Week 29 - Twas the Night Before a Corbett Christmas...

Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the Corbett house

not a creature was stirring, well...except Benjamin & Otis.

Your stocking was hung on our mantle with care, 

in hopes that in 11 short weeks your arrival would be here....

Your father was nestled all snug in his bed,

while visions of Royals opening day danced in his head.

And your mother in her lounge pants, usually accompanied by a cat 

Had just settled in for what is...at this point...a nap

Then there's something about a sleigh, reindeer and an overweight gentleman.....

blah blah blah

Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!

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Happy 29 weeks, babe!

You are the size of an acorn squash (or a butternut squash)

11 more weeks to go!

You had a checkup this week, and are doing just fine.  

You get to have a sonogram next week again, because you were uncooperative last time and they couldn't get a good picture of your spine.  (you were all curled up so cuddly, and apparently had no intention of moving out of that position).  It was there in your anatomy scan....and last time I checked, those things don't just disappear.  Maybe you just like your photo taken :)

We hope you all have a wonderful Christmas and a blessed New Year!  We are definitely looking forward to what 2014 has in store for us :) 

Love, 

Jay, Jenna & Baby Girl Corbie

Week 28 - The Eggplant & a Snow Storm

Happy 3rd Trimester!  Wahoo!  12 more weeks to go! You are the size of an eggplant, babe! You are growin' like a lil weed and weighing in at a little over 2 lbs.  You are starting to work on all the finishing touches, getting ready for your big arrival.   I just read that I can look forward to lack of sleep in the next 12 weeks....oh yay.   

We received a few gifts for the babe this week.  (And so it begins!)  She will be ready for bath time in this cute little bath & water thermometer  :)  Thank you to the Westfall/Woods!

We also received a Christmas gift for the babe from the Chamberlin's.  Yay for extremely adorable girly clothes/accessories!  The cupcake pacifier clip is so appropriate.  She is going to love it!

Other than that, I am relaxin indoors due to the first real ice/snow storm of the season.  Jay got out and got in touch with his inner child today by going sledding.  (I'm just happy he came back in one piece.)  We have finished up some Christmas gifts, cleaned up the house, and are almost all ready for the holidays.  We are excited for Christmas next week, and New Years the following week!  

Time is flying!  Only about 80 more days until we get to officially meet our Baby Corbie!

Love, 

Jay, Jenna and Baby Girl Corbie

Week 27 - What the heck is a rutabaga!?

So, it's week 27.  Happy "last week of second trimester", Babe!  

You are the size of a rutabaga, and honestly, I had no idea what that was...So, I googled it.  (I feel like if we are going to use fruit and vegtables for reference, they should stick to common ones, that people have actually heard of). At any rate, after limited google research, I still know nothing about a rutabaga except it grows in the ground, and it like a cross between a turnip and cabbage.  I got a second opinion at parents.com for a week-by week fruit comparison, that says you should be the size of cauliflower, which I thought was a vegetable, but what do I know.  Moving on...

We had our last monthly appointment Tuesday.  It's every two weeks now!  Babe gave us a bit of a scare, because while the doctor was checking everything, I was told my belly was measuring small.  We had to go in the next day for a sonogram, to make sure Babe was still growing ok.  Ugh.  Given everything I had going on at work, and then that....to say I was overwhelmed was an understatement.  

So Wednesday, we went in for a sonogram.  *side note: when they show those ladies, all happy to be getting a sonogram, that is a load of bull.  What they forget to mention is the fact that you feel like you are going to wet yourself, because you have had to, what feels like, drink your weight in water for the hour and a half prior to that.  Then you get to have some sonogram tech test your bladder by pushing on your belly for 15-30 min.  Ok, rant over :D *.  Good news is that she is growing just fine!  She is in the 50th percentile and weighs 2 lbs.  Apparently she is just a big fan of curling up in a ball, because she had a lot of space in there and she wasn't really using 1/2 of it.  

One positive of another sonogram, is that we got to confirm that she is still a "she". That should put to rest some of my dreams about having a boy that only has pink stuff to wear :). That's also good news given that we received some pretty great items in the mail today.  How cute are these!?!

Her closet is slowly starting to fill up!  Won't be long and she will be putting all those threads and accessories to use :)

Love,

Jason, Jenna & Baby girl Corbie

Week 26 - Lettuce & Nesting?

