27 Weeks

So this will be a quick post. It's getting close to my bed time and Sophie is playing ping-pong.

Here is my week 27 photo. Friday I will be 7 months pregnant! Can you believe that? I can't. When I told Robby today he said "No, I believe it. We've been expecting it". yeah, Ok Thanks Mr. Know-it-All.



Since my doctor appointment one week ago, I have not even gained a pound. I'm at the point in my pregnancy that I should be gaining 1 pound a week. I'm trying to eat more. But I can't stuff my self, its just not comfortable. We will see, what the Dr say's when I got back in two weeks.

According to my last blood tests, I have low red blood cell count, so I am now taking iron supplements. I hope things at my next appointment go smoother. So far everything has been great, and having two things that concern the doctor, (even though they are minor right now and common) at one appointment is a little overwhelming at first.

Anywho....Im ready for a summer full of events, because before you know it...I'll have a sweet baby girl in my arms!

Night All!

3D/4D Ultrasounds

At my last doctor appointment, the doc told us that we could get a 3d/4d ultrasound. He told us that there were some places in the area that we could get the ultrasounds and that they where really neat and well worth the money.

I did a search today, and found 2 facilities in Indy. After looking through the websites, I really want to do this! When I asked my doc if I was going to get anymore ultrasounds, he said as long as everything stays healthy, no. So now we don't get to see her until she's born. So a 3D Ultrasound would be perfect! But...they arn't cheap. But...I would love to see what little Sophie looks like.

If your not sure what a 3D sonagram looks like heres an example I found on the internet....


Robby doesn't want to spend the money, and I see his point since we are saving for my maternity leave. But isn't it so tempting?

Check out Precious Peak, it's a facility in Avon, IN that does 3D ultrasounds. http://preciouspeek.net/

So would you get a 3D Ultrasound?

26 Weeks

26 weeks preggo - and this is my last week of trimester 2. Wow! When I was taking my weekly picture, I had some company from from one of my furry friends.




Link didn't care that I was trying to take a photo of my belly, he just wanted my attention and he wanted it right then.



So he got his picture too. It didn't make him happy, but he got what he wanted.



As you can see, finally my belly photo. I don't see to much change from last week, but maybe you do.

24 Full Weeks Down - 15.5 To Go!

Yay! I made it through another week. I'm now at 25 weeks. Baby is moving around more, I think its because she is losing space. Last night while laying in bed she started kicking and Robby felt her a good 4-5 times. Then this morning while waiting for my oil change he felt her again. With any luck it will start to become a regular thing (so her aunt Katy can feel her)!

Here is my 25 week photo. Its crazy that you can now see a noticeable difference each week.

6 Months!

Wow, today I am 24 weeks pregnant. Thats 6 months on the dot. I can't believe it. It honestly just seems like yesterday that we found out we were having a baby! But I bet you almost anything that these next 3 months will be the slowest EVER!

I just can't wait to meet my daughter.

Here is my 24 week belly shot. Plus I'm sporting a new do. Thanks to my amazing hair dresser, Krystal.



For the first time in a very, very, very long time, I'm actually feeling good about the way I look and my health. Haha...sure, maybe because it's the 1st time ever it's been ok to put on extra pounds. Even though I've only gained about 9lbs, I feel lucky that I seem to only be gaining it in my belly (knock on wood) and not my face and everywhere else.

My doctor said I'm healthy and look great. I had a health screen this week at work and all my results were "fabulous" according to the nurse that did my screen. I think getting preggo has defiantly done some positive things for my health. Yay for being Preggo!!!

Baby Sophia is going to start packing on some serious weight now, about 6oz a week. Her sweet little face is almost fully formed (meaning she had eyebrows and eye lashes now - which I bet will be beautiful since both her mommy and daddy have nice long lashes). And her hearing is getting sharper. I think I will start reading to her soon. Any suggestions?

