AMAZING!

I have just completed my 11th week of pregnancy and this is what my body/baby looks like now!! AMAZING!! I have noticed that I get tired more easily, am sleeping more, and have a huge appetite! Kyle and I have decided that if we have a boy we will have a Kyle Martin Childress JR. I'm still not sure on a girl name. I may have to see her face first but we will cross that bridge when we get there. I hope you are having a wonderful week!

New Look

I have gone back to my original blog title. After much consideration I think it just fits our life so much more. In the coming weeks you will see a new look to my blog and I am so excited! Ashley still wins her Sonic gift card (I haven't forgotten about you).

Thanks for reading! I appreciate you all so much! I also think I have a new life theme song. Enjoy!

Eclipse

Thank you Alamo Drafthouse! We had a wonderful time!!You can see my little bump a bit in this pic :)
Jill, Stephanie, Ashley, and Me

Ashley, Me, and Stephanie Ashley and MeMe and Stephanie

300

300th post?? WHOA!!! Maybe I should slow down a bit :) I feel like I should make this some kind of amazing post with a hot topic or something but I think I will just tell you why I am so excited about the month of July!

• July 1st: June is over hooray!! and it's the start of a new month!! Love starting new AND tonight I am going with Ashley, Jill, Nocona, Stephanie, and a few others to see Eclipse!
• July 4th is my favorite holiday. No stress. Summer. BBQ. Fireworks. Family. Friends. Watermelon. Its just perfect to me!
• July 5th the number one money earner in our company is coming to San Antonio to train and share his expertise. Thank You Ruel Morton!
• July 10th is a wedding for a family friend and will be a fun family event
• July 11th is the Gospel Sunday Brunch at Gruene Hall with Kyle's parents! If you haven't been to this you must do so in your lifetime! If you don't have anyone to go with I will gladly accept your invitation!
• Later July 11th I will be attending my friend Sabrina's baby shower. She is having a girl next month
• July 15th is Kyles 31st birthday!!!! I'm sure I will come up with some sort of surprise for him
• July 26th is our next baby appointment at 9:15 AM I will be 14 weeks pregnant at that point

What does your July look like? Don't you just love summer?

Week 11?

My "What to Expect When You're Expecting" application for IPhone says that tomorrow starts my 11th week. I keep getting confused by this because my pregnancy ticker seems behind but then not. Did any else have this confusion or am I the only one?

Anyway: I found a new ticker on thebump.com that I like MUCH better! Love seeing the size of the baby. I also found these dates helpful

Beginning of 2nd trimester:

7/22/2010

Beginning of 3rd trimester:


10/24/2010

1/25/2011

So with all that being said: Here is the 11th week update! A lot seems to be happening this week!!!

How the baby's growing at 11 weeks:

Your baby, just over 1 1/2 inches long and about the size of a fig, and is now almost fully formed. Her hands will soon open and close into fists, tiny tooth buds are beginning to appear under her gums, and some of her bones are beginning to harden.

She's already busy kicking and stretching, and her tiny movements are so effortless they look like water ballet. These movements will become more frequent as her body grows and becomes more developed and functional. You won't feel your baby's acrobatics for another month or two — nor will you notice the hiccuping that may be happening now that her diaphragm is forming.

* This week you might want to head over to Lauren at Eleventy-Billion Reasons to follow her baby blog! Love having friends who are pregnant with me!

What the Hecky Dern?

Hecky Dern: A word used by my dad instead of cursing :)

Anyway..in the last month I have noticed some darkening of my upper lip that is not a moustache. Yes, I argued with the eye brow waxing lady at pearl nails. Our conversation went like this:

lady: "you nee lip wax too"

Me: "No its just like dark freckles that appeared out of no where"

lady: "no, you nee lip wax"

Me: "im pregnant and my skin is being weird"

lady: "i tell you you nee lip wax!!!"

I get my lip waxed

me: "its still there"

lady: "oh you right. It still there"

thanks lady for the $7.00's more. In all seriousness I love that place :) and loved this moment!

So in closing: it is a bit of a bother but totally worth it to be carrying around my baby prune! What a blessing this season of life is! I will proudly sport my upper lip with a smile :)

Monday Inspiration

To help start your Monday off on the right foot, I bring you Mr. Michael Jordan. If this doesn't inspire you to follow your dreams I don't know what will. I cried.