First ultrasound

We went to our first appt. today. They did a ultrasound on my belly at first, but we were not able to see a good picture, so they did a vaginal ultrasound. Then we saw a great picture. I can't believe how it looked. We saw the head and the butt and then a spot that blinked which was the heart beating. The baby measured about 1 1/2 inches. Oh and my new due date is October 30th. Then my Dr. turned on the sound and we heard the heart beat. It was beating so fast. It's amazing we can already hear it so early. It is beating 158 times per minute. That is a strong heartbeat according to the Dr. According to some this also means its a girl.(Probably a myth) However, the Dr. said that we can find out the sex at 18 weeks which will be in 10 weeks. I can't wait because I want to start buying things!! I guess for now we will focus on moving the office furniture into the spare bedroom and painting. (Clint will I mean). The Dr. also told us about some myths out there and told us whether they are fact or fiction. She said I could eat lunch meat and mexican cheese dip. I was glad to hear about the cheese dip. It's my favorite. Our next appt. is April 21st.

8 week appt. tomorrow

So my Dr's office called and my Dr has a funeral to attend on Thursday so they moved my appt. to Wednesday at 8:15. That works for me. One less day of waiting to get my first ultrasound. I'll update afterwards...

Are you Pregnant?? Surprise!!

This is the question my dad is asking at the beginning of this clip. (video will be posted soon) I finally got to tell my family last weekend.  It was good to be able to tell,  keeping secrets is not one of my talents.  My brother and sister in law already knew, and so my brother has been having to continue to tell my dad we are still trying when really we were already pregnant.  I was glad to get this surpise on video.  This video was taken about 15 minutes after I also got done suprising my brother.  I flew into VA for the weekend to attend the baby shower for Lyla.  He had suspisions I was coming, but was totally suprised when he didn't see my car and I waited about 10 minutes before jumping out to say "Surprise"  Two suprises in one night.  I was glad to pull that off.  Normally I spoil suprises early on.

Later that weekend I told my grandmother and aunt by showing them the picture frame.  (Pictures to come later).

Sunday I then had Maggie my niece help me announce to the rest of the family.  It was so cute the way she told everyone.  I got that on video also.  Once I get it all downloaded I will post it.

I told Mom on Monday when she picked me up from the airport.  I gave her a card.  She was very happy and I could tell it took a while for the news to sink in. 

Mom and Dad are very happy to be getting two grandchildren in one year!!

Fortune cookie

So I thought this was soooo funny and had to blog about it.  We had chinese last night but didn't open our fortune cookies till tonight.  First of all both of our lucky numbers had 31.  Good sign!  Then when Clint read his fortune it said, " This year your highest priority will be your family." YAY!!

Narcolepsy

So when I read that an early sign of pregnancy was fatigue, that was an understatement.  I feel like I have narcolepsy.  It hits around 3 p.m.  I don't remember ever being this tired. I went to bed at 9:30 the other night and woke up at 6 a.m. and couldn't go back to sleep.  So I tried going to bed at 10:30 p.m., but when I had to get up at 7 a.m. it was painful.  We were supposed to go look at cars on Sat. but I was too tired and stayed home to sleep.  We went on Sunday and all the car lots were closed.  So we came home and guess what... I took a nap!! :-) 

Cadillac Car Seat

So Clint's reaction to the pregnancy has been interesting.  He went through a phase where he was able to tell people we were pregnant without even saying the word "pregnant."  It's as if he was allergic to it.  He even called it a "condition" once.  However, in the past two weeks the shock has wore off and he is researching car seats and a new (4 door) car to go with it.  :-)  He told me tonight that he found a car seat made by Recaro that he wants to get to put in his car.  Leave it to Clint to be picky about a car seat.  We all know he is not picky about what he drives.  He likes to research for at least a year or more to buy a car.  I told him we don't have that kind of time to purchase a car seat so it's good he is already looking. We are going to test drive 4 door cars this weekend.  I'll keep you updated...

Pregnancy symptoms begin

I definately got my first spell of nausea this morning.  Hard to talk to my staff when you think your about to throw up.  Deep breaths and water helped.  Also, I have had heartburn the last two nights.  Not sure if its from my craving for cheesburgers.  That's what we had for dinner.  And of course my boobs still hurt.  They have since a week before we found out I was pregnant.  This symptom was one of the first things that made me think I was pregnant.  (Clint is telling me not to post about my boobs). lol  !!!!!

Any and all symptoms are worth the experience and having a little baby __?__ at the end of 9 months.