Ultrasound

Today we got to experience our first ultrasound and hear the babies heartbeat. It was so amazing. Our little child is a mover. The baby was flipping and turning all over the place. It was so surreal and so amazing. It just confirms how awesome our God is and how lucky and blessed Cade and I are. I will leave you with a few pictures. Enjoy!!!

 Baby is waving

 On the babies side facing you

 With labeled parts

 On its stomach

Again on the stomach

I love this kid already. I cant wait to finally meet it!!

12 weeks in

Here's the latest picture. Enjoy!!!

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First Drs appointment & the weekend

Our first doctors appointment was Friday. I was a little nervous to say the least. Cade met me at the doctors office once he got out of school as I was finishing up the new patient paperwork. We went back and got my vitals. I was VERY surprised by my weight. We met the doctor finally. He is extremely nice. We were very blessed by this recommendation. They drew blood which was not very fun at all. I was tense the whole time and to top it off the needle part got stuck in my arm leaving a nice bruise. After the blood work we went to check out and schedule our next appointment. I got real dizzy real fast. I got 2 feet from the couch, if that, as the room was getting REALLY dark and sat down. I stayed sat down for a while, the nurse came and took care of me, and Cade scheduled our next appointment which will be Thursday for our first ultrasound!! WHOO HOO!!! When Cade was done he came to check on me and the first words out of my mouth were "This is why I do NOT give blood"!! HAHA!!!

Needless to say I had a lazy evening Friday while Cade was coaching at the school. They lost a tough one Cade said.

Saturday was spent unpacking some of the kitchen stuff then being lazy watching college basketball and the football games.

Today we went to church at a new church. We enjoyed it but a lot of the congregation was gone to a big youth rally in Gulf Shores. Then we went up to the school to make Cade's tests for the week. It was a lot of fun haha! Then we finished unpacking all the kitchen stuff and cleaned the kitchen and living room. It feels so good having one room completely unpacked and clean!! Now just to get the others that way.

I'm hoping to have a good week considering I'm at the end of the First Trimester. The baby is now the size of a large plum. Its exciting to read all the weekly changes happening both with me and the baby.

Have a great week!!

Week full of headaches

The word for the week has been headache... I have had one every day since Sunday this week. Today was the first day it didn't last all day, just from dinner on when it hit me like a ton of bricks. I finally slept last night for the first time in over a week and woke up more exhausted than ever. This is all making job hunting a little difficult.

Tomorrow is our first doctors appointment. This is when its really real. I'm a little nervous about the appointment but excited at the same time. Cade's coming with me. I'm so excited about that. I'm so lucky to have him by my side through this. It's been a roller coaster already and he has done great.

I'm off to bed now, but ill leave you with a picture that I took Monday of the baby bump.

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Hurting hips and a couch potato

So I had yet another day spent on the couch yesterday... by far the WORST day so far. I ate small meals all day like I have been advised to do, but had a TERRIBLE headache and was so nauseated it was not good. Cade came home to a crying wife and made me take a bath which helped a lot. He then drove across town to get me Arbys. He is the BEST husband a girl could ask for. We went to bed early after spending a good night together. He even turned down going to the GoDaddy.com bowl to come home and take care of me. :D The last 2 nights I haven't slept well at all. I cannot get comfortable because my hips have hurt so bad. I guess that is just part of it all and I am starting to get "birthing hips" LOL! I am starting to see a little baby bump so look for pictures soon.

Today I have taken it easy again, but did get dishes done and am working on laundry so we are making progress. I also had the reality moment today while watching A Baby Story. It finally hit me that we are going to have a BABY!! I am so excited and cannot wait but am also a little nervous.

Tomorrow we are heading to Pensacola (which is so weird to type since I have always thought that was so far away but its only an hour or so away) to see our friends Jeremy and Maggie. We are SOOOO excited and cannot wait to see them. I just hope that I am not puny again tomorrow.

Have a great weekend. Look for pictures to come soon!! :D
Ashton

MAJOR UPDATES

Soooooo much has happened since my last post. Birthday, Thanksgiving, Interview, Graduation, Christmas, Move, New Years....

Let me start by saying that we are now living in Mobile, AL. Cade is teaching and coaching at Mobile Christian School. He is teaching Bible and coaching football, basketball, and track.Cade graduated with his Masters in Education on December 18th. After his graduation we revealed to our immediate families that we are going to have a BABY!!!! So starts the new journey of our lives and this blog. We have really enjoyed the experience so far and are loving Mobile. I have been struggling with morning sickness pretty bad since we have been here, but Im hoping it wont last long so I can go job hunting. This pretty much sums our lives the past few months. I will be using this blog as a means for friends and family to follow my pregnancy journey. I hope you all enjoy.