Week 22

How far along are you? 22 weeks
How big is baby? Size of a small doll!!!!
Weight gain/loss? Still watching what I eat and walking a lot with Adam… that has become our favorite thing to do together :) This week we walked to get Breakfast burritos for Cinco de Mayo just so we didn’t feel guilty… walked over three miles to enjoy a HUGE yummy burrito… worth every calorie!!!
Stretch marks? Not yet!!
Maternity clothes? YUP!!! Still fitting in my original Gap jeans I bought at 12 weeks… size 6 so I feel pretty good about that :)
Best moment this week? I was eating lunch while working at him and Connor started moving a bunch but it was above my belly button which he hadn't been before… I lifted up my shirt and could see him moving around!!! I giggled for a bit then he stopped moving… when he started back up again he was right under my belly button and was making it pop out when he moved. It was a VERY strange feeling but made me laugh SO hard!!! I called Adam but could barely tell him what was happening because I was laughing so hard :)
Gender? Big Boy!!!
Movement? SO MUCH!!!
Belly button? Still the same…stretched out to the side but not popped out!
Symptoms? I feel great! Lots of energy and LOVE me some Watermelon and Cantaloupe!!!
What do I miss? Dessert… trying to be better but I MISS IT!!!
What am I looking forward to this week? Baby growing stronger and bigger!!!
Milestones? Connor went to his first concert this weekend with Mommy & Daddy and Aunt Holland &Uncle Cole. We went and saw The Black Keys and Connor LOVED IT! He would move around but only when the music stopped!! Aunt Holland felt him moving around for the first time and she LOVED it :)

Week 21

How far along are you? 21 weeks
How big is baby? Large banana
Weight gain/loss? Walking three times a week and trying to eat more fruits and veggies… so hopefully I am on track this month!!
Stretch marks? Not yet… I hate the silly cream I have to rub on my tummy and legs because it feels sticky but I don't want those stretch marks hahaha.
Maternity clothes? Oh yeah!!! I have found that Old Navy is my friend when it comes to Maternity clothes… great prices… they fit well and you can return to the store if ordered online. AND my Old Navy has a maternity section!!! Old Navy for Weekend clothes and Gap for work clothes!!!
Best moment this week? Just feeling my little guy move… I am starting to really get attached to him and the feeling of him in my tummy. I got sad this week thinking about him not being in there in a few months… I am going to miss him kicking me hahaha!!
Gender? ALL BOY!!!
Movement? Love feeling my baby boy!!!
Belly button? You can see it poking out through my shirt but it hasn't really poked yet… Still stretched sideways but a little pokey I guess.
Symptoms? Feel great!!! Love sleeping with my Snoogle… if I didn't have that thing I don't know what I would be doing at night… So comfy!!!!
What do I miss? Texas… nothing to do with the baby… just a little blue!
What am I looking forward to this week? Baby boy growing strong!!!
Milestones? We think we have landed on a name… Connor James Terpstra. We really like it! Connor is just a name we like and James is Adams middle name as well as his dads name and grandfathers name. Connor will be a fourth generation James :)

Week 20

How far along are you? 20 Weeks
How big is baby? Small Cantaloupe
Weight gain/loss?  AHHHH!!!!!!!!!! I went to the doctor and she said I gained 9 pounds this month. That is a total of 13!!! I freaked out but the nurse didn't seem to care at all and was consoling me. The doctor didn't even say a word about my weight when she came in. I also did a little research on my own from my What To Expect When You Are Expecting book and this is just about on track… IF I don't gain another 9 next month :( I am going to start being very disciplined with my walking and watch my sugar intake!!!
Stretch marks? Not yet...
Maternity clothes? For sure… I am really showing now so there is no turning back.
Best moment this week? We went to a specialist this week to make sure the babies heart looks good. Adam has an enlarged heart that he was diagnosed with in High School so they wanted to be safe and check out the baby. Everything looked GREAT! And we got to see our little man again!!!! I LOVE seeing him!!! He was being a little stubborn and didn’t want to let us see his face but we got to see everything else and confirm he IS in fact still a boy :)
Gender? Still a BOY!!!
Movement? SO much movement at night when we are going to sleep. Adam loves to feel him every night before we go to bed :)
Belly button? Still stretching sideways but not popped out yet.
Symptoms? Feeling great!!!
What do I miss? Nothing at the moment!!
What am I looking forward to this week? Taking tons of walks with Adam!!!
Milestones? HALF WAY!!!!!

Week 19

How far along are you? 19 Weeks
How big is baby? Size of a large Mango
Weight gain/loss? Haven't been weighing myself but am finally popping out and other people are starting to notice my little belly.
Stretch marks? Not yet
Maternity clothes? Yes… have to on bottom but am still getting away with non maternity on top
Best moment this week? Best moment of the week was on our way home from Florida Adam felt the baby kick for the first time :) Such a joy to see his face after feeling the baby.
Gender? Boy!!
Movement? All the time.
Belly button? Stretched out sideways but hasn't poked out yet.
Symptoms? Feeling great. I am able to stay up later in the evenings… still get tired up at least I am awake!
What do I miss? While at the beach I really missed beer during the day and wine on the porch at night. Very strange as I was never a heavy drinker… but from the way I miss it you would think I was a huge alcoholic.
What am I looking forward to this week? Relaxing from our vacation :)
Milestones? Adam feeling the baby move for the first time… HUGE Milestone.

