Nursery ideas...

Here are some nursery ideas that I like so far we have found online :)... I can't WAIT to decorate that baby room!!!!

Cravings

So far I haven't had any weird cravings yet...like dipping a giant pickle in yogurt (yes, my sister-in-law ate that) But I do crave fruit...all of it, especially purple grapes. I could eat those all day every day!!! Unfortunately the thought of most food makes me want to puke because for the first month 1/2 of being pregnant I threw up everything that I ate, couldn't keep anything simple down. So now, trying to find food that sounds really good to me, aside from the fruit, is becoming quite a chore. Now a lot of things will sound good to me until I smell it, and then it's all over. The smell will be so intense that there is just no way that I could eat it. I will say, however, that Penguin Point's tenderloins have become a winner for me lately!!! I could probably eat one of those everyday..probably not the best choice though haha. I also CRAVE Coke Cola, which is just so weird for me. I've never been a soda person, I LOVE LOVE LOVE juice, all juice, and that's really all I've ever drank.....but not now, I want Coke!!!! Again, probably not the best thing to drink all day every day :) I have to find some foods that I didn't throw up all the time, and eat. My midwife told me at this point in my pregnancy I should have at least gained 5 lbs....instead I've lost about 10. NOT GOOD! I really don't want this to continue. So what to do...take a trip to the grocery store and walk up and down every isle until I find food that looks good....or just stick with my fruit, tenderloin and coke ;) I think tonight, I will try Panera Bread! haha I LOVE that restaurant, and the soup is sounding kinda good to me right now. Now lets just hope that when I smell it I don't want to chuck it across the room and run out!

Kelsie Gracelynn Aaron!!

SHE'S HERE!!! My new baby niece is here and she is beautiful! We went to the hospital around 9:30 and didn't actually get to see little miss until like 2:30 am!! What a wait that was. My mom and I were having an extremely hard time staying awake out in the waiting room. We were trying to do everything we could to keep our eyes open. Amanda had a C-section so we weren't allowed to be back there. It was so exciting for Amanda and my brother..their first (and only) daughter!! After 3 boys!! And what a daughter she is...so gorgeous and perfect looking....she even has little fat dimples in her knees already :) It's kinda sad though because right now she has to be in the incubator under an oxygen bucket looking thing, and have an IV. She was born early and may have some fluid in her lungs. But she will be okay :) I just wish we could hold her!!!! I wanna hold her so bad!!

When we finally got to go back into the special area to see the baby, I was just so excited, there were so many little babies back there sleeping and crying. Just made me so excited to have my baby!! looking at all these precious little gifts from God. It's so amazing how you can love someone so much that you just met! I can't imagine how I'm going to feel with my own child. I just wanted to cry when I saw Kelsie.so innocent and little!! I can't WAIT to go back up to the hospital today to spend some more time with her :) BEAUTIFUL baby girl!!

bye bye new jeans....

well, it's official. I no longer fit my jeans.....very sad upsetting moment for me. So now what...maternity pants???? NEGATIVE! I cannot stand the thought of wearing those puppies unless I totally have to in the end haha. I did just read about some sweet bands in a magazine that I can get in white and black that help with pants and making shirts longer...I'm gonna have to invest in like 4 of those to help me out here. Luckily pretty much all my shirts are all longer styles so that helps a lot. This whole in between feeling of feeling pregnant but just looking like I chow down on cheeseburgers everyday is so not fun... which is pretty much what I look like right now hahaha. People look at me with this confused look of.. "is she pregnant???" "probably shouldn't say anything just in case she is stress eating brownies or something" ALTHOUGH.... this does mean SHOPPING...which , even if it is for bigger clothes, is still a good time..what girl doesn't appreciate shopping :)

Babyshower and hospital visit

Yesterday we had a baby shower for my sister-in-law who is due anytime now with the first girl :) Just watching her open all her gifts and looking at all the baby stuff she got made me so excited for my baby!!! I just can't wait to shop and buy the little outfits and other things we need to take care of her/him!!! And then.....to make a more dramatic effect to the party, Amanda started having contractions so we had to take her to the hospital...we for sure thought little Kelsey was gonna make an appearance, but she was just playing games with us. As I sat there watching them hook Amanda up to all the machines, watching the babies heartbeat and the monitor showing her contractions going up and down (so not looking forward to THAT part) ...I just really can't believe that in about 6 months that is going to be me...waiting for my little one to come into the world. HOW EXCITING!!!!! BUT...I hope that I do not have to deal with what my poor sister in law has to....False Labor! All the contractions and pain that comes along with it...but not dilating or getting any closer to having little girl come out. And to top it ALL off, she didn't even get a break in between, she was having contractions on top of contractions. It would look like they were gonna come down...but nope, shot right back up. Luckily they drugged her up and were able to stop them so she could get some sleep. I am REALLY hoping that little Kelsey comes out this week..I'm just so anxious to see her!!!

