21 Weeks

So this week has been lots of fun. I was productive and cleaned to whole house on my two days off including shampooing the carpets, brad installed a new closet shelf, and clearing out the nursery. And then  on thursday our crib came in the mail! so we put that together thursday night and now it seems like a real room.
Kaya is curious to say the least, as you can see by her interest in being a part of this weeks pictures.

So here are some picks of the crib coming together. 

 It was a great week, we made progress in the house. Started the nursery. And spent all day friday exploring pike place market and some cute little resturaunts in the ballard district.



How many weeks: 21 weeks and 4 days
This week baby is the size of a..... Spaghetti squash! 10 and 1/4 inches long!

This week our baby weighs..... Approximately 3/4 pound. i would estimate that she is 13-14 oz based on her estimated weight from the 20 week ultrasound. 
This week  baby girl......has eyelashes and and eyebrows that are fully developed. is capable of having sleep/wake cycles. So it looks like she will start to set her own schedule soon! Right now she sleeps 12 -14 hours a day.
 Boy or girl? GIRL!!!
Total weight gain/ loss: +10 ish.
Showing: yep
Maternity Clothes: I can still wear a few pairs of my normal pants if i use a hair band looped through my button hole.. lol. However, i do love my maternity capris. They are super comfy and look nice, plus the show my tiny belling off a little more. So i wear those pretty much all the time. I need to invest in some belly bands/ more maternity pants.
Best moment this week:Working on the nursery/ putting the crib together. It felt nice to have a start to her room.
Have you told family/ friends: i think most people know at this point!
Food cravings: Pickles, all sweet food, and artificial crab meat, oh and coconut flavored anything (yogurt, ice cream). I love coconut things! 
Miss anything?: Sushi!!everything else i have seemed to find an adequate substitute for but nothing can replace sushi!
Anything making you sick: Not much anymore. 
Pregnancy symptoms: acne... which has actually gotten better lately.
Movement: yep. 
Gender prediction: It's a Girl!
We call our baby:  Adrienne Elizabeth Gochnauer is her name!
Looking forward to: decorating a girl nursery! Having a check up again at 23 weeks! and spending time with the family next week.
Soon to be daddy is.... loving his baby girls! baby girl number one ( kaya, and only number one because she came first) is very curious about Adrienne's room and all the new commotion going on and also super attached to her mommy and daddy. Adrienne hasnt quite gotten to the point where she reacts to her daddy's voice or kayas barks but im sure the time will come when she does those. Anyways, daddy is excited about having a little girl. Today, he explained to me his plans for her to participate in sports and what age he will participate in each sport.


Until Next Week,
Shyla

                                    

20 Weeks, Halfway Point!!

 The little Nugget is a GIRL!!!
How exciting!! i am more than happy to be having a little girl, ive always wanted to have both and i think a girl is perfect. Plus headbands are so stinking cute these days. Im super excited for dresses, headbands, and all other adorable girly things. i will however have to learn how to french braid at some point in the next few years. 

So this week has been busy. I finished planting my garden, finished painting a desk. did some other exterior decorating, made the baby registry, and started decorating the nursery.

So the baby registry.... what an overwhelming thing to do. there are too many decisions and comparison and cute things. Here's a little preview of some of the cute stuff we selected.

The bedding collection.




The Car seat




 And brad stressed out in babies r us while we were trying to start the registry.

I discovered a store called hobby lobby this week. its like and arts and crafts/home decor super small! they had so much cute stuff! So i did a couple of crafts, and after this i will go buy some decorations i have already selected from there! Heres a preview of this weeks work.

 This next one is a chalkboard.

 And some yarn for a blanket!

 As you can see we are doing orange, teal, and yellow as the base for our theme. It matches the bedding and isn't your traditional pink/purple but is still girly! I will definitely add some pink things. and i am sure the will be showered in pink clothing i just didnt want an all pink theme.

Okay, on to the weekly stats.....

How many weeks: 20 weeks and 3 days
This week our baby is the size of a......Length of a large banana/cucumber, getting bigger is really all that matters! about 9 inches.
This week our baby weighs..... well my app estimates that she weighs about 10 1/2 ounces. but the doctor said she weighed 12 oz at  the ultrasound on monday! She charted in the 49th percentile which is perfectly on track. She should gain another 1.5 ounces this week.
This week  baby girl......is starting to accumulate meconium (poo). Which is a totally random fact.
 Boy or girl? GIRL!!!
Total weight gain/ loss: +10 ish.
Showing: yep
Maternity Clothes: I can still wear at least 2 pairs of my normal pants if i use a hair band looped through my button hole.. lol. However, i do love my maternity capris. They are super comfy and look nice, plus the show my tiny belling off a little more. So i wear those pretty much all the time. 
Best moment this week: Definitely the ultrasound. We got to see that she is doing well, it was amazing too look at the detail they can see. We saw all 4 chambers of her heart, her stomach, both her kidneys, her brain, eyes, fingers, toes.. and everything else in fine detail. And they said everything appeared to be normal! yay! Plus it was super cute to watch, she had the hiccups and was obsessed with putter her hands to her face.
Have you told family/ friends: i think most people know at this point!
Food cravings: Today i randomly craved fried chicken, and then the seafood sensation sandwich from subway (which they no longer make)..both at the same time! it was crazy. i think i just crave things when im starving.
Miss anything?: Sushi!!everything else i have seemed to find an adequate substitute for but nothing can replace sushi!
Anything making you sick: Not much anymore. 
Pregnancy symptoms: acne... i feel like im 15 again.
Movement: yep. 
Gender prediction: It's a Girl!
We call our baby:  Adrienne Elizabeth Gochnauer is her name!
Looking forward to: decorating a girl nursery!
Soon to be daddy is.... Coping with being outnumbered 3 to 1 with his soon to be daughter in this house. The poor guy will have to get a male dog or something.


