18 Week Bumpdate!

How Far Along:
18 weeks! 

Baby Size:
Bell Pepper - Baby is approximately 5 1/2 inches long and weighs almost 7 ounces (according to BabyCenter)

Have you started to show yet: 
Yes! I haven't gotten any strangers commenting yet but Dave and my Dad both said this weekend "I think I see something there"

Gender:
BOY! I was so surprised! I made the Ultrasound Tech check 4 times! After that and watching the video from the ultrasound about 25 times, I'm finally convinced and super excited!

Maternity Clothes:
Maternity Jeans All the time now! And I had to go to Old Navy for some new clothes last week. It's hard finding tops that are long enough to cover the panel on maternity jeans! I just bought a size up in regular clothes b/c the 3 maternity tops they had in store were not my style.

Stretch Marks:
No and hoping it stays that way!  Dave's sister sent me the sweetest care package full of Mama Mio products that I've started using. So far I've been using the Tummy Rub Stretch Mark Cream, Boob Tube and Lucky Legs. Pick up some for yourself here. This stuff smells amazing! Plus you feel like you're treating yourself right when using it. :)

Sleep: 
Sleeping good so far, have to get up to pee once a night and find it hard to fall back asleep after getting up some nights.. Sleeping in is non-existent anymore. I'm up at 8 no matter what. Which is fine, lately I've been using the quiet time to research strollers or other baby items.

Best Moment of the Week: 
Shopping for our little guy! So fun to shop now that we know we'll have a little boy! Here's what I've picked up for him so far:

Top Left: Striped Pocket Onesie, Hat, Striped Onesie Top Right: Love Bug Onesie, Hat - Baby Gap not online 

Bottom Left: Crown Print Footie Sleeper  Bottom Right: Carter's at Target

Pretty sure I should just have my paycheck sent to Baby Gap from now on...

Top Left: Onesies, Striped Sweat pants Top Right: All Carter's from the Outlet

Bottom Left: Baby Polo Hat, Striped Sleeper from Baby Gap Outlet Bottom Right: Tennis Onesie

What I miss: 
Not much honestly... after sitting on the turnpike for 2.5 hours on Friday night (normally only takes us an hour 20) I could have really gone for a glass of wine but besides that I'm pretty content.


Movement:
A little in the early morning or late night when I'm laying still I can feel movement. It doesn't feel like kicks but more like he's rolling around. He was definitely sticking himself into my bladder one morning and I told him out loud to please move off of it and he did! That was so cool! 

Food Cravings: 
Still chips and salsa and also popcorn!

Symptoms: 
feeling good! I only had 1 day where I felt really lightheaded and I think it was due to not getting enough protein. Note to self: cinnamon rolls do not qualify for a balanced meal at dinner time. Hangs head in shame.

Anything making you queasy or sick: 
Nope

Labor Signs:
No

Belly Button- In or Out?:
In

Wedding Rings- On or Off?:
On

Baby Purchases?:
Besides the multitude of outfits I showed above, we ordered the crib and the crib mattress! Thank you to Dave's parents! Annnd after spending about an hour testing different strollers at Buy Buy Baby we finally picked out a stroller! Thanks to Mom and Dad! (waiting on a sale to purchase, Buy Buy Baby wouldn't let me use my coupon on it and I refuse to pay retail)

Looking forward to: 
Starting to get the nursery together!

Pregnancy Faves So Far

The first trimester wasn't terrible for me - besides the extreme exhaustion I felt pretty good. But once the 2nd trimester hit I realized how much better I felt! Here is a list of my faves for all you other preggos or soon-to-be or someday will be!

Most of the time I felt like this:

 

Faves to help survive the first few months:

1. Diet GingerAle - I had one of these every morning, made me feel a lot better

2. Lucie's List - sign up for her emails and check out her Registry Info was really helpful to read (since you can't really buy anything until you find out the gender, it's a good time to start researching in general what you'll need)

3. The Girlfriend's Guide to Pregnancy - this book is awesome, the writer is hilarious! My favorite chapter so far - "Why you shouldn't work out while you're pregnant and reasons why - You'll get fat anyways" love it.WAY more entertaining than What to Expect (which I also bought and fell asleep to one night and never picked up again)

4. LUNA protein bars - you need insane amounts of protein when you're pregnant (70g a day) and if chicken grosses you out you may have a hard time getting to the amount you need. These help and they're not terrible. They have 12g a bar and also help you feel full for a while. (You may feel like you're starving all day long like I do)

5. San Pellegrino Blood Orange - this stuff is delicious, it's a nice treat to have when everyone else is enjoying a cocktail, water gets boring after a while.

6. Fiber One 90 calorie brownies - these are actually quite tasty and are packed with fiber which you'll need a lot of, things just slow down when you're busy growing a baby.

