Flagstaff

This is the house we will be living in in Flagstaff....given the owner approves our rental application!

The neighborhood is awesome with lots of younger families. Only downsides to this house are the crazy steep driveway and the master bedroom is on the main floor. But given our rental options in Flagstaff this place is a castle. Other rental options were DUMPY, DUMPY, DUMPY. If we had known about the project a few months ago we would have had more options, but the construction industry doesn't follow the easy path it seems :)

growing

Holy smokes. Over night I feel like my belly has grown huge! I was getting ready to take Kody for a walk this morning and I did a double take in the bathroom mirror. Check it out.

5 weeks and then today 14 weeks 3 days

But what's funny is my belly doesn't look as big in my work clothes... although the girls at work that know made a comment today that they are starting to be able to tell.

Melt my heart

Tonight, after work, Joe and I talked about going out to get happy hour appetizers. So we decide on Applebee's and I get ready to go - grab my purse and get my flip flops. But before we leave Joe keeps insisting that I go over by him, by the fridge.

I walk over there and see:

He typed up and printed out our top names and put them up by our most recent ultra sound picture. A part of my heart melted. Even though he may not always have the right things to say and he may not always pick up after himself there are the times like this that I am reminded what a wonderful and sweet person he is (and why I married him!) and what a wonderful dad I think he's going to be.

Baby BMP Update

The nurse called me yesterday to tell me the heartrate from our ultra sound. She calls and says "so you called to get the heartrate from your ultrasound and I'm calling you back with the answer" Me, laughing "yes I did call just to get the heartrate" Nurse "haa, it's ok! Are you doing a study?" Me "Nope, just wanted to know so I can write it in my pregnancy book" While I was thinking and check baby bmp to get a gender guess, just for fun!

Anyway here are the results.

I guess we can safely say we have a 100% chance of having a girl OR a boy!

NT Scan

The blob no longer looks like a blob! It's crazy how much can change in 4 short weeks. We had the NT scan done today - test for trisomys and downs. The DR said that everything looked great from the ultra sound and that it would take a week or so to get my blood results back.

I am 12 weeks 5 days today, but the baby measured slightly ahead at 13 weeks 2 days. Joe then asks the DR if this is bad and if I'm growing a 12lb baby. Next time I'll leave Joe at home!

Now we need a new nickname for this baby.... since it actually looks like a baby now!

And a video of the heartbeat - sorry for the shakiness.... Joe really needs to learn how to use the camera! I missed when she told us what the heartbeat was... so I called to find out but haven't heard yet.

Next appointment is at 17 weeks... and they are hopeful we will be able to tell if it's a boy or a girl at that time! I have a feeling this pregnancy is going to fly by. Already 12 weeks and finding out the gender next month! Geesh!

I'll leave with a funny story. While I haven't gained weight I can definitely tell a difference in my stomach area - especially from a side view. The other night I complained to Joe that I just look like my belly is getting really fat. What does Joe say "ehh, what can you do" Thanks husband. Which is better than suggesting I wear a tent I guess :)

PS I can go back to eating sandwiches! This is great news since sandwiches were my lunch staple.

Misc.

We scheduled our NT Scan (for genetic disorders, downs, trisomy, etc.) for Sept 11 at 1:50pm. We debated doing this scan, but our insurance covers it so we figured why not!

Also someone pointed me to this website that takes the baby's heartbeat and predicts the gender.....

First Ultrasound

Saw our little blob today! Measuring 8weeks 3days, which is basically right on track with our estimated due date. The new due date is March 21, 2010. The heartbeat was 176.

Here is our blob - we're going to have to come up with a better name than blob :) We've been calling it the blueberry lately (it was the size of a blueberry, hence the name)

The picture isn't the best - I forgot the camera, so this is a picture of the tiny print out they gave us. Joe has a video of the heartbeat on his phone. Next time I'll bring the camera so the pictures will be better and we can get video too!