Yipee....................

Well I had a 13 week check up yesterday and everything was good. The heartbeat was right on target so that was nice. I did however learn I have gained a total of 7 pounds. Wow that seems like a lot for the first trimester, considering my girlfriends who are 2-3 weeks ahead of me have only gained 2-3 pounds. The doctor did not seemed concerned about it I think it was more me. So my new trusty treadmill is a great thing right now. I am no longer running but trying to walk for an hour every day. I also think going in for the weigh in right after Thanksgiving was so not a good idea...And maybe eating 2 full fat buttermilk biscuits the night before with dinner didn't help either who knows....

Also we did our first trimester screening last week and we had already received news all the measurements looked fine but I have been waiting on pins and needles for the blood work to come back. The doctor casually mentions in passing about how our blood work was all fine. I am like wait rewind you already have the results? I thought we would get a phone call, bells ringing, a choir singing kinda thing, you know this is a big deal, right? Guess not to them. Needless to say I was thrilled with the news that our little one is fine.

Well not much else new to report but this week is not helping my weight gain as I have dinners, either friends or business every night this week as well as my awesome hubby's birthday this weekend (who has decided he wants a birthday week not just a day, hey he got the idea from me so really it is a great idea...hahah) so lots of calories to consume....YEAH!!!

Lots to be Thankful for this year....

Well Dan and I had our first trimester screening test yesterday. I had myself all built up for getting blood drawn. I know I am a total scardy cat. However all it was was a finger prick of blood. No sweat. Then they did a sonogram. While doing that they did lots of measurements. Measuring the thickness of the skin of the neck, they measured head to rump of the little one, etc. It was all very interesting. Dan was unable to make it however I did get a CD and will be torturing our families with it over Thanksgiving. heheh So we are thrilled that everything looked fine and normal. We will know for sure when we get the results of the bloodwork back next week sometime.

They also made an educated guess of what the gender of the baby is. We are taking it with a grain of salt and waiting until it is more official to share the news. The doctor wrote it down and put it in a sealed envelope. (My adorable hubby so did not trust me not to open it, he knows me well that it would have killed me with suspense) We did open it when he got home and that was super special to find out "an educated guess" together..

Also please find attached my 12 week belly picture.. We took it last night. I really am no longer able to suck it in. Oh well so happy Thanksgiving everyone and I for one am looking forward to all the food and family time!!

The first post......

Well it is official Dan and I are 11 weeks pregnant and could not be more thrilled. We had our first sonogram 2 weeks ago and were able to see the heartbeat and the head and rump. All very interesting and exciting. We have only taken one picture of my belly at 4 weeks but will need to take another one soon at 12 weeks so you can all see the differences (aka why none of my pants fit any longer).

We wanted to start this blog in order to keep all of our friends and family, near and far, up to date of our newest adventures. We wanted to keep you posted throughout the entire pregnancy then on to our little ones adventures. Since I have never done a blog before I will promise to try and keep this as up to date as possible.

Just a quick recap of the first trimester, had morning sickness pretty bad for 2-3 weeks (I so agree with the statement "Why do they call it morning sickness when really it lasts all day long!") then turned a corner a few weeks ago and have been inhaling chicken, veggies and lots of fruit ever since. Oh and yes I do dearly love nachos for some odd reason.