35 week check up!

35 weeks and counting!

Merry Christmas (Or belated anyway)! I had a doctor's appointment today and as usual I've been doing well. I've only gained a pound this time which makes me feel better since last time I gained 5 last time. My blood pressure was great and surprisingly enough I'm measuring at 37 weeks! I think Miss Olivia is trying to make an early escape! Dimitris thinks that she'll make her debut on January 11th while my mom thinks she'll be early also but more around the 14th. At this rate if she's getting too big I'm going to have to agree! I did have to get my DTAP again so I can protect the baby against whooping cough and they did a HIV test also (protocol). I'm now at the point where we'll be having appointments every week, so I'll only post of needed so I don't go crazy!

32 weeks and Baby Shower #2!

So I'm currently 33.5 weeks but I wanted to wait until after my doctor's appointment to give an update. I'm doing great! I've gained 5lbs since my last appointment... :-O! But overall I've gained a total of 18lbs so I'm still doing pretty good. Olivia's heartbeat is good at 148 and she is head down, but as far as I can tell she's not feeling her increasingly tight living quarters. At this point I'm just trying to get ready and in high excitement as the days get closer and closer until we can meet her.

Last Saturday we had out shower in Detroit and Miss Olivia was again VERY blessed by my family and friends! I cannot say enough how grateful we are for all of the support and love we receive and I know we will be continually blessed! Not to mention I got my CROCKPOT! :D

I'm working on my hospital bag as well, I have just about everything packed up and ready to go just in case she tries to plan an early escape! LOL! But hopefully she stays in long enough to finish cooking :) We also got to do our child-birthing class a couple weeks ago which was interesting and it gave me a lot more confidence about delivering naturally and it was nice to see where I'll be delivering my baby girl. I'm so happy with my choice of hospital because they support everything I'm working towards. I know everything doesn't go as plan but I can only pray and stay strong and confident when the time comes.
 Oh! Almost forgot, we got our maternity photos back and I'm more than happy with them! They turned out great for a guy who has never taken maternity photos and the best part...they were FREE! Yes he said it was a gift to us! How great is that? I again cannot begin to explain how blessed we are and how God makes things work for us. Here's one of my faves but checkout my facebook for the rest!

30 weeks!

So I'm a little late but this is a milestone event! I'm 30 weeks today! Yay! Only 10 more weeks until we can't meet our baby girl!
A couple weeks ago we had our 28 week check-up and my glucose test....everything looked great EXCEPT my blood sugar. I failed my test :( I was at 170 when I should have been between 135-140. So I had to do the 3hr Glucose Tolerance Test which wasn't as bad as I thought (12hr fast, more of the glucola :P) and I PASSED! So no one can deny me cake for Thanksgiving lol!

Crib and 3dr dress

We also got the nursery set up. My mother-in-law is such a blessing to us and she bought all of Olivia's furniture! We got a 3 drawer dresser combo, crib, 4 drawer dresser and a glider! daddy spent 3 days putting everything together and I put away all of her clothes and decorating. I'm not quite done but I'm trying not to put up too much, just in case we choose to move. I also made her a ribbon wreath for her door which turned out great! Thanks pintrest for the idea!

Ribbon Wreath

Glider and 4dr dresser

In other news this past Friday was my last day working for Motherhood Maternity. It was definitely bittersweet but I have to slow it down especially because I'm getting tired more often, more quickly. I'll have to find ways to fill my extra time! Maybe with more crafts and cooking. :) We also took some maternity photos, part 1 of 2 sessions, yesterday and had a blast. The photographer was so nice and great to work with and he even had sneak peeks for us later that day! Scott Novitsky is great and reasonable, he said he does it just for fun but he's talented!

Sneak Peek!

 Well that's what's going on in the Moore household! We have another appointment next week after the holiday plus childbirth class on December 1st and our 2nd Baby Shower in Detroit on the 8th! So there will be plenty of updates coming soon!

