22 Weeks Little Koa!

1. What's the one thing you would change about pregnancy? Umm probably the five chins and 8 cheeks i have when i smile.

2. What is the most surprising symptom? The indigestion! OH MY GOSH. I have heard that the more heart burn and indigestion you have th emore hair your baby will have.. hahah Lets hope because I can't even eat a nutrigrain bar without feeling the burn.

3. What's something every pregnant woman should know? Your boobs will grow, and they won't stop, and you will either love them or hate them. (I HATE them)

4. What's the funniest thing that's happened to you while you're pregnant? Something funny happens every single day. This baby will be a hoot!

5. What is the one thing that annoys you the most during pregnancy? Getting dressed. NOTHING FITS. And if it does fit, it doesn't fit like you want it to. I get so annoyed everytime I even look in my closet.

6. What's the one thing you can't get enough of? Chocolate milk, sunflower seeds, and mochachinis... probably the culprit behind the five chins and eight cheeks...

7. What is the one piece of advice every pregnant woman should have? SLEEP. when you can and as much as you can and don't even tell yourself its too early to go to bed.

8. What is your favorite snack food? other than sunflower seeds, kettlekorn popcorn!

9. What food makes you sick? Well, I'm not sick anymore, but when I was really ill, EVERYTHING made me sick. Top Ramon was the only thing I could eat and not have to see again.

10. How well do you and daddy to be get along? Very well! I have never been more in love. :)

12. Boy or Girl? BOY!

Oh and Just a side note.. I send the pictures that I upload to AC and thats where I get them from! Haha I have soo many pictures on my camera that I haven't uploaded to a computer yet! So most of these pictures are taken at work.. in the bathroom.. hahah

21 Weeks Little William

About the Mommy:
Hair Color: Changes every couple weeks.. :)
Eye Color: Blue
Skin Complexion: WHITE as white can be. Thanks to my Irish Heritage I am seriously sickly pale.
Age: 22
First Child? Yes! So excited for this little guy!


About the Daddy:
Hair Color: DARK brown.. almost black. Pretty close.
Eye Color: Brown
Skin Complexion: TAN as tan can be. Thanks to AC's HAWAIIAN heritage, our baby won't be as white as me, or made fun of for being basically see thru.
Age: 29
First Child? YES! And he is very excited too. :)


Finding Out!
What day did you find out? Confirmed December 22nd! 9 weeks 4 days.
How did you feel when you found out? VERY SURPRISED! But in a good exciting way!
Who was the first person you told? AC of course! Then Missy.
How did they react? He was ecstatic! Missy laughed.. haha but she was very excited as well!


Telling the Parents and Grandparents....
How did your parents react? My entire family was very very excited! My mom and dad were a little shocked at first, as was the rest of us, but they can't wait for the little baby! They've started their OWN nursery at their house so Kekoa will have his own room there. :)
How did his parents react? VERY happy as well! They love the little baby already.
Are they helping with baby names? Everyone is.. still. Even though we have it set. haha
Have they bought anything for the baby yet? They buy him clothes all the time! Which they won't give to me. They are for them to dress him in when Kekoa spends time with his grandparents, so I can't dictate what he wears everytime he is with them. haha
How often do they call and check on you? I see them almost everyday!


About the Pregnancy:
When was your first appointment? December 22, 2009
When is your due date? July 30, 2010
How far along are you? 21 weeks 2 days!
Pre-pregnancy weight? 145
Weight now? 154... YIKES!!!!
Have you had any ultrasounds? SO MANY!
Have you heard the heartbeat? yes! 152 bpm


About the Delivery:
Are you going to videotape it? maybe..
Are you allowing everyone in the room? NO!
Medications or Natural? We will see!
C-Section? Water Birth? Natural? Again, we will see. My mom had 3 C-sections so it's possible i will have to have one too.
Will you cry when you hold your baby for the first time? I cry watching other women on a baby story, teen mom, i didn't know i was pregnant, cry when THEY hold THEIR baby for the first time. I will be hysterical. I know it.
Will daddy cry? AC will cry. yes he will.
Are you scared about the labor? TERRIFIED


NAMES!
Is your baby going to be named after someone? YES! AC, his dad and my little cousin! :)
Name: William Kekoa Branco :)

Hello! Is this working?! I'm attempting to blog from my iPhone! :) test test test

Little Baby Bedding!

So I really like these two crib bedding sets. The first one is my favorite so far, and A.C. really likes the second one. We will seeeeee?! I can't wait to keep looking for more. Of course I will post some more once we find some that we like!

This is the one A.C. likes... its very tropical-ish. So OF COURSE A.C. would like this one :)



This weekend we are flying down to Las Vegas to help his sister move out of her house. Her husband was promoted to a new job in Singapore! So they are moving in the next two weeks and aren't taking a whole lot with them. So we are getting some beautiful furniture that they won't be taking with them! Yay!! :)

William Kekoa Branco

After an amazing ultrasound yesterday we are finally proud to say that we are having a beautiful baby BOY! He is the most active little baby ever. I just know this is going to be a hyper little child. I had my ultrasound in Kaisar Vallejo, I had never been to this Kaisar before so I was a little confused and went to the wrong place in the hospital... TWICE!

