7 Weeks!!

Wow, I am super late on writing this post!  Sorry about that!  I will try to recall what all we did last week.  Case and I didn't really have much going on.  We have been taking it easy on the weekends because I have been so tired.  Last Friday I experienced my first run-in with sickness.  I am thinking it was just a one time thing, because it hasn't happened since!!  So weird.  On Saturday, we went on a date night to one of our favorite Italian restaurants, Trattoria Lisina.  It is pretty close to our house and is the place we went the night we got engaged.  The restaurant is gorgeous and seriously looks like you are in Italy (well let's be honest....I've never been to Italy, but it's what I would imagine it looking like).  Case got a steak and I got gnocchi with a wild boar ragu.  It was delicious!!!  And of course, finished off with a big ol slice of salted caramel chocolate cake.

Here is my 7 week update:

How far along: 7 Weeks

Baby is the size of: A blueberry

Gender: Unknown

Belly button in or out: In

Sleep: Definitely sleeping a lot

Best moment this week: A nice relaxing weekend with the hubs

Miss anything: Still missing my morning coffee

Movement: Nada

Cravings:  Sweets--I have seriously got to get this under control

Queasy or Sick:  Just once this past week

Looking forward to: Our doctor appointment next week!  Pray for a healthy baby!

6 Weeks!

This past week as been great in the Satterfield household (besides my car troubles).  My jeep is only 3 years old and the transmission has decided to completely crap out.  Last week Casey and I were carpooling everyday.  Finally on Friday, I got a rental car.  I got a Dodge Avenger that smells like smoke and sounds like its going to blow up if I accelerate too hard, but you know what, I'm not complaining!  At least it is 4 wheels to help get me around!

My parents came in Friday afternoon and we were so excited to tell them the news!  We had made a "Grandparent Survival Kit" complete with diapers, bottles, paci's, and bibs that said "I love Grandma and Grandpa" and wrapped it up and pretended it was my dad's birthday gift (his birthday was in February).  I swear my father opened that gift as fast as a turtle crosses the road.  He finally got the box open and read the note that said "Grandparent Survival Kit.......Baby Satterfield expected November 2015" and looked so confused.  I kept telling him to show mom the note and he handed her the note about the time he pulled out the baby stuff.  Then it clicked!  Mom and I both started crying and dad started clapping!  Haha!  There were lots of hugs and tears!!  They had lots of questions like how far along I was and how I was feeling.

After we had all calmed down, we decided to drive over to our lot and show them where the new house was going to be.  They loved it!!  We walked around for quite a while and showed them where we plan to put everything.  There is a little wet weather creek  behind the house and lots of oak trees.  We went and showed them the model home of the builder we are using and they were blown away.  This house is extremely impressive!  After we wrapped up at the new property, we came back to the house and ate dinner and hung out.

On Saturday, we woke up and started breakfast.  Reagan and Macartney came over so that mom and dad could meet that little cutie pie!  Of course, I burned the bacon and stunk up the whole house, but other than that, we had a great time!!  After cooking and cleaning up the kitchen, I was worn out.  I sat down on the couch and took a little nap.  My parents ran to this outdoor place that they had been wanting to check out but mom said when they drove up they didn't even get out of the car.  It really must have been impressive looking!  Haha!  That evening, we went to Flemming's to eat.  My parents had some gift cards they wanted to use.  We had a great supper!!  I think they were highly impressed with the steak.  I had Sea Bass since I am trying not to eat any under cooked meat right now, and let me just tell you, I missed my steak with a big glass of red wine.  Oh well, it is definitely all worth it!  After dinner we went home and all crashed pretty soon after.

My parents left pretty early on Sunday and Casey and I decided to ride over to Lake LBJ since Lon and Jessica were at their lake house.  We also hadn't had a chance to meet baby Harper and wanted to make sure to meet her.  Let me just tell you, that is one pretty baby!!  We had a great time hanging out and catching up (and holding Harper).  We headed home around 8 and I went straight to bed after we got to the house.

(Next time we will practice opening our eyes)

We have had a lot of traffic at our house this week with showings.  We had one couple come last Friday, one showing on Monday, two repeat showings on Tuesday, and a showing on Wednesday!!  Let's hope someone decides to buy it quickly.  It's hard work keeping our house spotless and ready for potential buyers.

Here is my 6 week update!

