Our First Nursery Piece!!

Look how pretty it is! :)


And we got it for a steal on craigslist yay!! Thanks Dad & Lady!! :)

Nursery

Hello blog followers!! I'm pretty excited to get our nursery underway... and I thought I would share what we've decided to do. Here's a picture of our bedding:

Yep... orange and green... Mommy and Daddy's favorite colors! :)

But we're not going to have dark furniture like in the picture... we're going to get a lighter wood crib.. more like a walnut color.

I'm so excited!! Within the next couple months we'll start clearing the room, painting it, and then gradually start getting furniture in there. We'll also need to get a big rug for the floor since we have hardwood... and I'll start looking on craigslist for a dresser... Grandpa Ackerman I think is going to make the baby a toybox :) and then we want a glider... whether we can afford one or not is another story... we'll see since they're expensive! but... Yay!!

12 Week picture

First ultrasound!!

Well this morning we went to our first Dr. appt./ultra sound. I had a full exam and they took some bloodwork. Everything is going well with me and the baby. And yes I say 'the' baby because there's only one in there... whew... ha j/k. Dave and I got to see a quick glimpse of our little one:

He or she is about 4.63cm long so far and the heart rate was at about 160... (let the predictions begin) As you can kinda see in the pic. (I've decided ultrasound pictures are very hard to read and kinda crappy... either that OR our little one was picture shy) he/she's just chillaxin' along the bottom there (like in a hammock) and the long thing facing up is the umbilical cord...not the leg... and the little dotted line is from the head to the rump (head being on the right) measuring it's size.

So yeah... everything is going well (whew). Praise the Lord! Our next doctor visit is March 8th.

11 weeks 3 days

Our first big doctor's appointment is tomorrow morning!!! Yay!!! Finally!!! Will keep you all posted. I'm pretty sure we're getting an ultrasound... yay! Pictures/Blog to follow!! :)

11weeks1day

I've discovered something new... the act of brushing my teeth makes me gag... I have to physically look in the mirror and say 'no' to myself when the heaving starts up... LOL... and it's not the taste of the toothpaste...it's just the act of brushing my teeth... weird huh?

10 Week picture

10 weeks 4 days

I'm so blessed... I look around and observe so much sadness in the world...and then I look at my life and realize how truly blessed we are. Sure we don't have 'it all' but what we do have both material items and what we have in our relationship is so much more and abundant that so many out there. Thank you Lord! :)

With that being said... with this pregnancy I'm so blessed... I've had absolutely no morning sickness... and according to what I've heard and read, the time frame for getting it is basically over for me.

The peeing in the middle of the night thing officially kicked in about a week and a half ago. And it's not one of those "oh man...I have to pee...do I feel like getting up right now?..." oh no, it's more like "Ahh!! I'm going to wet the bed if I don't go right now" as I stagger to the bathroom, tripping over the dog and hitting most every wall there and on the way back... yes it's a joy... :)

The heartburn for the most part has subsided. I don't get it like clockwork anymore at 3pm. Now it seems to only come about with certain foods which I now try to avoid for the most part. I also seem to have gotten a grip on the eating thing. I'm not STARVING when I wake up anymore so that's good. I also have found a good pace of snacking throughout the day that keeps me satisfied.

As for me outwardly... I do have a small baby bump...I can't button my pants anymore so I do have a few pairs of maternity pants (which are the MOST comfortable pants ever) and I can still wear my normal pants with my Bebands (which is a band that you wear around your stomach that allows you to wear your pants unbuttoned). I still can fit in my shirts for the most part. Luckily I tended to gravitate towards the more flowey shirts before anyway so that has helped. I will say that my boobs are huge...I know I know...they were huge before...but seriously this just isn't right... and I'm not even out of the first trimester yet... oh geeze (sigh). Pretty sure every is convinced they're going to be the size of my head by the time the baby gets here... and then we'll have to deal with them when my milk comes in... JOY! But that will have to be another blog ;)

I think I'm also getting a little more excited these days. Before it was more of a shock...then it turned into nervous...now it's more anxious excited. I really just want Feb. 8th to get here so we can see him/her for the first time and hear the heartbeat and just know that everythink is okay :)

So yeah... just wanted to update everyone with how we're doing today... since the last posts were duplicates.

10 Weeks

(this is a duplicate from my blog)
So I'm officially 10 weeks pregnant today... (baby's about the size of a kumquat hehe...kumquat...that's a funny word) and I've been feeling great. Thank the Lord! I didn't really have morning sickness. And after having several friends go through severe morning sickness I know that I'm very lucky...but...though I'm blessed with an easy first trimester, I don't feel pregnant. Does that makes sense? I just feel the same as I did before... minus the having to eat every hour, being irritable, exhausted and the heartburn and the extra 'pudge' I'm carrying around these days...And with that being said...I know a few people are going to want to hit me when I say this ...but... I think that if I did have morning sickness I would at least have a reminder that I'm pregnant... (I know the grass is always greener on the other side). But what I'm finding is that I don't feel pregnant...which then makes my 'worry wheels' start turning upstairs and then wonder...well am I still pregnant? ... Is it possible that I WAS pregnant and then it just goes away without any symptoms?...?????.... Then....I calmly tell myself that no...don't worry...there's no need... Worrying is not of the Lord and He's in control...I think I'll feel much better when I actually get to have my first ultrasound and doctor's appointment. My appointment back in December was just to confirm that I was actually pregnant and then have a brief meeting with the nurse. That was over a month ago... Why my doctor wanted to wait until I was 11.5 week pregnant until my first ultrasound beats me...since most of my friends or ladies that I know got to have them at 8 or 9 weeks....grr... oh well... I know I know... a lot of people had to wait until 10 weeks....it's just the emotions talking...So...YAY I'm pregnant...I'm starting to show a little bump...I'm feeling awesome...and my appointment is on February 8th ... I'm truly blessed! And all this anxious/nervousness is not of the Lord and I'm working hard to ignore it...

8 Weeks

Hi all!
Welcome to Baby Ackerman's blog!! We are so excited and nervous at the same time to be adding on to our little family in August. I found out I was pregnant on December 17th and was then confirmed by the doctor on December 23rd. I told Dave the next day by giving him some U of M onsies ... his face was cute when he finally realized what was going on. We told my family via skype/telephone on Christmas Day, and Dave's family found out the day after Christmas when we were all together.
Our first ultrasound is scheduled for February 8th, and time seems to be traveling SO SLOW to get there. I just want to be able to hear the heartbeat and see our little one for the first time. That will also be the day I annouce our news to my boss...I wanted to make sure that we were 'all good' first.
So far I haven't had any morning sickness (Praise the Lord!). I do get heartburn with ANYTHING and I'm constantly hungry. So now I guess I just have a better excuse for always stuffing my face...
I'll be posting on here as often as I can to keep everyone updated.
Love you all!