Buying Our 1st Pack of Diapers

I know I posted a couple months ago about what diapers we were going to use. Robby was strongly for disposable. I figured that if all the other important decisions we need to make before baby Sophia was born, that I would just make a quick decision and chose disposables.

So the other night we decided to start our diaper pile. We want to get stocked up! Who wants to run to WalMart at midnight for a diaper run. Robby doesn't (haha see how I use his name because I know I will never have to do it?)

Anyways, I did some quick research and found that the average newborn goes through 80 diapers a week! For $20 you can get anywhere from 60-95 diapers in a box. (We chose the box with 92 so that's - pretty darn good.)

We are standing in the diapers isle, trying to figure out what diapers to buy. Pampers? Huggies? Luvs? I went straight to the Pampers. Robby wanted to compare prices. They were both about the same price, but he wanted to buy Huggies for some reason. And I wanted to buy Pampers. So I turn around to see a man looking for baby wipes. So I decided to ask!

Me: "Excuse me, do you have a baby at home?"
Guy: "Yes I do"
Me: "Could you tell me what diapers you use?"
Guy: "Pampers all the way! Huggies feel like trash, we won't buy them!"
Me: "Thank you very much!"



I won!!! As we walked away with our 1st box of diapers, Pampers diapers, Robby said "you think your so smart don't ya?" haha - you know it! A mommy knows best!

Pregnancy Brain

What is Pregnancy Brain?

"Pregnancy brain is a condition that affects expectant mothers, usually during the first and third trimesters. Sometimes known as placenta brain or baby brain drain, the condition is usually characterized by short-term memory loss or forgetfulness. Some medical experts say that pregnancy brain is a myth, but evidence shows that many women have experienced this condition.

The effects of pregnancy brain vary greatly among women. They can be as simple as forgetting phone numbers that one has dialed for years or placing toilet paper in the fridge. One mother-to-be drove home only to find she had arrived at a previous home she had not lived in for six years."



Well folks, I am suffering from pregnancy brain. It started about 2 weeks ago where I just started forgetting tasks that I wanted to do. Then last week I started losing my phone. My phone is always attached to my hand or in my pocket. I NEVER forget my phone. Oooo, but no anymore.

Then, I was for sure that Father's Day was on June 6th. So I hurried to the store to buy a Father's Day card for my dear ol' dad, and sent it in time for him to get it the day before. Then Sunday morning when I was on Facebook, I realized NO ONE was telling their dad's happy Father's Day. I was shocked! Why do all the Mom's get love but the dads don't? So then I thought to my self, wait a minute....

Did a Google search and found that I had a whole 2 week! Wow Lauren, wow!

It's starting to happen at work now too. We had a Health Screen at work and I needed 20 employees to sign up. I was worried the day before that we still needed 2 more people to sign up. When the health screen people came that morning, and I gave them our sign up sheet, they were like "You actually have 23 people signed up, but we did bring enough supplies for a few more". Wow, did I really miscount that many times? haha sure enough, I took a look at the sign up sheet and I can't figure out how the heck I miscounted, so many times!

Oh and I can't tell you how many times this happens: If you catch me off guard and talk to me or ask me a question, you'r likely to get a handful of incomplete sentences that don't make since!

Well, since I still have 16 weeks left of this pregnancy, I'm sure I will have more embarrassing stories to share of my losing my mind.

Felt Baby Kick!

Last night, little Sophia was moving around while I was trying to fall asleep. I put my hand on my tummy, like I normal do, in hope of feeling her kick...then it happened!

She kicked twice. Then with out telling Robby I grabbed Robby's hand placed it on my tummy in the same spot.

Then she kicked again, and I asked Robby if he felt it and sure enough, he did! It wasn't extremely strong, but we felt it. To be honest, I'm pretty sure it freaked him out. All he could say was "That was weird".

Well now that I felt it once, its only a matter of time before I feel more!

23 Weeks Preggo

Here is my 23 week baby belly photo....



