Cravings and Dreams

My current cravings are:

Teriyaki chicken wings
Hamburgers
Top Romen (yes i know its bad for me but i still really want it)

Crazy Dream #1
This is the first dream i have had about the baby and it was short sweet and to the point. i had to laugh about it so here goes...
I had a dream last night that I went out shopping and was buying a diaper bag for the baby. I purchased a blue one and later that day i had a baby girl and realized I had bought the wrong color diaper bag.

The First Trimester

I have been lucky to not have major pregnancy symptoms. I was especially lucky to not have morning sickness or nausea hardly at all. The hardest thing to have to deal with was the constant worry of weather we would make it to 12 weeks or not. But here we are we have successfully made it a full 12 weeks with no scares, complications, or heartbreaking miscarriages.
At 10 weeks we got to see our sweet baby and its tiny heart beat. There was nothing more precious than that sound on the screen and to watch our tiny gummy bear move around the screen.
As far as they can tell the baby is healthy and strong. We got to see our baby again a week and a half later when they did an "official" ultrasound where they measured the baby and checked the heart rate and the heart valves. The heart rate was running at 156 beats/ min which is really good and very healthy. On top of the heart rate being healthy the baby measured exactly where it was suppose to be down to the day which can be considered uncommon.
We both would like to be blessed with a little girl but it is too early to tell that. we have quite a few weeks before we know there is a race track buddy or a shopping pal. No matter what we will love what the Lord gives us. We know that the Lord knows the best and that in the long run he knows much more than we do.

some things i really want to remember about this pregnancy:
- I'm exhausted all the time
- I knew I was pregnant before the pregnancy test came back positive
- My breasts are the most uncomfortable thing possible
- At 12 weeks i could still fit in my regular jeans but my shirts were getting tight
- I crave hamburgers and sometimes one is not enough
- I'm scared to death to gain too much weight, i want to only gain the weight necessary to support my baby
- Anthony has sympathy cravings and eats things he doesn't normally eat like raisins
- Anthony's goal is to loose all the extra weight he has while i gain the weight
- Even though nobody else see's it I do have a small baby bump
- Everything gives me heartburn sometimes even water gives me heartburn (this kid better have a load of hair)
- I have the worst acne I've ever had in my life
- Anthony says that the gas is almost unbearable
- Constipation sucks
oh and did i mention I'm exhausted!!

Tender Mercies

I have been meaning to write this down for a while and just keep getting distracted. Since we got married in 2008 we have lived out of a mini fridge that had a freezer that didn't keep anything frozen. Well after two years we had finally grown out of the mini fridge. That poor fridge trucked on and held so much but after being called to the primary and the many demands that come with that as far as treats and food, plus the need to be able to hold food for more than a couple of days we had to do something different. My best friend was moving out of state and offered to let us have her fridge since she was moving into a fully furnished apartment. So we delightfully trucked over to her mom's house and picked it up. Much to our surprise we were given the wrong fridge. She told me to pick up a white freezer on top fridge/freezer. When we got there we were given a brown/beige side by side fridge. We used it and was grateful for a full size fridge. Much to our surprise our food kept spoiling before we could eat it. So we had a Sears come out and tell us if the fridge even worked or if not if we could save it or was it better to buy a new one. we found out that the freezer part of the fridge was 30 degrees and should have been around or below zero. The refrigerator part of the duo was measured to be running at 45-50 degrees and should have been below 30. So until we found a new fridge we decided to use the freezer as a fridge and go without a freezer once again. I decided we could not live like this for long so I began searching craigslist daily to find a fridge that we wanted and could afford.

The Lord in his tender mercy led me to the perfect fridge. it looked used but not abused and was only $75 bucks. I called the number on the add and asked if the fridge was still available amazingly a man replied yes that several people had called about it but never came to pick it up. I told him I would be there in 20 minutes with a truck to pick it up. I didn't expect to find a perfect fridge but from the picture it looked in good condition. when I got there the fridge was perfect. It was decently small but for the two of us it was perfect. Stainless steal on the outside and well taken care of. But the inside was a disaster. But for $75 dollars it was a steal the fridge was probably worth 200 bucks. It was made in 2008 and didn't have a dent in it. So after 3 hours of cleaning and scrubbing we had a brand new clean fridge that still had some of the original protective taping on it.

I feel so blessed and watched after. The Lord knew i was desperate and the fridge wasn't a want but a need and he provided.