Trunk or Treat

 We had SO MUCH fun at the Trunk or Treat tonight. We ran out of candy way quicker than I thought even though I bought 4 HUGE bags from Kmart. I'll just have to remember that for next year. After the candy ran out we walked around and saw all the cute little kids in their costumes. A friend brought her new born baby and I just couldn't get enough of him. Every time I see a little one it gets me more and more excited for our Lizzy!

Thanks to Shelby for making the cutest apron EVER! I originally was going to be an oven but after I tried it on I became so claustrophobic. That's never been a problem until I became pregnant. Now it happens all the time. Ugh! So I bought a super cheap shirt from Kmart, drew The Bun and a skeleton baby on it and Voila!!!! The Bun Maker and The Bun! 

20 week ultrasound

This day took FOREVER to get here. I didn't sleep a wink last night and tried keeping myself busy all morning so the time would fly by. Which it didn't, but that's ok. At 1pm we got to go to William Beaumont and see our precious little girl. Unfortunately they don't give you a video and I didn't get very many pics of the experience. But here are a couple from the ultrasound...

Little Lizzy's girlie parts. This is the LAST TIME you will ever see that on the internet. But I had to share :)

Looking down on her face

Lizzy smiling!!! The tech said she is a very happy baby because she was smiling almost the whole time. My heart melted every time I saw her do that.

The tech also said she had her eyes open the whole time. This pic kind of shows that. 

After the ultrasound Eddy and I were on cloud 9. I felt like I could see that she is already going to have Eddy's eyes and lips. Our beautiful little girl! So we thought it would be appropriate to celebrate with Baskin Robbins ice cream. New York Cheesecake ice cream and Rocky Road in a sugar cone. YUM!

20 weeks

HOW FAR ALONG: 20 WEEKS

WEIGHT GAIN: 5 lbs total so far. I’m at 168

SLEEP: I’ve had a horrible cold for the last week so sleep has been non-existent. But this just gets me ready for the sleepless nights with the baby right?!?

MOVEMENT: YES!!! I feel kicks or punches at least a couple times a day.

FOOD CRAVINGS: Carbs are my new best friend. I still love the food from last week. But I’ve added an amazing chorizo, egg, and cheese burrito from this Mexican café down the street. They know me by name at this place. It’s like my cheers….wheeeerrrreee everybody knows your name, dun, dun, dun, dun, dun, duuuuuuunnnnnn.

STILL SICK: Not really anymore. I haven’t thrown up in forever and I can’t even remember the last time I felt sick to my stomach. I LOVE it

SYMPTOMS: Just sleepy…all the time.

GENDER: It’s a GIRL! Elizabeth Laura Mann is already a very happy baby (according to the tech that said she was smiling during the whole ultrasound).

MOOD: So happy! I finally get to start shopping for the cutest clothes EVER!

LOOKING FORWARD TO: I’m going to start painting the crib and dresser. Can’t wait to move into our new home and organize the nursery. YAY!

Every Best Friends Dream

Turns out my best friend and I are pregnant at the same time. Totally not planned and I think if we even tried to plan this it wouldn't have come out as great as it did. We are literally due a day apart from each other. Biggest bummer ever is that we live 4 states apart. Ugh! But we text like crazy, compare stories, and get advice (more so me getting advice from her since this is her second pregnancy). She just found out last friday that she is having a boy!!!!!! I'm so excited for her and can't wait to meet the little guy. I find out tomorrow what Eddy and I are having. I seriously CAN. NOT. WAIT! This day feels like it is going by so slow!!!!! Here's a few pictures of Jamie and I through the years...I really wish we could take a pregnancy photo together but I'll settle for a picture of us both holding our new babies when I head back out to California next spring.

 At Jamie and Collin's wedding - it's all about the gun pose :)

 In New Zealand when we went backpacking for almost a month!

Camping at Mt. Whitney. I still have those Care Bear PJ's and wear them all the time!

19 weeks

HOW FAR ALONG: 19 WEEKS

WEIGHT GAIN: I gained 1 pound this week. My first pregnancy pound. Whoo hoo!

SLEEP: I’m exhausted!!! My eyelids feel like 100 lb weights. I sleep through the night just fine…no bathroom breaks or anything. But during the day it feels like I never slept at all. I still feel like passing out at the top of the stairs to my apartment…sooo pathetic.

MOVEMENT: I swear I felt a kick or something when I laid down the other night. But it only happened once and it hasn’t happened again. If that really was baby Mann…I CAN’T WAIT till that starts happening all the time. The feeling made me cry

FOOD CRAVINGS: Cup of noodles, bagels, and bread. Bring on the carbs!!!

STILL SICK: This was the first week that I didn’t throw up! A whole week! So this is what other women feel like when they’re pregnant. Man, it’s amazing!!

SYMPTOMS: ACID REFLUX….GO AWAY. I don’t know if I’m going to have a throat after this pregnancy, geez.

GENDER: It’s so close, I can feel it! In about a week we’ll finally know if this baby is Ricky or Lizzy. SO BEYOND EXCITED!!!

MOOD: Happy! Almost every day Eddy gets me laughing so hard that I think I pee myself a little. He really is going to be such an amazing father. Watching him kiss my belly and talk to the little Mann gives me goose bumps.

LOOKING FORWARD TO: What else…finding out the gender and official baby movement.

18 weeks

HOW FAR ALONG: 18 WEEKS

WEIGHT GAIN: I’m officially pre pregnancy weight. Yeah baby!!

SLEEP: A LOT! But I’m doing more so when I get home, I pass right out. Not to mention at least an hour nap during the day.

MOVEMENT: Felt some bubbles but still nothing distinct to know for sure it was baby movement

FOOD CRAVINGS: Cup of Noodles. I never really ate these as a teen, so when I tried it the other day I was in heaven. I can’t get enough of the beef flavored kind.

STILL SICK: Yes, still having a flashback of the old days at least once a week. I’m usually bedridden that whole day. Still trying to get off Phenergan and I’m doing pretty great! I haven’t taken a pill in over a week.

SYMPTOMS: Headaches. I was never a headache person before so this is not fun.

GENDER: Waiting for Oct 10^th to get here. I feel like I’m counting down to Christmas morning.

MOOD: Happy and tired. I run out of breath climbing the stairs to my apartment. Pathetic, I know.

LOOKING FORWARD TO: Finding out the sex and feeling an actual kick or punch

Baby book

 On September 17 our very first baby gift came in the mail from my mom. I LOVE IT!!! It's a 3 ring binder so you can add or take away pages and the book captures all the important moments of the child's first 5 years of life. I just started writing in it last night and added the first sonogram pictures. So cute! Thanks mom!!!! xoxox