Baby Shower #1!

Happy Mama

So this past Saturday I got to enjoy my first baby shower for Miss Olivia unfortunately I have VERY few pics! Lol! No one took pictures the entire time and it went by super fast but I had a blast!

Her loot!

It was jungle themed and we had a lot of food since it was a co-ed shower and I didn't know how many men I would have to feed! We have chicken wings (baked & fried), spaghetti, mac n' cheese, deviled eggs, fruit salad, carrot & celery cups, queso dip, chips, pizza rolls, monkey cupcakes and monkey cake! It was all so good and we played great games some traditional (Baby word scramble, BINGO) and some non-traditional (Baby food tasting contest, How well do you know the parents). The baby food tasting was hilarious! The faces on my guest was crazy funny! We also did a diaper raffle which earned us 8 packs of diapers (NB-1). I got a lot of great gifts but one of my favorites was a handmade blanket that our friend Laurence got for Olivia. It was so thoughtful and something she will cherish (I'll make sure she does!) Overall it was a great day!

Monkey cake

Princess Olivia

We also got another ultrasound last Thursday and we confirmed we're having a little miss :) My placenta moved which is great news! Thank God for that blessing! So we are all happy and healthy her and upon further inspection I think Olivia will look like daddy...not that there's anything wrong with that but I hope I get something in there too! Lol! Either way she'll be perfect and we are getting so excited to meet her! October has flown by and January is getting closer by the minute!
 I also changed the color scheme for my next baby shower in Detroit  I was going to do neutral colors (orange, yellow, purple, green) but decided to do more girl colors (purple, hot pink, gray) and I'm excited about it! My "Ready to POP!" theme is still the same. My mom, grandmother and best friend are helping to throw this one and we'll see how they blend...I'm just going to stay positive. I can't wait to see more family and have fun! I'll make sure I take more pictures at that one!

Sidenote: I'm super proud of myself for using my mad Photoshop skills to re-color my invitation to fit my new scheme!

24 Weeks!

So we are edging closer to the third trimester! I'm 24 weeks (as of Monday) and I'm so excited! I only have 16 more weeks to go before we can meet our little girl! I'm still feeling great, tired after working but that's normal. I had a doctor's appointment this morning and everything was great! Blood pressure is good, measuring good, baby's heart rate is good (143 bpm) and I gained 2lbs. I have an ultrasound next week to see if the placenta has moved ( I vote yes!) so we'll get another chance to see our peanut.
My bump is more prominent so more people are noticing my tummy at work and are asking a lot of questions, which I don't mind. We've also had a lot of chances to feel all of her tiny kicks and punches lately which has been very exciting for Dimitris, who has been anxiously waiting to feel her move. She even responds to his voice! Daddy's girl in the making, oh goodness!

At work on Tuesday

Next week will be my first baby shower and I'm SO excited! It's my only jungle-themed shower, to match the nursery theme, and my friend Ilena is having it for me at her house. It's going to be co-ed which is going to be different but fun, I don't see why they aren't anyway! I am just expecting to have a good time with some good friends. This is just the first shower, I have one in Detroit in December and one after Olivia arrives in Flint. I just am blessed to have so much support and love around our family!

Until next time be blessed!

Halfway There!

In Detroit visiting at 20 weeks

So I'm a couple weeks behind but we've hit our halfway mark! Yay! I'm currently 22 weeks and feeling good. I was having some back pain but a support belt has helped quite a bit. I went to the doctor at 20 weeks and they said everything was looking good except...I have partial placenta previa. What that means is my placenta is partially covering my cervix and if it doesn't correct itself I will have to have a c-section (BOO!) but I'm confident it will move. I have another appointment in a couple weeks and I will have to schedule another ultrasound which means we get to see our baby girl again and make sure she's still a she! Lol! (I also finally put on some weight...6lbs.)

