Betting Pools

I was thinking since March Madness is pretty much over we could extend the competition by having a pool for the baby.  We'll do one for the gender and one for the due date.  This is Nate by the way . . .

Names?

Nathan and I have been thinking of names a little bit.  My favorites so far are:

• Hailey Renee
• Calvin

Boys names are so hard!

What Baby?

Now that morning sickness is starting to get better I have been finding it easier and easier to forget that I am pregnant.  I forget that I am going to get fat, go through an extrememly painful experience, and be a mother all in the next 7 months.  Right now I am entering the blissfully ignorant part of pregnancy between morning sickness and being a whale.  It sometimes seems like nothing is different...like life will go on as it always has.  When I have to upgrade all my clothes to bigger sizes then maybe the realization that a baby is coming will really hit home.

Good Day

I finally felt good enough to work out on Friday... Yay!  Hope it lasts.

Friday Night Fun

My husband and my Wheel of Time book, what else do I need?

If I feel sick at least I look fantastic.... oh wait.

On the last Friday of spring break Nathan and I went to Olive Garden.  I was feeling pretty good that day and was able to eat at the restaurant.  It was really good at the time, but later that night I was definitely regretting it!  It was the sickest I've been since the morning sickness started. I spent the whole night on the bathroom floor waiting to puke.  Luckily I have the greatest husband in the world and he was willing to sit and hang out with me while I was sick.

Are We Human, or Are We Dancers?

Tonight while looking at the baby clothes at Wal-mart Nathan said, "There's no reason why baby clothes should be as expensive as human clothes", hmmmm..... maybe I should have a talk with Nathan before the baby gets here.

Nate's Feelings on 1st Appointment

Wow, I am going to be a dad.  That whole concept still hasn't fully sunk in.  I think that I will be a good dad, and certainly will be fun.  My feelings from the first appointment were mixed.  The first thought I had was, "this is awkward" as the doctor did the exam on Heather. Once the ultrasound got going though my feelings were far more situation appropriate.  I thought it was cool to see our little "beanie baby" and think that it was a part of me. The real thrill, however, came from hearing the heartbeat for the first time.  The rapid, little beating of my baby's heart filled me ever so briefly with the kind of joy I know I will get to feel all the time as a father.  I can't understand how anyone can think that abortion isn't ending life.  It is just beyond me.  Well, that is all for now.  I am hoping that we can keep this blog up for our little baby! 

Our Beanie Baby

Well, here it is! Doesn't look like much now... The Dr. says that the baby is about the size of a bean.  According to my handy pregnancy book, right now the bones are forming, it's getting fingers and toes, it has a heartbeat, and it is growing eyelids.  It is apparently still in the embryo stage, but next week it will get an official upgrade to fetus, Yay!  It will look more like a baby and less like a bean before we know it!

Exciting News

Nathan and I found out that we were pregnant on Valentine's Day this year!  I took a home pregnancy test that came out just barely positive.  I got an appointment at the women's clinic that same day to have my blood work done.  On February 15th I got a call back with the official news that I was pregnant!  Nathan and I were SO excited!  Since then we have definitely been on a roller coaster of emotions.  We are nervous about the responsibilities and challenges that a baby will bring but we can't wait to have our perfect little baby with us!  Nathan is hoping for a girl.  I'm trying not to hope too hard either way... but we're going to start placing bets around June I think haha.

First Appointment

Today was my first official baby appointment at the women's clinic.  I saw Dr. Bragg today.  The appointment was supposed to start at 10:00 am, but I showed up around 9:30 to do a urine sample and blood work (fun stuff).  Well, as it turns out Dr. Bragg had to do an emergency surgery at the hospital and he was really late.  So, after I got all my initial stuff done early I had to wait until about 11:30 for the actual appointment to start.  I wasn't too disappointed since Nathan was there with me.  They gave me a book all about pregnancy and what to expect so we were entertained by flipping through that.  (I guess I should say half entertained, half horrified at what is to come for my poor body).
The actual appointment went well, we got the regular check-up exam to make sure everything was going well and then we had our first ultra-sound!  We got to see the heart beat and the little bean that is our baby.  It was really neat to actually see the baby and hear the heartbeat, it made it seem more real... there really is something growing in there and I'm not just getting fat for no reason, Yay!  I'm about seven weeks along today and my official due date is October 28, 2011.  Maybe we'll have a Halloween baby!?