Pug Love

As I was leaving work yesterday, Keith called me and asked "Why was a 7 month old Chinese pug named Lexi left out?" It took a second for me to comprehend what he was saying, but I quickly realized I had done something very, VERY bad. Normally our "dog-ter" is a typical curious puppy who likes to do things she isn't supposed to. However, yesterday must have been her day to reach maturity. When I walked in the door everything looked normal. Better than normal...Keith said none of the cords were messed with, nothing was out of place except for her toys that were everywhere. Even the blanket she loves to lay on was still on the chair as usual. Our little girl had a successful day out of her kennel!!! I was completely shocked and couldn't be more proud of her. I am still astonished that I managed to forget to put her away for the day which means she was on her own for 8.5 hours. When I was cleaning and getting ready for work, she wasn't being her usual nosey self. Instead, she was sleeping in her little bed which must have fooled me. I just walked out the door without ever putting her in her kennel. Oh well!!! I don't think I'm willing to risk leaving her out on purpose any time soon, but maybe one day!

SUPER UPDATE!

So I've been absolutely terrible at keeping this thing up to date. I think I enjoy reading other people's so much, that the idea of having my own sounded fantastic. Here's to hoping I get better at this.

The biggest news we have to share is that we are going to have a beautiful baby girl, if she gets my looks ;) Her name is/will be Cadence Grace Bourque. We aren't one of those couples who is all hush hush about the name for some reason. I'm terrible at keeping my own secrets so that might have something to do with it!

We had our second trimester ultrasound on Nov. 25th which was the most intense happiness I have ever felt. When the sonographer put the doppler on my stomach she was just doing some quick passes across to spread "the goop". Initially I could see the baby's ribs and she stopped on the legs. Cadence was just kicking them around which completely blew me away. At our first ultrasound, there wasn't much to see other than the heartbeat. But when I saw her little legs squirming I melted! What an amazing feeling!

It didn't take long for us to call our families while waiting for the second portion of my appointment. After we finished up, our first destination was Target. I was dying to buy something pink...anything pink. I think Keith actually got into it more than I did, but I wasn't too shocked, after all she's going to end up being a daddy's girl.

I've finally developed a bit of a belly. In fact my boss as well as a coworker both mentioned in the past week that it looks like I'm taking Miracle Grow....Thanks guys :) I have discovered that even though I have one of those fantastic belly bands that allow you to wear prepregnancy pants without having to button them, most of my jeans won't actually fit. Majority of my A&M t-shirts look like they're kid sized when I wear them, which is pretty comical but not quite so funny when I started to steal Keith's shirts so I'd have something to wear in public. I guess this and the swollen, tingly fingers all come with the mommy territory.

For Thanksgiving we went to Weimar and spent it with Keith's side of the family. His mom, sister and grandmother were there. I've learned that I like foods that I wouldn't eat when I was younger. I wonder if this is an age thing or more related to pregnancy. I napped on the couch and floor a little bit before lunch. Keith and his mom both put deviled eggs in my mouth which was hilarious! Don't worry I was awake for this. After lunch, I was down for the count....literally. I fell asleep on the floor for a few hours while trying to watch the Cowboys game. We pretty much had to leave right after I woke up, but made it home in time to watch the A&M v. UT game and have Thanksgiving leftovers with Abby.

I'm proud to say that I have all of my Christmas shopping done except for Pam, Keith's mom. I've surprised myself because I've never been one to get things done ahead of time. I'm always running around last minute!!! I had to be at work at 5:30 AM on Black Friday which left me a good deal of quiet time to do some online shopping. And I roamed the mall a bit both Friday and Saturday when I was able to get most of the presents I needed. Hopefully I can have everything finished up by early next week!

I'll be posting again soon, but for now this will have to do. I'll try not to let another 5 or 6 weeks go by!

Ren Fest

This past Saturday we went with our moms to the Renaissance Festival. I had a lot of fun looking at all of the different costumes. We got to see a couple of shows, which I wish we could have seen more. Apparently you have to plan out your entire day, you can't just show up and fly by the seat of your pants. Good to know now...I expected the festival to be more family oriented than it was. In fact, I saw a woman wearing a chain mesh costume with only a g-string on. WOW...We won't be taking our children there any time soon and I'm pretty sure Keith has a knot on the back of his head after looking at her. HAHA. If you happen to go, check out "The Ded Bob Sho" (Yes that's how it's really spelled)

"Rock the Casbah....."

Ok so it's been a while, but I am getting better. It could have been another month! :) I'm officially 16 weeks along, which makes the baby about the size of an apple. I love how every website of books compares the size of your unborn child to a piece of produce. It makes me want to go to the grocery store and find what they say it is.

Last night was somewhat interesting. As I started to drift off to sleep, I started feeling something in my stomach that made me think it was twitching. I laid rather still because I was comfortable, for once, and didn't feel like moving. The "twitching" continued for a little bit off and on. I do believe I felt the baby moving around in there. That was SO exciting.