I also have been blessed with a lot of gifts from friends with babies of their own. I've received clothing, bassinet, a tub, a swing and so much more. Very blessed and excited for this munchkin to arrive. Daddy has started the moving process of the office so that our baby girl could have her own place :) So that's exciting although we don't have any furniture to put in it yet!

In other news Miss Olivia has been kicking up a storm and I can feel each one! Lol! Daddy can't feel them just yet but that doesn't stop him from talking to his baby girl and poking at her every chance he gets!

It's a GIRL!

So I'm late but I've been super busy working so i had no time to post about our ultrasound! Dimitris, my friend Ilena and I went to the ultrasound to see how peanut was growing and to see if it was a baby boy or girl. There was a poll on facebook, which to my surprise, had a lot of guesses for boy. I had to seriously pee because I was told to drink 32 oz of a liquid before hand! The ultrasound tech was nice enough to let me empty my bladder shortly after we arrived.
I have to say it was pretty cool to see our little one moving around as we got to check out her spine, legs, feet, arms, heart and face. I think she was sleeping and was a bit upset we were poking at her but it was so worth it. The tech said she couldn't get the best look but was sure it was a girl, I'm confident seeing how the only thing I saw poking out was the umbilical cord! But we would be happy either way.
All of our family and friends were excited to hear the news. We already had a name picked either way so we got to introduce Miss Olivia Renay Moore to everyone shortly after we left the doctor's office.
I have another appointment on Wednesday which will be my 1/2 way mark (YAY!) I can't believe how fast it's going but I'm so excited to meet our little girl!

16 week check-up

So on Wednesday we had our 16 week check-up and everything went well. I haven't gained any weight yet but the doctor says baby is doing great! I also get to have my ultrasound at 18 weeks since my uterus is measuring a bit big but it means we get an ultrasound two weeks early! Yay! Excited to find out what peanut is! My mother-in-law wants to come along and join the fun! I haven't had nay dreams yet but the consensus is that we're having a girl. My co-workers say boy but either way we're happy. So we'll see how it goes and hopefully peanut is going to let us see it's parts so we can get started with buying stuff! :)

Hello Second Trimester!

14 weeks 6 days

So I'm currently at the beginning of my second trimester, 15 weeks and 3 days to be exact! I'm starting to feel much better which is great because that morning sickness mess was for the birds. I haven't hit this energy boost just yet but my schedule is pretty busy so it's expected. We got to enjoy some of the weekend and I have been having cravings like mad...steak, chili cheese fries, cheesecake, potato chips (some of which I've gotten the chance to eat!).  Me and peanut have a doctor's appointment next Wednesday so we'll see how everything is going but I'm sure it will be great!

Hello!

This blog is for me to blog my ramblings about pregnancy as we countdown to baby Moore's arrival in January 2013! I'm starting a little late but better late than never right? Dimitris and I are super excited to become parents! We decided in January of this year that we wanted to start a family of our own so I said goodbye to my old faithful BC pill and three months later we found out we were preggers. So needless to say this was a happy, expected surprise!

This will be the first grand baby on both sides of the family so this will be one spoiled peanut...especially if it's a girl so we better watch out! Keeping the families at bay will be a challenge I'm sure but we can handle it. Right now they're just very excited about the pregnancy and are making sure I'm doing well.

As far as how pregnancy has been going...
There have been good days and bad days and VERY bad days. I have aversions to bacon, sausage, chicken and various things I discover daily like smells. Had trouble with nausea and vomiting...hopefully that ends soon. But I've only have to take off work one day which I think is pretty good. We did hear the baby's heartbeat, July 17th, which was good and strong at 162 bpm! Our next visit is on August 15th so we'll make sure to record it! I won't have an ultrasound until 20 weeks and hopefully peanut will show us if they're a boy or girl :)

AS of today I am 13 weeks and 6days! Tomorrow starts week 14 and the beginning of my second trimester! Sorry for the old pic but will update soon!