Sweet Pea!

Baby is about 1/4 of an inch, size of a sweet pea! :)

Growing like crazy, baby is starting to sprout eyes, ears, nose,
cheeks and chin. Those little hands and feet- still webbed like paddles-
might wiggle by week's end, the heart is beating (almost twice as fast as yours!), and blood is starting to circulate!

Hard to believe all that is going on! Morning sickness is on full force. I am wondering how it is going to work teaching and needing to puke my brains out.... its not like I have a job where I can go to the bathroom whenever I want. Oh well. I will have to figure it out. Once I get sick.... I don't want to eat, even though I am hungry. Nothing sounds good, especially chicken. Just seeing the word typed there makes my tummy turn. I just hope this means all is going well and everything that is supposed to be happening is. I have today, tomorrow, and Friday off... and I am going to take complete advantage of that. Enjoy being able to sleep, since that is all I have wanted to do.

I am going to have Dan take a belly pic.... I will be posting them on here throughout my pregnancy... I think it will be fun to see how it changes. Right now I just look like I have packed on 5 lbs.... definitly don't look pregnant. If I get him to take it tonight, I may post it tonight, other wise I will tomorrow.

Congrats to Kelsey and Kevin on the birth of a very beautiful boy!! And Happy Birthday Sara Lee!! Ok.... nap time! Have a good Wednesday!

Sick, Tired, and Hungry...

Well, had my first bout of morning sickness this morning. I was glad my stomach was empty... but it started my day off in not the greatest way. I then went on to be rediculously hungry all day, and it still hasn't subsided. If I go on like this for the next 8 months... I am going to gain 50 lbs. My mom always said she gained a lot, but I was hoping I would be different since I am not built like her. Oh well... it will be worth it, right? :) This is still all weird, and doesn't feel real yet. I think it will feel more real when we hear the heartbeat.... which seems so far away! (3 weeks)

I know I am not.... but I feel huge! I am so bloated... ugh... and my hunger is not helping. I have not satisfied my hunger all day!! It is almost painful! I have Chicken Pot Pies in the oven... Dan asked if they were homemade.... HA. Frozen. They sounded good, but I hope they still sound good when they come out of the oven. A lot of times things sound good... but then I see it and it doesn't look good. It is weird how I feel...

Taylor Swift was amazing! It was so fun, we had great seats, and she was so cute! She played for 2 hours!

I think that is it for now.... hope everyone had a nice snowy day (yuck... not ready for that yet).

6 weeks!

Brrr. I woke up this morning with snow on the ground, and an inside temp of 64 degrees. A whopping 27 degrees outside! I finally turned on teh heat this morning. Kolby enjoyed playing in the snow the little bit she was outside.

I am officially 6 weeks today. Only 3 weeks until our first ultrasound. It seems so far away. I woke up this morning feeling a bit nauseated. I then came down stairs and made some waffles for breakfast. I need to clean today, I keep putting it off. That is what is on my agenda. My good friend Kelsey was due last Sunday, and she has still not had her little one, so I am anxiously waiting to hear if she goes in today or tomorrow. It is her second baby, and it is a boy. Liam. Another one of my good friends, Amy, is due Oct. 22 with her little girl, and that will be her first. It is nice that a lot of my friends have had babies already and have gone through all of this before, so they can help me out with any questions I have! :)

That is it for now I think! I have the Taylor Swift concert tomorrow, and I can't wait!

Tired!

Tired. That is how I have been the last couple of days. I went to bed really early last night. I was in bed at 8:15. It is almost 8 as I write this... and it is very hard for me to keep my eyes open. Dan has night class, and it is always hard to be home on these nights with him at class. I am glad I haven't been too nauseated, but I have read that happens more at week 6. I will be 6 weeks on Saturday, so we shall see!

I really need to stop reading birth boards I think... I read so much about people mis-carrying, and it makes me nervous. Especially because it doesn't feel very real yet. I am sure it will feel more real on Nov 2, that is when we will hear the heartbeat. I will be 9 weeks. I just worry about there being no heartbeat when we go in.... but I know I can't think that way. It is hard not to though.

It is funny... my mom has told pretty much everyone at work about our pregnancy, and no one really at my work really knows. I will not announce it until after that first doctors appt. A few people know.... but not many. It is cute to see our parents get excited about it

Dan called Grandma Babich and Grandma and Grandpa Nelson last night. Apparently, Grandma Nelson was not that surprised.... then again, no one really has been! More good news, Dan's Uncle David was appointed by President Obama and will be the US Ambassador in Uraguay! How amazing?! I really hope we can make a trip down there!

Well, that is all for tonight.... hopefully things stay uneventful :)

I just wanted to see how my countdown ticker looks... and when I re-read my post, I noticed I wrote HIS.... hmmm.... I have already had a dream it is a boy, and all my girlfriends from HS think I am going to have a boy....

5 weeks...

Well, now all of my family knows, and most of my closest friends. I have 2 more friends I need to tell, and hopefully that comes this week. It is all so overwhelming. Dan still needs to tell his grandparents... and hopefully will soon. I told mine today, and it is so awkward for me to spill it! I never thought it would be, I thought I would just shout it out, but it isn't like that.... maybe it is weird I feel like that.

So I am in my 5th week, and today the boobs hurt really really bad. I hope this doesn't last all of pregnancy. Hunger also comes on so fast! One second I am not hungry at all.... and then BAM, I have to eat something. So far, just a bit of nausea, nothing major... but I hear that usually hits hard at 6 weeks.

Baby is the size of an appleseed, and his organs and nervous system are beginning to develop this week. By next week, the heart will be beating! It is so amazing. I cannot wait until I hear the heartbeat and know everything is going to be OK. I am still nervous about that, since it is still so early. I know a lot of people wait a long time to tell, but I am not one of those people. Anyone who knows me well, knows I cannot keep secrets. I can't even handle holding onto a Christmas gift for anyone until Christmas, and always want to give it early! So, I just pray everynight for God to give us a health little one.

Telling Dan's Parents...

Well, all of our immediate family now officially know we are expecting. We told Dan's dad on Tuesday, and his mom this morning. Neither of them were suprised.... Suzie especially! She had been talking to people she said this week about how she thinks we have news to tell them! I swear, it must be motherly instinct.

We went to Betty's Pies for breakfast this morning in Mahtomedi. It typically is just as good as the one in Two Harbor's.... however, Dan and I were EXTREMELY disappointed! We always get Betty's Skillet, and it just was bad today. I was really bummed out. We are now at home, and I have a horrible headache, and feel super sick to my stomach. I am going to the Twins game today, and just don't feel like going. I am looking forward to seeing a few of my friends though that I haven't seen in a while, we are going for my friend Katija's bachelorette party. After the game, I am getting together with my best friends from high school, and I will be sharing the news with them! I am really looking forward to that! I will definitly be posting about how that goes... We still need to figure out when to talk to our grandparents... I just know when my Grandma finds out... the whole world will know because she will be so excited, so I was waiting until all immediate family knew first.

Well, I think that is it for today. It is a big weekend for MN Sports. Gophers are on right now, Twins start in a couple hours, Wild season opener tonight, and Packer- Vikings game Monday!