I love baseball!

We went to the M's game today and I had forgotten how much I love watching baseball! It was kinda warm, for Seattle anyway, and a little bit sunny so it was perfect. We had really good seats and almost got ourselves a foul ball. I had a Major League hot dog and I dipped it in nacho cheese. These days I will eat anything if it has molten cheese sauce on it! The odd part was not having a beer while watching the game...just seemed wrong. JC took one for the team and had one for me too.

Today was kids day at the stadium and all the little kids got replica Ichiro jerseys. I had it in

my head to sweet-talk my way to getting one and I really didn't think it was to my advantage but I had to try. I went up to one of the people handing out the shirts and told him that I had a baby in my belly and it would mean a lot to me if he would be able to give me my baby's FIRST article of clothing. He looked at me kinda funny and then at my belly, which isn't really showing yet, and the he s-l-o-w-l-y handed me the shirt. I was so shocked and I said thank you so many times. So the first thing we brought home for our baby is a Mariner's jersey, seems fitting. It's practically big enough to fit me though!

I had a check up on Thursday to see how I am progressing. Doc said everything looked great and I'm right where I should be, heartbeat was 152. We also scheduled the anatomy ultrasound for May 19th, which is hopefully when we get to find out whether we use pink or blue to decorate.

So here goes...

Ok so this is my first blog post! I am going to try and keep this up as a way for far away relatives to keep track of what's going on with us.

So here goes...guess what?! We are having a baby!!! I have waited sooo long to say that (although I'm glad we did wait this long, we both feel ready now.) I am currently 9wks and due mid-October. Here is baby's first picture...

I have got to thank my Mom for the good genes because I have not had any morning sickness! The only two things I've noticed are that I'm totally exhausted every day and food, most days, doesn't sound very good. JC has been such a trooper (not that I ever doubted he would be) but he will make me my own dinner when I don't/can't eat what he made the first time around. I am so lucky to have him!

In other news, our dog Chester had a house guest all week. Shelton is a yellow lab puppy who belongs to some friends of ours. They are vacationing and I knew Chester would love to have a playmate. It was a great plan until Chester cut his foot Monday night right as we were getting ready for bed. So off to the pet ER we go! Hours go by and a small fortune later we are on our way home. We were told he needed to stay off of his foot as much as possible, but with a puppy in the house that's not so easy. Shelton goes home tomorrow and Chester can get some rest but I so wanted him to have a great time but instead he's on pain meds and antibiotics wearing a boot on one foot...poor poochy!

Ok, enough for now. I really should get back to work!