7. the WISE baby - another great website/resource for baby products, I've probably looked through 30 of their "Real Mom Favorite Baby Products" Good stuff on here I tell ya.

I'll be back next week with a bumpdate! Have a great weekend!

What do you think??

We find out this week if we're having a boy or a girl! As soon as we found out we were expecting we've been wondering, I do not understand how people can wait. I can't even wait until the 20 week appt to find out.. we're finding out as early as possible!

What the Old Wives Tales Predict:
Carrying High or Low?: Low = BOY
Adolescent skin?: Nope = BOY
Ring Swing: Circle = BOY
Heart rate: Over 140 = GIRL
Cravings: Spicy foods = BOY

Chinese Gender Chart:  = GIRL

Mayan Calendar: My age (28) + this year (2013) not both even or odd #s = BOY
Morning Sickness: Not significantly = BOY
Dreams: We've both dreamt it's a boy which apparently means we're having the opposite? = GIRL
Mother's Intuition: I go back and forth but I finally decided I would be surprised if it was a boy so = GIRL

TOTALS:

BOY = 5

GIRL = 5

So it's a Tie! What do you all think??

My first Bumpdate! 15 weeks!

How Far Along:  

15 weeks! (pic was taken at 15.5 weeks)

Baby Size:

Apple- Baby is approximately 4 inches long and weighs 2 1/2 ounces

Have you started to show yet: 
Kind of... Sometimes I look pregnant but mostly I just look fat. Awesome times.

Gender:
Don't know yet! Hopefully we'll know on Thursday!

Maternity Clothes:

Tops are all still pre-pregnancy, totally rocking the maternity jeans about half the time now. I've got a couple pairs of shorts that still fit, thankfully since it's not cooling off any in OK right now..

Stretch Marks:

No and hoping it stays that way!  Any recs for lotions/oils I should stock up on?

Sleep: 

Sleeping good so far, have to get up to pee once a night and find it hard to fall back asleep after getting up some nights..

Best Moment of the Week: 

Hearing the heartbeat at my appt yesterday! Love hearing that sweet little sound! And having energy again! I keep thinking I'll wake up and not feel good or be tired all day but so far all that's gone!

What I miss: 
Being able to sit/stand through a football game without getting lightheaded.. come on heat! Let up already!

Movement:

I think I've felt some little flutters when I'm laying down in the evening, can't wait to feel them full force! He/She is definitely moving though b/c sometimes I can feel a big hard lump in the front of my stomach which I'm convinced is the baby and other times it's not there, I think he/she is moving from my front to the back.

Food Cravings: 

Chips and Salsa - like really good salsa from a restaurant, I could eat it with a spoon!

Symptoms: 

feeling lightheaded and faint at the OU season opener... it was over 100 degrees and I couldn't handle it so we opted to watch the game from a bar with air conditioning instead.

Anything making you queasy or sick: 

Nope

Labor Signs:

No

Belly Button- In or Out?:

In

Wedding Rings- On or Off?:

On

Baby Purchases?:

We got a King Sized Bed last week, not exactly for the baby but I think it counts? We were rocking a full sized bed and I just knew it wouldn't last the whole 9 months..New saying in our house "Bed is the new couch" we're freaking obsessed.

Looking forward to: 

Finding out the gender on Thursday and getting to see the little bean in the process! 


Did I miss any good questions on this Bumpdate? I tried to compile a list from a few of your blogs, let me know if there's any super fun question I need to add!

Exciting News!!

We're Pregnant!!!! We couldn't be more excited to share this news!

Here's a rundown of it all for ya!

I found out I was pregnant on Dave's birthday which was awesome! Dave had to be at school early that day so he'd already left when I took the test.. So I had to wait ALL day before I could share the news. I decided I'd wrap the test up as a birthday present and have him open it. I was getting so impatient because he was taking so long to open the other gifts! Finally he got to the last envelope! His reaction was so sweet! "Really?!"

Me: "I think there's a line on there, do you see a line too?!"

Dave: "Yeah, does that mean it's for real?"

Me: "I think so?"

Cue us driving to CVS to get a digital test to take the next morning. I woke up early and took the test, it said to wait 2 minutes and it only took about 20 seconds to show up Pregnant! Woo!! it's official!

Next step was getting the Dr appt and trying to keep it a secret! Let me just say that it's totally unfair how you're not supposed to tell for 12 weeks when those first few weeks you have the worst symptoms! I remember one day sitting at my desk thinking I could easily fall asleep sitting in my desk chair. Or sitting in meetings thinking how nauseous I felt... those were some rough weeks.

 

doing the thinker in the womb.. def gonna be a smart kid.

Due Date: February 28th

Telling my parents!

