5 years ago today, I kissed Daniel for the first time and we've been practically inseparable ever since! I remember the evening well...
Our friends Aaron and Nicole came to pick me up from my little yellow house in Belgrade and we were headed to the races. Once again, I crawled into the back seat and felt like a 3rd wheel. I didn't think too much of it, but it was always a thought that ran through my head in these moments. Nicole said she hoped I didn't mind but they had invited Daniel to meet us there. I was instantly relieved. Daniel and I had known each other for a little over a year and hung out lots. When I first met him he had a crazy girlfriend and so I never thought anything of him. I also didn't know they'd broken up 6 months after I met him. During the summer of 2005, we had camped lots and I was starting to look at him a bit differently...it was interesting. So, we drank several Miller Lites at the races and had a blast. We headed to the Belgrade Lounge for a little shuffle board and more beer. Aaron and Nicole conveniently made the teams so Daniel and I were on the same end of the table and the flirting and fun continued. We decided to go get some food and Daniel liked the glass he was drinking out of wanted to take it home so we went out the back door. He didn't end up stealing it, he left it on the outside fire escape. As we were waiting for Aaron and Nicole to pick us up, I looked at him and said, "I'm going to kiss you now". He said, "Okay!" It was an amazing kiss. I honestly do still remember the feeling I got in that moment. He melted my heart. I don't know if I fell in love with him right then, but it didn't take me long to know I was keeping this guy forever. We truly have been nearly inseparable and will continue to be. Daniel is such an amazing husband and father. He keeps me laughing and still melts my heart with his kisses!
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
The Men in my Life
The other day I heard Daniel playing with Kayla and he was saying, "This little piggy did something, this little piggy did something else. This little piggy did something, this little piggy did something else. And this little piggy went WEE WEE WEE all the way home!" I was laughing so hard. When I asked him what he was doing he said, "I don't know what all the other little piggys did, just the last one!" This is so classic Daniel. I love it.
I was telling my mom and dad that story today while we were having coffee and I nearly fell off my chair telling them. So funny. My mom and I both had tears in our eyes. Mom almost trumped me though...
They were at a stop light yesterday and my dad looked over at the car next to them and said, "Ruth! There's no one driving that car!" He looked again and just couldn't believe it. My mom said, "It's hooked up to that RV!" How funny is that?!
I love the men in my life. They keep me laughing and I love that! I will write a book one day about all the funny things they've done and continue to do!
I was telling my mom and dad that story today while we were having coffee and I nearly fell off my chair telling them. So funny. My mom and I both had tears in our eyes. Mom almost trumped me though...
They were at a stop light yesterday and my dad looked over at the car next to them and said, "Ruth! There's no one driving that car!" He looked again and just couldn't believe it. My mom said, "It's hooked up to that RV!" How funny is that?!
I love the men in my life. They keep me laughing and I love that! I will write a book one day about all the funny things they've done and continue to do!
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Age
I've never been one to worry about my age. My mom has always said that birthdays and being one year older is better than the alternative. Such great advice. My mom and dad have never had "age" issues either. I thank them for passing that down. I have been thinking a little more about age lately though...
Daniel and I haven't had a real serious discussion about having more kids. We know we want at least one more baby, but we are in no hurry to have another one anytime soon. My personal time line was something like when Kayla turns 3, we'll start thinking about another baby. Well, after hearing about a few pregnancies lately I asked Daniel when we would try again. Of course, Daniel doesn't think that far into the future and says, "that's for future Daniel and future Melana to figure out!" (gotta love How I Met Your Mother.) So I was doing some figuring and very suddenly realized that I'm 32 already. I SWEAR I thought I was 31 and turning 32 in January 2011. That's the most odd and disappointing feeling in the world! I think we may need to up my time line by a year. During my pregnancy with Kayla my doctor said more than once that she likes her patients to have babies before they turn 35 because once they hit 35 they're automatically categorized as "high risk". I don't need that stress added to my next pregnancy. I've never been disappointed in my age before, until now. Even so, it's not that I'm closer to 33 than 32, but that my biological clock seems to be ticking a little louder. Ugh! Once again I wish Daniel and I had met at least 2 years earlier, but Daniel reminds me that I didn't want to know him 2 years earlier. I'll take his word for it! :)
Age has also been front and center in our finances. Daniel and I took Financial Peace University by Dave Ramsey this spring and are on the road to being debt free. (Once again, I wish we would have figured this stuff out a few years earlier!) As I was doing some figuring though, I realized that by the time we are completely debt free and have our big emergency fund funded, I'll be 37, almost 38! That's odd! 38 is not old at all, but somehow when I still feel like I'm 25, 38 seems old. Do you know what I mean? It will seem even younger once I'm there, I'm sure!
