Holy Cow! Already 14 weeks and a little baby bump!

So our last couple weeks have been CRAZYYYY! I started back at beauty school and am really trying hard to get as many hours in as possible so I can be done before the baby gets here. I am also working so I have a full plate six days a week, not to mention EVERYONE needs their hair done at the same time it feels like. So I know I will feel less crazy once the hair dies down. So on top of being tired and worn out, God always has a sense of humor! Last week Corey's truck got stolen. The kid made it about five blocks and then ran a red light and got caught. It was stolen for about half an hour! We couldn't stop laughing at three in the morning and I'm sure the cops thought we were weirdos! So we have a "when I was pregnant" story for our little one!

So I am starting to show so we started our belly pictures. I am fourteen weeks now and starting to look pregnant. Some people LOOOVE to tell me that they didn't show until six months. But I like that I am because it makes it feel more real! I am so excited to find out whether this little one is a boy or girl! This week it is the size of a lemon and just growing! We are happy that chances of miscarriage have decreased so much. It takes a lot off our shoulders knowing that we will get to see this little one in six months!

I'll post more belly pictures each week!

One of the best days of my life!

On Friday we had an ultrasound for the first trimester screening. It really was to check for down syndrome but the only reason we said we wanted the test was just to check on the baby and get an extra ultrasound!! We would keep this baby no matter what. So anyways, Shelley (Corey's mom) came in and it just happened that his aunt kelly was in town also. We woke up early and headed there. I have really been waiting for this day since I first found out I was pregnant because I wanted to see a healthy baby at twelve weeks. I had went with my good friend Jess at both her nine week and twelve week ultrasounds and was so blown away how much it morphed into a baby in just three weeks! So I was dying with anticipation to actually see a full baby! A part of us was a little nervous just because you never know what will happen and because all the doctors scare you so you know what thre risks are. I sat down in the chair and as soon as she slid over my belly I saw a glimpse of the most beautiful baby ever! I had drank a couple sips of mountain dew because I read that it will wake the baby up and since I don't drink any caffeine even when I am not pregnant, I think I wired both my baby and me! So the baby was bouncing around very actively! Its crazy that it can move that much and I can't feel it! Its heart beat is perfect at 173 and everything looked good! It was such a relief and the greatest feeling ever! Corey couldn't quit smiling and I couldn't quit crying and saying, "we made something half you and half me!" For some reason, seeing the baby made me think that!! So here are some pictures of our little sweetie pie!

This one is of the side and he/she kept curling his/her legs up! They don't look near as clear as the actual ultrasound did!

This one is hard to see. The left side is of the top of the head looking down at the left shoulder and hand. The right side is basically the same thing. It has long arms like me and short legs like corey :)

I think this one was after it jumped and looked like it sneezed! His/her body moved all the way up my uterus and its hand flung out! it was so cute!!

This picture was to look at his/her nose, which is really big! Uh Oh!

I am so happy to be in week twelve! They kept the due date July 24th and said all measurements were right on track. I really was one of the best days! Getting married to my best friend was my favorite day ever ever though it was such a quick day. This pregnancy brings all the same feelings of joy and I feel like we both get to enjoy it and appreciate it as well as each other. We are so happy and can't wait for this little one. I have been feeling really good and finally have an appetite back. I started school again and have it thirty hours a week and work the other three days of the week. I'm only getting sunday off and its going to take some getting used to. I really want to be done with school in the beginning of July so I have a few weeks off. I'm so excited to meet this little one! Its the size of a plum this week!

Everyone has an opinion!!

Warning: this is a complaining post!! I am getting a little tired of all the random pregnancy advice. I want to just tell people, "Look! I have read about one zillion books about pregnancy before and now during, and I have a doctor that is very thorough! Not to mention an amazing family that helps me with everything I am curious about! Why are you telling me things WITHOUT me ever asking you!!!???"

Sorry that's my little rant. Facebook is the worst. People making comments about how I "really shouldn't be showing yet" and what everything means. My mom says it will only get worse when the little one gets here because everyone thinks they did it the right way and they are trying to share their breakthrough method with you. Maybe I'll just become a hermet when this little one gets here so I don't have to deal with that! Maybe they are just trying to help, but it sure doesn't seem like it! It just seems like everyone thinks they are an expert. My sister has two babies and my mom had two also and I have learned that all pregnancies are different, but if I need anything answered I will only ask my mom or sister not some random people I don't even share genes with!! Anyways... I need to be most christian about this I know! I guess all I can do is not submit other people to this annoying habit when they tell me they are pregnant down the road.

CHRISTMAS 2009

So this was my first christmas away from my family and it wasn't what I expected! Since I have basically been in the Bell family for about seven years, it really felt like my own family (which they are!). We drove to Clovis on Wednesday night and just got home today. It was so great to be in Clovis. I really do love that town so much. It is so simple and I love being around Corey's family! We haven't had four days there in a long time and it was really relaxing! It was strange not having Mason or McKenna there and very very quiet! It will be our last quiet Christmas! We got home today and had christmas with my family and it was great!