We had our monthly doctor's appointment on Wednesday with our new doctor. It went well, I really like the new Dr. We got to listen to Sophia's heart beat for a good amount of time. And man o man is she a mover! The Dr. chuckled because of how active she was. At the end of the listen, he said "Well you have a very healthy baby in there!"

Everything is going well, Sophia and I are both progressing well. I'm right where I need to be with the weight gain and he hopes the rest of the pregnancy continues to go well.

My emotions have settled down a bit. I think the long weekend helped, but man has this short week gone by so slow!

My food cravings are starting to kick in a bit more this week. I crave fruit - any kind of fruit. And I crave KFC. Yeah, KFC is good and I have always liked KFC, but I think I have eaten it more in the last 2 weeks then I did in the last 2-3 years!



I mean...doesn't that look yummy? haha I get the grilled Chicken though!

What a Preggo Eats

Soo...Every morning before I head into work, I pack my bag of food. As I realize this morning, man that's a lot of food!

To date, I have only gained 9lbs. I personally think thats pretty darn good. I might eat some junk, but I do eat healthy too.

This morning I decided to snap a pic of my "food bag".



What you will see:

Breakfast - Strawberries N Cream Oatmeal and Whole Wheat bread for Toast(by the way I HATE Whole Wheat - but it's healthy for the Baby) and a SunnyD.

Snack - A Banana

Lunch - A Lean Pocket(Ham&Cheese), Small bowl of Steak N Shake Chili, Peaches fruit cup and 3 Chips Ahoy! Cookies.

Snack - Special K Blueberry Cereal Bar

Yup - that doesn't include the bowl of cereal I will have when I get home, the handful of grapes I have while making dinner and then the ice cream I have sometime after dinner before bed.

Oh and I also drink about 3 of these a day at work...gotta love h2o!




Yummm.....foooodddd.

21 Weeks

Alright! I'm past the half way mark by a week! Woot woot!

Here are two 21 week baby belly shots.






Baby Sophie is now probably a full 1 pound! I feel her moving around multiple times a day - every day. I THINK I've felt her kick...once. Robby wakes her up almost every morning with a hard belly shake and "Wake up Baby!!"

I'm getting some energy back, it's about time. I have to go to the bathroom A LOT and I miss getting a full night sleep. I'll probably never have one again.

My next doctor appointment is next Wednesday with a new doctor from a new practice.

We started looking into to Child Care.... one word: EXPENSIVE. We found a place we like and it's $190 a week. That's a little shy of $10K a year. We would love to find a babysitter in the neighborhood, but have no idea how to find that.

I've been extra emotional - but I guess thats to be expected.

I received a well needed visit from my mom and sis this past weekend. Although the visit wasn't nearly long enough.

Well that was my 21 week update! Oh and I was just informed by Amanda that Sophie is now the size of a papaya and is getting tastier and tastier each week - Amanda, Robby and I are starting to think the only way you will ever be around our baby is if you are supervised. You can not eat our baby. :)

20 wks and 5 days

So here is my belly shot for week 20. I'll get another one for wk 21. The weeks actually go by so fast that we forget to take them every week.



This is the 1st week where I have had multiple people comment about being able to see my baby bump (is it actually a bump still? I think I'll just call it my baby belly). And these are co-workers that see me every day.

Oh! And this shirt isn't even a prego shirt! haha

On a side note: I want to congratulate my SIL aka Aunt Katy on getting engaged! Love you Katy!

1st Baby Buy

We have made our first baby purchase, and it was a doozy. We bought little Sophia a crib! Saturday we traveled to Babies R Us to take part in their biggest nursery sale ever (or so they say)! All cribs and nursery stuff were all 20% off.

We ran into a small problem when we couldn’t find the crib we really wanted. We ended up looking at some others we liked. Then bargain shopper Robby found a crib that we would have ended up getting for free after the discount, then our $150 worth of gift cards. That was a hard offer to beat, but I just didn’t like the crib.

