Ultra sound pictures! Boy or Girl? Names and more!

I got to have an ultra at just 2 days before i was 24 weeks along. It was fun, except for having to drink 32 oz. of water and holding it for an entire hour before my appointment and than the 40 min. it took to do the ultra sound! ouch :) It was really fun after i got to pee. After the tech took all the measurements she needed-which only took so long because the baby was moving allll over the place-maybe he/she had a full bladder too? ;) She brought josh and my mom in to just look for fun, and she turned the screen so i could see too! By that time the baby had turned over toward my back and went to sleep but she was able to get a few partial shots of the face. The tech was able to tell the gender...i told her from the beginning to try not to tell me b/c we didn't want to know....she refered to the baby as a "he" a few times and than switched to "it" so i kind of think it might be a boy, but i always call it a "he" too. She even caught me saying that and asked if i thought it was a boy and we both agreed that "he" just rolls off your tongue when you don't know the gender-so i really don't know?! Josh and i got a little wishy-washy and we had her write the gender on a piece of paper incase we end up wanting to know. She was so funny, she folded it about 30 times and taped all the edges! I decided i'm going to shred it. I would be ecstatic to know the gender now, but if it's a girl again i don't want to know-we would be thrilled with a girl, we love the name we have picked out and riley would have such a close sister. We don't need much for a girl, so we might as well wait-and if it's a boy, i just can't take away the emotion i would feel when they tell me right as i deliver! I've been leaning more towards wanting a girl lately for a few reasons but mostly because the name we picked "Reese". I think Riley and Reese would make great fisher sisters. And for the past few months josh and i had our top 3 boy names but none we absolutely completely 100% loved. They were 1. Kole 2. Troy 3. Porter. But i came up with the name Braden (sounding like Brayden-not sure how to spell it yet) and we both fell in love with it, so that is taking the #1 spot and knocking troy of the list i believe. we'll see. So now that we have a boy name that we are crazy about i'm okay with having a boy too :) (p.s.if you don't like any of the names we do, that fine with me, and i'm well aware there will be infinite HORRIBLE nicknames for each and every name, and that you might know someone with one of those names that you just can't stand, but we love them, so let us enjoy them please!)

Okay, so this head is giving me a few nightmares....and some pelvic pain already! A little big huh?!

The baby looking right at us, you can see his stomach and his hand-which happens to look like a foot-hopefully when the baby pops out it will resemble a hand!

Sleeping-the lips kept opening and closing, pretty neat to see

The day of the ultra sound the baby had it's head down toward my left hip and it's fit under my right ribs...it's fun to know what i'm feeling kind of! Oh and the baby has come up with a new schedule...6:15 every morning WE-yes we, get up to play! not to fond of that but it's better than 4am which it was for awhile! This baby is SO active and moves a TON, i love feeling it. I think i'm going to wear my sking off just from always having my hand somewhere on my tummy feeling the baby move!

Our bedroom is beginning to take shape! We've had our awesome bed and end tables etc since a few weeks after we moved in but we have yet to decorate the room...no frames or anything. The office i work at has these awesome lamps in a few rooms and i found them at ikea. Luckily josh loves them too. They look the best at night, they light up the room just enough and give off a great ambiance. They are like a papery material and have just two lightbulbs in each one...they stand probably around 5 ft. tall and i just LOVE em. Next come frames and all that...josh is making some great progress on the closet, i will post an update asap!

I couldn't get both lamps in the picture at once, but we each have one on our side of each of our night stands-bed unmade, but i could lie and say that is for the purpose of you seeing our "colors" brownish stain, blue walls and yes ORANGE accents baby :)

Riley and Pops writing father's day cards

Amazing Deal!!!

Thank you for helping me with our anniversary get-away search. That very next day, josh riley and i were walking around bass pro shop-by victoria gardens-and they had some people there advertising for this new time share place. Long story short we got 3days and 2nights at this place for $99!!!!!! Now let me highlight a little of the awesomeness before you all jump in your car and drive to bass pro to get the same deal! (which i seriously highly reccomend!)

It's in Las Vegas right behind the MGMgrand

It is a resort, so there is no casino and NO SMOKING in the entire place!

Our room alone is going to be 710 sq ft complete with an entire kitchen, washing machine, master bedroom w/ a flat screen, dining room table-in kitchen- and pull out king sized sofa in the living area with another flat screen. Bathroom is seperate from the walk in closet and vanity seating area! They were really trying to sell me on all the space, but since we will only be there 3 days, i didn't really care. if we were there about a week all this would be amazing. SO needless to say we will be living in style for for our 3 days and 2 nights. Their pool is indoors-which almost broke the whole deal for me, josh is stoked, but the lounge/lay out area is just outside the pool area, where there is also a bar and cafe to buy snacks and what not. There is a gym in this resort which woud be nice, again, if we were there for a longer period of time.