So, age is a funny thing. It is truly something I've never put much thought into, but it sneaks up on a person, in thought and in reality!
Daniel and I haven't had a real serious discussion about having more kids. We know we want at least one more baby, but we are in no hurry to have another one anytime soon. My personal time line was something like when Kayla turns 3, we'll start thinking about another baby. Well, after hearing about a few pregnancies lately I asked Daniel when we would try again. Of course, Daniel doesn't think that far into the future and says, "that's for future Daniel and future Melana to figure out!" (gotta love How I Met Your Mother.) So I was doing some figuring and very suddenly realized that I'm 32 already. I SWEAR I thought I was 31 and turning 32 in January 2011. That's the most odd and disappointing feeling in the world! I think we may need to up my time line by a year. During my pregnancy with Kayla my doctor said more than once that she likes her patients to have babies before they turn 35 because once they hit 35 they're automatically categorized as "high risk". I don't need that stress added to my next pregnancy. I've never been disappointed in my age before, until now. Even so, it's not that I'm closer to 33 than 32, but that my biological clock seems to be ticking a little louder. Ugh! Once again I wish Daniel and I had met at least 2 years earlier, but Daniel reminds me that I didn't want to know him 2 years earlier. I'll take his word for it! :)
Age has also been front and center in our finances. Daniel and I took Financial Peace University by Dave Ramsey this spring and are on the road to being debt free. (Once again, I wish we would have figured this stuff out a few years earlier!) As I was doing some figuring though, I realized that by the time we are completely debt free and have our big emergency fund funded, I'll be 37, almost 38! That's odd! 38 is not old at all, but somehow when I still feel like I'm 25, 38 seems old. Do you know what I mean? It will seem even younger once I'm there, I'm sure!
So, age is a funny thing. It is truly something I've never put much thought into, but it sneaks up on a person, in thought and in reality!
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Kayla
I may be the worst mom ever! Kayla Jean is 9 1/2 months old and I have not blogged a single word since she was born. Oh well. I've had better things to do, I guess. To add to my new title of "worst mom ever" I have to admit that Kayla doesn't have a baby book. This realization will hopefully lead me to blog a little more. This way, one day, Kayla can log on and read all about her accomplishments. Will the internet and blogging still be this cool in 20 years?!
Instead of rehashing the last 9 1/2 months, I'll highlight a few things as of late. About 3 weeks ago, Kayla officially started army crawling everywhere. Jynx is no long safe from her. She just follows her around and I think it's hilarious. So far, she gets to where she wants to be (usually close to Jynx or her toys!), but stays in our living room. Since I've been back to work, we've just put her in the middle of our bed while we're getting ready and she just sits there and plays...no more. She sits there for about 5 minutes and then she's scooting to the edge of the bed to get closer. Scary stuff! Luckily we're literally 3 steps from the bed when we're in the bathroom.
TEETHING SUCKS! On Saturday Kayla was fussy. She had a temp and I thought it was the daycare gunk she gets every now and again. Nope. After 2 rather sleepless nights, a little tooth has started to pop through on the bottom. Now that it's through, she seems better. Oh my how I feel sorry for her though. Daniel and I stayed up with her until 1am on Monday morning just trying to make her comfortable. It just broke our hearts to see her scream, especially since she's not much of a crier normally. I think what bothers me most is that this was just the first tooth. We have a mouthful to go! Ugh!