We had a doctor's appointment early Wednesday morning with my new OB/GYN. I really liked him and felt comfortable with him, so hopefully I'm making the right choice. Everything checked out well and they did a doppler of my tummy. The nurse found out the my baby is a VERY active baby. (Is it possible to diagnose ADD before birth?) I loved hearing the "swoosh swoosh" of the baby's heart and just knowing that so far, so good. Keith had actually found a doppler at Motherhood Maternity that records what you actually hear. I think that would be pretty cool to show the baby as he/she gets older.

I am absolutely loving this weather! You probably think I'm crazy, but rain is so relaxing that it makes it hard for me to get out of bed in the morning. I'm very happy that it's cooled off a bit also. We're going to the Renaissance Festival tomorrow with our moms, again thank goodness for the cooler weather! I've never been to this event, and I'm not quite sure what to expect. Lots of food wouldn't hurt :)

Oh yeah!!! Probably some of the greatest news I have is that my Uncle Rex and cousin James came down and fixed my car. I am officially mobile, and am able to stop at the drop of a dime! I couldn't be more thankful for having family who cares so much to help me when others can't. Thank you guys so much!!!

Tonight I will try to put up so past tummy pictures, as well as what I look like currently. The title of this blog has no special meaning other than that stupid song has been stuck in my head for the past 2 days!

Jobs and Blahness....

Well this week seems to have been a bit of a drag. Keith and I are both becoming a little bit frustrated with our jobs. He hardly ever sees any customers which can make his days lonely when his assistant manager has his two days off. I'm becoming agitated with every person who comes up and questions but has absolutely NO intention of buying a new phone. It's such a waste of time!!! I understand that the past couple of weeks have been financially tough on the majority of the people in our area and we're seeing the ripple effect but this is just getting ridiculous! I went nearly an entire week without a new activation (our biggest and pretty much only goal) which is really sad since I was the sales person with the highest number.

I am happy to announce that my motherly instinct/nesting is starting to kick in. It's about time!!! I've been getting onto Keith a little bit about our spending habits especially with how slow it's been work wise since we are both paid off commission. The most important thing for me lately has been eating dinner at home. In general we would go out to eat for pretty much every meal, but this past week or so we've been cooking. It's practically impossible for both of us not to have fast food for lunch but I've been eating small snacks to try and keep me and the baby happy :)

GOOD NEWS!!!! We went and exchanged me car battery for a new one on Tuesday. I was so happy at how easy it was since I had just bought my new one in APRIL!!! Now that's just absurd to have a battery die in 4 or 5 months. At least in my opinion. I'm still having to wait to have my brakes fixed. So if you live in College Station and see a blue Jimmy (looks like a Blazer) coming at you, you might want to get off the road! HAHA

I don't have a lot of baby news right now. I'm still experiencing a little nausea every once in a while, which I'm sick of....no pun intended. I definitly feel like I'm peppy---er. It's been nice having just a little more energy and a lot less crankiness. I'm sure Keith agrees. I feel like we've been really enjoying the time we spend together even when it's running a ton of errands. Those are the days I realize how I happy I am with my life. When you can be completely thrilled to just do boring tasks with someone, that's when you know you love them! AWWWW


Anywho~ Enough sappiness.....have a great evening guys!

UH OH.....

So I haven't been all that great at keeping this thing updated. In fact, I'm quite terrible this. Not surprising.... Anywho~ let me get the updating started!!! We went in for our first ultrasound on August 25th and I can't even begin to explain how I felt. I was a little apprehensive about the whole process, but I got over it fairly quickly once I looked at the screen. I actually shocked myself by knowing what I was looking at. I had to do the first part without Keith in the room and then the nurse went and got him. I will NEVER forget the look on his face. I think it started to become real for him at that moment.

Keith and I FINALLY cleaned out the "extra" room which I guess we should call the nursery. I'm pretty happy about it since we got it done a lot sooner than I ever imagined. I'm so ready to find out the sex of the baby even though I know it won't happen for a while. We agreed to not start buying stuff until we knew....Ok so I wasn't totally agreeable on this but he's the one with all the money :). I was super excited a couple of nights ago though because he mentioned that we should start looking at strollers and such. That's a HUGE deal to me because, well, I just want to buy baby stuff! HAHA Other than having to buy maternity clothes, which I'll touch on in a bit, I'm still not sure that I feel pregnant. The thought of getting things for the baby kind of helps me feel like there's one actually on the way!

Everyone asks me how I'm feeling on a very regular basis. I have such a hard time answering this question. I can't say I haven't had morning sickness, but I think a lot of my nausea has to do with what I've been eating. I've had problems with hypoglycemia in the past and ever since the pregnancy, I seem to be having a little struggly with it. I might get a little nauseous every few days if that, but it's not too bad. I happen to have fallen in love with Emetrol though! If I even begin to get a little iffy I take a sip and feel SO much better.

