Here we go again.....

I went to the doctor this morning. We are at 32 weeks and back on the anti-nausea meds. I was very reluctant for this because compared to my nausea at the beginning; this nausea is do-able. I have what would be considered morning sickness, nausea if I skip a meal or wait to long to eat and then don't feel too great in the late evening. All of that is much better than the first 5 months of this pregnancy with the "all of the time" sickness. The doc told me that she would not think much about it but I have stopped gaining weight -- since week 28 as a matter of fact. That is not good for the bean so if it means taking the meds to eat again, that is what I will do. I was surprised at the lack of weight gain because I am eating lunch and dinner just fine. I am able to eat about anything I want and usually keep it down. I guess getting sick in the mornings and sometimes at night is enough to keep me from gaining.

The other bit of news from my appointment -- the doc is pretty convinced we are having a girl. She kept referring to the bean as "she" and "her". Evidentially she doesn't care that we don't want to find out. I asked her if she calls all unknowns girls (some docs and technicians just have a default sex that they refer to all babies if the parents don't know). She said no, she just thinks it is a girl. Her reasoning's are my sickness and this reddish/purple band that I have all the way around my stomach. She said her experience is a dark line up the belly button in many pregnancies, but the band around tends to be a girl. The bean is a poker player when it comes to his or her heartbeat though. It was 148 today -- just at that point that you can't tell. I have said from the beginning that we will just have to wait and see because everyone has a different theory.

Happy Mother's Day

I was up wondering the house not feeling too great when Jeff got home from work a little after 4 this morning. I was in the kitchen and turned around to see him with roses and a gift bag. I really wasn't expecting to celebrate Mother's Day with me as a mom this year since I haven't had the bean yet but he thought differently. What a sweetie!

Happy Mother's Day to all of our friends and family out there whether you are a mom-to-be, have little ones or big ones. Also, Happy Mother's Day to those ladies who don't have any children but share your love with those around you.

Baby Shower

Last Saturday, May 3rd, some of my really good friends threw a baby shower for the bean. It was a gorgeous day outside and a wonderful shower. Thanks Jess and Heather! I had friends there from law school, the day care where I used to work and the police department. It was the perfect size to sit around and chat and have a nice time. We played a game where we had a list of animals and had to name the baby animal that goes with that breed. Oh my --- talk about a slam to a person’s intelligence! I didn’t feel very smart at the end of that game, ha-ha. Did you know that a baby fish is called a fingerling? We had a lot of laughs at it though. Another interesting game involved frozen babies – sounds morbid doesn’t it? Jess froze tiny babies in ice cubes. Everyone put one in their drink and the person with the first baby to melt out of the cube said “my water broke!”. My baby didn’t float to the top like it was supposed to so I was a bit creeped out by the baby floating in the bottom of my cup every time I took a drink, ha-ha.

All of the ladies were very sweet and brought wonderful gifts for the bean. Not knowing if we will be having a boy or a girl, we got adorable “Baby’s First Christmas” outfits for both. One is a bib-overall outfit and the other a green velvet dress. I can’t wait to see which one we use this Christmas!

I even had my very own present-opening helper. Jenna is the daughter of some friends of ours from the police department and usually my little buddy when we are together. She turns 4 on July 17th – which happens to be our due date.

We loved all of the gifts and Jeff couldn’t wait to peek his head in the bags when I got back home.
There was also a yummy spread of food. You know me --- always ready to eat (and that isn’t really a pregnancy thing!). We had sandwiches, fruit and veggie trays, cheese and crackers and punch. Oh, and let’s not forget the adorable and scrumptious raspberry sour cream cake! The cake said “God Bless Your Little One” which I thought was just too precious. See, you don’t have to know the gender of the baby to have baby showers!

The girls even gave me some gorgeous flowers. They are sitting in the middle of my kitchen table at home now and are a reminder of what wonderful firends we are surrounded by.

The best thing about days like this is knowing that noone HAD to do these special things, they did them because they wanted to. Words cannot even express how much it means to Jeff and me to have so many people that love us and are excited to share in this time in our lives. We appreciate each and every one of you!

Baby Shower At Work

On April 30th, the ladies at work had a baby shower for me and the other gal in the office who is expecting. She doesn’t know what she is having either so it worked out well. They decorated the boss’ office with streamers and pink and blue balloons. It was a morning shower so they had goodies from Panera and cake. I was on a sugar high that morning! Here are some pictures from the shower. Aren’t the ducks in the punch cute? We were both touched that they had the shower for us. It was very sweet.