Cafe de Valentine

Hello there! Miss me? Yes I know it's been a LONG time. I've discovered, being pregnant, I'd rather sleep than do anything else and that even includes blogging! I also had a wretched cold/allergies for about four days last week that really put a hinder on things. I'm actually a week behind on pictures because I was sick. I'll take week 23 tomorrow and try and get it up in a timely manner. The photo above is week 18. That was the week we found out we were having a boy! The initial ultra sound showed that everything looked great and baby was healthy. They weren't able to get a good shot of baby's heart because of the way he was laying so I knew they would probably have me come back for another one. This was also the first week I felt baby move, it was just a few days before the day 18 week mark. Cute little flutters that made me smile. The photo above is week 19. I had a few sleepless nights around week 19-20. I am not really uncomfortable yet, but I can't...

When hubs and I got married he started a tradition on Valentine's Day each year... he writes me a poem. They aren't fancy or professional, but they are loving and from the heart and I think I've cried every single year. A few weeks ago while sorting through keepsakes I found the one from last year and it kind of reminded him of his little tradition. The next day he came home with this sweet thing. Don't worry... I cried. We’ve been married for four years, The best years of my life. But our lives will soon change, As God formed a new life. Our Unborn Baby that’s growing In your Womb. The best years of our lives, Have only started to Bloom. Our Love will grow stronger, Each Day that moves on. Rocking our baby, From morning till dawn. I Pray and I Pray, I’m able to Provide But realize I will always be able, With God as my Guide. I’m Excited to see our years as they unfold, Looking towards God to help Shape and help Mold. Our Little Baby God’s Formed in His Hands, Creating...

Last night we had our families and few friends over to reveal the gender of our little bean. Our Ultrasound was Thursday late afternoon, so we had some very anxious family members who were really hoping we'd let it slip before 7pm last night! I came home from the ultrasound and made cupcakes for the occasion. We had the house decked out in pink and blue. {m&m's} Sweet Tarts {yes, I bought two huge boxes and picked out all the pink and blue ones} We also bought a huge bag of the colored tootsie rolls and pulled out the pink and blue. I put the correct colored frosting inside the cupcakes and then frosted them all white. I was out of the paper cups you SHOULD bake them in, so some of the bottoms got a bit dark and I don't think the cupcakes tasted all that great... but they served the purpose. I had made signs for each and had them on the counter and table. Which is it? ........ IT'S A..... I will have more photos of the whole room decor, peoples reactions & the t...

the photo above is week 14, no new symptoms to speak of. I got a bit behind on updates with the holidays. Then week 15, I look at these and sometimes feel like I get smaller one week to the next. I think some photos I suck in my gut a bit. Week 16 photo. This was a day or two after Christmas and I was exhausted. The holidays totally wore me out. This is the current photo, week 17! I can't believe we're almost half way there! New Year this year was a bit emotional for me knowing we'll have a baby this year. We also had our monthly appointment this last week and scheduled the 18 week ultrasound for THIS Thursday, Jan 6th. We are hoping that the bean is healthy and growing on schedule. We are also hoping the bean cooperates for us to find out if it's a girl bean or a boy bean. We have a gender reveal party scheduled for Friday night. I promise to post pictures and details here Saturday. After the party with our immediate family and friends we have to make some other calls,...

I guess 14 weeks in is a good time to tell the "rest of the story". So I mentioned in another post that I found out on October 1st that I was pregnant. I had ordered this cute Fresno State outfit on Ebay when we started trying so that I would have it ready whenever the day came. I got home from work and took the test and hubs wasn't home yet, so I had time to wrap this up and have it on the kitchen counter when he got home. He knew what it meant as soon as he opened it. I did order it in a size 2T so that maybe hubs can take baby to it's first game in this outfit. :) Now, we wanted to keep it quiet for awhile to make sure that everything went well the first few appointments. We had our first appt on the 14th of October but since I was still not very far along, they just reviewed medical history, went over what I could take for different symptoms and what not to take. They kind of laid out what the next 9 months would look like appointment wise etc. So no real news at ...

I apologize for getting later and later in the week with these updates, I'm trying to stay on top of it. This isn't the best picture of what I actually look like at this point because the shirt wasn't very fitted. You get the general idea though. I feel like I haven't been as tired this past week. I still love to rest and had a hard time getting myself off the couch this weekend to be productive, but I don't feel like I'm falling asleep sitting up anymore. I thought I was over getting sick, but this morning reminded me that it might just come and go for awhile longer. I am not wearing maternity clothes specifically yet, but I can assure you I will be VERY soon. Most of my shirts still fit around but they're getting rather short as they stretch over the belly. I wear the belly band every single day (my pants haven't buttoned since week 6 I think) but it's starting to get more and more uncomfortable. My cravings have shifted a bit this week. I still lo...

I'm a bit behind on my weekly posts, I am actually almost 13 weeks now so I need to do some catch up. This photo was taken on time so for the sake of documenting the process I want to be sure I post what 12 weeks looks like. The "bean" is the size of a lg plum at 12 weeks and is growing away in there. I haven't been super sick this week. Only got sick once. My issue this week is dizziness. I feel pretty light headed from time to time. I can't imagine that it would be good for a preggo girl to topple over in random places, so I've found myself just sitting down when I need to. I'm still sleeping great (and a lot) eating like crazy, although this week nothing has sounded all that good, I still find a way to eat. We ventured out at 3am on Black Friday to get our glider we wanted for the baby's room. We had already picked one that we liked, but we were going to wait (who needs a glider at 12 weeks pregnant), but in the ads we saw it was going to be 50% on ...