Here I am!

I had another doctor appointment on Tuesday, and here is what I saw! He (for this post, I am going to refer to the baby as he) looks great. His heartbeat is great and he is growing great. It is so exciting! We could see his little legs kicking, though it will be a few weeks until I will be able to feel it. He is 4.3 cm from head to butt. I always feel wonderful after a doctor appointment. At times it is hard to believe that I am pregnant again, but seeing him on the screen really makes it real. My nausea is just about completely gone. But the fatigue is still hanging around. I have been going to bed by about 9:30 every night, and even that feels late. The measurements she got indicated that he is ahead of what we thought, and that the due date would be May 6. But she said that they keep the due date at what the nurse documented at the OB education appointment, which was May 9-- Gregg's birthday! We think that is pretty cool, but I am hoping the baby doesn't go that long! I've been seeing so many babies lately, and I cannot wait to hold a tiny little one again!


Finding Nemo on Ice was a blast! It was so much fun. When Mickey, Minnie, Donald, and Goofy came out on the ice to do the intro, Madi started squealing and didn't stop for about 10 minutes. There was a teenage girl sitting next to me, and she kept looking over at her, and seemed to be thinking, "Make her be quiet!" Wait till she has a kid! When a fun song came on, Madi started doing a little dance, it was so cute. Gregg and I both loved it, too, and we both said we would definitely do it again. Here are some pictures from the night.

This is Madelyn squealing when they first came out. (Sorry, my hand got in the way)


Madi and her daddy before it started.

Most of the pictures I got were too dark, but this one was the best.

These last 21 months have gone so fast, and Madelyn is a big girl now! I was at Walmart the other day and was getting diapers and was in the baby section, and it hit me that there is not much in the baby section for Madi anymore! Only sippy cups and diapers. She doesn't eat any baby food at all. Not even Graduates. It made me sad that she is growing up but at the same time, excited for where we are going with her. She's discovered she loves to color and draw with a pencil. She does a bunch of animal sounds now and it just sounds so cute! When I am holding her, she pats my back. She is doing something new every day, and I am totally loving it. Oh yeah, I forgot a couple words she says. Hello, hi, byebye, and booboo can be added to the list. And she also LOVES raw green peppers. Green peppers and cucumbers are about the only veggies I can get her to eat without fighting with her.

I am back to work this weekend, so if I don't post, that's why. :(

Finally figured out how to post pictures!

Updates

Today I hit the big 10 weeks! The nausea seems to be letting up a bit. Today I am wearing a maternity outfit for the first time. I actually feel like I got bigger just today...maybe just wishful thinking. :) My appointment on Sept. 28 went very well. The baby is still measuring right on for May 8th. Wouldn't it be something if I delivered a day late, on Gregg's birthday? Madelyn was 19 days early, so I am not anticipating going late, but it still would be cool! We heard the heartbeat during the ultrasound, nice and strong at 172. At work this past weekend, I wanted to see if I could hear the heartbeat with the doppler we have on our unit. Low and behold, we could hear the wonderful sound. :) I had all the girls at work grinning from ear to ear. Even one girl who I barely ever see smile was smiling so big. It was awesome. It is really reassuring to be able to hear the little one every time I am at work.

I am enjoying having off from work now. The weekends tire me out. I haven't gotten much done in the way of housework, but it sure is wonderful to get caught up on some sleep.

I can't wait! Tomorrow night Gregg, me and Madi are going to see Finding Nemo on Ice!!!! It's in Reading. I have never been to anything "on ice" and I am sure it is going to be an experience. I will be sure to post some pictures of tomorrow night, as well as some belly pictures in the coming days.

Some updates on Madelyn:
Here are the words she says (I may forget some)
- No
- Momma
- Dadda
- "om" (home)
- "dis" (this)
- Oh no!
- Oh my!
- dirty
- bubble
- Bible (sounds a lot like bubble!)
- moe (more)
- ha (hat)
- yay!
- ball
- go

I know there are more, but I can't think of them right now. Some of her favorite foods are
cucumbers, spaghetti, pizza, raisins, milk, Cinnamon Life, Strawberry Frosted Mini Wheats, cheese. She does not like potatoes at all and will only eat french fries or tater tots. She doesn't like eggs either.

I am going to try to post a picture of her and then I have to go get some housework done!

Our big news

This is just a quick post. I just worked the weekend, and have been up for 24 hours with only a 2 hour nap. I am exhausted. But, we are ready to tell the world our big news, and I will be posting pictures soon. I am off work now for 11 days, so I hope to update you all on how things have been going. So long for now.

Our Little Peanut

It's been a long time since I posted, and pretty soon I am going to open this up and let everyone know!

I had my ultrasound on Sept 14 and it went really well. The Dr. said the baby is measuring exactly the size I thought it should be, and it showed that I was 6 weeks and 2 days. We only saw one baby. We saw the flicker of a heartbeat, but we couldn't hear it yet- it's just too small. What an awesome feeling! I felt pregnant all along, but there is something about seeing it on a screen. We are really excited, and have told a few people, but we are going to wait another week or so to tell the world the news. I have another ultrasound on Sept. 28 to be sure of the due date, but for now it still looks like May 8.

I am much more nauseous with this pregnancy than with Madelyn. With her I was about 20% nauseous all the time, but only really got sick once. This time I am about 65% nauseous all the time. It is hard to eat anything, but I am hungry at the same time. I can't wait for this trimester to be over, and hopefully the nausea will go away. My pants are beginning to get a little snug, but I am still able to wear them.

Two days!

Just a quick update-- I am still feeling all the early pregnancy symptoms- nausea, extremely tired, starving, mood swings....etc. On Thursday we go for our ultrasound and see if there is more than one baby. I know I said this before, but I keep thinking it's twins. Gregg doesn't want me to talk about twins. I think it overwhelms him. But I still feel like it might be. I feel like my belly is already getting bigger (I am only 6 weeks), I feel way more tired than I remember with Madelyn, and get really nauseous and then really hungry within the same minute. These could just be regular pregnancy symptoms, but I am still thinking two. I will feel pretty silly when the Dr. says there is only one.

I just can't wait to see that little heartbeat and know that there is a baby growing and thriving in my belly. I love being pregnant!!!!

Tired

There's not much to report here. I have continued to be nauseous this whole week and weekend, although I have not gotten sick yet. I am also very very tired all the time. I worked this weekend Friday, Saturday, Sunday and I work tonight (Monday) and every night at work I think I dozed off for a minute or two. I have been having such a hard time keeping my eyes open, but then when I am home during the day to sleep, I don't sleep well. I can't wait till tomorrow morning! Gregg's been busy the whole weekend with Madi. On the weekends when I am working, he has Madi all day. Today they went for a bike ride and then this afternoon, he took Madi down to the river to see the boats. He said she kept saying "ga ga ga ga" at the boats. She doesn't talk a whole lot yet, so we have been hearing a lot of "ga ga ga ga". I have to go get ready for work now. :(