Are you sure these are just mosquitos?

So, dad claims these are mosquito bites... This was yesterday... they are purple today. I'm not sure i'm convinced thats what they are, but i've got them ALL OVER my legs!!!! And they ITCH!!! How annoying!!!! :-(

Pics From Chicago

Here are some pics from my weekend in Chicago. I didn't take too many cuz we were too busy shopping! :-)

Finally in Florida!!!

I'm in Florida!! (FINALLY!!!) Here is how my weekend has gone...... Saturday mom, Dave, and I woke up early and did Whitney's Walk. It was amazing! There was such a huge turn out! It was great but a little long...... :-) After the walk, mom and I left for our drive to Chicago. It was uneventful and not as long as I expected. We saw so many cops!! It was crazy!!! Mom and I tried to listen to "Wicked" in the car on teh way, but it did not work out very well at all! So, as we were driving, we would listen to the CD, then get distracted, she's paying attention to other cars, reading signs, etc. I'm looking at everything bored with just listening. Then we remember we are supposed to be listening to this book and by that time, we are too lost to understand where we are at, what's going on, etc..... After we got up to Chicago, we relaxed at Nicky's house for a little bit then got dressed for dinner. We decided to walk to dinner becasue according to Nicky, the resturant we were going to was "not very far".......... Just a note...... the words "not very far" mean something totally different to people NOT from Chicago! :-) About 4,376 blocks and 30 minutes later, we finally arrived at the resturant. We ate at a little place called Raw Bar. I had the Shank of Lamb and it was TO DIE FOR!!! I can't believe how good it was! the sauce was.... mmmmmmm.............. I can't even decribe what it tased like because it has such a unique flavor! It was delicious! I highly recommend it if you are ever in Chicago. After dinner we had the Double Chocolate dessert, chocolate cake, layered with chocolate mouse....... YUMMy!!!! Light and chocolaty, rich but not too rich, just perfect!!! Then we took a cab (because preggo is not used to walking that much!) to Navy Pier where we watched fireworks for Venitian (sp?) night. After that we stopped at a little margarita bar so mom and Nicky could have a margarita before we headed back to Nicky's apartment for bed. Sunday: We woke up, went to a little diner that was only a few blocks away from Nicky's house then went back and relaxed untill my mom was ready to leave for Wisconsin. On her way, she dropped Nicky and I off on Michigan Avenue so we could do some shopping. We went to Filene's Basement, then to the Water Tower Mall (or something like that). I got some really cute maternity clothes at Mimi Maternity at the mall. I FINALLY found some jeans that fit me really good!!! They are so cute!! We ate at the Cheesecake factory, it wasn't anything too exciting, then went to Borders and rode the train back to her place. Sunday night we ordered pizza in and watched a movie. Premonition is an amazing movie and the pizza was the BOMB!!!! Monday: We woke up early Monday morning because I had to be at the airport at 4 am!!!! I got to the airport and found out my plane was cancelled!!! :-( Very sad! I ended up re-booking on a flight to Fort Meyers on Tuesday. So, I was stranded in O'Hare at 6 am. I finally got a bus that I took to Milwaukee and stayed the night with my mom at her hotel. We went to P.F. Changs for dinner after her training and then did a little shopping at the mall there. Tuesday: Woke up, took the shuttle bus to the bus stop, rode the bus to O'Hare. Got there 45 minutes late due to traffic, but it was okay because I was sheduled to arrive at the airport 2 hours and 40 minutes before my plane took off. I got on my plane (after they charged me $10.00 per piece of luggage I wanted to check in) and arrived in Fort Meyers ten minutes late. After a two hour drive, I FINALLY arrived at my dad's house!!! :-) After I got here, I realized I left my cable for my camera at home so I can't post any pictures yet, but I will be getting that situation straigtened out soon. Also, I broke my phone this morning so if you could, e-mail me your phone number, birthday, etc. because I have lost ALL of my contact informaiton, phone numbers, address, e-mails, birthdays, etc!!! Everything!!!! :-( So I will need all that info from ya!! (again....) Thanks so much!!!! I'll get the pictures up soon!

6 Months and Counting

Well I'm officially in my 6th month! :-) Exciting things that are happening this month:

-I am almost 115 pounds.

-Izzy's movements are getting a lot stonger! I can rest a book on my belly to read it, and when she kicks, the whole book moves!!!! Maybe she'll be a soccer player.

