our beautiful baby is a GIRL!

the doctor's appointment on wednesday went great! we took a ton of pictures of her. she was moving around a lot so it was really fun to watch her. it just amazes me how much she has changed over the past few months. and how much she will continue to change until she's born. her heartbeat was at 154 beats per minute. it was very strong and healthy. you can see her cute little profile in some of the pictures and her entire spinal column. her little legs were crossed but she was kicking them like crazy and it was nice to see she was moving so much. my mom said that she's gonna have to pay for dance lessons because she is such a mover. i feel like when she's bigger and moves around more i'll probably want her to calm down a bit, but for now i can't feel it too much so i think it's great! the doctor said that she looks fantastic and very  healthy. i've felt her move a few times. at first i didn't know if it was really her so i didn't want to assume anything. but now i've felt it a few more times and i'm pretty sure it's her wiggling around in there. i can't wait until i feel her everyday.  she is continuously amazing me. the doctor says that right now she weighs in at about 8 ounces. this is a healthy weight for how far along i am. 

drew was very excited when i told him that our baby was a girl. i had told him all along that it was but he didn't believe me. so he said he was pretty amazed whenever i was right about her. just kinda funny. everyone was pretty much split as to what their guesses were. so our little one will either be tess marie or lola jane. we'll wait to decide which one until the baby is born and we get a good look at her. we love all of you and thank you for your prayers.

16 week video YAY it loaded!

ok so here goes trying to add this video to my blog...hopefully it works

wow this took FOREVER to load!! hahaha. i hope everyone enjoys it. love you all!

16 weeks...almost half way :)

i had another doctor's appointment this past wednesday. nothing too exciting. we didn't get an ultrasound, they'll wait for that until about 20 weeks when we'll find out what the sex is. the baby was moving around like crazy when the doctor was trying to find the heartbeat. he'd catch it for a few seconds then the baby would move so he'd have to go searching for it again. this happened a few times before we got the baby to stay in one place. haha. it's a little swimmer. other than that it was a pretty routine appointment. soon enough i'll have to be at the doctor once every two weeks but for now it's just once a month. 

i've been feeling pretty good. the heat isn't really agreeing with me too well though. i get tired pretty easily when i go outside on hot days and it makes me feel kinda weak or nauseous. other than that though the morning sickness has gone away, which is great. work is going well (they still don't know yet. i'm gonna tell them in about another week or so). i'm on my feet all day moving which stinks sometimes but others its nice because i'm not just sitting around. my days fly by. drew's already been gone a month and it seems like he just left. hopefully the next 5 months will fly by like this first one has. the baby and i still miss him a ton though and wish he could be home. 

i couldn't get the video uploaded today but i'll try again soon. i uploaded the video to facebook though so anyone who wants to watch it can watch it on there. sorry guys. love you all and thank you for keeping us in your prayers. 

comparing baby bumps

so i got really bored the other night and felt the need to document my ever growing belly. haha. having been an athlete for most of my life i feel like i'm pretty in tune with my body and have noticed my little baby bump getting bigger. the first picture is of me at 12 weeks. not really much of bump at all. i really didnt notice that i had much of a bump recently until i wore a t-shirt to work that was kind of tight on my belly. i looked in the mirror at work only to realize that yup, i definitely had a bump starting. again, not much of one but enough that my boss is either gonna think i'm pregnant or i eat a little too much during my lunch break. haha. i still haven't told them yet since i'm still trying to settle into the job. i think they'll take it pretty well since i plan on staying there for awhile even after the baby is born. the people that i work with are great and the job is pretty fun, except that i have to stand on my feet for about 9 hours a day with very little opportunities to sit down. i feel like i'll get used to it the more that i work there. anyways....back to comparing the baby bump. 

the next pictures that i've put in this one is of my belly a few days ago. this would make me 15 

weeks along. i've got a little bit of a bump. i'm pretty excited to start showing. i know that sounds weird but since this is my first i feel like i'm excited for everything (including my b

elly...haha). i'm just trying to enjoy everything about being pregnant. i didn't enjoy the morning sickness so much so i feel like i can enjoy everything else. it's been a blessing so far and i know this baby will be for the rest of my life. the baby is going to be beautiful and i can't wait to meet our new little one. (i know that i kept calling it a girl but every time i do drew keeps reminding me that it could still be a boy so i feel like i should call it "baby" or "it" for right now). 

