13w6d - Bye bye 1st Trimester!

It's a ............! Just kidding, we don't know what "the baby" is yet. We will know on April 23rd!! We are anticipating this date so much. However, we're nervous as well. Josh is nervous for a girl and I'm just nervous in general! Thinking of names has been so much fun. The best thing to do is to look at GPS while you're driving...that has the best names. Okay so maybe not the BEST names but funny ones for sure!

Doctors appointments went great! We had a visit with our OB first thing in the morning. This was to hear the heartbeat. If you know me, you KNOW I had been soo nervous about hearing the heartbeat. I just HAD to hear it to feel okay! First things first, the Dr. Bishop tells us that sometimes if the baby is moving too much, you won't hear the heartbeat. So in my head I'm thinking "Oh baby you better sit your rear end still so I can hear your heart beat!". Well she puts the doppler sonogram stick thing on me and all we hear is MY heartbeat...that's it. About 10 minutes go by (Josh says it was only about 2 or 3, but for drama's sake...let's pretend it was 10!) and the doctor is about to pack up the sonogram machine. Josh is next to me praying, and I'm having to tell myself NOT to cry in the doctors office. She reassures me that I have an appointment with the perinatal specialist next and we'll see it moving alive and well there . (She could have told me I was having septuplets and I wouldn't have heard her...I was freaked). She puts the sonogram thing on me one more time...and bum bum bum bum...the heartbeat! Thank goodness.......156 beats per minute!

On to the perinatal specialist...by far the COOLEST appointment. It was a sonogram that they would show you 4d pictures! Kinda freaky, but definitely cool!! Baby Love was definitely dancing in there, too. The baby was moving around like CRAZY! The best part was the DVD. We got a DVD that we could take home. It recorded the whole ultrasound. We were able to let everyone see the baby and how much "it" moved around.

Saturday night was my 25th birthday party with the family. We had A BLAST! Both of my brothers came with their girlfriends and my sister-in-law! I absolutely LOVE my family and it is sooo much fun when we're all together. Definitely had our share of laughs!!

Busy and Exciting Week!

This is going to be a very very busy week! My Spring Break starts today!! Yippee! Started the week off right with my housecleaners coming first thing this morning....HALLELUJAH for leaving $$ in the budget for housecleaners. They're lifesavers!!!

Josh comes home tomorrow! MY BIRTHDAY!! Tomorrow I'll be the ripe old age of 25!! Yippee!! I'm actually excited about this birthday for some reason. Josh is going to bring me Dan Dan noodles from Pei Wei for dinner, too! He's wonderful!

We are leaving for Edmond/Oklahoma City on Thursday morning! YAYYYYYYYYYYYY!!! I've been looking forward to this. Dropping my car off to get a new dashboard (Infiniti finally came to their senses, and they're going to fix my bubbling dash...under warranty!!) and then do a little shopping.

Friday is our next baby appointment! We go to our monthly OB appointment to hear the heartbeat (I CAN NOT WAIT!!). Then after that, we go directly to the Perinatal Center to do the sequential screening. This is another ultrasound (with DVD) that they screen for various birth defects. I AM 13 WEEKS!!!! FINALLY! After this we will be going to find out the sex 4 weeks later.

My parents are going to cook fajitas and ice cream cake for my birthday on Friday! I LOVE FAJITAS and I'v been craaaaving ice cream cake! (any cake for that matter!)

I will keep eveyone posted on what the doctor says and how everything goes! Maybe I'll even figure out how to post pictures! Wish me luck!

Love all - H

My Sweet Mom and Husband

My sweet mom came in town this weekend! She's here helping me clean out my closet, organize my pantry, do laundry, clean hall closets, you name it.........she's helping me! It has been a tremendous help! If she wouldn't have come and done it, I can't tell you when it would have happened!!!! I love having my mom around (and no, not just because she cleans!)

Josh is working very hard on the house today, as well!! When we moved in, we were in a hurry. And with every self-build, there are some things you "overlook" and vow to tend to later. So 2 years later, we are finally getting around to painting all of the shelves in the pantry and closets. Sounds like a small task.....till you have to clean them out. (Luckily, my mom has done it!)

Our next baby appointment is on March 24 and 26! The 24th is for the screenings for birth defects and the 26th is the hear the heartbeat! We're very excited! Almost 11 weeks! Almost the end of the first trimester!... Whoo........ (Does that mean almost the end of morning sickness?!? ... One can hope!)

10 weeks

Holy moly!! Pregnancy is kicking my rear right now! For everyone that says they didn't have morning sickness...please keep your thoughts to yourself!! Just kidding...but really?! I am in my 10th week of pregnancy right now. I have had morning sickness since around week 5. Actually I take that back, not "morning" sickness...more like ALL DAY sickness. Luckily my wonderful doctor prescribed me medicine that has me back on my feet. Other than that, I've been okay. Tired, but that's normal for every pregnant woman.

Poor Josh! The pregnancy hormones are in full swing! Whoo hoo...I've never been known for holding back tears. But goodness gracious! He does not know what to do with me! I'll cry over nothing!!

Our next appointment is March 26th to hear the heartbeat! Keep your posted!