Life Lately

I cannot believe we are at 29 weeks already! How in the world did that happen? This week the baby is about 2 1/2 pounds and is 15 inches long. She moves so much. We had a little scare last week, so the doctor had me track all of her movements for a few days, on average she will move around for 10-15 minutes every 45-70 minutes, twice a day she doesn't move for about 2 hours, but after that, she moves around for about an hour to an hour a half without stopping! This awake time is usually in the morning from 6-8 and at night from 9-11. I love feeling her move all day long! It is one of my favorite parts about being pregnant! I have been told by other moms, pregnant friends, and the doctor that she is quite active, so I am starting to mentally and emotionally prepare for a child that does not sleep much! Haha!

We are finishing up the semester and the burn out is strong. This semester has been one of the hardest on both of us since we were married. With Mikey working full time and going to school, and me working 30 hours and my intense school schedule, we never see each other or get enough sleep. During the week, we get about 30-45 minutes to eat dinner and talk at 8:15 when Mikey gets home before we both have to get to homework. Its nice to spend time together on the weekends, even if its just running errands, cleaning the house, and doing homework because we are never together.  I miss my husband. We leave for Hawaii in a few weeks and we are SO ready and excited for a break from reality!

Things have been going great! We have all of the big baby things, the nursery is 95% done, we have all of the big gear. Now all we need is the day to day stuff like clothes, diapers, soaps, lotions, etc. We still need to get a baby monitor and a baby carrier for hiking too but that's all!

We had a wonderful Easter last weekend, we got to spend Saturday with Mike's family and Sunday with mine. I forgot my phone at home so I didn't get any pictures of our new Easter outfits. But, it was actually really nice to enjoy my day with our family without any distractions!

The Baby Name Game

Mike and I have not decided on a name for our baby girl yet. We get asked this question all of the time. So we have started joking that we are going to name her Diamond Destiny. (Its from the movie Storks, which is super funny and everyone should go watch it). Poor baby girl may have the nickname of diamond destiny her whole life.

Guys, this baby bump is getting big! :0

We want to give all of our children the same first letter to their first name. This is a family tradition that has been passed down from my dad's side of the family and Mike and I like it so we want to keep it going. It is hard to commit to a letter for our future children, so this first child's name has a lot of responsibility associated with it! We do have a few favorite and likely letters, they are L, R, C, & E

I have learned that everyone has an opinion about names. People are unashamed to share their opinions whether its in favor of or against the desire of the parents. (I am guilty of doing this with Brennan and Rachel) But I cannot believe what people have said to me about choosing names. Mike and I created this little girl', we get to raise her, and we will be choosing her name. I don't want to have any outside influence or opinion. I think the names we have chosen are beautiful and I really don't care what anyone else thinks, except for our moms. They have both approved of our final 5. (Or they lied about their approval, haha!)

I literally had a list of about 30 names that we had casually mentioned over the last little while and we narrowed that puppy down to 5 names for our girl. We definitely have 2 strong contenders in that list, but we are waiting to meet our baby before we decide for sure. We do have 2/3 of her name picked out though! She will share her middle name, Jayne, with my mom's mom who passed away. And her last name will be Delahunty. That's progress! ;) I can't wait to meet her and I hope when we do a name will just feel right!

Lots of love,
Brookeydee

15 Weeks

We are 15 weeks! The baby is the size of a pear and is 4 inches long from its head to its bum and weighs 2 and a half ounces.
I still think that the gender of baby D is a girl, Mike is starting to lean towards a girl as well, but a majority of our family and friends still think its a boy. We will hopefully find out next week!!
Like last week, I haven't felt any movement yet! I am getting really excited to feel the baby moving!!
Thankfully I haven't had any serious cravings this week. I am still craving sweets, reeses are my weakness, so I made Mike hide them from me so I only eat a couple at night! HAHA!
I still have an aversion to Cafe Rio/ Costa Vida salads. I also dry heave when I open the fridge in the morning, I don't understand why but looking at food when I wake up is not pleasant for some reason.
I have slept pretty bad this week. I think its because of school stress, I am always so worried I am forgetting an assignment or something.
Baby products we refrained from buying anymore baby products this week. Since we hopefully will know the gender next week I know things may get a little crazy, so I am holding out for that excuse!
I am feeling so much better than the first trimester! I am so grateful to be feeling better, I have thrown up a few times in the past week. It is mostly after I workout, so at least it's not  morning sickness, I am really hoping I will continue to get better and be able to workout without throwing up soon.

We got to go to the ice castles last weekend with my family and we had so much fun! It was our first time going, and I wish I had gone in the past! It was so beautiful and fun! I definitely want to turn it into a yearly tradition to go visit them! And, how cute is my family?? Seriously, the cutest humans.

Lots of love,
brookeydee

Pregnancy Update 14 weeks

We are 14 weeks today! The baby is the size of a peach, weighs 3.5 ounces and is 1.5 inches long from its head to its bum!

