Maternity photos!

we went out and took some maternity photos with Maddy!

we had so much fun doing them, and while I was just a little worried that Brad was going to hate it that was quickly put to rest.
He worked it!
GOSH my husband is a freaking doll.. I love him so much and I could not be luckier to have him!
I know its early to be taking them... 16 weeks is super early to take them. but Maddy is moving to Florida so we need to get them done earlier.
I ate a HUGE breakfast and only had to push out a little! lol
okay enough...
here they are!

16 weeks

such a scary week
cravings: BBQ like crazy I want messy smokey yummy BBQ
cereal

symptoms: may have felt you move! i thought I did last week with some little thumps but yesterday I felt this odd wave....
back sleeping? NO MORE! which is not good.... I've been having trouble with it. I wake up int he middle of the night on my back, roll over and tell you I'm sorry lol

OKAY.... so Tuesday I had blood work done. for a quad screening test. they do during 16 weeks.
Friday my doctor called me with the results and they are abnormal. this means that we are at an elevated risk for you having down syndrome. it means the protein levels in my blood are elevated enough that we are a 1 in 200 chance that you have Downs. so they obviously want to do more testing to see whats going on....
that's only .005% chance you have it. yes on Friday I was FREAKING out crying and reading every possible thing I could about it but I'm more calm now. and then Friday afternoon the doctor called to set up an appointment so we can see whats going on.. it just so happens the best way to do this is to do an anatomy scan! so I have an apt next week with a fetal medicine expert at the hospital to do our scan.. which means we get to find out if we are having a boy or a girl!
love always and forever mommy

15 Weeks

I haven't taken a picture this week...

but I did write in my baby journal so I'm going to share what I wrote for the next few weeks in the next few posts and then its back to my weekly pictures.

which BTW I have been doing AWESOME at taking. just so you know... :)

okie dokie artichoke.

15 weeks

Hello Baby!

symptoms: light back ache in lower half, but not much else!

cravings: still wanting fruit every second of the day.

maternity clothes? yep! a couple shirts still work, but all my pants are now uncomfortable so I've made the switch!

this week your a ....softball? what happened to the fruit?!

I think me craving fruit has been really good because my belly doesn't look like its grown at all...in fact it appears to be shrinking...are you still in there? silly to think that I know... where would you have gone?

I just love you so much! 

taking photos

Yesterday I got to hang out with these two! I took some pictures for them and had so much fun doing it!

 

 

 

xoxo Jenn