15 WEEKS

SO RUSSELL AND I ARE PREGNANT. Haha. Oh geeze. It was definitely a shock but we couldn't be more excited! I'm going to try to post as many pregnancy updates as possible just so I can have documentation and to share this exciting time with others! 

How Far: 15 weeks! I can't believe we kept our mouths shut for this long! Props to us! 

Baby is the Size of: An apple! 

Maternity Clothes: Not yet, thank goodness. That picture is actually a little deceiving. If you saw me in person you probably couldn't even tell I was pregnant. It just looks like I have a little beer belly  ;)

Sleep: Poor Russ. I wake up about three times every night. This is so unusual for me since I used to sleep like a rock and would never have to wake up in the middle of the night.

Movement: None yet. I heard you can probably feel little movements a few weeks later so I'm looking forward to that!

Best/Worst Moment of the Week: I got my appetite back! Ever since I was about 10 weeks I haven't wanted to eat anything. Everything made me nauseous. It was the weirdest thing. Thank goodness that only lasted a little while because I was losing weight like crazy (like 6 pounds a week crazy)

Miss Anything:  My energy! Baby makin' is hard work! Is it nap time yet?

Food Cravings: First it was Chester's Hot Fries. Honestly though, I ate those like candy even before I was pregnant, things just continued ;) Anyone remember me eating those for breakfast in High School? 

Now I crave anything cheesy. Oh my Papa Johns cheese sticks...

Anything make you Queasy: Russ used to eat Everything bagels for breakfast and the smell of onions and garlic in the morning..yuck. Any who, he now eats whole grain bagels :)

Weight Gain: More like weight loss. When I married Russ back in April I was the biggest I ever was. Good thing was I was losing weight like crazy before I got pregnant but the weight loss has not really stopped. They say weight loss happens sometimes but I'm ready to see this baby grow! Andddd I feel like this was all TMI..

Stretch Marks: None yet! Hopefully I can stay clear of pesky little boogers, if not, I'm reaaaalll close to someone in the plastic surgery/skin tightening business ;) 

Happy or Moody: It depends on the day. Although to be honest, I have been a real crabby pants a lot of the time.

Symptoms: I still get a little nauseous every once in a while.  I've also been real stuffy recently. Maybe its my allergies, maybe its a cold, maybe I'm just pregnant. I don't know. 

Looking Forward to: Finding out if I'm having a little baby boy or girl! Any guesses?!

Oh, and I know I look a little orange in the picture. I promise I don't really look that orange! I'll try playing with the lighting around the house some more for our next update ;)

A few things I'm obsessing over

1. Roller Coaster Tycoon. For the past month I have played RTC seriously everyday. Once while I was on my break at work I decided to go home and play some more RTC. I only have a 30 minute break. I may need help here soon. Or now. Yeah, I need help now.

2.  General Eccentric. I find myself wanting to go there at least once a week. That store is my weakness. 

3. Instagram. All of my Instagram friends are going on vacations and posting some seriously amazing pics! Keep them coming! 

4. Spongebob Mac and Cheese. It has to be Spongebob.

5. M83 "Midnight City". I listen to it whenever I am getting ready. I don't really know what it is about this song, but it makes me feel like a gangster. I love it.

6. Budgeting. I am so obsessed with sticking to our budget. Who would have thought? Whenever I go to the grocery and I spend less than our grocery budget, I do a happy dance. We are BIG savers. And I absolutely love that about us.

One of these days, I'll look back on this list and be thankful for writing it. Hopefully I can keep up the habit of blog posting! 

Engagements!

So I just realized I never posted the remainder of our engagement photos! Aren't we just adorbs? Don't answer that..

my first post/intro

So, I have a blog. This is something that I have thought about doing for a really long time and since I'm married now (woohoo!) this is the perfect time to begin.

First, let me start off by saying that this blogs main purpose is to act as my journal. You see, I've never been much of a journal keeper. I have had one journal that I took with me to Europe and I recently just found it. While I was reading my entries, I truly was overcome with so many emotions and was so thankful that I wrote down every little detail of that trip!

So here I am, creating a blog.  I'm really excited to start documenting my everyday adventures!! Hopefully one day I can look through this blog and remember the good times, and bad, and be overcome with emotions like I was when I read my EuroJournal.  EuroJournal, you like that? Thought of it myself.

Here's to my first blog post and many more to follow!