christmas presents update!

in my christmas blog post i mentioned that mine and jeremy's big christmas presents for each other still werent delivered so we didnt get them in time for christmas.

well, the week after christmas mine came for jeremy. i had someone make him a zelda triforce quilt which he loves! my main present for him though was a NES game cartridge that you can download NES games onto a memory card and insert into the cartridge and play the games on the NES(oppose to switching out cartridge after cartridge). he has been wanting that cart for a long time and it usually is out of stock. actually, when jeremy made his christmas list for me it was out of stock and i happened to get on there one day and saw it was available, so i ordered it for him! =)

around the same time we received a package from my grandparents and they sent us a little stocking for xavier, a precious moments nativity set, cookies, candy canes, and some other little goodies! it was really awesome!! my sister sent us a package as well and included was a couple of onesies for xavier! super cute!!

we recently received a package from afton and got some pretty cool gifts! jeremy got a really nice sony hd camcorder w/case! we were really excited about that for when xavier is born! he also got the game "scribblenauts" for the ds from her and justin! its a pretty fun game. i like it. afton got me a really nice burberry tote, victor & rolf's newest perfume/lotion set, a chi hairdryer, and her and justin got me a really nice charm from tiffany's that says "its a boy". i LOVE all of my gifts and jeremy loves his as well. he had fun playing with the camcorder!

i still havent received my big present from jeremy but i know what it is. it shipped on the 10th of december and still isnt here. jeremy called the place and they said get back to them in a week. so he called again and they said get back to them in 2 weeks. so on the 25th it will be two weeks from when he called. and a month and 2 weeks from when it shipped. its totally lame and shouldnt be taking this long to get here. the only reason i know what it is is because jeremy accidentally slipped yesterday when we were talking about packages. i thought it was cute that he slipped and when he realized it, his face was super cute. =)

that is the rest of our christmas presents. i am currently working on the rest of afton's christmas present i will post pics when it is all done. =)

glucose tolerance test

today i went in for my glucose tolerance test! woohoo! hahaha i couldnt eat or drink anything since midnight last night and that was really hard. this morning i woke up super hungry and couldnt do anything about it. we got to the hospital at 8am. they sent me to the lab to give blood. i came back up and they gave me the bottle of liquid and a cup. the bottle seemed very big compared to what i was told it was going to be by other women that have had this test. so i open that sucker up and poured it into the cup and it wasnt orange(like other women said too) it was purple! it was sorta like prune juice i guess, but probably more gross! and i had to drink over 10 oz of that stuff!! i had to do it within 15 minutes, which i guess was fine, i just swallowed fast and hoped i wouldnt taste it. jeremy kept telling me to just chug it but i didnt want to chug is so fast because i didnt know how it would do with my stomach.

it was no fun sitting there for an hour to pass with nothing to do. jeremy brought his ds and was playing his new zelda game and i forgot to bring a book with me so it was really boring. while we were sitting there we saw a lady that came in and her water broke! her whole pant leg was soaked! it was really weird to see that and think i will be in her shoes in may!

so an hour passed and i went to the lab to get my blood taken. i came back up and jeremy told me there was a guy there with his wife that used to be in the same command as him in washington!! it was so weird. we knew he had been stationed here and i think jeremy has talked to him through email but we havent seen him yet. also, he actually works with our friend chris! and that is weird too!! small world!

another hour finally passed and i went to give my blood for the final time. i came back up and jeremy and i made out next appointment in 3 weeks and we went on our way. when we got home we played a little wii and i was getting very tired and not performing that great so i stopped playing and laid down. jeremy ate lunch then got ready to go to work. after he left i went to bed and slept until 3pm!! that was like a 3 1/2 hr nap! wow. i didnt plan on sleeping that long, but it felt great!

the test really wasnt that bad, i think the worst part was sitting at the hospital and not eating. i just hope i dont have to do one of these again!

the first one of 2010

i woke up this morning to a bunch of snow! it is pretty sunny as well and so its super bright outside and inside! it kind of hurts your eyes to look at it, but you have to since its so beautiful!

on new years eve jeremy and i bought our car! its a '99 silver volkwagen golf! we really like it and its it in super good shape! its a manual, which most cars are here, and it actually has a 5 cylinder engine as oppose to a normal 4, so it makes this little car faster. hehe ive already started planning trips to travel and we would have started this weekend but jeremy has the duty cell phone so he has to stay in the area. so next weekend, we are taking a trip to zurich, switzerland with chris and sandi. its only about 2 hrs away and we are just going for the day but i am super excited! there is a really big zoo there that we are going to go to and there is a lot of shopping and sites to see. so that will be our first trip while we are here. yay!

