10 31 08

Today, our office got all dressed up for Halloween. Our department decided to be "Worker Bees". We all wore wings and antennae, and we had a Zom-bee, a Queen Bee, a Miss-Bee-Havin, a Carpenter Bee, Killer Bees...and I was...

Mommy-to-bee! Shawn made the t-shirt for me to wear to work (sorry it's backwards I took it in the mirror - duh!) I also put a copy of our sonogram pic in a frame on my desk and put a sign on it that said "Ba-bee" Cute, cute!!

First ultrasound pic of our baby!

We saw our baby for the first time today!! It was awesome!! The little flickering heart (170 bpm) it's little head, arm and leg buds...the baby was moving its head side to side, it looked like it was dancing around in there! Very cool! The baby measured at 1 1/4 inches already...and we're on track for 8 weeks and 4 days (with an estimated due date of June 7th, 2009). All tests taken at the last visit came back great, and I go back to the OB in 4 weeks to hear the heartbeat. YAY!!

Loved this picture I saw today...FUNNY!!

8 weeks...

Well, we're at the 2 month mark. I'll be happy in another month or so when the nausea goes away. :( It's not fun in the morning...and unfortunately, it lasts all day. It's exhausting. I'm hoping the second trimester will mean the end of that, and the start of some energy...I need it. I'm tired of saltines already.

Our second OB appointment is this coming Thursday and I hoping we get too see the baby. I will definitely share the pic if we do. My week-to-week update says the baby is now is in fetus stage and is the size of a bean. Kinda fitting if it were a mexican jumping bean, since Shawn continues to call the baby "Hector". lol.

I cried over pb&j...

So, at lunch today, nothing at the deli downstairs in our building sounded good to eat, so I ended up with a cup of chicken noodle soup (homemade, big chunks of chicken, quite yummy after all). On may way back to my office upstairs, a co-worker was talking about pb&j and I suddenly had a serious craving for a pb&j on white bread (I'm usually wheat all the way). I go right back to the deli and - - they are OUT OF PEANUT BUTTER! WHAT!?! I leave the deli and head back to the elevator to go to my office, when my eyes totally start to well up. By the time the elevator doors open, I am crying! OVER PB&J. :(

I sent out an interoffice e-mail and found someone that happened to have a jar of creamy peanut butter in her desk (2 others had crunchy - yuck - lol). I go back downstairs to get bread for my pb&j, and guess what? No jelly! (Except apple jelly, ew!) GAH!! I breathe deeply - - return upstairs with my bread and borrowed peanut butter and scrounge around in our kitchen's office fridge, and fortunately found three lovely grape jelly packets.

Happiness at last. :) I think I will have pb&j for dinner too...on wheat.

7 weeks 4 days...

I know - it's just bloat - and I already had a belly before. I have a feeling, I will be huge, as predicted. lol!

I took this picture at 6w4d. On the website I post on (and have mentioned before, where I have learned oh so much) they have a tradition...Belly Pic Friday! lol! So I have started participating (way early, but still to keep tabs) and will also post my BPF pic on here as well. (I will have to ask my friend Andrea to help me with this blog page one day - her is so much cuter!)

Did I mention I'm weepy???

I'm totally emotional anyway, but today has been particularly bad. I have welled up with tears so many times. And twice in the past five minutes I've been sent e-mails that should not be sent to a pregnant, hormonal, emotional woman. lol. This last quote in an e-mail did it for me...

"Everything grows rounder and wider and weirder, and I sit here in the middle of it all and wonder who in the world you will turn out to be."
-Carrie Fisher

Pass the pregnant lady a tissue.

First Baby Doc Appointment Today!

Okay so the lady that set my appointment was definitely wrong about how far along I was - score for me. But I was a day off the other day when I posted at 6 w 1 day. Today, I am 6 weeks and 4 days, and the PA I saw today who told us our EDD (estimated due date) is June 7th. That may or may not change once ultrasounds begin taking place. We have our first ultrasound appointment now scheduled for October 30th - I'll be 8w4d so we should be able to get a better picture than if they had done one at this visit today. I was hoping they'd do one anyway, but I suppose I can handle waiting two weeks! lol!

I still have a bit of a yucky stomach today and nothing sounds good to eat, but other than that, I'm feeling fine - just tired. I can't wait to post that first ultrasound pic!! :)

6 weeks and 1 day...

That's what my chart says...the one day has made all the difference it seems. Yesterday I was hungry, ate leftovers from Chili's for lunch and craved Chinese food for dinner. I got my wish and Shawn brought home yummy crab rangoons and dumplings. They were great! He also got diet root beer, which I totally craved in Italy (probably because there was none to be found anywhere - - I don't even think they know what it is).

Today - however - I woke up with a dull headache and a yucky tummy. I managed to eat a bagel and a banana, and am drinking water, but I still don't feel so hot. Nothing sounds good and lunch is in an hour. I brought leftovers but I'm not feeling much like Chinese today. I could stomach some mashed potatoes I think, but I have no idea what the deli downstairs is serving today. I may need to make a mashed potato run. ha ha. I hope this passes - - the headache is just annoying, but the yucky tummy is not a great feeling. :(

We're back from Italy!

It was a great trip and I hope to have a link to our pics soon. I will get to uploading those some time this week. Shawn and I are both back at work today and tired! We're happy to be home, but Italy was amazing! The pics won't do it justice, I'm sure.

We have our first baby doc appointment this week. I am at 6 weeks (according to my calculations - ha ha) and no morning sickness yet. I feel just great. :) YAY!

We made our first baby purchases in Italy. We bought a beautiful white baby blanket and an adorable beige baby towel set. I'll post pics of those soon too. We also got two little knit hats, one white and one Gator (or Tennessee) orange! lol! :)

Thanks for everyone's e-mails and comments!! We love you guys!! :)

OBs are crazy...

I just got an update from my OB, we apparently have different math...I say I am almost 5 weeks, they say I am almost 7. I go to my first appointment 10/16 - - we'll see who is right!! :) ha ha!

Guess who's PREGNANT!!

We are! After a no-show from AF on Saturday, we tested on Sunday and to our surprise... --->

We have told our family and most of our friends, and we hope to post more information after we return from Italy and after our first appointment at 8 weeks.

We are 4.5 - 5 weeks along and the estimated due date is currently June 9, 2009. We will probably find out the sex of the baby at 18 to 20 weeks. We are hoping for a boy but a healthy baby is all that matters (Shawn wants twins - Ha!).

Thanks to everyone for your well wishes and prayers, we love and appreciate you.

Shawn & Michelle aka Daddy & Mommy to be...