AC had to switch his work schedule around a lot for the appointment yesterday so he could make it to the utlrasound. He had to drive to San Mateo at six in the morning, drive back to vallejo for the ultrasound, and then drive to Hayward and be there and ready for another case at 11am!! Unfortunately, he was stuck in traffic on the way to the ultrasound and after all the rearranging in his schedule, he wasn't able to make it in time. :( I was sooooooooo sad. But I was still very excited and kept the gender a surprise until he got there. When he saw the picture proving that we are having a son, his eyes lit up and got SO BIG! :) I was so excited and couldn't stop smiling!!!! It was the most amazing morning ever.

Our little boy was being very cooperative... at first. The tech was able to get most of the pictures he needed and the gender! But our little baby kept bouncing around all over the place and wouldn't stop! haha He doesn't like his picture taken.. which is very much AC and NOT me. ..(I love cameras :) hahah The tech had another appointment waiting so he finished up with me and had me wait about half an hour and then brought me back in to get pictures of the heartbeat from the front, his profile, and a face picture. (he has the cutest little button nose and lips!) So I was able to go in twice! Such a blessing. The tech and I were both hoping that AC would be able to come back in as well, but unfortunately he didn't call me back into the ultrasound room until about 10:15 and AC had to leave by then to go to Hayward. So he waited with me for a while and then he had to leave. Saaaad again. haha but its okay! We have a beautiful healthy growing baby boy right now and that is all that matters to us.

So here are some pictures from the ultrasound! This is little William all curled up, facing down. you can see his head, neck and spine.. and you can even see his little face curled in.. his nose.. his lips.. his chin. :)

This is his profile pic! Doesn't he have such a cute little button nose?! He is so precious!!!

And this just speaks for itself! Haha The Tech said "There is no mistaking that this is a boy!" Hahahah My little baby Boooooyyyy!!!!! :)

I will keep you updated on the room! We are going to take a before and after picture and I will of course be posting them! Right now the room looks like a total train wreck.. but we are getting the furniture this weekend so it will all start coming along soon. :)

Oh and his name is very meaningful. :) "William" is AC's first name, as well as his dad's, and "Kekoa" is Hawaiian and it means "the warrior, the brave one, the protector" :) And Branco is of course his last name. haha I love my little Koa. :)

Old Photos, New Clothes, Trash to Treasure... and TWO MORE DAYS!

So I haven't been uploading very many pictures lately, but here are a few! Some are old and some are new. They are just pictures I have taken with my iPhone to send to family members and Christina mostly. haha :)

19 Weeks and 1 day :) This was really late at night and I was super tired!

This is 19 weeks and 3 days in my new maternity shirt and leggings! My mom and dad went shopping at the Motherhood Maternity outlet store in Vacaville and bought me a bunch of outfits! It was the best surprise ever. So sweet of them to do that for me! This is my Love by Heidi Klum shirt with my Heidi Klum maternity leggings... which ... I .... LOOOOOOVE. I will not wear jeans again for the next six months. Leggings are the most comfortable piece of maternity wear ever, and are a vital part of any pregnancy.
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Now this may look like bags of trash, but it is really bags of treasure! Baby treasure! My boss' good friend gave us, literally, 20 bags of baby clothes (all boy's clothing so lets keep our fingers crossed) along with crib bedding, two playpins, a swinger chair, a bouncy chair, a car seat, lots of bottles, toys, and LOTS and LOTS of camo gear :) This is just a few of the bags that we had unloaded from our Tahoe. The entire Tahoe was full to the ceiling! So sweet of them to give us all of these things for free. So generous.

TWO MORE DAYS!!!!!

I Like to MOVE it MOVE it.. ya like to MOVE it MOVE it!

Happy 19 Weeks Little Baby!

Each week goes by so FAST! And with each progressing week comes more excitement! Liiiikkkkkeeeeee... feeling the baby move for the first time!!

I like to move it move it, ya like to move it move it, we like to move it move it.. MOOOVE IT!

Anyways.. A baby moving inside of you feels like little marbles rolling around in the same spot over and over. Sometimes it feels more like one big 8 ball, and then a bunch of little marbles a little later. haha It is so weird! And it is so amazing. I rub my belly as much as possible and hope I can feel my little baby move again.

AC and I are so anxious for Wednesday! We just have to get through the weekend and then a few work days and then we will find out what we are having. As soon as the gender is confirmed, we will start work on the nursery. I can't wait for that either. :)

I had my doctor's appointment last Friday and everything went really well. I heard the baby's heartbeat! Which was nice.. was also told that I need to sloooowwww down a little bit on the eating. haha I've already gained 8 pounds!!

Thats really all I have to post right now! I will of course let everyone know next week what we're having! :)

Say hello to my little Mango Dipped in Cheese.

So I read online today that my baby looks like a Mango dipped in cheese right now. GROSS right!? Well he (or she) has a milky type coating protecting him from the amniotic fluid. It keeps him from being really wrinkly. haha Funny huh!?