In the past couple of weeks I've noticed a change in the way my clothes are fitting me. As in.....they don't. Tops are a little snug in a couple of places. Pants on the other hand are really just ticking me off!!! It's not the I'm "showing" or really think that I'm close to that point, but somethings totally not letting my pants zip up. The other night, we went out to eat and I actually had to wear jeans without them being zipped or buttoned. That was an interesting feeling. So I've broken down and bought a couple of outfits for work. I haven't gained weight other than about a pound. But I guess it's shifting a lot!

Today is the last day of my first trimester. Just realizing that cause me to flood with emotion. I'm happy to know that we're out of that time when miscarriage is at it's most likely. I was so scared of that. I know that there is still plenty to think about, but I'm just going to focus on staying positive. I guess that's about all that's really been going on. I'll tryto keep this thing up!!!

Lexi is getting too smart!

Keith went on search for a "puppy cage". Something that was bigger than her kennel but still kept her from getting into things while we were gone. We had to do this because I had taken her to the vet the other day and she was dehydrated. This way she could have her water with her and we didn't have to worry about a huge mess when we would get home from work.

Keith and I went out to eat a couple of nights ago and when I opened the door to the apartment she greeted us. I was slightly shocked since I knew he had put her in "the cage". We checked everything out and there was no way she could have gotten out unless she grew wings and flew. Keith put her back in and she pulled her bed to the side of the cage and was jumping on her bed like a baby who wants out of their crib. So, we figured out she was able to pull herself out somehow.

Last night we decided we wanted to know exactly what she was doing in case we could prevent her from getting out. Here is the video we got!

Rainy Day!

According to my EDD (estimated due date) I'm about 5 weeks and 5 days. Right now the baby is between 1/5 and 1/4 of an inch or the size of and orange seed. I can't even comprehend a child ever being so small! The heart has already started being even though it's not fully functional. It's still unbelieve able that we found out nine days ago that we were expecting. I think I'm still in shock. I'm continually having people ask me how I'm feeling. I honestly have no idea how to respond to this question. I feel fine other than wanting to fall asleep every few hours or the having the urge to eat everything I think of. Some (Keith) might say I'm a little moody, but I don't see it. :) I guess that's all the pregnancy news I have for now.

We have a 4 month old pug named Lexi. I'm pretty sure she's the love of Keith's life, but I'm ok with that. Lately it seems she's been getting into everything which I'm sure is payback for dressing her up in some ridiculous outfits when she was tiny. (i.e. the fido float) The good news is she can entertain herself for a while by playing with her tail or ball before she decides she wants to jump around on my stomach. I'm seriously hoping we'll be able to get her to stop that rather soon.

I have today and tomorrow off so hopefully I'll get the urge to unpack a few of our boxes and maybe hang up a couple of things. Keith seems to be doing all of the actual decorating. I'd like to be a part of it (more so than us discussing where a wall hanging should go). Maybe I'll even get a few pictures posted! Then again, it's raining and I love to just lay down with a book on days like this!

The beginning of our story...

Well, I'm not quite sure how to start this or where to begin. Let me start of by telling you our story. Keith and I met in fourth grade shortly after he moved to Weimar. He loves to joke around and tell me that I broke his heart when I moved to Katy in 5th grade and he never heard from me again. Due to some sad and some incredibly awkward circumstances, we managed to remeet each other after nearly 14 years. We had spoken sporadically via the internet but never been able to actually hang out. Our first date we went to an Astros game and from then on I knew we were going to have an amazing relationship, bumpy, but amazing!

Keith and I found out Sunday that we were pregnant. I say "we" simply because this pregnancy is about the both of us. On Monday, we went to a clinic to get a "notification of pregnancy" so I could begin my prenatal care. Apparently it is rather difficult getting into a clinic let aone finding a doctor who is able to begin your care. Monday was very emotional for me as I was figuring out exactly how tough it was going to be to get in somewhere.

After we finished the test and went over the beginning steps with the pregnancy counselor, I found out that I was approximately 4 - 5 weeks along. Now the way I was feeling in the past month makes sense. The complete exhaustion I seem to experience at the end of the day is something I'm having to get used to, as well as the waking up three times a night. I've never been much of an early riser, which most of you probably know. In the past week, I've managed to wake up around 7:45 everyday for the past week. Hopefully I'm able to keep this up for a while. I feel more productive just toodling around every morning.

Now that we've told everyone the news, it seems like I'm able to relax a bit more and begin to thouroughly enjoy our blessing. I'm becoming more excited which I'm sure will continue to grow until we welcome our sweet child into this world. Keith appears to be equally excited, if not more. I know that he's going to make a great father and am so proud of him for how he has already taken on such an amazing amount of responsibility. I am looking forward to every day that this child grows until he/she is ready to meet us.

I want to make sure that I keep everyone updated on how things are going, and this seems to be the best way since we have family spread all over the country. Keep us in your prayers and feel free to check in here and leave comments or advice. They will always be greatly appreciated. Hopefully, I'll be able to get Keith to put some of his own input on here every once in a while! :)