17 weeks

Here's another picture. Matt took this on Thursday night. I can't believe the rate at which my belly is growing. It's amazing. Our next doctor's appointment is on March 16th. We will have our ultrasound on that day, so I hope the baby will let us see him or her so that we can see if it's a him or her. Mark your calendars, everyone! :)

My Belly

I'm 14 weeks today. Here's a picture of my belly that Matt took a couple of nights ago. :)

The baby is now the size of a lemon and is making facial expressions!

Catching Up

Hi everyone! It's been a while. I've been busy with work and cleaning up our old house. The good news is that the old house is super clean, and we handed over the keys to the property manager. We don't have to think about that house again. Yay! We also closed on our new house last Monday, so we're officially homeowners. That's another yay!

The pregnancy is still going well. I'm still feeling sick, but I'm hoping that the morning sickness goes away soon. I'm now between 13 and 14 weeks (or maybe 14.5 weeks). During our last prenatal appointment, the midwife said that it looks like I might be one week later than we originally thought. I'll have to ask her about that the next time we see her, which will be in a couple weeks. I talked to the midwife yesterday on the phone, and she said the morning sickness should subside this week or next week. I certainly can't wait.

As of today, the baby is as big as a peach! I love that the baby apps that I have on my phone compares the baby's size to fruit. My stomach is growing and growing. I finally bought a Bella Band to wear with all my regular pants. It really helps keep my pants on, especially when I can't button my pants. :)

Well, I'm off to run my Saturday errands. I hope that everyone has a great weekend. Until next time...

Yay Baby! - 12 weeks

On Wednesday, Matt and I had our second prenatal appointment. We heard the baby's heartbeat for the first time! We were so excited to hear the heartbeat. It sounded like galloping horses. It was very neat. Now, we know that we have a little baby in there. I can't wait until we have our first ultrasound, which will be in a couple of months. At that time, we'll get to find out the baby's gender and and see what he or she looks like. That'll definitely be fun.

I also told my co-workers that I'm pregnant yesterday, so everyone at work can stop wondering.

Happy New Year

Matt and I went to our first prenatal appointment yesterday.  We met with a midwife, and we really like her.  She was really nice and very informative.  There was only enough time to go over our medical history and to have blood work done.  I guess it's too early to hear the baby's heartbeat, so we're going back in two weeks.  We can hear the heartbeat at that appointment.  I can't wait, and we're super excited.

I hope that everyone has a happy New Year!!  I can't wait to eat mochi for the New Year! Yum!

Christmas Eve

Well, we're finally in our new house.  We moved in on Monday.  Thanks to Mom and Mike for helping us with the move.  We definitely couldn't have done it without them!

The living room looks clean, but the rest of the house is not so nice.  We'll start organizing stuff and unpacking soon.  I'm on vacation until January 3rd, so there's lot of time to make the house a home.  I think the kitchen will need to be the first room that will be unpacked.  We're doing Christmas dinner at my mom and dad's this Sunday, and I guess I'm supposed to make something.  I'll need all of our kitchen stuff to actually cook, which we haven't done since we moved in.  I'll probably do mashed potatoes. 

Speaking of mashed potatoes, I've realized that I'm really liking potatoes right now.  That might be my pregnancy craving.  I think the potatoes kind of help me feel less nauseous.  I've been pretty much nauseous all day everyday.  I don't want to bore everyone with my complaints of nausea, but that's all I'm feeling right now.  I can't wait until it goes away.  I talked to my mom about it last night, and she said she had morning sickness with me for four months, Melissa for six months and Bryan for all nine months.  She didn't mention Matthew and morning sickness, so maybe she was lucky with him.  I don't know...  I just hope that my morning sickness lasts through the first trimester, and that's it.  I certainly don't like it.

My cousin Elizabeth is at the hospital right now.  She's probably going to have a Christmas Eve baby, which will be really cool.  I can't wait to meet little Joshua.

I hope that everyone has a merry Christmas!

I don't feel up to a new post today. I just threw up again and boy I don't know how I'm gonna hide this belly for much longer.  The nausea is mostly tolerable but I do throw up about twice a day, once in the morning, once at night. Luckily I have Friday off and can't wait to see Mom and Mike on Sunday!!!