Pictures

As we are approaching 16 weeks (June 2nd) we finally got took some pictures to start documenting my growth. (you can tell I am thrilled by my wonderful facial expressions - I blame this on the photographer)

In the last week I have went from the "fluffy" stage to definetly pregnant! I also made Chris pose for one - only fair! Not fair is the fact that he can suck in which does nothing for me!! We promise to start taking more pictures and posting them to track my growth!

Week 15

And we are now 15 weeks along - woohoo! It is amazing how quickly the time is going by now.

As of this weekend I officially starting sporting the maternity clothes and I have to say I am a pretty big fan.  It is nice to relax in an elastic waist band and not worry.  I think I am finally starting to look pregnant (instead of just fluffy) which is nice as well.

Life beyond pregnancy is good.  Chris and I have been cruising along with work, travel (mostly me on that front), school (I keep reminding myself I am almost done), and attempting to get things done around the house before our new addition.   Chris has been great at getting things organized in the garage and closets - but is seems like everything we do, something else pops up - such is life I guess.

We recently made a wonderful purchase - a new washer & dryer!! So exciting!! The funny thing is - we ordered the front loaders and pedestals and didn't think to measure the hight of our laundry cabinets.  Well, they got delivered and there is about an inch overlap, so they went back to the warehouse.  Chris thinks we should raise the cabinets and I think we return the pedestals - I guess we have until this Friday when they are delivered again to continue that discussion.  I guess that is a sign of growing up when new appliances are the best thing ever!!  

Speaking of growing up - I turn 29 in a week - craziness!!  

We haven't taken any pictures of the pregnant girl (otherwise known as me) but promise to get some up this weekend. 

Week 13

As of Tuesday we are 13 weeks along - yeah!!

In my last post I had said that we had our next doctors apt on June 12th, but the date is actually June 5th instead (at 2:10 for those who are interested)  When I make the next appointments I have to make them for a Friday afternoon or Monday morning so I can commute and I often mess up the week count (my doctor was pretty adamant at 4 weeks) so I called and rescheduled.

At that visit we will either schedule an ultrasound for 2 weeks later or wait the 4 weeks until the next visit to determine the sex - whatever the doctors suggests. 

 

My roomate in Vegas, Kristen, is devastated at the idea of waiting that long.  I have promised her that after we find out if it is a boy or girl, I will go with her to babies-r-us, so now she is anticipating the announcement!

Beyond that, all is going well in our world. I started the first of two summer school classes this week and was disappointed to have to pay $300 for 3 textbooks for a 7 week class - that is just mean.  But on the high point, after these two classes I only have to complete my thesis and I am done with my masters - which should time out to be about September.  

Timing wise would mean I have the baby mid November and officially graduate with my masters in December - eventful end of the year for me.

Things in Vegas are going... along.  I am working on block C of City Center now at Mandarin Hotel.  The hotel itself is nice, but it seems like a war zone to get decisions out of everyone - no fun!! I keep telling myself that I am only here for another couple of months which helps pass the time...

Doctors Apt

We had our second doctors appointment which went well today. According to my doctor I am a very normal pregnant woman (which was apparently a relief and rarity, I guess I was the only one she encountered so far that day)
We didn't have an ultrasound, but we did get to hear the heartbeat which was very neat.
Our next doctors apt is the afternoon of June 12th.
She said they like to do the next ultrasound around 18-20 weeks, that would be on the following doctors apt around the middle of July when I will be 20 weeks. Yes, we are going to find out the gender of the baby!!
As I type this Chris is declaring war with a closet that we bought from Ikea today. The idea was to have a small closet in the laundry room to fit our vacuum and mops and clear out our entry closet. The directions looked simply, but apparently the assembly is not going as planned. I have no idea what he is doing in there no and intend to stay away from that area for a couple of days now :)

New to this

This is my first attempt at this, so it will most likely be a slow process.

I figure with this blog we can upload pictures and our status throughout the next couple months and everyone can see it (plus I want to be one of cool kids)

Hopefully I will get this thing figured out soon!

Chris is excited to start documenting the belly and posting the pics on here!

Speaking of - I am in what Andrea nicely called the fluffy stage.  I am not such a big fan of this stage. 

Yeah for my first post!