First Ultrasound

We had our first ultrasound yesterday. I must say going into it we were very, very nervous. Once I was tummy up on the table, I could finally breath. It was awesome. Seeing the little heart beating on the screen then getting to hear it. AMAZING. Who says that there isn't a human in there?!? Sure, right now s/he looks like a little peanut. I am measuring right on track 8.5 weeks. Dan and I both cried when we saw the little one, then again when we heard the heartbeat. I am so glad he was able to come and have this experience. It really makes this real for us now. The heartbeat was 164 beats per minute. What a blessing. One of the greatest days we will ever have!

8 Weeks!!!

Made it another week!!!! YAY! The morning sickness kicked in today. Great. It is amazing that as soon as you puke you feel so much better.


How far along: 8 weeks!

Total weight gain/loss: Holding strong!

Maternity clothes: Nope, not yet.

Stretch marks: No new ones.

Sleep: I would love some!!

Best moment this week: Buying our Travel System

Movement: Won't feel it for awhile.

Food cravings: Mashed Potato's!!

Food aversions: My cereal didn't agree with me this morning until I threw up, then it was the best thing in the world.

Gender: Not a clue

Labor Signs: Nope, thank God

Belly Button in or out: Innie

What I miss: A full night of sleep!!

What I am looking forward to: Our ultrasound on Monday

Weekly Wisdom: You were stupid for wishing you would puke your guts out. Now that it is happening it is not pleasant.

Milestones: Making our first big baby purchase was lots of fun!!!

So Far So Good!

Well, tomorrow marks 8 weeks for us. So far, I have been feeling better than I expected to. Just extremely sleepy and my bewbies hurt. Other than that, smooth sailing. I will say the past few days I have been having waves of nausea and have felt the need to worship the porcelain God a time or two, but nothing really to write home about.

Saturday night we purchased our first big baby purchase!! We bought our Travel System and I hate to brag but we got one heckofa good deal!!! We took a trip up to Erie with my parents and dined at the Olive Garden (which I have been craving since January) then headed over to Babies R Us. We had a 15% off coupon for Travel Systems!! Bonus! We also had Verizon rebates from getting our new cell phones. Double Bonus. Dan also decided that he wanted to use his birthday money towards the baby (which was really sweet of him) and after we added all that in we got a $250 value for...drum roll please......$5.49 out of our pocket!!!! Wahoo!!! We got the Graco Quattro Tour Travel System - Nouvelle Pattern. And yes, it is already put together.

Baby Bedding

I was at my parents house tonight looking at the Pottery Barn Kids magazine and I found our girls bedding. I thought it was cute but not over the top. Once I decided it was the one I looked to see what it was called so I could look it up online and show Dan and guess what it's called? Sophie, which is our pick for a girl!!! It is pictured above. If it is a boy we are of course going with an airplane theme and have not yet narrowed the choices down. There are three that we really like. Since I can't figure out how to put the pictures where I want them it is above the girls bedding.

7 Weeks!!!

Welp, we made it to 7 weeks!! What a great week it has been so far. Here is the weekly survey!

How far along: 7 weeks!

Total weight gain/loss: Holding strong!

Maternity clothes: Nope, not yet.

Stretch marks: No new ones.

Sleep: Not getting enough!!!

Best moment this week: Going to the dr. and getting this blessing confirmed.

Movement: Yep, but nothing I can feel

Food cravings: Fruit!!

Food aversions: This just in ham!!

Gender: I still don't know!! My mom is convinced it is a girl because she thinks Dan would be wonderful with a little girl and God will give him that blessing. Against my better judgement I told my "real" dad (biological) that we were having a baby even though I have not talked to him in eons (3 years really) and he also said it is a girl because, he just knows this stuff and has been 5 for 5.

Labor Signs: Nope

Belly Button in or out: Innie

What I miss: A full night of sleep!!

What I am looking forward to: Our ultrasound on April 6th

Weekly Wisdom: Not really wisdom, but relax, this is for real and it is time to enjoy!

Milestones: Getting my beta's back and know thing IS for real (as if the 5 pregnancy tests weren't proof enough)

Appointment Update

We had our first appointment yesterday. It went really well. We went in and met with the PA in her office and went over our medical history. Then she took us over to the exam room and did my early exam. Of course that was never fun and has left me with some spotting but that is normal so I am not freaking out. Then she let me get dressed and came back in to answer all our questions and go over everything we needed to be aware of. She gave us a bag of goodies I still need to look through. She also told us our due date is November 11th. It took awhile to sink in but that is 11/11 (make a wish)!!!! Great due date! So I was only a day off not bad, we are a day closer to meeting our little monkey. She told me that I had to go upstairs for blood work and she was telling me everything they were checking. I was surprised that they were not going to do a blood test confirming pregnancy and asked if they could do one anyways just so I could have a piece of mind. She obliged and ordered a beta test. We ventured upstairs and the girls know me pretty well by now, after all they have seen me twice a month for the past 10 months. They promised results in a hour for me. My beta came back 11,000!!! According to google it needed to be between 1,000-50,000 to be pregnant!!! Go me!!!

We go back April 6th for our first ultrasound. I can't wait to see our little one and hear the heartbeat!!! Our next appointment is April 20th.

Tomorrow I will be 7 weeks!!! Time is flying!

6 Weeks!!!!

Today marks 6 weeks!! It still doesn't feel real to me that we are pregnant. I am so ready for Monday so we can go to the Dr.

As mentioned, each week I will complete the survey below.

How far along: 6 weeks!

Total weight gain/loss: Holding strong!

Maternity clothes: Nope, not yet.

Stretch marks: No new ones.

Sleep: My new best friend!!!

Best moment this week: Knowing our Dr. appointment is right around the corner.

Movement: Nope, little early for that

Food cravings: None. Although I did indulge in 19,283,466,786 Shamrocks

Food aversions: None yet

Gender: I really don't have an inkling at all!!!

Labor Signs: Nope

Belly Button in or out: Innie

What I miss: Caffeine

What I am looking forward to: 23rd, our Dr appointment.

Weekly Wisdom: It is okay to go to bed at 8:30pm.

Milestones: Making it to 6 weeks!!!