ARGH! just when i think the ms is getting better…this morning, i was in bed, feeling fine, eating my before i get up food, which today was a nutri-grain bar and a banana. i was eating the last bite of banana, and rolled around to get up. suddenly, i lost it all!! all over the bed!!!! i’m so thankful jerry was home today; i screamed JERRY and he came in, got my bucket and started cleaning it up. oh my it was bad. i just don’t know what happened. then i threw up again in the shower. who knows what is going on with this body of mine. i don’t get it!
jerry is also painting the room today!! yayayayay! he’s such a wonderful hubby and papa. i am so excited for the room to start taking shape. i know it will be sooo cute!
i am putting in my two weeks notice at work today. i have tried to stick it out, but i really can’t. not just because of my miserable pregnant body, but because my emotions are going crazy. i am losing my patience all the time with the kids, and that’s not like me. my hormones are making me mean! and i feel like i can’t do the best job i could anymore. i’m always daydreaming about the baby, i can’t chase them like i used to. plus i have pretty much had enough of my boss’s rudeness. i know it’s just how she is, but i’ve had enough. please pray for me with this decision. i will be trying to make more money on the faithfulfamily site because of this. so far it doesn’t make much. i might be asking pals to start promoting it on their site, if you wouldn’t mind.
huggles and blessings,
jenn

dear baby,
i’m SO glad i was able to feel you today! it was soooo amazing! i want to feel you more and more every day! i love you honey!!!

i think i felt the baby!!! this morning before i got up, i was just lying there, and i think i felt her moving. it felt like a kind of fluttering. the nurse had told me the baby might be settling on the right side of my tummy, so i turned to the left side, and i think i actually felt her moving over to the left side. it was soooo strange and cool feeling!! i tried to lie there longer to feel her more, but nothing. oh well, at least now i know what it’s like!!!
last night jerry and i went to kohl’s because they had a major sale going on. i found a girl’s outfit i couldn’t resist, and a boy’s outfit i couldn’t resist. the boy’s outfit is baby snoopy playing baseball! and i know noone knows this, but jerry LOVES baseball. so you see why i had to get that one, for our son, whenever we have him. anyway, here they are.
i have to admit i’m back to using zofran. the morning sickness is coming back. no, i haven’t vomited yet, but the nausea is really strong again, like it’s going to make me vomit. i hate it!! grrrr.
well that’s it for now.
huggles and blessings!
jenn
dear baby,
i’m SO glad i was able to feel you today! it was soooo amazing! i want to feel you more and more every day! i love you honey!!!
love,
mama

well all the results came back ok except for the hepititis ones…they are not in yet. so i’m just assuming they are normal too, because i can’t imagine that i have hepititis.
i am starting to really show! i am going to have jerry take a pic of me on the digi tonight, and i’ll post it on here then. i want my waistline to go away - i have all this fat around it, but it won’t go out! LOL. people at work were laughing at me, saying people usually DON”T want their waistline to disappear…but i want everyone to know that I AM PREGNANT! no, i’m not just fat anymore, it’s a baby in there!! lol.
i am starting to feel all glowy today. my morning sickness is really almost gone (though if i don’t eat every two hours, it still kicks in to hurt me!) and i’ve just got that glow now. i bought a baby memory book and a baby calendar yesterday. they are soooooo sweet! i am going to cut the calendar up to use in the scrapbook i make for baby. it’s got these adorable phrases and stuff about being a mom. plus the designs are really cute.
i was able to see zhou and her babies today!!! it was so wonderful to see her again and give her a hug. the toddler is as cute as a button and ornery as ever! the baby is soooooo sweet-tempered and adorable! she has her daddy’s hair - well, it’s fuzz right now - very light, almost a strawberry blonde, as opposed to zhou’s hair and mary’s hair, which is dark, almost black. anyway, zhou is staying for now until the senator/congressman (can’t remember which) gets back to her…they are apparently writing up a new bill just for her!! can you believe it? it is totally an answer to prayer and i’m sooooo happy. it seems VERY positive that she will NOT be leaving us. thanks for all your prayers, but please continue to pray!!!!
well that’s about it. i am sure you can tell how happy i am. it’s amazing how much different i feel when the morning sickness leaves me alone!!!!!
hugs and blessings,
jenn

dear baby j,
i have been thinking so much about you … you are so precious to me! i want you to be in my arms so badly! i don’t know how i’m going to wait so long!! patience has not always been my thing, as you probably know already. i’m so thankful for you, sweetie!! i am still in awe of you. the fact that i am even pregnant. sometimes, i’m just sitting around, and i think “I’M PREGNANT!!!” i just can hardly believe that it’s true, that you’re real. ohhhh imagine what it will be like once you’re in my arms. how will i ever look at you without happy tears in my eyes? i love you, munchkin!
love, your mama