-She is also begining to form "memories". It's called Habituation. This is where she recognizes familiar sounds and they don't startle her as much. For example, the amtrack in florida. It will startle her the first few times she hears it, but like the rest of us, she will now be able to remember it and it won't bother her. (In other words her "selective hearing" is begining!!!!)

-Her lungs are also getting a fatty substance built up on them so it is easier fo rthem to expand and contract after she is born.

-By the end of this month, she'll be around 2 1/2 pounds and begin eating and sleeping at regular intervals. (Although I think she does already. She's up at night and sleeping during the day...)

-Her eyes are about to open for the first time too. (Even though the irises still don't have any pigment.)

-Teeth are forming.

-My uterus will be a little bigger than a soccer ball. (I guess that's why people are telling me i look like I swallowed a basketball!)

Other updates are: I'm leaving for Chicago on Saturday. My mom and I are driving up there in the afternoon and spending some time with my friend Nikki Saturday and Sunday. Monday morning, Nikki is taking me to the airport for my florida trip!! YEA!!! This will be Izzy's first plane ride. But I'm sure she'll do okay. While in Florida, Velma and Brittany are throwing me a baby shower! I'm so excited. I can't wait to see everyone down there and have two full weeks of R & R. :-) No homework, no work, no nothin! I'm sure I'll be bored after a few days but that's okay. I'm going to drive up to Port St. Lucie while I'm down there to visit with Jessica too! Since I'm going to have all this free time, everyone needs to keep an eye on this blog because I'm sure I'll be updating it almost daily!!! :-) Till then, Adios!!! :-)

Oh By the way....

I Forgot to tell ya.... My mom felt Izzy move for the first time last night. We were sitting on the couch watching VH1's top 100 songs of the 80's and Izzy was jammin out. I sat next to my mom to see if she would be able to feel it yet and she could! Then Dave came over to feel but I guess she decided to take a nap right then cuz as soon as Dave put his hand on my belly, she stopped moving and was still untill bedtime! What a little booger baby already!!! :-)

All Booked and ready to Roll!!!

Well I booked my flight for Florida!!! YEA!! I'll be heading up to Chicago for a weekend up there with my mom and Nicky on the 28th. Then I'll be in Florida on the 30th untill the 13th!!! :-) I'm so excited. I also in preparation for this trip got myself registered for my baby shower down there. That was so much fun! Sara went with my last thursday after work to register me at target. Then we went to dinner and Flat Top Grill (I had to, I saw a billboard for it!!) Then Friday I went to walmart and finished up registering after my "before baby comes" water aerobics class.... Which was interesting!!!! I have another class with the usualy teacher tomorrow so hopefully it will be a little better than last weeks!! :-) This week I have been spending my itme moving myself back upstairs to my room and am almost done. The plan is to have me moved all back upstairs before I leave for Florida so that when I get back, I can work on Izzy's room and get her room in order. I don't wanna be rushing to get everything done, I wanna have it done early because my mom is the only wierd person I know that went all the way to her due date... everyone else's kids like to pop out early. I gotta be prepared for that!!! LOL!!!!!

It's a....

This is the side profile of my baby Now she is smiling for her "first" picture! GIRL!!!!!!!!!!! Which means we will have an Izellah Mae Byrd running around in a few months!!! :-)

Happy Birthday to me!

So, yesterday mom took me shopping for my birthday... It was quite interesting. I did finally find some clothes that fit (YEA!!) but no jeans still.... Oh well... Also, more related to baby... I felt it move night before last night. It was as quick as a heartbeat. It felt wierd. interesting....... Also, Dr. Kindred does not want me to go see an endocrinologist yet because when he looked at the results from my thyroid test he thought that they looked more like this issue is due to pregnancy and may resolve itself after the baby pops out.... So that's good news!!!! :-) Well, that's all I have for yall!!!!! :-)

Yea!! I learned how to upload pics!!!

me and David Out ALS Walk Team Mom and Dave David in the Sand Hannah and I at her dance Recital Me and My sissy!!!! Oh my!!! HERE WE GO!!!!

The results

So It's Hyperthyroidism. Not sure what all that means. I have to go see an endocrinologist (sp?) on July 19th. I should find out more at that appointment. Till then, i jsut have to eat eat eat!!! :-) (My favorite pastime!)

A small problem... maybe

So, Dr. Kindred's nurse called me yesterday evening with the results of my tests... My thyroid hormone levels are supressed. They have to run more tests. I should find out the results of the second set tomorrow... Not really sure what this means at this point... But I'll keep you updated!

