next appt

We have a doctor appointment on Oct 1...not sure what happens at this one, but I did hear I get to keep my clothes on this time, so I am excited for that! We will post any news once we have the appointment. And for everyone who is curious about what we are having....we have about another month to wait until we can find out!!! Late October to early November we should have our second ultrasound to see how the baby is doing and hopefully we can see if we are having a boy or a girl! Yeah! Most people are in the girl category, but the boy category has a few followers. I change my mind on a weekly basis about the sex of our baby. Right now I think it is a girl, but I know the ultrasound will show a boy (which is still totally awesome). Brett thinks we are having a girl and thinks that is what the ultrasound will show. We can't wait to find out!

looking the part

TWO people at my work commented that I look PREGNANT!! This is super exciting to me...up until about now, I have felt I look larger, but not pregnant large. So these comments are super great. I am now 15 weeks pregnant, and finally looking the part. We have our next baby appointment next week...and Brett and I are looking forward to seeing how the baby is growing and how I am doing. The baby should be about the size of an orange this week...which is some serious size people. I read on the Internet how a woman gave birth to a 19 lb baby! I just want a normal size healthy baby, not a Guinness of World Record size baby!

keeping it down...and throwing it up!

So a few of you have said how much you LOVED the post involving puking. So I thought I would share the things that I LOVE to keep down, and all the things that LOVE to come back up.

throw up
KFC
Burger King
Lasagna
Papa John Pizza
Apple Juice
Cheese Balls
Mt Dew/Diet Mt. Dew

Keep down
skittles
waffles
bacon
ruffles: cheddar & sour cream
orange juice
McDonalds
Diet Coke

Phillies Game

Last night we went to the Phillies game with good friends Harvey and Julia. We were able to see the second game of a double header against the Mets. The Phillies squeaked by with a win and we had a super hilarious time. A Mets player hit a ball right at our section and it literally hit a girl two rows in front of us. She broke her wrist! So after that, every time a ball was hit in the air, Julia and I screamed like it was coming right at us! Harvey and Brett and the other fans around us thought we were ridiculous. We also bought a Phillies onesie! Go Phils! You can see Brett and I and the baby in the above photo at the game. Below are our friends Harvey and Julia!

Where's the baby?

Here's our first ultrasound picture from early August. Sarah was a champ that day. There is nothing quite like a nurse telling your pregnant wife that she can "pee just a little bit" to help ease the pain of a way too full bladder.

You can't see the baby all that well, but we threw in some arrows where the baby would have shown better if this was a better scan.

2nd trimester.....and football!

Today is the beginning of my 2nd trimester! I am 13 weeks pregnant and I am finally starting to show. My parents sent me flowers at work today to celebrate the beginning of what I hear are the best 3 months of being pregnant. Here is a photo of me in the morning with what looks like a belly. And another photo of the flowers my parents sent me.

On another super fun note...football starts tonight! I don't know why, but this season I have been waiting for. I can't wait to watch all the games. I think football to me means cold weather, and I love sweaters!!!! Go Colts!
Here is Brett relaxing while watching the 1st official game of the season.

super funny moment (and super gross)

This happened to me last week...but it is too funny to not share. Last week, my sister Angela and her boyfriend Craig came for a visit. I was cleaning the bathroom and Brett was mowing the lawn. I had been doing really well with the whole nauseous thing...but tonight I knew I had eaten too much at dinner and it was not sitting well. So, i puked in the toilet. And usually I am a good puker; I don't miss because cleaning it up is way more than I can handle. But not that night...I puked in my hair and on the outer rim of the seat. So, I finish and then clean the toilet thinking, well at least that is done for the visit. Meanwhile, my throat is on fire, so I pour some milk and try to sooth my throat. Yep, my stomach says that is NOT a good idea. So I puke again;this time in my hand and on top of the closed toilet seat. So i have to open the toilet to finish puking and let me tell you, I puked up everything I had for dinner. All over the place again mind you...and it smelled awful. And to top it all off, while I was puking up my entire dinner, I also peed my pants. So again, I clean up the entire toilet seat, from top to bottom. And now, I get to take a shower to get the vomit out of my hair and because I peed myself. Nice. Brett comes in from mowing and I am sitting in the shower. He feels completely awful and I feel disgusting. Needless to say, at the end of the night, the yard was gorgeous and the toilet was sparkling clean! Yeah for pregnancy!

active heartbeat

We heard the heartbeat at out first real doctor's appt. just this past week, at about 11 weeks. They had some trouble locating the heartbeat because our kid is moving around...a lot. The nurse would get it and lose it. The doctor also got the heart beat and she lost it as well. She looks at Brett and I and says...you have a very active munchkin....and we were like yeah, we figured that out. Again, the heartbeat was super high, 156 beats a minute...which is just great. Some girls at work said this could be because we are having a girl....but others say they had high heart beats and they had boys, so we will see.

Everything at the appt. looked great. I had lost 1olbs and Brett got to ask if he can still stab me with an epi-pen if I get stung by a bee (yes he can). We have our next appt. in a month and I get to keep all my clothes on at the next one! Woo Hoo!!

1st ultrasound

So...Brett and I have had our first ultrasound. The ultrasound was absolutely amazing...our "gummy bear" (the ultrasound lady kept calling it that thank goodness, I kept calling it "the blob") was just as it should be at about 8 weeks, a blob of a human. In one photo, we can see a leg bug. The heartbeat was super strong, 158 beats a minute, which made us feel great. I drank the entire 32 oz. I was told to drink, and then I had to hold it for 20 extra minutes before the ultrasound lady came to get me. I was about to burst and i had too much water; she had to stop twice so I could pee so we could see the baby better! But it was an amazing experience and next time, I am not drinking all the water they say I need to!