Lets Play Catch-Up....

So i realized that it has been probably weeks...ok months since i last posted. So lets see what has been happening since April??

April: weeks 10-13; This was still a tough month for me. I was nearing the end of my first trimester and with one hospital re-hydration visit under my belt i was hoping and praying (ok begging is more like it) that the morning sickness would be pretty much over. No such luck. Weekends and evenings were pretty much spent on the couch or in bed with lots of tears and trips to hang with my new best friend: MR. Toilet Bowl. Food aversions: onions, pickles, hamburger, grapes, pizza, tortilla chips (primarily anything i threw up). Food cravings: nothing but i was ok eating broth or ramen noodles.

May: weeks 14-17; still very sick. Entered into the 2nd trimester and hoped for some relief. Instead i got hospital re-hydration trip #2 around week 15. Atleast with that trip, the doctors finally believed me and gave a long prescription for the only medicine that worked...Zofran. When on the meds i could eat like normal, when off, i would revert to my first trimester sick. Not fun at all. Major downfall was the extreme drowsiness of the meds and the way it affected my bowels. But atleast i could eat and drink. On the up side it was week 17 that i felt Colton move for the first time. I was sitting at my desk at work and with a few little flutters i felt him. And it did feel a lot like when you get the butterflies in your stomach.

June: weeks 18-22; still in the second trimester but finally finally FINALLY feeling good!! Still on the medicine twice a day but atleast being able to function. Also started to enjoy the pregnancy and allow myself to be happy and excited for the baby to come :) The month started out very fun as i was able to find out the sex of the baby and after finally coming to grips with the fact that i just KNEW i was going to have a boy, we found out that a lil Alfie was going to be coming our way :) We chose a name, which by the way was quite the struggle. alfie was determined to have an alfred 4th, while i was not so thrilled with that. His disclaimer is that he told me he wanted an Alfred the 4th on our first date! Okay, im sorry but that doesnt count. Does one really think about that seriously as a make or break on the first date? And i probably thought i would get him to change his mind at some point. No such luck. The interesting part is Colton is not alfie's middle name. That was an agreed upon name based on the fact that his grandpa was really named Alfredo Franscisco. then alfie's dad was Alfred 2nd. So i told him the least he could do was give me a middle name. And hence the Alfred Colton. By the close of the month, around week 21 i was able to come off the medicine.... actually it was on Father's Day that i took the last dose and went without the medicine and without any negative side effects. Me at the end of 21 weeks.



July:weeks 23-26; July was filled with feeling good. Although i had one minor blimp with a cold that was going around and alfie did his best to make sure i got it! LOL despite all my attempts to stay healthy. On the plus side, july was filled with lots and lots and lots of parties! Grad parties, July 4th parties, a pool party and lots of fun memories. On the down side it was also hotter than hot and caused pregnant me lots of discomfort. Many days i would come home from work and head right to the bedroom where i would crank the AC unit on a super low setting :) I ended the month with a doctors visit in which all was well and got the prep fluid for the dreaded glucose test... We also ordered the crib and purchased a dresser for the nursery this month! it was fun to see the room start to take shape. AND finally picked the fabric for the bumper, crib skirt and curtains (its navy blue, and lime green plaid with different shades of each color in it)

August: weeks 27-30; August started out sweet... literally, as i took the glucose test. I was not looking forward to the fruit punch flavored drink they gave me, as i don't even enjoy hawaiian punch fruit punch, cause its too sweet, so i could only imagine how nasty it was going to be. But thankfully chilled (as they recommended) it was not bad at all. I did get SUPER tired after and worried that that was indicitive of gestational diabetes. Thankfully though the drs. have not mentioned that to be true so i think i am in the clear. At 29 weeks, alfie and i celebrated our 2 year anniversary by going to Prime Steakhouse (very yummy) and today at my 30 week appointment all is well, with the exception of getting fat (more my analysis and those who like to comment on how big i am than the doctors... i know they are referring to the belly, but the mirror and scale are telling me otherwise) By now, most of my food aversions are gone with the exception of pickles. Onions were the most recent food aversion to get over, which is odd because i LOVE onions! I also LOVE pickles but the thought of eating them is stil yuck. I still get "haunted" by the memories of throwing up everytime i walk into the bathroom at work and smell the cleaner. Its weird how i can instantly go back to those moments. Another plus for this month is that Blue Eyes (aka Chris-Susans bf) painted Coltons nursery for us. It came out wonderful! The blue is the right shade for a lil boy without being too pale or too bright. We also took our birthing class, which lets just say was an "experience" not bad, but actually pretty good. I say "experience" because we did it in a 1 day 7hr session, which made for a loooooong saturday. But on the up side i do feel well prepared for labor, although in Alfs mind its gonna go all out the window when the time comes...thanks hun. Which is why i will be teaching Susan how to help with the relaxation and breathing techniques.

And that has been the few months in recap. I need to get back into my blogging as i will have lots to share. But lets see whats on the horizon....

September: weeks 31-35; 2 baby showers,

October: weeks 36 -39; alfies birthday and a 3rd baby shower

November: week 40 - DUE DATE!! also have Colton's First Thanksgiving

December - Coltons First Christmas :)

January - Back to work :/