The 31st of August, that seems absolutely crazy to me. Time is literally flying by. Alex and I were talking yesterday about how far along I am and he said, "you got pregnant in April so you're like 3 1/2 months right?" lol I said, "sweetie, I got pregnant in May, so i'm 4 months and a week pregnant" hahaha. We debated about it for quite awhile and neither of our counting was matching up, then I remembered for some reason they add the few weeks before you got pregnant to your gestation, so really it's a little longer than a 9 month pregnancy. Anyway, I'm 17 weeks (4 months & 1 week) this week! Eeek :]
I've been feeling the baby move a lot lately..it is a completely indescribable, absolutely incredible feeling. He (don't know the sex yet, but we just say he for now) feels like the size of a grapefruit maybe? I haven't felt any kicks or punches yet, but when he stretches and turns over I can feel him scrape across the top of my tummy. It kinda feels like my tummy turns upside-down, or like butterflies when you're anxious or nervous. If you've already experienced it you know what i'm talking about & if you haven't just wait, it's the best feeling ever.
Surprisingly i'm not really showing very much at all, unless I eat a huge meal then you can definitely see him or if I lay on my back, then you can really see him. I haven't really gained any weight either, I think i've put on like 3lbs or something? The doctor said that's pretty normal though. The second trimester has been a breeze compared to the first! No throwing up or nausea. Not as tired as I used to be, although the heartburn has continued from the first trimester and hasn't subsided one bit. I've never had heartburn before I got pregnant & I got hit with it like a ton of bricks! The two things that have changed in the second trimester are my appetite and my boobs. First trimester I wasn't really hungry & didn't eat too much, but now..I feel like i'm never full. I can eat a Thanksgiving feast and still want a sandwich on the side. And as for my boobs go...32B to 34D, SO FAR. I got measured for a new bra at Victoria's Secret last week. It isn't even big on me, it fits snug and there's not much room for growing.. I'M NOT EVEN HALFWAY DONE WITH MY PREGNANCY!!! I swear if I have to special order a bra by the end of my pregnancy i'm going to be pissed. PISSED. I don't want big boobs, they hurt and none of my shirts fit. Boo.
Lately i've noticed that I get a lot of the attention for having the baby I think because i'm the one who's physically having it, when in reality Alex is the one who holds me together, he is literally my backbone. I COULD NOT do it without him & i'm soo thankful I have him. I've found myself a real man. I see so many poor girls who's boyfriends run out on them with the thought of pregnancy, but that's not the case with Alex. This pregnancy has done nothing but draw us closer to each other & created a more intimate relationship between us. The feeling you get from bearing a child with the person you love most in this world is unlike anything i've ever felt. I've never been closer to anyone before & I don't think anyone knows me better than he does. From the day I found out I was pregnant he's been right by my side and hasn't left it since. He is constantly asking questions (so cute!), thinking of names, making plans to be the t-ball coach, always talking about the day we will get married, & how we've got plans for more kids in the future. He is my everything. This baby is so lucky to have two parents that have unconditional love for each other and for him. Together forever through the laughs, kodak moments, arguments, tough parental decisions, & anything else life will throw at us. I will grow old next to my best friend. I love you to the moon and back, forever & ever.
Oh and girls, when you go on a dinner date, out-eat your boyfriend, and he still wants to...ya know ya know...thats how you know, THAT BOY LOVES YOU!! :]
I'll post a picture soon, I just haven't grown much yet!! lol Oh and P.S. Next doctors appt. is September 14th..I think we find out the gender..yayay :]
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Thursday, August 5, 2010
Burn Baby, Burn!
My first blog turned out way better than I expected :] I had several friends tell me they enjoy reading this & I even had a friend message me & tell me she's two weeks behind me. So she likes seeing what she's got ahead of her, I had no idea! Yay for having a friend who's going through it at the same time!
Alex and I are kind of nervous about a lot of things about the whole pregnancy such as food I can and can't eat. That's one of the harder parts about pregnancy b/c there are things you can't eat FOR SURE and there's things that are kind of parents opinion. I've read milllllionsss of articles about everything about pregnancy. I really wanted some chocolate the other day so I read a few articles and I came across this one mom who said "if you eat candy you & your child will be in the hospital for months after it's born & it could die!!!!!!!" ...personally, I think that's a little extreme. I think everything is okay in moderation right? A little chocolate here and there isn't gonna hurt anything. Alex was actually telling me about a couple he knows that were crazy health freaks during pregnancy and never gave into cravings or anything of the sorts and her children are actually kinda slow, so Alex said go for the Hershey's bar :] lol
Being pregnant at 19 & not married I've gotten my fair share of rude, negative comments so far, but this one struck me as particularly odd. This is from an older adult might I add, he said.."You know, you should really figure out what caused that..." and i thought to myself is "David" (made up a new name, learned that one in operation aware ;] ) serious right now? Is that the only thing he's got to say to me? No words of wisdom or anything?! So I quickly replied with a clever comeback..."Oh don't worry! We already figured it out! That's the last time i'll ever pee on the toilet right after my boyfriend, let me tell you!!!!" Ha I win.
