So it may not be as cute as the Pigbear’s but it’ll do… I’ll post another one of John and I from tonite…

1. Orange juice with some sprite in it tastes almost like a Mimosa
2. Virgin Margaritas make me not miss drinking so much. (Not the ones you get in a bar. Please, please, never order that. The bacardi mixers though that are in the freezer section are great without alcohol.)
3. My belly is getting bigger (I’m sure only noticeable to me) but I can’t tell if its baby or just fat
4. I was able to sleep in my house last night without John there, one of the first times since that burglar came in that I’ve been able to do that.
5. Rain is nice when you’re not driving in it.

I was trying to think of my other 5 this morning while I was driving in, but it was raining and I was driving in it, so I was concentrating too much on that… 5 will just have to do. Happy Tuesday everyone, and I hope it’s sunny where you are (or you’re getting to sleep in if its rainy… )

Everything’s fine. Officially 7 weeks, 3 days (4 days, now). We got to hear the heartbeat at 155 beats per minute, which sounds amazing through the speakers. It’s an incredible feeling to have another life growing inside of me…

So in this picture, at the top is the baby’s head, and there’s a kind of condensed white spot right below that; that’s his heart. You can see a little blob sticking out behind him right across from his heart, that’s an arm, and then another blob down at the bottom towards the cord connecting him to me; that’s a leg. The nurse could find all of the other appendages, too, but those are the only ones I can really see.

I got a ton of books, and the one My Boys Can Swim came, too, so John has some stuff to read, too. He laughed out loud a couple of times last night while he was reading it.

It’s just such a relief to know everything’s ok, (and that our insurance pays for everything. That’s nice, too.) My next appointment is November 3rd, and we should be able to hear the baby’s heartbeat in the office during that visit. By then I’ll be just shy of 11 weeks, so nearly out of the first trimester, which I’m looking forward to. I’m going to go shopping this weekend, I’m not nearly into maternity clothes yet, but I would love to find some shirts that come down lower than the ones I have now so I can sneak a button open on my jeans if I need to.

Yesterday was a great day; good news all around

1. Finding French Fries at the bottom of the McDonald’s bag when you thought you ate them all may be one of the best feelings in the world.

2. I love McDonald’s wimpy hamburgers, for their wimpiness.

3. I’m so nervous about 2:15 (which turns out to be 1:30, the receptionist got the time wrong) that I’m just beside myself counting down the clock.

4. The two “twenty-something” co-founders of YouTube just sold their company to google for 1.65 billion dollars. Is that really a number?

5. My house is completely trashed. I’ve been tired, so maintaining the house is last on my to-do list, so I’ve been doing one room at a time. Put up the dishes, go sit down. Clean the counters, go sit down. So now the kitchen’s clean but the living room is trashed. I’m sure by the time I get to the living room the kitchen will be trashed again.

6. I finally had an excuse to buy one of those automatic shower cleaners, since I imagine the fumes from bathroom cleaner aren’t good for me. I’ll let you know how it goes.

7. Sour gummy worms rock

8. My Christmas tree has about 300 hallmark ornaments on it, and around 3 non-hallmark ones that have special meaning. It’s the funnest tree ever; when I first turn it on, all of the ornaments that make noise do their little thing at the same time.

9. I’m not sure what we’re going to do with Lucy the bird once we have kids. We’ll keep her, but she can be loud and bitey and that’s not going to fly with babies. She may be cage-bound here shortly.

10. For those of you needing more blogs, here’s some of my favorites.

The Image is Found
Floating Signifier
Stuff on my cat
Human Clock

Never in my life have I been so tired!! I don’t know what this little guy is doing down there, but he’s wearing out his mother! Seriously, I do ok in the morning, and then I eat lunch and a half hour after lunch I feel like I’ve been up for 3 days straight. It lasts about 2 hours, and then I’m ok again until around 8:30 or so, when I crash. And the worst part is that because of that stupid burglar, I’m having a terrible time sleeping!! I’ve been staying at my mom’s house when John’s not home, then he calls me on his way into town and I meet him back over at our house. I’m not usually such a wuss, but I can’t quite get over it.

Mom and Dad pulled down my crib and a swinging bassinet from the attic the other day and its not being incorporated into our house. They have a matching changing table too, but Lord only knows where it is, hopefully they’ll find it in the next seven months. It’s great to have pack-rats for parents, I can’t believe they still have that stuff!! There’s a couple of cribs that I’ve found that I love, but they’re outrageous! Like this one….

Ah, if only…

I can’t wait until tomorrow, I’m so excited. And really, really anxious. The doctor said he’d be able to pin my due date down to a few days, so I’ll find out how far I am along, really. We’ve been looking at baby names, and came up with some wild ones… Gotta love the baby books with EVERY name in them.

So far, we’re leaning towards a few…

Michael Ian, mostly, for a boy, although we still like “Dash” (I thought ‘Dash Dixon’ sounded like a great baseball name) but I don’t know if we can make that work… and then Jack and Ben, too.

And then several girls names,

Anna Grace
Evelyn Grace (Evie)
Ellie
Caitlin
Kate

We’ve got forever to think about it, but it’s fun anyway. Alright, better get back to acting like I’m working, I can’t concentrate on anything!!

You know how I thought I was 6-10 days pregnant? I was a little off.

I’m 7 weeks pregnant.

Apparently, the seemingly normal period I had about a month ago wasn’t a period at all. My hcg levels are at 35,793 and 25 is detectable by pregnancy tests. So I’m VERY pregnant. And VERY relieved. First, that everything’s ok, but also that I’m not in the wee first weeks of the pregnancy, instead I’m just a few weeks away from feeling ‘out of the woods’.

I have an ultrasound scheduled Tuesday, the doctor wanted me to have one as soon as possible so he could pinpoint the exact week I’m in. I can bring in a videotape and as soon as I figure out how to convert that to a movie that I can post online, I will.

And John, God love him, he’s so excited. My husband is the manliest man I’ve ever met but such a sap at heart. He was literally jumping around in the doctor’s office. He’s going to be an amazing Dad. He’s already and amazing Dad-to-be, he’s been cleaning out the litter box for me since I can’t do it anymore (bad for moms-to-be for those of you without kitties) and any dog-man who would do that is dedicated to his wife. Whatta guy.

So I’ll keep everyone updated, I’ll try not to blog every painstaking detail, but we are super, super excited!!

Yay!!! This surprise comes with a disclaimer though, first you can see by the date how early this is, for whatever reason I ‘felt’ pregnant and took a test at like 6 days. Seriously. I’ve never been good at keeping a secret, and I don’t think this is one I want to keep regardless of what happens.

Also, I’ve already had my bit of ups and downs this early on, I thought I was pregnant Monday then on Tuesday some stuff happened that made me think I wasn’t anymore, and Roz, God love ya, has been listening to all of this… Finally yesterday I had my hcg levels checked and the doctor called today and said that they were right where they were supposed to be, so I think we’re in the clear for now. I almost hate knowing so early on, it’s going to be the longest pregnancy EVER.

We’re so excited though, I think John about passed out the first night I told him (by waking him up at 4 AM and showing him the pregnancy test, I’m lucky he didn’t have a heart attack), but by that evening he was as excited as I was. We were trying, just not quite expecting to be successful this early on, but now we’re THRILLED.

Keep us in your thoughts that everything goes ok, I still have a doctor’s appointment tomorrow and he may check my hcg levels again to make sure things are still progressing, but right now everything is where it’s supposed to be…