Eating is so fun. Kayla has yet to try something she doesn't like. This makes it easy on mom and dad. We had really great intentions of making her baby food, but have found that it is not nearly as expensive to buy the jars as we thought it would be. We have been so blessed to have gotten a lot of hand-me-downs, or "handy downs" as Daniel thought they were called! :) Holly and Annie have made it so we have not had to buy hardly anything for her. It's been amazing. Thank you, even though I don't think either of you read my blog! :)
I had my first experience with Kayla pooping during her bath last night. I am surprised that I freaked out a little. Poop doesn't normally bother me, but somehow when it was dispersing in the bath water, I freaked! TMI?? Sorry! I'm sure there are many more of these incidents to come. She's so cute that all I can do is laugh!
Parenting is wonderful. It's cliche, I know. We've been blessed with a dang-near perfect baby and I know that helps. The love keeps growing and I keep telling myself to remember all these precious moments because every time I go to Wal-Mart I cringe (for many reasons) to think that someday our perfect little Kayla Jean may be (will be, I know) one of the kids throwing an almighty fit!!!! GOD HELP US!
Instead of rehashing the last 9 1/2 months, I'll highlight a few things as of late. About 3 weeks ago, Kayla officially started army crawling everywhere. Jynx is no long safe from her. She just follows her around and I think it's hilarious. So far, she gets to where she wants to be (usually close to Jynx or her toys!), but stays in our living room. Since I've been back to work, we've just put her in the middle of our bed while we're getting ready and she just sits there and plays...no more. She sits there for about 5 minutes and then she's scooting to the edge of the bed to get closer. Scary stuff! Luckily we're literally 3 steps from the bed when we're in the bathroom.
TEETHING SUCKS! On Saturday Kayla was fussy. She had a temp and I thought it was the daycare gunk she gets every now and again. Nope. After 2 rather sleepless nights, a little tooth has started to pop through on the bottom. Now that it's through, she seems better. Oh my how I feel sorry for her though. Daniel and I stayed up with her until 1am on Monday morning just trying to make her comfortable. It just broke our hearts to see her scream, especially since she's not much of a crier normally. I think what bothers me most is that this was just the first tooth. We have a mouthful to go! Ugh!
Eating is so fun. Kayla has yet to try something she doesn't like. This makes it easy on mom and dad. We had really great intentions of making her baby food, but have found that it is not nearly as expensive to buy the jars as we thought it would be. We have been so blessed to have gotten a lot of hand-me-downs, or "handy downs" as Daniel thought they were called! :) Holly and Annie have made it so we have not had to buy hardly anything for her. It's been amazing. Thank you, even though I don't think either of you read my blog! :)
I had my first experience with Kayla pooping during her bath last night. I am surprised that I freaked out a little. Poop doesn't normally bother me, but somehow when it was dispersing in the bath water, I freaked! TMI?? Sorry! I'm sure there are many more of these incidents to come. She's so cute that all I can do is laugh!
Parenting is wonderful. It's cliche, I know. We've been blessed with a dang-near perfect baby and I know that helps. The love keeps growing and I keep telling myself to remember all these precious moments because every time I go to Wal-Mart I cringe (for many reasons) to think that someday our perfect little Kayla Jean may be (will be, I know) one of the kids throwing an almighty fit!!!! GOD HELP US!
Monday, August 31, 2009
Update
I haven't written in a while. It's not for lack of content, but more lack of motivation. I feel like I have a lot to say, but somehow sitting down and finding the words seems difficult. I'll give it a try though.
First, a pregnancy update. I only have 6 weeks left!!! WOW! This fact is truly amazing to me. I feel like I was just telling people that I was 10 weeks pregnant and now I only have 6 weeks left! I am excited. Daniel is excited. I can't help but feel a bit nervous though, too. This is a natural feeling, I know, but it's so weird when it's ME!!! Me and Daniel! We love kids. We're good with kids, but it is going to be so odd to have a baby that stays with us, like forever. That may sound bad, but think about it...then you'll understand. Otherwise, I'm feeling really good. I'm having some carpal tunnel issues and I brace up my wrists at night and that seems to help. Also, I have some eczema on my palms, but that's it. I have NOTHING to complain about. Pregnancy has been a wonderful experience for me. I am blessed.
