14 week appointment

Just got back from the doctor where I got to hear baby Mellema's heart beating away :) It was in the 150-160 range. What a fun sound. I also got to schedule my 20 week ultrasound! We get to find out boy or girl on Nov 4. How surreal is that?!

I need a new camera

That's what I kept thinking throughout our weekend. Regardless, here are some pics of our trip... mainly of our nephews because they're so darn fun to take pics of :)


Xander loves to bounce:
Jax enjoys dressing as a pirate (at least he mildly tolerated it):
Steve really did enjoy it:

Grandma and Grandpa with the boys:

The entire gang after an awesome meal at Famous Dave's:
Steve and I enjoying a trip to Turtle Bread with the family:

14 weeks

Yay, second trimester has begun! Still no significant weight gain (maybe a pound but my scale isn't terribly accurate), but while I was in Minnesota over the weekend my mother in law bought me a fabulous pair of maternity jeans. What a difference! I think I'd been intimidated about shopping for maternity-wear, just having no idea of what I needed or would like. I will certainly be more comfortable with my expanding waistline in those pants over regular jeans. Thanks Mom!!


Also new this week, as you may notice from my sporty attire :) I started "working out". It's time, now that being on my feet for any length of time doesn't make me nauseated. I am going to start walking, hopefully 3 times a week.

13 weeks and a trip

Here's me at 13 weeks, the last week of my first trimester I guess. Pretty exciting.

I was in Chicago over the weekend visiting friends from college. One of my friend's twin boys are so much fun to play with.

Caught in the act of eating dirt and showing off his mud face:


Showing off his new vocabulary:

12 weeks!

I told Steve today that I felt completely normal. He told me that's pretty weird :) But honestly, today is one of the first days in a while where I actually forgot that I was pregnant, didn't worry about what I was going to eat the next hour, and felt no nausea. I even got hungry (rather than just nauseated) and fixed myself a meal (rather than just forcing food down to hope the nausea goes away). Praise the Lord! Let's all pray that it keeps up, or at least moving that direction.

Steve and I were in South Carolina visiting my family over the Labor day weekend, and I really noticed a decrease in the nausea while we were out there, so today was probably not a fluke. We had a great trip, several evenings out on the lake, and beautiful weather. Nothing else to update for the past week, just some positive news on the nausea.

Tomorrow I'm heading out to Chicago for a good friend's birthday party weekend. Exciting stuff.

found!

I found my camera! I was sitting at the computer the other day, and noticed it sitting on top of the filing cabinet in our computer room. I swear I have looked all over the place, how in the world is it just sitting there?! I started yelling that I found the camera, and I can't imagine that it's been sitting there this whole time. Steve didn't look shocked, it turns out that he put it there after looking in the filing cabinet and coming across it. He thinks that he might have been the one who put it in the filing cabinet... I think he might be right ;)

Anyway, I'm glad that it "turned up". I've got several trips coming up here and I was going to be bummed if all I had is my camera phone. Our old digital might be going bad, but the camera phone is definitely worse. We leave this afternoon to visit my parents in South Carolina. I'm looking forward to it!

completed

Our backyard is completely filled with sod. The last of the patchy spots were filled in today and we should be good to go now! Can't believe it's (hopefully) over and after a few weeks of watering, we'll have a normal yard :)

is this normal?

Ok, I have been in denial about the expanding wasteline, because everything I've heard has said that being my first baby and everything, it might not be until month 5 or 6 or so that I start to show, and especially not in my first trimester. These pictures were taken after I ate, which does make a difference, but still... Here I am at 11 weeks. No weight gain as of less than a week ago.


I broke down and bought a pair of jeans and khakis that are a size larger than I'd normally wear. I'm hoping that they'll last me a month or two, and especially be nice after baby arrives. I needed new pants pretty desperately anyway.