Superstition

Last night I had my first dream where I was pregnant! In my dream we still didn't know the sex of the baby, but knew that appointment was coming up. Then suddenly I had the baby. It was a healthy baby girl even though she came quite early! I don't remember going to the hospital or anything like that occuring in my dream. We suddenly just had the baby! In my dream I remembered that I wanted to breastfeed and that I hadn't fed her yet. I thought to myself, "how do I do this? I need a lactation consultant!" Then the baby just began to nurse as if it was something she knew how to do all along! While she was nursing, I remembered that we were going to tell everyone what we were having, but instead we got to tell them what we just had! I wonder if this is my first intuition?

While typing this up, "Superstition" by Stevie Wonder came on! I love that funky song and I thought it was kind of fitting.

Also, this song came on, too: "More Today Than Yesterday"
"I love you more today than yesterday, but darlin' not as much as tomorrow!" -Spiral Starecase

I need to listen to Yahoo! Radio more often and tune into the Dallas station K-Luv Classic Hits. It keeps me singing throughout the day!

Fun, fun!

My mom and step-dad came into town for my grandparent's 70th wedding anniversary this week. They married on June 23, 1939. She was 19 and he was 22! They say at that time, Grandpa was considered "old" when he got married! They've done so much in their lifetime. Grandpa retired when he turned 60 and they have enjoyed and lived their retirement life to their fullest! Now, they're in Austin at a senior living apartment. They have new friends and are close to family. They are still so in love with each other, it's amazing!

It was great to hang out with my mom and step-dad. We haven't seen each other since I found out that I am pregnant. Mom enjoyed rubbing my belly and feeling it. I was very happy to let her do that. I don't think she got the opportunity to do so when my sister was pregnant with her kids. She's planning on making some maternity shirts for me to wear! I can tell that she is trying to be as involved as she can since she is 250 miles away.

Stupid me! I forgot to take pictures while they were here. I considered it, but Mom doesn't like to have her picture taken at all. I'm sure she would have since this is a special occasion. I also wish that I had taken pictures of the grandparents. They're so cute!

This weekend is another special weekend for us. Erin and Ryan are getting married on my dad and step-mom's wedding date! I am so happy for them and wish them both the best! This will be a fun, yet busy weekend for us. We'll be seeing many band kids we haven't seen in a while as well as some Chi Phi's. We are certainly going to try to make the most out of this trip to Houston 'cause who knows how often we'll get to head down there!

Baby orange update!

We had another ob/gyn appointment on Friday. Another ultrasound was done, this time on my abdomen! The baby is big enough (roughly the size of an apple or orange) to be seen from the outside! Cody got to hear the heartbeat for the first time and was slightly confused as he thought it was my heartbeat. I'm glad it wasn't because it was going about 140 bpm! Ultimately, he thought that was pretty cool!

I scheduled the quad blood test for this week. All I remember about this test is that it will check to see if I'm at increased risk for a baby with abnormalities. They'll call me within a week with those results. I scheduled my next appointment with the doctor for 5 weeks after this one. I also scheduled the uber fun appointment with the radiologist! July 13th we'll find out if we're having a boy or a girl and to see if we're on schedule for the Dec. 5th due date! I can hardly contain my excitement!

Buecker Family Reunion

Friday, Saturday and Sunday of last week were spent out in Kingsland with many members of my family. We had a ton of fun in the sun (shade for me, thanks) by playing with bubbles, frisbees, water balloons, bugs, FIRE, more bugs and water hoses! 10 of my second cousins, 12 years and younger, were there enjoying their time with each other and more importantly, Cody! They LOVED Cody!! The adults loved that Cody was entertaining all the kids! Needless to say, they all slept well at night ;)

We did go out to Lake LBJ for some tubing behind the boat and some swimming. I love the lake so very much. I took a quick dip in the water at one point, but the rest of the time was spent under the umbrella in the shade. I would have prefered to be in the water more, but that sun was insane! When we got back to my uncle's place, I took a nap and showered while the fajitas started cooking. I re-joined the group just in time to chop some tomatoes and then eat! Later, Cody taught the kids how to make smores. They had so much fun!

Sunday was the day of goodbyes as everyone had to head back home. The kids were not ready to head back, which was sad, but Cody was worn out and the adults were ready to go home. I think even though Cody had fun, he was happy for the break and was ready to go home.

I wish I brought my camera with us because there were many photo opportunities. I hope that my aunts will email some of the pictures out to us. OH- I have two cousins who are pregnant, too! One is due mid-November and the other has the same due date as me! It was fun to actually get to share pregnancy woes and excitement with them. This was their 3rd and 4th pregnancies!

I started thinking that maybe I was beginning to feel the baby orange moving around, but it still may be too early. We think that what I was feeling was gas! Go figure!

C'mon baby!

I'm ready to feel you moving around. Just a little bit is all I ask for!


Even though I've seen pictures of the baby and just last week I heard the heartbeat, it still doesn't feel real. From what I've read, I'm at the stage in my pregnancy (14w2d) where I will begin to start feeling the baby move. If I poke my stomach, I should be able to make the baby move, too. I've been doing alot of poking ;) Maybe I should eat something spicy and see what happens!

I have an appointment this Friday and I think it will entail bloodwork to make sure that I'm still within normal limits with my different levels. I think I'll be ok, so that's good. I think I will have a baby test to see if there are any problems with it. Maybe we'll schedule an appointment with the radiologist to find out the sex! We'll see!

Something fun and good for the world!

On May 20th, 2009, Drew Olanoff was diagnosed with cancer: Hodgkins Lymphoma.

Ever since that day, Drew has blamed everything on his cancer. Losing his keys, misplacing his wallet, Twitter being slow, the Phillies losing, etc.

Why? Because you have to beat up on Cancer to win... and you can help out.

Blame Drew's Cancer for anything and everything you want. Tweet with the hashtag #BlameDrewsCancer and it'll come here ( http://blamedrewscancer.com ) . We'll keep a tally and hopefully when all is said and done and Drew beats Cancer, some nice company or companies will donate a dollar for every unique person who Blames Drew's Cancer to the American Cancer Society and the Make a Wish Foundation.

It's fun to watch the tweets arrive! You can go to the blamedrewscancer website first so you can see how it works.

great walking song

So I was using my brother's ipod as I did my 2 mile walk this morning. When I was half-way done with my last lap, this song came on the player and I thought it had a great walking beat. It does have some explicit lyrics, but some of it is funny. It certainly helped me through the last part of the walk that seemed to never end!

The Bloodhound Gang - "Mope"