Finding out the Sex!

Ok, so we just got back from our doctors appointment and this is what went down:

*My OB said that we'd be making our appointment today to get our "formal" ultrasound!

*I'd be doing a blood test to test for Down Syndrome and other defects.

*She measured my belly and said, "wow, this baby is big or something", because she felt where my uterus was at already and usually it's a little lower at this stage. Big baby or not, here it comes!

*I've only gained 2 pounds! That's in total from the beginning of my pregnancy! Let's do this every month! That would be great! And then 2-3 pounds a week the last month...that's only a weight gain of 16-20 lbs! That would be awesome!

*We made our appointment for next Friday, April 10TH at 2:30!! We'll be finding out the sex and seeing just how big it is. Right now my due date is still September 7Th, however, if they see that the baby is bigger than what it should be at that many weeks, then they will change my due date to an earlier date.

We're so excited to find out! We thought we were going to have to wait another 4 weeks and to us, it would seem like an eternity. So we're happy to report that it will be sooner than that! Woo-hoo!!! So for your view pleasure, here is an update on the size of my belly at 17 weeks.

I need some video help!!!

OK, so I've been trying to upload videos on here for a while now. I think I've only been able to post one once before. For some reason, the blogger video upload thing takes forever and it's only for really short videos most the time. I've even tried YouTube and that took me 1 hour to upload a 20 second video! I couldn't believe it. And then on top of that, I went to go watch it and it said, "this video is no longer available", HELLO! I just uploaded it, how is it not available anymore? I don't get it. It's so frustrating and I have a handful of videos I want to share with everyone. Especially my brother and Megan who live in San Diego and can't see everything going on up here. What good is a video camera when you can't share your videos? Anyone have some helpful hints on how to fix my dilemma? I think the biggest video I'd want to share is on Bud finding out that we're expecting and that one is a couple minutes long. So, I need so help!!!! OK, and just a little side note, this whole time I was writing this, I've been trying to upload a 20 second video and it still is "uploading video". This is lame! HELP!

Meanwhile, here are some pictures of Son and his recent Pedicure. He's had a big problem with clawing things and it's way to expensive to get him declawed. So, I found these nail caps at the pet store and they are awesome! They don't hurt him or even bother him at all. You just glue them on like you would press on nails and off they go! We love them and Son likes them too!

The 4th Vertebrae!

OK, so I know I've been posting like crazy lately and I'm sorry if your getting sick of it, but I have to write about this for our own personal records because it was so dang funny!
OK, so Bud and I went to our church tonight so he could play in the band. We got there super early, so we just sat in the back until it was time. Bud began to sneeze and on his last sneeze, he semi held it in. Right as he was doing that I told him, "Don't hold it in, you're going to hurt something!" Sure enough, he says, "ooohhh, ow, that hurt. I hurt my 4th vertebrae!" (Wait, that's not the funny part. It gets better). He then proceeded to show me on my back where it hurt him. He pointed to the middle of my back! I laughed and said, "That's not where your 4th vertebrae is! Your vertebrae starts up here. So that's like your 9th or something." And I proceeded to show him on his neck where it starts. He then said in a super serious tone, "Well cause mine are large." LOL I died laughing! I laughed so hard it made me cry. It was so funny.

Odd hours and a wonderful husband!

OK, so the last couple night, Bud and I have been not at all tired at night, so we've been going to bed at like 1am and getting up at around 12 in the afternoon. It's been crazy and it's totally thrown us off! Last night was the first night we were tired at a decent time. By 10:30 we were getting into bed and falling asleep. We thought we were going to be getting back on track. I woke up later to make my trek to the ever so visited bathroom, thinking that it was close to morning time, only to find out it was only 12:30. I thought, "oh my gosh, it's only 12:30"? So I went back to bed. So, the next time I woke up, Bud woke up too. We were wide awake at the same time. We laid in bed and played with Son for a little bit and then I decided to roll over and see how late we slept in today. HELLO!!! IT WAS ONLY 2:00 IN THE MORNING! Oh my gosh, we couldn't believe it! 2AM! This couldn't be true! We felt totally rested and very much awake. So, we tried to go back to sleep. I tossed and turned and began getting really hungry. By 3am, I was up and eating. I sat down to watch TV to try and get a little sleepy. Shortly after I sat down, Bud got up too. He was up for good. I went back to bed after about an hour and my wonderful husband started cleaning everything. The bathroom is now spotless, the kitchen and totally clean and our carpet has been shampooed! I love my clean home and my wonderful husband. So we'll see what happens tonight. We need to get back on track here.

