It's a GIRL !!!!

We got our results back from the testing and they came back great results and we found out that we are having a girl!  We are so excited!

Now we can discuss things like, her name, colors for the nursery, etc.  I think we were more excited about finding out the sex of the baby then we were when we found out we were pregnant.  It will be wonderful to have a little girl. 

12/13 Week Check-Up (now we can tell everyone)!

We had our 12-13 week check up yesterday and heard the baby's heartbeat, it was amazing! 
Now we feel better about telling everyone!  So spread the word!
We also had an appt for first trimester testing.  We don't get those results for a couple of weeks.  We also will find out the sex of the baby with those results, so that's really exciting.  Then Blair and I won't have to fight over names and it will narrow down our selection by 50%.  I'm more nervous about the test results.

The ultrasound was pretty neat since we got to see the baby move around.  It had the hiccups, which was funny to watch it jump up and then slide back down.  It also liked to wave its arms a lot too.  Here are some pictures from the ultrasound...it is touching its nose...

Harley is bonding with the baby

Here is a picture I took of Harley-girl bonding with the baby.  She's been very attentive lately and cautious around me.  After I laid on the floor, she came over and laid beside me and put her head on my stomach.  She's going to be a great nanny!

Our long weekend trip to NYC and Philadelphia

Blair and I took two days off of work (I haven't taken a vacation day since Thanksgiving) and flew up to NYC to visit Mary, Brendan and Huckleberry and then took a bus on Saturday morning to visit Paul, Renee and Sam. 
We had a great time playing with little Huckles, who is now 50 lbs., and we got to shop and eat at some great restaurants.  We met up with some of Blair's college friends for dinner and it was so good to see them.  We also got to have dinner with one of Blair's cousins that I hadn't met yet.  It was really nice.  The first picture below is of Mary and Huckles getting ready for a walk in the rain.  His little raincoat is so cute. The next is of Huckleberry at the dog park playing with two other dogs and he won the tug-o-war contest.  As any dog owner should know, you aren't suppose to bring a tug-o-war toy to the dog park.  The lady that brought this toy was finally given back the toy all covered in slobber. 

Then on Saturday we took a bus to Philadelphia to visit with Paul, Renee and Sam.  It was so great to see Sam and see how much he's grown.  He's so lively and was a lot of fun to play with.  We got to babysit him for a little bit and he was so good.  He loves to dance and play ball.  He also just started saying his ABCs out of the blue and knows a lot of animal noises.  He knew all the noises of any animal we said!  Unfotunately we didn't time getting pictures with him right since he was napping when we left...next time though.
It was so nice to get away for a while and visit with family.

11 weeks and 3 days

This past weekend was great.  On Saturday, I got to meet up with my longest friend, Kendra, for coffee and talk about pregnancy (she has two adorable girls), ran errands and went to dinner with Blair.  On Sunday, we drove to Austin and back for Mr. Jack's 3rd birthday.  It was great and I got many hugs from Jack.  I hope he likes our Hannah Montana DVD we got him. 

I'm still feeling the same...tired and a little nauseous.  I'm very grateful that I haven't gotten physically sick.  Especially since I wasn't looking forward to running to the bathroom at work or explaining why I had to run out of a meeting. 

I'm also extremely tired, but can never fall asleep.  My Dr. says it's "pregnancy insomnia"...and I was really looking forward to going to bed at 7:30pm and catching up on my sleep...oh well.  In the car on Sunday, I tried to sleep and couldn't, but the good thing is that I did finally fall asleep late last night and when I woke up in the middle of the night multiple times, I fell right back to sleep. 

My cravings are still: fresh fruit, fruit juice, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and Fruit Loops or Cheerios with milk.  To help with the nauseous feelings, I try to eat or drink something every hour or two when I feel it coming on.  The good thing is that I'm not eating unhealthly at this time.  I can eat a hand full of grapes or drink a glass of juice and feel a lot better for the next hour or so.  Also, jolly ranchers and sour candies help. 

I feel pretty good and despite the minor set backs mentioned above, I am very fortunate not to experience the horror stories of the first trimester. 

BIG NEWS!!!

We're going to be parents!  We're really excited to start a family.  The due date is October 29th and I'm 11 weeks on Friday.  We are praying for a healthy and happy baby.  I think it looks more like Blair in this picture :)