Week 18

How far along are you? 18 Weeks
How big is baby? 5 1/2 inches long and 5 ounces
Weight gain/loss? 4 pounds when I went to my last check up… I am not weighing myself
Stretch marks? Not yet
Maternity clothes? Yes! I went shopping this week to get some new clothes and in two of the three stores I went in the person working at the store asked me who I was shopping for. Since I am 18 weeks pregnant I was super emotional and feel like they could look at my stomach and see that it is sticking out… But NO they just think I am always this large in the stomach region. I have also ordered a lot of clothes online and none of them fit. I am going to stick to the clothes my amazing sister sent me and pick a few things up here and there. Gap Maternity has been the best for me so far.
Best moment this week? Well… everything has been great… not having morning sickness is making things so much better.
Gender? BOY!!!
Movement? Still feeling little guy but it is at different times of the day now. Sometimes in the morning and sometimes in the evening… I would like to feel him more… sometimes I think it has been too long in-between and it makes me nervous!
Belly button? Still just looks stretched.      
Symptoms? CLUMSY… I feel out of bed last week and hurt my ankle a little bit and this week I fell in the Lazy Boy parking lot going to pick out a rocking chair for the nursery. I think it is time to start wearing flats to I don't hurt myself and my little baby boy!!
What do I miss? SUSHI!!! Adam and I loved eating sushi and recently I have been craving it SO much… We still go but it is hard to know what's cooked and what's not so most of the time I end up with variations of California Rolls. Not bad if you really want sushi :)
What am I looking forward to this week? FLORIDA… its all I can think about… CAN'T WAIT FOR VACATION!!!!
Milestones? No milestones really… almost half way there :)

Week 17

How far along are you? 17 weeks

How big is baby? Palm-size, About 5 inches crown to rump and about 5 ounces.  

Weight gain/loss? As of last week at the doctor I had gained 4 pounds.

Stretch marks? Not yet thanks to my belly cream J

Maternity clothes? Yes, this week I have had to start wearing maternity clothes… getting a little round.

Best moment this week? Feeling the baby for the first time at exactly 17 weeks. I was working at my desk typing at my computer and I felt a little tickle/movement so I sat up and moved around a second… and then remembered the doctor said to be watching for movement this week. I went back and sat in the position that I was previously and he started moving again. Adam was at work so I texted my mom and sister… when they didn’t reply I called Holland to tell somebody what was happening. I couldn’t stop giggling!!!

Gender? It’s a BOY… without a name!

Movement? In the late afternoon early evening until I go to bed… A few times I have felt him moving a bit during the night. He is a late sleeper like mommy…

Belly button? Stretched a bit sideways but not poking out yet…

Symptoms? Morning sickness is completely gone since week 15. Just hungry all the time and really craving fruits and veggies. And anything spicy!!!

What do I miss? Adam and I were at dinner the other night and they had Sangria on the menu… I really wanted some!!!

What am I looking forward to this week? Not pregnancy related but really excited to spend the week next week in Florida with my family celebrating my Cousin Meredith’s wedding. My sister and dad haven’t seen my baby bump yet J

Milestones? No milestones really… just excited to feel movement and SUPER excited to not feel sick anymore!

March 24, 2012 Gender Reveal Party hosted by Aunt Holland.

I had mentioned to Holland that I wanted to have a gender reveal party which is a new trendy party and reason to get together to celebrate a new baby. Holland organized the party with our family and a few friends… and my mom came up for the weekend for the party J We got together and then had the reveal by cutting a cake to see what color was inside… Pink or Blue… our cake was blue J Such a fun party and way to celebrate our son!!!

Blue Team

Pink Team

March 22, 2012 Found out the sex of our baby… IT’S A BOY!!!!!!!!

There seems to be a trend… each doctors appointment gets better and better. This time we elected to have an additional sonogram to find out the sex of the baby. Adam and I walked in to the appointment beaming because we knew when we left the appointment we would know if we were going to have a baby boy or baby girl. I had a feeling all along it was going to be a girl… as did my ENTIRE family. Adam said he never had a feeling… we were about to find out… We had the same amazing sensation when we walked into the sonogram room knowing that we were about to see our precious bundle of joy again. It is amazing how much the baby changes at each appointment (as you can see from the pictures). Once it was time to find out the sex of the baby we were glued to the screen… IT’S A… BOY!!!!!! There was no doubt what we were looking at. We had been told by several people that they had no idea what they were looking at until the technician pointed it out… well not this time… there was no guessing!! We had our normally scheduled appointment with our doctor after the sonogram and they had already seen the pictures. They gave us a hard time about our baby boy not being modest. He was not shy about showing everything during our sonogram J

Baby 16 Weeks

February 24, 2012 Saw baby again and found out the baby is healthy.