anyway, back to new years eve. so we got our car, and we came home and i took a nap. when i woke up we just pretty much vegged all day. jeremy played video games, i chatted with people. we watched some of "band of brothers" and then we started watching "the twilight zone". we have the collection and have never watched it. on new years eve at my house for as long as i can remember we always watched the marathon and i really liked that so we watched the first disc, i think it had like 6 episodes. actually i dont think i had ever seen any of those ones. it was cool. after midnight we called some people to wish them a happy new years! it was definitely weird being in 2010 while america was still in 2009. but it was funny to joke around with people. haha i text my dad and told him that i was texting from the future. jeremy was talking with his mom and asked if she was watching "the twilight zone" and she said "how did you know" and he goofed the first time, then called her back and said that he knew because he is from the future! it was funny. anyway, so we snacked a bit and watched some more of the show and then jeremy fell asleep so we went to bed. oh and fireworks had been going off nonstop all day long. and went it came close to midnight you could see fireworks all around! it was pretty cool. people on base were lighting them off too, but not nearly as cool as the off post ones!!!

our new years day was pretty uneventful. jeremy and i woke up and just vegged some more. haha we watched the final parts of "band of brothers" and after that was done we started watching the documentary that was on the bonus disc. jeremy got a call earlier on the duty cell about a red cross message so he was dealing with that while watching the show. we were waiting for the red cross to actually call us to authenticate the message and just as we were dozing off to sleep we got the call. so jeremy had to talk with them, then call the commandant and get everything straightened out. we had to drive to his office and when we were leaving we noticed it was snowing! it was pretty cool! jeremy had to type out a letter for this person and such and so that took us a bit. we got home and jeremy called adam to thank him for the dvds he sent us for christmas and they talked for a while. i made dinner and we ate and then when he got off the phone i called my sister, melanie. i talked with her for a while. when i was off the phone we finished watching the documentary and then played some super mario bros wii until we went to bed. it was a pretty mellow day, but it was nice to just chill.

today we are going to go back on the base that jeremy works and check the mail. there was another package waiting to get picked up and we think it was the other part of adam's gift. then i think we are going to eat at this chinese place that jeremy said was really good. later tonight we are going to see "sherlock holmes"! i am really excited about the movie because we havent been to the movies since the states! i really want some nachos!! =) anyway, so that is our plans for today. there is a lot of snow and i think its supposed to snow again! yay!

things ive noticed

these are just some things ive noticed throughout the pregnancy so far:

*i am not a big fan of chocolate. it gives me a tummy ache.
*my feet hurt, all the time. more recently than in the beginning.
*i think my feet are getting bigger, my flats are now a tight squeeze.
*its getting harder to hug jeremy.
*xavier loves it when i eat, anything.
*i am super emotional.
*i love love LOVE clementines! i cant eat enough.
*i am slowly losing my belly button.
*i cant remember a lot of things sometimes.
*i get really annoyed when i have to get up in the middle of the night to use the bathroom.
*i miss american food.
*i have been wanting sushi a lot!
*i have a lot of dreams and i remember them vividly. a lot of them are super weird and sometimes it wakes me up and i have to realize it was just a dream.

some exciting stuff!!!

yesterday was a really exciting day for me and jeremy! we were watching "band of brothers" and xavier was being a little busy body and so i had jeremy put his hand where i felt him and jeremy felt him too!!!! it was so awesome. the look on jeremy's face was totally priceless and he was really happy. i almost cried! hehee ive been trying to get jeremy to feel him but he can never feel him, so i was just ecstatic that jeremy actually felt him!

today we went in for our 20 week ultrasound. it went really well! she took a lot of measurements of his bones, brain, heart, abdomen, and the heartbeat! which we finally got to hear! it was amazing! we got to see him moving a lot and he was in the breech position so that is why i always feel the kicks low. we saw him moving his mouth, taking a drink. we got to see a profile and a front shot of his face. he looks adorable! the doctor said everything looked good and he was progressing normally! i was really relieved, not that i was worrying or anything, but i was just relieved everything was going good! we did not get any pictures though, which really bummed me out. we are just happy he is doing great! =) oh and ive gained about 9 lbs since our last appointment but im still under my original weight. but im glad im gaining now.

