A new ring to celebrate our little guy

A while ago my mom gave me her engagement ring that my dad gave her (she has been re-married to my step father for 23 years). It's is a decent size pear cut diamond with tiny diamonds around it, but the setting is terrible and it's set in yellow gold (which i don't wear). I knew I wanted to get it re made, but I didn't really have any reason to do it until now.

Well I was telling Mr. H that I wanted to get a new ring to celebrate the birth of our son and he said no, lol. Then I said, well I have the ring my mom gave me, maybe I can get it re-set into something and he said o.k. go and get it priced out. So that is what I did yesterday! Yay :o)

It's kinda hard to explain how I want it to look but here are a few pictures I found of things I like.



I really like this one because it reminds me of my engagement ring...kinda. So kinda picture this with a round of sapphires around the round of small diamonds surrounding the center stone.

This is my engagement ring. It has 3 round diamonds a split diamond band with marquis shaped diamonds on the top and bottom of the larger stone. Sorry the pic is so small.


This one is the wrong shape but amazing. I really love the art deco style. So picture this with a round of diamonds around the center stone then a round of sapphires. The sapphires would be smaller than these though.


So I go this afternoon to see what they thought of and to see how much it will be, I'll keep you posted!

25 Weeks & lots of pictures!

Me on Halloween. I made this t-shirt (Magic 8 Ball). A friend gave me the idea :o)

How far along? 25 weeks, but if you go by little man measurements it's 26 weeks

Total Weight Gain? Still 8 lbs.

Maternity Clothes? Yuppers. My regular shirts are now too short to wear.

Stretch Marks? nope

Sleep? Still yucky and getting worse every night. Soon I won't sleep at all.

Best Moment this week? Seeing the little guy today :o)

Food Cravings? Nothing really, but I'm hungry all the time

Sex? Still a boy :o)

Labor Signs? Nope

Belly Button? It's very shallow, and creepy. Belly buttons are one thing that I skive.

What I miss the most? Sleep, but I have a long time until I can sleep through the night again. So I am accepting that the next few years may be filled with sleepless nights.

What am I looking forward to the most? The 3rd tri
Milestones? Every single day :o)

Here is a hat and mitten's that I made for little man.

Little feet!

3/4D picture. He was eating the back of his hand 2 seconds before the picture was taken.

He was scratching his head, and giving a little smile :o)

Profile shot!

Good news at the peri today. Our little guy is still measuring ahead, and looks great. Dr K. said that everything looks perfect and if all is normal with our next visit - in 3 weeks - then we are pretty much in the clear!!! His works were music to our ears, and I'm praying that he keeps up the excellent work and growing big and strong.

23 w Belly Pics- Warning...Bare Belly

Please excuse the no makeup, hair not done picture. I just got out of the shower and snapped this shot.

23 weeks

How far along? 23 weeks, but if you go by little man measurements it's 24 weeks

Total Weight Gain? offically up 8lbs. I gained 4lbs in the last month and was told to "watch it". Not really the best thing to tell a pregnant lady...

Maternity Clothes? Yes, but I still fit in most of my regular shirts, and a few pairs of pants.

Stretch Marks? nope

Sleep? Yucky. I usually don't sleep at night and wait for Mr. H to leave for work in the morning and get about 2 hours of good sleep (or until Chloe the boxer decides she is bored and wants to go out).

Best Moment this week? feeling harder kicks & rolls

Food Cravings? Nothing really, but I'm hungry all the time

Sex? Still a boy :o)

Labor Signs? No, but these BH things are not cool. Even though they don't hurt and aren't very often they freak me out.

Belly Button? it's starting to creep me out. It's getting all shallow, and flat. Very gross

What I miss the most? not much

What am I looking forward to the most? V-Day, one more week!
Milestones? Every single day :o)

22 weeks (or is it 23?)

How far along? 22 weeks, but if you go by little man measurements it's 23 weeks

Total Weight Gain? +9 as of Monday. I finally put some weight on...and fast!

Maternity Clothes? Yes, but I still fit in most of my regular shirts, and a few pairs of pants.

Stretch Marks? nope

Sleep? sucks, it's an evil way of preparing us for when the babies are here.

Best Moment this week? feeling harder kicks. Little man got me so hard the other day I thought Mr. H elbowed me in his sleep, poor guy was sound asleep on the other side of the bed, lol.

Food Cravings? Nothing really, but I'm hungry all the time

Sex? Its a Boy!

Labor Signs? No, thank God

Belly Button? it's starting to creep me out. It's getting all shallow, and flat. Very gross

What I miss the most? not much

What am I looking forward to the most? V-Day, almost there!
Milestones? Every single day :o)

Frist Growth u/s

Well we had our first growth u/s this past Monday and I'm am more than happy to let you know that everything is looking great! Dr K. said that there is no bright spots in his brain or kidneys, and that his legs and arms have full range of motion.

I was freaking out inside, and trying not to let anyone know, but I am so very relieved that everything looks good.

Little man is even measuring a full week ahead (22w 5d) and weighed in at a whopping 1.2 lbs :o) This brings us to February 10th, eeekk!

I have some new pictures for your viewing pleasure

I'm here...sorry

So I haven't posted in a while, sorry about that.

My varacella is still slightly elevated. We had to have a consult with the Peri. Not fun. He said that there is a 5-10% chance that the baby can be affected. We don't have any varacella blood work from before I was pregnant so we don't know if my levels have always been this way, or if I was "re-activated" in the beginning of the pregnancy.

It's scary, and even though the chances are higher if I was showing symptoms (of the chicken pox), I'm still scared for my little man. I pray every single day that he is 100% healthy, and normal.

So the good news (I try to always look at a silver lining) is that we get to see him every three weeks until we hit 34 weeks. They do this to make sure he is growing correctly, if he was sick he would have calcification of his arms legs and head. VERY SCARY.

So... we will be getting a lot more pictures of little man :o)

IT'S A ....

BOY!!!!!!!!!!!

I can't believe that my intuition was right! It was totally amazing yesterday, we got to see every little part of our little man. Thank GOD that everything looks perfect :D the Dr. said that everything was exactly as it should be!!! I even got a complement from Dr K., he thanked me for being skinny. I laughed at him, but he was serious, he said "since I am slim it's really easy for him to find and look at everything". Thanks Dr K!

Now for the pictures :D :D :D

P.S.- I can't wipe the smile off my face :o)