So Lizzie's moving around like crazy, which at this point is a lot of fun for mommy, but there was yet another first yesterday. I felt her kick and push on opposite sides of my belly! lol I have to admit it kind of startled me for a minute!! I guess it's those long legs of hers stretching out and she's big enough she finally reaches both sides.
Laughing with Billy the other night because after feeling Lizzie "dance" for a few minutes, when asked what he was thinking (that oh-so-introverted husband of mine), he asked me if I ever felt like there was an alien in my stomach! The whole scene reminded me of the movie Space Balls if you know what I'm talking about. So funny...
Friday, July 24, 2009
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Lots of updates!!
As someone pointed out, I need to update!! Life's been crazy as you guys know but of course that's no excuse- I think I just stink at journaling or in this case blogging.
Fun news though- we're having a girl!! Her name is Elizabeth Sarah (Lizzie for now) and apparently from the ultrasound, she'll be a tall girl like her mommy. Her legs are measuring a whole week ahead of schedule!! I forgot to ask the tech how her torso measured in comparison...like I got this mental image for a moment of a young lady with a really short torso and really long legs- kind of like in Toy Story, you know, those crazy toys that next door neighbor messed up? She's certainly got some talent involving her feet though. Sometimes at night I swear she's tap dancing or something!! I have an understanding that this will get worse as time goes by so I'm trying to relish my ability to fall asleep in the midst of her performance at this point in the pregnancy.
Everything else looks great though is what the tech said. It was so fun to watch Billy's reaction- he was just glued to the monitor. So sweet! My parents went with us too and they were a hoot (as usual). I don't think the tech knew quite what to do with them, but I reassured her that most of the time I didn't either. Mom did really well figuring out what certain things were but dad just had a tough time on anything but the obvious stuff. It was neat to share that with them for many reasons but also simply because that ultrasounds though being used at the time my sister and I were born, were not done unless absolutely needed. A lot has changed since then- even the pregnancy test was a mystery to them! Billy and I showed the picture of the preg test when we found out and I think mom was shocked that I was so sure but hadn't gone to the dr yet for the blood test. Apparently that also was not available at that time!
We're 99.9% sure she's a girl too- we got some great shots that made it pretty evident! I kept telling her that this was the one day out of her whole life indecency was acceptable and encouraged!! At first I didn't think she was listening (not the last time in her life I'm sure) and had her legs crossed for about 80% of the time but every so often she would share her secret with us :-)
I did find out something pretty crucial that I can't believe we didn't know before-I'm O-! Growing up my parents always thought my sis and I were A+ like them since they both are but apparently I got a fun recessive gene from both sides!! So I have to get this fun shot before and after birth to keep my body for creating antibodies to the baby's blood. From what I understand, it wouldn't affect this pregnancy but would create issues with future pregs so...fun times!
We do have her nursery painted and the items that we do have, put in and situated. We call it our little Neapolitan room- pink on top, cream strip, and chocolate on the bottom...yummy!! Maybe I'll post a pic of it sometime soon.
Other than all that, life is fairly close to what you might call normal in the Nord household (although, really, define normal). Billy's getting into his new job and is crazy busy which in a lot of ways is a great thing. Frustrating to him though is starting back a few paces on the learning curve. We also seem to be the pet sitting place to be for the summer. It's been a revolving door of dogs and cats, but it keeps us busy and quiets that voice inside both of us that says we should get a dog soon. Next summer (crossing my fingers). You may question this, but Billy is also at the same point here- it's not just me!! He's on restriction from voicing his missing the dog that comes to hang out with us quite a bit. I told him a few days ago that if he said that he missed Stella one more time, I was going down to the humane society and bringing one home!! We'll see how the rest of this year goes with that one...
Fun news though- we're having a girl!! Her name is Elizabeth Sarah (Lizzie for now) and apparently from the ultrasound, she'll be a tall girl like her mommy. Her legs are measuring a whole week ahead of schedule!! I forgot to ask the tech how her torso measured in comparison...like I got this mental image for a moment of a young lady with a really short torso and really long legs- kind of like in Toy Story, you know, those crazy toys that next door neighbor messed up? She's certainly got some talent involving her feet though. Sometimes at night I swear she's tap dancing or something!! I have an understanding that this will get worse as time goes by so I'm trying to relish my ability to fall asleep in the midst of her performance at this point in the pregnancy.
