14 weeks

Baby Smith is 14 weeks along today:) I feel like I'm not as tired as I once was:) Also, thankfully, my Master's program will be over on May 12th...so, I can really get my life to normal! I feel like I have been absent from my own life during the past couple of months. I'm ready to be home at night to do the laundry, clean the house, cook for Ben and just be there when Ben gets home. I'm ready to spend more time with my wonderful husband and the sweet baby growing inside me. In two weeks, I will be finished with Converse, and we will learn the sex of the baby....like I said earlier, Converse will be over on May 12th and our doctor's appt is on May 14th....then, Ben and I are going to take a much needed weekend vacation to Charleston to celebrate:) I can't wait to meet sweet Baby Smith:)

13 weeks!!!

So, we are at 13 weeks now. Not much has changed since last week, except that I feel a little less tired. I don't know if that is the pregnancy, or if I am just coming to the end of the school year and of my Master's and so I am feeling better about that...who knows, but I do love having a little more energy:)

The sweetest heartbeat ever!!!!

Friday, April 16th was such a wonderful day.

Ben and I slept in (we both had the day off), then we headed to the doctor's office for our 10:15 appointment to hear Baby Smith's heartbeat. It was the sweetest sound ever!!! The heartbeat was 172....not sure if that means a boy or girl....we're trying not to think about that just yet. I loved that sound though:) We go back to the doctor on Friday, May 14 to find out if we are having a boy or a girl....can't wait!!!!

While we were at the Dr. office, I asked Dr. Brown to clarify the deli meat thing for me one more time....I was so excited when she told me that I could have any deli meat that had been toasted/cooked. I specifically asked if I could eat Groucho's and I was sooo excited when she said yes...since they toast their sandwiches. So, we ate lunch at Groucho's and I got to enjoy my fav sandwich, the Apollo:)

I then had a pedicure...which was wonderful and relaxing.

Then, I went home for a short, one hour nap...and Ben had some errands to run.

After the nap, I headed to Converse to do some last minute studying for my Academic Comprehensive Exam....um, it covered 3 years of course work, and I know that I should have spent the whole day studying, but I just couldn't bring myself to studying....there were too many other things to do that day:).....But, at 4:00, I began studying, and praying very hard, and luckily, began the exam at 5:30, finished at 6:30 and PASSED!!!! I was sooo excited:)

Earlier in the morning, at 2:32 am to be exact, one of my best friends, Casey had her little baby girl, McKenley. So, after my comps, I headed to the hospital to hold sweet McKenley....she is precious:)

Then, I headed to Mellow Mushroom to meet Ben, Ryan and Mamie for dinner (I love their "build your own" salads:) We had a great time.

Then, Ben and I headed home.

When I arrived at home, the pocketbook that I had wanted for a while from J.Crew, the Campo bag, was there waiting for me....once again, I was so excited:)

Did I mention that I had a wonderful day last Friday???:)

12 weeks!!!

We're 12 weeks along today....only one more week of the first trimester....we're almost 1/3 of the way there.....can't wait till Oct. 28th to meet our little Baby Smith!!!!

Everything is pretty much the same...I'm not crazy sick, just feel a tad yucky from time to time, and REALLY TIRED!!!!! I wonder if the tiredness though is also from trying to finish up my Master's requirements and finish the school year...all by the end of May....

My clothes are getting tighter and tighter...although the scales say that I have only gained 2.5 pounds....feels like I have gained about 15!!!!!

Ben still amazes me daily with things that he says/does and with how excited he is about being a daddy....it is the sweetest thing that I have ever witnessed:)

11 weeks!!!!!

Yay, we're almost through the first trimester:)

I have still been blessed in the nausea department. I have only been sick twice, but I think that both times were because of what I was eating instead of the pregnancy. I have still been REALLY tired though....but, I'll take tired anyday over being sick.

I am showing a bit. I'll try to post a picture...and I just feel fat:(

When Ben and I found out that we were pregnant, I told him that I would need a few friends to hurry up and get pregnant too, so I could have company. Well, as it turns out, Baby Smith will have 2 cousins and a very close friend all within one month and a half to play with, then another cousin this July and two more friends who are due in April....all very close friends and family...I'm soooo thankful:)

April 25th - My friend, Courtney, who was a bridesmaid in mine and Ben's wedding is due with a girl, Gussie:)
April 29th - Another close friend, Casey, is due with a girl, McKenley:)
July - My cousin, Erica is due with a boy, Cooper:)
September - My sister in law and brother are having a baby....not sure yet what it will be:)
Oct. 3rd - Ben's cousin, Anna, is due...YAY...Anna and I decided from day one that we needed our kids to grow up together:)
Oct. 28th - We are due:) Can't wait!!!
Nov. 11th - Another close friend, bridesmaid, college roommate, Amber, is due:)

I feel so blessed to go through this pregnancy with so many close friends and family. Can't wait for Baby Smith to grow up with all of his friends:)

I still have the MOST WONDERFUL husband in the world. Ben has been so wonderful, understanding, and caring through this pregnancy. I can't wait to see him with our child....he is going to be the best dad EVER....he already is!!!!:)