More pictures...

So these are a little late making it here. I did the ultrasound on 4/22 and man is that baby growing!

Only 16 days until we (hopefully) find out what we are having!  I can't wait to start decorating.  I almost have the room cleared out.  We have been spending a lot of time in the garage getting it organized so we can move all of the stuff that was in the baby's room out there.  So right now we practically live at Lowes (my mother is probably so proud!) getting all kinds of shelves and storage cabinets. Other than that there is really nothing going on.  Oh except that I can feel the baby moving now, sometimes(I think.)  It's pretty crazy!  I think Chester might know what's going on cause he sniffs my belly a lot, either that or I drop a lot of food...

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 I'm a bit behind...

Last Friday, 4/10, I decided to ultrasound myself again!  I just love being able to see what I want to see.  These pics aren't as clear as the last ones but you can certainly tell that baby is growing...fast! I have a doctors appointment tomorrow and maybe I'll get another glimpse of the little peanut.

We have about 5 weeks left before we can find out the gender and I can't wait.  We have already decided on the crib but I have seen so many adorable nursery decors that I can hardly wait to start decorating!  I think JC is pretty surprised that I haven't made one baby related purchase yet...but I do talk about it a lot.

Nothing else is really going on with us and now that snowboarding season is over we really have nothing else going on!  (Don't worry I stopped a few weeks ago when it was too uncomfortable to bend over and strap-in my binding.)  We have made some plans to go camping this summer earlier than we usually do because come Labor day I might not want to.  One of those trips is going to be a road trip down the Oregon coast, which I am super excited for!  

Ok, I have a room to clear out!

my turn to run the ultrasound...

So today at work the phones were pretty slow so I did some busy work until there was just nothing left to do.  Charity, an MA at work, said she wanted to do an ultrasound on me but I am kinda modest (I know that'll change!) so I just asked her to show me how it worked and I would give it a whirl.  I had the most amazing time!  Since I could control it I just watched for a while and watched baby make spontaneous movements.  I saw the flicker of a heartbeat...always nice!  I could see arms and legs and I think even fingers.  You can see what I was able to see below.  I love the 3rd and 4th ones, legs all up in the air.  You probably can't see it but in the last one you can actually see fingers!!!  Most days I despise my job but this kinda makes up for it!

i saw two arms and two legs...

So I had my first official doctor's visit today! While they flat out refused to even try and find the babies heartbeat via the doppler they did do an ultrasound and guess what we saw...? Baby was kicking his/her little legs and waving his/her arms!!! How amazing is that?! We were both in awe of our little peanut and the doctor seemed to be too.

Ahhh, another milestone to document...I love it!!!

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!