So idk if any of you are into crappy, teen television shows, but I am. NOTE: IF YOU KEEP UP WITH TEEN MOM && SECRET LIFE AND AREN'T CAUGHT UP ON CURRENT EPISODES SKIP AHEAD UNTIL YOU SEE "STOP". Anyway, so i was laying there watching secret teen and was thinking how messed up their situations are, with them all having each others babies and i'm thinking man, this show doesn't make me look so bad having a kid at 19. I should make all the adults in my life watch this with me! I'm 19, graduated from High School, got some college under my belt, i've got two jobs...I look like a saint compared to them!
And so then i'm watching the latest episode of Teen Mom where it shows Farah in therapy and she starts crying about her baby daddy b/c he died. So then I start thinking..what if Alex dies?!?! The next thing you know i'm crying on my computer sending him a message about how I love him and I don't want him to ever die. His response? "Hahahaha" So then I realized I just had yet another pregnancy meltdown.
STOP. (Thought I would forget huh? No way jose!) I actually typed that section the other night so I think those are from last weeks episodes lol
Anyway..
14 weeks today
I have never had heartburn so bad in my entire life. It feels like I ate jalapeno's(sp?) for a week and they're just chillin' in my throat. Uhm..everything makes me emotional, can't really listen to the radio much b/c every song makes me cry. Shorts are getting a litttteee snug on me. Idk what i'm going to do about school clothes since I can't really buy any back to school jeans. Boo. I tried prenatal yoga the other day, I was shaking and sweating like nobodys business, I look up at the time and I was only 12 min into it....fml.
School starts Monday..SO excited to be "the pregnant girl" in class lolz oh welll...I kinda wanna mess with people when they start asking questions if i'm pregnant and stuff. When they ask I'll be like "no? why?? YOU CALLING ME FAT?!?" & just make it as awkward as possible..lol
That's pretty much it for todayyy!
I'll post this & put a picture up here in a little bittttt :] i'm all cozy in bed right now.
P.S. PREGNANCY BRAIN IS REAL!!!1
Alex and I are kind of nervous about a lot of things about the whole pregnancy such as food I can and can't eat. That's one of the harder parts about pregnancy b/c there are things you can't eat FOR SURE and there's things that are kind of parents opinion. I've read milllllionsss of articles about everything about pregnancy. I really wanted some chocolate the other day so I read a few articles and I came across this one mom who said "if you eat candy you & your child will be in the hospital for months after it's born & it could die!!!!!!!" ...personally, I think that's a little extreme. I think everything is okay in moderation right? A little chocolate here and there isn't gonna hurt anything. Alex was actually telling me about a couple he knows that were crazy health freaks during pregnancy and never gave into cravings or anything of the sorts and her children are actually kinda slow, so Alex said go for the Hershey's bar :] lol
Being pregnant at 19 & not married I've gotten my fair share of rude, negative comments so far, but this one struck me as particularly odd. This is from an older adult might I add, he said.."You know, you should really figure out what caused that..." and i thought to myself is "David" (made up a new name, learned that one in operation aware ;] ) serious right now? Is that the only thing he's got to say to me? No words of wisdom or anything?! So I quickly replied with a clever comeback..."Oh don't worry! We already figured it out! That's the last time i'll ever pee on the toilet right after my boyfriend, let me tell you!!!!" Ha I win.
So idk if any of you are into crappy, teen television shows, but I am. NOTE: IF YOU KEEP UP WITH TEEN MOM && SECRET LIFE AND AREN'T CAUGHT UP ON CURRENT EPISODES SKIP AHEAD UNTIL YOU SEE "STOP". Anyway, so i was laying there watching secret teen and was thinking how messed up their situations are, with them all having each others babies and i'm thinking man, this show doesn't make me look so bad having a kid at 19. I should make all the adults in my life watch this with me! I'm 19, graduated from High School, got some college under my belt, i've got two jobs...I look like a saint compared to them!
And so then i'm watching the latest episode of Teen Mom where it shows Farah in therapy and she starts crying about her baby daddy b/c he died. So then I start thinking..what if Alex dies?!?! The next thing you know i'm crying on my computer sending him a message about how I love him and I don't want him to ever die. His response? "Hahahaha" So then I realized I just had yet another pregnancy meltdown.
STOP. (Thought I would forget huh? No way jose!) I actually typed that section the other night so I think those are from last weeks episodes lol
Anyway..