Keeping it real.. that top pic took us about 30 tries to get right..

I plan on doing bumpdates but I'm too lazy to go back and type them out for past weeks... so here's the pics with no bumpdate to go along with :)

10 weeks was the size of a kumquat so we took a pic by my sister's kumquat tree!

Stay tuned for more!

I feel like I need to let you all know out there to be careful with using the app "Period Tracker" b/c it totally failed me.. So just as a PSA to all of you who aren't quite trying yet, be careful with the app!

Luckily we were trying so all was good! (Ask if you have questions - I'll answer, I just don't feel like typing out all my business here) 

Things I've Bought That I Love - Stolen Title

*Stolen Title from Mindy Kaling's Blog - she's hilarious, I'll attempt to entertain you but I'll get nowhere close to her level..

It's been a while, I know. I promise to come back more regularly as long as you promise to put up with stolen titles and random/nonsense/inconsistent blogging. Deal? Deal.

Moving on. Here are a few things I've bought that I love lately!
LOFT - Tassel Necklace - on sale for $29! 

I seriously stalked this until it went on sale, it's the perfect summer necklace! I wore it to a wedding last weekend and then to a cookout the next night, love the versatility! (I also saw this on E! News after I bought it soooo that means it's good right?)

Got a new iPhone case in San Fran! Obsessed with it! If you follow me on Instagram (username: tinebaugh)- you may remember I bought an ikat case from C Wonder not too long ago, well that one was super cute but it did the weird fuzzy effect when using the camera so I had to kick it to the curb. I tested this one out and it's PERFECT!
Rifle Paper Co - iPhone Case - iPhone4 or iPhone5

Cute new blouse - also from the San Fran trip! We did a lot of shopping :)

Mango - Crossed Back Blouse - On sale! $29

I've had quite the fun time trying to find new shoes... I think my mom and I looked at 25 different places in San Fran... Then I came home and found these at the store down the street. Love them, so comfy and cute.

Sperry - Hayden Loafers - $85

Summery Top from J.Crew on total huge sale! Comes in Navy stripe also, I debated between the 2 for a looong time and finally decided on the pink for reasons I can't remember anymore. (Note: this runs big, I got an XS)

J.Crew Stitchwork Stripe Top - on sale for $49! 

And on a totally unrelated note, I bought Dave a toaster for his birthday. Before you think that's weird, you have to know that he toasts bread in our oven almost everyday and our kitchen is tiny so we really had nowhere to put one. Then I saw this one in my House Beautiful mag and had to have it, so we made room :)

Michael Graves Design Toaster - $60

 

Hope I still have some readers out there! I'll try and keep you loyal folks updated more often from now on! I miss you all!

Quick and Easy Recipe: Pineapple Chicken Salad

I've been failing pretty miserably in the kitchen lately... I'm good for maybe 1 dinner a week.. and I pray that the leftovers will last Dave the rest of the week. (I'm more of a snacker at dinner time) So I've been trying to get outta that habit and looking for quick and easy (and tasty) recipes - here's what's good so far:

Pineapple Chicken Salad Pitas - these totally remind me of Pita Pitt in college! They were a-mah-zing 

Ingredients: 

• 2 1/2 cups chopped cooked chicken breast (about 1 pound)
• 1/2 cup matchstick-cut carrots
• 1/3 cup sliced almonds, toasted
• 1/3 cup light mayonnaise
• 1/4 cup finely chopped green onions
• 1/4 cup plain fat-free yogurt
• 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce 
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
• 1 (8-ounce) can crushed pineapple in juice, drained
• 4 (6-inch) whole wheat pitas, each cut in half
• 8 Romaine lettuce leaves 

 Directions:

Mix everything together except the Pita and Romain lettuce, line each pita with a romaine lettuce leaf and stuff it full of the mixture. Done! Enjoy!

When you take your first bite you'll be like SO happy!

Then you'll be all - hell yeah babe! I cooked!

 

So what about you guys? Got any quick and easy meals for me to add to my ever-growing 1 dinner a week plan?

(ps - if you haven't ever seen Happy Endings - do yourself a favor and get caught up on Hulu now! The new season starts up at the end of March!)

Friday Funnies

I'll always love Jim. But I loved him even more after seeing this part of his interview on Jimmy Kimmel a few weeks ago - the Matt Damon being denied at a liquor store part was awesome.



Also, I've thought Jennifer Lawrence was pretty cool for a while but after seeing her Golden Globes acceptance speech and these gif's I fell head over heels into a girl-crush on her.

Hopefully I'll be back more often with more fun stuff... This is all I've got for now. I miss blogging though - don't worry, I may be down but I'm not out! Don't kick me out of the club yet pleaseeee!

                  not.