Christmas Eve 2009~Part 2 (picture overload)

This post is going to be full of lots of pictures........so, if you don't like looking, then this is your warning! The next few posts will probably all be full of pictures. CONSIDER YOURSELF WARNED!

Santa gave the baby a nursery rhyme book

My mom made this blanket and matching burp cloths! I'll post better pictures of these and the other ones she made later.

Calendar to keep track of baby's first year.

Baby picture frame

Toby Keith onesies from Chad!

Solar glow in the dark cat

Toby Keith's Big Dog Baby

Very excited about getting a real BB gun!

He just saw a really big box being brought out!

Stay tuned for more pictures!

Christmas Eve 2009

On Christmas Eve, we had lunch with Chad's family. His nieces had everyone over to their apartment in Huntsville. We had a great time!

Merry Christmas from the Morris family!

From there, we went straight to Crockett to go to church with my parents that night. On our way, we got in some light sleet and then it got heavier and heavier and at one point it was actually bouncing off the hood of the truck! I had to stop to go to the bathroom and in the light at the gas station we could see snow flurries falling! No, it wasn't a white Christmas, but it was enough to get us excited. Boy was it cold that day and night!!!!!

After church, we went back to my parent's house for Christmas Eve. My brother's and sister-in-law were there also. We ate and then decided to go ahead and open presents that night. Lots of fun and pictures of that to come soon!

18 weeks.....

Baby is growing and so am I! The baby is now 5 1/2 inches long and weighs about 7 ounces. My appetite has for sure increased and thankfully I am now able to eat pretty much whatever I liked before getting pregnant, a big milestone was stepping foot in Burger King and in Outback, for the last several months just the thought of it was enough to make me get sick. I had been so worried that I would never be able to eat meat again, but I think I will be back to normal before long! Other than my hip/leg pain and heartburn I am feeling pretty good. I'm planning on enjoying my 2 weeks off for Christmas and giving my hip plenty of much needed rest. It's a lot better when I am able to stay off of it, but on days when I walk too much then I for sure know it by the end of the day.

I'm looking forward to Christmas and posting pictures from Christmas! Also, sometime this week or next, I will post pictures of some of the things that we have gotten for the baby.

Merry Christmas!

17 weeks and dr.'s appt......

I had a dr.'s appointment on Thursday. Luckily, the bloodwork went so much smoother this time than the other time and thanks to those who suggested I drink a lot of water before. I'm not sure if that's what did the trick this time, but I for sure will be doing that each time that I have to give blood! The baby's heart rate is good, it was fun to get to hear it again. My uterus is already to my belly button, which is where it should be at 20 weeks, not at 16 weeks. The dr. said the baby could be bigger or I might actually be farther along than we were thinking. All along the dr. keeps saying the baby will be big because Chad is tall.

The only problem I am having is with pain in my hip/upper leg area. I was told it's basically going to be an ache and pain of pregnancy for me probably. He explained about hormones loosening things up and that this happens sometimes. It's been going on since Thanksgiving, but this week it has gotten so bad that it hurts pretty much all day long and then by the evening time I can barely walk. There are times that I am practically in tears trying to walk and just have to hold on to things to move. I'm taking Tylenol and using a heat wrap on it and the heat really helps. I am keeping my fingers crossed that this goes away and doesn't last the rest of my pregancy. Right now I am trying my best to deal with it and hopefully it won't continue to get worse over the next 20 something weeks.

Baby is now about 5 ounces and 5 inches long. Joints are moving and sweat glands are developing! Also, the baby should be hearing soon if not already!

We get our next ultrasound at 20 weeks, the beginning of January, can't wait to see the new pics of our little one!

The nursery is coming along.....my mom is going to make curtains and a crib ruffle out of yellow gingham to match the bedding we are going to use. She's also going to make basket liners out of green gingham.

16 weeks......

I have now made it to 16 weeks, wow, 4 months! The time has just seemed to really fly by. I have a dr.'s appointment this week, no ultrasound :( but I have to have blood work done :(. Last time, the blood work didn't go too good....I have never had problems before, but for some reason she couldn't find a vein and kept sticking me over and over which eventually led to me having to lay down, breaking out in a sweat, and almost passing out. I hope that this time it will be easier, but I am already pretty nervous about it.