anyways...i will post another update after i have my next appointment in about a week. no ultrasounds at that appointment just a doppler to hear the heartbeat. i should have a video though for drew so everyone can enjoy that too. i'll keep everyone updated!! keep us in your prayers. love everyone.

demolition day

well it's official...there is no drywall and very few walls left in the upstairs of my house. between my 4 uncles, aunt, cousins, janean, jenni, jayla, jesse, and brent we completed stripped the upstairs of all drywall. you can stand in the kitchen and see completely to the back of the house. i was instructed to not do anything after i started having cramps from lifting some drywall, i felt kinda useless (but it was better to not hurt the baby). i would go upstairs every hour or so and more and more was gone each time. it should be done around november...hopefully. 

if anyone has any framing experience and wants to help out in two weeks please let me know. 317 610 6369. it would be great to have more hands than just me, my  mom and my uncle. (we're the only ones who are planning on being there as of right now)

i just wanted to say thank you to everyone who came to help yesterday. we really got a LOT done and it meant a lot to have everyone there. so thank you so so so much!! i was really excited that so many friends and family could come out and help. i love all of you for that!! janean, jenni, and jayla worked ridiculously hard and got soooo much cleaned up. jesse and brent might have broken through the wrong wall but destroyed the old laundry room. my mom didn't care about that too much because she wanted to re-do that wall anyway but i don't think she wanted to re-do it right now. haha. my uncles and cousins destroyed all the walls and are now making room for the the baby. i just keep praying it gets done by the time that i'm big and pregnant and can't/don't want to move around a whole lot. 

thanks again to everyone that helped!! love all of you!

ugh...drew's on a boat...blah!

so it's official...drew is off on a boat somewhere and i'm missing him like crazy. the baby is not liking it very much that daddy is not here to say goodnight every night. instead, the baby gets to hear tracks of drew from the spring show (thank you jason for those...shaun you tried and i'll give you credit for that one. computers break and it wasn't your fault). today was a pretty good day and i'm just trying to stay positive and focus on the best for the baby. it doesn't need to feel anything but love and contentment for the next 6 1/2 months so me being sad is not gonna go over well with it. i'm just kinda taking it one day at a time, hopefully the days will start to fly by once i get into a routine. not really showing at all yet and i've lost any cravings that i had in the first trimester (no more pickles and buffalo chicken. probably a good thing, at least with the pickles). nothing too exciting going on with me or the baby right now. we have our next check up in three weeks and as of today i'm officially 13 weeks, still not half way : ( so much more time to go. i can't wait to meet our new little one!

i love you drew. and miss you very much. i can't wait for you to be home. don't worry i'll try to keep the little one in as long as possible so you can have time to tell her how much you missed her and tell her all about your fun adventures on the ship. i can't wait to have you home. i love you. i love you. i looooove you : )

FIRST TRIMESTER = DONE!!!

so glad to be done with the first trimester. it went by fairly quickly and the baby is doing great! we had our 12 week appointment today, which was pretty short and sweet. they did a doppler on my belly to find the heartbeat. it was beating strong and fast...both good signs that the baby is healthy. such a blessing to hear the heartbeat. drew loves it!!! i wanted more ultrasound pictures but we won't get anymore of those until 20 weeks whenever we find out the sex of the baby. i really just wanted to see the difference from 9 weeks to 12 weeks, but we'll just have to wait for another two months : (

the morning sickness is pretty much all gone (thank goodness...i really do enjoy eating on a regular basis). it's really nice not having to worry about how i'm going to feel during the day. the last few days that i get to spend with drew before he leaves should not be filled with nausea and motion sickness. so i'm thrilled that i'm done with that for right now. i can actually start to move around now instead of spending most of my time on the couch. i missed being able to walk my dog and kinda just move in general. i hear that morning sickness can come back in the third trimester and i'm not really looking forward to that one, but it all comes along with being a mom. i can't wait to see the baby and all of this is totally and completely worth it.

i'm gonna miss drew a lot but i hope he has a FANTASTIC time while he's away. he has a blog for his cruise which is:

www.drewscruise.wordpress.com

hopefully he'll keep it updated more than i've been with this one over the past month. i'll probably get better about that once he leaves for the cruise.

love everyone and thanks for all the support that has already been given and keeps coming. it truly means the world to know that our family and friends are standing beside us as we embark on this amazing journey. we love all of you!!