Not a lot to say...

Not a lot to say today. I have my dr. appt today at 4:45 pm. I am so nervous. I shouldn't be, but I am! I am going stir crazy at work today waiting for 4:15 to roll around so I can leave. I want, wait let me rephrase that...I NEED to hear the heartbeat today. If everything goes well, I will be ordering a doppler, so I can check when I start getting really nervous....like now!

I probably won't update on my appt. until Monday. J and I are going up to the cabin to get away for the weekend. It is only 2 hours or so away, but it is in the country and woods. I need to get out of here. I know that he really doesn't want to go with all of the traveling he does for work, but he is the one who brought it up and I need to get away from all of the stresses of life.

So, on the other hand...I started looking at cribs online. I am optimistic one minute and pessimistic the next. I have found a few that I like....but for me, I need to wait at least another 2 months before I buy anything big. I have bought a few outfits...couldn't help myself.

Well, I hope that everyone has a great weekend! Take care.

It's official....

I did it. I made it to 12 weeks. I don't know how, but maybe I shouldn't question that. Actually, I do know how I made it. It was from all of the support that I have from my wonderful IPP gals and of course my family too!

I am so happy that I have finally made it this far in this journey. Now, I am just so nervous that at my appt. this Friday I won't hear the heartbeat. I know I shouldn't think that way, and I am trying not too, but sometimes this whole pregnancy just seems way too good to be true! I mean really...no morning sickness (and believe me...I was praying for it!).

Well, that is about it for now...so have a great day!

Just a quick update...

There really isn't much to update on. It started out as kind of a crappy day. There is a really nice gentleman that I work with that passed away last night. I only found out that he was sick last week. He was a very good man and will be greatly missed by family, friends, and collegues.

On the pregnancy front...still not sick and I have 5 more days to go until I hit the 2nd trimester! Whoo hoo. I can't wait for that to happen and then I have an appt. on 7/29 with my ob.

J comes home today and they are out of town again next week. I am so glad that they are letting them do 4 - 10's when they are out of town. That one day seems to make things a little more bearable.

I am happy to hear that all of the IPP preggos are doing good. I am praying for safe, happy, and healthy pregnancies for all!

For everyone else...you too are in my thoughts and prayers. It is going to happen. It has too.

Ally....I am thinking about you! I am praying for you. I will be looking tomorrow to see if you tested!
Jamie...I am glad that you seem to be doing a bit better. I have been thinking about you.
Jenna...Give us an update. I want to know that you are OK.
Jess....Great pic on your blog. I can't wait to get the news that you are knocked up!
Les.....I am so happy to see that you are getting better. Your time will come...appt. is next month.
Everyone else...I pray that you are doing good.

Take care and have a great day and wonderful weekend!

Happy Friday!

I hope that everyone has a great weekend!

I took this test:

What Kind of American English Do You Speak?

and this is what I got:

Your Linguistic Profile:

60% General American English

20% Dixie

10% Upper Midwestern

5% Midwestern

5% Yankee

Damn living up North for too long already...I have some Yankee in me. I need to go back to Texas for a visit.

Take care and have a good one!

It's Hump Day!!!

I don't have much of an update to give. I still feel the same. No morning sickness.... I am still exhausted, but I can deal with it. I seem to be gaining some weight. My pants are starting to get a little tight in the midsection, but I can still wear them fairly comfortably.

I did go shopping this last weekend. This city sucks for maternity clothes. I bought a couple pairs of slacks and 2 really cute outfits, but I had to order some jeans on the JCPenney website. Do stores not carry talls because they think tall people don't get pregnant? Of course, I was beginning to wonder that myself.

Well, this is how boring my life has been! Oh, J is coming home tonight! Whoo hoo...early. His birthday is tomorrow, so I am going to make him dinner....he makes it for me when he is home. I don't know what to make. Hopefully he will tell me what he wants, that way I can go grocery shopping tonight so I can hit the gym on my way home from work tomorrow.

