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The Bump

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I know that yesterday when I announced that I’m pregnant I promised that the blog wouldn’t turn into all-baby-all-the-time.

And it totally won’t.

But your comments yesterday told me that quite a few of you are curious about updates and how things have been, and I’m dying to share now that the news is finally in the open, so I thought today could be a quick post about all things baby so far.

First of all, you should know that the baby’s official nickname for now is “The Monster”. Silly, I know, but Corey referred to it as Monster one day shortly after we found out, and it sort of just stuck. It feels a lot better than referring to it as “it” or “the baby,” so it stays.

(Via Jessica Christine Photography)

I’ll be 14 weeks pregnant tomorrow, which puts us at the very beginning of the second trimester and (thankfully) out of the awful stages of fatigue, nausea, and general I-want-to-die feelings. I’ve been taking photos since week four when we found out, but most of them aren’t really worth looking at since I haven’t gained much weight yet (and I’ve been heavily favoring my baggier clothes).

There are a ton of things I could share about the pregnancy so far, our plans, and just how excited we are, but I want to keep this post short (and not turn it into a novel), so here are a few pregnancy-related-tidbits to tide you guys over until the next update:

– I didn’t have terrible morning sickness, but I was incredibly fatigued and just generally didn’t feel well for several weeks. That’s over now, for the most part, and I’m definitely starting to feel more like myself.

– We’ll find out the gender on August 30th. Unless we decide to get an ultrasound from an independent clinic sooner than that, which we’re considering. We’re impatient!

– We’re still waffling back and forth on when and how we’ll share the gender with everyone, so there may be a bit of a wait before I share whether we’re having a boy Monster or a girl Monster.

– (I think it’s a boy).

– The reading room will be the nursery. That’s been the plan all along, as even when we were turning it into a reading room we were making sure that any decisions we made would work for both a reading room and a future nursery.

– We have tons of plans for the nursery and I can’t wait to get started! We’ve done nothing so far, so don’t worry – you haven’t missed anything yet.

– The photos that we took a few weeks ago with my friend, Jessica, were partially so we could have some good pre-baby photos of us, but mostly so we could get a couple of good “reveal” photos to use to share the news with my parents. We gave my dad one of the photos for Father’s Day and his reaction was pretty priceless. We’re excited to have the photos now, too, because it’s so special to have something like that to capture this time in our lives!

And now you’re all caught up! Any questions? Anyone else expecting?

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  2. Nadine says

    Congratulations! I have followed your blog for quite a while and these are really exciting news! I am 11 weeks so not far behind you – I am all for the bump updates 🙂

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  3. Kathleen says

    Congrats! I’m really looking forward to your updates, I’m 9 weeks along so we are relatively close so it will be fun to read your updates.

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  4. Erica says

    CONGRATULATIONS! 😀 Were you trying for a baby? It really didn’t seem like it from the way you spend your money ahah. Anyways, super excited to follow your journey!

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    • Amanda says

      Thanks! 🙂 Yes, we were trying. I don’t remember posting our bank account statements on the blog, but I can assure you there is no need to worry about our finances.

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  7. kjpugs says

    I VOTE WEEKLY BUMP UPDATES! And only a month (or less) til you know boy or girl, yay! We did an early one and it was SO fun. I can’t wait to hear, I’m thinking boy too. So glad you’re feeling more yourself and still so thrilled!

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  8. Brooke says

    Yay bump photos! I certainly wouldn’t mind seeing them either, your layouts are very cute. I just hit 30 weeks on Monday so we’re down to that final stretch. How did you enjoy cruising while pregnant? Super fun or extra nauseating?

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    • Amanda says

      It was great – I didn’t have any nausea issues at all, and the endless sources of food were awesome, haha

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  10. secret says

    To echo the others, congratulations on your pregnancy and all baby posts are super welcome. I’m about 9 weeks behind you (hence the anonymous comment — just in case), so I’m especially interested in reading more about what’s coming next 🙂

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  11. Katie says

    Yaaay! Congrats, you guys! (Sorry, I’m a day behind in reading the news!) Hope you two are enjoying everything about this exciting time. The bump pics/info are adorable. I strongly support weekly baby updates!

    P.S. I’m having the same problem as Eve — the first and third bump pics aren’t loading.

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  12. Nicole says

    Please post LOTS of baby stuff. I followed you over from weddingbee as well and would love to hear about a baby bee on the way. Best blogs of former bees are the baby ones 🙂

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  14. Eve says

    Congrats! What exciting news!! I (like many others, it seems) wouldn’t mind if the blog became all baby, all the time:-). As an aside-two of the four pictures won’t load for me….I’ve tried two browsers and it is just a white box with a ? in it:-/ (1st and 3rrd bump photos). I want to see them! Hope you’re feeling well:-).

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  15. Alice says

    Long time follower of yours, and I love weekly bump updates! I just had my son 1 week ago so I’m all about baby updates!

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  16. Heather says

    Congrats, how exciting! I’ve been following your blog for a while now – you guys are an adorable couple and so creative. Can’t wait to see what you do with the baby room!

    I’m expecting too in January! (17 weeks right now) enjoy this second trimester, it’s the easiest part 😉

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  17. Nicole says

    Congrats!!!! I followed you over here from Weddingbee, and I am really excited to follow along as you reach this exciting new stage. I agree with Sandi, all baby updates welcome!

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  18. Paula says

    That’s so exciting! I am so excited to read about all baby things. I’m at 33 weeks now, so almost to the finish line! Just working on the nursery and other fun things now. It will get much better for you in the next few weeks! Feeling your monster and really seeing your belly grow! It is so exciting!

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