Belly Pictures

I have been way behind on the belly pictures, so here are weeks 14, 15, and 16! Just wait til you see 17! My belly is really growing now!

14 WEEKS

15 WEEKS

16 WEEKS

Brannan and Tara's Wedding

On Saturday we got to attend the wedding of one of my childhood friends. Brannan and I grew up together and our moms are good friends. I enjoyed seeing people I grew up with and had not seen since graduation. The wedding was beautiful. They could not have asked for better weather. It felt like a spring day! I pray that Brannan and Tara will have a blessed and Christ-filled mariage.

I forgot to mention that the wedding will be on "Say Yes to the Dress" this Spring. Tara got filmed getting her dress and they will show a clip from the wedding on the show. It seemed like there were paparazzi, there were so many photographers everywhere! I had a hard time getting a good picture.

We enjoyed spending more time with good friends - Amber and Andrew.

Aunt and Uncle Again!

Last Thursday, January 10th, Daniel and I became Uncle and Aunt for the tenth time! Nathan and Erin welcomed Elijah Slade Roberts into the family Thursday morning. He weighed 8 lbs and was 20 oz long. He has three brothers and one sister, who are all very excited to have a new baby brother! We love all of our nieces and nephews, and can't wait to add another cousin to the mix!

We got to go see Elijah and visit with Nathan and Erin at the hospital on Friday night. We took pizza and enjoyed seeing our new nephew and spending time with them.

 

16 WEEKS!

It's hard to believe Baby Roberts is already 16 weeks old! Before we know it, we will be to the half-way point! The baby is the size of an avocado this week!

GENDER:

The exciting part of this week is that Daniel and I found out what we are having! Don't worry...you didn't miss anything. We have not told anyone yet, and are still trying to work out the details for the big reveal! We will not have the ultrasound at the doctor until February 6th which will be at 20 weeks. That seemed like forever from now, but I didn't want to pay extra to find out just a few weeks before. I was thrilled to find out that my mom's cousin's wife wanted to do one for us. She does ultrasounds at an imaging place very close to my work. She had an opening yesterday, and I went over there real quick. I didn't want to find out without Daniel though, so she wrote it down and sealed it in an envelope for us. As soon as I got home, we opened it. We are both very excited! It made it seem even more real now that we can call it a he/she (when we are alone, of course!). It has been so funny to hear our family and friends trying to get it out of us. My family doesn't think the secret will last long. I don't want to have to keep the secret for long, so hopefully we will do the reveal very soon! Boy or girl? What do you think??

Tomorrow, we will welcome another nephew into the world. Can't wait to see that precious baby. We are so excited for Nathan & Erin and Jake, Bailey, Luke, and Abraham. Praying for a good delivery and a healthy baby!


For some odd reason, my computer will not let me upload pictures, so I will upload the belly pics later!

Will You Be My...

Bridesmaid??

My best friend got engaged last week and she invited us all to Cracker Barrel Saturday for breakfast.

We got there and she had these adorable gifts for us!

How could you say no to that? Of course we all said YES! She has set the date for August 2nd, 2014. Leaves me plenty of time to lose the baby weight! :)



Me and Lauren



I am so excited for Lauren and Zach! They are a perfect couple. I can't wait to begin the wedding festivities, especially since they will be with my best friends!



Me and Baileigh

I love all my friends! Lauren has been a close friend for a long time, and I do mean a long time! We went to preschool together, elementary school, middle school, and high school. As if that wasn't enough, we went off to college together and roomed together for three years at North Georgia. We have many memories! Here's an oldie...

Love you, Lauren and I'm so excited for you!!

Nursery Furniture

I am just about fifteen weeks along. My new favorite store is Rattles & Rhymes in Athens. It is a cute baby boutique in Athens. My mom and I have lucked up with all of their holiday sales. They had a great sale on furniture this week, and it was too good to pass up.

I have already been getting anxious about getting everything ready for the baby during tax season. I know how busy I will be, and know that as I get bigger and more tired, I am not going to want to spend every weekend getting the nursery ready.

So...we took on the task of reorganizing the house this week, which involved lots of trash, a trip to the Peace Place donation center, selling a futon on facebook, and a lot of cleaning. The room I originally thought we would use for the nursery ended up changing to a different one, but the nursery is completely cleared out (not painted) and new furniture moved in! Oh, and some little booties and diapers and key toy we received for gifts are in there too!

