Wanna see our kid?

I had an ultrasound today! The last one at my RE's office and it was soooo great! My mom went with me this time, well, my mom & my dad. I wasn't planning on my dad going but they had to go to my brother's house in Tempe so he was there and he came back when they called my name and I'm like "uhhh, nooooo! sorry" I felt bad but having my dad in the room during an internal ultrasound would be embarrassing!

So the nurse got started and we could see the baby squirming all around! We could see arms and legs moving up and down and all over. It was so awesome! I never imagined we'd see it move this much this early. Baby measured good and heartbeat was 169bpm. I wish I knew what it was so I could call it "him" or "her" instead of "it". My mom's like "Can't we cover you up and bring dad in?" So I'm like "Fine" I had a sheet covering everything up and the lights were dim. My dad came in and saw his first ultrasound, they didn't have ultrasounds when my parents had me and my 3 sibs. The nurse thought my mom was my sister, lol.

I feel bad Doug missed this one, this was the best one so far. Since my RE's office is all the way in Chandler it would be time he'd have to take off of work. I called him right after though and told him "It was moving! You could see it's little arms & legs!"

You can make out the head, body, arms and legs. In the ultrasound we could see the eye sockets, freaky huh?

Upon seeing the picture Doug said the kid has a big head like me. :-)

Our families know now!

We told Doug's family on Sunday. We were having dinner for Doug's dad's Birthday and Doug's grandma's birthday. Everyone was very happy!

I told my sister Melissa and her son Mickey the other day, they were excited!

1st OB Appointment

We had our first OB appointment today. Everything is going good and we had quick ultrasound. When I say quick it was quick - she didn't measure anything or get the heartbeat. But we could see the heart beating, much more visable than last time. Last time it was a tiny little blink but this time it took up more of the baby.

I had my first "Morning Sickness" this morning, but I still haven't thrown up. Before heading out to the doctor I got a small glass of milk to take my prenatal and metformin real quick. I gagged right away and spent some time over the toilet. Morning sickness - yay!

Here's our babe:

the babe is the white bean shape in the black thing, which is the sac.

Telling People

Let's see who have I told........well, I told my Mom & Dad the Sunday I took the second pregnancy test. I told my coworker/friend/carpool buddy Mary the Monday after I tested. My Mom told Marty & Colby the Wednesday after I tested. I told Anita my coworker/friend the day after my first ultrasound.

The Friday after my ultrasound I went over to Becky & Josh's house to play Trivial Pursuit. Josh's sis-in-law Christy asked if we were still "trying" to which I replied "Actually, I am pregnant!" Becky & Josh were in the other room so I'm like "By the way I'm pregnant." hehe. So that was Becky & Josh and Josh's family.

Yesterday me & my brother Michael were driving in my car and we were talking about birth control and stuff. Michael asked if we were still trying and why wasn't it working? I couldn't stop laughing so finally I say "I wasn't going to tell you until later, but I'm pregnant!" he then preceded to hit me on the arm. No, he was very happy for us. He was asking why we are waiting to tell everyone, which I'm not sure why. It's soooo hard to keep a secret. It's especially hard when someone asks about you, like "How are you doing?" Or "Anything exciting going on?", which is what Doug's mom asked us the other night. At work I've actually had a few firefighters ask things like "No babies yet?" lol. Anyways, I wanted to do something special to tell everyone, something other than picking up the phone and calling them. But now most of my family knows. I may still do something special for them anyway, and there is still, of course, Doug's family!!

I still need to tell my sister Melissa and her son Mickey, and then we need to tell Doug's family. I think Doug feels a little bit wierd about telling everyone and I said to him "We've been married for almost 7 YEARS!" hehe. We were going to wait until we were 12 weeks along, but I don't know if I can keep this secret anymore! :-)

Oh, and Becky sent me the best email on Thursday! It said Happy 7 weeks and she said she'd like to throw a baby shower for me! Awwww, that made me feel so good! So Becky will throw the shower at her house and my mom will make her YUMMY food! It's still a few months away but let me tell you I'm looking foward to it!

Also, this week we've aquired some things: Anita said she'd give me her bassinet! Thank you Anita! And my mom told her hairdresser/friend Stacy that I was pregnant and Stacy gave my mom the crib she used for her kids! Yay, we need a crib for my house and my parents, so that was wonderful!