Baby's First Gifts

Our little one has already aquired some gifts. Tons of which are just hand-me-down clothes. But here is the latest/cutest stuff.

The first gifts are from Paul's grandmother:

His/her very first Alabama gear

And first Auburn stuffed tiger (yea we are a house divided)

Next is gifts from my mom:

Auburn and Bama bibs :)

The top 2 have each logo and stars, the second 2 says Color me (crimson tide and tigers), then the bottom one says furture crimson tide and tiger

A "my first christmas outfit" It says that on the pocket :) Covered in santas and reindeer

Slacker Cont'd.

Well that all was mainly insurance/doc related.. so now I will update you on my pregnancy and life in general.

I don't really "feel" pregnant yet, and I am suprisingly anxiously awaiting my first signs of morning sickness lol. That is, if I get them. Currently my symptoms are as follows (they come and go): Fatigue, Sore/tender/swollen breasts, cramping and tightness/pulling in lower abdomen, some queasyness but not bad enough to throw up lol, frequent urination, pretty bad gas, and I am of course.. quite moody. I think I covered it all.

I keep going back and forth about feeling positive, it's kinda hard when you don't feel anything. You kinda wonder if everything is going alright down there or not. Especially since I've had an early miscarriage before.

In other news... as you know this is Thanksgiving week. I had already told both my siblings, and my mom that I am pregnant. We had T-giving dinner on my moms side Tue. 11-24. I decided to tell my Grandparents that day at dinner. Since they were the only people there that didn't know. We used to do this thing where we would go around the table, and mention what we are thankful for. Well I told my mom, that I wanted to bring it back, and that be the way I tell my g-parents. So we stood in the living room and had prayer. Then my mom began the "I'm thankful". Then it ended with me. I said "I am thankful that I'm able to tell yall (looking at gparents) that you will be great-g-parents again." Grandma was shocked and automatically said "Is it a girl?". I told her it was too early to tell. She put in her order for a girl, as did my mom. All I have is nephews lol. My grandfather, who is not an emotional or outspoken man actually teared up and began to cry. It was a happy night :). My grandma took me shopping for yarn yesterday and is beginning to make an afghan for the LO. :D

I called my dad later that night, which was a hard decision to make. I knew he would be upset, considering our job situation and insurance and all. He was upset, but very happy and excited as well. He also put in an order for a girl. And gave me tons of advice and offered to help financially when we are having trouble making ends meet. He said although it's a bad time, he can't wait to spoil my LO rotten lol. (my mom says he has to stand in line :P). Well then today at T-giving dinner (at dads) I had him tell his family. Which he did in a joking manner. He said "Oh so Ashley is pregnant, and it's a girl.. and Paul had nothing to do with it" lol You would have to know my dad. I guess you can tell he wants a baby girl. I am sad to say that people over there weren't very excited about it.. really not many people have been excited anyways.

Then Paul and I went to his grandmothers for dinner. His brother (and his fiance) already knew the great news.. but no one else in the family did. This was a great opp to tell them since everyone was there. I wanted to wait until Christmas, but since my family all knows.. I understand why he would want to tell. I got a new camera from my mom as an early Xmas present. She got it for me so that I can document my pregnancy, and LO's life. I took it with us and decided to do the everyone say Ashley's pregnant thing. So we gathered everyone, and I held the camera (on vid record). And Paul finally said it. The majority of the ppl didn't catch it, and the ones that did said Congrats. His father didn't realize what he had said for about 10 minutes, after he left the room and came back. His g-ma and dad were excited, but everyone else was kinda mediocre about it. I reckon its something that has to grow on everyone :)

Well the cat is pretty much out of the bag to everyone. I wont tell friends and FB until nearly Christmas, when I will be a little over 10w. I figure thats a bit in the safe zone. Hopefully I will keep you guys updated better so that I don't have to type these long a$$ posts lmao. Thank you to all and any who actually took the time to read.

I hope that you all had a great Turkey Day!!!

Such A Slacker

Man am I a slacker lol :). I just realized, so much has happened and nobody knows about it. I reckon it's time to give yall a nice update.

Well not long after my BFP I had to go to a Pregnancy Hotline Center for written proof of pregnancy so that I may apply for Medicaid. They gave me an EDD of July 21st, 2010 based off my LMP. So that makes me 6w1d today :). I have decided to go by that date, even though I ovulated late and that I have long cycles. I figure, the doc is going to automatically go by my LMP so I should to. If they need to change it at my ultrasound because I'm measuring behind then I will change the date I go by as well. The P.H.C. set up a free U/S for Dec. 17th given I haven't seen a OB by then. I will be roughly 9w3d at that time.

Last Tuesday, 11-24, I had an appt to apply for Medicaid. Which went well. I am just waiting for confirmation that I am accepted. Which they said could take up to 45 days! Omg that is a long effing time!!! And in the process, they set up an appt for Best Start, which is a pregnancy program here in Huntsville. Best Start is pretty much your go-between for Medicaid, as well as your OB and the hospital. They do a lot of stuff with you to make sure that everything goes well.

My Best Start appt is Wed. Dec 2nd. They wont let me leave without picking an OB and setting up an appt (omg I know.. I haven't seen a doc yet). And then I will set up an appt with WIC so I can start getting checks from them. Unfortunately, my doc doesn't accept Medicaid.. well she does once in a blue moon. But I don't want to wait until I am approved to ask her if she will take me, and get turned down. I think I should be seen by then, so I will be picking a new OB sometime between now and my Best Start appt. Luckily, many of the OB's on the list will see you if your Medicaid is pending, and you don't have to pay a dime unless Medicaid doesn't accept you. Which I should be accepted.

Omg. I feel like I am typing way too much, sorry guys. There is just SOOO much to catch you up on. I will continue in another blog entry.

This calls for a new blog title!

So as you may see, I renamed my title to "Growing Up Gentle". Yup.. this AM I got 3 BFP's!!! 2 of them were FRER, and the other was a FR Digital. Here is a pic above. I am 11 DPO, and on CD 35/36. I will be due toward the end of July. July 30, 2010 is what FF put as my EDD :). I am so excited, but also worried because DH is still unemployed. But I know that God will see us through :). I just hope and pray that this baby sticks!!

It's been a while

I just realized that I haven't posted in a while. I guess I could do an update lol. We are still waiting to hear back from Paul's interview. So we are currently still TAB. I have been working at a local farm, and the season is almost over. So soon enough I will be looking for a job too. As much as I really don't want to, I know that it has to be done.

I'm currently fertile, which pretty much sucks because we "aren't trying" right now. But I guess I will just relax and see where God takes me :). It would be pretty awesome if we conceived while TAB, and it just kinda happened. I know that we would be seen through the troubles, and that everything would work out ok.

So really right now we are in the "wait and see" stage with his job, and I've been busy busy trying to make some money. Hopefully I will be able to post with good news fairly soon :)