Babe, this week you are the size of a head of lettuce.  You are weighing in at a whopping 1.5 - 2.5 lbs.  And besides messing with your mother's bladder, you have been busy growing eyelashes.  You're probably going to need those to get your dad to do whatever you want ;)  Keep up the good work!

I have been completely exhausted this week.  Completely.  ( like "it's 5'oclock on Sunday and I'm considering going to bed" kind of exhausted)  After a crazy work week (which seems to be happening a lot lately), all I wanted to do this weekend was lay around.  I think my average time to get home this whole week was 7:30, which doesn't leave much time to do anything else.

And then I woke up Saturday, and noticed how the housework had been neglected all...week....long.  And I had a cake to decorate.  So laying around wasn't really an option.  Jay came home for lunch and was apparently feeling brave enough to ask "are you nesting?"  I think I muttered something like "I will cut you" under my breath and then proceed to say something like "it's called cleaning, I'd love to introduce you to it" :)
We took some pictures today, so that we could send out some Christmas cards.  We just happened to pick one of the coldest days so far.  (Figures.)  Annnnddd..... it's really icy out.  (double bonus!)  But, besides being cold and a little slick, we managed to get a few good pics.  While I will wait to post some of our photos until after we get our cards sent out, I did want to post one.  During our photo shoot, Jay wanted to compare bellies.  And, since he thinks he is soooo funny, I'm willing to show my sense of humor as well...    

Love, 

Jay, Jenna & Baby Girl Corbie

Week 25 - Cauliflower meets Turkey Day

Oh babe!  You have had such a busy week.  It's a good thing you are still an internal co-pilot, because lugging you around has been no big deal ;) At this point, the only thing I'm trying to figure out is...How is it almost December!?!  

Here is a recap of your week:

• Thanksgiving trip to Hays, Ellinwood and GB.  You got to see all your Grandparents, and some of your other family members you will get to meet in a few short months.  You even stopped by the hospital to cheer up Fr. Chuck.

• Black Friday shopping.  Now, your Mom is not crazy enough to head to the stores and have people ram into you with their carts, oh no.  We stick to online.  You even helped your "sisters", Benjamin and Otis, submit their Christmas list to Santa.  (They want a new bed. They must have been really jealous of the bed you got). We did managed to get some really great deals online.  You are already a little shopper in training! 

• Christmas decorating.  You helped put up our Jayhawk Christmas tree this week.  You also helped decorate your Grandma and Grandpas house.  Such a little helper you are ;)  Here is some of your handiwork:  

(Don't worry, you will get to see the Jayhawk tree in person, unless you wait until April to come, which then means...you're grounded)

• Today we opened you a savings account.  It's never to early to start saving your dollars, Baby Corbie.  Your Great Gram made your very first deposit as her shower gift to you.  Your Dad and I decided to match it, so you could start earning interest.  Your Grandma Kathy thought she might get to learn your name when we opened you an account, but she was wrong :)  It gets to remain our little secret...

•You witnessed your first Jayhawk loss of the season.  (That's why you were hearing your mom yell and jump around. Don't worry, you will get used to that ;) ) Maybe they just got that out of their system, or at least we hope so.

Tomorrow we head back home to finish up decorating and enjoying the rest of our break.  Happy Thanksgiving week!

Love, 

Jay, Jenna and Baby Girl Corbie

Week 24 - Cakes and a Cantaloupe

This has by far been my busiest cake month in a while.  I have spent a decent amount of my free time baking away, and this week was no different.  After this week, I only have some cookies to bake for Thanksgiving.  I'm definitely looking forward to having some down time and some time away from work (Next week it's...."Helloooo 4 day weekend!")

On Monday, we finished up our baby registry.  It was actually pretty fun, and I think Jay had a good time scanning away.  Apparently, Jay thinks that all babies need are bibs and bath toys.  We ended up with like 30 bibs....needless to say, I went back and removed a few of those.  Maybe he is just trying to help us avoid laundry?!