Along those lines, we have a lot of work to do within the next 6 weeks. This week, the roofing crew is here getting the roof replaced from last summer's hail storm. Daniel is part of that crew, so that's nice. Especially since this is week 4 of no work available. When the roofing project is done (hopefully tomorrow), we have a lot to do in our master bedroom remodel. Daniel will finish the mudding and taping, then we'll call someone in to do the texturing. Then we (he, really) need to paint, lay tile in the bathroom, build the vanity, build another cabinet, install the tub, carpet the bedroom, install the sinks and toilet, light fixtures, and I'm sure there is more I'm missing. Do you think it can all be done in just 6 more weeks? What happens if the baby comes earlier than it's due date?!?! It's possible. My doctor said they won't stop labor after 37 weeks, so technically, I might only have 3 weeks left!! I hope not. I want this baby to bake as long as possible. For many reasons, obviously.
We had my nieces, Allison and Kimberly here last week. We were able to take them camping at Ruby Reservoir last weekend and we had a lot of fun. We did some tubing and the kids had a blast!!! The smiles on their faces were priceless. We took cousins Michael and Breanna along and those cousins are sure good buddies! I love it! This past weekend, I rode along with mom and dad to Sturgis to do the exchange with Ben and Michelle. It was fun to see them and for them to see me pregnant. Ben told me I finally fit into the family...I've always fit it! :) Silly Ben!
Well, I felt like I had a lot more to talk about, but apparently I don't.
Hopefully I'll get better at this blogging stuff!!! Perhaps when I have a baby that is changing constantly, I'll have lots to write about!?! Time may be an issue at that point though!!! :)
First, a pregnancy update. I only have 6 weeks left!!! WOW! This fact is truly amazing to me. I feel like I was just telling people that I was 10 weeks pregnant and now I only have 6 weeks left! I am excited. Daniel is excited. I can't help but feel a bit nervous though, too. This is a natural feeling, I know, but it's so weird when it's ME!!! Me and Daniel! We love kids. We're good with kids, but it is going to be so odd to have a baby that stays with us, like forever. That may sound bad, but think about it...then you'll understand. Otherwise, I'm feeling really good. I'm having some carpal tunnel issues and I brace up my wrists at night and that seems to help. Also, I have some eczema on my palms, but that's it. I have NOTHING to complain about. Pregnancy has been a wonderful experience for me. I am blessed.
Along those lines, we have a lot of work to do within the next 6 weeks. This week, the roofing crew is here getting the roof replaced from last summer's hail storm. Daniel is part of that crew, so that's nice. Especially since this is week 4 of no work available. When the roofing project is done (hopefully tomorrow), we have a lot to do in our master bedroom remodel. Daniel will finish the mudding and taping, then we'll call someone in to do the texturing. Then we (he, really) need to paint, lay tile in the bathroom, build the vanity, build another cabinet, install the tub, carpet the bedroom, install the sinks and toilet, light fixtures, and I'm sure there is more I'm missing. Do you think it can all be done in just 6 more weeks? What happens if the baby comes earlier than it's due date?!?! It's possible. My doctor said they won't stop labor after 37 weeks, so technically, I might only have 3 weeks left!! I hope not. I want this baby to bake as long as possible. For many reasons, obviously.
We had my nieces, Allison and Kimberly here last week. We were able to take them camping at Ruby Reservoir last weekend and we had a lot of fun. We did some tubing and the kids had a blast!!! The smiles on their faces were priceless. We took cousins Michael and Breanna along and those cousins are sure good buddies! I love it! This past weekend, I rode along with mom and dad to Sturgis to do the exchange with Ben and Michelle. It was fun to see them and for them to see me pregnant. Ben told me I finally fit into the family...I've always fit it! :) Silly Ben!
Well, I felt like I had a lot more to talk about, but apparently I don't.
