Doctor's Appointment

Our appointment went very well this morning. Baby is fantastic and having lots of fun swimming around in my tummy! Baby's heartrate at 6 weeks was 129bpm, leading me to believe Baby was a boy. BUT at 10 weeks 6 days, Baby's heartrate was a whopping 167bpm!!!! When the US technician said, "Alright, the heartrate is...167." I said "HOLY CRAP!!!" What a jump! I've never heard of a boy's heartrate being in the 160's! So now I'm having second thoughts on the gender. Maybe I am having a girl!! And speaking of gender, my doctor told me that we would do the gender US in 8 weeks! YAY! At my next appointment in 4 weeks, I won't have an ultrasound.....that's going to be weird because I've always had an ultrasound at my appointments! I guess I'm just a regular old pregnant lady now, no special IF treatments like regular ultrasounds!

So without further ado, here is the cutest little alien you have ever seen:



OH and Baby is measuring 11 weeks 1 day....that's GREAT!



I mean, seriously, isn't he/she CUTE!?!?! I think so. We also got a DVD of the ultrasound. It's pretty cool, seeing the baby moving around. You can even see one of his/her arms and a foot kicking! BUT I can't figure out how to save the video to my computer to be able to upload it. So as soon as I figure it out, I'll post it! I'll be 11 weeks tomorrow! Here's to the last two weeks of my first trimester! WOO HOO!

My Wedding Dress

I haven't done a Show Us Where You Live Friday in a while, but since this week's theme was Wedding Dresses and I just got married last year, I decided I would join in! If you want to be super cool and join in as well, hop on over to Kelly's blog!

Ok, so I know I'm a little biased, but I had a pretty awesome wedding dress.

I didn't think I was going to be able to wear a strapless dress...because...well my tata's are so big. And I'm not tooting my horn when I say that....I wish I had small tata's! Anyway, I found my dress at Amanda's here in town.

And speaking of tata's, I know that's ALL you can see in the above picture, but I wanted you to be able to see the design!

I also loved the bottom of my dress. It had some beading along the bottom and three rows of a cream colored fabric.

This is my Mom and I.

This picture cracks me up. Peyton was not in the mood to take pictures and Griffin knew Peyton was about to get in trouble!

My dress had a little bit of a train to it, which made the dress about 20 lbs! But I knew I wanted something princessy.

It was also pretty difficult to dance in, but I still would have gone with the same dress just because it was so beautiful!

My sassy face.

And there you have it. I didn't realize how much of a baby bump I have now until I saw how skinny I used to be. :o) My doctor's appointment is in the morning! Wish us luck!

(Almost) Wordless Wednesday

So I know I already posted earlier today, but that was just a little post so it doesn't even really count!

This is how I feel right now:



A pen in one hand, food in the other and passed out. We have had six interviews today and I am POOPED! And just a little tip in case you have an interview in the near future....bringing gifts to your interviewer always makes them like you just a little bit more than they did before!

Picture collage-Woot Woot!!!!

So with a little determination and a little help from Kelly at Kelly's Korner, I FINALLY figured out how to make a picture collage! So it's on the left sidebar, as opposed to the slideshow that used to be at the top of the page. I know it's small...I can't figure out how to make it bigger without messing it up, but at least it's there! I'm so excited about it!

10 weeks

I'm a few days late, but hey-I got it on here, right?



And no, I'm not trying to stick my belly out. I'm very sway-backed, which is another reason why my belly is getting so big so quickly! This week the symptoms have been about the same-fatigue, nausea, burping, sensitivity to certain smells...and speaking of smells, I almost gagged the other morning while I was putting on my mascara! I was just holding it in my hand like I do every morning and I almost couldn't even put it on! And I've never smelled it before. Weird.

We finally started to put together the baby's furniture this weekend, with the help of Brian and Jenn. Brian helped Brad put the furniture together while Jenn, Bella and I supervised!



Two men reading instructions. Can you believe it?


The finished crib. Somebody thinks it's her new bed... Notice the smile on her face?


So happy to be getting a new baby sister/brother!


Seriously. Even if she wasn't mine, I'd think she's the most precious thing in the world. Look at that face!!


The changing table....this picture cracks me up. 1500 pieces....the joys of having a baby!

The crib is completed and the changing table is about half way done. The armoire is still in the box! I didn't realize how small that room was until we started putting the furniture in there! It's going to be really cramped, so I'll have to get really creative with the decor!

I go to the doctor this Friday for my next ultrasound! I'm so excited!

Priorities

When my husband SHOULD have been putting together baby furniture (the numerous boxes in the background), he instead thought that he could use his time more effectively. You know, do something MORE important than preparing a room for his CHILD...



Because, really, is there anything more important than playing tug-of-war with Bella and her Santa Claus? I think not.

Oh happy day!

This morning, I was sitting in my recliner eating breakfast with Bella, when I heard something outside. I got up to see what was going on and FedEx was delivering my furniture! I've been really worried about it coming and getting stolen or something with all the mess that's been going on in my neighborhood. So I opened the door and asked the delivery guy if he minded putting the stuff inside, which he did! YAY! So I guess Brad and I will be busy all weekend putting everything together!

The day progressed pretty much the same as any other day. UNTIL.....April called me into her office to give me some good news! I mean, what news could be better than my baby furniture coming in?!?? And that's when she told me....that's when it DID get better.....she told me...that......Sonic started selling PICKLE-O'S again!!!!!!!!!!



[Insert choir singing "HALLELUAH!!!] Have you ever seen a more heavenly sight??