We definately got really spoiled with Christmas presents! Lots of amazing gifts from everyone! Here is a picture of our new outstanding snuggies!!!

We got a few things for the baby and it made it feel really real! My belly is actually starting to show a little bit so I think belly pics might be starting soon. Anyways here are a few pics of the family:

Playing Catch Up: Week 9... almost 10

Wow! Things have felt really crazy this past week! I STILL have a few presents to buy... ugh and Christmas is in two days!!! When I'm not working, I am so tired that I dream of laying in my bed... which still has not happened. We are heading to Clovis this afternoon and I'm really excited! Its my first christmas away from my family, and I know it will feel weird, but I am also excited because I love Corey's family so much! I have felt really pregnant this past week! I am so unbelievably tired and my belly feels really bloated. In the morning I don't feel like I look pregnant and then by the time I go to sleep, my belly looks like a kid from ethiopia!

I'm kind of confused on how the whole counting weeks goes. On thebump.com, it says I am already ten weeks, but on everthing else it says nine and a half. Either way, we go for our first trimester screening apt on Jan 8 and they will give us exact time for how far along we are. So the baby is somewhere between an olive and a prune:

It's really crazy to think we will have a little one for christmas next year! A six month old! I am so excited! Corey thinks it a girl now so we'll have to see! A healthy baby is all we pray for!

Pregnancy thoughts...

So far I absolutely LOVE being pregnant! I am having so much fun thinking about this little tiny thing growing in my tummy! I already feel responsible for this little one knowing that everything I eat, he/she eats, every breathe I take gives him/her some oxygen, and everywhere I go he/she gets to go with me in every second of my day! I really feel like it is a boy, but everyone keeps telling me its probably a girl because I feel really ugly and girls are supposed to "take beauty from thier mammas!" Who knows. I feel like Shelby looked prettier when she was pregnant with Kenny.  But one thing I am going to do is stop posting random things on facebook because I'm tired of hearing weird advice that makes me believe weird things that I don't think are true! Its my fault for putting it out there, but I am really tired of hearing advice and stories of pregnancy!

Anyways... I feel like I have really been on top of the world since November 13. Being the super planner I am, I have already picked out bedding sets and room decorations for if it is either a girl or boy. I have been having a really hard time with boys, and when I finally found a few I showed Corey and he was like, "I don't like any of those. They all look girly." Which I totally agree with... but we finally picked one. We'll have to do some mixing and matching, but I really like the one we picked. Names are going about the same. Girl- we have it for sure. Boy- we have about a million. That's another reason everyone says we are having a girl. I don't mind either way, except I really feel like its a boy so I'm confused!

Corey is the cutest husband/future daddy ever and his excitement for this baby is the most exciting thing ever! He cannot wait to be a daddy and I know he is going to be so great! He's being really good about my random mood swings right now too (which are totally unavoidable and thankfully not as often as I thought they would be). He is the one that is acting pregnant though! He has cravings CONSTANTLY and has been just as tired as me at 8 pm.

In the meantime, I have been trying to workout everyday and stay fit. I had slowed down on running when I found out I was pregnant because I was nervous and now I wish I never would have because I tried running last week and it was soooo hard!!! But I'm working on it! I'm doing spin class and trying to work up to 3 miles a day again. My sister said Gabrielle Reese was a really fit pregnant woman. So I googled her and found out she made some DVDs about pregnancy and working out. I found this picture of her:

Hopefully I can stay in good shape and have a healthy delivery and get back to my normal jeans fast. Scratch that... hopefully I won't have to move out of my jeans and stay healthy! That's my goal. Not saying I will be able to button them, but hopefully still get to wear them. Plus, we are going to Georgia in September (the baby will be exactly two months) and we are staying on the beach so my body better be lookin decent!!

Fried rice, Oreos, and Lox Bagels...

So before I got pregnant, I researched everything from cravings to morning sickness and how to avoid all things terrible during pregnancy.  I thought maybe I'd be different and master pregnancy. So far I have done really well at keeping my hunger down and not eating any more than I was but just more often to avoid the sudden starvation that pregnancy seems to do. I also try to eat a little protein every time I get dizzy which really works.  One thing I read was that cravings are usually when your body is needing something that is in that food. Well how can you explain double stuffed Oreos? Or fried rice? Maybe a salmon bagel I can understand.

We went to Wal-mart the other night and I swear I HAD TO HAVE OREOS. Like the most intense "have to" I have ever had! I called my mom and of coarse she gave the best motherly advice ever an said, "If that baby wants oreos you give it to that baby now!" So I let myself have five one night and three the next and thankfully my family ate the rest :) Then yesterday I NEEDED to have fried rice and a lox bagel ASAP. That is all I think about until I get it! I resisted until today but got a bagel this morning and for some reason the fried rice craving went away with it... weird. Maybe I did need something from both. Either way, I am not superwomen at pregnancy than I thought I would be!

By the way, baby bell is the size of a raspberry this week (well for a few more days)!