My Sensative Sniffer

So let me just express how frustrating it is to have such a heightened sense of smell. Everywhere I go something is setting off this nose and it either makes me wanna throw up or gives me a headache. I feel bad for Eric because he tries to eat certain foods in the house, and I can't handle them. So he either has to eat outside or throw it away haha. Poor guy..he probably feels like he's living with a crazy person. And oddly enough...because I am so sensitive to the smells, it's making food taste funny to me as well. Which is also quite frustrating because I can FINALLY eat without it coming right back up, and NOTHING sounds good to me...or it'll sound good until I smell it and then I just want it to go far far away. Baby and I need to find ourselves a happy medium here with food. Basically right now all I have been eating is cereal lol, which probably isn't the best thing to be living off of. Although, I am a HUGE fan of cereal....but for 2 people living in a house, I think it's a little odd to have like 11 boxes of different cereal haha. It has effected my ability to take my prenatal vitamins, which I did discus with the Dr. and I was told to buy Flinstone chewable...ya know the ones we took when we were kids, and would always sneak a couple more when mom wasn't looking because in our eyes they were candy... well anyways, i'm back to taking those lol. Which lets face it, isn't all that bad. I am kind of enjoying the fact that they taste and smell better then the prenatal. BUT hopefully I will be back to taking the real ones here in a few weeks when my body decides to turn back to normal.
Being sensitive to all these smells has also made it a little hard for me to go to friends and families homes to visit, because if they are burning a strong smelling candle or cooking something intense, I pretty much have to leave.........or tell them what to do in their own home, which probably isn't the best option. haha. So leaving is really the only option I have. Take for example Eric's parents. Now up until this little baby came into my life, or belly for now... I LOVE LOVE LOVE her homemade chicken noodle soup. I looked forward to it everyone winter. She called one evening to let us know that she was making this amazing soup and I was thrilled beyond anything...because who doesn't love chicken noodle soup, especially when you have had an upset stomach anyways. Well, I was very wrong. Now I didn't go to his parents house with him because she burns pretty intense candles all the time, plus car rides mixed with my need to throw up all the time isn't a good mixture. So Eric, being the loving wonderful husband that he is, went there to get us some soup and bring it back. I saw him pull in the driveway and was all kinds of excited.....that is until he reached the garage and I kid you not between the first door into the entry way and the next big door into the garage.. I COULD SMELL THE SOUP!! That's right, threw 2 huge thick doors, I could smell this soup that was totally not smelling like the normal chicken noodle soup I know and love. It smelled to me like something that had been sitting out for days. I was so sad!!!! And poor Eric, he didn't know what to do, because he, of course loves this soup and even brought himself some for the next day at work. It was horrible... I was trying to cover my nose and not get sick..and he's running around like a mad man lighting candles and trying to get the smell out....4 3 2 1...up comes the 3 crackers and sprite I had eaten before hand. UGH! I am still sad to this day.. weeks later, over the fact that I cannot tolerate the soup. I am praying the later on in this pregnancy it was be better, and baby will learn to love this soup as mommy does!!

Baby Names

So I have decided that one of the hardest things to do is trying to pick a name for our baby. Coming up with names that someone else doesn't already have or is planning on using in the next 6months since it seems like every girl I know is pregnant at the moment haha. That and making sure you don't name your child something that they aren't going to be mad at you for later on in life.

Now as for a girl I am pretty sure we have settled on Zoey Kaylin Peffley. We both love the name Zoey and thankfully I don't know anyone who is already using this name haha. And Kaylin is a name that we came up with...."Kay" is Eric's mother's middle name and Grandmother's first name. "Lynn" is my mother's middle name and Grandmother's first name. And since we couldn't just pick one to use as a middle name we decided to put them together.

Now as for a boy.....we really liked the name Landon, but we have a friend we went to high school with that just had a beautiful baby boy, and she named him Landon :) And it also doesn't help that we have 5 nephews and all brothers taking most other boy names we have liked haha. I never really thought that boys were going to be the hard names to come up. Ya know when you are little and you come up with all the names you love that you someday wanna grow up and name your children....well..none of those boy names work anymore. Either because they are used or I just got older and realized that naming your child that would be just plain cruel :)

SO basically we are back at square one with boy names...... are other optional girl names that we have liked are Jemma, Lilly, and Eva. But really I am voting for Zoey ;)

Pregnancy seems to be in the water.....

I swear, in the last 2 months, to seems like almost all my girlfriends are pregnant. Which is actually pretty exciting that we can all be dealing with cravings and swollen ankles together!! Everyday it feels like I find out yet ANOTHER friend of mine is expecting. I'm not sure what we have been drinking but apparently we all had the same thing lol.

As for the rest of you girls not wanting any babies anytime soon....beware. Watch out that you don't catch the fever. As for the rest of us....HOW EXCITING!!!!!

12 week prenatal visit.....

Yesterday was my 12 week appointment. Had to have a pap test, which is never a good time! They checked to make sure that my uterus was growing correctly and to make sure that there were no issues. Everything was great and moving along smoothly! PRAISE GOD!! Also all my blood tests came back perfect as well :) AND THEN IT WAS TIME... we finally get to hear the baby's heartbeat for the first time. It was incredible!! I can't even describe the feeling of hearing that fast boom boom boom inside my belly. And man was it fast..171!! Which we are going to believe the old wives tale of faster heartbeat means it's usually a girl ;) Eric was so excited, but in shock at the same time. This whole time the pregnancy hasn't felt all that real to him (except of course my strong sense of smell and morning sickness) but when he heard that baby's heartbeat his whole face just lit up and right then, I think he realized that this was REALLY happening :)

As for the morning sickness, it finally seems to be getting better. It was so awful for the last 3 weeks I couldn't even keep water down some days. No sleep nauseated all the time. NO FUN!! Baby Peffley rejected everything that I ate..little stinker haha. They say that it's supposed to all subside and start to go away after the first trimester which I am in my last week of. I'm praying that it works out that way for me.

Stay tuned for more :).....

The Peffley's