Doctor's Checkup

Well i had my 4 month check up yesterday... GOOD LORD!!! I was only there for TWO HOURS!!! He was pretty busy! I ended up seeing the Nurse Practitioner instead of Dr. Kindred. I weigh 105 lbs (gained 4 lbs.), and my blood pressure was 90/52. I guess that's pretty low but last time it was 90/50 so it's normal for me! The "Fundus" is at a 15 (which is apperantly normal for being 16 weeks...) Mom went with me and she heard teh heartbeat... It was 148. Slower than last time and a little more difficult ot find but it's there and doing good! They started me on some new vitamins, and next month is my ultrasoud appointment! :-) I get to see pics again! :-) Hopefully I'll figure out how to scan them and put them on here by then. The only other thing that happened was they tested my thyroid for hyperthyroid or something like that. I should find out the results today. I'm sure it's fine they just wanted to be sure because of all the headaches I have been having. Also, I don't think he/she is moving around much yet... (That I can feel at least) But soon enough I'll be able to!

Summer Fun!

Get excited. We are getting a pool! We have finally broke Dave down and he is letting us get one! They will begin installation in about a week and a half to two weeks!! YEA!! :-) I can't wait! After class, I'll be in the pool!! Like, everyday!!! :-) So excited. That's about all that's new... I'm finally out of my first trimester. But I don't feel any different... Just bigger.

The year of the locust

Random thought: I was Hannah's age the last time the locusts came. All I remember abou tthem was taking the shells and sticking them on my shirt. I thought it was the coolest thing ever! Now that they are back I see how gross they are! :-) This kid will be 16 before they ever see a locust. How wierd is that? Something I remember so well from my childhood, fetus won't have. I'll be practically an old woman the next time they come! It's crazy to think about it!

My sense of humor...

Okay... So I've been thinking abut maternity clothes... only because I dread having to get dresses everyday cuz my pants are so tight... and I have made a few decisions on tops i would liek to make. (I couldn't find them cheaper than $40.00 online!!! Obscene for a top I'm gonna wear a few times and that's it!!! So, here are some quotes I think i'd like to wear for the next 6 month... If you can think of any I missed... let me know!!! I'll make those too!! "Due in: November" "Pregnant. (Not fat.)" "It's a ****" (I don't want to jinx it by putting one or the other first......) "A future Momma" "Comming This Fall..." "Just Kickin' It" Haha. Fun! I am so exhausted! I can't fall asleep at night and then all of the lovely people in my house under 18... (Hannah) run and stop through the house all morning long and wake me up after only a few hours of sleep. And, don't get me wrong, I'm not mad at Hannah, she doesn't know any better, but you would think her mother would... If she ever bothered to think about anyone but herself. Anyway... enough about that! (I COULD go on for days on that subject...) Newest piece of exciting news... I'm 3 days away from being out of my 1st Trimester! I'm 1/3 of the way done!!! YEA!!!! It's the size of a Jumbo shrip... So, if you go eat some shrip this week just remember that's how big fetus is! :-) (How wrong is that!?!?!?) Also, Fetus has finger prints and can pee. How exciting, getting 6 months of practice in so it can try to pee on me. But, I have to say... working at the daycare made me a pro at diaper changing, puke cleaning, and bugger sucking... This kid is in for a treat if it's gonna try to trip me up! I got this under control! I'm a pro! :-) hahahaaaa!!! So I guess I should begin reading again to see what's in store for me during the second trimester....... talk to everyone later!!! By the way, I love hearing back from everyone! Thank you and keep the replys comming!!!!! :-)

