Tales of a Shopaholic Woman and an Economical Man: 15 Weeks

How far along? 15 weeks
Weight loss/gain? +7 pounds
Maternity clothes? Nope
Stretch Marks? Nope
Sleep? Still sleeping great, about one trip to the bathroom in the middle of the night, not to mention some CRAZY dreams!
Best moment this week? Valentine's day! We did an ultrasound to try to see Lil' O's gender but it was not willing to cooperate! Even still, it was so cool to be able to watch it together! Jason was very amazed how much baby had grown!
Miss Anything? Ugh...same ol same ol!
Movement? Not yet, I'm on the look out but nothing yet
Food Cravings? Chicken, sweets, and popcorn this week, thanks to my fabulous Vday gift! I'm also loving the new chocolate strawberry swirl chocolate I got. No guilt on vday this year!
Anything making you queasy or sick? Steak! I know, I know...who am I?? But I ordered a steak on our valentine's date and spent the whole time being jealous of Jason's crab and lobster stuffed fish...BUT the chocolate creme brulee' for dessert more than made up for it!
Have you started to show yet? Little baby bump which gets much bigger by the end of the day
Gender Prediction? Boy
Labor signs? No
Belly Button in or out? In
Wedding rings on or off? On
Happy or moody most of the time? Super happy! Likely because it's February, my favorite month!
Looking forward to? Baby O cooperating soon to let mom and dad see the gender! We wanna start planning for you and buying you presents!

This week brought on Valentine's Day, hence the festively decorated chalk board! I am trying my best here and hoping my inner artistic person grows and grows! Sooo...the weekly scoop! On Valentine's day we decided we would be real clever and try to find out the gender of our baby...yeah, little O said, "No way guys" So either this baby is completely comfortable or completely shy! I know I am only 15 weeks but I have scanned several friends at 14 weeks and been able to determine their baby's genders and I just knew it would be so easy for us as well. Well, the baby is also in a breech position and just talk to ANY Ultrasound tech and they will tell you that can be an impossible situation at any gestational age. Head down, legs flipped up and wide open is what we were hoping for! Dangit! So on top of a breech baby, our baby also loves to sit cross legged, feet pulled up in between the legs, and occasionally a nice little hand or arm down there in the way. Nine times out of ten all we could see in between were toes or hands...and that's if it was even generous enough to move those legs apart even an inch. So, mom and dad were a little bummed but we still had a great time watching all the movement and taking sweet baby face and feet pictures! Maybe next week! But the best news was that from what I could tell from my little ultrasound eye, the baby looked to be healthy and growing as it should! PTL!

Valentine's day was pretty low key for us, just pasta jacks takeout and TV time at home! Vday was Tuesday but we parlayed our date for Thursday night. We were both off work on Friday and it just seemed to work better. Not to mention the fact that we had a little coupon to use at Loca Luna that would not be accepted on Vday, you know me, always looking for a bargain : ) Loca Luna is a nice little cozy local place that we love to go to. The atmosphere is romantic yet fun and spunky enough for a great happy hour with a group or girls night dinner. And hey, Rachel Ray stopped in and did a show here for "Tasty Travels" years ago. It's also been documented in Southern Living. Not too shabby for our little ol' Capital City of Little Rock. The night we went it was rather loud as there was a very large party seated right next to us...but what's that to an old married couple anyway? We didn't mind! Just nice to get a night out and we are certainly taking as many opportunities as possible until Little O comes along and dictates our night outs to a constant Chick Fil A, McDonald's, or wherever involves kid food and a play palace. Ahhh, life's little progressions....

So I had to share my special Vday gift from my sweet hub! I have to brag a little....he is PERFECT at buying gifts. He never asks what I want for a holiday/birthday. His choices are based on what he has listened to me say that I like or picking out things he thinks I will like. This tends to work out great because I personally think he has great taste or else is super observant and I LOVE surprises, almost more than anything else! I also have to confess that my gifts seem to be lacking in the special surprise department! Sometimes I hit the nail on the head but it takes a lot of thought and a lot of time.

For Vday Jason got me a tin of the most delicious popcorn straight from Chicago! Strange gift I know but last year he went to Chicago for work and I was really bummed that I didn't get to go so in the airport on the way back he picked me up a bag of Garrett popcorn-flavor Cheesy corn. Jason knows I love popcorn, it's definitely my favorite snack. And this was the yummiest popcorn I have ever had! I was thrilled to see it show up in my house again. I'm trying to be real careful about eating it in small doses so that it last a long long time! He also got me a bag of strawberry chocolate swirl Dove candies, a gift certificate for a mani-pedi, and this beautiful sparkly Juicy Couture tote. AHHHHH....JUICY!!! LOVE IT! I'm praying our love affair doesn't have to end when little O comes around due to lack of funds. But if so, so be it! You can still find Juicy on sale, and that's like the best day plus 10!

Also thought I would share a couple photos from our friend outing for my birthday! A little delayed but this is what worked out scheduling wise. Every year for my birthday we get together with the loonies and go to the horse races for a day of fun! It's quite the tradition and we all look forward to it. So fun getting all in the competitive spirit together. Here are some photos from our day at the track