Mover & Shaker

This little guy loves to move!  I'm starting to think that I've got another one on my hands that isn't going to want to sleep because he is in constant motion.  Not that I'm complaining...feeling those little kicks and squirms are one of the best parts of being pregnant.

Last week was the first time that Casey was able to feel him kick which is great!  Now I can't wait to catch it at a good time for Ryan to be able to feel him.  Speaking of Ryan, he is absolutely so cute about this new baby!  He talks to him at least once a day.  He just puts his face up to my belly (the ever-expanding belly) and says "Hey baby!  I missed you while I was at school today.  Sure can't wait for you to come out of there! Love you.  Bye."  That's usually the gist of the conversation.  And then he kisses my belly.  How stinking cute is that?

I go in a few weeks for my gestational diabetes test, which, from what I remember, wasn't much fun.  I know I didn't pass the "easy" test with Ryan, so I had to go for the prolonged test, which meant I had blood drawn every hour on the hour for 4 hours, or something outrageous like that.  Hopefully it goes better this time around.  GB is something I don't really want to contend with!

So far, this pregnancy has gone pretty great.  I was sick mostly through the first trimester, but that's tapered off, and now I feel pretty good all the time.  I am still extremely tired by late afternoon, and my bedtime is usually pretty consistent with Ryan's, which is very rare for me.  My biggest complaint had been heartburn, but after my last appointment, the doctor gave me a prescription for Nexium, and it has completely knocked out the heartburn.

Well, I guess that's about all the updating I have for the day.  I've been off work yesterday and today because I'm supposed to be studying to get my insurance license.  That's obviously working out real well for me, huh?  Have a great day! 

It's A....

BOY!!!!

Ryan is absolutely tickled that he is having a baby brother, and we are too!

At the start of the ultrasound, it looked like our little one wanted to be very bashful, but after a little prodding, we were able to get a good luck at, well, the "goods". haha. It is obviously a boy, and we couldn't be happier.




I'm thinking that this one might look more like Casey, what do ya'll think? :)

Counting Down

So, I had an appointment yesterday; my first actual doctors appointment for this pregnancy. It took me so long to finally get accepted as a patient that things got a little bit behind. But no worries, I haven't missed any important tests or anything, so that's just fine. There really wasn't much to the appointment, blood pressure check, weigh in, a measure of the belly, and then listened to the heart beat (which is always awesome to hear). I did get to schedule my appointment for my ultrasound, which is going to be August 30th, so we're on the countdown to finding out if we have a boy or girl. I can hardly wait!

In the meantime, we are moving Ryan out of his room and into what was formerly the spare bedroom. We decided that we would put him in there and decorate it as his new "big boy" room, which is coming along great, in my opinion. Two walls are painted dark blue and the other two are painted slate gray, with bright white trim. Now we jut have to get his furniture, toys and clothes moved in, and we'll be all set! Then it'll be on to decorating the nursery, but that will wait until we find out what we're having. :) Once everything is done, I'll post some pics. Have a great day!

Quick Update

I promise that I will get the image of the 8 week ultrasound scanned in at some point to share the first glimpse of our little bean with everyone...I'm just being a bit slack right now.

Everything seems to be going pretty good so far. We're right at 15 weeks, so finished up the first trimester...yay for no more morning sickness! I have, luckily, noticed that my nausea has diminished quite a bit over the past 2-4 weeks or so, and my fatigue has started to wear off too. I can actually manage to stay up past Ryan's bed time now! I'm still not so much the night owl that I have been in the past, but I'm sure its because my body knows that in about 6 months, I'm not going to be getting much sleep at all, so its trying to stock up what it can now.

I'm getting really excited to be able to find out if it's a boy or a girl. Casey is too...he's said more than once that the anticipation of it is killin' him! I'm really partial to having a girl this time around (although it'll be just fine to have another sweet baby boy too), and I'm not sure that Casey really has a preference. I know this will be the last one for us and I'd really like to have one of each...I'd love to see Ryan in the role of "protective big brother" . Speaking of Ryan, he can't seem to make up his mind on brother or sister...it really started out more for sister, but has recently started asking more for a brother. And I think he's having fun trying to help pick out name ideas too.

I've already got ideas for the nursery in my mind...now all I have to do is get the room cleaned out! I haven't really worked in there very much since selling the furniture out of there...something I definitely need to get to working on.

Well, this is all of the update for now...hopefully I'll have some pics to post soon.

Things Seem Different

Maybe it's becuase I know about this pregnancy a lot sooner than I did with Ryan, or maybe it really is true that pregnancies are very different each time around, but this time, things are so much different! I was already 9-10 weeks when I found out about Ryan, and really didn't have much of a clue before then, so I'm thinking that maybe I didn't notice most of the symptoms.

Well, I notice them ALL now! I've been queasy from the time I wake up to usually right after lunch, my chest is killing me, I'm running to the bathroom all the time (and already through the night!), killer heartburn, and I can already tell that my clothes don't fit the same anymore. Getting ready for work this morning really got me. I have one favorite pair of work pants from New York & Co, and it looks like I'm going to have to try and get some more, because they are about the only pair that are still comfy. All of my other ones are getting tight around the waist although, thank goodness, I haven't gained any weight. But I'm only 7 weeks! So I'm stuck at what to do. I don't want to spend the money on maternity clothes just yet because I know I won't be able to fit in them in a few months, but I can't keep wearing my regular clothes much longer either. Oh how I wish I was able to wear my gauchos to work!

Things are starting to sink in around the house. We sold our spare bedroom furniture yesterday to a friend who needed it so that we can start clearing out the third bedroom. When Ryan got home and noticed it, he questioned it, and we told him we had to clean it out for his new baby brother/sister. He looked at me very concerned and said, "But Mommy, we can just put the baby in my room with me and I'll watch out for it". How cute is that? But when I informed him that babies get up all throughout the night and you have to get up with them, and feed them, and change their diapers, he quickly changed his mind and decided it was a good idea for Baby Wooten to have his/her own room. HA! Now we just need to get the rest of our junk out of the room (easier said than done), get the carpets cleaned, and then we'll start decorating after we find out if it's a boy or girl. I can't wait! :)

Baby Makes Four!

We are pleased to announce that we will be adding another little Wooten to the clan! We are so excited to get to share this experience with Ryan. He is so tickled that he is going to be a big brother; he says he doesn't care whether it's a boy or a girl, that he'll be "proud" of either one. How cute?! I'm hoping to be better at keeping up with this blog and keeping it updated with all the happenings while we wait patiently for our new little one to arrive. Keep checking back!!