Josh is going to go golfing one day nearby while i go tanning and swimming :) funny we will be spending part of one day alone on our anniversary trip but those are two things we really enjoy doing. We are going to see Mystere i believe, i'm leavning that up to josh, to book a cool show to watch.

So this is how the pricing works, and the reason why noone reading this can afford to miss out! if you chose to stay on a WEEK night it is only $99 for 3 days, 2 nights. All enclusive-meaning, taxes, parking etc. Also if you book your reservation date within 30 days of when you purchase this package from the basspro shop store, they will wave the $50 registration fee! (this is why we chose to stay thurs/fri night and check out on saturday. Now if you want to stay on a fri/sat/ or sun night it only raises the fee $30. not bad! so $129 for 3 days and 2 week END nights. Also, the second day we are there, we are required to go on a 1.5 hour tour of the place(since it is a time share deal) but they did say they hired a comedian to do the tour-to make it more bearable, and it's not a sitdown thing-i'll believe that when i see it! but at the end of the presentation they place josh's joyess fingers 3, $25 gift cards to basspro! so an extra $75 to shop fo whatever camping, hunting, shooting gift or item we want! I didn't ask, but it sounded like if you didn't go to the presentation/tour you just don't get the gift cards, so whatever floats your boat :)

If you go to the basspro store in victoria gardens, they were set up inside to the left of the big fish tank. Not sure how long they will be there offering this deal. The main reason i say you can't afford to miss out on this deal is because you need to buy it now, from the people in the store, but you don't have to book or reserve a date for the entire year. Everyone will have a wedding anniversary they need to celebrate this year, a birthday, a simple get away for fun, etc.

I'll defnitly post pictures when we get back and let you all know how i rate the place!

22 week check up and Anniversary Search

I had an OBGYN apointment today it went well. I've had no complications due to the placenta previa so far! He found the heart beat almost right away. i think he got the butt first, because when he moved the instrument a straight across to the other side, we heard the heart beat, haha, made me chuckle to myself. While listening to the heartbeat he said "Sounds like a boy today" i didn't ask what the speed was specifically, but by his comment, he was reffering to the old wive's tale that a "slower" (yet still in the healthy range) heart beat indicates a boy. He also meaured my uterus, i guess you could say, he didn't say how many inches and i didn't ask, but i'm sure it was on track because he didn't say anything. And the best news, he also let me set up an 'anatamy' scan ultra sound for a few weeks from now! Although we are not planning on finding out the gender i can't wait to see the baby, the tiny, feet and fingers, the brain, bladder, beating heard and rib cage. it's so amazing. I was feeling that this baby is a boy at first, now i'm back to not feeling certain either way, but i'm starting to hope a little bit more for a girl just so riley has a close sister. But a boy for josh and i would be such a fun change....i'm starting to really get baby hungry, having dreams of labor and holding this baby. I love feeling all the kicks and tumbles, i'm having a great pregnancy thus far!
On to the anniversary search i mentioned in the title...Josh and i want to "get away" for about 3 days or so for our 3rd wedding anniversary (july 8th) so one of the weekends suroudning it we want to go somewhere: palm springs, catalina, vegas...this is where all my helpful friends come in. I'm finally brave enough to leave riley for couple days, i can't wait to get away, just josh and i and just have an amazing time to relax and connect! Any ideas? places you've heard of or been to? please let me know so i can check them out. I'm thinking of a resort type place, comfy bed, pool, etc.

20 weeks ALREADY?!

I'm half way there and LOVING IT. I'm at such a good part of pregnancy, "the beast" wakes me up each morning between 7-7:30 to just play. I love laying there and watching my stomach jolt and jump and wobble. This baby moves and moves and moves it's so much fun, i constantly have my hand on my stomach feeling the movements and when i can i lay on my back and just watch them-yep, i've been able to SEE the movements for a couple weeks now-so cool! I'm still feeling great, full energy, no complications!

I left my markers out and riley being so girl decided it was lipstick :) -don't mind the crazy hair and face-she had an eye infection and was a little under the weather
One of her favortie past times, that drives me nuts, is going into our pantry and pulling out all of our plastic utensils...i caughter her sticking a spoon in each side of her pants, it was so funny to sneak and watch

It looks like it's blue under the top shelf but it's just a shadow-this is my side, the first side he is putting in...not quite done, but looking good!

He's so awesome, he literaly measured my shirts, dresses,skirts and shoes so i can have a double bars to hang all my stuff and fit perfectly and a spot for my shoes, purses etc!

Hard to see but this is our closet, josh painted all white and then the four corners stick out to cover air ducts or something so we painted them blue to match our room...it's a small closet, and when you are married to josh you need a HUGE closet so he is building some custom shelves, he's the best ever!