I haven't felt the baby move yet and that is what I am MOST excited for!
I am also SUPER excited to find out the gender in just a few more weeks! 90% of our family and friends are completely convinced that it is a boy, but I have had quite a few dreams that it is a girl... so that is where I am leaning, but I have no clue!
I am having an aversion to cafe rio and costa vida salads, which is very unfortunate. I went from a serious aversion to all things sweet- to CRAVING sweets big time. I am also craving fruit!
My sleep has been hit and miss throughout this whole pregnancy, mostly miss. It is not uncommon for me to wake up around 2 am and stay awake until about 4 am. I am hoping sleep gets better this trimester before I get huge!!
Baby products- so far we have gotten 2 pairs of gender neutral freshly picked moccasins, because I have zero self control, I had a coupon and they were on sale! :) We have also bought a baby bath because that was on sale too! My parents have already gotten us our diaper bag- it is so pretty I cant wait to stock it up with all of the baby gear this summer! I also need to find some maternity pants soon, my belly is starting to grow and fast! Just over the last few days my pants have not been comfortable.
I am feeling 100 times better! There have been 2 days this week that I haven't felt pregnant because I just feel like me! The nausea is pretty much gone unless I go too long without eating and I haven't thrown up since last week!! Yay!!! I have started to get migraines, bad migraines. So hopefully those don't become too frequent.

I have had so many spiritual experiences over the course of this pregnancy and the months leading up to it that I don't ever want to forget. The Lord's timing is not our timing, but it is always right. I feel that there is a sweet little spirit that is ready to come to us, NOW. I have felt this so many times and I am so grateful for it. I have had overwhelming peace about all of the changes that will be happening. We are still in school and trying to make a living while taking classes full time so starting a family is not exactly convenient, but I know it will all work out. I have also felt so much peace about the baby's health, I haven't experienced much worry or any anxiety about the baby and I am so grateful for this peace!

Lots of love,
Brookeydee

Dear Baby Dely,

Mommy found out we were expecting you on Monday November 7, 2016 at about 5:30 in the morning. I was a week late and had been very sick and nauseated since Friday and I was experiencing other symptoms as well, so I really needed to take a test. The pregnancy test immediately showed up as positive, I didn't even have to wait. As soon as I saw it, I stared at it for a while making sure I was reading it right. After my moment of shock, I fell to my knees in tears. I was so excited to be your mommy! I have waited my entire life to be a mommy and I am so excited for this phase of my life to begin! You are so so loved little one. In those first few moments I said a prayer thanking Heavenly Father for this blessing and for trusting daddy and I to raise you. Because it was still so early in the morning, I wanted daddy to get his sleep, so I went on with my morning routine. I woke daddy up around 7 and asked him to help me with breakfast. I placed the pregnancy test right where I thought he would see it, but he walked right past it (he is very sleepy in the mornings). So I had to call him back.  He also took a moment just staring at the test before reacting. He gave me a big long hug and is so excited to meet you! Daddy talks to you everyday in my belly, even though you can't hear him yet, and I think it is so sweet!

Like I said before, I have been very sick, especially from weeks 4-8 I had morning sickness starting around 2 am and it normally lasted until the late afternoon or evening. Some days it never went away.  I spent many of my days mostly in the bathroom throwing up everything I tried to eat. I lost quite a bit of weight in those first few weeks. We are now 13 and a half weeks and things have gotten so much better! My energy is back and I am not throwing up nearly as frequently. I am grateful to be feeling better and better each day. 

I have had all sorts of food cravings and aversions.  My cravings have included, oranges, refried beans, pizza, peanut butter and jelly, anything potato, and cottage cheese (I can't begin to tell you how weird this last one is for me!!) My food cravings have also decreased over the last few weeks. The only consistent food aversion I have had is to all sweets and I have had an aversion to everything I craved after I stopped craving it, haha! My appetite is slowly coming back now which is so nice!

When daddy and I told your grandpartents that you were joining our family their reactions were priceless! Grandma Delahunty did a quiet scream and cried! Grandpa Delahunty is in Antartica right now working for a few months so we emailed him- he is very excited! Nana was absolutely shocked and so excited! And Papa was very surprised and then cried! Your grandparents love you so much! We have told your aunts and uncles too and they are so excited to meet you! Cousin Ruby is too little to understand what is going on, but we have taught her that there is a baby in my belly and she will say "hi baby" and give my belly kisses on occasion. It melts my heart! We are so glad you will have at least one cousin for now. But in a few years you'll have a lot more cousins to play with!

On December 6 we went in for our first ultrasound. I can't tell you how nervous and excited I was. I was praying that you were healthy and that we would hear your heart beat! We loved our doctor! He explained everything to us, sleep, diet, expectations, healthy activities, he told us we could still go to hawaii in May, etc! We LOVED our time with him. Then he took us in for the ultrasound. As soon as the ultrasound met my belly we saw you!! It was so fun to see your little arms and legs! You're such a cute little gummy bear right now!  Then he turned on the sound and your heart came on loud and clear! I started to tear up a bit, this is definitely one of the best moments in my life! WE LOVE YOU! We are so excited to meet you and watch you grow! We went in for another appointment this morning, and you are still growing strong and healthy! We are now 13 and a half weeks and you are past the scary pregnancy stage which is so relieving to me! I love hearing your heartbeat! I wish I could hear it more than just every 4 weeks! 

9 week ultrasound pictures, cute little gummy bear!

You are our miracle, getting pregnant this quickly on fertility treatment is very rare, we feel so very blessed!  Keep fighting and growing strong! We love you so much gummy bear! 

Love, 

Mommy