So after a lot…A LOT of contemplating we decided against buying the cheaper crib. Then there, all of a sudden, Robby calls me over and says “what about this one?” and low and behold it’s the crib we originally wanted! “Ha! We’ll take it I said!” We went and picked out a mattress and called it a day.



As soon as we got home it we put it together. It was supper easy and fun. Secret helped, and Link didn’t care too much to stick around and watch. And Robby didn’t even read the directions...haha. That’s all I shall say about that.



Wanna see more pics? Head over to the Random Pics page!

So Big Baby Buy #1 – check! What’s next?!

Congratulations! You’re having a GIRL!

What an exciting day! That’s right folks; Robby and I are having a little girl. This morning we got to spend a lot of time watching her on the screen. She was very shy though, how cute is that?

Her heart beat was 144. She weights 8oz and is the size of a large mango (if you can picture that – I can’t haha).



Her head was right behind my belly button and she was sitting with her little ankles crossed (just like some Fleetwood’s I know) and kept covering her sweet little face with her arms.

The Tech had to push her around to get her to move her arms so we could see her face. It was funny; she kept calling her a stinker. That’s when I turned to Robby and said “yup, she’s yours!”

We got to see a close up of her profile and it seems like she may have my nose! Robby agreed that his first thought when we saw her profile was that she had my nose. I haven’t always liked my nose, but it’s going to look so cute on little Sophie!

Oh this little girl is going to be so loved…and when I say loved I really mean spoiled.

I'm loving the new blog background! If you didn't notice, I have added a second page for photos.

Belly Shot

So I have been frustrated and stressed for the last month or so because all I want is to start showing. When people find out that I'm preggo, they immediately look at my stomach. I think (like I did) that once you are preggo you start showing.

OK so after seeing a few people that don't see me everyday, have officially told me that I am showing. And today, I actually felt preggo.

Yay! So here is my preggo pictures. I have taken a few a few weeks before so you can see the progress...if there is any. *wink wink*

Yes, Baby Helms Does Have a Face…

So far, Baby Helms weighs about 5 oz and is the size of an onion.

Baby can also now hear me! It’s little ear bones are now in place, so Robby and I can talk to baby and he/she will start recognizing our voices. And yes – Robby has already had a conversation is his son/daughter.

Baby is also gaining some body fat, so it doesn’t look so translucent. And Baby can now swallow and suck.

A few days of ago – I actually felt Baby Helms moving! It’s called feeling flutters. I was lying in bed about to fall asleep and there it was. I felt my baby! Almost brought tears to my eyes.

Did I mention that I have to have Ice Cream every day and Taco Bell is the best food of all time?

Take a look at what Baby Helms looks like:


As most of you already know, we find out if Baby Helms is a boy or a girl next Tuesday morning. If you haven’t already added your guess in the Baby Pool – do so now!

This might upset you all – but I figured it would be better to give you a heads up. We aren’t telling anyone right away what the sex is. I know we are evil aren’t we? Don’t worry, you will know on the 4th, but when you find out is up to us! Haha

Also, once the gender of Baby Helms is determined; a new blog background will be installed. The basic, generic dots are killing me!

I’ll take the Pregger Pants Over Regular Pants Anyday!

Let me start off by saying, maternity pants, they get a bad rap! I have been wearing these pants for the last week or so and I LOVE them. They are stylish and comfy. Many preggers will tell you that they tend to get fatter the as the day goes by, with maternity pants, there are no buttons or zippers making things ridiculously uncomfortable.

Motherhood Maternity is my new favorite store. Seriously, I love it.
When you try on maternity clothes, and your baby bump is almost non-existent (as mine was and still seems to be) they give you a strap on bump to wear so you can see what you will look like when you try the clothes on. Umm…yeah pretty cool.

Check out this picture I sent to Aunt Care:



Text read something along the lines of – “You haven’t seen my baby bump yet!”