Speaking of registry, I did something real dumb on Monday.  After coming home from Babies 'R Us, I was reviewing our two registries, making sure I didn't want to adjust anything.  Well I was trying to remove one item from our Target registry (just one) and I deleted the whole. darn. thing.  Who does that?! Well, apparently I do.  And then for the next 2 hours, I got to rebuild it (while I would randomly say "Hey Jay, remember when I deleted our registry..........ugh").   I'm looking at it this way, if it made it back on there a second time, I must really want it :)

Also, Jay has apparently caught the baby shopping bug.  We went to lunch and he surprised me with his first baby girl purchase.   How cute is this?!?!  (side note: we are in major trouble because I have a feeling Dad is going to be an easy tap)

Other than that, Babe has really been moving around.  Mostly when I lay down to sleep.  Jay has felt her a couple times, and I'm waiting for her to kick Benjamin or Otis, because I think it's going to be hilarious.  I have been very fortunate not to be experiencing any "fun" side effects like swollen feet, aching back or leg cramps.  And, if we could just keep it that way, I would be okay with that :)  112-ish days to go!

Love,

Jay, Jenna and Baby Girl Corbie

Week 23 - The Grapefruit & Game Time

Welcome to Week 23!  Quite honestly, the time has gone by pretty fast (well besides the morning/all day sickness.  That felt like a lifetime)  I can't believe in less than 4 months we will have a precious baby girl on our hands.  Big sisters, Benjamin & Otis, have no idea what is coming for them :)  We may need to work on baby acceptance over the next 17 weeks, lol.

We visited the doctor this week and baby girl is doing just perfect!  She should be around 1 1/4 lbs and about the size of a grapefruit.  Next time we go to the doctor I have to do the glucose test, which I am not really looking forward to.  

Other news, a big event happened this week....Jay finally felt baby Corbie kick!  His argument that "she stops anytime I try to feel her" is no longer valid.  His response was "good grief, what the heck is she doing in there!?"  lol.  Thanks baby girl, I was tired of your father pouting :)

Let's talk about one of my major struggles with having a girl....I want to buy everything in site.  I see bows, ruffles, ribbons, jeggins, baby sperrys...and I have a sudden urge to spend.  (not that I have, but that urge is definitely there)  I already have a shopping problem, and this is merely amplifying that.  I feel like since its a girl, this is probably a little more enhanced.  Girl stuff is oh. so. cute.  She may need a bigger closet, lol.

As far as baby projects go, I have started working on the ruffled crib skirt.  Grandma has finished working on bumper pads, and my mom has picked up the fabric for a quilt.  Won't be long and all the pieces for the nursery will all come together.

And since basketball season has officially begun, here is what our new countdown looks like!  Rock Chalk!

Love,
Jay, Jenna & Baby Girl Corbie

Week 22 - The Wardrobe of a Pregger

We have officially made it to the 5 month mark!  Wahoo!  Four more months and this little karate kid will be making her big debut.  I am anticipating this last 4 months will probably fly by, with Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years, etc.  (It always seems that time of year goes by quick anyways, but I'm sure this year I will enjoy some of the distractions, even more.)

Not a lot of excitement this week.  I have been extremely busy at work and making cakes.  I had a new employee start Monday, in the middle of my month end close, which in turn means I work until 6:30-7 each night.  (I'll be excited when that's over!)  This next week I have our quarterly sales meeting, so I'm sure it will be more of the same.  

So since this week has been kinda boring, I have decided to share my pregger wardrobe.  I have spoke before of my distaste for maternity threads, and I have worked really hard to come up with some outfits that work with my style. I have been dressing up everyday, and almost everyday I hear "they never had cute maternity clothes like that when I was pregnant."  Let me help, they still don't.  I had to really search and scour my closet, the internet, and stores to find a few items I could wear.... and would consider wearing.  

Behold, my pregger finds....

Top: Buckle

Leggins: Gordmans

Boots: Target

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Scarf: Maurices

Cardigan: Target

Leggins: Gordmans

Boots: Macy's

Top: Motherhood

Scarf: Target

Leggins: Gordmans

Boots: Macys

Accessories: Buckle

Top: Motherhood

Cardigan: Gordmans

Leggins: Gordmans

Boots: Maurices

Necklace: Buckle

Top: Forever21

Pants: Kohls

Boots: Target

Top: Pink Blush

Leggins: Gordmans

Boots: Maurices

Accessories: Forever Yours & Forever21

Tank: Motherhood

Sweater: Gordmans

Vest: Buckle

Pants: Kohls

Accessories: Forever Yours

Top: Forever21

Leggins: Gordmans

Boots: Maurices

Necklace: Buckle

Top: Pink Blush

Leggins: Gordmans

Boots: Target

Scarf: Rue21

Top: Forever21

Cardigan: Gordmans

Jeans: Pink Blush

Shoes: Charlotte Russe

And we can't forget...my lovely stylists.  They love accessories and shoes.

