Bumpdate

How far along? 16 weeks

How big is baby? The baby is about 5 inches long from crown to rump and weighs about 4 ounces.

Gender? too early to know, but Matt is wanting it to be a surprise so we may not be finding out

Total Weight Gain? maybe 5lbs now, I forgot to weigh my self right at the beginning

Maternity Clothes? yes I have maternity pants and skirts, its a lot easier sitting with out having your pants dig in to you. And still regular shirts.

Symptoms? I have been so thirsty! usually after 1pm or so the back of my throat just gets so dry!

Food Cravings? I have been wanting a ham sandwich for a while so I went and bought a small pre cooked ham, sliced it up and then fried up the ham in a plain frying pan and then making delicious sandwiches!

Food Aversions? I don't really have any aversions right now.

What I miss? Right now not much since I have been making myself ham sandwiches.

Sleep? Sleep is still good, sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night maybe once either to go pee or just because.

Movement? Can't feel any movement yet, probably not until 20 weeks, they said my placenta is at the front so that kind of hides the "early" movement.

Stretch marks? None yet. I have been putting lotion on before I go to bed. I am the type of person where I never put lotion on my body except for my legs sometimes. So this putting lotion on thing is hard for me to get used to.

Belly button? Still seems normal

Milestones? Making it to 16 weeks

Best moment of the week? Having people comment on my little baby bump.

What I am looking forward to? Getting on track with doctor appointments.  

Pregnancy moments with Matt: Matt comments on my belly everynight and tells me how excited he is!

Belly Photo:

Canadian Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving to all the Canadians out there!

There are so many people and things I am thankful for this year. My list can go on for ever if I start writing it down but just to name a few I am thankful that I have God in my life, for my loving husband, our family, our amazing friends and for all that we have had to go through to have this amazing miracle happen to us.

It has been such a long time that we have been waiting to have this little miracle come true for us and we couldn't be more excited and thrilled about it.

To let you all in on what our Thankgiving Monday was like this year here is what we did. First we went to the mall to meet John and Rachel there because Rachel found a pair of jeggings online that she thought would work really well for us. We eneded up both getting them (its kind of just what we do, we have a good number of clothes that are the same or just in a different color), it's fun having someone to do that with.
Then we all went over to my parent's home for lunch. My brother and his girlfriend Megan were already there as well as our friend Jessica. Lunch was almost ready so we helped with the last few things and enjoyed each others company. Here are a few pictures of our dinner and what happened afterwards.

Everyone filling their plates

I wish Matt had smiled in this photo

So much food!

And this is what happened after we ate as much as we could from all that food. I don't think I will have to write anything for these next 3 pictuers.

Weekend Recap

Friday

Today I got off work a little bit earlier than normal which was great! I also went over to John and Rae's house for dinner, Matt was invited too but he was golfing with John so they came arrived later then me. It was a great dinner!

Saturday

Today we had a youth choir practise because at the end of November we are going to have a youth Christmas concert so we need to get some practices in before then. After that all the youth that came to the choir practise then got to go to the Calgary Corn maze. It was a really nice day out and I think everyone enjoyed themselves. We had three teams to go through the corn maze, the guy youth, the girl youth and the youth leaders.

Rae wanted me to show off my belly so Matt decided to show his off too.

Sunday

Today for our Canadian church Thanksgiving we were asked to bring a snack that was red and white to represent Canadian Thanksgiving. I made red and white jello! My mom always would make layered jello so I asked her for the recipe and tried it out. It turned out not to bad, and it tasted good!

Bumpdate

How far along?  15 weeks

How big is baby? The baby is about 4 inches long from crown to rump and weighs about 2.5 ounces.

Gender? too early to know, but Matt is wanting it to be a surprise so we may not be finding out

Total Weight Gain? maybe 4 to 5lbs now, I forgot to weigh my self right at the beginning

Maternity Clothes? yes I have maternity pants and skirts, its a lot easier sitting with out having your pants dig in to you. And still regular shirts.

Symptoms? Still the same as last week but I also have found my nose to be kind of runny, I'm not sure if it is just because it is getting colder out.

Food Cravings? I haven't been craving anything in particular, its mostly if I smell something good then I want it but that doesn't mean I have to eat it.

Food Aversions? I don't really like meat all that much, it has to be really good for me to want to eat it.

What I miss? German sandwich meat

Sleep? Sleep is still good, sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night maybe once either to go pee or just because.

Movement? Can't feel any movement yet, probably not until 20 weeks, they said my placenta is at the front so that kind of hides the "early" movement.

Stretch marks? None yet. I have been putting lotion on before I go to bed. I am the type of person where I never put lotion on my body except for my legs sometimes. So this putting lotion on thing is hard for me to get used to.

Belly button? Still seems normal

Milestones? Making it to 15 weeks

Best moment of the week? Knowing people are really excited for us.

What I am looking forward to? Going to my doctors appointment next week, I should probably get to know how much weight I have actually gained instead of just guessing.

Pregnancy moments with Matt: Matt was feeling my belly last night and he said "it's hard?" I asked him what did he expect it to feel like. He didn't really have an answer, I don't think he had any clue what its suppose to feel like.

Belly Photo: