Category: My Family

The Pregnancy Chronicles: 10 Weeks

Well, I’ve made it to 10 weeks!

My morning sickness is pretty much gone, for the most part, thank goodness, but I’m still having lots of food aversions. My main staple lately is pizza.  I can’t get enough!  And it’s the only thing I can eat and feel completely fine afterwards.  All other food gives me kind of a gross feeling in my throat and stomach,  but not pizza!!!  Papa Johns has gotten a lot of our money in the past couple months.  My favorite is pepperoni and pineapple.  Yum!  Just thinking about it makes me want to order some right now. 

According to my baby books and the internet, Baby McVey is about the size of a prune this week, and next week will graduate to a lime!  I can’t believe she/he is that big already!  She/he is starting to form hair follicles and fingernails.  And although we won’t be able to tell for sure what the gender is for another 5 weeks or so (maybe longer), reproductive organs are already forming!

My belly is starting to stick out and I can’t really hold it in anymore, so I pretty much just look fat since I don’t look obviously pregnant yet.  But luckily I still fit into all my normal clothes, even jeans.  My amazing friend, Renee, gave me all her maternity clothes, which is going to be such a big help!  I’ll barely have to buy anything!  Just sweaters and maybe some long sleeved shirts.  She was mainly pregnant in the summer, and I’m going to go through most of my pregnancy in the winter, but I’ll make do, and the stuff she sent is so cute!  I’m excited for the day when I can start wearing them!

See, just looking like I have a poochy belly.  Not looking pregnant yet, but I’m sure the day will come soon where I wake up and I’m like, “Holy crap!  Where did that belly come from!?”  But for now, I’m just trying to enjoy every moment of my pregnancy, because I know it’s just going to fly by.  I can’t believe it’s already been a month and a half since we found out about our little peanut!  We have less than 7 months until our little one is here!  Which means I better get started making some baby stuff!  Lord knows this child is going to be overwhelmed with blankets, booties, and hats.

And Baby Makes Three

It’s true!  I’m pregnant with our first child!  Steve and I will be welcoming a new bundle of joy to our family on (or around) May 26, 2012.  We couldn’t be more excited!

When we bought the tests Steve insisted on reading the results before I did, so with much impatience I waited while he tried to decipher the results.  When he looked at the test he got this little smirk on his face, and he was like, “Hold on.” and picked up the instruction manual.  I was like, “Seriously?  Just tell me if there is one line or two!”  He said, “There’s definitely two!”  I literally screamed and jumped up and down in our bathroom.  I asked him why he had to look at the instructions if there were two lines and he said since one of the lines was kind of faint, he didn’t know if that was a positive or not.  Of course I then informed him that 2 lines is 2 lines, no matter if one is faint or not.

 

I took two pregnancy tests just to be sure.  The top test I took 5 days before my missed period (the day Steve and I found out together), and the bottom test I took about 3 days later.  As you can see, the bottom test is CLEARLY a positive pregnancy test.  There’s no mistake about it.  There are TWO pink lines on that test!

 

Then Steve realized that our whole world is going to be turned upside down in just 8 short months and he bolted for the door.

 

Just kidding.  He was excited and happy too.  I took the First Response test because it gives you the earliest results…6 days before a missed period!  That’s pretty amazing!

We were 30 minutes late to our Couple’s Bible Study that night, but I think it was worth it.

 

Here is my 4 week pregnant belly.  This photo was taken two days after we found out about our little bun in my oven.  No bump yet….just annoying bloating that comes along with most pregnancies.  If you’ve ever been pregnant, you know what I’m talking about.

I’m almost 10 weeks along now, and I feel like my belly has gotten a little bit bigger.  Who knows if it’s still from bloat or if it’s actually my uterus growing.

We had our first prenatal doctor’s appointment on Monday and got to see our little peanut for the first time.  It was amazing!  So with out further ado…

 

I present to you Baby McVey!!!  You can already see it’s cute arms and legs!  I have a feeling it’s a girl, but I guess we’ll find out in about 5 weeks or so.  We’re going to try to get an early 3D ultrasound to determine the gender early so we don’t have to wait until our 20 week appointment.  I’m ready to start making some non-gender neutral items!!!  You can only make so much yellow, green, and white things before you want to throw some pink or blue in there!