Love,
Jay, Jenna and Baby Girl Corbie

Week 21 - Painting & a Pomegranate

Happy 21 weeks, baby girl!  You are about the size of a pomegranate, and are a lady on the move every night when I lay down.  You have only hurt your father's feelings a couple of times, because you stop kicking when he comes to check it out.  I have to remind him that you will continue for the next 19 weeks, and you are not quite a black belt, yet.  :)

So, we have been doing a lot of work lately on the nursery, getting it all decked out for a baby girl.  (Because every princess needs a princess pad, right?!?)

I will admit, room decorating is one of my most favorite things, because I get to tap into my creative side.  I love planning, painting, mixing patterns, sewing....love. it. I mean....I was really looking forward to this extreme makeover - nursery edition.  I did a lot of researching, planning, pinteresting, and....convincing Jay.

One of the few things I had to convince Jay of was....stripes...horizontal stripes.  Now, I will say that Jay is usually very good about letting me work my "decorative magic".  Maybe he has learned over the last seven years that it's not worth the struggle, or maybe he is just a guy and doesn't care.  At any rate, these stripes were not something that he was signing up for.

Up until the stripes, this was quite possibly the easiest approval processes ever.  I asked to purchase and overstuffed glider...."sure".  I asked to get the crib I liked...."if that's the one you like, I'm good with it".  I even asked to paint the closet pink...."ok". But when it came down to those little horizontal stripes..."no, heck no".  I even tried batting my eyelashes....and still....."no".

I don't know what made Jay finally change his mind, but after 4+ weeks, he caved.  And while the nursery is still a work in progress, here are a few photos of our striping process.  (I know it's hard to tell, but we did a light gray, with a shade darker for stripes)

Here are Jay and Otis, hard at work:

Beautiful!  More pictures to come as we continue making progress on a pad fit for a princess!

Love,
Jay, Jenna and Baby Girl Corbie

Week 20 - The Closet Makeover at Halfway Point

Halfway there folks!  20-ish weeks left until we meet our little lady!

So I know I have said it before, but I have avoided maternity clothes like the plague.  I'm pretty sure most pregnant women have felt my pain.  When you aren't exactly feeling like a Victoria Secret model, however you aren't yet "large and in charge", the last thing you want is stretchy, belted maternity tents & pants.

And, I have had a few females tell me...."Oh, maternity clothes are so cute" or "They are always cuter when I'm not pregnant".  Let me clear this up in case there is any confusion, lol:  Maternity clothes will always be cuter when you don't have wear them.  When your body starts expanding in to unknown territories, something in your brain flips, and you won't feel the same that you once did.  The same outfit that was "oh so cute for her bump" suddenly because "frumpy and oh so unflattering".

I also have a problem with the cost of these items of clothing.  *uh, I don't really want to wear these anyways, so please tell me why I would want to spend $40 per shirt*  It can honestly be a longer than normal tank and the price will go from $12 in a normal store to $30 because it was all of a sudden found in the maternity section.  It's like buying $4.00/gallon fuel...

So, since I work in an office that requires you to wear company shirts if you want to wear jeans, I started to do some browsing.  (I knew my small work polos' time was ticking.) I found some really great deals on items that aren't that bad (not great, but not that bad).  I have to wear business casual 4 days a week and I can wear jeans come Friday.  After extensive research, I broke down and purchased items from: Pink Blush, Motherhood Store, and Kohls.  I managed to get 5 tanks, 2 shirts, 3 cardigans, 2 pairs of jeans, 1 pair of black pants and 3 tunics.  I think I ended up spending $350, and that may seem like a lot, but do some browsing and you will see how quickly it adds up.

So I'm set!  I ordered mostly size medium which should last me the rest of the way (some are really big on me).  I'm slowly starting to accept the idea of this change in my wardrobe options :)  Check out one of my outfits below!

Week 19 (con't) - Miss or Mister....

It's the moment that most of you have been waiting for :)

Week 19 means sonogram, so Tuesday morning we headed over to the doctor.  Our appointment was at 9, so after chugging 32 oz of water in one hour as requested, let's just say my bladder was definitely full.  And to make matters worse, my OB was getting ready to head over to a delivery, so I had to have my checkup BEFORE my sono .  (Which was like my worst full bladder nightmare,lol). Her first question to me was "How are you feeling!?"  And my quick response was "I have to pee".