Livin the life of the rich and famous!

HA, yeah right! More like the poor yet grateful! Bud and I really struggled last month being out of jobs and dealing with the ignorant who work for the Unemployment office who weren't paying us. Stupid people. Stupid California. Stupid Government. But...we made it through and we were able to make rent and all our other bills. Thank heaven! Now we've moved onto the month of March, still jobless (till next month, I got my job back! YAY!) and finally unemployment is paying us money (it's about time). AND...It's tax season and we get money back! WOO-HOO!!! So we are so grateful that the Lord has and always is watching over us and making sure we do ok!
So with all that being said, Bud and I went to Costco today to stock up on some stuff. The first idea was just to go get a whole crab because it sounded good and Costco is the only place with good crab and it's cheap. Once we got there, we figured we'd go ahead and get some other stuff and last us a little while! So I now our fridge and freezer is full and it feels so good! WE HAVE FOOD! We don't have to bum meals now! Ha ha. So here is some pictures of our "rich and famous" stocked kitchen! And some pictures of Son, just cause he's so dang funny!




OK, so this picture is two bags of Honey Bunches of Oats, one being mine and one being his because I would buy one box at the store and it would mysteriously be gone by the second day! It would make me so mad cause I would never get any and I would buy it with good intentions to eat it. Never happened. So I made it very clear to him that since we got two bags from Costco that one is mine and one is his. Once his is gone, then that's it. He can't have any more. I mean business with Honey Bunches of Oats!



He just loves to get inside of things and just hang out in there for a while!

Another dream about baby...and some other stuff

OK, so I had another dream that we are having a girl. This time though, we had already had her and I could see her little face. Oh my gosh she was so cute in my dream! She just had this unique, cute little face that I couldn't take my eyes off of. I am just so anxious! I feel like this is going so slowly. I just hope everything is OK at our next appointment. He/she looked healthy and bouncy at our last appointment, but let's hope we can hear the heartbeat this next time!
OK, as for the other stuff, Bud and I just got back from my Aunts house for some what of a little family get together. OK, so I'd like to know why all of a sudden (since Bud and I have gotten married) that my insane old Aunt seems to hate Bud and I? No one can figure it out. My mom is so upset about it, both her an I are embarrassed on Bud's behalf and we're just sick of going over there now. Tonight, she totally singled Bud out and told him to drink something else instead of what he was drinking. Mind you, in this new house as well as the old one, they have always had what we call the drink fridge. It's always stalked with waters, sodas, sparkling sodas, all kinds of drinks. And it's always been opened to everyone. So when she said that to him tonight, I totally got all fired up. My mom even looked at me too and I could tell in her look that she was pissed and so put off by what she heard. I just can't believe she would have the nerve to do that. We have done nothing to her for her to have anything against us. A few months ago, shortly after the wedding, she called me on my cell phone (when she never calls me, ever) and left a NASTY message saying she didn't understand why she did not get a thank you card and thought it was so rude of me that I hadn't sent her a thank you card. Now keep in mind that it was only about a month and a half after the wedding and a bride has 3 months to issue out thank you cards. I was so upset about it. It was uncalled for and so was tonight. So tonight was close to the last straw for me. We don't think we'll be going over there anymore. What an angry, mean old woman. GGGGGGGRRRRRR! OK, vent over. Thanks. :)

First dream about baby!

OK, so I just had my first dream about the baby last night. I dreamt we were finding out the sex and it was a....GIRL! I am so anxious to find out what it really is. This is so exiting. I hope I have more dreams.

my baby belly- 13 weeks

It's here! This little baby is just growing and growing! The other day I kept looking down and realized that this bump protruding out of me was not something I could suck in. I have a feeling that this baby is going to take after Bud's size. Not such a great thing for me, but we'll see how it all goes. Hopefully no problems later on!

Our date

So the other day Bud and I decided to get away. We've been stuck in the house job searching for over a month and we were just sick of it. So Bud took me out to the country and into a little old town just to hang out just the two of us. We walked in the rain through all the little shops and had lunch at this cute little saloon. We ended out trip buy driving around and looking at houses. We're really considering moving up to a place like that. We can't wait to get out of where we are. So here is just a few moments of our day.
It was raining so hard!!!


The Man Burger! It was a whole lot bigger than he was expecting it to be. It was HUGE! He didn't even know how to eat it.




My sad attempts to take pictures of the cows!