Everything else looks great though is what the tech said. It was so fun to watch Billy's reaction- he was just glued to the monitor. So sweet! My parents went with us too and they were a hoot (as usual). I don't think the tech knew quite what to do with them, but I reassured her that most of the time I didn't either. Mom did really well figuring out what certain things were but dad just had a tough time on anything but the obvious stuff. It was neat to share that with them for many reasons but also simply because that ultrasounds though being used at the time my sister and I were born, were not done unless absolutely needed. A lot has changed since then- even the pregnancy test was a mystery to them! Billy and I showed the picture of the preg test when we found out and I think mom was shocked that I was so sure but hadn't gone to the dr yet for the blood test. Apparently that also was not available at that time!
We're 99.9% sure she's a girl too- we got some great shots that made it pretty evident! I kept telling her that this was the one day out of her whole life indecency was acceptable and encouraged!! At first I didn't think she was listening (not the last time in her life I'm sure) and had her legs crossed for about 80% of the time but every so often she would share her secret with us :-)
I did find out something pretty crucial that I can't believe we didn't know before-I'm O-! Growing up my parents always thought my sis and I were A+ like them since they both are but apparently I got a fun recessive gene from both sides!! So I have to get this fun shot before and after birth to keep my body for creating antibodies to the baby's blood. From what I understand, it wouldn't affect this pregnancy but would create issues with future pregs so...fun times!
We do have her nursery painted and the items that we do have, put in and situated. We call it our little Neapolitan room- pink on top, cream strip, and chocolate on the bottom...yummy!! Maybe I'll post a pic of it sometime soon.
Other than all that, life is fairly close to what you might call normal in the Nord household (although, really, define normal). Billy's getting into his new job and is crazy busy which in a lot of ways is a great thing. Frustrating to him though is starting back a few paces on the learning curve. We also seem to be the pet sitting place to be for the summer. It's been a revolving door of dogs and cats, but it keeps us busy and quiets that voice inside both of us that says we should get a dog soon. Next summer (crossing my fingers). You may question this, but Billy is also at the same point here- it's not just me!! He's on restriction from voicing his missing the dog that comes to hang out with us quite a bit. I told him a few days ago that if he said that he missed Stella one more time, I was going down to the humane society and bringing one home!! We'll see how the rest of this year goes with that one...
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Sorry bout the long pause...
I know it's been a bit since we've posted, but basically our lives have been crazy busy to say the least!! Since we posted, we have gone through with purchasing our first home, Billy switching jobs, trying to move, etc etc etc. all the while with the little part of the brain that the baby has left me with!! (yes, I feel like I have lost my head sometimes...I've heard this will never return...)
Cashew is doing well (from what I can tell). A few days ago I did start having some hip joint pain and at first I just thought I slept on it wrong or something but it got to the point where I was waddling around like I was 8 months prego but without the belly!!! Called the doc and she said that I was a bit ahead of norm but that it was just the hormones and such doing wonders on my expanding and softening body parts, that somewhere along the line a nerve got in the way of all that and possibly the baby was chillin in a position to put pressure on it or something. So I get to go to PT now!! It's all worth it, right ladies!!
I have noticed my pants are a little bit more snug, which is fun because I was always told that you wouldn't show until you were like 5 months along!!
Billy's doing great, excited about everything going on!! I give him updates on what the baby looks like at certain points and it cracks me up everytime when he gives me that look like "whoa!!" I told him tonight what the doc said about my hip and he was pretty astounded at what women's bodies go through during pregnancy. We got to talking about how God created men and women differently to be able to handle our differing roles, both physically and otherwise. How creative and great a God we love and are loved by to have created something so beautifully complicated!! Love it!! Love HIM!!
Cashew is doing well (from what I can tell). A few days ago I did start having some hip joint pain and at first I just thought I slept on it wrong or something but it got to the point where I was waddling around like I was 8 months prego but without the belly!!! Called the doc and she said that I was a bit ahead of norm but that it was just the hormones and such doing wonders on my expanding and softening body parts, that somewhere along the line a nerve got in the way of all that and possibly the baby was chillin in a position to put pressure on it or something. So I get to go to PT now!! It's all worth it, right ladies!!
I have noticed my pants are a little bit more snug, which is fun because I was always told that you wouldn't show until you were like 5 months along!!
Billy's doing great, excited about everything going on!! I give him updates on what the baby looks like at certain points and it cracks me up everytime when he gives me that look like "whoa!!" I told him tonight what the doc said about my hip and he was pretty astounded at what women's bodies go through during pregnancy. We got to talking about how God created men and women differently to be able to handle our differing roles, both physically and otherwise. How creative and great a God we love and are loved by to have created something so beautifully complicated!! Love it!! Love HIM!!
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Little One on the Way!!
