11 Weeks and an Appointment this Week

Dan is disappointed that Baby R is only the size of a lime this week. I can hardly believe that he/she (who are we kidding, its a she....) is already growing finger nails and hair! Either way, baby has grown to about 2 inches and has formed all of its necessary parts and will mostly just be growing and practicing using them for the next 29 weeks.

We have our next ultrasound appointment on Friday at 10am. This will be our first official appointment with our regular OB/GYN practice. The practice includes OBs and midwives. So far, I like every one I have met. I hope that we get a few good photos of Baby R. Dan is hoping he can beg them to tell him its a boy. Ha!

Last Sunday we randomly stopped into Ashley Furniture because they were having a huge President's Day Sale. Somehow we ended up purchasing furniture for the basement (which isn't finished...) In the last week, Dan and his dad have put up all of the walls and today Dan is getting the lighting in place. My dad will be coming up next weekend to run the electrical. Fingers crossed everything gets finished before the furniture arrives!

Once the basement is finished, we will get moving with the nursery. As soon as we know the sex we can do the fun stuff---theme planning, painting, etc. Hopefully at our appointment Friday they will tell us when we can expect that appointment to be. It probably won't be until the last week of April...seems SO long.

The first few days of my new job went well! It's a very relaxed atmosphere and I really like the 2 women I am working with. I am dying for a nap by the end of the day but hopefully that feeling will go away soon.

I experienced my first Tot Swap yesterday. I am aware that they are not all created equal. This one must have been real bad. First of all, it was in an abondoned GIANT store. NO bathroom. NO heat. Hello?! This is a sale for mom's and pregnant people!!! It can't be freezing and there not be a toilet! Thankfully we made it out and to a potty before I burst.

Can't wait til Friday!

10 Weeks Today

We are one quarter of the way through this pregnancy and are officially 10 weeks today. It will be another 2 weeks before we get to see our little bean again. (Next appointment is Friday March 2, 2012). The baby is approximately 2 inches long, and is growing hair, finger nails, and toe nails this week. Isn't that crazy?

We've continued to do some research on the safest baby items, etc. Our goal for the next few months is to get the basement project finished so that we can begin on the nursery. We have plenty of time, though.

Hopefully at my next appointment I will be able to stop all of my supplements, etc. My biggest discomforts this week have been irritability and exhaustion. For the most part, I've had no nausea or heartburn (knock on wood!)

I could really go for a big draft beer and a dozen crabs, though!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy Valentine's Day, everyone! Dan and I will be heading out for our annual South Mountain Inn dinner. Silly me made the reservation for 7pm. WHAT WAS I THINKING??? I will eat my ARM before then. (Or a snack). I sure do hope they have their lobster bisque!!

We received good news and bad news today.
Good news first:
I got a job! I sent my resume and cover letter in response to a job posting yesterday morning. The ad was for an office manager/admin with good computer skills and organizational skills. DING DING DING. I went to meet the woman today and will begin on Wednesday of next week. The pay is not great, but the position is flexible, I can take off as needed, and can work as many hours as I like as long as the job gets done. The bonus is, I really, really like the woman I will be working with. So, that's great news! I will be making a tolerable hourly rate along with quarterly bonuses. I have not told her that I am pregnant, but I will...eventually.

Bad news:
I did not get approved for unemployment. But who cares--I got a job!

What I'm Eating...

We're thankfully in the last segment of my first trimester--yay! I would in NO WAY claim that I am having "Cravings" by any means. And I am certainly not playing that "eating for two" game. But the things I've been preferring to eat are super strange to me. After 2+ years of eating so healthy, its strange the foods that pop back into my mind.

Foods I have been eating: grapefruit, Oatmeal Cream Pies, grapes, honeycrisp apples, Campbell's Vegetarian Vegetable Soup, Water with TONS of Ice, cereal, mini-bagels, thin tortilla chips with fresh salsa

Foods I have been DREAMING of and will be having soon: Hot Italian Sausages w. Peppers and Onions, brownies, red peppers in HV ranch dip, a soft serve twist cone, lunch at a Chinese buffet

Foods I have been DREAMING of but haven't let myself eat: McDonald's Double Cheeseburgers, Chick Fil A Nuggets, milkshakes, Cracker Barrel hashbrown casserole, a cheesesteak, Stouffer's veggie lasagna

****EDIT: 02/18 waited 14 mins in the drive thru for Chick Fil A nuggets. They were worth every second.

Thankfully I haven't gained any weight yet. They say 1-5lbs is average during the first trimester. If I can make it the next 3 weeks with no weight gain, I'll be proud. =) Once This 1st trimester is done I hope I can convince myself to start working out. Irrational fears...

8 Week 3 Day Ultrasound

Our 8 week 3 day ultrasound was today. Unfortunately, they couldn't tell us the sex. Ha ha! A girl can dream, right?

Baby Roberts is growing right on track with a little heart fluttering away at 155 beats per minutes. We were officially released from Shady Grove Fertility today, which is actually kind of sad. They were so good to us! I will be phasing out all of my supplements, etc. over the next 4 weeks. Our first official ultrasound with my regular OBGYN will be Friday March 2nd, when Baby R will be 12 weeks and the first trimester will be OVER.

Without further ado, here's our little love!

8 Weeks...it's an olive!

Today our baby is eight weeks. We're 20% of the way through this pregnancy =) The baby is between the size of a raspberry and an olive. The baby is now moving independently (no, I can't feel it yet!). We have another ultrasound this coming Wednesday.

One of the hardest things about this entire pregnancy is keeping a secret. I am a VERY bad secret keeper! We are more than likely going to stop keeping it a secret after this next ultrasound. Most people already have heard or figured it out anyway.

This past week I went maternity clothes shopping. Motherhood Maternity was having buy one get one free all clearance items and I am a sucker for sale. I was able to snag a good number of summer shirts. While we were there, I tried on their big fake stomach thing. THAT was a little too much. SO weird!

Symptomwise this week has been weird. The nausea has been incredibly random. Strangely, I feel the worst after I shower, when I'm hungry and when I'm tired. Maybe I'm just supposed to stay in bed eating for the next few weeks? I also have gotten dizzy a few times when I stood up too quickly. Last night I almost fainted after laying down for too long and jumping straight up.

I can't believe its going to be another 10-12 weeks before we know the sex if the this baby! It seems too long. Dan and I have decided that we are going to Hawaii the first week of May so hopefully we will know before we go and not have to wait until we get back.