So she checked the heartbeat, and then confirmed that we would be finding out the gender.  (Um... Of course!!!  I'm dying to know!!!). She gave her guess based on the heartbeat: a girl.  She told us she would be excited to come back after her delivery to find out if she was right.

So I finally reach my sonogram, which was about 30-45 minutes after I thought I would get to have it.  Got set up, and we were good to go.  

Now, I will say this, I knew the gender before the tech told us.  She went to take a picture of its thigh bone for some measurement, and the goods are pretty much in the same general vacinity.  (A lot of my friends have babes, not the first sonogram I have seen).  I didn't say anything...and the tech kept measuring away. She finally got to the gender, and.....

"IT'S A GIRL!!!!!!!!!!!"

I was so excited!  I can't wait to sew up some ruffles, lace and fru-fru.  ACTUALLY, I'm most excited about buying a baby bikini, but those are a little hard to find right now.  

We sent/delivered our news to our close family & friends.  (Actually, that is the reason for the delay in this post...we had to make sure they got them!). We put pink baby themed confetti into a card I made, that on the front said "It's a....", and in the inside we wrote "GIRL".  (I made up the cards a couple weeks or so ago, and had purchased both pink and blue confetti and pens, so we could adjust based on what we discovered at the sono.  Everyone was so surprised!

So....Let the shopping begin!! (And wish our checking account some luck, because it's going to need it!)

Love, 

Jay, Jenna & Baby Girl Corbie

Week 19 - Miss or Mister....

It's a.......

Week 18 - The Predictions

With only about a week left before we find out if Baby Corbie is a Lil Lady vs a Lil Guy, we decided to do something fun.  There are only about a million and half predictors out there to "determine" whether your baby is a girl or boy, so we decided to put them to the test.  With our overwhelming findings, we are either about to prove all them old wives right, or very, very wrong.  

Now, time to clarify the "ties".  I'm not really showing that much, so it's a little hard to determine if my little bump is high or low.  Grandma Corbett even said just yesterday, that she was going to take a pregnant photo of me, but I'm not showing enough.  (We have postponed the photo for a little while.)  Also, on the dad's weight predictor, I don't make Jay weigh in, so we have no idea if he has packed it on or not.  I would go ahead and say he has stayed the same.  Due to the physical activity required with his job, and apparently an amazing metabolism, it's pretty rare for him to pack it on.  Therefore, we have gone neutral and called it a tie.

I also have a predictor board going at work, which has proven to be less overwhelming in one gender's favor:

I need to take a new picture, because I have had a few more people submit guesses.  I think my current count is 16 (girl) vs 16 (boy).

*Notice how the "x2" is crossed out. My GM at work (who has twin boys) rather than place his guess, was convinced I was going to have twins.  Once it was determined that I was not, I politely crossed through his "x2" as not to mislead and future predictors, lol.*

About 8 more days, and we shall know!!!  (Jay says that may be the time that he may have to start looking for a 2nd and 3rd job)

Love,
Jay, Jenna and Baby Corbie

Week 17 - The Obstacles & an Onion

Let me just start by saying this last week has been a struggle, already.  Jay and I are apparently in a competition - Who can visit the most doctors in a 30 day time span.  Now, I would have a leg up because I have to visit the OB once a month, however I would prefer that Jay stop trying to win (and I'm sure our checking account would prefer that, as well).  In the last month we have, between the two of us:  6 visits to the Dentist, 1 trip to the ER, 1 trip to Urgent Care, 1 trip to the Eye Doctor, and 1 visit to the OB.  (And 5 of those have happened just in the last week)  That honestly is more visits to medical facilities than I have had in the last 5 years, combined.  At this point I'm at the "something has to give" point.  Enough is enough.  I can handle the OB, but this other stuff has to go.

Ok, on to more exciting baby items.  We have narrowed our name list down to 2 girls, 1 boy.  I don't know why the girl side is such a struggle for us.  We had our boy name figured out after like 10 minutes of searching.   Girls on the other hand, I have looked through approximately 4,000 names.  Not that I don't like the ones we have on our list, I just keep looking, maybe because I'm hoping one will come to us as easy as it did for the boy name. 

With that said, 14 more days and we will hopefully know if we have a lil lady or lil man.  We have decided how we are going to share our gender news!  So excited to do that, I think it will be really fun for everyone. 