14 weeks today
I have never had heartburn so bad in my entire life. It feels like I ate jalapeno's(sp?) for a week and they're just chillin' in my throat. Uhm..everything makes me emotional, can't really listen to the radio much b/c every song makes me cry. Shorts are getting a litttteee snug on me. Idk what i'm going to do about school clothes since I can't really buy any back to school jeans. Boo. I tried prenatal yoga the other day, I was shaking and sweating like nobodys business, I look up at the time and I was only 12 min into it....fml.
School starts Monday..SO excited to be "the pregnant girl" in class lolz oh welll...I kinda wanna mess with people when they start asking questions if i'm pregnant and stuff. When they ask I'll be like "no? why?? YOU CALLING ME FAT?!?" & just make it as awkward as possible..lol
That's pretty much it for todayyy!
I'll post this & put a picture up here in a little bittttt :] i'm all cozy in bed right now.
P.S. PREGNANCY BRAIN IS REAL!!!1
Monday, June 14, 2010
A Change of Wind
So it's been quite awhile since i've updated this, I suppose it's about time I do. I decided i'm going to start blogging a little more frequently than I have been, due to recent events. As many of you already know i've found myself to be..well, knocked up. Yeah, yeah I know, i've heard it all. Oh well, there's nothing you can do now right?
I think this blog will be kind of a therapeutic ritual for myself, a way to document my pregnancy you could say? Something to look back at in several years down the road, maybe some of you mothers out there could tell me what i'm in for, and of course a way to keep family & friends updated throughout the pregnancy and such. Most of all a way to keep my head on straight, after all I don't know what the hell i'm doing!
Maybe this blog will help other young, pregnant women as they trek into the journey of the unknown. That's kind of what it feels like right now, a new exciting adventure that I'm about to endure, blind as a bat. HOW ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO CLIMB A MOUNTAIN BLIND?? I'm nervous, anxious, excited, all of the above! So maybe i'll do a weekly update on how I feel, changes I notice, etc. with a weekly picture of my tummy to see how it grows over time. (I say that now, but we'll see when i'm nice and fat) Even if no one is reading this, it will def. be neat for me to go back and read these when I have our baby. Feel free to leave comments, questions, any tips if you have some, after all this is my first round ;]
Now for the good stuff..
So i'm..13 weeks (3 months & 1 week) so far.
I had my first picture ultrasound today, pretty awesome seeing the little squirt swimming around in there! He/she is precious :]
How do I feel you ask?
SOMEONE GIVE ME SOME SOUR CREAM & ONION CHIPS WITH A SIDE OF SUBWAY!
That's how I feel right now.
Uhm..heartburn like a mofo, but at least the daily trip to the porcelain goddess has subsided. Phew, that was getting old!
Besides that I can't really complain much, i've got a loving, understanding boyfriend & a healthy baby :] I'll put up the pictures I have so far even though they're already on facebook.
3 months & 4 days (12 & 1/2 weeks)
13 week ultrasound (3 months & 1 week)
little squirt is doin' flips!
13 week ultrasound (3 months & 1 week)
Just chillin' :]
I think this blog will be kind of a therapeutic ritual for myself, a way to document my pregnancy you could say? Something to look back at in several years down the road, maybe some of you mothers out there could tell me what i'm in for, and of course a way to keep family & friends updated throughout the pregnancy and such. Most of all a way to keep my head on straight, after all I don't know what the hell i'm doing!
Maybe this blog will help other young, pregnant women as they trek into the journey of the unknown. That's kind of what it feels like right now, a new exciting adventure that I'm about to endure, blind as a bat. HOW ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO CLIMB A MOUNTAIN BLIND?? I'm nervous, anxious, excited, all of the above! So maybe i'll do a weekly update on how I feel, changes I notice, etc. with a weekly picture of my tummy to see how it grows over time. (I say that now, but we'll see when i'm nice and fat) Even if no one is reading this, it will def. be neat for me to go back and read these when I have our baby. Feel free to leave comments, questions, any tips if you have some, after all this is my first round ;]
Now for the good stuff..
So i'm..13 weeks (3 months & 1 week) so far.
I had my first picture ultrasound today, pretty awesome seeing the little squirt swimming around in there! He/she is precious :]
How do I feel you ask?
SOMEONE GIVE ME SOME SOUR CREAM & ONION CHIPS WITH A SIDE OF SUBWAY!
That's how I feel right now.
Uhm..heartburn like a mofo, but at least the daily trip to the porcelain goddess has subsided. Phew, that was getting old!
Besides that I can't really complain much, i've got a loving, understanding boyfriend & a healthy baby :] I'll put up the pictures I have so far even though they're already on facebook.
3 months & 4 days (12 & 1/2 weeks)
13 week ultrasound (3 months & 1 week)
little squirt is doin' flips!
13 week ultrasound (3 months & 1 week)
Just chillin' :]
Monday, March 29, 2010
Sunny Skies && Butterflies.