So last Thursday, I was sitting around on spring break and noticed I felt really nauseous. Now, for those of you just catching up with us or those who haven't heard the whole story, this is not necessarily an uncommon situation to be having symptoms like this. We've been trying for almost a year and almost every month I've had something funky going on with my body. Billy and I thought that this was nothing new but to be sure we bought yet another preg test. We both were convinced that this was just another funk so he went to work the following morning and I took the test... +...took the second (I didn't believe it)... +
We are pregnant!!
I got in my car, drove to the hospital (without calling mind you, which is absolutely not in my nature...must be the baby) and demanded a blood test. Well, they close earlier than normal so I would have to wait until Monday to get the results. But, they informed me that to them the at-home's were just as accurate and were good enough for them.
So now began the epic struggle of how to tell Billy. Do I call? naw Do I wait until he gets home? Yeah right!! So I opted for the trend of the age...good old text messaging!! I took a picture of the tests (yes, plural) and included a msg that said "someone's going to be a daddy..." and sent it away. The typical happened: he called, we cried and exclaimed, yadda yadda.
Important side story
We had some friends over Saturday night and shared with them the great news. They are about 3 1/2 months along themselves and have been calling their little one "peanut."
Fast forward to Sunday night, when we told my parents. Billy had this cute idea to use a tradition we've had in our family since I was a kid: the Wayne Newton prayer card. Yes, you heard correctly. We had picked up this playing card with wayne on it when I was in elementary school and when we began to fight over who was going to say prayer at dinner time, someone got the brilliant idea to use the card. Whoever had the card under their placemat was the person to say prayer. Billy and I had wallets made of the preg test and stuck them under the placemats before dinner that night and announced the wayne tradition. Needless to say, mom, dad and sister all cried.
Monday we get the call that my test was postive, and my numbers good so we schedule an ultrasound for the following day since we had no idea when my due date was. To explain this, my last cycle was Jan 27, and for those unsure of that significance...I was way late. I think I was going on like 60 someodd days of no cycle. Strange this was that we had taken tests as late as first week in March and they turned up negatory. Oh well!! God has His ways!!
We had the ultra sound yesterday and both that and my numbers varified we are 6 weeks along. We were able to hear the heartbeat and Billy was just in rapture of the screen. He said at one point "it's our little peanut!" I told him that we couldn't call him that because of our friends, and about 10 seconds later, he said "it's our little cashew!!" So that is how our baby has been dubbed Cashew. The grandparents and aunt of Cashew have run with it and I am now sure that this poor child will never live this nickname down...
We are pregnant!!
I got in my car, drove to the hospital (without calling mind you, which is absolutely not in my nature...must be the baby) and demanded a blood test. Well, they close earlier than normal so I would have to wait until Monday to get the results. But, they informed me that to them the at-home's were just as accurate and were good enough for them.
So now began the epic struggle of how to tell Billy. Do I call? naw Do I wait until he gets home? Yeah right!! So I opted for the trend of the age...good old text messaging!! I took a picture of the tests (yes, plural) and included a msg that said "someone's going to be a daddy..." and sent it away. The typical happened: he called, we cried and exclaimed, yadda yadda.
Important side story
We had some friends over Saturday night and shared with them the great news. They are about 3 1/2 months along themselves and have been calling their little one "peanut."
Fast forward to Sunday night, when we told my parents. Billy had this cute idea to use a tradition we've had in our family since I was a kid: the Wayne Newton prayer card. Yes, you heard correctly. We had picked up this playing card with wayne on it when I was in elementary school and when we began to fight over who was going to say prayer at dinner time, someone got the brilliant idea to use the card. Whoever had the card under their placemat was the person to say prayer. Billy and I had wallets made of the preg test and stuck them under the placemats before dinner that night and announced the wayne tradition. Needless to say, mom, dad and sister all cried.
Monday we get the call that my test was postive, and my numbers good so we schedule an ultrasound for the following day since we had no idea when my due date was. To explain this, my last cycle was Jan 27, and for those unsure of that significance...I was way late. I think I was going on like 60 someodd days of no cycle. Strange this was that we had taken tests as late as first week in March and they turned up negatory. Oh well!! God has His ways!!
We had the ultra sound yesterday and both that and my numbers varified we are 6 weeks along. We were able to hear the heartbeat and Billy was just in rapture of the screen. He said at one point "it's our little peanut!" I told him that we couldn't call him that because of our friends, and about 10 seconds later, he said "it's our little cashew!!" So that is how our baby has been dubbed Cashew. The grandparents and aunt of Cashew have run with it and I am now sure that this poor child will never live this nickname down...
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