Other than that, I haven't felt any kicks yet, but I'm told they are coming :)  No real change in mood or how I'm feeling, still feeling pretty good.  I haven't got to the "I feel huge" stage yet.   My OB thinks that at week 21 I will see a growth spurt. We will see if she's right :)  And, actually I have only gained about 4-5 lbs.  I'm surprised it's not more, considering I couldn't workout for like six weeks.  But like I said, feeling a lot better lately.  I was able to workout yesterday for 30 minutes, and hopefully can make it a couple more times this week.

Other than that, I have some wedding cupcakes to make for this weekend, and some of our friends are getting hitched.  So it should be fun to celebrate with them! 

Here is my 17 week photo!

 

 

Love,

Jay, Jenna & Baby Corbie

Week 16 - The Surprise Photos

Let me just start this post by saying that our OB doctor is awesome.  She is so fun, and completely down to earth (and a side note, she looks like a freaking supermodel).  I'm so happy that we ended up with her, which was completely by chance might I add.  If any of you are in the Wichita area and need an OB, get with me :)

So Monday, we had our monthly appointment.  I honestly wasn't sure what we would be doing, if anything.  My guess is taking all the important health stuff, bloodpressure, weight, etc and then hearing the heartbeat.  We got to hear the heartbeat at 12 weeks, but I knew the sonogram wasn't until around 19 weeks.

So we go in, and the doctor asks how I was feeling, and I was excited to report that for the first time I was feeling great!  YAY!  She then asked if we had any questions, like always and then went to find the heartbeat.  She searched around a bit and almost couldn't find it and then she found it. I believe it said 145. 

We were asked last time we had an appointment if we wanted to do any of the pregnancy tests.  Our doctor said if the insurance would cover it, it would allow us to get a sonogram earlier.  Well, we opted out for a couple reasons.  1. I would have to contact insurance and get it scheduled (if they would cover it) and 2. I don't want to worry if the tests come back that something could be wrong.  So we decided we would wait until 19 weeks.

Well, in searching for the heartbeat she asked us about that test, just to make sure her receptionist had gotten back with me.  And right as she was about done listening for the heartbeat she says "why don't we just go ahead and hook you up to the sonogram machine.  The sono techs don't work Mondays, and while I won't be able to tell you the gender yet, I'm not an idiot, I can run that thing"  I think she was just wanting to have some fun, but that means we got to catch our first glimpse at Baby Corbie.

She walked us down there, turned on the machine (after searching for a minute for the correct button) and then we got to see this....

 

She asked Jay if he had an iPhone because they take really good pictures.  We got to take our own photos and video.  She was making me laugh because she was like "Now, when you come in for your real sono, don't be telling them 'When Dr. Taylor did my sono...'" or "They have to know it's me messing with their equipment, but maybe they think its some of the pregnant ladies in the office"  lol.  Oh and she also informed us that there is only one babe. (which was one of my biggest fears) Dr showed us it's knee, foot, heart and I believe in the picture above it was sucking it's thumb. We finished up and she gave us our paper to schedule our real sono, then she said she had to get rid of all the evidence that she had been playing with their equipment.   Like I said, she's hilarious.

 

Now at the next appointment, we get to find out Baby Corbie's gender.  I am soooo looking forward to that.   We are searching for something fun to do to announce the gender.  I have a few ideas, but we have about 2.5 weeks to work out the details.  Here's to getting my creative juices flowing.

 

Love,

Jay, Jenna & Baby Corbie 

Week 15 - The Upswing & an Apple

Why, hello 2nd week of 2nd Tri :)  Let's talk about the things I am greatful for.  1.  Feeling better  2. Feeling better  3. Exercise.  (and yes, it's listed twice because it's that important :) )  It's been 7 days since I have felt sick, and I am loving it.  It makes it so much easier to participate in life.  Other than that, I have been able to avoid maternity clothes so far (I think I have only gained maybe 3lbs?!?).  That is the part I am least looking forward to.  I have seen a few and they are just not my style, so I am pretty much trying to avoid it at all costs, lol.  Wish me luck.

We celebrated my dad's 60th birthday this weekend.  Dinner and a quick trip to the casino.  Unfortunately, when baby Corbie and I combine our luck, we are still unlucky when it comes to gambling.  My mother was the only big winner for the evening, and Jay was definitely the quickest loser.  (I think it only took him, what seemed like, 45 minutes to lose all his gambling dollas)  Oh well, we had fun!