Our second appointment was an even more exciting appointment than the first. We had a few test done between our first and second appointment and they all came back with positive results. We also had another sonogram to make sure the baby was healthy and still on track. What we saw in the sonogram was that we were given the most beautiful baby we had ever seen… and this baby was HEALTHY!!! It was the first time I was able to say I didn’t care about anything else in the world at that moment… We were having a healthy baby!!! Adam and I agreed after the appointment that we did not care at all if we had a boy or girl because we know the baby is healthy J Such a great piece of mind!  

Baby 12 Weeks

Derek and Kim Ancira in California for a pre-deployment leave… expecting their first baby within a month of ours J

Our first of many pregnancy poses… just joking because our baby bumps are too small to see.

January 27, 2012 Our First Doctors appointment and we saw our peanut for the first time.

Since we had just relocated to California we had to find a doctor quickly to go in for our first appointment at 8 weeks. I wanted to see my doctor in Texas before I left but it was too early so we waited to get into our doctor in Roseville. Adam took the afternoon off to come to the appointment with me. My sister told us that we might get to see the baby at the first appointment so we were anxiously awaiting this appointment. Once we got in to see the doctor our nerves were calmed with the amazing doctor God had sent us! She did a sonogram for us to see the baby and we also got to hear the strong heart beat… WOW was that the most emotional moment of our lives!!! As soon as I heard the heartbeat I lost it J So amazed that Adam and I were blessed with such a miracle.

Baby 8 Weeks

January 3, 2012 We found out we were pregnant.

This was one of the most amazing days of my life. I have always dreamed of the day I would find out we were going to have a baby and always imagined what it would look like… but this was not exactly the way I had planned. Adam and I were in the process of relocating to Northern California and he had moved out to Sacramento on December 1^st. I was going to be moving on January 13^th. We had visited each other a few times in December and spent the Holidays together in Las Vegas with my family. On January 2^nd I flew back to Dallas and Adam flew back to Sacramento and we wouldn’t see each other again until I was out in California after the move. So… imagine my surprise to find out our life was forever changed the day after we left each other in Las Vegas… There I was by myself in the bathroom of our tiny temporary one bedroom apartment. That afternoon Adam and I sat down to jot down a few notes about our feelings from that morning, so here they are:

Sarah: Today is the one of the top two best days of my life. It is hard to say if our wedding day beats this day or not... Today we found out we are having a BABY!!!!! We are four and a half weeks along. I can't describe the feeling I am having... so excited and relieved at the same time. We have been trying to have a baby for a year and we were about to take the next steps to become pregnant when it happened on its own!!!! We are SO blessed and SO excited to start our family. Yesterday, when Adam and I were packing our bags to leave Las Vegas from our Christmas/New Years trip I took a pregnancy test at my sister, Liz's house because I thought I might be a little late... hard to know because I had been focusing on my niece and nephew the last 10 days!!! The test I took was digital and had some sort of malfunction and just had a blank screen. I didn't think anything of it and went on with my day. 

This morning when I woke up in Texas I thought I should probably try again which was a very common practice for the last year around the time I was supposed to be starting my period. Today the test looked the same as it normally did... until I looked at it again and there were TWO lines instead of ONE!!! I took another test and it was also positive.... I called Adam at work and pretended to be calm... asking him if he was having a good morning and if he was the only one in the office or if people were around him... he said there were people around but I couldn't keep it in anymore so I told him I took two pregnancy tests and they were both positive!!!!!! He didn't believe me and kept asking is this a joke... are you being serious?? After I convinced him that I was serious he told me to go to the grocery store to get two other brands of tests to verify... I went to the store in my pj’s and purchased two boxes of tests... almost running through the store to get home... took the tests while on the phone with my sister and they were ALL POSITIVE!!!!!!! I called Adam back to tell him the news and he was speechless!!!!!!!

God has taken care of us and blessed us with the precious baby that we will love the rest of our lives. I can't wait to spend the next eight months preparing for our precious gift from God to arrive!!! This baby is going to be SO loved and have all the hugs and kisses a baby can handle. WOW!!! Still in shock!!!!!!!!!

Adam: I was the fourth person in the office today. Owen, Doug and Tim were already here but it was pretty quiet around my area. You called at 7:27 and asked if anybody was near me. I could tell you had to talk to me about something. There was nobody directly near me but I was still hesitant to discuss anything serious with the owner of the agency still within earshot. You then told me: “I took two pregnancy tests this morning and they were both positive”. I knew what you said but had to pause to take it all in. I couldn’t react the way I typically would since I was in the office and it would have been a dead giveaway. I asked if you were serious and you said yes. Then you started to have some tears of joy and my eyes also got a little wet. Finally, I told you to go to the store to get another brand of pregnancy tests for the final confirmation. All four tests taken were positive. Amazing! I couldn’t be happier.

Hello Family and friends!!!

By now you probably know that Adam and I are expecting our first baby on September 6^, 2012.  I am starting my blog 17.5 weeks into our pregnancy. I have a few girlfriends that have kept a great blog throughout their pregnancy and they are so great about capturing moments with their sweet babies. They inspired me to do the same… although I am already late J We have had some pretty exciting times so far… so I am going to recap a few of those days and start fresh from here on.