We did take one of those Gendermaker tests that is supposed to be able to tell by your urine what the sex of the baby is as early as about 8 weeks, and it said we were having a girl!  So I guess we’ll just have to see if it’s accurate.

We’re so excited for this new adventure!  I can’t believe it’s only 7 months away!  I have a feeling the time is going to go by really fast, so I’m going to try to enjoy every moment of this pregnancy.  Even the moments that I spend over the toilet.  Ok, I guess that was a little bit too much information, but man oh man!  This baby has had me sick in bed (or in the bathroom) from weeks 6 through 8, and I’m just now starting to feel better.  Hopefully that means we have a very healthy baby on our hands, and if that’s the case then I will gladly deal with the morning all day sickness.

My Bridal Shower

As many of you know, Steve’s and my wedding was here in Tennessee, which means that almost our entire guest list either had to fly or drive really far to get here.  That being said, I knew I wanted everyone to be able to participate in my bridal shower as well, so I had Elizabeth plan it for the Thursday evening before the wedding so that most people coming from out of town would already be here.  It worked out wonderfully.  Almost everyone (except a few people who were coming in late Thursday night or Friday) was able to attend.

We had a wonderful turnout, and I think between 20-25 ladies showered me with love.

Luckily we had enough chairs for everyone to sit down.  That was one of our main concerns….but we were able to bring in some chairs from our kitchen table and place them against the walls and such to make more seating.

My mom gave a wonderful devotional about being a great wife and loving and respecting your husband.

Love my mom!

Then it was time for presents!!  (Side note:  See that “s M j” on the mantle?  I painted that for the wedding and then forgot to set it out on one of the display tables.  Oh well, it still looks cute in my house)

Yay!  My cupcake carrier!!  Now I have more of an excuse to make delicious cupcakes because I’ll have a method of transportation to bring them to other peoples houses so they don’t end up in my belly!

I got many other wonderful gifts, like this beautiful wedding photo album.  But I won’t bore you with all the present opening pictures.  It might  get kinda redundant.

My friend (and former next door neighbor) Connie came with her bouncing baby girl, Camryn.

What a beautiful baby girl!  And look at those deep blue eyes!!

Well you can forget what I said about the present opening pictures.  I just remembered that my good camera battery died half way through, and my friend and bridesmaid, Tiffany, got my other point and shoot camera and finished taking pictures.  So I guess you’ll just have to deal with more present pictures! 🙂  Connie made this beautiful card for me.  It has cut outs of our wedding invitation and the picture we sent with our invitations.  Very creative!

I just like this picture because I look really tan. 🙂  Those days at the tanning salon really paid off!  No bride wants to blend into her wedding dress, and I most definitely would if I didn’t have a little help from some artificial sun.  Yes, I faked and baked and I’m not ashamed!!!

And this is the face I made when I opened Elizabeth’s gift.  A camera bag!!!  Up until this point, every time I wanted to take my camera somewhere I’ve had to just carry it in my hands or try not to ruin it by carrying it in my purse.  This was a much needed and appreciated gift.

And to top it all off, she had it embroidered with my Southern Daisy logo.  Amazing!

What’s a bridal shower without some kitchen towels and oven mits?!

Steve’s mom, Toli, gave us some cute kitchen towels and oven mits with puppy dogs on them.

This is when I realized that this gift from Cheryl McAdams wasn’t just a pretty picture frame, but that it was pictures of buildings and architecture that actually spelled out my new last name, McVey!!  What an amazing and unique gift!  It is now hanging above our pantry.

Elizabeth was there to help me write down all my gifts so that I wouldn’t forget a single thank you card.

It was a wonderful shower, and I couldn’t have asked for anything more.  Elizabeth did a great job planning it, and my mom was wonderful in helping her out and making some of the food.  Oh man, I just realized that we didn’t get any pictures of Elizabeth’s beautiful cake that she made, but just know that it was a gorgeous strawberry cake with white sides and a beautiful pink flowered top.  And we can’t forget that delicious punch!