My Baby, the Gymnast...

Had my appointment yesterday and my baby is doing fabulous. In fact, it would hardly hold still for us to look at it:) My doc called it a "mover and a shaker" and asked me what I had for lunch that made my baby so crazy. I told her I had a hot dog and she laughed and said, "dang, your baby must really love hot dogs". Well duh...it is MY baby:) It kept doing karate kicks and making my doc & I laugh. My next appointment isn't until the 23rd of April and that seems so far away, especially because I was spoiled with ultra sounds at the fertility clinic every two weeks. My baby is getting SO BIG! I saw its profile and its tiny little bump of a nose! I'm tired of referring to my kid as baby, it & kid!! I can't wait to know the sex, so I can at least refer to it as he or she!

I can't wait for my nausea to go away completely. Hopefully I won't be one of those women who is sick the entire time! I really did have it pretty good though, up until a few weeks ago. We are picking floors and carpets this weekend and I'm SO excited! I really think that once I get my floors done and hang everything on the walls, my house will not even remotely resemble my dad's house! I can't wait. Next we will start on the baby room. Travis' parents are giving us $300 toward a crib and I have been thinking about buying a convertible bed (one that changes from a crib to a regular bed. I haven't looked at prices yet but I figure if it is well made and converts properly, I'll probably be saving $ in the long run. My energy is slowly returning:) I find myself yawning less and less. Speaking of, I need to go home and take a nap:)

Home Sweet Home...

Well, I'm back from New York and I can tell you one thing for sure...flying for 5+ hours when I'm pregnant is not a good thing. I flew to Chico first on Saturday and left for NY with Sarah on Monday. The flight to Chico was an hour and I didn't have any problems. The flight to NY is around 5 1/2 hours and the minute I got there, I was puking in the airport bathroom. I also threw up in the cab ride to my sister's. The cabbie was really sympathetic. I explained that I was pregnant & luckily, I took a few barf bags from the plane with me. He wished me and my baby "good health" when we got out. I felt weak, sick and completely out of it for the first day and only slightly better on the second. After that, I had a really good time:) I fought off my nausea with food and believe me, I beat it down with a variety of splendid New York meals! No body makes pizza like New York!! I also had some REALLY good Indian food. Bagels, smoothies, hot dogs...you name it, I probably ate it:) I also went to a famous place called Serendipity's and had THE BEST BANANA SPLIT OF MY ENTIRE LIFE!!! Louisa had a frozen hot chocolate (which is what they are mostly famous for), it was AMAZING! Sarah had a "You Can't Say No Sundae" and OH MY WORD!! It had a peanut butter pie covered with vanilla ice cream & hot fudge! We all agreed that they were the best things we have ever eaten. Good times:) We walked alot and rode the subway and buses. Since it was Sarah's first time going, she was super excited about every thing we did, it was really cute. I kept feeling bad that I had to walk a little slower than them but they kept telling me what a trooper I was for being able to do all that I was doing. I love my sisters:)! We really did do more than I thought I was going to be able to and we had the BEST time! I 'm so happy that Louisa is moving back to Vegas but I will miss being able to go to New York whenever I want and having somewhere to stay for free:) But I would much rather have her here than there...I miss her terribly.

I got home on Friday night and have spent the last two days barfing my guts out. TMI? I don't know if it was the altitude or the time change or all of the above but flying for extended periods makes me sick as a dog when I'm pg. But hey, now I know:) I'm feeling much better today but I'm still a little icky. I'm getting excited because my little bump is starting to grow:) I'm really noticing that I can't suck in my lower tummy at all any more. And when I lay down, I can feel where my squishy tummy changes into hard underneath! I have my first appointment with my regular OB today. I can't beleive I don't have to go back to the fertility center (well, not until I want to get pregnant again). All of the people there were so wonderful and helpful. I should send them a gift basket or something to show my thanks for all that they did.

Well I guess that sums up my time away from home and work and blogging:) Oh, my mom gave me the cutest diaper bag and a little outfit for the baby. It's my first present for the baby! I love my mom, she is the best!

Too Hot...