Been a while

I know, it's been a while... I've been lazy. I'm not gonna lie and say I've been busy, cuz i haven't! Just lazy. So... Let's see. I was very very sick friday night. I called the doctor, he said I was having a bad reaction to the medicine he put me on for my sinus infection. After I stopped taking it, and let it get out of my system, I felt pretty good. Saturday Sara and I went garage saling and ran a few errands after picking up baby David. It was sun to look at all the baby stuff, even though I can't buy anything yet. I still like to look!! :-) I'm excited about registering and having baby showers and all kids of stuff like that! :-) David and I hung out aroudn teh house Saturday night taking it easy. He is so good for me when we are alone! he is so sweet to me, but can be so onrey at the same time. I had to get up and work Sunday morning and then I got David again after work sunday night. Sunday was not as good of a day for him and I as Saturday was. Cari, Jay, Hannah, Sarah, Big Dave and my mom were all here to distract him so he was acting a fool all night. Finally I gave him a bath and laid him down at 8 and he was out! He stayed the night and I dropped him off before my first day of summer classes. My first summer class is not going to be that exciting, so I'm not giong to waste my time on it. What is exciting about today are these two things: I got my hair cut (again) but I really like it! I liek the length and style. It will be easy to take care of. (I hope!) Also, on my way home, one of our neighbors had baby Walnut trees in pots in his front yard for people to take for free. So I got one. I have been wanting to plant a tree for Ziggy since I ofund out I was pregnant. So now I get to. Hopefully it'll survive! And hopefully my mom will let me plant it somewhere.... haven't asked her yet.... I'd like to put pics of my belly (cuz I do have one now) on here but I don't know how. So... I'll have to figure it out another day. We are eating lasagna at chris's tonight. YUM!!!!!

Hormones

So, I'm not much of a cryer. I hate letting people see me cry. I had to lock myself in my bathroom and run bath water before the tears would come when grandpa dean died. The last few days it has taken all of my strength to hold it in. It's like I'm catching up on a lifetime of crying. It's so freakin annoying. I even cry at girly movies. How annoying. Will I ever be normal again?

Grey's

HAPPY GREY'S ANATOMY!! Not been a real great week. Not in the mood to blog. Just wanted to let you all know the doctors appointment went well. Gained 11 pounds so far, but none since my last visit. (Maybe I won't be the size of a house when I give birth then.) I will probably find out what I'm having at my July appointment cuz I'll be about 20 weeks. EXCITING!

Happy Birthday... Kinda...

I'm 11 weeks today It's the size of a fig It's fingers and toes are fully formed It can get hiccups (poor kid!) It's teeth are forming It is swimming around and playing in the amniotic fluid Just thought you'd be interested!

Newest update

So this grapefruit that is supposed to be my uterus is starting to cause some problems... CRAMPS!!! Good lord! Do they get any better? I sure hope so! Also, I do know that I am 10 weeks. But what does that really mean? How many months? How close to being out of the first trimester am I? SO, according to my "What to Expect Pregnancy Journal & Organizer" I am in the first week of my 3rd month. HOLY COW!!!! Only 7 more to go! I gotta start shopping! This Journal is pretty cool. Each month it asks me a lot of fun questions, and it also gives me a place to record my thoughts, reactions, etc... for each day on it's own weekly page. Since I don't have much to talk about I will share stuff out of the journal from the last 3 months. ============================================================== MONTH 1 Bra Size 32A I suspected I might be pregnant because: I constantly had to pee! I'm excited about: Everything! Being pregnant all the way to being a mom I'm nervous about: Not gaining enough weight, labor, this being my first time. LMP (Last Menstrual Period): February 16, 2007 Estimated Due Date: 11/22/2007 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MONTH 2 Bra Size: 32A Symptoms: frequent urination Who I told: Brittany was the first person I told. Foods I've been craving: EVERYTHING!!!! 1st Doctor Appt.: 3/30/2007 Other Stuff: on the first doctor appointment we couldn't see anything so I had to come back on April 9th. We saw you and heard your little heart beating. I think my mom cried. They also changed your due date to November 28, 2007 Went in for a RhoGam shot because of bleeding, at this appointment I talked to Dr. Kindred for the first time, he told me my due date was November 25th, 2007. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MONTH 3 Bra Size: 34B (WAHOO!!) Symptoms: emotional, sensitive to smells (especially cigarettes!!! gross!!!!), hungry all the time! I first heard my baby's heartbeat on: April 9th 2007 Our "pet" name for the baby: Ziggy Smells that make me sick: cigarettes and Bob Evans Low points of my first trimester: feeling sick when I don't eat in time. Other Stuff: I have also completed everything that is required on my To-Do list for this month. (I'm not sure if I'll have a CVS test or any other screenings) I have gained 5 pounds already. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Here are some notes I took from my 1st Doctor's Appointment: Optimal Weight gain: 35 lbs Over-the-Counter medications i can safely take: After 12 weeks- Tylenol and Sudafed Dietary guidelines: eat every few hours to prevent morning sickness Call immediately if experiencing: Bleeding Other screenings and tests: ALL DONE ON 4/9: Hepatitis B, HIV, Pap, STDs, RH status Results: RH negative =============================================================== Well, that's all the fun information I have time to share today. My next appointment will be May 7th. I'll keep you updated!