Each week it seems that my clothes are getting a little bit tighter. I for sure have a bump there, though right now it just looks like I'm fat, not obvious that I'm pregnant yet. In the next few weeks, the baby is going to have a growth spurt, doubling in weight and getting a lot longer. Right now the baby is about the size of an avocado. Last week, as I was falling asleep, I am pretty sure that I actually felt a little bit of movement, it was like a tickling feeling from inside. I have felt it a few times since then and it feels like nothing I have ever felt before, so I am pretty sure it is the baby. I can't wait for the day when I am sure that I am feeling the baby and when others will be able to feel the baby also.

Thanksgiving 2009

This year we had even more family than usual, it had been a long time since all my aunts and uncles had been there on Thanksgiving!

Last year we took a group shot and decided it was so fun that we would do it again this year! We had family from Colorado, Montana, and Ohio with us this year.

Chad and I

Brother, sister-in-law, her nephew, and their grandbaby, looks like all the pictures had finally gotten to the little one:)

This was just too cute!! Poor baby had been fighting sleep all day long and been passed around from person to person and finally just gave in and went to sleep.

Was looking at last year's pictures and my dad had a Diet Dr Pepper can in his hand in that picture also

My mom and her brothers and sister with their spouses

The brothers and sisters

She might just be the happiest baby ever, she ALWAYS has a smile on her face!

Who wouldn't just fall in love with this face?!

After lunch and pictures several of us decided to go to the cemetery, they had flowers to put out on the graves.

My uncle that passed away a little over 5 years ago.

My grandparent's graves

14 1/2 Weeks

Ok, it's been a couple of weeks since I last updated, but it's been a hard couple of weeks. I had several days during that time that I thought I was just dying, I had morning sickness and a sinus infection all at the same time and it was just awful. Luckily the sinus infection has basically cleared up and the morning, well evening/night, sickness is getting better. I have been feeling a lot better for most of the day since the weekend, so I'm hoping I have finally reached that point where the yuckiness is on the way out!

This past weekend we went to Christmas on the Square in Crockett and even though it was raining, it wasn't too bad. We had on jackets and didn't even really notice the rain. The good thing was that there weren't a lot of people out early so we could shop without the crowds! We bought a few Christmas things and also a few baby things :) just couldn't resist! I'll start posting pictures of baby stuff whenever I get the energy to do it.

Sunday, Chad helped start getting out Christmas decorations and I'm slowly working on decorating our house. I know it's not even Thanksgiving yet, but since I'm off this whole week and have the time, I thought I would go ahead and do it now. Pictures will be posted of the house once I get that done.

As for the baby....I am now in the second trimester, which means morning sickness will hopefully be moving on out and that my energey should be coming back. Well, the energy hasn't really come back yet, but that's okay, I'm liking the naps this week! The baby is about the size of a clenched fist now and is covered with hair. Eyebrows are filling in already also! The baby is on the move constantly, though I can't feel movement yet. Fingers and toes are even wiggling!

What a fun ultrasound today!

Today we had an ultrasound! I'm 12 weeks and 2 days and the baby is measuring at 12 weeks and 4 days right now.

This ultrasound was so much fun. We heard the heartbeat and it's in the normal range. At first, the baby wouldn't move too much, but after I moved around some then the baby started moving also. We saw the baby... kicking both legs, moving arms and hands, we were able to count the 5 fingers on the hands, the baby yawned, and opened the mouth several times, the tech said that the baby was drinking in the fluid. Of course, the baby never got in the position that they were wanting so that they could actually measure what they were wanting to measure today, but we sure enjoyed watching all the movement. We were really amazed that the baby, as small as it is, is already doing all that moving. The tech said that this time is one of the best for seeing all the movement because they still have plenty of room to move around.

We got several good pictures. The pictures are a lot better in person than on the computer, but I tried my best! I actually tried scanning them in first, but that was a disaster so instead I just took a picture of the picture and uploaded those.

this is a front view of the baby, you can see the hemispheres of the brain (looks a little bit like an alien in this picture)

profile picture, on the right you can see a leg sticking up

not sure why this one was turned...this is an open mouth picture

laying down with both feet up in the air

right next to the writing is a picture of the hand up close to the face

just laying there chillin', actually I think this was during the yawn

laying down with the legs (on the right by the writing) up in the air again

um, another one that rotated on its own.....another shot of the hand up by the face

hand up again