Hopefully I'll get better at this blogging stuff!!! Perhaps when I have a baby that is changing constantly, I'll have lots to write about!?! Time may be an issue at that point though!!! :)
Monday, July 20, 2009
28 weeks
I guess I missed a few weeks here. I really thought I’d be a better blogger. I feel like I have a lot to share sometimes, but when I sit down to write them out, I realize that all my internal dialogue may not be very interesting to other people. My hope would be that I could get better, but I feel that once the baby is here, I will not have time to record all my boring internal dialogue! We’ll see what happens.
So, there’s not much new. I’m still pregnant. I feel good. My allergies have been terrible. I can only take Benadryl at night and a Zyrtec during the day. For most people that may be enough, but I’m missing my Nasonex, Claratin D and Singulair. That is my usual cocktail of drugs during the summer. Crazy, but it seems to work. This year I’m down to the two drugs and I can certainly tell the difference, but I’m still struggling.
We are taking our first camping trip this weekend and I’m very nervous for that. First and foremost I’m worried about the heat. I am not doing well with the heat this summer. I feel like whatever the temperature is outside, I’m cooking about 20 degrees hotter than that. For anyone who knows me, I am not a happy camper (pun intended) when I’m hot and sweaty! The worst part is that I refused to buy a maternity swimsuit, so I can’t even plunge into the lake when I want to cool off. This also leads to the fact that I probably won’t ride in the boat this weekend either because I need to pee every 30 minutes or so and usually I’d just hop into the lake and pee and swim and then crawl back into the boat. The previous dilemma still applies! To continue the pee dilemma…I really hate to think about getting up in the night and walking to the outhouse. I’m scared when I’m not pregnant, but I tend to be a bit clumsy lately, so I’m really scared to walk outside in the dark. Luckily Jynx is always willing to walk with me, but it just sucks. I know Daniel would walk with me too, but I’d feel bad waking him up.
This post is making it sound like I’m complaining about being pregnant. I’m really not because in all actuality, I love being pregnant. If we ever plan this again though, I will try not to be so pregnant in the summer. Will someone remind me of this someday?!?
On a very positive note, Daniel got our central air up and running this past weekend. Just in time, too. Saturday was miserable. We went to the fair for a while to eat fair food and it was pretty awful outside. It was so wonderful to walk into our house and feel a rush of cool air! AHH! That, and tonight I actually got to bake some chocolate chip biscuits for our dessert tomorrow night and I didn’t heat up the whole house even more!! How neat! I’ve never lived in a place with central air. I’m pretty sure that I will never want to go back now! Good thing. We still have 28 years left on our mortgage!!! We’re here for the long haul! I’m very happy for that, too.
I think that’s it for now. Perhaps I’ll try to do this more often and do shorter more frequent posts. That way I won’t forget all that’s happened. My memory is really bad lately. I thought a lot of the things you hear about pregnant women were myths or old wives tales, but I’m finding some of them to be very accurate! Memory loss and forgetfulness being the thing that affects me most right now!
So, there’s not much new. I’m still pregnant. I feel good. My allergies have been terrible. I can only take Benadryl at night and a Zyrtec during the day. For most people that may be enough, but I’m missing my Nasonex, Claratin D and Singulair. That is my usual cocktail of drugs during the summer. Crazy, but it seems to work. This year I’m down to the two drugs and I can certainly tell the difference, but I’m still struggling.
We are taking our first camping trip this weekend and I’m very nervous for that. First and foremost I’m worried about the heat. I am not doing well with the heat this summer. I feel like whatever the temperature is outside, I’m cooking about 20 degrees hotter than that. For anyone who knows me, I am not a happy camper (pun intended) when I’m hot and sweaty! The worst part is that I refused to buy a maternity swimsuit, so I can’t even plunge into the lake when I want to cool off. This also leads to the fact that I probably won’t ride in the boat this weekend either because I need to pee every 30 minutes or so and usually I’d just hop into the lake and pee and swim and then crawl back into the boat. The previous dilemma still applies! To continue the pee dilemma…I really hate to think about getting up in the night and walking to the outhouse. I’m scared when I’m not pregnant, but I tend to be a bit clumsy lately, so I’m really scared to walk outside in the dark. Luckily Jynx is always willing to walk with me, but it just sucks. I know Daniel would walk with me too, but I’d feel bad waking him up.
