first ultrasound, 7 weeks

We got to see our little one's heartbeat yesterday! It's still too small to hear it, but just seeing it was a miracle on its own. It makes it feel more real now that I actually know there's a little teeny tiny heartbeat going on in there.

Another thing that's making this all feel more real is that my morning sickness aka ALL DAY sickness is kind of rearing it's ugly head at me. I was doing pretty ok up until a couple nights ago, now I'm just kind of miserable all the time. Food is disgusting to me at this point. Nothing sounds good at all and I'm having to force myself to eat small things here and there.

I'm actually staying home from work today because I'm feeling so awful. Ugh. I hope this isn't a trend.

How do women do this? Seriously? I'm not even puking or anything but I just feel so miserable and cranky and exhausted and bleh all the time so it's hard for me to get up to do anything. Plus this whole not eating much thing is detrimental to my blood sugar, so I'm also feeling dizzy and stuff if I'm not laying down. Women deal with being pregnant all the time, for millions of years, why can't I? Is there something wrong with me? Am I just being a baby?

Tell me mamas, how did you cope with this crap?

pickles?

Ok, so I liked pickles before, but seriously? I just ate, like 15 pickles in one sitting and I'm considering getting more. haha

I haven't painted in about a week or so, which is weird. But I have been keeping busy working on our wedding scrapbook. We finally got our wedding photos printed and I'm so glad! Here are some of my favorites:















I'll probably post pics of the finished scrapbook once I'm done. And who knows how long that will take me. I'm terrible at scrapbooking. haha.

So at 6 weeks preggo, our little one is the size of a lentil bean. Which is TEENY! TEENY TINY! But a lot bigger than last week when he/she was just a sesame seed! It's so amazing how fast they grow!

I can't wait to find out if we're having a boy or a girl so I can stop referring to the baby by what the pregnancy website compares its size to. I just want to know so I can call it by name! Since I can't keep any secrets, I'll tell you what names we like.

For a girl, we're thinking of Penelope Mae. You can call her Penny. Mae is after my grandmother.

For a boy, we're thinking of Camden Fox. You can call him Cam, and Fox is after Fox Mulder of the X-Files. Yes, that may be dorky but we love it and it's very us. haha.

Also, check this picture out:


Isn't that incredible? I hope we can catch some pics like that once our lentil bean is big enough!

I'm pretty sure I NEED this.

10/12/2010

We had our first doctor's appointment today. It was basically just the nurse asking us questions about our medical history and stuff. Oh, and they did labwork on my blood and urine too. I was so proud of myself, I didn't faint when they took my blood!

The nurse said that I'm likely around 6 weeks along, and the baby will be due on 10/12/2010! Maybe the little one will show up 2 days early and we'll have a 10/10/10 baby!

They gave us a TON of stuff to read, so we'll have to get going on that.

So far I've been feeling pretty good. No morning sickness (fingers crossed!), just a little nausea here and there, I'm very tired all the time, and food is weird. Sometimes I want some, sometimes the very thought of it makes me queasy. Hopefully things will kind of stay how they are, besides the weight gain and growing baby!

I can't wait til we can do an ultrasound and see the little one!

Oh....baby!

I don't even know where to start. The last 24 hours have been a whirlwind of happiness and nervousness and overwhelmedness and lots of smiles and hugs.

Finding out that we're pregnant is one of the best things that's happened to me. One of the happiest moments of my life. I can't even begin to describe the range of emotions that I've been feeling.

All I know is, this baby is going to be SO loved. It's the size of a sesame seed right now and I already feel genuine, real, unmoving love for this baby. We are going to be the best parents we can possibly be, and do you know why? Because we both have amazing parents that we grew up with, who we've developed sound morals and fantastic ideas from. We have astounding friends who have become and are also on their way to becoming great parents too, so we have this incredible bubble of support around us.

I'm so grateful, so very grateful for everything in my life. A loving husband, a great family, an awe-inspiring group of friends, and now, I'll have a son or a daughter in 9 months. I can't believe how lucky I truly am.

We've even already got a boy name and a girl name picked out. I think we'll keep that to ourselves until we find out which we're having.

We are planning a trip up to MI in June. I think we'll end up driving because Jim's mom wants to throw us a baby shower while we're there, and flying a bunch of stuff back down here is insane. Plus I don't think I want to fly while pregnant, I hate flying to begin with...so we'll see.

I think we wanna do the baby's room in a Moon and Stars theme. I've been finding fun ideas all over the interwebs and think that I'll be able to come up with some great stuff. Except every moon and stars themed baby bedding set I can find is well, boring and ugly. So the search continues!

Jim was so great today, he woke up and cleaned everything in our apartment. He said we need to have a clean, healthy environment for me and the baby. Could he be any sweeter? Oh, and he let me get Chick-fil-A today, which is my weakness.

My first doctor's appointment is on Monday. I'm really nervous about it. They're gonna verify the pregnancy (even though I took 3 of them and they all said I'm preggo) and do lab tests and whatnot. I hate needles! I hope it goes well and that the doctor is cool.

I think I want to do a water birth in a hospital. I hope the hospital my doc works for is openminded too. I hope they'll listen to me and answer all of my questions.

God, I am nervous.

Hey mommies out there, do you know of anyone who's done a water birth, or a home water birth?

Holy crap.

I'm PREGGERS!!!

chapter 28

Lately I've been busily working on my new knitted hairbow ideas. Check out the most recent creations:






As of late, I've been thinking a lot about cutting my hair short again. I've found these two styles that I like, now I need your opinions! Help me out!

A


or

B



I'll write more soon. Promise.