Anyway...that is about it. This is what I am hoping for:
1. I hope that Jamie begins to feel better soon.
2. I hope that Les can get out of her funk.
3. Jenn - I hope that the morning sickness doesn't last long. Good luck at your appt. tomorrow. Can't wait to see pics! Cysts be gone!!!!
4. Ally - I hope that the house sells and you are knocked up right now!
5. Jess - I keep waiting to hear that you are knocked up. I hope that all is going good with the family and you and the boys are feeling better.
6. Jenna - Let me know how you are doing. You are always in my thoughts and prayers!
7. Liz - Good luck on Thursday! Let us know how everything goes.
8. Heather P. - I am so glad that everything is going good with you. I will continue to keep you in my thoughts.
9. Heather M - I am glad that you made it through the visit at your MIL's. You have adorable little one's.
10. Sara - I am still keeping you in my thoughts. It will happen!
11. Erin - I can't wait to see pics of you holding Ryan! Soon!

For anyone I missed, I am sorry. I hope that everyone is doing good. Take care!

First pics of my little one!

Well, I had my appt. J and I couldn't believe it. Our little one is a mover. He was all over the screen during the ultrasound. We got to see and hear the heartbeat. It is beating strong at 160 beats per minute and he measured out at 9 weeks and 3 days. I hit the nail on the head with that one. I hope these pics don't take up too much room. The tech was so nice. She gave us 10 pics that she took and then she also gave us an extra set, which worked out pretty good since J is leaving in about an hour or so to go see his parents.

Very quick update...

I don't have much of anything new to report. Still not having any morning sickness and I am now 9 w 2 d. I go for my u/s at 7:30 tomorrow morning. I am excited, but I am also scared to death of what I will/will not see. I am trying to be positive. I keep thinking about how much life is going to change come February. I am really looking forward to it!

I will write more tomorrow after I get to work.

Take care!

Jenn....how did your appointment go????????????

4:48 PM - Ok Jenn...I read your blog and saw...whoo hoo. That is great that you heard the heart beat. How exciting! I am soooooo sooooo happy for you!!!!!

Today is a new day....

Well, yesterday just started out shitty and kind of stayed that way. When I scheduled my OB appt. 3 weeks ago, the nurse that I talked to on the phone scheduled my appt. for 3:00 pm, but told me to be there about 2:30 because the nurse could take me back and ask the 1,000 questions that they ask.

Well, I was there about 2:35 yesterday and finally got called back at 3:15. Then, we go in, I answer those 1,000 questions and then she gives me the paper top and sheet so I can strip down and wait on the doctor to come feel me up. So, as I am waiting, the nurse comes in with a horrible look on her face and says "This will be your first lesson at having a doctor who delivers babies. He is a patient in labor and had to leave to go to the hospital." I said..."OK, I understand...so I can get dressed now?" She says yes and leaves the room. My mom went to my appt. with me. As soon as the nurse shut the door, I lost it and broke down. I couldn't quit crying, because I know that the dr. won't send me for a sonogram until I have my exam. That and it was really a waste of a $10 copay. When the nurse came back in, she looked like she was going to cry because she felt so bad for me. Well, the dr. didn't order any blood work before he left, so she went ahead and took some for the normal panel that they run on pg women.

Well, as I am standing in line behind this old couple who are trying to schedule their next appt., one of the receptionist turn around and says, "Are you Sporty?" "Yes", I say. "The doctor has delivered the baby and is on his way back. Would you like to wait?" Again, I am in shock. Well, of course I waited after taking a couple of their dum dum suckers that they had sitting in the cup on the counter.

Well, he gets back and does that lovely pelvic exam. My cervix must have been being shy, because it took him just a little bit to find the damn thing. He says that it is closed (always a good thing) and that it is very high (he says that is good too, that is how you want it). So, for what I could actually find out in the drs. office, he put my mind at ease....at least a little and for the moment. Now, I just have to make it until next Friday, July 8, at 7:30 am when I have my u/s. He was going to send me today, but I figured that as of today, I should be 8 w 3 d, and I want J to be there with me so he can see the heartbeat too! I want us to share that for the first time. Well, he is out of town for work...so now I have to suffer and wait until next week. Even if he is out of town, he is coming home early for it. He is excited to go.

Well....he comes home today and I am excited! I guess, since I came in to work early, I should get busy and do some work!

Please have a very SAFE and HAPPY 4th of July!!!!

Now to all of my girls....I appreciate everything that you have all done for me and all of the support that you have given me. If I didn't need to get to work, I would list you all out...I may do that at lunch! Take care and you are ALL in my thoughts and prayers! Take care.