It's been too long since my last post. Lots to catch up on!
Spring break came and went in the blink of an eye. Texas twice. SxSW. Drinks with friends. Just fabulous.
This past week has been super busy as well. I made an appointment to get all four of my wisdom teeth taken out April 9th. I'm terrified. I have never broken a bone, gotten stitches, had surgery, or anything. Strep is probably the worst of my doctors visits. School is getting tougher as well as decisions about where to lead my life next year. Alex is going on tour with his band, Restless Ribbon (check out their myspace page :] www.myspace.com/restlessribbon ), soon. Scary thought him being away from me for so long, but I'm truly ecstatic for him! He had a few shows over the break and several more to come :] Picture time..
The outlet malls in Allen, TX are just too tempting! So many great deals, just couldn't pass them up.
The stuffed crab was fantastic, & then we found the fried eyes. EW.
6th street was super crowed & crazy! So much fun!
Oasis in Austin, TX. Awesome view & great food! It is on a cliff over the lake with 5 floors and 900 tables..so cool :] Definitely recommended.
My friend Kaylee and I in Dallas about to head back to Tulsa.
Alexa
Spring break came and went in the blink of an eye. Texas twice. SxSW. Drinks with friends. Just fabulous.
This past week has been super busy as well. I made an appointment to get all four of my wisdom teeth taken out April 9th. I'm terrified. I have never broken a bone, gotten stitches, had surgery, or anything. Strep is probably the worst of my doctors visits. School is getting tougher as well as decisions about where to lead my life next year. Alex is going on tour with his band, Restless Ribbon (check out their myspace page :] www.myspace.com/restlessribbon ), soon. Scary thought him being away from me for so long, but I'm truly ecstatic for him! He had a few shows over the break and several more to come :] Picture time..
The outlet malls in Allen, TX are just too tempting! So many great deals, just couldn't pass them up.
The stuffed crab was fantastic, & then we found the fried eyes. EW.
6th street was super crowed & crazy! So much fun!
Oasis in Austin, TX. Awesome view & great food! It is on a cliff over the lake with 5 floors and 900 tables..so cool :] Definitely recommended.
My friend Kaylee and I in Dallas about to head back to Tulsa.
Alexa
Sunday, March 14, 2010
Strawberry Cake. Fabulous.
This past week was extremely busy, but very fun! I celebrated my birthday on Thursday :] Lunch with my family & spent the rest of the day relaxing with Alex. We went to a conference USA basketball game at the BOK center. Front row seats for TU vs. Marshall! Friday I went to the toughman competition at the Spirit Bank Event Center. It's a competition where anyone can sign up and they put you in brackets to box for money. It was quite the experience. Lots of affliction, tapout, cowboys & cowgirls. That should give you an idea of the crowd that was there. Haha! This next week is spring break, finally! 8 weeks of school down, 8 more to go! Although spring break is meant to relax, mine will be quite the opposite! I'll be in Texas for a good portion of the time visiting old friends & making new :] I'll be sure to post lots of pictures! They're always enjoyable to look at..so here are a few from this past weekend!
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Conference USA TU vs. Marshall ...very first row!!
My huge dobey, Iggy, sleeps with his little tongue out! How adorable :]
DELICIOUS birthday cake!
Dinner with my parent at the Brook, yay for dollar drafts!
Early afternoon nap, precious.
Alexa
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Conference USA TU vs. Marshall ...very first row!!
My huge dobey, Iggy, sleeps with his little tongue out! How adorable :]
DELICIOUS birthday cake!
Dinner with my parent at the Brook, yay for dollar drafts!
Early afternoon nap, precious.
Alexa
Monday, March 8, 2010
Lovely.
John Mayer went as follows..
Tons & tons of people.
Fantastic music.
A few drinks.
Wonderful boyfriend.
To say the least, it was a m a z i n g night.
Saturday night consisted of a little fight night, congrats to our friend Trey Houston for wining the championship! Pizza with my fabulous boyfriend && out to ClubHouse to celebrate Trey's win. Another successful night.
Sunday I did what I do best, shop!
Little boutiques are my absolute favorite!
Til next time..
Xoxo,
Alexa
Friday, March 5, 2010
First blog.
So, this is my very first blog. I'm a newbie so hang in there, this might be a little rough.
Most likely I'm just writing to myself, but that is just fine with me. This will give me an opportunity to have some "me" time. Enough rambling, lets get to the good stuff.
John Mayer live in concert tonight @ the Ford center in OKC...anyone else going?
I sure am and I can't wait until John spots me out of the thousands of girls there and decides I'm the one he would like to marry, not Jennifer Anniston. ;] Haha a girl can dream can't she?
Besides posting a sexy picture of John Mayer to end the blog with a bang, I think I'm done with my first blog. Ta-ta for now!
Xoxo,
Alexa
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