yesterday i called the dr because of my back pain…i really just wanted to get a note for work, but they wanted me to come in so they could rule out a kidney infection and an uti. while i was waiting for the results and getting checked out i got to hear the heartbeat again!! i just love to hear it…it was 152 this time. i so wish i could hear it at home, just to make sure the baby is safe. well, the urine results came back, and negative to both of those, but, the nurse practitioner said, something is going on with your liver. huh? i thought. they took blood tests, and the enzymes came back negative. but i’m still waiting to see if either hepatitis is positive. i HOPE not!! she thinks maybe it was a fluke - too much protein in my urine or something that rose a red flag.
anyway, it was scary waiting for the results, as the liver is pretty important. and i have never smoked one smoke or drank one drop of alcohol in my life (i really don’t count when i put a finger in some wine, and licked it, screamed and washed it out…gag me - give me sparkling grape juice any day!!!!) so i knew it wasn’t from either of those.
anyway, i started painting some of the shelves today! they are going to be white, as is the trim. then the top of the wall is going to be the pale green and the bottom will be lavender. i can hardly wait until it’s done!
guess what? i’m 15 weeks today!! i’m putting up a new song, in honor of that ripe old age! lol.
huggles and blessings!
jenn
dear baby j,
i have been thinking so much about you you are so precious to me! i want you to be in my arms so badly! i don’t know how i’m going to wait so long!! patience has not always been my thing, as you probably know already. i’m so thankful for you, sweetie!! i am still in awe of you. the fact that i am even pregnant. sometimes, i’m just sitting around, and i think “I’M PREGNANT!!!” i just can hardly believe that it’s true, that you’re real. ohhhh imagine what it will be like once you’re in my arms. how will i ever look at you without happy tears in my eyes? i love you, munchkin!
love,
mama

jerry took a few before pics in the baby’s room. our digital camera is working again! yay!
they are kind of blurry, but you get the idea of how ugly the room is right now (these are BEFORE pics)…
1, 2, 3.
also, guess what?! i think my morning sickness is going away!! praise the Lord!!! i have only thrown up once so far in the past two days (including today). i have felt queasy, but able to control it better than before. NOW however i am having real problems with my back. from about 430 on i can barely walk. the pain is intense and i don’t know what’s wrong. it’s not like my belly is so big that it’s causing the strain. any ideas?
well i need to go get something to eat. huggles friends, and PLEASE if you haven’t made your baby predictions on expectnet, PLEASE DO! the game name is precious_dreams. you DO have to give them your email, but it’s just to sign back in if you want. it doesn’t show up for anyone or anything, and no spam is sent through it. so you have no excuse!!
blessings,
jenn

well last week was our ‘vacation’…and let me just say, it was AWFUL!!!! jerry was sick before it even started, and then he gave it to me. i still have it. it’s a horrible flu, with lots of phlegm. which means, i was all clogged and my already active gag-reflex was going bonkers, so i have been vomiting all the time again, even with the zofran pill.
i am requesting prayer for my health, because i am returning to work today, and i feel horrible!!! my head is splitting, my stomach is gurgling and churning non-stop and my ears still hurt, and i think my cough is turning into bronchitis. :(
i’m so glad everyone loves the picture as much as i do.
God bless,
jenn
PS look at the adorable pic of my little rotten boy and me! (notice my MATERNITY PANTS! LOL)

we got a new scanner, so i had to post the pic of our little munchkin!

i don’t know if you can see it well, but if you’re a mom who has seen ultrasounds before, it will be no problem for you! her head is on the left side, and her left hand is raised - because she was waving at us and acting like she was playing the drums! i know it’s just the mother talking, but isn’t she cute?!?! (no, we don’t know the gender yet, i’m just calling her a she because that’s what i think she is!! lol forgive me if it’s you jeremiah!!)
also, i have cool news - my cousin is pregnant, due about two weeks after me! this will be her second baby. i’m so excited for her! i only wish we lived closer to each other, as it would be neat for our kids to grow up as pals. she is all the way in washington state though!
well i just wanted to share that with you.
oh, i also have a new song on. it’s soooo cute huh? click here if you want to see lyrics.
hugs!!!
jenn

i take it no one thinks they would be able to make it. that’s ok, i understand…we are all very far away from each other. oh well. it was just a thought.
well, jerry has his site all redecorated now. it’s pretty nifty looking!!! he’s such a talented guy. wanna see? click here. leave him a message too!
i am sooooo looking forward to vacation next week. we’re not planning anything big, because i can’t handle trips right now. but we want to stay in a hotel once or twice during the week, just so we can get away from the house. poor jerry feels so cooped up i know, because since we found out i was pregnant we haven’t been to one movie, or gone anywhere but maybe two different restaraunts. i am totally fine with staying at home, but he isn’t hehe.
well if you STILL haven’t put in your baby predictions, and you know who you are, PLEASE DO! it’s soooo easy, and the game name is Precious_Dreams. it’s simply for FUN, i reiterate this. no one will win anything if they are right…actually, maybe you will! *twinkle in my eye* who knows??
well i need to go finish off my grapefruit. it’s a really good, juicy one.
blessings and hugs!
jenn