You are so grounded!

Just so you know, baby. You are going to be grounded the minute you are born.

What is with demanding a milkshake this morning and then rejecting it so violently half an hour later?

Really, who doesn't like milkshakes??

Made the announcement

Today we had Mini Me's second birthday party. We wrapped up a "Big Sister" t-shirt to use as a prize for the winner of Pin the Tail on Swiper.

It was a lot of fun and I was very proud of myself that I was able to keep the secret with careful planning! Yay me!

It's a....heartbeat!!!

I had my 8 week appointment this morning.

I LOVE LOVE LOVE my midwives. It was such a great appointment.

Strangely enough, the other day I started feeling better and despite the fact that I never really felt too sick with Mini Me, I found this scary.

My midwife was excellent and was willing to send me for an ultrasound (even though they usually don't do early ultrasounds). So, they got me in for that morning, and as soon as they started, I saw the little flicker of a heartbeat even before the tech pointed it out.

Mini Me Jr.'s heart was beating away at 167 bpm and was measuring 8 weeks, 1 day. So, the ittle bean is measuring a couple of days ahead! Yay! Grow, baby, grow!

2nd pregnancy dream

OK, so I just had my second pregnancy dream. It can be summed up in one word: TWINS

Yikes!

And, yes, I'm still feeling naseus off and on.

I am getting nervous/excited though, because we are telling everyone the "news" on Saturday. Should be lots of fun!

First Pregnancy Dream

So, last night I had my first pregnancy related dream.

I will spare you the bizzare details of it all, but the highlights of the dream were this: the baby was a girl.

We'll see. Only about 12 weeks to wait! Only??

I think "morning" sickness has arrived

So, for the past few weeks, I've been feeling a bit queasy on and off. It hasn't been too bad.

Today is a different story. Today, I dry heaved for the first time this morning, and have felt incredibly nauseous all day.

I'll take that as a good sign that things are progressing as they should. But, um, yeah. Let's not make this a long term thing, mmkay?

Hugs and Kisses

First Appointment

Today was our "first" appointment. Really, it was just a scheduled time for me to pee in a cup and have about a gallon of blood taken from me. Oh, and I had to fill out a novel about every detail of my life only to have the nurse ask me all of the same questions as she put the infomation into the computer.

If there was one exciting thing about the appointment, it was that everyone was really nice and even the vampire lady who was taking my blood seemed cheerful and said "congratulations!" That was nice. At least they realized that while I may be the eleventy billionth pregnant lady they've seen already this week, that it was still special to me.

I'm starting to get excited. Your little heart should be beating away and we are planning on telling our family next weekend. So, little bean...grow big and strong, OK? See you in October. Hugs and Kisses.

You're keeping me up at night ALREADY?!

You are grounded as soon as you come out, little one!

Last night I went to a "Meet the Midwives" info session to get a feel for the practice and make sure its where I want to go for the next 8 months. I really liked it, and it sounds like this will be a much different experience that my pregnancy with Mini Me.

That being said, I already had my appointments set up anyway. Although, I was a little disappointed to find out that I will most likely NOT get an early ultrasound, so, here's hoping that little jelly belly is doing well and developing normally.

I can't wait to hear the heartbeat, which most likely won't be for another 5-7 weeks! How am I supposed to wait that long!?!?!

But, anyway. Back to the post topic...

So, I just could not sleep last night. And, of course, I'm a bit sluggish today. Really, do you need to keep me up already? Let me sleep a few more months, okay?

Thanks! Hugs and Kisses, Mommy

Pregnancy Brain Strikes Already

This morning, we had planned to take Mini Me to the children's museum to burn off some energy. I came home from work with a headache and decided to take some Tylenol before we headed out. That was fine. I felt better and we had fun at the museum.

On the way home, I was very hungry and started to get nauseous. Duh, I'm pregnant! When I got home, I changed back into my comfy yoga pants and sweatshirt only to realize that my boobs did not hurt. Now, they have been hurting for a couple of weeks now, and I find it very reassuring that the little bean is healthy. So, of course, I have some internal angst about what is going on and why suddenly, my boobs no longer hurt. For some reason, the fact that I am SUPER nauseous means nothing to me, but my boobs not hurting...well, that's terrifying.

So, after about an hour of so of poking and prodding myself hoping to find a sore spot, I remember that I had taken Tylenol. Hmmm, the Tylenol probably doesn't know the difference between head pain and boob pain. It probably didn't realize that I LIKE the boob pain.

Sure enough, a few hours later, my boob pain is back and I am happy.