This post is making it sound like I’m complaining about being pregnant. I’m really not because in all actuality, I love being pregnant. If we ever plan this again though, I will try not to be so pregnant in the summer. Will someone remind me of this someday?!?
On a very positive note, Daniel got our central air up and running this past weekend. Just in time, too. Saturday was miserable. We went to the fair for a while to eat fair food and it was pretty awful outside. It was so wonderful to walk into our house and feel a rush of cool air! AHH! That, and tonight I actually got to bake some chocolate chip biscuits for our dessert tomorrow night and I didn’t heat up the whole house even more!! How neat! I’ve never lived in a place with central air. I’m pretty sure that I will never want to go back now! Good thing. We still have 28 years left on our mortgage!!! We’re here for the long haul! I’m very happy for that, too.
I think that’s it for now. Perhaps I’ll try to do this more often and do shorter more frequent posts. That way I won’t forget all that’s happened. My memory is really bad lately. I thought a lot of the things you hear about pregnant women were myths or old wives tales, but I’m finding some of them to be very accurate! Memory loss and forgetfulness being the thing that affects me most right now!
Thursday, June 4, 2009
21 Week Ultrasound
Today we had our 21 week ultrasound and it went well. It just amazes me, this ultrasound deal. Seeing the hands, feet, femur, brain, and kidneys, it all just amazes me!
The baby didn't cooperate today. It was laying face-down and it wouldn't turn. It was playing with it's toes and the tech said it was sitting "jack-knifed". Little turd. So, I have to go back on Tuesday morning in hopes that it will be more awake and show us the other side!!! I asked the tech if she could tell the sex and she said she could, but we didn't find out. It sort of bothers me that this stranger knows the sex of our baby and we don't, but thankfully we don't know her and will not likely have to see her again! (after Tuesday, that is!) Isn't that odd though?!?! Some random person knows the sex of our baby and we're clueless?!?! Oh well.
The baby didn't cooperate today. It was laying face-down and it wouldn't turn. It was playing with it's toes and the tech said it was sitting "jack-knifed". Little turd. So, I have to go back on Tuesday morning in hopes that it will be more awake and show us the other side!!! I asked the tech if she could tell the sex and she said she could, but we didn't find out. It sort of bothers me that this stranger knows the sex of our baby and we don't, but thankfully we don't know her and will not likely have to see her again! (after Tuesday, that is!) Isn't that odd though?!?! Some random person knows the sex of our baby and we're clueless?!?! Oh well.
Here is a picture of the face...the only really good shot we got! It's amazing that you can even see the teeth!! Wow! I'm happy that it's looking a bit more like a human baby at this point! :)
Here is one of the feet...Daniel thinks it might be both feet stacked, but either way, the baby is holding onto it's foot/feet with one hand.
Again, I say amazing! It's so funny that it was so obsessed with it's feet! Funny stuff!
That's it for updates for now. Perhaps I'll get some more pictures on Tuesday! Baby Neutgens' is healthy and moving tons! It feels like it is hitting a speed bag against my belly. Probably the neatest feeling in the whole world! I am truly blessed!
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Mother's Day food for thought...
Daniel and I were talking last night about Mother's Day. I asked if I get to celebrate it this year or if I have to wait until next year. We did determine that I can celebrate this year. The funny thing is, Daniel and I don't really celebrate holidays like most people. We don't do birthday presents or Christmas presents with each other. It's not that we don't love each other enough to give presents, it's more that we would rather get things throughout the year that we want/need, for no reason at all. It works for us.
So, with Mother's Day, it's no different. I don't expect anything, especially from Daniel. After all, why would Daniel get me anything for Mother's Day? I'm not his mother.
I wonder how many mom's can agree with me on this?
So, with Mother's Day, it's no different. I don't expect anything, especially from Daniel. After all, why would Daniel get me anything for Mother's Day? I'm not his mother.
I wonder how many mom's can agree with me on this?