It's already too hot in Vegas! I can't even imagine how hot and miserable I'm going to be in the middle of summer, waddling around in 115 degree weather!! The mornings are nice and the evenings are perfect but midday is already making me a little cranky:) I'M SO HAPPY I'M PREGNANT!! I don't know if I will ever get used to it:) I can't believe that I went through all that I went through and now I'm going to actually have a baby!! I hope it's a girl and I hope she's a goofball like me and her daddy! I'm so excited, I can't believe I only have 6 & 1/2 more months and then I will be a MOM!! I'll be 11 weeks tomorrow. I can't wait to go shopping for stuff for the baby's room. I'm not decorating in pink or blue, so I can have the whole room ready before I know the sex. I'm planning on decorating in mostly bright colors, especially orange (my favorite). My best friend from California called me last night to check up on me and we talked how crazy & exciting & insane this all is. She's known me since I was 11 and she is so happy for me. She doesn't want to have kids, which makes me a little sad because I would like our kids to be buds. My friend Rochelle wants me to have a girl because she had a boy last October and she wants them to get married when they grow up, so that we will be family:) She's too cute.

I don't think that I actually finished a complete thought in this entire blog. I'M JUST SO HAPPY!!! I need to go eat something...surprise, surprise.

New York, NewYork!

For my older sister Sarah's spring break (she is going to grad school), we are going to visit my little sister Louisa in New York! This will be my 4th time going and Sarah's first. I'm excited to show her everything! I just hope that my preggo fatigue doesn't plague me too much while I'm there. I'm still tired as hell. I promised her that I would do all of the touristy stuff with her, so I'm going to try my hardest to stay on my feet:)

I'm feeling really nervous about leaving Travis alone to take care of our house and all of our "kids". We have a bird, some fish, a cat & 2 dogs. I am, of course, the nurturer and talk to all of them and feed them and love them. Travis plays with the dogs on occassion but my Vizsla, Wendy, is glued to me at the hip. She goes to work with me everyday and she CRAVES lovin'. I'm sure that Travis will do fine but I think they will be a little weirded out without me around. Travis told me last night that he doesn't want me to go because he wants to keep an eye on his "son". I explained that he said he was fine with me going a few months ago and that I already new I was pregnant when I made the plans. He said that now it feels so real and he doesn't think it is safe for me to go "running all over New York" with a baby in my tummy:) He's silly & sweet. I told him that my sisters will take good care of me.

While I am out of town he is going to clean out the garage!! Yahoo!! I hope that it actually gets done:) I haven't parked my car in there in almost a year. When I get home, we are pulling out all of our old carpet & flooring and getting all new floors. I haven't decided if I want my hard floors to be wood or tile. I'm pretty sure what carpet I am getting but can't quite decide between wood & tiles. Since I've never actually had either, I'm not sure which one lasts longer, is easier to clean or which would look best in my house. Decisions, decisions:)

Why O Why...

I bought a bag of Starburst yesterday from the store and brought them to nibble on at work (I am not a sweets person AT ALL but this pregnancy makes me need it desperately). I like Starburst flavors in this order...love love pink, love orange, like yellow, not so much like red. To my disappointment, the bag is packed full of red, 10 yellow, about 6 orange and I swear there are only 3 or 4 pink ones! This a cruel joke. Why would there not be at least close to the same number of all 4 flavors. It just isn't fair:( I love how serious I can sound about the disappointment I feel about the lack of my favorite flavors of Starburst! Cruel, cruel world we live in.

One of my favorite words is audacity. Hardly ever hear it but it's a good one.

My baby looks like a baby in the ultra sound pictures! The heart beat is fast and it wiggles it's arms and legs.

Ok Go...

SO, I haven't been keeping up in my journal, so I figured since I come to work everyday and I read everyone elses' blogs, I should just write mine. I really thought I would be better about writing in my journal because I have it next to my bed and I see it every night. Unfortunately, by the time I go to bed, I am so flippin' tired, I crawl into bed with my eyes already closed:)

I have been throwing up in the morning for the past 4 days! I'm 10 weeks today and have another ultrasound scheduled for tomorrow. The more I think about it, the more I think I'm going to have a girl. I wouldn't mind if I had all girls. I came from all girls and I don't think I missed anything not have having a brother. I can't imagine my life without my sisters! Travis would of course care if we had only girls but I think having a girl first would be good for him. He asks me everyday how his "son" is doing:) He's a goob. I can't wait until I find out what we're having! I will be happy having either sex, as long as he/she is healthy & happy!

My dreams have gotten absolutely crazy the last few weeks. I have been having very intense realistic dreams about people I have known throughout my life. Strangely enough, they have mostly involved the guys from my past. I honestly wake up thinking, "Did that actually happen?". Then I have to shake it off and convince myself that I never did any of it. I almost always remember my dreams but being pregnant has really intensified the feelings and just the reality of my dreams. Sometimes it's nice and other times it freaks me out but overall, it's kind of neat to see all of my old friends:)