Until Next Week,
Shyla

                                    

19 weeks, is the Nugget a boy or girl????????

So I'm late, and this will be a short update. We find out the sex tomorrow so next weeks blogs will be longer. And probably very close to this one in time but i wanted to post the pictures.
This week our grass has sprouted like crazy!
My garden is still doing great.
And we had a wonderful mothers day weekend with the family!!  
How many weeks: 19 weeks and 6 days
This week our baby is the size of a......Length of a cucumber, about 8 inches.
This week our baby weighs..... about 8 1/2 ounces. He/She gained a whole ounce and a half last week!!!
This week our baby has......hair and a rapidly developing brain! the bones must also be getting much stronger because the movements feel great!
 Boy or girl? We find out tomorrow!
Total weight gain/ loss: +8-10 ish. im going to stop sharing my weight gain at some point.
Showing: yeah, although it really just looks like im gaining weight. I'll be excited to look actually pregnant in a few months. 
Maternity Clothes: I bought some last week at a consignment sale, dont really need them yet. but they were a good price so i have a couple pair of pants.
Best moment this week: Felt lots of movement, and it seemed like there was a head/butt jabbing out of my stomach at one point! 
Have you told family/ friends: i think most people know at this point!
Food cravings: I don't really have cravings, still love spicy food though.
Miss anything?: Sushi!!everything else i have seemed to find an adequate substitute for but nothing can replace sushi!
Anything making you sick: Not much anymore. 
Pregnancy symptoms: acne... i feel like im 15 again.
Movement: yep. 
Gender prediction: We both really just want a healthy baby but if i had to predict i would say Boy!!! Brad thinks girl, just because that is what his whole family is rooting for and he really secretly wants a boy so he thinks it will be a girl since he wants a boy :-)
We call our baby: little monster, baby, NUGGET. A good friend at work started asking me how the nugget was doing and it stuck. We constantly refer to baby as nugget now. Its pretty cute..baby will have a name this week!
Looking forward to: Ultrasound tomorrow
Soon to be daddy is....  Excited to find out the sex!!!


Tune in next week to see baby's sex!!

Shyla

                                    

18 Weeks, spring is here!

So this week was also busy, i got a lot done at work. Worked on some stuff around the house and was able to workout twice. it feels nice to get organized and do some outside work. our house is really starting to come together!
We are getting really anxious to find out the sex. Garage sale season was in full effect this weekend and it was very limiting to not know the sex when browsing at sales. We did find some books, some maternity clothes, and a hardly used crib mattress which we got for just 10 bucks! So that was exciting. We also sold a few things at a friends garage sale today which was really nice, ill have to sort through more stuff to hopefully sell this summer. Last weeks update was long, with lots of pictures so this week will be a short one. Things are still going well, i still feel good. and everything seems to be great with the nugget. Next check-up is on the 13th of may, just 8 days away!

Oh and im definitely starting to show! yay! Here is a close up brad took. Mind you this was also right after dinner, so in between meals i may not look quite as big but definitely getting there. :-)

How many weeks: 18 weeks and 5 days
This week our baby is the size of a......Canteloupe! About 7 inches, the little monster grew a whole inch last week!

 And an update on projects from last week.....
our garden is growing well so far, the plants have made it through their first week unharmed!
the grass hasnt really sprouted yet but we have hope
Kaya has passed many boundary tests and is staying in her yard with the electric fence
And i moved a table inside!

This week our baby weighs..... about 7 ounces. He/She gained 2 whole ounces last week!!!
This week our baby...... Has Hair, eyelashes, and eyebrows!  
 Boy or girl?  Baby Gochnauer's sex will be seen on May 13th... now just to hope that legs aren't crossed. 
Total weight gain/ loss: +8 ish. im going to stop sharing my weight gain at some point.
Showing: Yeah.
Maternity Clothes: I bought some today, only because we went to a consignment sale and i found good deals. but the pants are definitely comfy!
Best moment this week: People noticing that im showing!
Have you told family/ friends: i think most people know at this point
Food cravings: pickles, sweets.
Miss anything?: Sushi!!everything else i have seemed to find an adequate substitute for but nothing can replace sushi!
Anything making you sick: Not much anymore. 
Pregnancy symptoms: growing tummy pains.  
Movement: Yeah definitely movement, it feel more like bubbles now that butterflies/flutters like it did before.
Gender prediction: We both really just want a healthy baby. I have no predictions anymore!
We call our baby: little monster, baby, NUGGET. A good friend at work started asking me how the nugget was doing and it stuck. We constantly refer to baby as nugget now. Its pretty cute..
Looking forward to: Next weekend off, mothers day, and hopefully some more gorgeous weather. 
Soon to be daddy is....  embracing my ambitious projects, i have to be thankful for his cooperation with all of my crazy ideas! He even helped me finish my planter boxes this week. Now we can have a garden! yay!


Until Next Week,
Shyla