18 weeks

Hello friends!  I cant believe that one week from tomorrow *hopefully* baby will show itself and we will know if baby Clether is a girl or a boy!  YAY!  I have been feeling amazing!  I am pretty sure i have gained a few pounds now so that makes me happy!  This past week i started to feel Clether move more frequently and it always starts at 10:00 at night when i lay down to go to bed!  Hopefully this isnt a sign of whats to come haha!  Just last night i actually could feel baby move on the outside of my belly!  Seriously the coolest thing ever!  I am hoping that Clay will get to feel soon and get to enjoy that experience.  Here is a picture of my belly at 18 weeks and some cute things for baby Clether!

Adorable boots that Robert and Sharon gave us!  If its a boy we will rock these and if its a girl toss some pink it and rock them too!  Love them!

 This adorable sweater came in the mail from my Aunt Brenda and Robin!  It's precious!

 and the best for last.... this would be the first purchase Clay and I made for our baby Clether!  Hook em Horns!  Hopefully their offense improves soon! Saturday was one awful game for sure!

I hope every had a fantastic weekend!  

16 weeks

I had an appointment on Monday the 13th, and got to take a peek at baby AGAIN!  The Dr. was checking out baby and said "oops" and i of course looked at her with crazy eyes... she then said baby has legs wide open... do you want to know what your having?  Being the great, fantastic wife i am, i said "no i have to wait for my husband"  So now we wont know until October 4th to find out what baby Clether is!  The Doctor said everything looked wonderful baby is growing perfectly however mommy isnt :(  My belly is the right size but i am 16 weeks and have gained ZERO weight.  Prescription for no weight gain = eat ice cream every night.  Hopefully that will help, but if i dont gain any weight before October 4th, we will have to discuss "other options".  I personally like the ice cream idea!  I will write more this week, i have some pictures to upload of some baby goodies!  But for now... here is two belly pics since i slacked last week!                                

16 Weeks

17 Weeks

15 weeks

Hello friends!  We have had a pretty great week!  I seem to be getting less tired every day which is WONDERFUL!  We are super excited about Labor Day weekend.  Clay actually has Saturday AND Monday off which rarely happens on a holiday weekend!  We have lots of different fun things to choose from, hopefully a day in Charleston and even more exciting some friends might be coming to see the new house and spend the day with us!  Off to watch the Gamecocks.... just gearing up for Texas football on Saturday!  Hook em Horns!!!!

14 weeks

First bump pictures!!! I am 14 weeks now and thought it was time to document the "bump"!  Here you go!!!

Babybedding.com

Can i just take a moment and say .... www.babybedding.com ROCKS!  You can design your own bedding from all sorts of awesome fabric!  A friend told me about the site and even though we don't know what our bundle of joy will be yet.... it's designed! We are sticking to gender neutral "baby equipment"  so down the road if we decide to have another baby we wont have to re purchase everything. Here is baby Clethers crib set!

drum roll please........

Until next post friends.....

Thumb Sucker!

Thats right we have a thumb sucker on our hands!  I had my 13 week Dr. Appointment yesterday and the Doctor asked me if i wanted to take a look at the baby!  I of course got very excited and said lets do it!  An ultrasound was not in the plan for yesterday but i got the ultrasound room!  The only downer was Clay was not able to be there and the machine was ancient so no pictures!  It was the most amazing thing i had ever seen.  Baby Clether was sooooo active!  Baby was sucking its THUMB!  It was also waving saying "hi mommy!" along with some somersaults tossed in the mix.  Its amazing how the baby is moving so much and i cant feel it!  Dr. said I should start feeling baby in about 5 more weeks, *sigh* i cant wait!  Speaking of Doctor... i LOVE mine!  She is absolutely wonderful!  

Baby Clethers heart beat was 154 yesterday, i of course was reading up on all the hype about the correlation with heartbeat and gender... not sure if i believe it however... i came across this one website that says "its a girl if" and well I have thought that baby Clether is a girl since the beginning... Clay still thinks its a boy... maybe this will change his mind....

It's a girl if:

• You had morning sickness early in pregnancy YES
• Your baby's heart rate is at least 140 beats per minute YES
• You are carrying the weight in your hips and rear Too soon to tell!
• Your left breast is larger than your right breast YES haha 
• Your hair develops red highlights YES however i have always had red in my hair!
• You are carrying high Too soon to tell!
• Your belly looks like a watermelon Too soon to tell!
• You are craving sweets  YES just ask my coworkers!
• You are craving fruit  YES cant get enough Watermellon and Strawberries!
• You crave orange juice Umm not so much right now but i did have a lot of frozen OJ the first few weeks
• You are moodier than usual during pregnancy  Haha that would be a question for the husband!
• Your face breaks out more than usual  YES just bought some facewash last night!
• You refuse to eat the heel of a loaf of bread YES  i never ever like the heels!
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• Of course i also went and looked at the Chinese calendar and it is telling me its a girl!  So i am sticking to thinking its a girl!  We could care less either way as long as its a happy healthy baby! 
  
  
  
  

Baby Clether!

We are excited to announce that baby "Clether" will be here February 23rd, 2011.  I will be 13 weeks this week and I am showing already! I will be posting "bump" pictures as I progress throughout the pregnancy!  Hopefully this will be a great way to keep my family and friends that are out of town up to date with all things baby!    For those of you who havnt figured it out yet, "Clether" is the combination of Clay and Heather!  A special thanks to John Plowden who came up with that for us when we first started dating, so we thought it was perfect for the baby until we find out if we are having a girl or a boy!  I think it is a girl and Clay thinks its a boy.... What do you think????  Here are our first pictures of our precious "Clether"