The growing belly, i'm seriously starting to wonder if it's twins haha, i laugh about it but i really wouldn't be 100 percent shocked...i just feel like this baby is so big already compared to my last pregnancy. i haven't gained very much at all, just the shape and feel of my stomach is so much more mature already. AND the baby already already gets by my ribs, not to the point where it wiggles in and takes my breath away, but i can feel some pressure by my ribs. It's fine with me, it's been fun having a shorter "fat stage" and i'll have a longer "round belly" stage.

That's all for now, hope everyone is enjoying the amazing weather!!!

Any Ideas?

My best friend is having her bridal shower this weekend...more of an engagement party i guess since it's going to be a co-ed, pool party. FUN! I'm supposed to come up with at least one fun game...i have a few ideas, one i LOVE but it's really short. So i was wondering if any of you guys had ideas for me :)
thanks!

4month pictures!

I had my second check up today. Everything is good, the dr said i had "a good size belly" as he was listening to the heart beat. He said it seriously, so i got the feeling he meant a good side uterus (or something) not like a chubby tummy type of comment... ? who knows. anyway, he found the heart beat right away this time, didn't even have to move the thing around to find it...so that was exciting! The nurse said i am 18 weeks and 6 days today but from the way i count i am 18 weeks and 3 days...i meant to take these four months pictures on the 5th of this month but got confused...so these are close enough. My belly is getting bigger, i love laying flat on my back you can really see a baby bump! I've been feeling this baby move for over a month and for the past week or so i could feel it on the outside with my hand and josh finally was able to the other night :) i love pregnancy!!! I feel like i've been on speed the past two days. I'm finally back up to 110% energy and i've been running around doing everything there is to do. cleaning blinds, laundry, exerscing, playing with Riley, running erands, cooking!

4.5 months

18 weeks and 3 days

Mother's day at my cousin's house

Riley did so great in the pool, she loved it all even being dunked

She finally says "2,3" instead of just "2"-we're working on the "1"

Cousins Hailey and Maile

Play Dates

Cousins Maddy and Morgan playing with riley in her new found hiding spot

Maddy

The girls enjoyed the sprinkler more than i thought they would

Morgan finally sat down in the water-it was pretty cold water!

Defninetly my child-such a water baby-thank goodness!

Riley's cousin's, Maddy and Morgan, came over to play in her little pool and sprinkler

i LOVE summer

Summer to me is just HOT HOT HOTNESS, sun, water, the outdoors, did i mention the warm weather? Put all these together and you get one very happy Jessica.
Riley and i went out of town yesterday to have a play date with a few friends we haven't seen in awhile...i didn't get any pictures but it was a fun day. I think riley enjoys being around other kids! (instead of just boring ol' mom) Riley and i spent the night at my mom's who lives in the same city we were in and had a lot of fun going out to dinner and just hanging out with "grancy and pa-pa". The next morning, riley and i got up really early and grancy made us some delicous pancakes! (after they had a make-up session in the bathroom) We washed both cars afterwards and then packed up our stuff...we then met a few friends at this AMAZING little water park. I'm so jealous of it, we need something like this by our house, i'd be there everyday. It's right next to the regular park and it's free. It's the type of water park where the water shoots out of the ground and it was a blast! Riley love, love, LOVED it! If i was rich-correction-when i'm a LOADED one day, i'm going to have one of these built in my back yard :) You guys are all welcome to come over and play. Until then the hose and a little plastic pool will do.

Quick baby update
The beast is doing fabulous as far as i know. He-did i just say that? i still have a feeling it's a boy, we'll see! anyway, the baby is moving SO much, i love feeling it. It started quite a few weeks ago, but it was just be one small movement than nothing for a few days, now it's several times a day. I'm really starting to love being pregnant. I wake up with a HUGE burst of energy-i've been feeling so "creative" lately-this can be scary! but by 5pm i'm toast. I'm starting to show-most people don't say so but i think they are being polite, i can definetly still hide the baby bump if i wanted but most of my shirts are snug so you can tell there is something growing in there! People keep asking if we will find out the sex or not this time around and the answer is no. At first i was hoping the ultra sound tech would mess up and accidently tell us, but i'm so excited not to know again this time. It really is a "win win" situtaiton. If it's a girl, awesome, riley will have a sister! If it's a boy, awesome, something new! As far as the placenta previa, still no bleeding or anything so i guess it's going well. Keep your eyes open, it's almost time for "month #4" belly shots.

Oh man she is getting big! Compare this picture to Riley's "profile" picture on the right side of my blog...crazy!
Hailee and Joselin playing with riley

the amazing water park, riley was so brave, she loved it all-i did have to kind of shove her in at first :)

Make-up session with grancy