Friday, May 1, 2009
16 Weeks!
I had my 16 week check-up today and everything looks good. My blood pressure had been a bit high at my 12 week check-up, but today it was normal. Phew! (I still think it was high at my 12 week because I was so excited to hear that heartbeat for the first time!)
As the doctor was examining my belly, she said, "Someone's growing nicely in here". That is just so nice to hear. Not that I thought anything was wrong, but it's so nice to hear the doctor say everything's good. She put the doppler on my belly and we heard the heartbeat within seconds, which was a relief, too. At my 12 week, she couldn't hear the heartbeat with the doppler and that's why we had the ultrasound. Hearing that quick little sound of "whoosh, whoosh, whoosh" is just amazing.
It's so hard to believe that by my next appointment, I'll be half way through my pregnancy. It honestly feels like I just peed on the stick a few weeks ago!!!
Daniel and I ordered the crib last week. It is back ordered, but it will be here by the end of May. We also decided to start buying a pack of diapers with each paycheck to help soften the blow once the baby gets here. Daniel is appalled at the price of diapers. I am too, but I knew they were spendy. He asked if we could have the baby potty trained by 6 months!!! Nice thought, but I just don't think that will happen!
So, everything is good. What a great way to start a weekend! Now, if I can just get my hands on some Mexican food sometime this weekend, I'll be happy! Doesn't Mexican food sound good!?!?! :)
As the doctor was examining my belly, she said, "Someone's growing nicely in here". That is just so nice to hear. Not that I thought anything was wrong, but it's so nice to hear the doctor say everything's good. She put the doppler on my belly and we heard the heartbeat within seconds, which was a relief, too. At my 12 week, she couldn't hear the heartbeat with the doppler and that's why we had the ultrasound. Hearing that quick little sound of "whoosh, whoosh, whoosh" is just amazing.
It's so hard to believe that by my next appointment, I'll be half way through my pregnancy. It honestly feels like I just peed on the stick a few weeks ago!!!
Daniel and I ordered the crib last week. It is back ordered, but it will be here by the end of May. We also decided to start buying a pack of diapers with each paycheck to help soften the blow once the baby gets here. Daniel is appalled at the price of diapers. I am too, but I knew they were spendy. He asked if we could have the baby potty trained by 6 months!!! Nice thought, but I just don't think that will happen!
So, everything is good. What a great way to start a weekend! Now, if I can just get my hands on some Mexican food sometime this weekend, I'll be happy! Doesn't Mexican food sound good!?!?! :)
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Baby News!!
I've posted it on facebook and we've told everyone we can get in touch with, so I guess Hot Dish by Melana needs to be updated as well.
Daniel and I are going to be mommy and daddy come mid-October. I cannot tell you how excited we are! It is becoming a little more real everyday. As of this week, I've noticed that my pants are a bit tighter by the end of the day. I start out the day feeling pretty normal, but by about 2pm, I feel like I just ate a Thanksgiving Dinner, without eating the dinner. The intense tiredness has worn off a little. I can stay up until 10pm now!! Yippy!
Fourteen weeks tomorrow. It's hard to believe that in another 6 weeks, I'll be half way through the pregnancy. WOW! Time is already going by so quickly.
Daniel and I are going to be mommy and daddy come mid-October. I cannot tell you how excited we are! It is becoming a little more real everyday. As of this week, I've noticed that my pants are a bit tighter by the end of the day. I start out the day feeling pretty normal, but by about 2pm, I feel like I just ate a Thanksgiving Dinner, without eating the dinner. The intense tiredness has worn off a little. I can stay up until 10pm now!! Yippy!
Fourteen weeks tomorrow. It's hard to believe that in another 6 weeks, I'll be half way through the pregnancy. WOW! Time is already going by so quickly.
Here is a picture of our little baby...It's just a shot of the face. You can see the eye sockets and the nose and the chin line. Pretty neat if you ask me. This picture is of the baby at 12 weeks!
In other news, I started a new job almost 3.5 weeks ago. It is going well. I'm basically doing about the same job, but with a different company and in a different area of health care. So, this is week four and things are starting to pick up a bit. I'm starting to get out on my own a little more and I'm appreciating and enjoying that a lot!
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