The time has come...

.....that my jeans no longer zip.  Sad day at our house!  It feels like a lot has happened since my last post.  So much, I think it calls for a bulleted list:

• I am now in my second trimester.  The sudden burst of energy I was hoping for the morning I woke up on that day, did not seem to happen.  In fact, last night, I slept for 12 hours! 
• I turned 28 and received the camera I was hoping for!  Below are some pictures from the new camera.  Of course the first couple of pictures that we took were on the wrong setting and are blurry.  I'm still a little overwhelmed with the camera so bare with me.
• We have an official close date on our house of February 9th and a move-in date of February 13th.  There is a light at the end of the tunnel now! 
• As many of you know, my body seems to enjoy making kidney stones and has for years.  My recent sonogram proved that my body in pregnancy is no different.  The sonographer reported there are "several stones."  We are praying the stones stay in the kidney while I'm pregnant...or for the rest of my life for that matter!
• To our surprise, we were awakened last Friday at 4:00 am with Blake doubled over in pain passing a....you guessed it, a kidney stone.  Yes you read that right, Blake not me, passing the stone.  I guess it was sympathy pains...Thanks Blake!
• I guess I am the stereotypical pregnant woman, because I crave pickles and ate a whole jar in two days.  I'm now on my second jar and am trying to pace myself this time. 
• Tomorrow I get to take the infamous glucose test.  Can't wait to drink the flat sprite and wait three hours on an empty stomach.   Hey...it still beats going to work!
• One pregnancy book tells me the baby is the size of a peach, another says it is the size of a lemon, and yet another says a medium shrimp??  Is it just me, or do those seem all different sizes.  I will go with lemon, it seems in the middle of the other two.

I choose to believe pictures make the bump look bigger.  Or maybe it was the Ghengis Grill I overindulged on an hour before the picture was taken. 

Our house almost finished!

MLK Weekend/Day

We had another ultrasound today.  They keep getting better and better!  We were able to see the baby kick it's legs and stick it's hand in it's mouth.  Man am I ready to quit calling the baby "it."  I will be 12 weeks on Wednesday.

Our weekend trip to the winery was so much fun despite the bad weather.  I was pleased to see that Baby B and I could still hang with the girls and even stayed up until 1:30 am one night!  Here are some pictures from the weekend.  It's a shame Amy doesn't have many friends.  Only 24 came to the party!

Under Construction

This is a picture of the baby's room under construction (along with the rest of the house!).  My Aunt Kim saw the room this weekend and said, "Well I guess you're having a girl because of the pink ribbon."  Ha!  Maybe the construction workers know something that I don't!  I guess we will find out in 2 months!

Kristin took this picture of me over Christmas at eight weeks.  I'm now 11 weeks, which means the baby is now the size of lime.  Finally, a food that I like!  The past few weeks have been kumquats, lentils, and olives.  Yuck! It also means I'm in that "is she gaining weight or is she pregnant" stage. I received a belly band from my mom in my stocking but left it in Lubbock thinking "surely I can wait until February when my mom helps me move into our new house."  Well...I called my mom three days ago asking her to mail it to me.  I underestimated the rate of my growing stomach.  My next appointment is Monday, and hopefully we will get to see the baby again. 

Have a great MLK weekend!  I will be spending mine in Fredricksburg touring the wineries.  I've always wanted to visit a winery, so of course my first trip is as an 11-week pregnant woman.  In case you were wondering, no, I will not be partaking in the wine-tasting, but am still very excited to see all of my friends for Amy's bachelorette party. 

9 weeks, 5 days

We were able to see our little one again today for what the doctor calls "The Gummy Bear" picture.  You can see what he means: 

2010 In a Nutshell

This is my first post so let's see how it goes!  The year 2010 has been a VERY busy one for the Brazelton household.  Blake took a job with Pioneer Natural Resources in Midland in September of 2010, we sold our house in Frisco in October, moved to Midland, I started a new job as a contract speech-language pathologist throughout the Midland-Odessa area, began building a house, moved in with Blake's parents while waiting for our house to be built, and most importantly....found out we were PREGNANT, if the pictures above didn't give it away already!!  Needless to say 2011 is going to be an exciting year for us.

I found out I was pregnant on November 23 and have been smiling ear-to-ear ever since.  Blake and I were living in a hotel for 30 days when we first moved to Midland.  I took a pregnancy test on November 22 and thought maybe I saw a second pink line, but of course the next 3 were negative.  So, I didn't mention it to Blake knowing he would need some black and white confirmation before he would get excited.  The next morning I took seven, yes seven, more tests which were all positive.  I even managed to get a blood test that day before telling Blake to confirm the pregnancy just in case he needed more proof!  We enjoyed sharing our exciting news with all of our families over the holidays.  My pregnancy symptoms so far: headaches, extreme hunger, frequent bathroom trips, and fatigue.  Although I am enjoying working home health right now, having to go to the bathroom every 30 minutes and fatigue make things a little difficult.  I'm pretty sure I have visited every gas station in Midland and Odessa, and in fact, last week took a nap at a 7-11.  I feel very fortunate my symptoms have been mild so far (knock on wood).  Here are some pics from when I told Blake:

The pictures are from my I-phone and are not the best quality.  My camera is in storage somewhere in Dallas (have I mentioned I am ready to move in to my house?), so these pictures will have to do until I get my new camera for my birthday in a couple of weeks (hint, hint family and Blake).  Speaking of my house, here is a picture of it being built.  We are so thankful Blake's parents are letting us stay with them until it is completed.  It should be ready in February.