we find out if its a boy or a girl.

On Friday night I was laying on the couch real still watching T.V. when I started to feel a lot of fluttering inside. I've felt these movements already but this time they were really distinct. Then all the sudden I felt 3 kicks one right after another. I just know it was the baby. Couldn't have been anything else. It was amazing. I felt a few more last night. I'm so thankful to be out of the yucky faze of pregnancy and the amazing part is starting.

I'll leave you with my 17 week belly shot and look for my post soon on the boy nursery design.

Nursery Inspiration

So I've been looking through magazines, websites, etc. to come up with the perfect theme for our baby's nursery. I've changed my mind a lot. I finally think I have what I want to do for the girl's room and almost everything I want to do for the boy's.

I'll show you some of the things I'm thinking for the girl's room first. I new I didn't want anything too traditional or standard. This is my daughter after all. I still wanted something feminine and unique and girlie without using the typical pink and purple theme. This is what I've come up with. Mind you this is subject to change at any time.

Color Scheme

Crib from JC Penny

Crib Bumper fabric
I plan on finding a dresser and painting it the raspberry pink like this one.

Dresser Hardware

Crib Bumper Fabric

Wallpaper from Anthropologie
Crib Skirt and Pillow

Plush Bunny

Cream Curtains with color pom pom trim


Well that's a start. I have so many more ideas to come. Stay tune for the boy's room and a post about my appointment on Monday. Happy Weekend :)

Whoa Baby!!!

Wow these weeks are flying by now that I'm not sick every minute of every day. I'm really starting to ease into this whole pregnancy thing. I'll be 17 weeks on Thursday and things are progressing nicely. I go back to the doctor on Monday which I'm very much looking forward to. In recent developments, I have begun to have what is called as round ligament pain. If I get up too quickly or cough really hard I will have sharp pains in my abdomen. It's just because the baby is getting bigger and my uterus is expanding so the ligaments surrounding the uterus are stretching. The pains only last seconds but they are pretty intense. I'm no longer sick. Yay!!! I haven't thrown up in over a week and I've only experience a little bit of nausea on and off mostly at night. I'm still extremely tired. I work at least 8 hours a day so when I get home I am wiped out. I'm sleeping pretty good, but will sleep even better once Brandon and I get our new mattress. We got one that was memory foam, but it was too hard. So we are looking into a pillow top. Well that's it for now. I'll leave you with a progression of belly picks from the last few weeks. At this rate I'm going to look like I swallowed a beach ball by March :)