Growing With The Griswolds: November 2011

Holy Moly, I can't believe I haven't written in 10 weeks! Yikes. :/ Well I'll be 26 wks in 2 days. So much has happened I will just recap on what's been going on. @ exactly 17 wks and 2 days my throwing up 4-6x a day totally stopped. It literally just vanished and I've been puke free ever since. Hooray!! So from 7 wks to 17 wks I roughly threw up 280 times. :) Go figure once I stopped throwing up I finally started gaining weight. I'm allowed to gain 20 lbs and with Halloween just passing I ate a butt ton of candy and gained 5lbs in 1 week. No bueno. I started walking 2 miles a day a few days ago and have lost 2 of those lbs. I currently have gained a total of 13 lbs this pregnancy. I started following my nutritionists diet again to keep my weight maintained for the remainder of the pregnancy. Hope I can stick to it. Let's see...Me and Mike had our 7 year wedding anniversary Sept 10th. It was great, we went to Tampa and had dinner and watched Fright Night in the theater. Thankful to say so far the '7 year itch' has had no effect on us. If it's one thing he never fails to do it's make me feel loved. I feel so blessed to have a husband who gives me a ton of hugs and kisses a day and says the sweetest things. We've been through so much together and I can't wait to add our little addition to our family. He will be an amazing father. Which by the way, we're having a GIRL! lol. We found out @ 17 wks. We went to the 3D/4D U/S place and it was awesome. At first I was in shock since I was so sure we were having a boy. I almost didn't want to believe I was wrong. I had a gut feeling it was a boy. lol. That same day DH wanted to get our baby girl some outfits and after our day of shopping for the cutest stuff, it set in and I couldn't have been happier to have a little girl. BTW, her name is Mia Faith. On Oct 4th I felt her move for the first time. I was 21 wks and 2 days. Ever since she's just been kicking the crap out of me. lol. and I LOVE it. Every time she moves in there I just smile. Hmm what else....Oh yes, I'm finished with her nursery! Well I'm just waiting on a wall decal but other than that it's all done. Once the wall decal comes in I'll post pics. We've been rearranging furniture like crazy and trying to get things organized before Mia comes. 14 more weeks! SQUEE!! On a sad note, last Friday we gave Acacia away. She was too aggressive towards kids and strangers and we couldn't risk Mia's safety. It was the hardest thing I've ever had to do. We've had her since she was 8 wks old, and her bday just passed on the 17th and she turned 5. Even though she was aggressive towards others, she was an ABSOLUTE sweetheart to me. We had the biggest bond. She followed me everywhere and was always in protector mode. She was by far my favorite pet I've ever had. She went to an amazing home. It's an 85 acre farm and the owner loves Shepherds. She'll have plenty of room to run and play and they have an obstacle course for the dogs. The owner is also hiring a behavioral specialist to train her shepherds and turn them into working dogs like search and rescue or cancer sniffing. I've been crying everyday but I know it's for the best. It's been so much easier with just the 2 other dogs. Less stress on me and the baby. Not to mention the other 2 would never harm Mia. I can't think of anything else to update. Hopefully my entries won't be as sporadic, that way they won't be a novel. lol. TTFN! Here's some updated pics too. :)

It's a girl!