We started our gender tally this week, and at work there has been talk of a birth-day pool.  So far we have 20 guesses and an even amount of girl/boy guesses. Votes are still pouring in though :)  Place your bets, folks!  We should get to find out in about a month (and hopefully they cooperate!)

I have an audit this week at work, boooo.  However, this weekend Baby Corbie will attend it's first Royals game.  Probably the first of a lot (only because I know who is fathering this child, lol)  Here's to hoping my work week goes quickly!  We are pretty excited to get to hang with our friends and enjoy a good 'ol ballgame, so bring on that weekend!!!

Other exciting news, while we are in KC we are going to pick out our glider for the nursery.  Yay!  First piece of furniture to make it's way in!  I'm sure it won't be long before I am talking about how there is no more room in the nursery.  

Love,
Jay, Jenna & Baby Corbie

Week 14 - The Concert

Hey all!  

Happy 14 weeks!  I have been hoping and hoping that this day would come so this baby illness would leave me for good.  I had some rough days at the beginning of the week but have felt pretty good since.  Let the trend continue!  

So, this week baby Corbie attended his/her first concert.  Front row seats to Luke Bryan.  Not a bad way to start your concert attending career Baby Corbie, not bad at all :).  There was a point during the concert where Luke asked "Where my baby at!?!"   Of course I let him know I was carrying it and he/she will be here in a few months. (You just can't rush growing a human, Luke.)  Jk!

Here are a few pictures from the concert.

 

Love, 

Jay, Jenna, and Baby Corbie

Baby Jay and Jenna

Just a couple fun photos of us as youngins', and maybe a preview of what baby Corbie may look like come March.  For your viewing pleasure:

Baby Jenna

And toddler Jay (for lack of an easily accessible baby photo, we have chosen toddler Jay). 

Have a great Friday!

Jay, Jenna and "baby Corbie"

Week 13 - Popsicles and a Pea Pod

I started this week, feeling like its my life's ambition to live off of popsicles and slushes.  I spent the better part of two days, doing just that.  And then something amazing happened.....drum roll please.....(yes this is a huge drum roll moment!)........I was able to work out two days in a row!  Little victories, people!  Now, I don't want to jinx myself, but i'm hoping this morning sickness nonsense has left the building. (The closer I get to being out of the first trimester, I keep telling myself it just has to!)

Other baby related items, Jay and I have been browsing Pinterest searching ideas for baby rooms.  We have finally settled on colors for a nursery, one boy and one girl.  (not because we are expecting twins, but because baby Corbie's gender is yet to be determined)  The reason I use "finally" is surprisingly, Jay is a very tough customer when it comes to picking out stuff if we were to have a boy.  I felt like I showed him a million pictures, and he very quickly turned down on 99% of them.  "Too girlie", "I don't like that teal".  It really was a struggle.  On the girl side, the very first girl nursery I showed him, he agreed to.  Figures.

We are still narrowing down names.  We have 2 boy names and 4 girl names as of right now.  We are not sharing names until baby Corbie makes his/her grand entrance, so we have a bit to figure it all out.  We want the name to be a surprise for everyone!  AND, if we decide on a name, we don't want someone to steal it.  If they do it on accident, I can forgive that :)   (And who knows, by then we may find many other names we love :) )

That's all for now! Until next time,

Jay, Jenna and "Baby Corbie"

First Purchase: Hippo

Today, we received in our very first "Baby Corbie"purchase.  (The first of probably hundreds, lol). Ladies and gentleman:  Hippo.

One of my favorite movies of all time is Raising Hellen.  If you are not familiar with that movie, Abigail Breslin's character has a stuffed animal named "Hippo". And, one of my favorite parts of that entire movie is Hippo's Birthday.  Makes my heart smile.  Check it out :)

http://youtu.be/doEckSp9F5A

Now we have our very own Hippo!

Until next time!

Jay, Jenna and "Baby Corbie"

Week 12 - Expect the Unexpected

So I'm going to go ahead and combine some items from week 11 with week 12. Since week 11 was so eventful, I guess it can share :)

We got our carpet in last week and almost have the house back together.  We cleaned out the guest room which will become a nursery. So really we just have a few items to find new homes for and everything will be good to go.  

