15 Weeks

I have seen a few people do blog updates with this type of information and I thought it would be fun to document the weekly growth of the baby.  Especially since I'm told I'm starting to look pregnant instead of needing to lose some weight.

Size of Baby: Navel Orange (4.5in, 2 to 3 oz)

Total Weight Gain: Last trip to the doctor I lost 2 lbs from the initial 7 week visit.  I'm not sure if I've gained or stayed the same since the visit.

Continuing Symptoms: slight nose congestion, extremely tired, frequent urination, some nausea

New Symptoms This Week:  Cannot stay asleep at night

Maternity Clothes: We bought some shirts, skirts and a dress on tax-free weekend.  I can still wear a lot of my clothes but that seems to be changing week by week.

Sleep: I'm exhausted by 8PM but I wake up so often to go to the bathroom at night that I cannot get back to sleep.

What I'm Eating: I'm trying to graze on food throughout the day, but food I once could handle doesn't go down so easy.  It varies weekly and as long as I don't cook the food, I can usually eat whatever Scott makes.  Plus, my meal sizes are getting bigger, which is a huge plus.

Cravings: Fruits, bagels, dairy

Movement: not yet, hoping that starts soon

Labor Signs: Nope

Birthday

Another birthday has come and gone.  This year my actual birthday was little more low-key compared to last year.  Last year, we climbed a Mexican ruin and repelled into a sinkhole.  This year I decided dinner and a movie would be nice.  I, also, wanted to keep it small since we are leaving for NYC and Boston on Friday as a birthday/anniversary trip for the two of us.



We had a quick dinner at BlackFinn at the Galleria and then headed to the Chase Park Plaza to watch the new Batman movie.  The movie was great!  Lots of surprises that I wasn't expecting.

Overall it was a great birthday and now I'm counting down till our trip.

1 year

I actually can't believe it's been 1 year since we go married!  It's been a great year with some surprises along the way.  Can't wait to see what the future has in store for us.

We celebrated our anniversary with dinner on Main St., St. Charles at Little Hills and a walk down Main St.  Once we got home we enjoyed 1-year-old wedding cake.  It really wasn't that bad.

Random Sunday Drives

Since Scott and Michelle had breakfast on Saturday morning without me, Scott and I decided to go back to the Picasso's coffee shop so I could try the food there on Sunday.  We drove over the bridge to St. Chuckles for breakfast.  It was a pretty cool little place that I would gladly go back to.

The front of Picasso's.  It was a little too hot to eat outside.  We then walked around Main Street and did a little window shopping while we waited for some of the shops to open.

On a whim I suggested that we drive over to Grafton to walk around and get some candles that I've been wanting to get more of.  So we drove 40 minutes over to Grafton and did a little shopping on their Main St.

[caption id="attachment_2159" align="aligncenter" width="300"] The best ice cream place[/caption]

We walked in a couple of stores that we had never been in before and then exhaustion kicked in for me.  It was hot and I was sleepy.  So we got our candles, ice cream and fudge and headed home.

Telling our families

We wanted to come up with a creative way to tell our parents about the new arrival.  We debated a clever way with onesies or just telling them.  But we came up with a fun way.  Reily would tell them the news.

Once everyone arrived I brought Reily back to our room and put a t-shirt on her.  She was not a huge fan of wearing the shirt but she loved the attention.  I had Scott call her and she came running down the hall with her big announcement "I'm gonna be a big sister!"

She was pretty cute and happy to be apart of the news.

[caption id="attachment_2147" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Reily was very excited to share her news[/caption]

Ultrasound

We had our second ultrasound this week. This time it was a little more real. Baby A was looking much bigger than the last US. We could see hands, fingers, feet, the umbilical cord, and even the face.

It was amazing what a couple weeks can do during pregnancy! We even heard the heartbeat, 168. We can wait to go back in a couple weeks to check on Sprout.

Mom's Visit

My mom was up here for a week.  We were finally able to tell our parents that we are expecting.  That was a month and half long secret that I'm not sure how we kept.  But once the secret was out I did my best to show her all the reasons why after she retires in December that she needs to move back to St. Louis.

The Saturday she arrived we went to a little French restaurant/bakery that Scott and I found.  They have great Quiche and French onion soup.  I know, it was 100+ outside and we were enjoying soup.  Then afterwards we walked down to the new bakery and got some amazing chocolate mouse cake.  We took that home and then realized that since we had a little rain shower and the temperature dropped we should really go see the Lantern Festival.

On Sunday we went to City Coffeehouse and Creperie for breakfast.  It was great!  Plus it was another place that my mom had never been.  We then went for a relaxing manis/pedis.  Afterwards, we had a big family dinner at our house.

Monday night we tried to check out the zoo and the new seal lion exhibit.  Since it was 105 and the close parking lots were full, we returned to Steak 'n Shake for dinner.  Tuesday was my mom's birthday.  We took her to dinner at Zia's, her choice, and then to Ted Drewes.  The next night we hung out at home and just relaxed.  Thursday, I showed my mom the Mills mall.  She had never seen it, just heard my stories of how big it really is.

On Friday night we met up with the Birch's.  We met at their house and walked up the street to get some more Ted Drewes.  Scott and I hadn't see them in a while and it was fun to catch up with all the kids.  By Saturday morning I was dropping her off at the airport.  And still saying that they should move up here.

We'll see what happens after retirement.