I am so glad to have this done. We will not do anything else in the nursery until we find out what we are having, which is only about 5 weeks away! We do have a few small messes in other parts of the house to clean up, but have made a lot of progress! Here are some pics of the nursery!

We can't wait to find out what the baby is! Then we can do more work on the nursery. We have thrown a lot of names out there, but I think we finally have some picked out!

Who would have known what a hard decision that is!

Our Family is Growing!

We are having a baby!

Hopefully this will give me great reason to make time to blog. I would love to have the blog to look back on and remember everything from our pregnancy. I am going to try and re-cap everything so far.

Daniel kept telling me he thought I was pregnant because of how differently I had been acting. I wasn't so sure, so even though we had purchased a pregnancy test, I did not take it right away. On November 4th, I finally took it before church and it was positive! I walked out of the bathroom and told Daniel he was going to be a daddy. We were both very excited! Such a strange feeling knowing that you know this, but no one else does.

I made a doctors appointment and went to my first appointment on November 14th. I had just scheduled my yearly appointment at Athens OBGYN and had to call and tell them I was pregnant and needed to change my appointment. Since we were not sure of my conception date, they did a sonogram and confirmed the pregnancy. I got to hear the heart beat at my first appointment and found out that we were already 8 weeks and three days along. They are able to determine this by measuring the length of the baby. This was kind of a surprise. I wasn't expecting to be that far along, but was glad that I wouldn't have to keep the secret for long. I am paranoid about telling people you're pregnant in case something goes wrong. We decided we would wait until as close to the end of the first trimester as we could.



11 weeks

 They wanted me to come back for a new OB appointment, so my next appointment was on November 30th. What a fun birthday present, right?! At this appointment, they began the new routine - weight, blood pressure, urine test, etc. They also did another sonogram, and it appeared that the first due date was pretty accurate, so we are sticking with it. I am due June 24th. I was 10 weeks and five days along at this appointment.

We tried so hard to wait until after the second appointment to tell anyone, but most of Daniel's family came into town for Thanksgiving and we wanted to tell them in person since we don't see them often. The night before Thanksgiving, we went over to my parents and I had made them all ornaments. My mom's said "Grandma - Est. 2013", dad's said "Grandpa - Est. 2013", Mariah's "Aunt Mariah - Est. 2013", and Olivia's "Aunt Olivia - Est. 2013." I nonchalantly passed them out and said I had found some cute ornaments I had to get them. They all started opening, but dad beat them all. Wish I had videotaped, but was too caught up in the moment! Dad started shouting, and they were all so excited. Olivia was ecstatic. It was a sweet moment. This baby will be my parents' first grandchild, and my mom's parents' first great-grandchild. 

The next day we were hanging outside our house with Daniel's family and Daniel made the announcement. Everyone was excited. I finally got to spend time talking to others about the pregnancy. My SILs had lots of questions, and I enjoyed finally talking about it! Daniel's family is constantly growing! The tenth grandchild will be born in the next couple of weeks, and ours will be the 11th. There will be five girls and five boys when ours is born. I can not wait to find out what ours is!!



13 Weeks

 After my second appointment, we told our friends and the rest of the family. I just had my third appointment this week, on December 27th. I was 14 weeks and 2 days. This was a very quick appointment. We listened to the heart beat and they did my weight, blood pressure, and urine. I had gained six pounds! The doctor said I had a pooch! Haha.

Now for all the highlights:
Due Date: June 24th
Sex: We find out February 6th!
Sickness: I have not been sick at all! From about 8-12 weeks, I was pretty week in the mornings, but that was about it.
Cravings: Mexican, Salsa, food in general. I am having to pack extra snacks for work. It is so hard for me to get full. I feel like I could just eat and eat and eat!
Weight: I have gained six pounds so far. I have had to use a belly band since about 11 weeks. It is great! Since it is winter, I am either wearing dress pants or jeans every day, and I can not get them buttoned! The belly band is a life saver! No maternity clothes yet.
Symptoms: Recently, I have had some rough head aches, sometimes lasting all day. Also, I have had some back pain, probably from the extra weight.
Sleep: No problem there yet, except for the occasional back pain. Daniel got me a boppy pregnancy pillow for Christmas, and I think it is going to be my new best friend!!

More to come! Check back often!

The nursery has begun. We have spent our days off this week reorganizing our whole house!