next tuesday i am going in for my glucose tolerance test. that should be fun! hahaa when i go in for that i am going to talk to them about getting a 3d/4d ultrasound done. im not sure if they charge for those but if they do and its not too expensive we will most likely have it done.

let your hearts be light....

so christmas day has come and gone already! wow. it is so weird to even think about next week being 2010 already!

our christmas was really nice. jeremy and i woke up and we opened up our presents for each other. i got him a sweater, assassin's creed II for the xbox 360, zelda: spirit tracks for the ds, where's waldo for the ds, and the complete farside collection books. i have two more presents coming for him and those are his BIG presents. =) he got me a bunch of dvds("the alfred hitchcock collection", "the greatest show on earth", "scaramouche", "the pirate", "meet me in st. louis", and "arsenic and old lace") that i wanted and an owl ornament from the german christmas store and an ornament that was the snowman and rudolph from the classic rudolph movie. my BIG presents from him didnt make it in time either so i still have those coming. before christmas my mom sent us a package of goodies and included was a pair of baby booties for xavier, they are so cute! jenna also sent me a package of things i wanted from the states and got xavier a little onesie! after we opened presents and our stockings jeremy made me waffles and we had that and clementines for breakfast. delicious! then we started watching "meet me in st. louis" but i was falling asleep so we stopped it and i took a nap while jeremy played his new assassin's creed game. i woke up around 1pm and i baked a cake to take to our friends house. i then hopped in the shower and got ready. before we left i called my family to wish them a merry christmas and talked with them for a bit. we got to chris and sandi's house at around 4:30pm and chatted, snacked and played "taboo" for a while. then dinner was done so we ate and watched "elf". after we were done eating we talked for a while and opened up the presents we got for each other. they bought us a cute teddy bear, a blue photo album, another little photo holder, and some blue baby scrapbooking stickers! it was all so awesome!! then we played the new super mario bros wii! it was a lot of fun! i like how you can play with 4 people on that game. i was starting to get tired and so we decided to head home. when we got home from our 2 min walk, i saw that it was 12:30am!! i had no idea it was that late! jeremy called his family and talked with them and then i called some more of mine that i didnt get to talk to earlier. i was so tired that i layed on the couch while jeremy played his game. i think i fell asleep around 2am. jeremy woke me up at around 4 to go to bed. we had a wonderful christmas! =)

today i am 20 weeks pregnant! i am super happy that we are halfway there! xavier is a busy little man! i feel him moving every day and a lot during the day. it is so awesome. jeremy should be able to start feeling him move soon too. maybe in the next couple of weeks. on tuesday we have our BIG ultrasound, which i am super excited about! i am hoping to finally hear xavier's little heartbeat! and im excited to see him moving about for an hour!

next week we are finally buying a car! the woman that is selling it in jeremy's building is finally transferring, which we knew about when we picked the car, but it just seemed like it took forever! anyway, so i am really excited about that! we will finally be able to start traveling and such!

ohhhhh i also forgot to mention that on christmas eve jeremy and i finally got our couch and loveseat that we have been waiting for!! they called on tuesday to tell us something else was in so i called them on wednesday to see if the couch and loveseat were in and they said YES! so jeremy went up there to pay for them so we could definitely have them and on christmas eve he rented a van to bring them home! i was sooo happy! it is so nice to finally have a living room set and we even hung pictures! yay!

all in all we had a very wonderful christmas and i am looking forward to new years!

what a kick!

ever since i started my 16th week i wanted to feel xavier move. well, week 16 is now past and i am in the middle of my 17th week. i was getting a little anxious on feeling him and was trying to figure out if every little move my belly made was him. i was trying to feel for "flutters" or a sensation like goldfish swimming around. that is what i read and heard it would feel like, so that is what i was looking for.

well, yesterday i felt something a little different. it was like actual kicking. very light, more like popping popcorn! at first, i wasnt sure it was him, because it wasnt what was described to me but after thinking about it a bit, im pretty sure it had to be him! it was right after i ate breakfast so he was probably happy that i fed him! hahaha =) i didnt think it was real at first, so now, if i feel him again soon i am going to be super excited and not over analyzing if its him or not!

i am really happy that i felt him move! now it can only get better. i am getting excited for the day that jeremy will be able to feel him too! =)