Second Trimester (Unofficial)

Today is week 13, AKA the unofficial start of the 2nd trimester. According to a few sources the 2nd trimester doesn't begin until 14 weeks and 1 day- so a week from tomorrow. Either way, I see today as the beginning of feeling better! I've been doing so much better lately- eating regularly and moving around a lot more, but my nausea gets really bad at night time still. Also, vertigo hits every so often. It is definitely a weird feeling. I will be sitting in the recliner and all of a sudden I feel like someone is tilting the chair forward trying to tip me out. I have no idea what that's about! I will have to remember asking my doctor about it next time I go in if it gets any worse.

I am going to bed though! Need to go to school tomorrow and get some learning in!

Love, the Christians- Jacob, Jess, Cricket, Courage, and the PEACH growing inside my uterus

Heartbeat Again!

We heard the heartbeat again this morning! I've been having some pretty scary dreams lately, and weird pains down south, so I was nervous for this appointment. But, my little baby is ever so cooperative and we heard the little fluttering "lub-dub" again. The heartbeat was in the 160's- so a pretty nice number! After the goo was off my belly and my pants were buttoned I tried getting off the cot and fell on my butt. Nice! The worst part is that my appointment is a group type thing. 5 ladies gather to talk about pregnancy, and the doc takes us to the side and the cot, is literally that: a cot barely a foot above the ground. So a bunch of people saw me fall, how embarrassing!

Everyday I get more and more excited, but more and more nervous to meet my little baby. I am an overflowing bottle of emotion, I don't know how I can hold much more!

Love, the Christians- Jess and the little plum growing (with a beating heart) inside my uterus!

Oh My Goodness- Sweet Tarts!

The past few days I have been craving sweet tarts, and maybe Nerds... but mostly sweet tarts. Last night I decided to go to Jacob's work to catch him before he got off and get my sweet tarts. Well, he got off early and had all means of paying for the sweet tarts, so I had to go home empty handed. I was not happy. My hormones were out of control and I was crying over the darn things when I walked in the door. Today though, Jacob went with me to Walgreens and we bought a bag of the easter shaped sweet tarts and I am as happy as can be. They are so delicious! Easter is over 2 months away, I hope this craving goes away soon or the little baby will come out all hyped on sugar!

Names

Recently, Jacob and I have been toying with the possibility of keeping our name choices underwraps until the baby is actually out. There are a lot of reasons for this, the first being that I am super hormonal and super in love with my names and if someone displays a negative taste torwards my names, I may have a minor meltdown. Okay, thats a little selfish. Also, we are definitely going to be revealing the sex of the baby and we want something big to announce when he/she is born.

We'll see though! I will probably burst with excitement well before then. Although, we did tell my mom some of the names and after we convinced her we weren't joking she kept repeating, "no". A little bit frustrating,  but we expect our unusual and (in some cases) super classic names to get some side eyes. We have about 3 or 4 girl choices and 2 or 3 boy choices. For both sexes we're leaning towards one name... Although we are leaning towards different names for the boys. I still need to get to know the baby more to make a big decision!

Right now, things are getting better. My morning sickness is actually only coming at night (around 8:30pm), but I've been trying to nibble throughout the day to avoid it. It doesn't seem to help, but maybe it would be worse if I didn't? Some days are better than others. So far today is a little better than most days. I think I'm gaining some of the weight back, but in my chest. I have to hold up all my pants when I walk! Eek.

Love, the Christians- Just Jess and the little Plum growing in my uterus (yay 12 weeks now!)

Evening Sickness

Like I've said before, I get a little bit better everyday. Except for the yesterday and the day before- inescapable nausea (and even some more) despite my max dosage of anti-nausea medicines. The nausea seems to get worst in the evening, but at least I can go to school! I went Wednesday, and as exhausting as that was, I'm really hoping to get back into the swing of things. Still craving orange juice like crazy, but managed to get some scrambled eggs down- let's hope they stay there!

In other news, Jacob got a hair cut today and he looks super handsome!

Love, the Christians- Jacob, Jess, Cricket, Courage, and the little lime growing in my uterus!

My Crazy Husband!

The other night, Jacob told me he was excited to show off our baby at his family reunion. My eyes bulged out of my head and I may have had a little bout of nauseau... The family reunion is September 30th, in Texas! Now, if I deliver on time and everything goes well that would mean taking a 26 day old baby on a nasty, germy, plane ride and sleeping outdoors. Don't get me wrong, I would love to go! I had a lot of fun last time, but I can't imagine taking that little one across the country before she or he gets its first set of vaccines. Not to mention... what about me?! I've never given birth, I don't know how I'll feel 3 and a half weeks after! Its still a possibility, we're going to talk to the pediatrician and my Ob/Gyn, but in the mean time I feel this is a disaster waiting to happen! Eek!

Yesterday I went to school and had an evening exam. After my test I was craving a milkshake so I went to Pappy's and sucked down a Cookies'n'Cream shake... BAD IDEA! Although baby loved the milkshake, my tummy did not. Luckily I was home before I got the second showing and my tummy stopped once it was empty.

Now I am cuddling under a blankey watching the tellie, sipping lots of orange juice! I can't get enough orange juice, we should invest in OJ stock or something.

Love, the Christians- Just Jess and the little Lime right now

Put the Lime in the Coconut!

Little baby is now the size of a lime! Crazy! We had a good weekend, little lime included. My momma came over and cleaned my whole house as it was very much needed. I feel bad that she spent most of her time doing dishes and laundry than actually visiting. A six hour drive to clean someone else's house? Sheesh- she must love me.

I'm feeling a little better these days. Eating more each day and drinking orange juice like there's no tomorrow. We went looking for cribs, strollers, and car seats yesterday and its so hard to pick gender neutral things. I can't believe it's still 11 weeks until we find out the sex! I think its a girl, along with Megan and Amy. My mom and sister are absolutely insistent its a boy. We'll see the week of May 2nd!

What else happened this weekend? We told Erin about the baby... Well, Amy did. She called her up and said, "you're going to be a Grandma again!" I think for a few seconds Erin believed Amy was the one with a baby inside, but when she asked, "You?!" Amy answered, "Well, Jacob's the father" and Erin said, "I hope its not you!" Haha. It was executed perfectly.

Telling my own grandmother didn't go so well. Bits of the conversation went as follows:
Her- "What?! Didn't you take your pill?"
Me- "No, they made me really nauseous."
Her- "Well, lots of things make me nauseous!"
and then after she calmed down a bit:
Her- "Well, what else is new? Do you have any good news?"

It made me really sad to see her react that way. I hope she comes around. In the meantime, just relaxing... I'm exhausted- haven't been sleeping well. I am trying not to nap because I am (come hell or high water) going to school tomorrow!

Love, the Christians- Jacob, Jess, Cricket, Courage, and the Lime growing in my uterus (yay! We're all watching a movie together)