My brother has an interview in KS this week, yay!  So since the company flew him in to interview, he surprised my mom and dad with a visit.  They were so surprised!  We drove down here to see him as well.  

Which leads me to the last (hopefully last) surprise of the week, Jay had to have a root canal Saturday before we made our trip to GB.  Surprise!  After not sleeping for like 2 days, we found a dentist on a Saturday.  So after icing it all Saturday and Sunday, the swelling just would not go down. On Sunday, we got to make a trip to urgent care, just to be on the safe side.  A prescription later, we headed home to Wichita.  Well....things started to take a turn for the worse.  An ER visit, 2 trips to the dentist and 4 prescriptions later, we are finally on the mend.  I was really starting to wonder after the 4th visit to a medical facility...

Which leads me to today.  We made our way back to the doctor to hear the heartbeat.  Everything is looking great!  The heartbeat was a healthy 161.  We will go back in 4 weeks, then about 2 weeks after that, we will get to determine if Baby Corbie is a baby boy or girl!  Based on what they told us today, we should be finding out somewhere between Oct 7-15th.  At this point, my guess is girl, Jay's guess is boy.  (For the record, Jay's first response was boy because "he was choosing the opposite".  Who knows what his real hunch is, I guess one of us will be right :) )

So, today the surprise isn't on us (thank goodness), but for everyone else.  It's finally time to share our news!  Thanks to Shanadi for swinging by to snap a couple shots!

Love,
Jay, Jenna and Baby Corbie

Week 11 - Bonjour!

Hello, hello!

Welp, week 11...and unfortunately it's the same as the weeks past. I do pretty good for a couple days and then I have a couple bad days.  Oh well, i'll just keep my eye on the prize.

On unrelated baby news, I have started learning French.  (thanks Kels!)  Why French?  Well, at work we do business in Canada...and in Quebec, they refuse to speak English.  (Which makes it a pain to send them money for taxes, or ask questions about taxes)  So, why not?!  Due to my previous experience with learning Spanish, it's actually been pretty easy so far.  

Also, unrelated baby news, we got new carpet this week.  Which ultimately means we get to move out, and then move back in within two days.  It looks fantastic though, and I can actually vacuum it without struggle.  It's the little things in life.  That also created a perfect opportunity to clean out a guest room for a new babe. :)  Can't wait to start with nursery decor!

Other than that, same 'ole around here.  Next Monday is doctor time, then we can share our news with everyone!  yay!

Week 10 - Double Digits

Double digits, folks.... 10 weeks!  Which means 2 more weeks until we head back to the doctor! (And get to share our news with everyone!!)

We have some really greats friends that have helped us celebrate our great news over the last couple weeks.  My friend Tara has hooked a girl up!  This product was highly recommended by her friends, who swear by it.  This little miracle in a bottle is sure to help me snap back into my beach bod, post-babe! (Well that...and a few hundred hours in the gym) I started using this a couple of days ago, and I have to say... It's pretty great, very relaxing.  Thanks, Tara!

On to other news, I finally felt good enough to make my way to the gym.  Yay!  I have really missed it.  I feel a lot better about myself after I go, even if its just for 30 minutes.  I have had a ton more energy this evening, as well.  Everyone says your pregnancy and delivery goes a lot smoother for those who exercise during their pregnancy.  My morning sickness had limited me from making it over the last 4 weeks (let's be real, nausea and moving don't mix)  Here's to hoping I can go again tomorrow.

I have a busy weekend planned, with trips to Argonia, GB, Hays and some pictures potentially on Sunday.  Wish me luck!

Love, 

Jay, Jenna and Baby Corbie

Week 9 - Sick, but not sick

Week 9 got off to a wonderful start, morning sickness.  At this point I shouldn't be surprised really, but just as I thought it might be leaving me, it just HAD to prove me wrong.  It was the first time that it was bad enough to keep me from work.  So I got the joy of working from my bed (which can be more work than working from my desk).  If I thought I could have moved around without revealing the inner workings of my stomach, I would have made my way in.  Oooooohhhhh the joys.

So made my way back to work on Tuesday.  Of course everyone thinks I'm carrying something contagious.  (No guys, you can't catch morning sickness, calm down, lol)  I feel a million times better than I did on Monday.  Thank goodness.  Hopefully I have got that all out my system for the week.

We head back to the doctor in 20 days to hear the heartbeat!  yay!

Love,
Jay, Jenna and Baby Corbie