How far along: 6 Weeks

Baby is the size of: A Pea

Gender: Unknown

Belly button in or out: In

Sleep: Trying to get as much sleep as possible!  Look forward to my naps on the weekends

Best moment this week: Telling my parents the news!

Miss anything: Steak.  Having Sea Bass at Flemming's this past week just wasn't the same

Movement: Nope, wont feel this for a while

Cravings:  Still wanting my daily coffee!  

Queasy or Sick:  Nope!  I keep praying this continues

Looking forward to: A relaxing weekend!  And hopefully selling our house soon!

5 Weeks!!

Well we are one week in since finding out that our little nugget will be here.  We still have not told anyone that we are expecting, however, my friends totally know something is up.  Last weekend my friend Kathleen got married!!  It was so much fun.  At the reception, Casey and I had a plan for me "fake drinking".  We each would order a beer, and he would have to drink both of them.  I would take "fake sips" so people would think I was partying it up!  Worst plan ever.  We totally got busted, even though nobody said anything.  I know they know ;-)  Oh well, we tried.  Haha!  Here is my 5 week update.

How far along: 5 Weeks

Baby is the size of: A Sesame Seed

Gender: Unknown

Belly button in or out: In

Sleep: Lots and Lots of Sleep! 

Best moment this week: Finding out we were pregnant and telling Casey the news!

Miss anything: Coffee!!  Oh, how I want some coffee!

Movement: Nope, Nada

Cravings:  I had made some chili this past week and oh my, I wanted frito pie for every meal!  Also, sweets--I can see this is going to be a problem!

Queasy or Sick: None so far--knock on wood!

Looking forward to: Telling our parents!

We're Pregnant!!!!

Welcome to our blog!!  I wanted to start writing here to document our first pregnancy and make it easier for our families to follow along since they live out of town.  I also plan on writing about our weekends, vacations we take, or random thoughts that just pop into my head.

Well let's get to it!  Casey and I had been trying for about 4 months to conceive.  I was really starting to get discouraged but I knew that this was in God's hands and told myself to keep my faith and continue praying to Him.  I had been tracking my ovulation for about 3 of those months, and realized I wasn't ovulating.  Then, on February 17th, the heavens parted, and voila, a smiley face!  It was go time!  Now the waiting game begins.....

On the weekend of February 28th, we were having dinner with some friends where we would be having a few drinks so I decided to take a pregnancy test before heading out(even though it was 3 days early).  Negative.  So I had a few margaritas at dinner and didn't think about it anymore.  That is, until the following Tuesday, when I was still late.  I had decided that I would take another test first thing in the morning. 

The next morning after I woke up, I took the test and patiently waited.  I started the shower and made the bed to try to keep myself preoccupied while the time was ticking.  I went back in the bathroom and HOLY CRAP.......two lines!  Woaaaaaahhhhh Nelly!  All sorts of thoughts rushed through my head since I used the cheap test the first time around.  I started crying and then started jumping up and down (then stopped cause I didn't want to "shake the embryo loose".....sheesh I know nothing about "embryo implantation".  It's my first time here!)  I immediately dug into the back of my bathroom cabinet to find the expensive digital tests I had bought and took one of those.  Here we go again....tick tock, tick tock.  I went and fed Murphy and brushed my teeth.  When I went back in to check, the words "PREGNANT" appeared.  Que: more tears.  I was so freaking excited!!!

The next thing that popped into my head was "How do I tell Casey"?  I wanted to make sure it was special.  I already had the perfect plan on how I was going to tell him.  Since we are building a new house, I was going to put a sign on our lot that said "Future Nursery" and tell him that we needed to go check on the progress of the house.  However, the Wednesday that I found out, it was flooding.  Nix that idea.  Soooo I decided to tell Casey that I wanted to meet him for lunch.  I ran to Babies-R-Us before we met up, and got some little white onesies and a pink bib and a blue bib that said "I Love Daddy".  I wrapped them up real quick in my car and waited in the parking lot for him to get there.  When he pulled up I told him to get in and that I had a gift for him.  He was so confused!  He opened it up and couldn't believe it!  Que: more  happy tears!!! 

We went and ate lunch and talked about the future and how excited we were!!  I decided to buy one more pregnancy test to take the following morning, just to make sure!  Yep, it's official!  Baby Satterfield is due November 12, 2015!!  We can wait to meet our precious angel!