A Heart Beat

On Friday, we went to the OBGYN for my 16 week appointment. Well they have my due date as Dec. 10th, but with all the ovulation testing I was doing, I'm pretty sure it should be Dec. 2nd. Anyway, since they couldn't find the heart beat for us to listen to last time, they did it this time. The moment the doc put the doppler on my belly, we could hear a loud, strong and fast heartbeat. Then we heard static and no more heartbeat. Apparantly our little bundle of joy doesn't like to be pushed and prodded so he/she moved away from the thing that was pushing. Clark likes that, he says our baby was showing attitude. haha. I was so glad to hear our baby move and it's heartbeat. I was so scared that our baby had spina bifida or was paralized. The doctor said that our baby was super active and Clark says it's because the babe is trying to show me that it's not paralized. Thanks little babe for helping your mommy know you are alive and well down there!

My Life as a Housewife

Now that I have been on summer break for a couple weeks now, I have settled into my life as a housewife. I love it! If only it would stay this way, but I know that once this baby comes, it will be a 180 degree flip on the life I live now.

Let me give you a little glimpse into the life I live now. I awake at around 10:30 am (of course this is after a night full of restlessness and peeing every hour, but still). I get up, leisurely eat a bowl of cereal, throw on some stretchy clothes and head for a walk. This can get a little lonely since the crickets are usually the only ones on the street to keep me company, so I usually call my mother and chat for 30 minutes to an hour.

When I get back, I take a shower and get to the chores. This isn't the most leisurely thing I have done in my life. It's a good thing that I have this time before baby arrives because I am really gonna have to learn to do this a lot more efficiently. Every chore takes me FOREVER! Clark finds this humorous because I have wanted to be a stay at home mom my whole life, yet I am not so good at the housework part. I'm pretty sure I will be better at the taking care of the kids thing...I have had plenty of practice, but keeping up a house is a lot more effort than I thought. After I sweep, there are still crumbs on the ground...it's infuriating! I do the dishes and 10 seconds later, there are more dishes in the sink...ahhhh! How do people do it. I don't even want to try and comprehend what it would be like to work full time and keep up house...no thank you.

Anyway, after I get the chores done...I usually check email, facebook, and blogs before I start on din din. This is another one of those things that I'm gonna have to get better at if my husband is gonna get fed at all after we have the little one. I'm used to cooking for myself and myself alone. I would eat a bowl of black beans for dinner...this will not do for the husband. He likes a lot more/better food than that. He is polynesian so you can imagine what women I have to live up to. I don't know how they do it...cook so good for so many! It really is incredible. Well I have made it my personal goal to learn to cook. I want to have at least 10 good recipes that I can always fall back on. I am loving finding simple, but delicious recipes that I can try. It really is fun learning how to cook, despite the clean up afterword.

After dinner I do a little relaxing...maybe watch a movie, do a little sudoku, wait for the hubby to be done with homework, etc. Then it's off to bed.

See...my life is not gonna be the same in 6 months. I must live it up now while I've got the chance.

"Michelle what's wrong?"

This is the quote I hear from my husband, now multiple times a week. Pregnancy does crazy things to a woman doesn't it? I mean just now I was reading a post on my sister's blog about an exchange student going home...and I started weeping. I am pathetic! In church I raised my hand to give a comment and the moment I started speaking, out came the tears. I wasn't even talking about anything emotional. I was actually trying to tell the sisters how someone made me laugh and that's a way we can lift each others burdens. I guess I didn't really exemplify my comment very well.

I can't believe that I just cry over EVERYTHING! I feel like Graham from the movie The Holiday...maybe that's why I like that name so much. Anyway, I thought I was a crier before, but now it has gone to a whole new level. Pretty much everything I read that my sister posts makes me cry. I mean she does live across the country and I miss her and her family dearly, but that doesn't mean that I have to bawl every single time I read a post...does it? Well, I guess in pregnancy land it does. Let's just hope I can keep the water works in control just a little bit. I don't want any major embarrassing stories to tell, but oh don't you worry...I will tell.

Wish the weeper well.

I LOVE EDDIE!!

Just so you all don't think I am cheating on my husband...I am in the love with the products of Eddie Bauer. When I found out I was pregnant, I started immediately to look into baby stuff. I looked at cribs, strollers, carseats, blankets, diapers, etc. When I had a break at work, I would go to Target and just look around. Well I fell in love with Eddie Bauer strollers and carseats. I love the prints and how they are neutral boy and girl. I don't like the neutral thing for most baby stuff, but I do for carseat/strollers. I also like how snazzy they look. I seem to think a lot of strollers look cheap. I also fell more in love with the brand when I bought a polo shirt for my dear sweet husband that fit him perfectly and looked so handsome. It even went long enough to cover his backside and if you know my husband, you know that is a hard feat! Well anyway, I never thought I would be able to get my Eddie Bauer dream...until I did!! I found a great deal online and I asked some people for some support and we got it!!!! I LOVE IT!! The colors are red, tand and brown and every time I walk past it I just smile because I know my little babe is going to be in there some day. I think Clark is getting sick of hearing me say that.

Most of you are probably thinking that it is a bit early to have this, but I just want to let you all know that it is totally my style. I am no procrastinater, and I think I will enjoy pregnancy so much more now that I know I have these things. I mean, I am already happier and smiling more. I will see if I can get my camera working to take a picture of the snazzy contraption asap!!!

Ultrasound 12 weeks!!!

Here is our baby a week and a half ago. We went in to hear the heartbeat, but the doctor couldn't find one, so we had an ultrasound. The first thing the doctor said was, "Oh there's a heartbeat." He didn't want me to freak out. I think he could tell that I was getting a little panicked. But it was so fun to be able to see our baby again. We got to have an ultrasound a month earlier so they could figure out how far along I was since I dont have regular periods.

I was amazed at how much the baby had grown. Last time the baby looked like a little blob...this time it actually looked like a little baby (or chicken if you ask Clark). I just think that it is the most precious thing in the world! I love my baby!!!

Well now that I am in the second trimester, I don't really feel all that pregnant anymore. Before I was soooo tired and felt a little sick. I never threw up though...so lucky! Now I have energy and I don't really feel sick at all. It might have something to do with not having to work anymore, but either way, I am grateful. It sometimes worries me that I'm not feeling sick, but I should just be glad. My belly has only grown a little bit. I feel like I just am looking fat. Other people don't really notice the belly change...but I do. I think it might be because I can feel it and they can't. I am wearing my "fat pants". I'm not yet truly into maternity clothes, but I don't fit into my regular clothes. I think this is the awkward stage of pregnancy.

Surprise!!!!

Ok for a lot of you, this isn't a surprise, but I thought I would announce it like it is anyway. We ARE HAVING A BABY!!!! Yes I am pregnant. 13 weeks and 6 days to be exact. The baby is due on December 2nd in my calculations, but we say somewhere between there and the 10th. We have two ultrasound pictures that we are trying to scan on to our computer, but it hasn't quite worked yet. When it does, I will for sure be posting our babies first pics up here for all to see. Yay! We are so excited!